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KID SPOTLIGHT

June/July 2009

Hadley Alice Stimson

Age: 8

Hometown: Marlborough, Conn.

Home club: Connecticut Skating Academy

Level: No test free skate

Coach: Donna Mitchell, Steve Moore, Svetlana Kulikova

How often I skate: Four to five days a week, for about two hours each day

Favorite jumps/moves: Loop, Lutz, sit spin, backspin and split jump

Favorite skaters: Sasha Cohen, Michelle Kwan, Rachael Flatt and Jenna Longo (Haydenettes)

Memorable moment: Skating in a benefit show with Emily Hughes and other well known professional skaters. I got to meet her, skate with her and get her autograph. It was really cool.

How I got started: My mom took me to a Snowplow Sam class when I was 5. The first few weeks I was the worst skater in the class but by the end of the three months you couldn't beat me and I was hooked.

Goals: To pass my pre-juvenile moves, land my Axel clean and perfect my Biellmann spin.

What else you should know about me: I am a third grader. In addition to being a freestyle skating competitor, I am a member of Team Millennium Synchronized Skating's juvenile team.