Polet to Coquitlam

Times Reporter   

 

Strathmore’s 17-year-old Breanna Polet and her Pre-Novice Black Gold Synchronized skating team are heading to Coquitlam, B.C. from Feb. 28-Mar. 2 for the West Coast Challenge, an invitational for B.C. and Alberta teams. 

Polet and her 12 teammates are ranked second in the Mountain Regional Division.

“You have to be a team, you can’t just skate by yourself,” Polet said. “You can’t think of it as individual, you have to think of it as skating with a whole bunch of other girls.”

The Black Gold team traveled to Lethbridge for Western Mountain Regionals from Jan. 31-Feb. 2, and won second place. Prior to that, they had a similar finish at the Rose Bowl in Calgary from Jan. 11-12. Polet is hoping for first, however, in Coquitlam.

“There’s lots of knee-bending and unison, that’s what we work on all the time,” she said. “If you have the same skills, and you work on the elements together, then it makes it easier to do.”

Polet went to British Columbia for Western Finals last season as well, and has been competing in synchro for almost 12 years.

“Anyone can really join synchro, they just have to teach you slowly how to do it right,” said the Strathmore High School student. “I like being on the team, I enjoy it. I’ll continue with synchro for a long time; they have adult synchro teams too.”

Polet and the Pre-Novice Black Gold team will travel to Edmonton following the West Coast Challenge for another invitational on Mar. 9.