Valley Roller Figure Skating Club member Rebecca Geisler recently earned four first place awards at the New Jersey Open, held at the Holiday Skating Center in Delanco, NJ. Geisler earned first place in "Elementary A Girls Figures," "Elementary A Girls Loops Figures," and the "Elementary Combined Figure Event." She also skated to a first place in the "Elementary A Solo Dance Event."
Geisler skates for the Donora based club under the instruction of Linda Miner, owner and figure skating coach at Valley Skating Center. Rebecca has been coached by Linda the last three years and has been a finalist at the Nationals the last two. This season she is working hard to place in the top three.
Rebecca recently competed at the Enola Invitational near Harrisburg over Memorial Day weekend and then on to the national qualifiers (Eastern Regional Championships) to be held in New Jersey. The qualifiers will be skaters from PA, NJ, and DE. The top 4 skaters will qualify to skate the National Championships to be held at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Ft. Wayne, IN. late July and the first week of August. Rebecca is the daughter of Bill and Cathy Geisler of Carrick.
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 31 May 2011 20:40 |
