By John Rittenhouse
Three members of the Blue Mound Figure Skating Club won event titles at the Blades of March competition staged at the Parade Ice Garden in Minneapolis Friday and Saturday.
Stacy Burmeister, Katie Dooyema and Shelby Kingery, three of BMFSC members to compete individually in Mineapolis, secured event titles.
Burmeister, an entry in the Freestyle 5 division, took top honors in compulsory and the couples spotlight high event with teammate Katie Dooyema.
Burmeister also placed second in free style program, third in footwork program and fourth in jump and spin with teammate Dooyema.
Along with the places she earned with Burmeister, Dooyema won the freestyle program in the Freestyle 4 division.
Dooyema also placed second in compulsory and third in character spotlight.
Kingery, a Pre-Alpha entry, finished first in stroking competition. She also placed fourth in light entertainment spotlight.
As well as individual entries, the BMFSC was represented by Silver Spirit Senior Synchronized Skating Team in the teen division, and the Freestyle 5 Team Compulsories.
Sarah Ailts, Marissa Biever, Callen Bosshart, Morgan Bosshart, Burmeister, Dooyema, Valerie Eitreim, Krissy Eitreim, Sandy Gertz, Jamie Hamilton, Sabrina Kingery, Kim Rockman, Lindsay Rust, Jessica Willers, Nicole Willers and Gina Wolf placed fourth in the synchronized team event.
Ailts, Biever, Burmeister, Dooyema, Krissy Eitreim and Nicole Willers placed sixth in the team compulsories.
Here is a look at the rest of the individual performances turned in by BMFSC members at last weekend’s competition.
Freestyle 6
Val Eitreim, fifth in compulsory and freestyle program.
Sabrina Kingery, third in footwork, and fifth in compulsory and freestyle program.
Freestyle 5
Krissy Eitreim, second in compulsory, third in dramatic spotlight and sixth in freestyle program.
Nicole Willers, fifth in free style program, sixth in footwork program and light entertainment spotlight program.
Freestyle 4
Kim Rockman, second in compulsory and fifth in freestyle program.
Jessica Willers, second in light entertainment spotlight program and fifth in compulsory.
Marissa Biever, third in free style program, fourth in footwork program, fifth in dramatic spotlight program, sixth in compulsory.
Sarah Ailts, fourth in spotlight light entertainment.
Alicia Kuhle, third in compulsory and fourth in freestyle program.
Freestyle 1
Gretchen Schneekloth, second in footwork program and couples spotlight with Brianna McCarthy, third in character spotlight program, fourth in freestyle program, fifth place compulsory and fifth in jump and spin with McCarthy.
Delta
Brianna McCarthy, second in couples spotlight low program with Gretchen Schneekloth, fourth in light entertainment spotlight program, fifth in jump and spin with Schneekloth.
Alpha
Tommy McCarthy, third in light entertainment spotlight program.
Katelyn Breen, second in program.
