2011 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Flash Quotes - Junior Pairs Short Program
Ashley Cain (Hometown: Coppell, Texas / Club: Stars FSC of Dallas) and
Joshua Reagan (Hometown: Dallas, Texas / Club: Stars FSC of Dallas) -
First place
(on learning the triple throw)
Cain - "The last couple competitions, I have always touched a hand down
or flipped out, but this competition, I was like, 'I'm going to do it
here, we're at nationals, I had better do it.' I landed it and it felt
great."
Reagan - "We have been working really hard on it this year and they have
gotten a lot better."
(on calmness when skating)
Cain - "On warm up, we just felt great. We skated for two minutes around
the rink and got into the ice, everything felt great. We feel like we're
ready here. We just want to do what we can do and show everybody."
Cassie Andrews (Hometown: Mays, Ind. / Club: Indiana World Skating
Academy FSC) and Timothy LeDuc (Hometown: Cedar Rapids, Iowa / Club:
Eastern Iowa FSC) - Second place
(on performance)
Andrews - "(We felt) very excited, very glad to be here."
LeDuc - "We're a new team, we came to this Championships hoping to skate
well and I think we have. There's very bright future in American pairs
skating and we're glad to be a part of it. I think this was a very good
start."
Kylie Duarte (Hometown: Cumberland, R.I. / Club: Colonial FSC) and Colin
Grafton (Hometown: North Attleboro, Mass / Club: All Year FSC) - Third
place
(on offseason preparation)
Duarte - "We have a new coach, Delilah, so it's very different training.
We skate six days a week versus the four days a week we used to do. She
is just such a great coach."
(on today's performance)
Grafton - "I thought it went really well. I felt a little nervous. Then
I felt the energy of the crowd and the building, that helped me out and
calmed me down. I was relaxed through the program."
