Over the weekend, Ohio State Figure Skating traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to compete in the Quaker Classic. Our team placed 6th overall and are gearing up to head to Delaware this March. Thank you to University of Pennsylvania’s Figure Skating Team for hosting and we can’t wait to see everyone in a couple of weeks. Congratulations to all the skaters who competed:

Sophia Trigo-Del Sarto:

• Excel Intermediate Women’s Free Skate🥈
• Juvenile Women’s Short Program

Nicole Williams:

• Excel Juvenile Women’s Free Skate
• Juvenile Women’s Short Program

Hannah Knight: 

• Juvenile Women’s Short Program
• Excel Preliminary Women’s Free Skate 🥈

Mallory Fogt:

• Excel Preliminary Women’s Free Skate 🥈
• Pre-Gold Pattern Dance

Matthew Mlachak: 

• Pre-Gold Solo Pattern Dance
• Gold Pattern Dance 🥈

Cate Rukin: 

• Junior Women’s Short Program
• Junior Women’s Free Skate Championship 🥉

Sreya Sakhamuru:

• Novice Women’s Short Program

Polina Hock: 

• Excel Senior Women’s Free Skate Championship 🥈

Maggie Conly:

• Senior Women’s Short Program
• Excel Senior Women’s Free Skate Championship

Kennedy Harrington:

• Excel Pre-Preliminary Singles

Zach Fogt:

• Championship Junior Men’s Free Skate 🥇

Anna-Kate Graban:

• Championship Junior Women’s Free Skate

Abby Harper: 

• Senior Women’s Free Skate Championship🥇
• Senior Women’s Short Program 🥇

Vija Tessman:

• Excel Pre-Preliminary Singles

Morgan McPartland:

• Excel Preliminary Women’s Free Skate

Vinnie DiNatale:

• Excel Novice Men’s Free Skate🥇
• Intermediate Solo Free Dance 🥈

Lily Hyman:

• Excel Intermediate Women’s Free Skate

Morgan Leeson:

• Excel Juvenile Women’s Free Skate

Rita Schneider:

• Excel Juvenile Women’s Free Skate

From November 8th through 10th our team traveled to Tampa, Florida to compete at the South Florida Sunshine Classic. An exciting new scenery for our team as we joined the Southeast Conference and placed 6th overall! Thank you to University of  Southern Florida’s Figure Skating Team for hosting and  congratulations to all of our competing members:

Nekoe Baumgartner: 

• Excel Junior Women’s Free Skate 🥇
• Junior Solo Free Dance

Abigail Bagent:

• Excel Intermediate Women’s Free Skate
• International Solo Pattern Dance
• Juvenile Women ‘s Short Program 🥇

Sophia Trigo-Del Sarto:

• Excel Intermediate Women’s Free Skate

Nicole Williams:

• Excel Juvenile Women’s Free Skate
• Juvenile Women’s Short Program

Hannah Knight: 

• Juvenile Women’s Short Program🥉

Mallory Fogt:

• Pre-Gold Solo Patten Dance
• Excel Preliminary Women’s Free Skate 🥈

Matthew Mlachak: 

• Gold Solo Pattern Dance
• Senior Solo Free Dance

Cate Rukin: 

• Gold Solo Pattern Dance
• Senior Women’s Short Program

Sreya Sakhamuru:

• Novice Women’s Short Program

Noah Hausman:

• International Solo Pattern Dance 🥉
• Championship Junior Men’s Free Skate 🥉

Polina Hock: 

• Senior Women’s Short Program
• Excel Senior Women’s Free Skate

Maggie Conly:

• Senior Women’s Short Program
• Excel Senior Women’s Free Skate

Kennedy Harrington:

• Excel Pre-Preliminary Singles

Zach Fogt:

• Championship Junior Men’s Free Skate 🥇
• Junior Men’s Short Program 🥇

Anna-Kate Graban:

• Championship Junior Women’s Free Skate 🥉

Abby Harper: 

• Championship Senior Women’s Free Skate 🥇
• Senior Women’s Short Program 🥇

From March 8th to 10th our team hosted our first-ever intercollegiate competition! Huge thank you to Rachel Sapola our fearless competition chair and our coach Abby Schmitt for all of the hard work they put into making this competition run smoothly. We placed 5th place as a team overall. Congrats to all of our members who competed!!

I present to you our medalists…

Mallory Fogt:

3rd in Preliminary Women’s Free Skate 🥉

2nd Pre-gold Pattern Dance🥈

Lily Hyman: 3rd Excel Juvenile Women’s Freeskate 🥉

Abby Harper: (Who skated TWO clean programs AGAIN)

1st in Senior Women’s Short Program 🥇

2nd in Senior Women’s Championship Free Skate 🥈

Ani Kahain:

2nd in Senior Women’s Short Program 🥈

1st in Senior Women’s Excel Free Skate 🥇

3rd in Senior Free Dance 🥉

Zach Fogt:

1st in Junior Men’s Championship Short Program 🥇

1st in Junior Men’s Championship Free Skate 🥇

Matt Mlachak: 1st in Pre-gold Pattern Dance 🥇

Abbey Bagent: 3rd in Excel Intermediate Women’s Freeskate 🥉

Anna Kate Graban: 3rd Junior Women’s Championship Free Skate 🥉

From February 16th through 18th our team traveled to Madison, Wisconsin for the Skate on Wisconsin Competition! We placed 6th place as a team overall. Congrats to all of our members who competed!!

I present to you our medalists…

Abby Harper: (Who skated TWO clean programs)

1st in Senior Women’s Short Program 🥇

2nd Senior Women’s Championship Free Skate 🥈

Ani Kahain: 3rd Senior Women’s Championship Free Skate 🥉

Jessica Sassano: 1st Senior Free Dance 🥇

2nd International Pattern Dance 🥈

Zach Fogt: 1st Junior Men’s Championship Free Skate 🥇

Mikaila Hughmanic: 3rd Excel Preliminary Women’s Freeskate 🥉

Matt Mlachak: 1st Pre-gold Pattern Dance 🥇

Abbey Bagent: 3rd Gold Pattern Dance 🥉

Anna Kate Graban: 3rd Junior Women’s Championship Free Skate 🥉

On November 3rd through 5th we traveled to Kalamazoo Michigan for the Bronco Challenge Cup! Here are our team members who placed in the top five in their events! Congrats to all of our members who competed!!

We placed 6th place as a team overall!

Men’s Short Program:  Zachary Fogt: 1st Place

Excel Pre-Preliminary Women’s Freeskate: Vija Tessman: 4th Place

Senior Women’s Short Program: Maya Hollander: 3rd Place and Maggie Conly 4th Place

Excel Preliminary Women’s Free Skate B: Mikaila Hughmanic: 1st Place

Excel Preliminary Women’s Free Skate C: Mallory Fogt: 1st Place

Excel Pre-Juvenile Women’s Free Skate A: Sarah Voss: 5th Place

Excel Pre-Juvenile Women’s Free Skate B: Sammy Murray 4th: Place

Excel Intermediate Women’s Free Skate: Rita Schneider: 5th Place

Junior Free Dance: Mallory Fogt: 4th Place

Senior Free Dance: Jessica Sassano: 1st Place

Silver Pattern Dance: Maya Hollander: 1st Place

Excel Juvenile Women’s Free Skate C: Morgan Leeson: 4th Place

Pre-Gold Pattern Dance: Matthew Mlachak: 1st Place

Gold Pattern Dance: Abbey Bagent: 3rd Place and Mallory Fogt: 4th Place

International Pattern Dance: Jessica Sassano: 2nd Place

Excel Junior Men’s Free Skate: Matthew Mlachak: 1st Place

Junior Championship Men’s Free Skate: Zachary Fogt: 1st Place