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by Bruce Strand, Sports editor
A year ago, Emily Halvorson had a glance of where figure skating could take her when comparison sister Rachel sealed with the Disney upon Ice tour.
Emily, right away 16, has finished fast swell given then, earning her double-gold standing by flitting Novice, Juniors plus Seniors freestyle tests in a camber of only 9 months.
?Usually, it takes about a year for any test,? pronounced Sandra Johansson, her Elk River Figure Skating Club coach. ?That?s Emily. She says, OK, let?s go for it.?
Emily Halvorson is the fifth Elk River Figure Skating Club partial of to consequence stand in gold. The most latest prior to her was her sister Rachel. (Photo provided)
Double-gold, definition bullion standing in both Moves in the Field plus Freestyle, warranted by behaving for? United States Figure Skating Association judges, equates to the skater moves up to seniors competition. Emily is the fifth ERFSC partial of to get double-gold, that Rachel did at age 17, a couple of months prior to Disney sealed her.
Asked if she?d similar to to follow her sister?s path,? Emily reflected: ?I haven?t motionless only what me wish to do in the future, though starting in to shows is a clear possibility, plus would be a great opportunity. My goals at the impulse have been to begin guidance ice dance, plus maybe?do a small bit of pairs.?
Rachel, superb in shows, was reduction successful in competitions. Emily is plain in both, pronounced Johansson, her manager for 5 years.
?Emily is utterly opposite nonetheless they have been both great in their own way,? pronounced Johansson. ?She is a great competitor. She has mental toughness. And she can put upon the smile, plus have that hint plus pizzaz. She is pleasing to watch. There is a light in her eyes when she performs.?
The skater has schooled how to showcase her perfect jaunty capability more.
?She has unequivocally upped the ante with her jumping ability,? pronounced Johansson. ?She is starting higher. She has stopped growing, that is good. She spins faster now. Her facial expressions for the throng have been better. She is unequivocally doing her double-doubles.?
Halvorson not prolonged ago executed 3 double-doubles in use ? stand in lutz, stand in toe, stand in loop.
The 5-foot-6, 125-pound skater upheld Seniors Freestyle at Augsburg upon Aug. twenty-four with a ?flawless? performance, pronounced Johansson.
?I knew me had finished the module large times in practice,? pronounced Halvorson,? ?so me had the mindset that it was only an additional day in practice.?
Emily (right) with Rachel.
Her cold moves embody double-double combinations, three times burst combinations, genocide dump spin, plus stand in lutz.
?Two of the requirements,? Halvorson said, ?are a double-double multiple ? dual stand in jumps in a quarrel ? plus additionally a stand in lutz, that were both flattering new? for me so me had to work upon them a lot.?
A straight-A student, she is entering her youth year at ERHS, though most of her classes have been PSEO at Anoka-Ramsey.
She?s been with ERFSC given age six, coached by? Janice Persyk, Julie Dupre plus Johansson. She additionally skated in a Bloomington bar final year, coached by Thomas Amon.
Asked what?s most appropriate about skating, Halvorson explained:? ?The feeling ye get when ye get ahead something, either it is a latest jump, spin, or flitting a test, When ye eventually grasp your goal, it is the most appropriate feeling in the world, since ye know how tough it was to get there.?
The toughest partial of is the individuality of the sport. ?Yes, there have been others out upon the ice with ye in practice, though what you put in is what you get out, plus infrequently it is only tough to be the cause of myself after so most prolonged hours at the rink. But ? it?s all value it.?
Halvorson says she loves doing shows since she gets to discuss it a story plus entertain, plus likes competing only as most since ?instead of a story, it is a opening of skills.? She adds: ?I only similar to to have fun out upon the ice plus concentration reduction upon perplexing to win.?
She stopped competing whilst gearing for the freestyle gold, though will have her seniors debut, at the Upper Great Lakes regionals Oct. 14-18 in Richfield.?Meanwhile Johansson is operative upon backing up masculine skaters so Emily can try pairs plus ice dancing. With dual years of tall propagandize left there?s copiousness of time to decide.
THE HALVORSON SCORECARD
Emily Halvorson
Personal record ? Age: sixteen ? Family: relatives Bob plus Naomi; brothers Josh, 23, Luke, 23, plus Joey, 12; sisters Lindsey, 21, plus Rachel, twenty ? Sport: Figure Skating ? Academics: 4.0 GPA ? School: ERHS plus Anoka-Ramsey CC (PSEO)
Favorite things ? Classes: English plus Math ? TV shows: ?Glee? plus ?Switched at Birth? ? Movies: ?The Notebook?, ?The Last Song? ? Reading: Karen Kingsbury, Francine Rivers,? Nicholas Sparks ? Food: LeeAnn Chin ? Drink: Smoothies ? Teams: ?f me am starting to hearten for a team, it is Minnesota all the way.? ? Athletes: Evan Lysacek, Kim Yu-na ? Kickback activities: celebration of the mass ? Place she?d unequivocally similar to to visit: Australia
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