Saturday, May 5, 2018
This year we added a new competition to our schedule - Mt. Lebanon, just outside of Pittsburgh, PA. This was Emily's coach's rink (Heidi) back in the day so we were thrilled to get to go check it out. Emily competed in freeskate, jumps and compulsory moves.
First up, freeskate! Emily skated a beautiful program and really focused on clean landings on all of her jumps. When the results came in, she was second!
After freeskate it was time for compulsory moves. This is usually a 1/2 ice event, but this facility had a little rink (in addition to the big rink) so she got to use the whole thing. Kind of a neat change and it suited her because she won her group. Gold medal for Emily!!!
After compulsory we had kind of a long break so we headed to a local mall area and had lunch at Red Robin and then went and did a little shopping. We closed out our break at Dairy Queen and then headed back to the rink for jumps!
Jumps are her favorite so she was happy to get back to the rink and close out the competition. She skated really well and managed to get third for her efforts. Not too shabby for a competition weekend.
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| All the CFSC skaters at Mt. Lebanon! |
Then it was time for the REALLY fun part. On our way home we stopped at the Poky Dot in Fairmont. It is a very eclectic little place best know for its over-the-top ice cream creations. We all went as a surprise for Amanda's (Emily's other coach) birthday. It meant not getting home until nearly midnight, but in the end it was worth it. We might hit it up again sometime.
