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Show Page IB South Edition . Lakeside Review Wednesday, January 25, 1984 .'f'v ' 4 ' ' iifi.S ?TTi is' ,,' &.::; w- - 4s..:::.-- : - ' ' ' 1 &, 4' 'v' s& . v fs , ' N' SJ ' .'- - - - As' V, s s Vtv s r' wN $'' s i "W , ' - ' y'W'XTOxs: ' Aw KELLY WEBSTER (right) " ; ' practices her double paragraph figures while a judge watches another skater in competition held at the Bountiful rink. Art On Ice ;. CHERYL ARCHIBALD ;. i.v's Review Correspondent - BOUNTIFUL ; , , ; - The Bounti- ful Ice Rink hosted the compul-.isor- y figures competition last week and rink manager, John Miller called the events a great success.; ..-,- Local residents were treated to-th- tense and quiet competition among national skaters. The figures scores would be thirty percent of the skaters total points in the 1984 National Figure Skating Championships. ; They would have two other events to prove themselves - the short program and the long program of free skating held at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake. Scott Hamilton took first place in the mens Championship compulsory figures. Wednesday morning, and Rosalynn Sumners was first in the Championship .Womens on Thursday at the rink. Milier was pleased with the comments made by, the judges, referees and skaters who called the ice at the rink, great. He said that preparations for the nationals began about two months before the event. New bleachers were, installed to, provide more seating, and new carpet was installed in the warm-uarea. And all of the bleachers got a new coat of ; paint. .For the figure skating competition, the hockey lines had to be removed from the ice, so Miller said that the, ice was shaved down just above the lines. p. , Unlike the snow and the cold that have enveloped Salt Lake and Davis counties since the National Ice - Skating Championships have come and gone. And just as the fog surprisingly lifted in .time for the competition, the skaters provided some surprizes for the spectators more than had been antici- at'-leas- pated. It was no real surprize that Tiffany Chin joined Rosalyn Sumners- and Elaine Zayak on the Olympic team in the ladies division. Chin, however, did surprise everyone by defeating her competitors in both the short and long programs to narrowly miss capturing the gold medal. Had. Chin performed to expectations during the compulsory events, held at the Bountiful Recreation Center, she may have pulled the major upset. It was no surprize that Scott Hamilton won his fourth national championship, but he did it with furor, earning four perfect 6.0 scores Friday. Hamilton also completed his first triple flip in competition. Joining Hamilton on the Olympic team in the mens division are Mark Cockerell and Bri t an Boitano. These three were the U. S. team at last years World Championships. The only surprize in any of the doubles competition was a 6.0 turned in by the top U.S. ice dancing duo of Judi Blumberg and Michael Seibert in the artistic impression category. They were followed by the team of Carol Fox and Richard Dailey. Elisa Spitz and Scott Gregory are in the third spot representing the U. S. in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.; Despite a fall in the finals competition, the team of Kitty and Peter C?rruthers won the gold medal for team figure skating. The teams of Lee Ann Mill-- . Fauver and Jill Watson-Bu- rt Lancon placed second and third in the compfli- ' tion. . ... 0- J ELAINE ZAYAK Ah r recieves instructions from her coach. v '-- nJ |