Laney Diggs

Laney Diggs
Laney Diggs
Personal information
Full name Melanie Paige Diggs
Alternative names Laney Diggs
Country represented  United States
Born October 9, 1992 (1992-10-09) (age 19)
San Jose, California
Home town Rolling Hills Estates
Height 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Coach Frank Carroll
Christa Fassi
Galina Barinova
Former coach Tiffany Chin
Choreographer Alex Chang
Philipp Mills
Skating club All Year FSC
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 97.79
2009 JGP Belarus
Short program 41.09
2009 JGP Belarus
Free skate 56.70
2009 JGP Belarus

Melanie Paige "Laney" Diggs (born October 9, 1992) is an American figure skater. She has competed twice at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and represented the United States internationally.

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Personal life

Melanie Diggs, nicknamed Laney, was born in San Jose, California. She is of Japanese, Norwegian, Swedish, and British descent. She attended Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, but is currently attending the University of California, Berkeley as a media studies major.

Career

Diggs began skating after watching Michelle Kwan compete at the Olympics. In the 2004-2005 season, competing on the novice level, she placed 8th at her regional championship and did not qualify for the 2005 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

In the 2005-2006 season, Diggs won the pewter medals at her regional and sectional championships, qualifying her for the 2006 U.S. Figure Skating Championships on the novice level, where she placed ninth.

In the 2006-2007 season, Diggs moved up to the Junior level, but placed 5th at her sectional championship and did not advance to the 2007 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

Diggs moved up to the senior level in the 2007-2008 season. She won her regional championship and won the silver medal at her sectional championship. She qualified for the 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed 20th.

In the 2008-2009 season, Diggs won the silver medals at her regional and sectional championships and placed 10th at the 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships. She was assigned to the 2009 International Challenge Cup and placed 6th in her first international competition.

Coaching changes

Early in her career, Diggs was coached by Tiffany Chin in Simi Valley, California, with her programs choreographed by Alex Chang. She changed coaches to Frank Carroll, Christa Fassi and Galina Barinova in El Segundo, California. Chang remains her choreographer. She recently switched coaches yet again to Angela Nikodinov and Ivan Dinev in Torrance, California

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2009-10 Pas de Trois
performed by the London Symphony Orchestra
Un Sospiro
performed by the Gamley Orchestra
Spellbound Concerto
performed by the London Promenade Orchestra
2008-09 Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor
by E. von Sauer
Selections from the Les Misérables soundtrack
performed by Tony Britten and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
2007-08 Flamingo Loco Symphony in White
2006-07
2005-06 Waka Ala Balh
by Amir Diab
Mishima
by Philip Glass
Bamboo Oralion
by Violaine Corradi

Competitive highlights

Event 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10
U.S. Championships 9th N. 20th 10th 15th
Junior Grand Prix, Belarus 13th
International Challenge Cup 6th
Pacific Coast Sectional Championships 4th N. 5th J. 2nd 2nd 3rd
Southwest Pacific Regional Championships 8th N. 4th N. 2nd J. 1st 2nd
  • N = Novice level; J = Junior level

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