Local Skater Isabella Salant Wins 2nd Gold Medal

From Team Image Synchro: LOCAL SKATER ISABELLA SALANT OF NEW CANAAN WINS 2ND GOLD MEDAL OF THE SEASON IN SYNCHRONIZED SKATING!

New Canaan’s Isabella Salant and Layla Reejsinghani of Westport are on the Intermediate line of Team Image Synchronized Skating. The team has six lines and over 70 skaters from the tri-state area.

This past weekend (December 9-11), the girls won a Gold Medal at the Cape Cod Synchronized Skating Classic, Bourne, MA in a field of 13 strong contenders.

On December 4, they claimed a Gold Medal at the Terry Conner Open in Stamford. At their 1st Competition in November, The Boston Synchronized Skating Classic, the line earned the Silver Medal.

After coming off a strong season last year (the team qualified for Nationals with a Pewter medal at the US Eastern Synchronized Sectional Championships), the team hopes to earn a repeat birth to the US Synchronized Skating Championships in Rockford, Illinois in February of 2017.

In terms of skater participation, Synchronized Skating is the fastest growing branch of US Figure Skating and with the hopes of it becoming an official Olympic Sport in 2022!

In February 2017 in Rockford, Illinois , the top 12 teams in each division from across the country will compete.

There are several basic elements that must be executed to music during a routine, but coaches have latitude in choreographing each element and the transitions between elements. This yields a series of changing patterns of skaters as the formations move across the ice.

The teams practice several times per week. Skaters take private lessons in Freestyle Skating, Moves in the Field and Ice Dance in addition to the required team practices.

During the competition, they are judged on technical ability, speed, synchronization, and artistry. Synchronized skaters show a level of teamwork, commitment and athleticism that is well respected and will help them later in life.

For more information about Team Image and the sport of synchronized skating please visit our website at www.teamimagesynchro.com or email teamimagesynchro@gmail.com

Image Courtesy Of Team Image Synchro