Michigan High School Skating Series
Introduced in 1999, and continuing to grow every year, the Michigan High School Skating series offers great opportunities for skaters to participate in team sports and to be part of their school's athletic program. Starting with 10 teams and a single competition in 1999, the 2010 series has 50 teams and 16 competitions.
Results, Pictures, and Season Points Standings
- 2010 State Championships Final Team Placements
- 2010 Cumulative District Standings - all Districts completed
- All Competition Results and Pictures
- Past Years Final Standings
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2011 Season Competitions
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Key Documents and Dates
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About the Series
High School Figure Skaters in Michigan compete in 5 Districts, each composed of 6-12 teams. Each school may field any or all of "A", "B", and "C" level teams, which compete separately. The "A" teams have the most difficult elements, "C" teams have the least difficult. Teams participate in 3 initial-round competitions within their own District, then the victors from each district meet in a final State Championship Competition in March.
The initial-round competitions in each district are Team Compulsory competitions. At these competitions, there are 3 events at each level - a Jumps event, a Spins event, and a Moves event. Each event has 4 "elements" - elements are performed by a single skater from each team, in team rotation. Each competition lasts about 4 hours, and teams compete against other teams within their own district to earn a position in the State Championship competition. An "Invitational Competition" is also offered each year which is optional and is in the same format but is open to teams from any District. No points are earned toward State Championships.
The 2-day State Championship offers a final Team event in the same format as described above. It also offers a large variety of "Individual" events such as freeskating, dance, and showcase which allow skaters to earn State Individual medals.
Questions ??
- Dorothy Tank - highschoolskating@yahoo.com (313) 386-7936
- Laura Maki - lrmaki@comcast.net
- Don Korte - dnkorte@gmail.com (full contact info)