programs

Collegiate Synchronized Skating

Submitting the online form is the first of two steps in the registration process.

To complete the 2012-13 registration form, click here.

After completing this form, please print and complete the Synchronized Skating Registration Form and then mail or fax it to U.S. Figure Skating Headquarters. (For returning teams, this form is accessed through the team contact's Members Only page. For new teams, this form is on all Members Only pages; any skater can download and return.)

NOTE: If your school has both intercollegiate and synchronized skating, please submit this form separately for each.

If you have any questions, please contact the Athlete Development Department.

Skaters from all different backgrounds are finding there's no experience like being a member of a collegiate synchronized skating team. Synchronized skating veterans around the country are teaming up with freestyle skaters and ice dancers who are trying this exciting sport for the very first time.

U.S. Figure Skating specifies two levels - collegiate and open collegiate - as teams for college students only. Since the inception of the collegiate division in 1997, which featured three teams, collegiate synchronized skating has grown to more than 35 teams across the country, with more forming each year. Some schools choose to also field teams at the senior and junior levels.

Miami University's collegiate team competes at the 2012 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships. (Photo by Ed Collier)

Teams compete at a variety of competitions: qualifying (sectional championships, U.S. Championships), nonqualifying (Mid-America Championships, Dr. Porter Classic, Cape Cod Classic) and intercollegiate team figure skating. Collegiate and open collegiate levels are offered at the three sectional championships - Eastern, Midwestern and Pacific Coast. The top four teams at the collegiate level move on to the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships. Teams that compete in the senior division are even eligible to be selected for U.S. Figure Skating's international envelope system!

There are a number of ways teams can be structured on college campuses. Some are club sports, some are student organizations or activities, and there are even a few that are varsity sports!

For more information, please visit the Synchronized Skating home page.