Congratulations, Autumnfest Competitors!
Last weekend, a group of skaters coached by Northfield Skating School coaches competed at the annual Autumnfest competition in Burnsville. All skaters delivered great performances for the judges and came home with medals! Below is a list of results in descending order of skating level. Congratulations, skaters! We are proud of you.
Aleia Anthony (Eagan & St. Paul Figure Skating Clubs), 5th place, Pre-Juvenile Girls Freeskate. Coach: Carey Tinkelenberg
Elizabeth Penny (St. Paul Figure Skating Club, NSS Skating Assistant), 4th place, Preliminary Girls Freeskate. Coach: Carey Tinkelenberg.
Sofiya Briguene (St. Paul Figure Skating Club), 2nd place, Pre-Preliminary Girls Freeskate & Compulsory. Coach: Carey Tinkelenberg.
Jessica Arey (St. Paul FSC), 3rd place, Pre-Preliminary Girls Freeskate. Coach: Carey Tinkelenberg.
Delaney Leiter (Eagan Ice Crystal FSC), 3rd place, Pre-Preliminary Girls Freeskate. Coaches: Carey Tinkelenberg & Melanie Ritz.
Jacia Christiansen (Eagan Ice Crystal FSC), 1st place, Beginner Girls Freeskate. Coach: Carey Tinkelenberg
Emily North (Northfield Skating School & St. Paul Figure Skating Club), 1st place, Freeskate 3. Coach: Carey Tinkelenberg.
Abby Munns (Owatonna Figure Skating Club), 1st place, Freeskate 2. Coach: Melanie Ritz.
Justine Fischer (Owatonna Figure Skating Club), 1st place, Freeskate 1. Coach: Melanie Ritz.
Milly Reese (Northfield Skating School), 1st place, Basic 7 Freeskate & Compulsory. Coach: Carey Tinkelenberg.
Molly Hennelly (St. Paul FSC), 1st place, Basic 4 Freeskate & 2nd place, Basic 4 Compulsory. Coach: Carey Tinkelenberg.
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This May, Northfield Skating School Owner/Director Carey Tinkelenberg became the youngest program director in the


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.
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A big congratulations to Anna Sheehan for becoming our first Northfield skater to pass a U.S. Figure Skating test. Anna is both a skater and Skating Assistant (assistant coach) with the Northfield Skating School and has been skating with us since we formed in 2005. She is a 9th grader at the Northfield School of Arts and Technology (ARTech) and she takes private skating lessons with Carey Tinkelenberg, NSS Director, and Melanie Ritz. U.S. Figure Skating tests are the next step of the U.S. Figure Skating development path beyond the Basic Skills curriculum. These tests make a skater eligible to compete at higher levels, but skaters need not compete in order to progress. The tests themselves are an achievement. Anna impressed the judges with her strength, form, and beautiful spirals as she passed her Pre-Preliminary Moves in the Field Test in front of a panel of U.S. Figure Skating judges in Burnsville. Congratulations, Anna, we are proud to have you representing NSS!




