Skaters Go for More Hardware in Mass. Tourney

January 3, 2012 - By Tom Renner

STAMFORD, Conn. – Fresh off a three-medal performance last month in the Terry Conners Open, the Southern Connecticut Synchronized Skating Team heads to Massachusetts this weekend for the Colonial Classic in Lowell.

The Shadows, the team’s oldest skaters, won the gold medal in the Terry Conners meet. The Sprites, a beginner team, won bronze while the Shimmers, a pre-juvenile squad, took pewter.

The team has also scheduled tryouts for February. Complete details are available on its website.

The synchronized skaters are based out of Terry Conners Rink in Stamford. Members include girls from Stamford, New Canaan, Darien, Greenwich and Riverside, Norwalk and Westport.

Team members include:

New Canaan: Katie Marciano, Isabella Salant and Haley Fuller.

Darien: Isabel Duncan, Hannah Nillson, Katrine Ryan, Katrina Vassell and Brooke Ferris.

Greenwich/Riverside: Megan Stevenson, Alexis Hartigan and Margot Sosa.

Westport: Sydney Willis.

Norwalk: Kalaudia Auz and Rachel Iannazzo.

Stamford: Emily Hernandez, Klara Hoherchak, Candace Wright, Emile Merole, Lily Fine, Natalie Hernandez, Rachel Mensah, Danielle Nugent, Natalie Pescantez, Kathryn Berger, Julia Brown, Alyssa Fish, Kelly Fox, Tessa Kurtz, Isabela Malone, Natalie Pulachniak, Olivia Shen and Sheryl Ann Arcum.