Artistic winners

From the left, International Falls Figure Skating Club members Pacey Rousseau, Madison Foss and Paige Wold show off their artistic medals they won last weekend at the 17th Annual Red River Valley Figure Skating Classic in Moorhead. Wold took first place, Foss took second and Rousseau came in with third in the highly-anticipated event by the skaters. 

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It was a winning weekend for several International Falls Figure Skating Club skaters in Moorhead at the 17th Annual Red River Valley Figure Skating Classic.

Three club members – Paige Wold, Madison Foss and Pacey Rousseau – took home the top three prizes in a highly-anticipated event by club members.

According to a release issued by the club, 22 individuals skaters and the beginner-level synchro team traveled to Moorhead for the competition over the weekend.

Skaters competed in different events at different levels against 22 other clubs from Minnesota and North Dakota.

The most highly anticipated event, the release continued, is the artistic finals, which is in memory of long time Fargo-Moorhead skating enthusiast, Archie Vraa. Vraa's family along with the Red River Valley Figure Skating Club, conducts a final round in the artistic event with cash scholarships awarded to the top three finishers. To advance to the finals, skaters must place in the top two of their respective competition events. This year, there were about 80 skaters who qualified for a chance to skate in the final round, the release said.

IFFSC members Wold, Foss, Rousseau, Jana Hendrickson, Emma Johnson and Morgan Hedlund all qualified for the final round. The six skaters advanced to the final round along with 14 other skaters from other clubs.

Wold came in first, followed by Foss in second and Rousseau in third. Hedlund finished in sixth place, Johnson in seventh and Hendrickson in 18th place.

Other competition results for IFFSC:

Compulsory

  • Pre preliminary – Elise Larson, seventh place
  • Preliminary – Morgan Hedlund, third place; Pacey Rousseau, fifth place; Aurora Hutton, seventh place
  • Pre juvenile – Nikki Skifstrom, second place; Claire Herzig, third place; Paige Wold, fifth place

Free skate

  • Beginner – Josie Bates, fourth place; Ava White, fourth place; Keira Strickland, sixth place
  • Pre preliminary – Danielle Erickson, fifth place; Keisha Kittleson, seventh place; Elise Larson, seventh place; Korie Valentine, eighth place
  • Preliminary – Brittany Foss, first place; Destiny Erickson, second place; Morgan Hedlund, fourth place; Aurora Hutton, sixth place; Jana Hendrickson, sixth place; Pacey Rousseau, seventh place
  • Pre juvenile – Claire Herzig, seventh place; Nikki Skifstron, first place; Paige Wold, eighth place; Madison Foss, seventh place
  • Juvenile – Olivia Besch, third place; Grace Christianson, fourth place; Emma Johnson, eighth place

Artistic

  • Limited beginner – Ava White, first place; Keira Strickland, eighth place; Isabelle White, eighth place
  • Pre preliminary – Josie Bates, third place; Elise Larson, sixth place; Korie Valentine, seventh place; Keisha Kittelson, seventh place; Danielle Erickson, eighth place
  • Preliminary – Morgan Hedlund, first place; Pacey Rousseau, second place; Jana Hendrickson, second place; Aurora Hutton, sixth place; Destiny Erickson, seventh place
  • Pre juvenile – Paige Wold, first place; Madison Foss, first place; Emma Johnson, second place; Nikki Skifstrom, third place; Grace Christianson, sixth place

Dance

  • Preliminary – Aurora Hutton, first place; Keira Strickland, eighth place
  • Pre bronze – Paige Christianson, first place

Moves in the field

  • Preliminary – Aurora Hutton, third place
  • Juvenile – Olivia Besch, fourth place
  • Intermediate – Paige Christianson, fourth place; Grace Christianson, fifth place

Synchronized team

Gracie Bowles, Isabella White, Isabelle Willmarth, Keira Strickland, Hannah Anderson, Paige Anderson, Catie Norton, Alexis Blankenship and Brooklyn Tomczak, fifth place