- Chicago Jazz (figure skating)
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Chicago Jazz Synchronized Skating Team
Chicago Jazz in 2007.Chicago Jazz is a synchronized ice skating team from Chicago.
The Chicago Jazz began its program in 1987, as the Jazz Babies under the direction of Coach Lisa Darken. With a Team of 22 skaters, the Jazz Babies began their climb to perfection and in 1991 became the U.S. Figure Skating Bronze Champions in the Intermediate Division of the U.S. National Precision Championships held in Anchorage, Alaska. The Team kept growing and in 1994 earned entry for all four divisions (80 skaters) to the U.S. Figure Skating National Precision Team Championships in Providence, Rhode Island. Every year since then, the Chicago Jazz has been represented in the U.S. National Championships.
In 1996, the Jazz Babies merged their precision skating program with the Rolling Meadows Rockettes Precision Ice Skating Club. This new family of over 160 Skaters, representing 8 divisions, became known as the Chicago Jazz Precision Ice Skating Club. Utilizing skating facilities in Rolling Meadows, Park Ridge, Buffalo Grove and other Chicagoland communities, the Chicago Jazz has established themselves as a National powerhouse.
The team is the 2006-2007 junior world qualifier champion, the junior 2007-2008 season U.S. nationals champion, and received third place at the world challenge cup for juniors in the 2006-2007 season.[1][2][3] Chicago Jazz also received second place at the 2009 U.S. synchronized skating championships in Portland, Maine.[4] Chicago Jazz is also the juvenile level champion in the 2006-2007, 2007–2008, and 2008-2009 seasons.[4][5] At the 2010 Colonial Classic, held in conjunction with the junior world qualifier, the junior team placed third with a final score of 170.16 after placing third in both the short program with a score of 64.34 and in the free skate with a score of 105.82.[6]
References
- ^ Hodge, Kelly. "Jazz Plays on." Skating Feb. 2007: 29.
- ^ Feltes, Emily. "Back on Top." Skating Apr. 2007: 24-31.
- ^ Hodge, Kelly. "Time to Fly." Skating Jan. 2009: 34-35.
- ^ a b "2009 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships." Icenetwork.com. 7 Mar. 2009. Ice Network. 11 Mar. 2009 <http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/50228/results.html>.
- ^ Brown, Mickey, Rebecca Staed, and Troy Schwindt. "In Control." Skating Apr. 2008: 22-29.
- ^ "World Junior Team Selection Competition." Icenetwork.com. Ice network, 9 Jan. 2010. Web. 16 Jan. 2010. <http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2010/67958/results.html>.
External links
Categories:- Synchronized skating teams
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