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KID SPOTLIGHT

February 2006

Victoria Wahlquist

Age: 11

Home club: Roseville FSC

Skating level: Preliminary free skate, Pre-juvenile moves and Freestyle 6

Coach: Kaylyn McDaniel

How often do you skate?: Three days a week

How long have you skated?: Five years

Favorite jumps/moves: The double toe, and I also like the double loop, which I'm working on getting consistent

Favorite skating moment: Getting first place in my family spotlight that I did with my sister, Elizabeth, and my coach in California

Favorite skaters: Sasha Cohen, because she was so nice when I met her in California. I also like Timothy Goebel, Rene Inoue and John Baldwin.

Goals: To get my gold in both moves and freestyle, and to land a triple

What else you should know about me: I like to play the piano and the oboe. I live on a dairy farm in Baldwin, Wis. My favorite subject in school is art, and I love to read books about horses. I would also like to own a Volkswagon Bug someday because it has my initals (VW).