- California Gold free skate practice 400K
Skaters
Synchronized Team
California Gold
Hometown:
Culver City, Ca
Coach:
Jillian Janik Cipresso, Amanda Meyer
Choreographer:
Jillian Janik Cipresso, Amanda Meyer
2010 Season Notes
SP Music: "Hey Big Spender" by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields for the musical Sweet Charity
FS Music: "Neverland" - Excerpts from Peter Pan by James Newton Howard and Hook by John Williams
2009 Season Notes
SP Music: Selections from the Beetlejuice movie soundtrack by Danny Elfman
FS Music: Selections from the Iron Man movie soundtrack by Ramin Djawadi
Skating Notes
Head coach Jillian Janik Cipresso is a 1999 graduate of and U.S. champion with Miami University ... She coached Western Michigan University's team for four years, winning the U.S. collegiate title in 2004 ... Amanda Meyer joined the coaching staff with a specialty in choreography ... She skated with California Gold for six years ... Co-captain Megan Hill works at Disneyland as Mickey Mouse's assistant ... Focused on choreography, strength training and teamwork ... Is one of two senior teams on the West Coast ... Won its first international medal - a silver - at the 2009 Spring Cup.
Team Notes
California Gold is the first senior Pacific Coast team to medal nationally and internationally ... This will be its third year in international competition ... Goals for the season are to continue to improve component scores and to skate each program with passion and conviction ... Team supports the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network ... A skater at their home rink lives with a feeding tube because she is allergic to 98 percent of foods ... Team participated in an exhibit at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships in Los Angeles ... Team was asked to participate in the closing ceremonies for the 2010 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Spokane, Wash. ... If the team had to participate in another sport together it would be rowing because the training in working and counting together would help it excel.
Roster
Alaina Austel (Hawthorne, Calif.), Amy Bailey (Vavaville, Calif.), Brittany Cisneros (Pico Rivera, Calif.), Alexa Finzi (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), Caitlin Harriett (Orange, Calif.), Megan Hill (Lake Forest, Calif.), Taylor Holz (Buena Park, Calif.), Melissa Lee (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Cavleigh Manahan (Chino Hills, Calif.), Britney Mathis (Long Beach, Calif.), Victoria Papalian (Pacific Palisades, Calif.), Elizabeth Park (Beverly Hills, Calif.), Donatella Pizzulli (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Eve Traylor (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Chelsea Wagstaff (Yorba Linda, Calif.), Stephanie Williams (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Annaleigh Yahata (Yorba Linda, Calif.)
SP Music: "Hey Big Spender" by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields for the musical Sweet Charity
FS Music: "Neverland" - Excerpts from Peter Pan by James Newton Howard and Hook by John Williams
2009 Season Notes
SP Music: Selections from the Beetlejuice movie soundtrack by Danny Elfman
FS Music: Selections from the Iron Man movie soundtrack by Ramin Djawadi
Skating Notes
Head coach Jillian Janik Cipresso is a 1999 graduate of and U.S. champion with Miami University ... She coached Western Michigan University's team for four years, winning the U.S. collegiate title in 2004 ... Amanda Meyer joined the coaching staff with a specialty in choreography ... She skated with California Gold for six years ... Co-captain Megan Hill works at Disneyland as Mickey Mouse's assistant ... Focused on choreography, strength training and teamwork ... Is one of two senior teams on the West Coast ... Won its first international medal - a silver - at the 2009 Spring Cup.
Team Notes
California Gold is the first senior Pacific Coast team to medal nationally and internationally ... This will be its third year in international competition ... Goals for the season are to continue to improve component scores and to skate each program with passion and conviction ... Team supports the Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Network ... A skater at their home rink lives with a feeding tube because she is allergic to 98 percent of foods ... Team participated in an exhibit at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships in Los Angeles ... Team was asked to participate in the closing ceremonies for the 2010 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Spokane, Wash. ... If the team had to participate in another sport together it would be rowing because the training in working and counting together would help it excel.
Roster
Alaina Austel (Hawthorne, Calif.), Amy Bailey (Vavaville, Calif.), Brittany Cisneros (Pico Rivera, Calif.), Alexa Finzi (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.), Caitlin Harriett (Orange, Calif.), Megan Hill (Lake Forest, Calif.), Taylor Holz (Buena Park, Calif.), Melissa Lee (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Cavleigh Manahan (Chino Hills, Calif.), Britney Mathis (Long Beach, Calif.), Victoria Papalian (Pacific Palisades, Calif.), Elizabeth Park (Beverly Hills, Calif.), Donatella Pizzulli (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Eve Traylor (Aliso Viejo, Calif.), Chelsea Wagstaff (Yorba Linda, Calif.), Stephanie Williams (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.), Annaleigh Yahata (Yorba Linda, Calif.)
- 2010 - U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships - 6th
2009 - U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships - 4th
2009 - Spring Cup - 2nd
2009 - Pacific Coast Synchronized Sectional - 1st
2008 - U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships - 4th
2008 - Cup of Berlin - 7th
2007 - U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships - 4th
2007 - Pacific Coast Synchronized Sectional - 1st
2006 - U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships - 7th
