Category: Competitions

  • 2021 National Showcase

    This year featured over 500 competitors and 1000 starts….competed under theatrical spotlights.

    Justin Ly
    1st Light Character Performance, Masters
    3rd Lyrical Pop Performance, Masters
    3rd of 25 in the Adult Parade of Champions

    Erin Ly
    2nd in Dramatic Performance, Adult Silver

    Justin and Erin Ly
    3rd in Duet/Trios, Masters

  • 2021 Fiesta Skate

    Lots of success and fun as SDFSC members travel to Arizona for the 2021 Fiesta Skate. All pictures posted online HERE. The official results are online as well.

    Isabella Varela & Delaine Farber
    Nicole Byers, Brody Cotter, Sophia Spooner, Makenzie Cotter, Connie Turner, Kinley Toyne, Isabella Varela, Delaine Farber, Ava Weismiller

  • Congratulations & Good Luck

    ​​Congratulations to all SDFSC skaters who participated in the USFS Virtual Celebration of Competitive Skating in February.  A virtual event where videos were submitted for Juvenile/Intermediate Free Skate or Free Dance.  A special congratulations to the skaters who qualified for the National High Performance Development Team:

    • Olivia Mendoza/ Aiden Elswick 2nd out of 9 in Juvenile-Intermediate Pairs.
    • Luana Stein, associate member 2nd out of 162 skaters in Intermediate Ladies 11-13-year-olds. 

    The first in-person competition will be the Fiesta Skate 2021 held in Peoria, AZ to be held April 15th-18th, 2021. The SDFSC has 14 members registered to compete.  To help keep them safe on their trip there, and to return safely, SDFSC has ordered each of the skaters and coaches going an SDFSC logo mask with filter inserts (will be delivered 🤞 to the coaches) :

    Stay safe and have a great skate!

  • US Virtual Aerial Figure Skating Challenge

    US Virtual Aerial Figure Skating Challenge

    At the US Virtual Aerial Figure Skating Challenge, athletes from around the country represented their club. SDFSC was represented by:

    • Carly Knuth
    • Sophia Horseman-Kellems
    • Matilda Gracheva
    • Inn Mcintyre

    Our team earned 4th Place out of 46 clubs competing! Congratulations for representing our club so well!!!

  • Syncho Teams off to Nationals

    We wish the best of luck for a great skate to our members and alumni who are traveling to the U.S. Synchronized Figure Skating Championships (Nationals) this week (February 26-29th) in Providence, Rhode Island.

    Team del Sol – Novice – SDIA Christmas Show

    We also have SDFSC alumni going including the Buddies on the Senior Cystallettes, Ms. Kate Liang on the University of Michigan Collegiate, and Ms. Julie Nelson on Miami University Collegiate.

  • Christopher Caluza competed at 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy

    One of our current SDFSC members, Christopher Caluza, competed at 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy in Germany last weekend, at Senior Men’s level (representing the Philippines) and finished in 7th place (out of 18). Full results here.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3OynOD-siU&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR2Ee8_P9LtaHuoKMzNTPiA–5JyP6kx5U4GQO629s6ZB5bfHbI5qBVtc1o
    Christopher Caluza – 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy – Short Program

  • Skate La Grande Volunteers Needed

    Each year to have a successful competition that the competitors enjoy, the officials are made comfortable, sets the stage to have bigger and more successful competitions in future years.

    Please visit http://signup.SkateLaGrande.org/ for volunteering/donation opportunities. (Scroll down to see them all)

  • 2019 U.S. Adult Figure Skating Championships

    SDFSC member accomplishments from this year’s nationals held in April at the Salt Lake City Sports Complex in Salt Lake City, Utah.

    Justin LyAdult Gold Solo Free Dance1st Place
    Carolee PurdieAdult Gold Dramatic Entertainment V
    Adult Gold Ladies IV, V    		1st Place
    3rd Place
    Fernan BalsalubreAdult Bronze Men I, II1st Place
    Erin LyAdult Bronze Light Entertainment II 3rd Place
    Nathan Meyers and Joanne KnudsonAdult Pre-Silver Dance4th Place
    Erin Ly and Justin Ly Championship Adult Dance5th Place
    Nathan MeyersAdult Pre-Silver Solo Pattern Dance6th Place

  • 2019 U.S. Intercollegiate Figure Skating Championships

    SDFSC member accomplishments from this year’s intercollegiate nationals held in April at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware.


    Astrea Villarroel-Sanchez, UC-San Diego     		Senior Ladies Short Program – Group A
    Juvenile Pattern Dance
    Preliminary Pattern Dance – Group B
    Senior Ladies Championship Free Skate    		1st Place
    5th Place
    5th Place
    9th Place
    Jake (Joel) Nuñez, UC-San Diego Excel Pre-Preliminary Men Free Skate
    Preliminary Pattern Dance – Group A    		1st Place
    8th Place
    Skylar (Kunyi) Li, UC-San DiegoExcel High Beginner Free Skate3rd Place
    Catherine (Yumeng) Hou, UC-San Diego Excel High Beginner Free Skate4th Place
    Alexandra Olmedo, UC-San Diego Excel Pre-Juvenile Free Skate4th Place
    Marcy (Mengxi) Ren, UC-San Diego Excel Pre-Preliminary Free Skate5th Place

  • Sweep at Pacific Coast Synchronized Sectionals

    Our SDFSC synchronized skaters had amazing trip to Kalamazoo, Michigan for the Pacific Coast Synchronized Sectionals.

    Each of our competitive teams took the GOLD in their event:

    Pre-Juvenile Shining Blades (Free Skating)
    Open Juvenile Team del Sol (Free Skating)
    Juvenile Team del Sol (Final)
    Intermediate Team del Sol (Final)

    Please congratulate all our skaters and encourage those teams going on to the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships at the end of the month in Plymouth, MI.