Miami Hawk Talk News http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/index/ Miami RedHawks sports talk and more en Miami Hawk Talk | SFB Gnomic Industries Copyright 2008 2008-09-26T13:54:00-05:00 MIAMI Finishes Fourth at the World Championships http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/miami_finishes_fourth_at_the_world_championships/ Women's Sports, Women's Olympic Sports, Synchronized Skating Miami Synchronized SkatingLast weekend in Prague, the Miami synchronized skating team posted its best-ever finish at the world championships, placing fourth with a score less than one point behind the bronze medalists from Team Finland 2. Congratulations to Coach Vicki Korn and the entire Miami team on a fine performance!

]]> 2006-04-04T09:49:00-05:00 National Champs — Times Two! http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/national_champs_times_two/ Women's Sports, Women's Olympic Sports, Synchronized Skating Miami completed a "synchro sweep" over the weekend winning the US Nationals in both the senior (open) division and the collegiate division. For the collegiate women, Saturday’s victory was Miami’s eighth national title in the past ten years.

For the senior women, Saturday’s triumph ended the reign of the six-time defending national champion Haydennettes and qualified Miami as “Team USA #1” for the World Championships in Prague at the end of March. There, Miami will be favored to become the first US team ever to bring home a World Championship medal, as the RedHawks currently have posted the top team score in the world this season.

]]> 2006-02-28T06:45:00-05:00 MIAMI Against the World http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/miami_against_the_world/ Women's Sports, Women's Olympic Sports, Synchronized Skating Okay, we admit it. We don’t always understand synchronized skating. But we do understand this—the Miami women recently finished second at the prestigious international Spring Cup in Milan and are among the favorites for the upcoming national championship. The team also got to tour Turin on the day of the Olympic opening ceremonies and soak up some Olympic atmosphere.

Keep an eye on synchro skating. Approximately 30 colleges now field teams, and it looks likely that it will become an NCAA-sanctioned sport fairly soon. When it does, we’ll have a perennial NCAA title contender right here in Oxford. Until then, our RedHawks will settle for competing with—and beating—many of the best teams in the world.

]]> 2006-02-20T13:11:00-05:00 The season so far http://www.miamihawktalk.com/home/news/story/the_season_so_far/ Women's Sports, Women's Olympic Sports, Synchronized Skating Synch. Skating It’s been a productive season so far for the Miami Synchronized Skating team, with the Collegiate and Senior teams entering three competitions and taking first in all three.

The winning began with the Dr. Porter Classic in Ann Arbor, MI on December 3. With a score of 62.24 under the USFSA’s new scoring system, the Senior RedHawks finished well ahead of black ice, who came in second with a 55.32, and the Crystallettes, who scored 46.38 to finish in third.

The Collegiate team completed the weekend sweep on December 4 by winning the collegiate division at the Dr. Porter Classic on Dec. 4. They were awarded first-place ordinals across the board. Finishing behind the RedHawks were Western Michigan in second and the University of Delaware in third.

Finally, on January 13, the Miami Senior took first place at the Mid-America Championships in Fraser, MI. With a score of 60.26, the RedHawks beat second-place finisher Team Fusion of the York (ON) Skating Club, who finished with a 50.93, and Team Elan of the Detroit Skating Club, who finished in third with a 44.62.

Up next for the Senior RedHawks are the Mid-Western Championships this weekend, which serve as the qualifier for the U.S. National Championships in February. The Collegiate team competed last weekend at the Western Michigan Collegiate, but results haven’t been posted yet.

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