Figure Skating: OUA Championships
Yesterday morning I spent the morning shooting some of the OUA figure skating championships at RIM Park in Waterloo. I was there for a little over four hours and got to shoot four events (Sr. and Jr. Silver Similar Dance, Gold Free skate and Short Program). While I don’t understand the semantics of the event names, I did figure out that the silver similar dance are pairs and the latter two are individual.
I have never watched a figure skating competition other than on TV, so I had no idea what to expect from the event as a whole, but can say it was definitely pretty cool. The stands were full of supporters divided by university, cheering on their respective skaters. In fact, there were times where the cheering rivals some hockey games I have shot.
For some reason the skaters in the Jr. Silver Similar Dance event did not have their names announced (nor are they on the results site), so I only know what school they are from (even when names were announced, it was a bit of a mission to understand what was being said). I apologize ahead of time for any poor captions as a result.
Unfortunately, I was unable to make it to shoot the round of events today as I had some other work to do. For full results see: http://www.laurierathletics.com/generatepage.php?ID=67
This will probably be my only post this week, but look out for nordic ski shots next week as I am shooting the OUA championship this Saturday.
Gryphon's Christine Kucava competes on day 1 at the OUA finals in the short program.
McGill's Haley Ellis skates during the short program at the OUA figure skating championships at RIM Park, Waterloo
Gryphon's Sasha Smith spins during the women's short program and would place 5th in the event.
Guelph Gryphon's Laura Barbison & Ariel Porty won the Sr. Silver Similar Dance event on day one of the OUA figure skating championship
Western's Cara Horan & Julia Horan were part of a fourway tie with Toronto and Waterloo in the Sr. Silver Similar Dance event.
Waterloo skaters compete in the Jr Silver Similar Dance event. They would go on to receive third place in the event.
Thanks for looking and congrats to all the skaters.
R