Teen skater wins gold with synchro team

Times Reporter  

 

Strathmore teen Breanna Polet has been a member of the Calgary Pre-Novice BlackGold Synchronized Skating team since moving to Alberta last year. 

The team has been off to a great start this season. They placed gold at the 2013 Synchronized Skating Invitational hosted in Red Deer Jan. 12-13 and most recently competed in Abbotsford, B.C in the Mountain Regional Synchronized Skating Championships held Jan. 24-27. 

“We’re ranked second for a synchronized team in Western Canada,” said Polet about the Championships. 

Skating has been a passion for the Manitoba native for the past nine years. She competes both as an individual skater and in synchronized events. She had been sent home with information on different clubs and groups she could join when she had started kindergarten. Polet said she wanted to skate ever since. 

“I just like it, it’s so much fun,” said Polet. 

“For synchronized just being with the team because everyone is so positive and its just fun to be around them. For individual skating it’s something to do and its something I enjoy.”

The busy teen currently heads to Calgary four days a week for practice. She isn’t quite sure where she plans to go with skating. With synchronized she can participate in it for rest of her life if she would like, but as for her individual skating she is not sure how much further she plans to pursue it. Coaching young skaters is a possibility in the future.