US Synchro Master Championship

I love the masters event because this event consists of people who love skating more than I do. The masters event involves teams between 12-20 skaters who are older than 25. Some of the skaters took up skating as adults and others started at younger ages and have found skating on a master level synchro team as a way to stay involved in the sport.

Skating is so expensive and requires so much time to perfect the moves it is hard to stay competitive or find practice worth it once a skater goes to college. Sure, there are going to be Rachel Flatts and Emily Hughes in the world who go the Olympics and continue to skate somewhat competitively in college. The reality is most skaters reach 17-18 and have not reached a competitive senior level at the same time. This is an age when most skaters put skating in the past and look ahead to new friends and careers while finances shift to school. I think adult synchro skating is really allowing individuals like that to come back to the sport after college and while getting settled into a career and family. It's fun to keep working on skating skills and skate on a team!

I also enjoy meeting the competitors in this event who were always at the rink due to their son's hockey or daughter skating and decided to learn to skate while they are there. Others simply had a lifelong admiration for skating and decided to see what it's all about and got hooked on learning new skills. I think skating on a team makes competitions easier for an older skater. It allows skaters to work on skills together and be inspired by each other.

The masters event had 10 teams this year. Two from Colorado, four from the Midwest, and four from the Northeast.


Complete Results for the Masters Championship:
1. Allegro!, Independent 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 5/1

2. DC EDGE, Washington FSC 7 4 2 2 4 1 1 1 2 6/2

3. Denver Synchronicity, Denver FSC 2 2 4 3 2 3 5 2 1 5/2

4. Louisville River Stars, Louisville Skating Ac... 3 3 6 5 3 7 2 5 4 5/4

5. Esprit de Corps, Hayden Recreation Cen... 5 7 5 7 5 2 3 3 5 7/5

6. Cleveland Edges, Cleveland Edges SC 4 6 3 4 7 6 6 6 6 8/6

7. La Furia, Rocky Mountain FSC 6 5 7 6 6 5 7 7 7 5/6

8. Essex Blades, Essex SC of NJ 9 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8/8

9. Ice Magic, Hickory Hill FSC 10 10 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 7/9

10. Team Glace, DuPage FSC 8 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 9/10