Local Skaters to Represent U.S. at Junior World Championships

PALATINE, IL – Skaters with Starlights Synchronized Skating Teams will represent Team USA at the Junior World Synchronized Skating Championships in Neuchâtel, Switzerland next week. As part of Team USA, Starlights Synchronized Skating Teams junior team earned a bronze medal on the Leon Lurje Trophy in Gothenburg, Sweden and a silver medal at the Zagreb Snowflakes Trophy in Zagreb, Croatia on February 8-9. Starlights' home ice rinks are at Twin Rinks in Buffalo Grove; Glacier Ice Arena in Vernon Hills and the RecPlex in Pleasant Prairie, the Daily Herald reports.

Stefanie Stella Dreyer told Patch two Fremd High School students are on the team senior Sam Dreyer and sophomore Abby McGuire. She shared these photos with Patch.

On Feb. 17, Starlights were selected one of two teams representing the United States in the 2019 World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships on March 15-16 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Skyliners, from Stamford, Connecticut, and Monsey and Elmsford, New York were named USA 1 and Starlights will compete as USA 2, according to U.S. Figure Skating. The East Coast team won a third consecutive junior championship last weekend at the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships in Plymouth, Michigan. Starlights finished 10.53 points behind to take the silver medal after two straight third-place finishes.

The ISO World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships will get underway on March 15 and continue through March 16 in Switzerland. For more info and updates, check the world championships' website.

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