by Jacquelyn Thayer What might be overachievement for many new pairs — third in the short and fourth overall at their debut Nationals — is, for Deanna Stellato and Nate Bartholomay, a bit more like a storybook accomplishment. “For me last year, it was mainly about learning how to skate pairs,” said Stellato, who before…
by Jacquelyn Thayer Elegant and agile, few images in skating are more celebrated than that of the ballerina on ice, the dancer on blades. It’s away from the spotlight that the magic is born — through nine hour training days, frequent commutes or specialized injury. A childhood in the studio cedes to sessions in skates;…
by Jacquelyn Thayer Gretchen Donlan and Nate Bartholomay, matched in July, kicked off their competitive career together under less than auspicious circumstances. After an initial assignment to November’s Ice Challenge, the team had to decline in favor of ankle surgery for Bartholomay in late October to repair a disc and remove bone spurs, forced by…
Lynn Rutherford’s final two pairs and dance pieces for icenetwork.com have been posted, recapping the events and offering some detail into Madison Hubbell’s recovery from concussion and the couple’s philosophy behind approaching this year’s programs, as well as a brief review of the junior dance competition: Hubbell, Donohue play to strengths in Sochi push Zhang,…
Scores are being compiled on the dedicated 2013 Skate Detroit page at Unseen Skaters, including full results for junior and senior pairs and, so far, for the short dance portion of the dance event, featuring Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker and Chloe Lewis & Logan Bye at juniors and Madison Hubbell & Zach Donohue in…
