ice-dance.com<\/span><\/a> sat down with the dancers, coaches, and parents to learn more about the new team.<\/p>\nGloskowski began skating in 2019 at the Chandler Ice Den in Arizona, where Naomi Lang Strong, five-time US National Champion with partner, Peter Tchernyshev is the Ice Dance Manager.<\/p>\n
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\u201cFor Christmas, my sisters gave me a \u201cLearn to Skate\u201d package, and I really loved it,\u201d said the 12 year-old seventh grader.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI started out in freestyle. A year later I began ice dance.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cSophia has only been skating for three years and is so talented,\u201d Lang Strong said. \u201cIt\u2019s such a blessing to have a student like her.\u201d<\/p>\n
Chase Rohner, All Year FSC, began his skating in Simi, California at a very early age.<\/p>\n
\u201cI started skating when I was two because my mom was a coach, and she put me on the ice early\u201d Rohner said. \u201cI did freestyle, then we moved to Park City, Utah. I started working with Chris Obzansky and a year ago I decided I wanted to do ice dance.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nBoth skated Solo Dance prior to becoming partners. At the 2021 Copper Cup competition in Salt Lake City, Gloskowski finished first and Rohner second in the Juvenile Combined Solo Dance Division.<\/p>\n
\u201cBasically what happened is we saw Sophia skate at the event and thought she\u2019d be a great partner for Chase,\u201d Obzansky explained. \u201cI reached out to Naomi, and it worked out well.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe then had a tryout and began skating together a month later,\u201d Rohner added.<\/p>\n
Since each skater still lives at home in Arizona and Utah, they\u2019re accumulating frequent flyer miles as they travel between the two training sites in Chandler with Naomi Lang-Strong and Park City with Chris Obzansky.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nGloskowski goes to Park City for a week or so every month to skate with Chase and all the coaches there.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn Chandler, we have male coaches who do the dances with me and help with the partnering stuff,\u201d explained Gloskowski. \u201cThat way I don\u2019t get used to skating alone.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nAs for Rohner, at home he works on his skating skills with his coach.<\/p>\n
\u201cI go through a lot of his program without his partner,\u201d Obzansky said. \u201cWe try to strengthen the elements, try to work on his spins and get them stronger, twizzles as well. We try to work the best we can.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen I go down to Arizona, I stay with Sophia and her family for two weeks at a time,\u201d the fourteen year old said. \u201cCommuting can be a little tiring being in the airports so much, but it\u2019s still pretty fun.\u201d<\/p>\n
The coaches shared their thoughts about working with the new partnership.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have to do a lot of coordinating – schedules – times,\u201d Obzansky, a ten-year U.S. ice dance competitor and gold medalist at the 2000 China JGP, said.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of communication. It\u2019s been fun, though, especially working with Naomi and learning from her. She\u2019s a very experienced skater and coach.\u201d<\/p>\n\u201cSophia and Chase make my job very easy,” Lang Strong added. “They have such great work ethics. They\u2019ve teamed up and become such a great personality together.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fact that they travel back and forth shows their commitment toward what they\u2019re doing and toward each other, so it\u2019s been three months of a wonderful experience and many more ahead.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cWe\u2019re already starting to plan for next season, but ahead of time.\u201d<\/p>\n
While waiting for the final placements, Chase\u2019s mother, Lexie Rohner, spoke about the team\u2019s goals for the Championship Series event.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\u201cHere they were trying to make the top nine for the Development Camp. A medal would be great, but that\u2019s not the goal.\u201d<\/p>\n
Team Kit-Kat reached their goal and will be attending the National Team Development Camp in Nashville, TN.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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