Northfield Skating School

Last Thursday, Northfield Skating School Director Carey Tinkelenberg and Peter Biver became the Adult Masters Pairs Silver Medalists at the U.S. Adult Figure Skating Championships held at the Bloomington Ice Garden in Bloomington, MN. Tinkelenberg and Biver have been training together for just under one year and are both local professional coaches. This was the first year skating pairs for Tinkelenberg, a New England Regional Silver Medalist and U.S. Eastern Sectional competitor in singles skating. Biver, a three-time U.S. Eastern Sectional competitor and two-time North Atlantic Regional Silver Medalist in pairs, guided her from the beginning steps of pairs skating through their national medal. The pair performed to “Carmen.”

Four skaters coached by Northfield Skating School coaches entered a total of seven events at the Farmington Spring Festival last Saturday, March 27th. Out of seven events, there were six first placements and one second placement! All skaters showed their strength and positive sportsmanship. We are proud of you!

Emmalyn Fried: 1st place, Basic 8 Compulsory and Freeskate
Elizabeth Penny: 1st place, Freeskate 2 Compulsory and Freeskate
Maggie Kielas: 2st place, Freeskate 2 Compulsory, and 1st place, Freeskate
Jessica Arey: 1st place, Freeskate 4

Thanks to the campers, coaches, and guest presenters who participated in our second annual Spring Skating Camp! Skaters experienced workshops in off-ice training, jumping and spinning, stroking and power skating, speed skating, yoga, sport psychology, and synchronized skating, and put it all together with a final performance featuring our campers and guest skaters from the St. Paul FSC and Shattuck St. Mary Skating Academy. View more photos on the photos page under “2009-2010 Special Events.”

Kittel Evenson, Northfield Skating School Assistant Director, has accepted an invitation from U.S. Figure Skating headquarters to join the Basic Skills Sub-Committee, a governance and development group for the largest sub-section of the national governing body’s membership. Evenson joins Northfield Skating School Founder/Director Carey Tinkelenberg on the twelve-person committee. The Northfield Skating School is the only program with two representatives. Evenson’s duties will include voting on rule changes, mentoring new directors, and discussing the future direction of the nation’s 950 Basic Skills skating programs.

Evenson is a Northfield native, Carleton Junior, and former skater who was coached by Tinkelenberg through middle and high school. Evenson joined the Northfield Skating School staff in 2005 when the school was founded. She was hired as Assistant Director two years later during her freshman year at Carleton. Evenson has been an integral part of the school’s development, leadership, and growth into a U.S. Figure Skating Model Program. Her committee invitation came following a presentation she and Tinkelenberg co-delivered at a U.S. Figure Skating Workshop co-hosted by the Northfield Skating School and Shattuck St. Mary Figure Skating Academy earlier this month.