Sunday, April 17

a year ago i competed in minnesota at the 2010 U.S adult championships ... and i sucked. [to be fair i had only been back on the ice for five months after a seven year break] after i skated last year i promised myself and my coach that this year i was going to train, for real.

and that's exactly what i did.

i had the opportunity to redeem myself this year in salt lake. i was determined to skate a clean program [without falling] and not die of exhaustion. so i did it, i trained like crazy and it got me first place - two times. ZWEI MAL. once out of 6 skaters and once out of 12. BOO YA GRAMDMA!
i did not expect that.

friday: intermediate- novice open 



saturday: intermediate-novice championship




so i sent a text to my dad with a picture of my new dress last week and a caption that said 'my new dress, wish you could see me skate.' the next thing i know i get a phone call from him telling me he bought my mom a plane ticket to utah. :) i love my parents.



check out this high-quality video from icenetwork also known as rachel doty with a digital camera. sorry it's pixelly if it was any higher resolution it would have taken five years to load.

... and no, i can't do a triple lutz. and i won't be going to the olympics.

4 comments:

  1. WWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! I'm sorry I didn't know about this!! I TOTALLY would have COME!!! CONGRATS!!!

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  2. Keri! This is AMAZING!!! Who knew you could be so graceful! I have now replaced the image in my head of you falling flat on your face with this image of you elegantly floating across the ice. Very impressive! I want you to know that I would have loved to have come to this! I live 15 min from Salt Lake... next time. Oh and way to go on taking first place!!! That'a Girl!

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  3. HEYY!!!!! you looked so good out there and skinny and pretty im jealous you have talent!!!!!! miss you alot!!! congrats!!!

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  4. OMG. This almost made me cry. Congrats. And your parents are so sweet. Love this story. Thanks for sharing. I just found your blog.

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blast from the past