Nineteen New Jersey skaters competed at the 2016 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championship with the Skyliners team in Kalamazoo, Mich., from Feb. 25 to 27, and four of them were crowned national champions.
MIDDLESEX COUNTY -- Nineteen New Jersey skaters competed at the 2016 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championship with the Skyliners team in Kalamazoo, Mich., from Feb. 25 to 27, and four of them were crowned national champions.
Madeline Winter of Basking Ridge, Alexandra Miller of Livingston and Mackenzie Robertson of Ringwood competed on the Skyliners Intermediate team that took home the gold medal. Sharon Bikvan of Livingston, won the gold medal on the Skyliners Juvenile team.
Katie Lam of Edison, Emily Kirillov of Fair Lawn, Julia Damesek of Short Hills, Audrey Laude of Short Hills, Alexandra Perez of Gladstone, Rachel Oberman of Warren and Michaela Kaminsky of Whippany all won the silver medal on the junior team.
Kate Laufenberg of Denville, Dana Manson of Denville, Ellen Ren of Morris Plains and Grace Fanning of Scotch Plains all won the bronze medal on the senior team.
Jessica Hu of Florham Park, Abigail Bikvan of Livingston, Shirley Zhu of Livingston and Ethne Laude of Short Hills all placed 6th on the novice team.
The Greenwich, Conn.-based Skyliners Synchronized Skating Team has 190 skaters ranging in age from 5 to 26.
To learn more about the Skyliners, visit skylinerssynchro.com.
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