Peter Carruthers
Peter Carruthers skated pairs with his sister, Kitty, for the United States in the 1970s and '80s. The siblings, who were both adopted at birth, were coached by Ron Ludington at the Skating Club of Wilmington in Wilmington, Del.
Together, they won four consecutive U.S. titles from 1981-84, a World bronze medal in 1982 and an Olympic silver medal in 1984.
Following their competitive careers, Carruthers and his sister enjoyed a successful professional career, touring with the Ice Capades for five years and with Stars on Ice for seven.
In 1999, they were inducted into the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame.
In addition to coaching, Carruthers has worked as a skating analyst for FOX, ABC, ESPN, icenetwork.com and Universal Sports. He also hosted the live broadcast for the 2011 U.S. Figure Skating film
RISE, a documentary about the 1961 plane crash that killed the entire U.S. World Figure Skating Team.
Tonia Kwiatkowski
Born: February 12, 1971
Hometown: Fairview Park, Ohio
Training Club/Town: Winterhurst FSC, Lakewood, Ohio
Coaches: Carol Heiss Jenkins and Glyn Watts
Choreographer: Glyn Watts
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
1998 Olympic Alternate
1996 U.S. silver medalist, senior ladies
1993 & 1995 U.S. bronze medalist, senior ladies
1993, 1996 & 1998 U.S. world team member
1991 & 1995 World University Games champion
Champions Series Final Grand Prix 1997
Member of U.S. national and international teams, 1986-98
TOURS & SHOWS
1995-99 Campbell's Soup Champions on Ice Tour
1998 Elvis Stojko Canadian Tour
1998 Starred in Mannheim Steamrollers Christmas Angel Tour & Television Special
2001 Starred in Footloose on Ice
Skated in many made-for-TV skating specials
Guest skater On Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship 2000 & 2001
Guest skater on Kristi Yamaguchi's Friends and Family 2005
Longwood Gardens Christmas Show 2006
Co-Produced the Winterhurst Figure Skating Club ice shows in 2003 and 2007
EDUCATION
1989 Graduate of Lakewood High School
1994 Graduate of Baldwin-Wallace College (communications and psychology major)
Michael Mancuso
Mike has been a part of the icenetwork.com broadcasting team since 2007. In addition, he has spent the last 9 years providing play-by-play and color commentary for the Brown Sports Radio Network. Since 2001, he has broadcast Brown soccer, ice hockey, basketball and lacrosse. Mike has also worked for Cox Sports Television in Rhode Island broadcasting local high school and collegiate sporting events.
A 1998 graduate of Brown University, he is a former sports editor of the
Brown Daily Herald. While at Brown, he also worked for the Brown Sports Information Office as the media contact for women's soccer and women's ice hockey.
After graduation, Mike worked as the director of public relations at the Institute for International Sport based on the campus of the University of Rhode Island. He then moved on to the URI Athletic Department as a marketing assistant for the Rhode Island Rams Athletic Association. While there, he completed his MBA at URI in 2001 and eventually took over as the executive director of the Athletic Association. In April of 2005, he moved on to the private sector as the CFO for a real estate development and management firm.
In addition to his radio and TV work, Mike can be heard throughout New England as a public address announcer. He has worked games for Brown University, URI, Providence College, the Connecticut Sun, Boston University, Bryant University, Harvard and the Rhode Island Interscholastic League.
Mike currently resides in Cumberland, R.I., with his wife, Danielle, and their Westie, Finnegan.
Becky Search
Search was a competitor in the skating world for more than 14 years, competing in both singles and synchronized skating. She has her gold medal in both free skate and moves in the field. She is a 2007 graduate of Miami University, with a Bachelor of Science, and a graduate of the University of Virginia, with a Master of Education. Search competed for Miami University all four years of college and was a member of the 2006 national championship senior team and the history-making 2007 world silver medalist team. She has served as an athlete representative on U.S. Figure Skating's Board of Directors and as chair of the Synchronized Skating Committee, and is presently a member of the Athletes Advisory Committee.