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3 WINTER FALL SAYWHAT? USARS version of editorial Sport Shorts By Chester Fried Letters to the Editor 2014 Events Roller Derby Regional Qualifier: Results Photos by Wyatt Wood 2013 USARS Roller Derby Officials Sub-20 World Rink Hockey Championships By Brian Moyer and Tom Hughes 2013 Inline Hockey World Championships By George Pickard 2013 Inline Speed Skating World Championships By Dave Browne 2013 Quad National Championships: Results Photos by Callam Sports It s All in the Bag 2013 Indoor National Championships: Results Photos by Callam Sports Reminder for Sponsored Speed Skaters and Meet Hosts Heart of Gold By George Warren, Photos By Tom Congdon Precision Skating...What A Blast! By Brenda J. Massey Achievement Program Turning Point 2013 Figure Skating National Championships: Results Photos by Callam Sports Sleep Basics For An Olympic Coach By Lindsay Thornton Did You Know

4 FALL WINTER Details to Remember When Sending Forms to USARS Please sign your forms If payment is required, please include valid and current payment information If you are a first time member, you must send birth verification if you are sending a membership form If you are joining a team, your team s club charter must be current before we can add you to the team When sending in a club charter, please sign the charter, pay for the charter and make sure the club officers listed are current USARS members Please do not fax or forms that require payment without payment information If you fax or a form without payment information, your form will be placed on hold and processed after complete forms If you are sending check or money order, please mail your form with the check or money order (do not send cash in the mail) We do not renew memberships or club charters over the phone. We have to have the form in our office (with signature and payment) to process it If you plan on using USARS marks and logos on promotional materials or apparel, please sign the USARS Branding Agreement Memberships take five business days to process; the five-business day processing time is for complete forms Thank you! For further information on completing specific forms, contact USA Roller Sports at Ricci Porter Editor On the Cover USA Women Recapture the 2013 Inline Hockey World Championship Editor Graphic Design EDITORIAL STAFF Ricci Porter Jimmy Brannon OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS George Kolibaba, President Ed Harney, Vice President Charlotte Nicholson, Treasurer Richard Hawkins, Secretary/Executive Director Sara Sayasane Hebbrecht Annelle Anderson Dan Brown John Gustafson Trace Hansen Tom Hughes Donna Kay Gloria Manning Jim Pollard Bill Spooner Mark Vittese Josh Wood USA ROLLER SPORTS NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS 4730 South Street Lincoln, Nebraska Phone Fax Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 am to 12 noon and 1 pm to 5 pm, central time. Closed holidays and weekends. A. J. Epp (ext. 11) aepp@usarollersports.org Figure Dir. TBD (ext. 12) figure@usarollersports.org Brent Benson (ext. 13) bbenson@usarollersports.org Ricci Porter (ext. 14) rporter@usarollersports.org Peggy Young (ext. 15) pyoung@usarollersports.org Melannie Eloge (ext. 17) meloge@usarollersports.org Kevin Kmetz (ext. 20) kkmetz@usarollersports.org Michael Stieb (ext. 21) mstieb@usarollersports.org Richard Hawkins (ext. 22) rhawkins@usarollersports.org Lindsey Rose (ext. 24) lrose@usarollersports.org NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ROLLER SKATING James Vannurden (ext. 16) directorcurator@rollerskatingmuseum.com The official publication of USA Roller Sports FALL 2013 USA Roller Sports The Magazine (ISSN# & USPS #003716) is published quarterly by the US Amateur Confederation of Roller Skating DBA USA Roller Sports (USARS), 4730 South Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 68506, Periodicals postage paid at Lincoln, Nebraska and additional mail entries. SUBSCRIPTIONS: All members including officials and coaches of USARS receive USA Roller Sports, The Magazine as a member service. Paid subscriptions are $12 per year USA; $18 for foreign destinations. USA Roller Sports, The Magazine is the newsmagazine of American competitive roller skating. We welcome your input, letters, story ideas, comments and suggestions. However, unsolicited manuscripts and photographs will be returned only if specified. USA Roller Sports, The Magazine cannot be held responsible for loss or damage. Editorial/advertising offices are located at the above address; telephone is NOTE: The general content of this magazine represents the views and opinions of the writers and is not to be construed as being official pronouncements of USARS, its Board of Directors, officers, and/or staff. Notices labeled From the USARS Board of Directors or Official Notices reflect official news of USARS. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to USA Roller Sports, 4730 South Street, Lincoln, Nebraska

5 SPORTSHORTS B Y C H E S T E R F R I E D GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP Pennsylvania native, Kathy Tini, was all prepared to skate her two skating events at the 2013 U.S. National Skating Championships held in Albuquerque, N.M. Kathy was to skate Veterans Solo Dance and, with her partner, Rick Smith, Novice A Team Dance. However, that was not to happen. While heading to the pit to prepare for the official practice she hit something on the concrete floor that instantly stopped her wheels from moving. She fell and tore her hamstring. She was taken by ambulance to the hospital and was treated and released. However, there would be no more skating for Kathy for at least three months, if not longer. Inverted Camel Spin In 1959 at the Nationals in Boston Mass., those who were present saw Peggy Tipton do her Inverted Camel Spin. It was amazing, and very rarely done better. I believe Bob Labriola was her pro. Not skating broke Kathy s heart but then something no one could have predicted occurred! As Kathy was sitting on the sidelines in her wheelchair, Dawn Cunko came up from behind and placed her gold medal around Kathy s neck and said in her ear that Kathy deserved the gold medal for what she had been through. Dawn, from California, had just won the gold for Premier A Silver Solo Dance! She also told Kathy that she was to hang the medal in a prominent place so that she could focus on the gold for next year when Kathy was expected to skate and earn her own medal. At that time she could return Dawns medal insuring that Kathy would not give up! Needless to say, everyone was in tears. What an incredible act of kindness and good sportsmanship. Kathy was so overwhelmed by the love and support she got not only from Dawn, but from all the skaters at nationals. What a wonderful expression of friendship and sportsmanship. HARLEY DAVIDSON Let s settle this question once and for all. Old time speed Champion Harley Davidson was a World Speed Skating Champion. But he was NOT associated with the Harley Davidson Motor Cycle founder. This 1912 Photograph taken in St. Louis shows Harley Davidson on the right and Jessie Carey on left. The best skaters in the world. Jessie was a World Endurance Speed Champion. U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

6 To contact USA Roller Sports: The Magazine: LETTERS AND ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS the editor at or fax us at Letters must include the writer s full name, address and home telephone number and may be edited for clarity and space. CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SUBSCRIPTIONS - Call or write to USA Roller Sports at 4730 South Street, Lincoln, Neb USA Roller Sports: way, a photograph is a slice of your life, captured and placed on a base so that you may enjoy it over and over. It never ceases to amaze me what little value skaters and/or parents place on the achievements of the skater. For all the dedication, hard work and money that is expended by the skater, all that many of them have left for future generations is a group of medals or plaques that are so meaningful to the ones that won them, but very little meaning to those in the future that were not involved. Skaters are more and more asking for replacement pictures that have been destroyed in fires and floods (an understandable loss) and we can do nothing for them. What is worse, though, are the people who carelessly pack their pictures away in the attic or basement or garage and expect them to last forever. People, your pictures are made with color dyes and are not permanent without proper care. Colors will fade in fact the entire image will often almost completely disappear from heat, humidity and UV light. Several years ago, we lost thousands of images in a flood. We salvaged what we could, but only managed to save 1982 to These have been given to the museum for their archives. This past year has been a bad year for flash floods and wild fires across the country and many memories have been lost. I know, first hand, how much children enjoy the pictures of mom and dad or grandma and grandpa, and, despite them being sometimes embarrassing, they are much warmer and meaningful to children than pieces of metal or wood. Think of it this 6 U S A RO L L E R S P O RT S What all this boils down to is to please rethink these valuable pieces of history and how you are taking care of them. All storage media must be acid free whether album pages or cardboard boxes. Pictures that have not been lacquered should not be placed in contact with vinyl. Pictured that have not been lacquered or sprayed should never be placed against glass in a frame- they stick- real well. We did not spray pictures under 11x14 under the assumption pictures this size would be framed and displayed or placed in an album. Of course, these larger images have to be protected from exposure to high ultraviolet light (sun light or fluorescent) or they, too, will fade. If you decide to frame these smaller (8x10 or smaller), either take them to a professional and have them sprayed, or go to a camera shop and purchase a spray can of McDonalds lacquer-mat. With adequate ventilation, spray a light coat on the picture and let dry for a week. Fumes from the spray, if placed under glass too soon, can damage the images. People have brought pictures in from the Civil War years to be copied and it is amazing how great they have held up. Black and white is a completely different ball game. Please don t wait to preserve these images. Once the damage begins there is little that can be done to stop it. Randall Harbuck Randall Photographer THE MAGAZINE FALL 2013

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9 The requirements and application for hosting one of the annual USARS Roller Derby Championship events in 2014 is available at The Championships will consist of Regional qualifier events and the National Championships. Hosting one of the USARS events presents a great opportunity for clubs! Visibility Imagine your club becoming the center of the derby universe for a weekend. You will have the opportunity to show derby fans your great city and the opportunity to show roller derby to your great city. Events can bring hundreds or, in some cases, thousands of fans to your city, not only giving the sport attention and legitimacy, but also generating support from local government, news outlets and businesses. Several roller derby events have featured the mayor of the city blowing the first whistle and have been featured on the front page of local publications. This visibility translates directly into more fans and more support for your club. Valuable Relationships As you build a positive relationship with locals and reinforce your relationships with current sponsors, vendors and partners, the USARS Championships give your club an opportunity to reward your loyal partners for supporting your club in the past. Most importantly, it also allows you to cultivate new relationships that will benefit your club in the future. Competitive Advantage If your club is planning on participating in the event, hosting is a great way to get a competitive and economic advantage. Your players will be at home and your club will save thousands of dollars in travel expenses. In addition, your team can skate at home in front of their local fans and they will spend less time fundraising and more time training for the event. Financial Your players will save thousands of dollars in travel expenses and your club will benefit economically from the revenue generated by the event. USARS gives a percent of the collected entry fees to the host clubs to use for operating expenses and uses the balance of the entry fees as cash prizes for the top three teams. U S A RO L L E R S P O RT S THE MAGAZINE FALL

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11 al Qualifier: Results Photos by Wyatt Wood USA Roller Sports Region 1 Qualifier August 31-September 1, st Place: Oly Rollers 2nd Place: Antagonist Roller Derby 3rd Place: Port T Orchard Roller Derby USA Roller Sports Region 2 Qualifier August st Place: Port City Roller Girls 2nd Place: San Diego Roller Derby (The Starlettes) 3rd Place: Grim ReapHers Derby Girls (Suburban Legands) USA Roller Sports Region 3 Qualifier August st Place: Tulsa Derby League All-Stars 2nd Place: Chicago Red Hots 3rd Place: Tall City Roller Betties (Bombshell Betties) U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

12 Congratulations to the 2013 USARS Derby Officials The certification program currently has three levels: Level1: Official has demonstrated sufficient competency to officiate sanctioned USARS games. Level 2: Official has demonstrated advanced competency sufficient to officiate USARS tournament games. Level 3: Official has demonstrated advanced competency sufficient to be a head official in USARS tournament games. Certified Skating Officials Level 3 Crotch Rock-It (Mississippi) John Foul John (Washington) Papa Roadkill (California) Stormy Trooper (Iowa) Level 2 Big Fish (California) Eric RAWK (Washington) Ewen Jected (California) LO Rider (Washington) Purge a Sin (Washington) Level 1 Felony Stash (California) Head Tripp (California) Krash.O (California) Krez Sez (Texas) Oscar the Roach (California) Points@Others (Washington) Quicksilver (Texas) Certified Non-Skating Officials Level 3 Miss Nomer (Washington) Level 2 GoGo Kilt em (Washington) Wizard of Laws (Washington) Level 1 Knotty Wench (California) Purple Push-Her (California) SINslave (California) 12 U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

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16 half, we tied the score. We played a tight box defense and with under two minutes to play to halftime we got a two-on-one fast break down the floor for the go ahead goal. With only a 2-1 halftime lead, we knew they would come out quickly on us to get another score. We played a tighter defensive box and suffocated all of South Africa s offense. We would not let them take any good shots on our goalie. We were able to score early in the second half and again towards the end of the game. We were given a very questionable blue card, which left us shorthanded, but our guys kept up the pressure and refused to let South Africa capitalize on the power play. South Africa was able to score again just before the end of the game. The final score was USA 4, South Africa 2. This was considered an upset for South Africa. This game really tested the player s hearts and it showed the coaches just how much these players wanted to win. The battle for 9th place would be between the USA and a very strong team from Brazil. Anyone that has ever been to a World Championships knows that the Brazilians are always a powerful, strong determined Team. They came out strong and quick from the start and didn t let up at all. Even though we were able to get two goals past their goalie, we knew it would not be enough against this Team. They got some well placed shots on our goal and ended up winning the game by the score Sub-20 World Rink Hockey Championships 2013 USA Sub-20 Team members Austin Baker, Justin Bradford, Ryan Carney, Alex Chavana, Thomas Dunning, Holland Elkins, John Glatt, Colby Moyer, Ryan Nelson and Nick Stauffer had been waiting for two years to get their chance at playing in a World Rink Hockey Championship. On October 5, 2013 in Cartegena, Colombia along with their new head coach Brian Moyer and his assistant coach/ team manager Scott Ferguson, they got their chance to experience the International level of rink hockey. This was a very young inexperienced USA Team. They were prepared by the coach to enter these games with the attitude to compete, keep their cool, stay composed, stay focused and learn the international game. Our first game played together was against a very strong team from Chile. We worked on learning to play as a Team, finding each other s strengths and weaknesses and trying to meld together as a single unit. We were unable to score on the Chileans, but we kept our heads up, stayed composed and played hard until the final whistle. The final score was Chile 17, USA 0. Italy, our next opponent, had run up the score on Costa Rica 40-0 the night before our game, so we knew we had our work cut out for us. They came out in full force, jumped on us quickly and put us in a hole we couldn t dig our way out of. We tried to play them using a man against man defense, but we got into penalty trouble, so we switched to a zone triangle defense. This strategy worked for us because the Italians couldn t capitalize on any of their power plays. We gave up only 1 goal in the last ten minutes of the first half. The second half we switched to a box defense, but Italy pulled off a 19-0 win. We felt like we had learned a great deal and our players still had a positive attitude about our performance. Even though we were favored to win against our next opponent, Costa Rica, we did not take them lightly and approached them being fundamentally sound and focused on our game plan. We played a strong defensive game, holding them to only one goal the entire game. We ran our game plan like we wanted to, scored a few goals and came out on top with a 9-1 victory. The 3rd place finish in our bracket would set us up to play India for our first finals game on Thursday. We started out kind of slow and flat against India, but as the game went on we settled down, found our groove, picked up our intensity and took control of the game. We handled them easily on defense, made precise passing plays and took advantage of our scoring opportunities. The final score was USA 8, India 1. The first win in the finals round is very important because it moves you up in the overall standings. The second finals game was against South Africa. They jumped out to an early score, but we regrouped, settled down and were determined to score. A little over the halfway mark of the first By: Brian Moyer and Tom Hughes of This loss would give us a 10th place finish. This was a fine performance for our young Team and indescribable experience for them, but even more impressive was our record of three wins and three losses. Despite the lopsided losses our players kept a positive attitude. They watched all the games they could. They seemed to soak up all the information about the amazing plays, goals and teamwork exhibited by the international players. I know they have learned a lot about the game and they will be practicing hard and counting the days until the next Sub-20 World Rink Hockey Championships in U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

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18 By George Pickard The 2013 FIRS World Inline Hockey World Championships were held in Anaheim, California, hosted by Keith Noll of the AAU and the NHL Ducks Professional Hockey Organization. Mission-Bauer was World s title sponsor. AAU, The Ducks Organization and Mission-Bauer provided all Championship services and paid all expenses associated with the World Championships. The 2013 FIRS World Inline Hockey Championship were held in conjunction with the annual USARS and AAU Junior Olympic National and International Championships in which a record number of 375 youth club teams competed, including 87 youth international teams from 13 countries in all age group competitions. Reebok/CCM was the title sponsor for the Junior Olympics and the FIRS World Youth Championships. Fifty five World teams from 25 countries competed in the four FIRS World Championships. A total of 1,300 hockey games were played during the combined Championships, taking place in nine area rinks owned by the Ducks. COVER STORY USA WOMEN RECAPTURE THE 2013 INLINE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP The 2013 FIRS Women s World Inline Hockey national team entry had the largest turnout in the history of the female inline hockey events, with these 13 Senior Women s teams competing in Anaheim - USA, Canada, New Zealand, Colombia, Great Britain, Mexico, Argentina, Namibia, Germany, India, Australia, China and Brazil. However, the overall quality of the field was somewhat debilitated by absence for financial reasons of three of the strongest European women teams: France, Spain and former World Champion Czechs. Based Senior Women Teammates Pogu, Loyatho, Demint on historical perspective, the major hurdle for USA would thus appear to be their perennial nemesis Team Canada. The USA women rolled easily past all three of their opponents in the round robin without being scored upon: a team new to the championships from India, an improving team from China and a Colombian team that has continued to grow stronger as they gain experience at the international level. Kudos to USA ace goal tenders Jetta Rackleff and Danielle Groen and their defensive line teammates. Puck possession time for the Americans was incredible. The purpose of the round robin was to seed teams into the single elimination medal rounds, which began the next day. USA quarter finals opponent was Argentina. A loss in the QF means no chance for a medal - this was the first do or die game. The USA faced up to the challenge admirably, with Argentina going down 8 to 0, making it the fourth game in a row where USA had shut out their opposition. The Semi-Final matchup for Team USA was against New Zealand, whose play had been impressive in their pool games, showing great team speed and only losing to Canada 4-2. New Zealand appeared to be a team poised for an upset. The game proved to be fast and physical in the first period, with USA getting on the scoreboard first with Kourtney Kunichika s goal, assisted by Laura Veharanta. New Zealand soon tied it up and then went ahead 2-1 at the 9:30 mark of the first period. At around 6:00 Kunichika scored for the second time, once again assisted by Veharanta. The teams went into the locker room at half time tied 2-2. The second half proved that Team USA was successful in resetting their defense, as Team New Zealand was to score no further, while USA delivered five unanswered goals in the second half, with Kourtney Kunichika scoring a third goal for her Hat Trick with 2 minutes - 10 seconds remaining in the game. And so it was on to the finals for Team USA, resuming the struggle once again with Team Canada, a World Champion match won last year by our northern neighbors. The USA had made it back again to the game that our returning players had thirsted for all year, a game in which their new teammates also wanted so much to experience for the first time. Coach Sgrillo said, It was special for me to watch and learn from our oldest returning player a past Captain and World Champion, Joy Garvey. Joy retired from competition to go to law school, start a family, and experience back surgery. She was elected to the USARS Athlete Hall of Fame. This year the former all-star player and team captain worked herself back into playing condition and once again made the team at the earlier tryouts in April. That 39 year old mother of two boys has to be the top story of these Championships. The 2013 World Championship Game USA vs Canada, was a return match from last year s Gold Medal game in Colombia, where it was Canada s turn to win 4-2. The stands were packed. The air was electric. Coach Sgrillo said, When you play Canada you have to show your A game or you ll go home a loser. Canada brings speed, physical play and a team concept that you must be ready to play against. After the two National Anthems, both teams were set to face-off. Goalie Jetta Rackleff would get the start and was expected to try and shut the door on Canadian scoring. The game got off to a good start with both teams pushing for the advantage of being first to score. The USA would be penalized three times in the first half and it would be costly for them. With just 9 seconds left in the first half Canada scored on a power play, put in the net by #11 Jackie Jarrell and assisted by#93 Lindsay Grigg. Canada tooka1-0 lead into half time break. The USA team was skating well, but playing Canada s run and gun game. Coach Sgrillo advised his USA team to slow the game down, using puck position and to be patient and wait for opportunities. The second half started with USA controlling the play but Canada s strong forecheck remained quite effective. Both teams battled through two power play opportunities and the clock was running down in Canada s favor. With only 3 ½ minutes to play, the USA was still down 1-0. Then USA Joy Garvey Game Tying Slapshot got the puck, fed it back to the point and Joy Garvey, our 39 year old treasure, ripped a slapshot into the top corner of the net at 2:59 to play. Game was tied up at 1 each. The building went wild with anticipation of the final outcome. Canada called a time out to calm things down. The Americans were determined not to back off or create any turnovers. On the ensuing faceoff, Celeste Loyatho intercepted a cross-rink pass fed it to a streaking Kayla Demint who faked a forehand and went backhand to bury the puck in the net, just 14 seconds after the USA game tying goal. With a 2-1 lead, and two minutes and 45 seconds to play, the USA fans went crazy. You could feel the building rocking. As the last seconds ticked off Kayla Demint Winning Goal Gold Medal Game the clock, the USA team realized a victory in their typical screeching finish with the Canadians. The 2013 World Championship Gold Medals home in Anaheim with the USA Women WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPINLINE HOCKEY - SENIOR WOMEN PLACEMENTS 1 USA, GOLD; 2 Canada, SILVER; 3 New Zealand, BRONZE; 4 Colombia; 5 Great Britain;6 Mexico; 7 Argentina; 8 Namibia; 9 Germany; 10 India; 11 Australia; 12 China; 13 Brazil USARS SENIOR WOMEN S INLINE HOCKEY TEAM USA Kayla Demint, Pomona, Calif.; Allison Era, Glendale, Ariz.; Joy Garvey, Phoenix, Ariz.; Nicole Giannino, Bay Shore, N.Y.; Jessica Koerner, Baldwin Park, Calif.; Kourtney Kunichika, Fullerton, Calif.; Cassidy Kunichika, Fullerton, Calif.; Celeste Loyatho, San 18 U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

19 Senior USA Men & Women s 2013 World Championship USA victory 2013 World Games Juan Capistrano, Calif.; Charlotte Nicholson, New York, NY; Courtney Orner, Peoria, Calif.; Elisa Pogu, Corona, Calif.; Emily Quizon, Chino Hills, Calif.; Laura Veharanta, North Providence, R.I.; Chelsi Wells, Lakewood, Colo.. Goalies: Danielle Groen, Oceanside, Calif.; Jetta Rackleff, Shady Cove, Ore.; Alternate - Mariah Blackmore, San Jose, Calif. Chalie Sgrillo-Head Coach, Dave Marmorstein- Assistant Coach, Jon Roux-Team Manager. TEAM USA MEN DROP OUT OF MEDAL CONTEN- TION AT FIRS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BY LOS- ING ONLY A SINGLE GAME increased the allowance for inline hockey they would support with accommodations, food and ground transportation from six teamsin the past two Games to eight for At the beginning, World Games was reluctant to even accept FIRS inline hockey in place of ball hockey. World Games officials harbored deep reservations after their dismissal of rink hockey (ball) due to the failure of their best European and South American teams to participate in the Games and forego purses from summer pro tournaments. The FIRS international inline hockey committee (CIRILH) has now initiated discussions with the IWGA about the possibility of adding women s inline roller hockey to World Games in the near future. 12 Mexico; 13 Germany; 14 Latvia; 15 Colombia; 16 Australia; 17 Namibia; 18 Japan; 19 Venezuela; 20 India; 21 China. FIFTH AT FIRS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, USA MEN ONE WEEK LATER WON THE WORLD GAMES GOLD MEDAL AGAINST ESSENTIALLY THE SAME TEAMS USARS SENIOR MEN S INLINE HOCKEY TEAM USA Jose Cadiz, Puente, Calif.; Stephen Campbell, Newport Beach, Calif.; Itan Chavira, Covina, Calif.; Juaquin Chavira, Covina, Calif.; James Cooke, Bakersfield, Calif.; Travis Fudge, Springfield, Mo.; WC - Sr. Men USA VS SWEDEN As defending World Champions, the 2013 Men s Team USA went undefeated in the A Group of the World Championship round-robin eliminations. Regrettably the team went into the giant Honda Center rink for the quarter-finals of the single elimination medal round with apparently an attitude of overconfidence and flat game motivation, seriously underestimating their Swedish opponents, as being a new team to the FIRS World Championships and the lowest qualifying team out of Group B. Surprise! The inspired Swedes handed Team USA their only defeat of the championships 4 to 3. For the Americans, it was the worst timing to be lethargic, since the medal round s single elimination at the quarter final stage leaves the losers out of any further hope for a medal. The four QF winners go forward to do battle for medals, consigning Team USA and the other game losers to settle amongst themselves the highest remaining placements. USA won their remaining two placement games against strong teams from Italy and France, but even in so doing they could finish no better than fifth place. Switzerland ended up beating Sweden for the bronze medal and Canada lost to the Czech Republic, collecting a silver medal while a superior Czech team captured the gold and won title as 2013 Men s Inline Hockey World Champions WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP INLINE HOCKEY - SENIOR MEN PLACEMENTS 1 Czech Republic, GOLD; 2 Canada, SILVER; 3Switzerland, BRONZE; 4 Sweden; 5 USA; 6 France; 7 Italy; 8 Great Britain; 9 Argentina; 10 Brazil; 11 New Zealand; World Games USA Vs Italy The top eight nations qualifying from the 2012 World Championships took the floor at the Quadrennial 2013 World Games in Cali, Colombia. These national teams represented USA, Canada, Czech Republic, Italy, Switzerland, France, Latvia and host country Colombia. With the cream of the crop present, all games were close and hotly contested. Team USA won all three games in their Group A round robin and were to finish the competition undefeated by beating Latvia in the QF 7-1; winning 3-1 over the Czechs in the Semi s and overcoming a strong Italian team for the Gold Medal in the Finals 3-2. In so doing, USA captured its third consecutive World Games Championships in the 12 years since inline hockey was first admitted. World Games officials are obviously impressed with our sport, likely based on our attendance figures and the caliber of FIRS inline hockey games presented within this multi-sport event by our top teams. This year World Games officials IWGA Sr Men USA Gold Medals Skyler Hoar, Huntington Beach, Calif.; Taylor Kane, Corona, Calif.; Josh Larricchia, Huntington Beach, Calif.;*Travis Noe, Newport Beach, Calif.; Brett Olinger, Westminster, Calif.; Ian Rezac, Sunset Beach, Calif.; Dustin Roux, McMurray, Pa.; *Walter Sweatt, Cumberland, R.I.; Goalies: Nick Maricic, Alto Loma, Calif.; Mike Urbano, Fountain Valley, Calif. Ken Murchison-Head Coach, Chuck Thuss-Assistant Coach, Jon Roux-Team Manager *Not on World Games Roster due to team size limitations. USA JUNIOR WOMEN WIN GOLD AT FIRST 2013 FIRS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Team USA Junior Women had the opportunity to compete at their division s inaugural FIRS World Championships. National representation consisted of junior teams from Mexico, Colombia, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA. USA Coach Jeff Manning commented, I had a group of young ladies that from start to finish gave100 percent, no matter what the pressures, Team USA athletes stayed within our game plan. Team work U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

20 and friendship on and off the rink was exciting to see and was a key factor in their winning. Team- Manager, Gerry Lullove, greatly supported the team s efforts for a gold medal victory. For their opening game Team USA overwhelmed a fast Mexico Team 9 to 1. Cayla Barnes scored 2 goals and 3 assists. In their second game they faced a much tougher New Zealand team. The game stayed close and tied 1-1 because of a Cayla Barnes goal but USA went ahead to take the game 2-1 with a winning goal by Carly Marquiss in the middle of the second period. In their third game, Team USA took early control of the play against Team Australia with 3 goals scored in the first period by Carly Marquiss hat trick. Team USA Jr. Woman Carly Marquiss vs New Zealand Junior Woman Team Goalie Sienna Weeks continued with strong defense in the second period to take the win 5 to 1. In their fourth game, Team USA next faced off against Team Colombia and this was indeed the toughest match thus far. Going into the final minutes of the game tied 3-3, Baylee Trani scored her third goal hat trick with two minutes left to put USA ahead 4-3. The USA defense held on to seal the victory. The fifth game for the USA Team involved Team Canada and both teams collided carrying 4-0 records in the tournament. The USA scored twice in the first period with goals by Baylee Trani and Jenna Weeks. Canada never caught up. Team USA scored again in the second period by means of Baylee s second goal of the game, thus strengthening their lead to 3-l and cementing their victory over a very good Team Canada. Game 6 - The Championship Game: Rematch - CANADA versus USA The two top seeded teams in the tournament faced off for the second time to decide the Junior Women Championship. The rematch game was well played and continued from their first game to be hard fought throughout, with the lead changing frequently throughout the entire game. Their match was tied 2 2 late in the second period until USA s Cayla Barnes scored with justover4minutes remaining. Team USA defense stiffened to hold off the determined Canadians, enabling a USA 3-2 victory for the first FIRS official Women s World Junior Inline Hockey gold medal WORLD INLINE HOCKEY CHAMPIONS - JU- NIOR WOMEN PLACEMENT 1-USA, GOLD; 2-Canada, SILVER; 3-Australia, BRONZE; 4-New Zealand; 5-Colombia; 6-Mexico USARS JUNIOR WOMEN S INLINE HOCKEY TEAM USA Cayla Barnes, Corona, Calif.; Jenny Buckland, Irvine, Calif.; Megan Crandell, Fullerton, Calif.; Megan Devore, San Jose, Calif.; Mackenzie Fink, Temecula, Calif.; Christina Kao, Huntington Beach, Calif.; Carly Marquiss, San Jose, Calif.; Katelyn Jr. Women USA Gold Medal Mauger, Huntington Beach, Calif.; Alexis Ruth, Surprise, Ariz.; Baylee Trani, Huntington Beach, Calif.; Jenna Weeks, Sonora, Calif.. Goalies: Katie Miller, Covina, Calif.; Sienna Weeks, Sonora, Calif.Jeff Manning Coach, Gerry Lullove-Team Manager USA JUNIOR MEN SETTLE FOR SILVER AGAINST THE ALWAYS TOUGH CZECHS AT THE 2013 FIRS INLINE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS Team USA Junior Men were all psyched up to deny the Czech Republic s Junior Men their fifth consecutive FIRS Junior World Inline Hockey Championship. The American team was loaded with talent and playing at home in Anaheim. Fourteen national teams were there to contend for the title, the largest field inits2007 origination as an official FIRS Championship. Participating nations included: Czech Republic, USA, Canada, Colombia, France, Switzerland, Great Britain, Brazil, Australia, Hong Kong, Mexico, New Zealand, Germany and China. Team USA slid easily past their round-robin opponents, scoring at least 10 more goals than either New Zealand, Mexico, China, Great Britain or Brazil. Their first real challenge developed in the Quarter Finals against Colombia, a highly motivated team that has gained serious playing skills as regulars at world championships. The USA jumped out to a three-goal lead in the first period, which Colombia was never able to overcome. USA scored three more times in the second period against a single goal for Colombia. The final tally was 6 to 1, with each USA goal scored by different players. Despite the lopsided score, it was a rough game, with 10 penalties assessed, evenly divided between both teams. The semi-final involved USA against always dangerous Canada. John Schiavo scored two goals in the first period against Canada s lone goal, putting the USA team up 2-1 entering half time. In the second period, Team USA scored two unanswered goals placing USA into the finals by a score 4-1. It was another rough and tumble game with another 10 penalties given overall. Jr Men Gold Medal Game USA vs Czech winners The final game of the Championship for the gold medal ended in historical repetition, as the mighty Czech team emerged from a hard fought contest with a 3-2 victory for their fifth consecutive Junior World Championship. Team USA had to settle for the silver medal FIRS WORLD INLINE HOCKEY CHAMPION- SHIPS - JUNIOR MEN PLACEMENT 1 Czech Republic, GOLD; 2 USA, SILVER; 3 Canada, BRONZE; 4 Colombia, 5 France; 6 Switzerland; 7 Great Britain; 8 Brazil; 9 Australia; 10 Hong Kong; 11 Mexico; 12 New Zealand; 13 Germany; 14 China USARS JUNIOR MEN S INLINE HOCKEY TEAM USA Jess Hackett, Springville, N.Y.; Riley Hummitsch, Eastvale, Calif.; Brycon Johnson, St. Peters, Mo.;Cory Kettler, Wentzville, Mo.; Troy Loggins, Jr. Men-Team USA Huntington Beach, Calif.; Alex Macdonald, Scottsdale, Ariz.; Kyle Martins, Artesia, Calif.; Cody Page, Capistrano Beach, Calif.; Trevor Riffey, Alta Loma, Calif.; Scott Savage, San Clemente, Calif.; John Schiavo, East Patchogue, N.Y.; Stephen Verstegen, San Juan Capistrano, Calif.; Garrett Vincent, Yorba Linda, Calif.; Shin Yamamoto, Rancho Palos, Calif. 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29 It s all in the Bag: What is Inside a Champion s Bag on Race Day with World Games Champion, Annette Stapleton Powerslide bag: I decorated it with little trinkets that close skater friends gave me. All the equipment I carry in my bag: Skates: Fully cleaned (inside and out), fully set up and ready to race. I have done this simply out of tradition- cleaning every nook and cranny. I like to race with my equipment at its best. It also gives me a chance to review my equipment for cracks and other issues. Extra race wheels: Different hardnesses. I always bring different hardnesses of wheels to adjust to the floor/track/road conditions. I pack predominantly hard wheels for distance racing (simply a preference), but I make sure to bring at least one set of soft wheels for sprint races. Helmet KT Tape: I tend to have back and shin problems. KT Tape helps alleviate the pain so I can race. Tools: For frame axles, frame bolts and boot buckles. After long distance races, I always check my axles and frame bolts to make sure they are still tight. Rough roads tend to loosen them. Scissors: I cut the bands on the legs of the uniforms for they tend to be too tight. I also use them to cut racing numbers to make them smaller. Chap Stick: I do not like racing with dry lips. Back-up equipment - just in case: A 4x110 frame- for road course racing. I normally run on a 2x110, 2x105 for corning. Extra frame bolts Extra laces Extra Buckle Shims- In case I have a bad shin problem, these will go on the heel of my frame to help alleviate the issue. Bearing oil Extra set of spacers Extra set of race bearings The extra bearings and spacers go into the extra wheels to make last-minute wheel changing quick! Everything else that I can cram in! Zip-up, warm-up spandex pants: I get cold easily. These help me warm up and keep warm while not taking up too much room in my bag. Uniform: I always pack two just in case one ends up with a peek-a-boo hole. Arm warmers: I get cold easily. These help me warm up and keep warm while not taking up too much room in my bag. Bandana: This keeps sweat and bacteria from building up in the pads of my helmet. It is easier to wash bandanas than it is helmet pads. Warrior Mist: An all-natural muscle and joint supporter. I have back problems which is the worst for distance racing. Rubbing this on the painful area helps alleviate the pain, along with the KT Tape application. It follows USADA s guidelines. Vitamins and supplements: Women s multi-vitamin Citrabeta Shot - endurance supplement; follows USADA s guidelines World Championship Pro - endurance supplement; follows USADA s guidelines Boost: Chocolate: On race day my digestive system always stages a mutiny. This makes it extremely difficult to eat solids. Since it is imperative to have fuel in the body in order to race properly, I drink Boost. I drink one Boost an hour before I race and one immediately after racing. This way I am making sure that I am getting the protein and nutrients I need. I drink this along with a lot of 1/2 and 1/2 mix of Gatorade and water for hydration. Ace bandage wrap and mini first-aid kit: I try not to rely on the trainer or the medical staff unless it is absolutely necessary. I pack the basics: wrap, medical tape, Neosporin, Band-Aids, gauze and scissors. Gel heel insert: Due to a fall, my hips twisted to the point of where one leg is longer than the other. This does not help my back pain at all! So to help equal me out I place a gel heal insert in one of my skates. Safety pins: I always have a lot of safety pins with me. Sometimes you are not given enough for numbers, other skaters need some and sometimes the safety pins you receive at meets are soft and easily fall off. Music and batteries: A MUST! I have to envision and listen to my pump up song Fire Starter by Prodigy while I am warming up, stretching and prepping to race. This helps me fully focus and properly mentally prepare for my races. A special note: A note that a very special person wrote to me. It is a reminder to smile and not sweat the small things. Items NOT in photos, but that I normally have in my bag: Black permanent marker: At some meets, if I get a gold medal I write on the back of it Never Give Up, sign it and hand it to a younger racer that was unable to achieve a medal at the meet. I also use it to mark my wheels with a symbol for my name and the hardness, just incase they get mixed up with other teammates wheels or if the paint rubs off the hardness. Power Bars (chocolate or banana) and plums: With my digestion system on hiatus at meets, along with Boost and water mix, I try to eat Power Bars and plums. Power Bars tend to digest well and plums are simply my favorite fruit. U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

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40 Freshman 4 Mixed 1 Allison Pfander Team Extreme Anna LaPella Everett Kerns Anton Zaytsev 2 Trinity Bond GT Speed Olivia Farr Tanner Watts Donald Bisping 3 Mallory Sweers Team Extreme Corinne Stoddard Christian Poulsen William Poulsen Senior 4 Woman 1 Erin Jackson Team Florida Marquita Jones Nicole Bischoff Franchesca Bell 2 Kelsey Helman Fast Forward Kirsten Helman Hailey Leech Whitney Garvin 3 Bethany Sweers Team Extreme Alexia Wagor Carole Pattison Misha Averill Senior 4 Mixed 1 Erin Jackson Team Florida Franchesca Bell Jonathan Bell Tom Goff 2 Carole Pattison Team Extreme Misha Averill Isaiah Oliver Zachary Sagiao 3 Kelsey Helman Fast Forward Hailey Leech Matthew Nauss Ryan Becraft Masters 4 Woman 1 Debra Smotrilla Texas Speed Cheryl Sherman Kasey Felter Caroline Kyhl 2 Denise Larson Fast Forward Patricia Leazier Sharon Mason Shawn Long Masters 4 Man 1 Kelly Loesch Texas Speed Jim Bourgeois Brian Krupa William Sullivan 2 Dana Naeher Stardust Roy Paz Vince Casserly Jamie Linton 3 Bryan Howell Pattison s Inline Tom Muxlow Thomas Ritchie Robert Boren Masters 4 Mixed 1 Marcy Roberts Pattison s Inline Pamela Muxlow Thomas Ritchie Robert Boren 2 Kasey Felter Texas Speed Cheryl Sherman William Sullivan Kelly Loesch 3 Denise Larson Fast Forward Patricia Leazier Aaron Hoover Joe Smith Novice Results Novice Elementary Girls 1 Andi Wynkoop Fast Forward 2 Briauna Catoe Piedmont 3 Shyla Ristine Ohana Racing Novice Elementary Boys 1 Sabien Tinson GT Speed 2 Tanner Watts GT Speed 3 Miles Frazier SOS Novice Freshman Girls 1 Natasha Nierman Wolverines 2 Camille Ball Piedmont 3 Sadie Kerslake Auburn Speed Novice Freshman Boys 1 Taylor Asberry Rolling Warriors 2 Donald Bisping GT Speed 3 Ricardo Camacho Light Speed Novice Sophomore Women 1 Angela Miranda Tiffany s 2 Samantha Paz Stardust 3 Jenna Alexander - Piedmont Novice Sophomore Men 1 Aaron Gettys Bells 2 Stephen Hewitt SOS 3 Jaylen Albury Team FAST Novice Junior Women 1 Laci Speidel Team Velocity 2 Renee Gress Piedmont 3 Amber Collins - Bells Novice Junior Men 1 Kimbell Chew Piedmont 2 Tyler Wiltsey Tiffany s 3 Sterling Reynolds Texas Speed Novice Senior Women 1 Amber Hills Ohana Racing 2 Krista Brown Stardust 3 Brittany Mood Ohana Racing Novice Senior Men 1 Jordan Stickley Team Velocity 2 Stephen Vendryes Team FAST 3 Jeffry Bringslid Mach Racing Novice Classic Women 1 Shannon Dunning High Point 2 Sarah Zagame Young s Inline Racing 3 Lindsey Wilson Emerald Coast Novice Classic Men 1 William Culhane Team Illini 2 Clint Collier DFW 3 Han-Wei Wang Star City Speed Novice Masters Women 1 Audrey Lind Light Speed 2 Laurie Castor-Cicarelli Team Botero 3 Brandie Morast Tiffany s Novice Masters Men 1 Dana Naeher Stardust 2 Jim Davis DFW 3 Edward Stout Emerald Coast Novice Veteran Women 1 Beth Martin Omni 2 Cynthia Saylor Auburn Speed 3 Leslie Schneider Team FAST Novice Veteran Men 1 Paul Hollingsworth Team Florida 2 Mark Merrick HR Speed 3 Jeremy Kerslake Auburn Speed 40 U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

41 REMINDER FOR SPONSORED SPEED SKATERS AND MEET HOSTS USA Roller Sports would like to remind all speed members of the policies for competing at any USARS sanctioned competition in a uniform with sponsorship identification. Wearing of an unlicensed sponsorship logo during competitive events (including warm-ups) is prohibited. This applies to all local, league, interclub and invitational competitions held during the year, as well as the Pro/Elite division at the indoor national championships and the outdoor national championships. Competitors must wear their club uniform in all regional and national INDOOR championships (with the exception of the World Class division). Please refer to GR in the USARS general rules or SR361.1 speed rules for further information. Competitors should pay particular attention to GR , section (c), regarding the penalties of wearing an unlicensed uniform. As of February 13, 2014, the following companies are licensed sponsors with USA Roller Sports for 2014: Atom Wheels Bionic Bearings Bont Skates CCN Sport Danger Racing D & M Truck Fantastic Sams Golden Skating Great Lakes Skate Hyper Jackson Roller JKL Racing Luigino Racing Nistevo Brands Powerbar Race Life Industries Rudy Project SAFE Security Saw Blade Construction TLTF World Record Wheels X-Tec If you have any questions regarding competitive apparel, please do not hesitate to contact the USA Roller Sports National Office at

42 By George Warren Photos by Tom Congdon to show that we were all in support of Vince to kick cancer and when I talked to Vince he was very clear that with his love for God and family and friends he was going to beat this cancer and he was right and I am so glad my friend is doing so well today. This is Vince s story and I wanted it to be heard as Vince has come a long way and he has fulfilled a long-time dream. Vince has overcome something that may have ended that dream, but God had other plans for Vince and I am so glad that his dream did come true. From Vince: It was July 14, 2013, at the USARS National Speed Skating Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico around 9 p.m. (MST). I was standing on the skating surface waiting to be called to the middle of the floor for the start of the finals of the 700 meter race. I looked down the floor and there I see the award podium, a place where I have been nine times before in the last 23 years of skating, but every time that I have been on the podium it has been for 3rd place. I am not complaining, just getting on the award podium at nationals is every skater s dream. Just one time I would like to experience what 2nd or maybe even what 1st place feels like. This is a story about a man I call a former team member, referee and friend I have known for 20 years or more. Vince Casserly and I have skated against and with each other and have officiated meets together. Vince has also helped me as a volunteer official for the Special Olympics in Florida with no questions asked; he was always available. Vince has always been a true friend and he kept HEART OF GOLD up with being a referee and skating. When I retired from skating, Vince kept going. One day I heard that Vince was sick; I was saddened when I heard the news that Vince had cancer and my heart dropped, but when I heard Vince was fighting this cancer I believed he was going to kick cancer s butt. Once I heard all of this there was a prayer chain Thinking back, in late July of 2012, I was not feeling well, so I went to see the doctor. Several tests, including a blood test were done. I got a phone call that the doctor would like me to come in right away and review the results. Sitting in the exam room waiting for the doctor to arrive, left me with so many thoughts going through my head. What could be the problem? Finally, the doctor arrives with not such good news. When the doctor told me I had cancer, my world came crashing down. I began thinking, will I survive this? What will happen to my wife and family? I was then sent to a surgeon who would be performing my surgery. On August 9, 2012, I find myself in the hospital. After the operation, my doctor said it went well and three weeks later, sent me to an oncologist for follow-up treatment. I knew going to an oncologist was not going to be easy. Once the oncologist reviewed my records, she stated that my treatment plan would require two rounds of chemotherapy. Chemotherapy was grueling in that I had to sit there for a couple of hours each visit, while the intravenous fluids were infused into my veins. After my first round of chemotherapy, I felt like I was going to die and could not even imagine going back for another treatment. It made me feel very sick, weak, tired and left me with no appetite. I knew that having chemotherapy was going to be rough on my body and getting back in shape was going to be a challenge. After my second treatment, I knew that it was time to look forward to the future and thank God for giving me the strength and faith to survive this ordeal I had faced. This definitely brought me closer with my relationship with God and our church. Praying gave me a sense of calmness knowing that everything was in His hands and that He would take care of me. I also want to thank my wonderful wife for taking care of me through all of it. I realized I am one blessed man to have such a fantastic wife, family, friends and church that helped and 42 U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

43 supported me with love and prayers. Over the next few months, I knew I had to get back into shape. I had a big challenge ahead of me as I was starting over with no energy and no endurance. I started competing in local 5k running events with my wife. Running was not easy at first, but I got better with each race. With all the running I was doing, speed skating started to creep back into my mind. The only time in almost two years that I touched my skates was when I officiated a speed skating meet. Eight weeks before regionals, I was the referee at a meet in Orlando and also competed in the master men race. I skated so poorly a thought went through my head; I am in horrible skating shape. Not long after that race, I knew I wanted to skate one more time at nationals before I retired from skating. Also, I knew that the national championships were being held in New Mexico, a state I have never been to, and wanted a chance to go. I knew the training needed to begin in order for me to achieve my goal of skating and placing at nationals. I started traveling south from my home town to Ft. Pierce to skate with a team called South Florida Blades; thanks to Harry Stuart for letting me practice with his team. I had to get to work if I had any chance of making it to the award podium at nationals. At regionals with only three men in my division and barely taking second place overall, and only my team in each of my relays I did not really know if I was ready for nationals. I only had over two and a half months to get in skating shape. At Tuesday s practices in Ft. Pierce, we would have sprint races. I found that after several three- lap races my lungs were on fire and it was hard for me to catch my breath. Chemotherapy, being out of shape and maybe trying to keep up with kids 35 years younger than me may have had something to do with it. Knowing that at nationals my shortest race would be five laps, I was in trouble. On my 30-minute drive back home from practice, I told myself if I had an outside chance of placing in New Mexico I had to get real serious about training. I called my coach Eric Licata who lives in Tampa, Florida, which is a three-hour drive away, to find out what kind of training I should be doing. Almost every day I was on the bike, skates, or sometimes both. I also watched what I was eating, as certain foods would affect my performance. At this point, diet was very important. Most mornings I was up by 5 a.m., on the bike for a 20 to 25 mile ride, grab a quick shower, breakfast and then off to work by 7:15 a.m. at the fire department for 24 hours. During my afternoon workout time, I would be on the spin bike for another minutes. I work two jobs, so there were days that I would work the next day, come home at 3:00-3:30 p.m., change, grab my skates and be off to practice and not get home until 7:30-8 p.m. I also started a workout routine called the AB Challenge, along with some light weight training. I did this routine seven to eight days in a row then would take a day off to rest. After a little more than two months of intense training, it was time for nationals in New Mexico with the family. I was hoping that all my training was enough to get me on the award podium. Following our flight, getting a rental car, and checking into the hotel late at night, I had a million things running through my mind. I was lucky if I got three hours of sleep that night. The next day, it was off to the convention center. As I entered the building, my nerves started to work on me. I was able to overcome my nerves and advance out of all my heats to the finals. After placing first in the 700 meter race, first in the 500 meter race, second in the 1000 meter race, second in the master 4-man relay and third in the veteran 2-man relay, I knew that all my training and hard work paid off. I never in a million years imagined getting gold, but I managed to get two gold medals, two silver medals, one bronze medal and even be the overall champion in my division. This was definitely a dream come true for me!!! I want to thank my relay partners Roy Paz, Dana Naeher and Jamie Linton for helping me achieve my goal. I also want to thank my wife and family, coaches Eric Licata, Sammy Johnson, Harry Stuart, CJ, and the entire Stardust family for supporting me through it all. Coach Eric Licata wrote this about Vince: Vince has skated for Stardust for many years, Vince took some time off due to his cancer and treatment, he came to me last year and said he wanted to come back and skate after all he went through. He asked me what he should do for training just getting back into it; I told him that he is not a new skater so he needed to get his body fit and feeling good first. I told him to ride his bike a lot and skate when he can. He looked OK at regionals. Then, at Nationals, with me not knowing in all his years of skating he had placed but never won, after his first race when he won the gold, he gave me that bit of information. He was on the road to an overall title and bronze in the 2-man relay and silver in the 4-man relay. We are all so proud of Vince. In a final note, those of us throughout the skating family know that Vince has shown us all he has the heart of gold. We are so proud you completed that dream! U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

44 World Team Travel A NEW WAY WE MAY BE ABLE TO HELP THEM GET ON BOARD USA Roller Sports (USARS) is participating in an exciting new fundraising program. It is a portal to do online shopping featuring thousands of partner stores. When you make a purchase on the skating organization will receive royalties on your purchases. Many people shop online and compare pricing online. If you can find the item you are seeking at the price that satisfies your budget, please consider looking at this website as another shopping portal for your needs. All the royalties that result from our members shopping will be used to help with World Team Travel. There are thousands of partner stores like Walmart, EBay, Best Buy, Apple, Home Depot and many more! Getting started is easy! 1) Visit our website. 2) Register as a Preferred Customer 3) Click Sign In in the upper left hand corner 4) Select the No, I am a new customer option 5) Follow the prompts... You are now eligible to earn royalties for USARS! What do you have to lose? At least go look at the Portal! It may be a way to help.

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46 PRECISION SKATING WHAT A BLAST! By Brenda J. Massey Sometimes I hear those numbers in my sleep. When my baby grandson started to count, we were concerned that he would think the numeric sequence actually started with 5 instead of 1 as much as he is marching around to the music of the infamous Quad Squad and listening to Nana, his mom and his Auntie screaming ! Quad Squad has been together as a Junior Precision Team since We started it as a tool to bring new skaters into our skating club and it has certainly been successful. Country Skateland now has five precision teams; two junior teams, one senior team, a small show and a novice precision team. The great news is that every member of all the teams competes in events on their own along with precision. That exception is the novice team which is comprised mostly of parents of the children in the club. My passion for roller skating began when I was a teen-ager and skated every single public skating session I could get to. Back then I wasn t allowed to take skating lessons no matter how hard I tried to convince my parents. I would watch everyone backwards skating, skating the dance specials and doing flea hop, and I was amazed and impressed with all the talent. But oh my, how badly I wished that I could do those tricks! When I had my own children, I wanted to be sure they never knew that longing and when my daughter Amanda was 18 months old, we joined the tiny-tot class under the direction of my mentor and dearest friend, Irene Graham. Irene taught me so many things about skating how scoring worked, the different events, etc. But the greatest lesson I ever learned from her was that roller skating was about FAMILIES. I loved hanging around Irene Graham and all my friends at the rink. What she taught me was that as long as parents wanted to come to the rink and hang out, you ve won the major battle of keeping loyal and consistent skaters. Children almost always choose to skate it s the parents who get bored and change their mind. Precision skating is the perfect way to motivate families to skate together and be a part of something very special. On the novice team, you do not have to be a great skater in order to participate. You just have to be there! Amanda started private lessons at 3 years old, and all of my other children followed in her footsteps and we all loved roller skating together. I learned everything I could about the sport of competitive skating and used that knowledge to become a coach. My daughters followed me in my endeavors. We are still having so much fun! Precision team helps also with team spirit and camaraderie within a club. You are only as strong as your weakest link is a popular comment we tell the teams when the complaining starts about so and so isn t pushing hard enough or so and so is holding me too tightly. The children are forced to work things out and there is no doubt it has brought our club closer than you can imagine. Sometimes it s too close and sometimes they argue like siblings. But just like siblings, they will stick up for each other and help each other when the chips are down. Last year we had some new boys who were having trouble keeping up with the very quick footwork of Quad Squad. Two of them were on the verge of quitting. I could not believe how quickly the other kids pitched in and took time away from their own practice to help these boys who have turned out to be such strong members on the team! Precision skating had its debut in 1998 in Fresno, California. At the time, my girls were training with Brookpark Team Elite under the guidance of none other than Mr. Wayne Wojnarowsky. I was on hiatus from teaching as I was pregnant with Sarah who was due that October! My daughters thrived on the team, and learned so much from Wayne. They stayed on the precision team for many years, working also with Mary Nendza. Now they are coaching five teams with me and our success has been overwhelming. I think of Wayne often and know how proud he is somewhere, knowing that my girls are still at it and remain motivated to keep building precision teams in the United States. 46 U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

47 Another positive aspect about precision skating is that it doesn t take that much time. Each team practices only one day a week until school is out in the summer, and then we practice twice a week through nationals. Attendance is a huge factor in successful precision skating, and that is the hardest part of all. Practices are mandatory and we insist on consistency. Everyone on the teams has experienced the difficulty when one or two skaters are missing and how hard it is to practice when someone is absent. That in itself usually helps keep attendance up throughout the year. We do make some exceptions, however. If a skater participates in a school sport like volleyball, we do work around that time when they are doing their school sport as long as it s a limited time like football. We encourage participation in school sports, but within reason. Our entire club participates in fundraising events. We have a committee that comes up with some great ideas that have proved to be truly excellent and fruitful for everyone. This past year has opened our eyes, however, to an increased need for some individual fundraising necessary for just the precision teams that qualify for the World Team. This year we have the Senior Quad Squad and our small Show Team, the Showstoppers who qualify for worlds and due to financial constraints on the parents, we cannot travel to Taipei. We are hoping to get some big fundraising together in order to try and go to Spain next year, but we will have to see how that works out. We have worked the concession stands for the Cleveland Indians, we have had spaghetti dinners, skating shows, and we buy Wendy s frosty cards, and even had garage sales! Precision skating appeals to people of all ages. Little children love it, older children love it, and so do the adults! It gives everyone an opportunity to work with their peers doing a great sport. Everyone loves the music and there is nothing like the sound of 16 pairs of skates clipping against the wood floor in time with the music. Sometimes during a particularly crowded session, I will clear the floor and put out a few drill lines from Quad Squad with a top 20 song that gets some attention! Quad Squad has been at nationals and in a placement every year since Some of those original members remain on the Senior Quad Squad and Show Team. My daughter Sarah Massey is the last remaining member of that first Quad Squad (actually called Buckeye Precision in 2005). This is her last year as she ages out at 15. I am lucky enough that I have a granddaughter still on Quad Squad, and two more moving up the ranks from Country Kids to Quad Squad and of course, that little counting toddler who comes to every practice and actually asks Amanda sometimes to let him watch the teams on DVD at home. To any coach reading this who is interested in starting your own team, it is very simple. Start with whatever skaters you have and build on it by pulling from your rink s birthday parties and skating sessions. Keep it entertaining and fun, and above everything, make sure the parents are watching their child participate in something that makes them happy. It only takes a few to get started. The rewards are great and it will build your club beyond your wildest dreams. There are many resources to be utilized from many places from USA Roller Sports all the way to the many precision videos on you tube. The rules for precision are spelled out quite simply in our rule book. Take one item at a time. Make a circle with your skaters and make up some footwork! Put them in a block.do some more footwork! Change your handholds, learn how to move a circle.before you know it, you will be having all the fun of coaching a group of skaters working as a team and introducing them to a whole new world OUR world!!!! One last side note a studio from California has expressed an interest in producing a roller skating TV reality show showcasing my family that skates and coaches together and a keen interest in precision roller skating! They have interviewed and filmed bits and pieces of a day in the life cross your fingers everyone. Our sport just may hit the media in a huge way sooner than later! Happy skating! U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

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50 Rink Name First Name Last Name Test Name Auburn Skate Connection Halley Benedict #1 Bronze American Dance Auburn Skate Connection Halley Benedict #2 Bronze American Dance Auburn Skate Connection Emily Ristig #1 Bronze Solo Dance Auburn Skate Connection Emily Ristig #2 Bronze Solo Dance Auburn Skate Connection Molly Ristig #1 Bronze Solo Dance Auburn Skate Connection Molly Ristig #2 Bronze Solo Dance Auburn Skate Connection Annaleisse Staley #2 Bronze Freestyle Aurora Skate Center Abigail Barajas #1 Bronze American Dance Aurora Skate Center Abigail Barajas #2 Bronze American Dance Aurora Skate Center Abigail Barajas #1 Bronze Circle Figure Aurora Skate Center Abigail Barajas #2 Bronze Circle Figure Aurora Skate Center Abigail Barajas #3 Bronze Circle Figure Aurora Skate Center Clara Bruno #1 Bronze Circle Figure Aurora Skate Center Clara Bruno #2 Bronze Circle Figure Aurora Skate Center Clara Bruno #1 Bronze Freestyle Aurora Skate Center Clara Bruno #2 Bronze Freestyle Aurora Skate Center Mark Clouse #1 Bronze American Dance Aurora Skate Center Mark Clouse #2 Bronze American Dance Aurora Skate Center Russell Doran #1 Bronze Circle Figure Aurora Skate Center Russell Doran #2 Bronze Circle Figure Aurora Skate Center Sarah Dwyer #1 Bronze American Dance Aurora Skate Center Sarah Dwyer #2 Bronze American Dance Aurora Skate Center Sarah Dwyer #1 Bronze Circle Figure Aurora Skate Center Sarah Dwyer #2 Bronze Circle Figure Aurora Skate Center Sarah Dwyer #3 Bronze Circle Figure Aurora Skate Center Louise Just #4 Bronze Circle Figure Aurora Skate Center Cheyanne Lowery #1 Bronze Circle Figure Aurora Skate Center Cheyanne Lowery #2 Bronze Circle Figure Aurora Skate Center Cheyanne Lowery #1 Bronze Freestyle Aurora Skate Center Cheyanne Lowery #2 Bronze Freestyle Aurora Skate Center Carla Pinto #2 Bronze American Dance Cal Skate of Rohnert Park Hannah Adams-Bermudez #1 Bronze Solo Dance Cal Skate of Rohnert Park Hannah Adams-Bermudez #2 Bronze Solo Dance Cal Skate of Rohnert Park Julia Capriola #2 Bronze Freestyle Cal Skate of Rohnert Park Julia Capriola #4 Bronze Circle Figure Cal Skate of Rohnert Park Julia Capriola #4 Bronze Solo Dance Cal Skate of Rohnert Park Samantha Davis #6 Bronze Solo Dance Cal Skate of Rohnert Park Samantha Davis #6 Bronze Circle Figure Cal Skate of Rohnert Park Julia Duffy #1 Bronze Loop Figure Cal Skate of Rohnert Park Neve Eustace #11 Silver Solo Dance Cal Skate of Rohnert Park Sarah Good #2 Bronze Solo Dance Cal Skate of Rohnert Park Satya Karri #4 Silver Loop Figure Cal Skate of Rohnert Park Satya Karri #8 Silver Circle Figure Cal Skate of Rohnert Park Tia Minto #1 Bronze Solo Dance Cal Skate of Rohnert Park Mary Oswald #1 Bronze Circle Figure Cal Skate of Rohnert Park Alexis Wright #1 Bronze Solo Dance Cal Skate of Rohnert Park Alexis Wright #2 Bronze Circle Figure Caln Skating Center Leanna Knight #1 Bronze Circle Figure Caln Skating Center Leanna Knight #2 Bronze Circle Figure Caln Skating Center Leanna Knight #1 Bronze Freestyle Caln Skating Center Tamlynn Magolin #1 Bronze Circle Figure Caln Skating Center Tamlynn Magolin #2 Bronze Circle Figure Caln Skating Center Tamlynn Magolin #1 Bronze Freestyle Caln Skating Center Serenity Mouzon #1 Bronze Circle Figure Caln Skating Center Serenity Mouzon #2 Bronze Circle Figure Caln Skating Center Serenity Mouzon #1 Bronze Freestyle Caln Skating Center Corinne Strommer #1 Bronze Circle Figure Caln Skating Center Corinne Strommer #2 Bronze Circle Figure Caln Skating Center Corinne Strommer #1 Bronze Freestyle Castle Skateland Barry Harvey #4 Bronze Solo Dance Castle Skateland John Maiolini #10 Silver Solo Dance Castle Skateland Caden Mott #1 Bronze Freestyle Castle Skateland Carolyn Schnell #4 Bronze Solo Dance Centralia Rollerdrome Quinn Moran #4 Bronze Freestyle Centralia Rollerdrome Quinn Moran #5 Silver Freestyle Centralia Rollerdrome Quinn Moran #6 Silver Freestyle Centralia Rollerdrome Quinn Moran #7 Silver Circle Figure Centralia Rollerdrome Quinn Moran #8 Silver Circle Figure Centralia Rollerdrome Quinn Moran #9 Silver Circle Figure Chester Skateland Maria Ardillo #2 Bronze Freestyle Chester Skateland Maria Ardillo #1 Bronze Circle Figure Chester Skateland Celeste Burnett #2 Bronze Solo Dance Chester Skateland Celeste Burnett #2 Bronze Loop Figure Chester Skateland Kaitlyn English #2 Bronze Freestyle Chester Skateland Brianna Gettier #2 Bronze Circle Figure Chester Skateland Brianna Gettier #3 Bronze Freestyle Chester Skateland Madison Kemp #2 Bronze Circle Figure Chester Skateland Madison Kemp #2 Bronze Freestyle Chester Skateland Kailyn Messler #2 Bronze Freestyle Chester Skateland Ashleigh Popp #4 Bronze Freestyle Chester Skateland Dannon Reed #4 Bronze Freestyle Chester Skateland Corrina Sheehy #2 Bronze Solo Dance Chester Skateland Corrina Sheehy #2 Bronze Loop Figure Chester Skateland Corrina Sheehy #4 Bronze Freestyle Country Skateland Autumn Fox #3 Bronze Circle Figure Dover Skating Center Dan Carr #4 Bronze Solo Dance Dover Skating Center Brianna Hoffecker #3 Bronze Circle Figure Dover Skating Center Matthew Knight #2 Bronze Circle Figure East End Skating Center Hannah Bailey #7 Bronze American Dance East End Skating Center Isabella Crownover #2 Bronze American Dance East End Skating Center Isabella Crownover #3 Bronze Solo Dance East End Skating Center Jessica Crownover #1 Bronze Circle Figure East End Skating Center Jessica Crownover #2 Bronze Circle Figure East End Skating Center Catherine Itu #3 Bronze Solo Dance East End Skating Center Rebecca Jones #7 Bronze American Dance East End Skating Center Michael Kingma #4 Bronze American Dance East End Skating Center Pazia Kingma #4 Bronze Solo Dance East End Skating Center Pazia Kingma #5 Bronze Solo Dance East End Skating Center Stephen Winbery #4 Bronze Solo Dance East End Skating Center Stephen Winbery #4 Bronze American Dance East End Skating Center Sutton Yarbro #4 Bronze American Dance East End Skating Center Sutton Yarbro #5 Bronze American Dance Fantasy Skating Center Stephanie Lehr #1 Bronze Freestyle Marysville Skate Inn Jim Barrett #4 Bronze Circle Figure Marysville Skate Inn Lea Camero #3 Bronze American Dance Marysville Skate Inn Belle Collazo #1 Bronze American Dance Marysville Skate Inn Cyara Collazo #3 Bronze Circle Figure Marysville Skate Inn Nikki Fleschmann #2 Bronze Freestyle Marysville Skate Inn Restine Hernandez #4 Bronze Circle Figure Marysville Skate Inn Restine Hernandez #3 Bronze American Dance Marysville Skate Inn Chris Scurti #1 Bronze Circle Figure Oaks Park Roller Rink Alex Chin #1 Bronze American Dance Oaks Park Roller Rink Alex Chin #2 Bronze American Dance Oaks Park Roller Rink Lillia Lundgren #1 Bronze American Dance Oaks Park Roller Rink Lillia Lundgren #2 Bronze American Dance Oaks Park Roller Rink Emily MacKay #15 Gold Solo Dance Redwood Roller Rink Maya Goody #12 Gold International Solo Dance Rolladium Noah Babala #1 Bronze Solo Dance Rolladium Noah Babala #1 Bronze American Dance Rolladium Anna Cao #1 Bronze International Solo Dance Rolladium Mariah Davis #1 Bronze Circle Figure Rolladium Julie Dennis #6 Silver Circle Figure Rolladium Maame-Yaa Fletcher #1 Bronze American Dance Rolladium Emily Guilds #3 Bronze Circle Figure Rolladium Lily Knapp #1 Bronze American Dance Rolladium Jeffrey Moats #1 Bronze Circle Figure Rolladium Blaylock Pearl #3 Bronze Circle Figure 50 U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

51 Rolladium Blaylock Pearl #1 Bronze American Dance Rolladium Caitlyn Rahn #1 Bronze Solo Dance Rolladium Kaylie Robinson #2 Bronze Circle Figure Rolladium Brianna Sebraski #1 Bronze Circle Figure Rolladium Korissa Shade #4 Bronze Circle Figure Rolladium Amber Thomsen #2 Bronze Freestyle Rolladium Sidnee Thomsen #1 Bronze Freestyle Rollarama Kayla Herb #3 Bronze Circle Figure Rollarama Kayla Herb #2 Bronze Solo Dance Rollarama Ava James #1 Bronze Circle Figure Rollarama Brad McCrary #3 Bronze Circle Figure Rollarama Brad McCrary #1 Bronze Solo Dance Rollarama Julianna Pinkins #1 Bronze Circle Figure Rollarama Karsen Rittner #1 Bronze Freestyle Rollarama Natasha Sookrah #2 Bronze Circle Figure Rollarama Natasha Sookrah #3 Bronze Circle Figure Rollarama Natasha Sookrah #2 Bronze Solo Dance Rollarama Skating Center Linda Mackey #15 Gold Medal Solo Dance Roller Gardens Trudy Howard #2 Bronze Solo Dance Roller Gardens Bianca Metreger #1 Bronze Solo Dance Roller Gardens Bianca Metreger #2 Bronze Solo Dance Roller Gardens Melinda Meyer #3 Bronze Solo Dance Roller King Roseville Lynae Coelho #3 Bronze Circle Figure Roller King Roseville Lynae Coelho #1 Bronze Freestyle Roller King Roseville Jacob Fuller #1 Bronze Circle Figure Roller King Roseville Sabrina Healy #3 Bronze Circle Figure Roller King Roseville Sabrina Healy #2 Bronze Freestyle Roller King Roseville Emma Holmes #4 Bronze Freestyle Roller King Roseville Anisha Lal #1 Bronze Solo Dance Roller King Roseville Anisha Lal #1 Bronze Circle Figure Roller King Roseville Mikayla Lopez #1 Bronze Solo Dance Roller King Roseville Mikayla Lopez #1 Bronze Circle Figure Roller King Roseville Mikayla Lopez #1 Bronze Freestyle Roller King Roseville Megan Rosenberg #10 Silver Solo Dance Roller King Roseville Megan Rosenberg #8 Silver Circle Figure Roller King Roseville Megan Rosenberg #4 Bronze International Dance Roller King Roseville Swayam Saraiya #2 Bronze Solo Dance Roller King Roseville Swayam Saraiya #2 Bronze Circle Figure Roller King Roseville Satva Shah #5 Bronze Circle Figure Roller King Roseville Samantha Wells #3 Bronze Freestyle Roller Kingdom Taisya Cimini #2 Bronze Loop Figure Roller Kingdom Georgia Dittemore #2 Bronze American Dance Roller Kingdom Georgia Dittemore #3 Bronze Circle Figure Roller Kingdom Georgia Dittemore #2 Bronze American Dance Roller Kingdom Georgia Dittemore #3 Bronze Circle Figure Roller Kingdom Nicole Sullivan #1 Bronze Circle Figure Roller Kingdom Nicole Sullivan #2 Bronze Circle Figure Roller Kingdom Nicole Sullivan #1 Bronze Freestyle Roller Kingdom Nicole Sullivan #2 Bronze Freestyle- Roller Kingdom--Hudson Samantha Kiley Gold Medal Solo Dance Roller Kingdom--Hudson Samantha Kiley Gold Medal Circle Figures Rollhaven Skating Center Paige Elya #1 Bronze Freestyle Rollhaven Skating Center Evalynn Noll #1 Bronze Freestyle Rollhaven Skating Center Jadyn Noll #1 Bronze Circle Figure Rollhaven Skating Center Jadyn Noll #3 Bronze Freestyle Ron-A-Roll Jennifer Mudawar Gold Medal Loop Figures Skate World David Bialorucki #9 Silver Solo Dance Skate World Kristen Bissett #11 Gold Circle Figure Skate World Trisha Brown #11 Gold Circle Figure Skate World Susan Hennesy #4 Bronze Solo Dance Skate World Stephania Johnson #14 Gold American Dance Skate World Sandra Merkly #6 Bronze Solo Dance Skate World Art Ripley #5 Bronze American Dance Skate World Art Ripley #6 Bronze American Dance Skate World Allison Zaleski #11 Silver American Dance Skate World Allison Zaleski #12 Silver American Dance Skate World Lauren Zaleski #2 Bronze Loop Figure Skate World Lauren Zaleski #9 Silver Circle Figure Skate World Lauren Zaleski #3 Bronze Loop Figure Skateland of Ashland Collin Moore #12 Gold Circle Figure Skatin Station Malea Conners #1 Bronze American Dance Skatin Station Malea Conners #1 Bronze International Dance Skatin Station Malea Conners #1 Bronze Circle Figure Skatin Station Hannah Freeman #1 Bronze American Dance Skatin Station Hannah Freeman #1 Bronze International Dance Skatin Station Hannah Freeman #1 Bronze Circle Figure Skatin Station Carena Harrison #1 Bronze American Dance Skatin Station Carena Harrison #1 Bronze International Dance Skatin Station Carena Harrison #1 Bronze Circle Figure Skatin Station Pawar Juhi #1 Bronze American Dance Skatin Station Pawar Juhi #1 Bronze Circle Figure Skatin Station Lee Madison #1 Bronze American Dance Skatin Station Lee Madison #1 Bronze Circle Figure Skatin Station Rose Madison #4 Bronze Circle Figure Skatin Station Rose Madison #2 Bronze Loop Figure Skatin Station Amanda Smyser #7 Bronze American Dance Skatin Station Amanda Smyser #2 Bronze Loop Figure Skatin Station Katie Wale #1 Bronze International Dance Skatin Station Katie Wale #1 Bronze American Dance Skatin Station Katie Wale #1 Bronze Circle Figure Skatin Station Jade Zhang #1 Bronze American Dance Skatin Station Jade Zhang #1 Bronze Circle Figure Spinnations Caroline Bell #15 Solo Dance Spinnations Caroline Bell #15 Gold Solo 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52 TURNING POINT This article was co-authored by Mr. William Spooner, USARS Board of Directors member and Figure Sport Committee Chairman and Mr. John Cawly, Chairman of the Officials Committee and Figure Sport Committee member. Both are internationally credentialed CIPA judges and referees, and each has judged the USA national championships for greater than 35 years. There is nowhere stated in the rulebook where the toe-stop should spike on the floor! The coaches don t care about the take-offs; they just want the landing to appear clean. They can fool the judges. This quote might have been overheard at the 2013 National Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, or it could have been heard at the 2010 National Championships in Lincoln, Nebraska, or possibly, the 1990 National Championships in Pensacola, or even at the 1976 Nationals in Ft. Worth, Texas. OR it could have been overheard at Mr. Cawly s very first judge s panel meeting in 1965 in St. Louis, Missouri. The above quote was made by the panel advisor (at the time called a pro ) in response to one of the long-term, well-respected judges on the panel. That pro s response summarizes the attitude of some, not all, coaches over the course of at least the last fifty years probably much longer. The astonished judge emphasized during this discussion that the aerial rotation was equally important, and that a cheated jump was a cheated jump, whether on the take-off or on the landing. I have to agree. Yes, that is where I first heard this discussion. Yes, this debate has been going on for a long, long time. It is NOT new. What IS new is the mandatory deductions placed on skaters in CIPA events when these skaters turn out over one quarter turn on the take-offs. We, Mr. Spooner and I, both had many conversations with one another and have collaborated in writing this article. This article is also the result of conversations with many coaches at the 2013 National Figure Championships in Albuquerque. A major point of the conversations was that many USARS coaches and judges did not agree with the CIPA ruling about penalties for the performance of the Double Mapes or Double Toe Walley. Under new rules for CIPA, a Mapes (Toe Loop) or Toe Walley in which the skater turns into the jump more than a quarter of a turn is penalized. We have informally named these jumps as Toe Axels, because they are in effect jumping from a forward position from the toe-stop. If the skater who toes-out greater than one quarter turn, but keeps the shoulder closed, that skater receives half of the value otherwise awarded by the judge. But any skater who turns the hip and shoulder more than one quarter turn is penalized by the referee (0.5) from the A mark. That is the equivalent of 2 ½ falls TOE-LOOP (MAPES) The GOOD execution of the element: A Toe Loop (Mapes) performed with a turn of the toe stop of no more than one-quarter of a rotation or less, whilst the employed foot is on the floor and the body position is a maximum of one-quarter turned without opening the left arm/shoulder. This will be given full value and be considered a good execution. The FAIR execution of the element: A Toe Loop (Mapes) performed with a turn of the toe stop of more than one-quarter of a rotation whilst the employed foot is on the floor, and the body position is a maximum of one-quarter turned without opening the left arm/shoulder. This will be given half value of No.1. above. The BAD execution of the element (Open Toe Loop): A Toe Loop (Mapes) performed with a turn of the toe stop of more than one-quarter of a rotation whilst the employed foot is on the floor and the body position is turned more than one-quarter and the left arm/shoulder is open. We both agree that judges have consistently penalized a poorly performed Mapes or Toe Walleys for eons. This is nothing new. The new portion is an assigned numeric penalty; that penalty is imposed by the referee. We do not agree with the CIPA perspective that the referee imposes the penalty. However, in CIPA level events we have ruled that we follow CIPA rules. That is how we ensure that USA athletes are prepared. Both of us believe that if this process was going to be for the benefit of improving free skating then the CIPA Committee should have also addressed the Salchow with a take-off from the toe stop and the Loop with a take-off from the toe stop. We believe that if all free skating content elements were being addressed, then the pumped spin, incomplete spins and poor spin positions demonstrated would all have mandatory penalties. Some coaches ask why the judges do not have mandatory penalties in the lower divisions. The coaches point out that European federations implement this process in their developmental divisions. The simple answer is We are not Europe. We have more amateur in our lower divisions than all of Europe. We have our own process. This does not mean that our developing athletes are not penalized. Many youth events have skaters who do the Toe Axel as a method of doing the Double Mapes. The judges give credit for what is done and penalize the performance of this jump as not as good as an accurate Double Mapes. But it is one component of a total performance. A total performance is a balanced program with artistry and athletic skills. It is a comparative evaluation of who did the best overall. Figure 1 - Variation in Content and Performance Determines Outcome of Contest. A skater may win a contest with a Toe Axel but it is in spite of the incomplete jump. The rest of the performance in totality is considered better than the other skaters. As is demonstrated in figure 1, the skater with the poorest jumps (Skater C) had the best spins. Conversely, Skater A, who had the best jumps, was the weakest spinner. Indeed rare is the case that a single content item determines the outcome of a contest. Certainly, in our judging careers that has not been the case. USARS has imposed penalties for limitations in the past. We did that in pairs and B and C events, and before that in Junior Olympic events. How did that work out? We think you all know that answer. Coaches want a level playing field. They point out that everyone would be penalized the same. We believe they want assurance that the error is noted and taken into consideration. We can assure you it is being considered. Judges reward good technique and overall quality when given the opportunity to. The coach points out that the parent does not understand how the skater with jumps off the toes wins compared to their child. Our response is that the coach is the representative for the sport. Explain that skating is a sport. Explain that not all sports have a finish line. Explain that sports have rules, training and evaluation of the judges. Explain the reason we place children in sport is to learn selfdiscipline, delay of gratification, fitness and how to win and how to work harder to attain their goals. Since the 40s there has been discussion of cheated jumps and lack of spins. Our judges have skated in the sport, understand the sport and reward and penalize appropriately. Can we do better? YES and we continue to try. However, we do not feel that the way to improve free skating is having a list of penalties that one simply checks off and deducts the point. It is an evaluation. The International Skating Union (ISU), the international ice figure skating association, has attempted to quantify their judging system. Some people suggest that this along with lack of sponsorship has reduced the sport to a jumping contest and stopped the creativity. We would like to hear your responses and feedback You can reach John at jcawly@sbcglobal.net Bill at BS8@aol.com 52 U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

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54 2013 Figure National Championships: Results Albuquerque, New Mexico Photos by Callam Sports Primary Boys Figures 1 Jonathan D Ambrosio- San Diego, Calif. 2 Thomas Burke- Whitman, Mass. 3 Baron Butler- Virginia Beach, Va. Freshman A Girls Figures 1 Meranda Detlefsen- Elk Grove, Calif. 2 Ashley Clifford- Redwood City, Calif. 3 Jessica Carstens-Kass- Columbia, Mo. Primary Girls Figures 1 Kyra Gardner- Miami, Fla. 2 Brooke Reutter- Jefferson City, Mo. 3 Haley Gould- Hudson, Mass. Juvenile B Boys Figures 1 Jonathan D Ambrosio- San Diego, Calif. 2 Micah Crim- Ashland, Va. 3 Darius Sanders- Glenwood, Ill. Juvenile B Girls Figures 1 Monica Kellner- West Chester, Ohio 2 Samantha Davis- Rohnert Park, Calif. 3 Mattison Hyde- Summit, Ill. Sophomore A Women Figures 1 Aimee Mousessian- Orange, Calif. 2 Candice Clifford- Redwood City, Calif. 3 Alexa Schlackman- Orange, Calif. Novice B Men Figures 1 Joshua MacKay- Greensboro, N.C. 2 Rex Ireland- Greensboro, N.C. 3 Robert Martin- Chico, Calif. Novice B Women Figures 1 Emilia Rubio-Paz- Miami, Fla. 2 Kayla Prior- Citrus Heights, Calif. 3 Lisa Keys- Spring, Texas Juvenile A Boys Figures 1 Satva Shah- Roseville, Calif. 2 Jonathan D Ambrosio, San Diego, Calif. 2 Aditya Seth Sacramento, Calif. 3 Cameron Rainey Grapevine, Texas Juvenile A Girls Figures 1 Samantha Marshall- Richmond, Va. 2 Gabriella Seidel- Plainfield, Conn. 3 Sarah Van Bibber- Ashland, Va. Elementary B Boys Figures 1 Keaton Mitchell- Lynnwood, Wash. 2 Andrew Csepany- Kissimmee, Fla. 3 Dylan Owens- Gastonia, N.C. Elementary B Girls Figures 1 Esha Harwalkar- Lynnwood, Wash. 2 Turley Duque- Spring, Texas 3 Rebecca Jones- Ashland, Va. Elementary A Boys Figures 1 Benson Kuan- Spring, Texas 2 Tanner Hines- Roseville, Calif. 3 Keaton Mitchell- Lynnwood, Wash. Elementary A Girls Figures 1 Emma Gloudeman- Roseville, Calif. 2 Gabriella Permatteo- Hudson, Mass. 3 Joy Mason- Mentor On The Lake, Ohio Fresh/Soph B Men Figures 1 Jared Rugen- Lynwood, Ill. 2 Jeffrey Rosada- Spring, Texas 3 Jonathan Golden- Glenwood, Ill. Fresh/Soph B Women Figures 1 Shannon Keys- Columbia, Mo. 2 Kirsten Lina- Orlando, Fla. 3 Shannon Fagan- Plainfield, Conn. Fresh/Soph A Men Figures 1 Charles Hamblin- Portland, Ore. 2 Ian Heersink- Livonia, Mich. 3 Dominick Zampino- Mays Landing, N.J. Novice A Men Figures 1 Robert Bledsoe- Greensboro, N.C. 2 Joshua Mackay- Greensboro, N.C. 3 Adrian Trinaroli- Greenacres, Fla. Novice A Women Figures 1 Aubrey Ferraro- Delanco, N.J. 2 Tiffani Haas- Portland, Ore. 3 Kayla Prior- Citrus Heights, Calif. Classic A Men Figures 1 Marc Williams- Delanco, N.J. 2 Richard Zens- Delanco, N.J. 3 John Harding- Spring, Texas Classic A Women Figures 1 Melissa Hall- Greensboro, N.C. 2 Melissa Huppert- Lynwood, Ill. 3 Brenda Schmidt- Burlington, Wash. Esquire A Men Figures 1 Timothy Yanko- Brookpark, Ohio 2 Mykal Pedraza- Grapevine, Texas 3 Martin Moczulewski- St. Louis Park, Minn. Esquire A Women Figures 1 Wendy Dirk- Orlando, Fla. 2 Pamela Muegge- Odenton, M.D. 3 Emilia Rubio-Paz- Miami, Fla. Masters A Men Figures 1 Michael Coignard- Spring, Fla. 2 Robert Heeley- Lynwood, Ill. 3 Dereyk Jones- Laurel, M.D. Masters A Women Figures 1 Laura Albaugh- Brookpark, Ohio 2 Brenda Harris- Portland, Ore. 3 Susan Brown- Laurel, M.D. Veterans Men Figures 1 Michael Sheedy- Marysville, Wash. 2 David Berg- Auburn, Wash. 3 John Lehni- Burlington, Wash. 54 U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

55 Veterans Women Figures 1 Patricia Widman- St. Louis, Mo. 2 Virginia Kriehn- Marysville, Wash. 3 Dorothy Deremer- Taunton, Mass. Premier A Gold Men Figures 1 Marc Williams- Delanco, N.J. 2 John Hardin- Spring, Texas 3 Mykal Pedraza- Grapevine, Texas Premier A Gold Women Figures 1 Melissa Hall- Greensboro, N.C. 2 Aubrey Ferraro- Delanco, N.J. 3 Carrie Youngren- Burlington, Wash. Premier A Silver Men Figures 1 Patrick Shannon- Auburn, Wash. 2 James Cook- Laurel, M.D. 3 Dereyk Jones- Laurel, M.D. Premier A Silver Women Figures 1 Susan Hopkins- Kissimmee, Fla. 2 Wendy Dirk- Orlando, Fla. 3 Lona Dennis- Marysville, Wash. Golden A Men Figures 1 James Harmer- Brunswick, Ohio 2 Michael Rutledge- Chico, Calif. 3 James Turner- Butler, Wis. Golden A Women Figures 1 Ingrid McManus-Mundell- Indianapolis, Ind. 2 Johanna Barycz- Waterford, Mich. 3 Linda Cadwell- Redwood City, Calif. Jr/JrWC Men Figures 1 Collin Moore- Ashland, Va. 2 Deven Jacobson- Richmond, Va. 3 Timothy Coneby- Delanco, N.J. Junior Men Figures 1 Michael Reinhart- Orange, Calif. 2 Timothy Abbott- Hudson, Mass. Jr/Jr WC Women Figures 1 Kayla Rodriguez- Delanco, N.J. 2 Emma Trent- Lynwood, Ill. 3 Caitlin Mitcherson- Tampa, Fla. Junior Women Figures 1 Jennifer Mudawar- Vernon, Conn. 2 Marie Queenan- Calgary Alberta, Canada 3 Patricia Bauler- Orange, Calif. World Class Men Figures 1 Josiah Bishop- Ashland, Va. World Class Women Figures 1 Kayla Rodriguez- Delanco, N.J. 2 Shauna McCullough-Walker - Greensboro, N.C. 3 Emma Trent- Columbia, Mo. Primary Boys Loops 1 Jonathan D Ambrosio- San Diego, Calif. 2 Mark Adams- Ukiah, Calif. 3 Thomas Burke- Whitman, Mass. Primary Girls Loops 1 Brooke Reutter- Jefferson City, Mo. 2 Haley Gould- Hudson, Mass. 3 Zoie Youngren- Burlington, Wash. Juvenile B Boys Loops 1 Jonathan D Ambrosio- San Diego, Calif. 2 Micha Crim- Ashland, Va. 3 Darius Sanders- Glenwood, Ill. Juvenile B Girls Loops 1 Kalysta Crawford- Lynden, Wash. 2 Ramona Schuler-Tate- Ukiah, Calif. 3 Dalia Diaz- Orlando, Fla. Juvenile A Boys Loops 1 Mark Adams- Ukiah, Calif. 2 Aditya Seth- Sacramento, Calif. 3 Cameron Rainey- Grapevine, Texas Juvenile A Girls Loops 1 Brea Brodoski- Ukiah, Calif. 2 Casandra Schuler-Tate- Ukiah, Calif. 3 Kalysta Crawford- Lynden, Wash. Elementary B Boys Loops 1 Keaton Mitchell- Lynnwood, Wash. 2 Riely Richmond- Orange, Calif. Elementary B Girls Loops 1 Turley Duque- Spring, Texas 2 Natasha Kacharia- Lynnwood, Wash. 3 Kaila Gallagher- Elyria, Ohio Elementary A Boys Loops 1 Benson Kuan- Spring, Texas 2 Tanner Hines- Roseville, Calif. 3 Evan Le Cocq- Orange, Calif. Elementary A Girls Loops 1 Emma Gloudeman- Roseville, Calif. 2 Esha Harwalkar- Lynnwood, Wash. 3 Natasha Kacharia- Lynnwood, Wash. Fresh/Soph B Men Loops 1 Jeffrey Rosada- Spring, Texas 2 Blake Zawacki- Cudahy, Wis. 3 Jonathan Golden- Glenwood, Ill. Fresh/Soph B Women Loops 1 Anna Cao- Waterford, Mich. 2 Abigail Butts- Spring, Texas 3 Julie Dennis- Waterford, Mich. Fresh/Soph A Men Loops 1 Charles Hamblin- Portland, Ore. 2 Ian Heersink- Livonia, Mich. 3 Joseph Budny- Pinellas Park, Fla. Freshman A Women Loops 1 Jessica Carstens-Kass- Columbia, Mo. 2 Larissa Unangst- Ukiah, Calif. 3 Ashley Clifford- Redwood City, Calif. Sophomore A Women Loops 1 Candice Clifford- Redwood City, Calif. 2 Priya Rastogi- Lynnwood, Wash. 3 Shelby Vassel- Canton, Mich. Adult Open A Men Loops 1 John Hardin- Spring, Texas 2 Richard Zens- Delanco, N.J. 3 Mykal Pedraza- Grapevine, Texas Adult Open A Women Loops 1 Carrie Youngren- Burlington, Wash. 2 Melissa Hall- Greensboro, N.C. 3 Jeanette Heffner- Delanco, N.J. Advanced Co-Ed Loops 1 Priya Rastogi- Lynnwood, Wash. 2 Meranda Detlefson- Elk Grove, Calif. 3 Dominick Zampino- Mays Landing, N.J. Juvenile/Elementary B Team Dance 1 David Pech- Redwood City, Calif. Diana Kissseleva 2 Anshul Mohan- Sacramento, Calif. Laken Kendrick 3 Joshua Cook- Brookpark, Ohio Haleigh McDonald U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

56 Juvenile A Team Dance 1 David Hamblin- Portland, Ore. Annie Mackay 2 Aaron Mixell- Mesquite, Texas Alexis Newman 3 Carter Zawacki- Cudahy, Wis. Marissa Houdesheldt Elementary A Team Dance 1 Benson Kuan- Spring, Texas Turley Duque 2 Ryan Heersink- Livonia, Mich. Sofia Ellise Cueva Fresh/Soph B Team Dance 1 Jared Rugen- Lynwood, Ill. Shannon Keys- Columbia, Mo. 2 Jeffrey Rosada- Spring, Texas Abigail Butts 3 Alexander Chinn- Portland, Ore. Lillia Lundgren- Auburn, Wash. Freshman A Team Dance 1 Ian Heersink- Livonia, Mich. Jade Ross Sophomore A Team Dance 1 Jared Rugen- Lynwood, Ill. Emma Trent- Columbia, Mo. 2 Matthew Chapman- St. Louis Park, Minn. Lauren Wright- Delanco, N.J. 3 Michael Reinhart- Orange, Calif. Jackie Cross Classic A Team Dance 1 Richard Manns- Orange, Calif. Debra Blee 2 Brian Gray- Glendale, Calif. Joyce Sangiacomo- Orange, Calif. 3 Brandan Wall- San Diego, Calif. Pauline Parks- Mesa, Ariz. Novice B Team Dance 1 Jishi Chen- Redwood City, Calif. Linda Cadwell 2 Partick Shannon- Auburn, Wash. Virginia Kriehn- Marysville, Wash. 3 Daniel Whitehouse- Portland, Ore. Heather Davis Novice A Team Dance 1 Brandan Wall- San Diego, Calif. Pauline Parks- Mesa, Ariz. 2 Daniel Gaudreau- Fountain Valley, Calif. Emily Mackay- Portland, Ore. 3 Rex Ireland- Greensboro, N.C. Melissa Hall Esquire A Team Dance 1 Curt Craton- Fountain Valley, Calif. Angela Craton 2 Anthony Daponte- Taunton, Mass. Robin Orcutt 3 George Grubbs- Portland, Ore. Michelle Wilde Masters A Team Dance 1 John Lehni- Burlington, Wash. Brenda Schmidt 2 Robert Angelotti- Midlothian, Va. Barbara Angelotti 3 Donald Freeman- Schenectady, N.Y. Donna Anscombe Veterans A Team Dance 1 Larry Schillberg- Taunton, Mass. Dorothy Deremer 2 David Allen- San Bernardino, Calif. Lianne Tow- Orange, Calif. 3 John Fogleman- Delanco, N.J. Jacqueline Reifsnyder Premier A Gold Team Dance 1 Richard Manns- Orange, Calif. Debra Blee 2 Mark Hubble- Fountain Valley, Calif. Sandi Rocco- Redwood City, Calif. 3 Brian Gray- Glendale, Calif. Joyce Sangiacomo- Orange, Calif. Premier A Silver Team Dance 1 Timothy Yanko- Brookpark, Ohio Dina Beder 2 Dereyk Jones- Laurel, M.D. Marie Deluca 3 Scott Swetnam- Portland, Ore. Debbie Goodrich Junior Team Dance 1 Cody Gibbs- Oberlin, Ohio Krista Osborne 2 Timothy Abbott- Hudson, Mass. Diane Duke Junior World Class Team Dance 1 Spencer Swetnam- Portland, Ore. Katelyn Rodgers- Taunton, Mass. 2 Brandon Fisher- Sarasota, Fla. Nicole Ogloza 3 David Rist- Brookpark, Ohio Maria Cook World Class Team Dance 1 Anthony Deluca- Laurel, M.D. Jessica Gaudy- Melbourne, Fla. 2 Jonathan Liberman- Orange, Calif. Erin Ovens-Scalzitti- Glendale, Ariz. 3 Joshua Meloy- Waterford, Mich. Jaymee Mason Open Free Dance 1 Benson Kuan- Spring, Texas Turley Duque 2 Tyler Holsclaw- Oberlin, Ohio Sarah Massey 3 Timothy Abbott-Hudson, Mass. Diane Duke Junior Precision Team 1 Junior Quad Squad- Oberlin, Ohio 2 Jr. Team New England- Hudson, Mass. 3 Riverside Rascals- Livonia, Mich. Senior Precision Team 1 Senior Quad Squad- Oberlin, Ohio 2 Sr. Team New England- Hudson, Mass. Senior Large Show Group 1 Orange Large Show Team- Orange, Calif. Senior Small Show Group 1 Show Stopper- Oberlin, Ohio 2 Like Clockwork Orange- Orange 3 Team Sk8-Infinity- Brighton, Mich. Primary Boys Free Skating 1 Mark Adams- Ukiah, Calif. 2 Baron Butler- Virginia Beach, Va. 3 Thomas Burke- Whitman, Mass. Primary Girls Free Skating 1 Brooke Reutter- Jefferson City, Mo. 2 Samantha Krusza- Lynwood, Ill. 3 Sophia Stroud- Richmond, Va. Juv/Elem B Boys Free Skating 1 Michael Slowey- Brunswick, Ohio 2 David Pech- Redwood City, Calif. 3 Keaton Mitchell- Lynnwood, Wash. 56 U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

57 Juv/Elem B Girls Free Skating 1 Ashley Davis- Orange, Calif. 2 Charizma Armour- Summit, Ill. 3 Alexis Herbert- Port Orchard, Wash. Juv/Elem A Boys Free Skating 1 Niko Lazar- Fountain Valley, Calif. 2 Collin Motley- Ashland, Va. 3 Michael Slowey- Brunswick, Ohio Juvenile A Girls Free Skating 1 Cynthia Hinderscheid- Tampa, Fla. 2 Elise Tran- Orange, Calif. 3 Lilly Postlethwait- Elyria, Ohio Elementary A Girls Free Skating 1 Emily Weegmann- Oberlin, Ohio 2 Eliza Postlethwait- Elyria, Ohio 3 Kaitlyn Bateman- Orlando, Fla. Fresh/Soph A Men Free Skating 1 Collin Moore- Ashland, Va. 2 Alex Hinderscheid- Tampa, Fla. 3 Jonathan Golden- Glenwood, Ill. Freshman A Girls Free Skating 1 Sarah Massey- Oberlin, Ohio 2 Larissa Unangst- Ukiah, Calif. 3 Courtney Eidson- Orange, Calif. Fresh/Soph B Men Free Skating 1 Ralph Larkins- Glenwood, Ill. 2 Paul Holbrook- Oberlin, Ohio Fresh/Soph B Women Free Skating 1 Elizabeth Cowley- Orange, Calif. 2 Ashley Hacker- Appleton, Wis. 3 Emily Dowd- Florham Park, N.J. Sophomore A Women Free Skating 1 Alexandra Stravino- Orange, Calif. 2 Coriann Mastropolo- Florham Park, N.J. 3 Rebecca Sim- Laurel, M.D. Novice Men Free Skating 1 Kelley Scace- Lynnwood, Wash. 2 Mykal Pedraza- Grapevine, Texas 3 Jason Winters- Spring, Texas Novice Women Free Skating 1 Ashley Beach- Orange, Calif. 2 Miranda Lopez- Northridge, Calif. 3 Allison Sangiacomo- Ventura, Calif. Jr/JrWC Men Free Skating 1 Lorenzo Bertoglio- Tampa, Fla. 2 Josiah Bishop- Ashland, Va. 3 Deven Jacobson- Richmond, Va. Junior Men Free Skating 1 Rex Smith- Elyria, Ohio Jr/JrWC Women Free Skating 1 Ashley Clifford- Redwood City, Calif. 2 Sarah Massey- Oberlin, Ohio 3 Marissa Zampino- Mays Landing, N.J Junior Women Free Skating 1 Lacey Picinich- South Amboy, N.J. 2 Christine Ditmar- Brunswick, Ohio 3 Tricia Mueller- Lombard, Ill. World Class Men Free Skating 1 John Burchfield- Orlando, Fla. 2 Derek Leonard- Orange, Calif. 3 Alexander Poland- Sarasota, Fla. World Class Women Free Skating 1 Brittany Pricer- Citrus Heights, Calif. 2 Shauna McCullough-Walker- Greensboro, N.C. 3 Joyann Barber- Orange, Calif. Fresh. Inline Boys Free Skating 1 Collin Motley- Ashland, Va. Fresh. Inline Girls Free Skating 1 Kaylee Brogan- Brighton, Mich. 2 Kelly Coyle- South Amboy, N.J. World Class Inline Women Free Skating 1 Natalie Motley- Ashland, Va. 2 Giselle Marquez- Glendale, Calif. 3 Kaylee Brogan- Brighton, Mich. Juv/Elem A Pairs 1 Collin Motley- Ashland, Va. Sophia Stroud- Richmond, Va. 2 Keaton Mitchell- Lynnwood, Wash. Esha Harwalkar 3 David Hamblin- Portland, Ore. Annie Mackay Elementary B Pairs 1 Keaton Mitchell- Lynwood, Wash. Esha Harwalkar 2 Mark Adams- Ukiah, Calif. Casandra Schuler-Tate 3 Christopher Hilton- Oberlin, Ohio Grace Francis Fresh/Soph B Pairs 1 Paul Holbrook- Oberlin, Ohio Kaitlyn Holsclaw 2 Louis D Andrea- Everett, Wash. Emberlee McPherron 3 James Asher- Elk Grove, Calif. Wanda Marshall Fresh/Soph A Pairs 1 Eric Mueller- Lombard, Ill. Meredith Rittenhouse 2 Cody Gibbs- Oberlin, Ohio Ezra Ohly 3 Alex Hinderscheid- Tampa, Fla. Cynthia Hinderscheid Jr/JrWC Pairs 1 Eric Mueller- Lombard, Ill. Meredith Rittenhouse World Class Pairs 1 Rex Smith- Elyria, Ohio Eliza Postlethwait Primary Solo Dance 1 Jonathan D Ambrosio- San Diego, Calif. 2 Lindsey Stamco- Brookpark, Ohio 3 Makayla Simonelic- Portland, Ore. Juvenile A Solo Dance 1 Annie Mackay- Portland, Ore. 2 Emma Alpert- Sacramento, Calif. 3 Elise Tran- Orange, Calif. Elementary B Solo Dance 1 Karina Mousessian- Orange, Calif. 2 Daxton Thompson- Fountain Valley, Calif. 3 Andrew Csepany- Kissimmee, Fla. Elementary A Solo Dance 1 Benson Kuan- Spring, Texas 2 Karina Mousessian- Orange, Calif. 3 Niko Lazar- Fountain Valley, Calif. U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

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59 International Youth Solo Dance/Free Dance Combined 1 Benson Kuan- Spring, Texas 2 Jessica Carstens-Kass- Columbia, Mo. 3 Courtney Eidson- Orange, Calif. JrWC Men Figures/Free Skating Combined 1 Joseph Budny- Pinellas Park, Fla. JrWC Women Figures/ Free Skating Combined 1 Courtney Kennedy World Class Women Figures/ Free Skating Combined 1 Shauna McCullough-Walker- Greensboro, N.C. 2 Joyann Barber- Orange, Calif. Primary Boys Figures/ Loops Combined 1 Jonathan D Ambrosio- San Diego, Calif. 2 Mark Adams- Ukiah, Calif. 3 Thomas Burke- Whitman, Mass. Fresh/Soph B Women Figures/ Loops Combined 1 Shanel Wofford- Lynnwood, Wash. 2 Julie Dennis- Waterford, Mich. 3 Shannon Fagan- Plainfield, Conn. Fresh/ Soph A Men Figures/ Loops Combined 1 Charles Hamblin- Portland, Ore. 2 Ian Heersink- Livonia, Mich. 3 Michael Aquila- Delanco, N.J. Freshman A Women Figures/ Loops Combined 1 Jessica Carstens-Kass- Columbia, Mo. 2 Meranda Detlefsen- Elk Grove, Calif. 3 Larissa Unangst- Ukiah, Calif. Sophomore A Women Figures/ Loops Combined 1 Shelby Vassel- Canton, Mich. 2 Candice Clifford- Redwood City, Calif. 3 Alicia Woodward- Ukiah, Calif. Primary Girls Figures/ Loops Combined 1 Haley Gould- Hudson, Mass. 2 Zoie Youngren, Burlington, Wash. 3 Hannah Bowes- Portland, Ore. Juvenile B Boys Figures/ Loops Combined 1 Jonathan D Ambrosio- San Diego, Calif. 2 Micah Crim- Ashland, Va. 3 Darius Sanders- Glenwood, Ill. Juvenile B Girls Figures/ Loops Combined 1 Samantha Davis- Rohnert Park, Calif. 2 Ramona Schuler-Tate- Ukiah, Calif. 3 Keyleigh Reichert- Columbia, Mo. Juvenile A Boys Figures/ Loops Combined 1 Aditya Seth- Sacramento, Calif. 2 Cameron Rainey- Grapevine, Texas 3 Mark Adams- Ukiah, Calif. Juvenile A Girls Figures/ Loops Combined 1 Brea Brodoski- Ukiah, Calif. 2 Gabriella Seidel- Plainfield, Conn. 3 Kristen Hearrold- Taunton, Mass. Elementary B Boys Figures/ Loops Combined 1 Keaton Mitchell- Lynnwood, Wash. 2 Riely Richmond- Orange, Calif. Elementary B Girls Figures/ Loops Combined 1 Natasha Kacharia- Lynnwood, Wash. 2 Turley Duque- Spring, Texas 3 Ciera Pearson- Ukiah, Calif. Elementary A Boys Figures/ Loops Combined 1 Benson Kuan- Spring, Texas 2 Tanner Hines- Roseville, Calif. 3 Keaton Mitchell- Lynnwood, Wash. Elementary A Girls Figures/ Loops Combined 1 Emma Gloudeman- Roseville, Calif. 2 Joy Mason- Mentor On The Lake, Ohio 3 Kaitlyn Bateman- Orlando, Fla. Fresh/Soph B Men Figures/ Loops Combined 1 Jeffrey Rosada- Spring, Texas 2 Jonathan Golden- Glenwood, Ill. 3 Christopher Butler- Roseville, Calif. U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

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64 Sleep Basics for an Olympic Coach Lindsay Thornton- Sport Psychologist, Psychophysiologist Reprinted with Permission from the U.S. Olympic Committee sleep per night, with most requiring between seven and nine hours. Athletes may be on the higher end of that normal range, requiring eight to nine hours of sleep or more, either all at night or most at night and the remainder from a daytime nap. Athletes who are younger likely require more sleep, given that research shows that from teenage years through 26 years of age young adults require approximately nine hours and 15 minutes of sleep per night. Just as increased training intensity creates a greater need for calories, it also cre ates a greater need for sleep. Athletes and coaches should be aware of periodizing their sleep to match their training cycles. For instance, during heavy training loads, schedules should be modi fied and athletes should make getting more sleep a priority. A few years ago, a bar graph displaying the nighttime sleep and nap durations for well-known ath letes circulated the Internet. The graph has bars representing Roger Federer, LeBron James, and Michelle Wie all getting about twelve hours of sleep per night, and other athletes getting nine. The viewer assumes this is every night. The image has been attributed to Zeo (a now defunct sleep monitor that can be worn on the head, providing useful information about quality and duration of sleep), but there is no information on how the data were collected did Federer, James and Wie enroll in sleep studies? Nonetheless, I show this graph to coaches and athletes as a platform for thoughtful discussion. Many respond with disbelief, while others approve. To those who approve, the idea of spending half of one s day sleeping is not alarming. A surge in sleep research has brought our attention to the role of sleep in athletic performance and recovery. This article summa rizes some highlights from sleep deprivation and sleep extension research, while providing advice for coaches to consider for getting a good night s rest for themselves and their teams. What happens when we sleep? At night, when there is less light passing through the eyes and past the pineal gland, the brain pro duces melatonin. This is the sleep drug that makes us feel tired and allows us to sleep. Once we fall asleep, our brain is disconnected from the outside world, and we descend and ascend through various sleep stages. We pass into light sleep, down towards deep sleep, and then up through a period of dreaming sleep called rapid eye movement (REM). During deep sleep, growth hormone is released and cortisol is decreased. During REM, memories are processed from the day, associated with other memories stored in our brain, and downloaded into our memory centers. In the morning we wake up, and if we have had a good night s sleep and haven t missed out on too much sleep in the previous nights, we feel well-rested and ready for the day. After the immune system has been active through the night and tissues are grown and repaired, we wake up a slightly healthier and stronger version of ourselves. Circadian Rhythms Just as there are rhythms in our sleep, where we are in deeper and lighter states of sleep, there are periods throughout the day of greater and lesser alertness. Circadian rhythms rise and dip with our sleep and alerting drives kicking into gear creating our internal clock. On average, by 8:00 a.m., we ve woken up, and our sleep drive is low. Our alerting drive then becomes active and, assuming we have been getting regular and adequate sleep, we feel alert for a couple of hours. This level of alertness gradually wears off, and from 1 to 2 p.m., we are in a trough of tiredness because the alerting drive is in low gear in midafternoon. By 6 p.m., the alerting drive kicks in again for a few hours causing us to have a second peak of alertness later in the day. This is followed by the sleep drive increasing, causing us to want to go to bed for the night. A general rule of thumb regarding the effects of circadian rhythms on performance is that our mental peak is in the morning and physical peak is in the evening. Research suggests that complex athletic skills requiring precision and combinations of fine and gross motor skills are slightly superior in the morning compared to the evening. Skills that require strength or mainly gross motor skills peak later in the day. Work outs can be planned to take advantage of these peaks in performance, for example, focusing on technical execution of skills in morning sessions and strength in late afternoon sessions. It is not surprising that in sports such as basketball and ice hockey, that combine gross and fine motor skill, athletes often take three hour game day naps. Long midday naps can theoretically recreate the morning cognitive peak in the evening, on top of the physical peak that naturally occurs for a 7 p.m. game. We have a genetically-determined need for sleep, and training demands can increase sleep requirements Adults need anywhere from five to ten hours of We cannot train ourselves to sleep less Or, rather, we cannot do so without facing the consequences of a large sleep debt. In my experi-ence addressing sleep with athletes at Olympic Training Centers, they are not getting sufficient sleep for optimal performance. The reasons for this are varied: some athletes have jobs that cut into their sleep time, some have families and young children who require their attention late at night and early in the morning, and, for some, sleep simply is not a priority. This is typically be-cause they believe that their current amount of sleep is sufficient and they are unaware of the ef-fects of sleep debt on their performance. Finally, others have difficulties getting or staying asleep. While we may want to believe we can adapt to getting less sleep, we physically cannot. We can mask the effects of feeling tired with caffeine, but our bodies do not learn to cope with less sleep. A price is paid, and in sport, this is slower recovery due to less physical repair at night, greater likelihood for illness due to decreases in immune functioning at night, less opportunity for learning from training due to decreased memory consolidation time during sleep, and potentially subopti mal levels of performance in sport. We cannot get too much sleep There is a common misconception about getting too much sleep among athletes. We can assume that athletes are generally healthy and need more sleep than non-athletes. The idea that sleep is bad likely comes from a lack of understanding of the role of sleep, or inopportune waking during sleep cycles. Athletes can be meticulous about their training schedules and view sleeping more than one third of the day as wasteful. In my experience, this misperception can be addressed through education. The inopportune waking can be corrected with trial and error. When we sleep for longer periods, either at night or during a daytime nap, there is a possibility that we will wake up out of slow wave sleep. This can leave us feeling groggy. The technical term for this is sleep inertia and it can be fought by adjusting sleep time. For example, napping for only 20 minutes is a short enough period of time where you will not descend into deep sleep (there are also devices that can be worn to detect sleep stages, and wake you up from a lighter rather than deeper sleep stage in the morning). If a 20-minute nap is successful and the athlete wants to try sleeping lon ger, a 30-minute nap can be attempted. 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65 descend into deep sleep, and will ideally wake up prior to descending into deep sleep. The ath lete may also allow 90 minutes for a nap, when she would have completed a sleep cycle and be in REM sleep, likely waking up from a dream. If you are feeling sleepy, then it is likely you need sleep. American culture tends to be chronically sleep deprived, so much so that we either do not notice that we are living in a sub-optimal state of tiredness or we notice we are tired, but believe that this is a normal part of life, and therefore do nothing about it. When we sleep for more than eight hours on a nightly basis, it is safe to assume that we are paying off accumulated sleep debt. Lab studies have shown that our brain keeps track - hourby-hour - of the sleep that it is owed for up to two weeks (and likely much longer, but two weeks is usually the amount of time that people will agree to sleep in a lab). In one study con ducted at the National Institutes of Health, participants stayed in bed in total darkness for 14 hours per night for four weeks. Participants initially slept twelve hours per night, and by the fourth week they slept on average eight hours and 15 minutes per night. The researchers conducting the study concluded that the healthy adult participants were carrying approximately 30 hours of sleep debt that took almost four weeks to pay off. It is possible that some coaches and athletes are car rying similar sized sleep debts, and could benefit from strategically paying them off. There are other mechanisms at play that cause us to feel tired beyond the time of the day and large sleep debts, such as melatonin. When produced naturally with a lack of light entering the eyes or by taking it in supplement form, we begin to feel sleepy. The converse occurs when artifi cial light gets into our eyes and suppresses the production of melatonin. Light from a computer or TV (any source of blue light) can delay melatonin production and alert the brain. This is a poten tial reason why, for instance, coaches can spend hours answering s at midnight feeling less tired as time passes, when they had only planned to remain awake for a short period of time. This is because they were in fact tired when sitting down at the computer. The light from the screen signals that it is not night time, and we therefore feel less tired. The same is true for athletes who habitually use screens (TV, laptop, ipad, etc.) before bed time, and report that they aren t tired until after midnight. Sometimes poor sleep in athletes can be improved simply by creating a differ ent routine at night, that includes turning off screens earlier, for example by 9:30 p.m., and getting in bed to read a book or doing relaxation exercises for an hour with the aim to fall asleep by 10:30 p.m. Assuming the athlete did not wake up too much during the night, by 7:30 a.m., a solid night of nine hours of sleep will leave them feeling rested and ready for another day of training. Finally, a growth hormone releasing hormone (the hormone that signals the release of growth hor mone during sleep) facilitates the onset of sleep. When rats are injected with this hormone in lab studies, they begin to feel tired. This hormone paves the way for the release of growth hormone by making it easier to fall asleep. Athletes should know that when they begin to feel tired, this is in part a sign that their body is ready to repair itself. Ignoring the feeling of being tired by trying to get more done before bed does not help the recovery process. Types of Sleepers There are three types of sleepers: Larks, Hummingbirds, and Owls. Nearly ten percent of the pop ulation is early risers or larks. Larks circadian rhythms are set slightly earlier in the day, where they feel very awake at 5 or 6 a.m. and are ready for bed earlier in the night. Another ten percent of the population are at their best late in the night, or are owls. Their circadian rhythms shifted later, leaving them very tired (or preferably asleep) until later in the morning and more awake later into the night. The remainder of the population are hummingbirds, falling somewhere in the middle, alert by 8 or 9 a.m. and ready for bed by 10 or 11 p.m. Coaches should know that teenagers are genetically owls, designed to sleep around midnight and wake around 10 a.m. Certainly there are sports where early mornings are the norm, and to an extent teenagers can adjust their sleeping schedules to attempt to get to bed earlier. However, on average, teenagers are not tired when adults are ready for bed. From an evolutionary perspective, this may be because tribes took shifts sleeping: the elderly slept at dusk, the adults a few hours later, and the teens around midnight or early morning. Fighting the teen sleep schedule could at times feel like trying to reverse thousands of years of evolution. Coaches may notice that their more experienced athletes have an easier time with morning workouts. As your athletes enter early adulthood, they may get more out of early morning sessions than they did as teenagers. Feeling excessively tired in the morning isn t all choice for teens: it is part biology and part the malleability each individual has around shifting circadian rhythms. Coaches themselves often report short amounts of sleep. Sleep does change with age, begin-ning in the mid-to-late 40s; there is a reduction in total sleep time, often accompanied with a lower quality of sleep (less deep sleep and lower amounts of growth hormone released during sleep), but coaches have very busy lives and often sleep is pushed down the priority list by other more press ing issues. Sometimes coaches ask what they can do to improve their mental performance. They ask, for example, if they should do a mental training game on their ipad to help them maintain their mental edge. I typically respond with saying that the most compelling research on maintaining or improving cognitive functions as we age points to regular cardiovascular workouts and a consistent eight hours of sleep. These two things, in addition to being involved in work that challenges you cognitively, will preserve memory and executive functions in the brain, as well as stave off age-related cognitive decline more than any amount of Sudoku playing. What happens when athletes don t get enough sleep? Insufficient sleep has similar signs of overtraining in athletes: more negative moods, difficulty with motivation, and changes in immune functioning and metabolic processes. While intense training can suppress the immune system, there is a belief that the longer than average amount of sleep athletes (ideally) get is a protective factor. Assuming the athlete regularly carries little sleep debt, he or she is therefore less vulnerable to immunosuppression after intense workouts. Athletes who are chronically under-rested or who have nights of short sleep around the time of intense training are more vulnerable to colds and upper respiratory infections. Getting significantly less sleep than is required affects the recovery process. In sleep deprivation studies, participants either get no sleep for long periods of time, or are asked to go to bed late/wake up early and get less sleep than they need. Evidence points in the direction of waking up early being slightly worse than going to bed late for recovery, and our experience likely matches this conclusion. We anticipate not feeling our best arriving on a late night flight, but feeling com paratively more tired when waking up at 3 a.m. to drive to the airport. (Note: these studies are not done with elite athletes, and are for obvious ethical reasons not conducted for long periods of time. Typically they are done for one to three days.) It is not surprising that the greater the sleep deprivation, the greater the impact on performance. With some sleep loss, mood suffers. More negative moods and lower motivation are common even with a small amount of sleep deprivation. With longer sleep deprivation, cognitive perfor-mance suffers. Small mistakes can be made in decisions or technical execution. At 36 hours of sleep deprivation, physical performance begins to suffer. In ultra-endurance racing, competitors know they are in the danger zone when they approach 30 hours of competition with no sleep (the top competitors generally get two to two and a half hours per day, for seven to eight days, but then have heavy recovery consequences to pay later). Longer periods without sleep can be associated with visual, auditory, or sensory illusions (you may see, hear, or see things differently) or hallucina tions (you experience things that are not real). In Olympic sport, partial sleep deprivation is more relevant. Knowing that the margin at the top is increasingly small, coaches and athletes should be aware of the effects of even small amounts of sleep deprivation, and subsequent sleep debt on mood, mental, and physical aspects of sport de mands. If a slightly slower reaction time, reading a play incorrectly, small technical execution error or slight decrease in power can make the difference between standing on the podium or not, then the importance of sleep must be made clear to athletes and even more so, the conditions leading to getting more sleep must be established. Getting more sleep Paying off sleep debt is generally associated with better functioning. A well-designed research study conducted in season with the Stanford men s basketball team shows that sleeping more was associated with better basketball performance, faster reaction time, improved mood, and feel ing more energized. Sleep extension has also been conducted with football, tennis, and swim ming teams at Stanford with similar positive results. The basketball players who agreed to sleep more each night gradually had faster sprint times and were better and more consistent shooters. (Requirements for participation were strict: only athletes without sleep difficulties were allowed to participate, no alcohol or caffeine was allowed, the players had to sleep alone in their beds, all for the nine weeks of the study.) A researcher asked athletes to wear a sleep band on their wrist and sleep their normal amount for three weeks. The athletes were then asked to stay in bed for ten hours every night for the next six weeks. During the three week baseline, athletes reported they slept an average of 7.8 hours, and the sleep band clocked them in at 6.7 hours. Over the sleep extension weeks, athletes reported they were sleeping an average of 10.4 hours per night, and the band recorded 8.5 hours. There is nothing unique about collegiate athletes overestimat ing sleep: we all do it. We use the time we get into bed to the time we wake up as the duration of sleep, when in fact it takes some time to fall asleep, time to fall back asleep when we wake up, and given we are not conscious during sleep, we sometimes wake up but don t have conscious memory of this. It is common to overestimate sleep by an hour or more. U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

66 Sleeping approximately two extra hours per night for six weeks paid off on the court. In a modified suicide sprint times were faster by.7 seconds - a 5% improvement. Free throw accuracy went up nine percent and three-point accuracy went up 9.2 percent. The players did not practice extra during this time. Their teammates who did not participate in the study did not have similar im provements. The study was conducted following preseason, so the players should have been in good shape at the start of the study. The likely explanation for the improved performance was the additional sleep. It wasn t just basketball skills that improved: reaction times on a computerized assessment were faster. The players moods were better - they felt significantly more vigor and less fatigue, depression, confusion, and anger. They also reported that they had faster recovery times, better lift and cardio sessions, and fewer injuries (there wasn t objective data on this, but their statements are worthwhile). We can assume that collegiate athletes carry a large sleep debt, and as was shown in the Stan-ford study, the athletes benefitted from paying off that sleep debt with extra sleep. There isn t much data available on Olympic-caliber athletes and how much sleep debt they have. It is safe to assume that unless they are sleeping eight to ten hours per night/ plus naps (or more depending on how heavy their training loads are), and consistently paying off sleep debts from travel, train ing etc., Olympiccaliber athletes may benefit from sleep extension too. At the end of the Stanford study, the basketball players stated they had previously underestimated the amount of sleep they needed for peak physical and mental performance, and in my experience, Olympic-level athletes underestimate this too. At the Olympic Training Centers, athletes also have potentially inaccurate ideas about how much sleep they really need. I often hear I ve gotten seven hours or less since high school, so that must be how much sleep I really need. What the athlete does not recognize is that he or she is likely chronically under-rested and no longer notices it. With clearer messages from coaches, teammates, and support systems, athletes can make consistent, adequate sleep a priority. Over the course of a competitive season, athletes are often run down physically, mentally, and emotionally. Getting sufficient sleep - and at points extra sleep - can be used to combat dips in performance toward the end of the season. Sleep loss of as little as two to three hours can negatively affect performance. The type of task performed matters typically repetitive tasks that do not require a lot of thought - like drills, or in a non-sport example, driving close to your home - are affected to a higher degree than tasks that are less repetitive or require more complex thought processes. We can usually increase our arousal enough during novel or complex tasks to perform well, but when we are used to the task, we are more likely to be affected by sleep loss. Getting Good Sleep Don t wait too late to go to bed. A delay in getting to sleep delays production of growth hor-mone. There is some evidence suggesting that simply resting in bed can be a sufficient amount of rest to jumpstart growth hormone production. Let your athletes know that when they feel tired at night, or if they plan to nap, don t busy themselves with unimportant things to do before getting in bed. Their goal should be getting ready to go to sleep, so the recovery processes can begin. Create the right environment: The room should be dark, quiet, and the right temperature (not too cold, and not too hot; this varies slightly according to individual preferences). Use an eye mask at night to keep ambient light out of the eyes, and in preparation to block out early morning sun-light. Eye masks can be worn during daytime naps, on the airplane, in hotel rooms, anywhere. Be aware of artificial light tricking your brain into thinking it is daytime and making you feel less tired. Use ear plugs, a white noise machine, or play relaxing music on your ipod to drown out back ground noise so you can remain asleep. Commit yourself to a full night s rest. If you need eight hours of sleep per night, allow yourself at least eight and a half in bed to get that much. Remember that your athletes likely need closer to nine hours. If you are carrying a large sleep debt, allow yourself an extra hour of sleep per night for the next several weeks to pay it off and see how you feel. As an aside, the view that sleep is a sign of weakness was largely promoted by Thomas Edison after he invented the light bulb. He reported that there was an affordable way to be able to work all hours of the night (gas lamps were expensive, and candles weren t cheap either), and that he didn t sleep at night, rather he worked on more inventions. What he failed to mention was that he had a cot in his lab for naps, and it was regularly used for four- hour naps. Don t be fooled by Edison s white lie about not sleeping. We function at our best when we have light sleep debts, from getting regular and adequate sleep. If you coach in a sport culture where sleep is not valued and training on mini mal sleep is admired, or you have a younger group of athletes who may not recognize the role of sleep in performance, share some sleep facts with your athletes and see if improved mood, sharp er minds and better performance are enough of a hook to try sleeping longer. Use naps, bright light exposure, and caffeine at the right times. The dip in circadian rhythm (when the alerting drive is lowest during the day) around 1 or 2 p.m. is an ideal time to nap. We are naturally more tired at this point in the day than a few hours earlier or later in the day, and fall-ing asleep is easier. Coaches and athletes should know that napping is a skill. The more practice athletes have, the more efficient they will become at napping. In studies where the performance of habitual nappers is compared to non-nappers, the habitual nappers have improved performance after a nap. Don t have your athletes try a nap for the first time at a competition. Rather, build short (or long) naps into the training schedule each week. NASA has shown that short naps - as short as 15 minutes - can improve cognitive performance, meaning concentration, alertness, and performance on complex tasks. Longer naps can work off sleep debt, and there is evidence that sleeping during the day signals the release of growth hormone, which is something athletes should use to their advantage. The pulse of growth hormone released may not be as large during napping compared to nighttime sleep, but when considering growth hormone pro duced naturally by the body, this might be a good way to increase its production. (One warning with naps is that some who have long naps later in the afternoon have difficulty falling asleep. Not all experience this. A longer nap before a late/long competition can help shift the second circadian peak later in the evening to boost performance.) Bright light exposure can also help temporarily postpone the circadian dip around 2 p.m. As reported by Dr. Charles Samuels who works with Canadian Olympians, direct sun light exposure or the use of a therapeutic light box for approximately ten minutes prior to competition was associ ated with increased athletic performance. Bright light exposure at nighttime can have the effect of shifting circadian rhythms it can shift rhythms toward the morning when light is used in the early morning, and can shift rhythms later toward nighttime when light is used in the evening. Keep this in mind when travelling with your team: when you are in France, you ll want to get out in the sun light first thing in the morning, and when you travel to China, try to get outside around sunset (or if you are travelling with a light box, you can use light exposure strategically in less sunny envi ronments). Caffeine can be used to increase arousal in the face of sleep debt. Caffeine is a Central Nervous System stimulant and is generally associated with improved cognitive performance. Again, don t use caffeine to fight drowsiness for the first time at a competition. Pre-competitive nerves/excite ment increases arousal, and caffeine could raise arousal to an unpleasant level. Athletes who have high levels of sleep inertia and prefer not to nap to avoid this groggy feeling can benefit from a caffeinated drink (up to 150 milligrams) prior to a short nap. Caffeine will take 15 to 30 minutes to take effect, so allowing 30 minutes for a nap should leave the athlete with a boost from a nap along with the caffeine to fight off sleep inertia. When Sleep is Abnormal See a sleep specialist. Sleep medicine has advanced and there are good treatments for common sleep difficulties. Diagnosis is often an issue as doctors do not have adequate training in sleep medicine in school. If you or your athletes have any of the following symptoms, you should con sider setting up an appointment with a sleep specialist: Excessive snoring-choking sound at night (caused by soft tissue in throat collapsing and pre-venting oxygen entering lungs, called sleep apnea). Typically teammates know who this is on the team and do not want to room with them as it is difficult to sleep next to a person with sleep apnea. Creepy crawly sensation in legs that goes away with movement. Sometimes you wake up moving your legs. Ongoing difficulty getting to or staying asleep that is not associated with a stressful life event that will pass quickly (specifically meaning years of difficulty sleeping, not the difficulty due to arrival of a baby, selection time, etc., that athletes know will soon pass) Coaches and athletes should have realistic expectations about what sleep can do for perfor-mance. On the recovery side, it moves athletes towards repair from wear and tear and towards memory consolidation from what was learned in the day s training session. On the performance enhancement side, removing sleep debt as a barrier to performance, may in fact improve perfor-mance. Good sleep can prevent an athlete from performing at a slightly suboptimal level, and it might speed recovery. It will generally improve mood and levels of alertness, both of which affect motivation. As a coach, you might not see the nine percent increase in aspects of your athletes performance, but a single percentage point might make a difference. The take away message from this review is that coaches, athletes, and support teams can use optimal sleep as an element to incorporate into training. The research evidence is compelling for what sleep can do to en hance performance for athletes, and remember, coaches need their sleep too. 66 U S A R O L L E R S P O R T S T H E M A G A Z I N E F A L L

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