Gotham City Synchro is attending in the following competitions in 2011-2012
Terry Conners Synchro Open
3rd December 2011
Terry Conners Synchro Open
Stamford, CT
Colonial Classic
January 7-8th 2012
Colonial Classic
Lowell, MA
January 27th – 28th
Eastern Sectionals, Hershey, PA
GCS at Eastern Sectionals
Gotham City Synchro recently placed 7th in their final competition of the 2009 – 2010 season. Held in Lowell, MA., the team compete against from 12 other Open Adult teams. It was the last time the team would compete the program to the theme of “House of Flying Daggers”. Namaste!
Full results are available on USFSA.
The team looks forward to the new season ahead and competing at Easterns in Lake Placid, 2011!
Photos Gotham City Synchro article by Perry Santanachote
New York writer Perry Santanachote spent the 2009 – 2010 season following Gotham City Synchro to training and the competitions. She produced the following profile on the team: Gotham City n’Sync
Gotham City Synchro is attending in the following competitions in 2009-2010
Terry Conners
Sunday, Dec 6
Terry Conners Synchro Open
Stamford, CT
Colonial Classic
Jan 8-10
Colonial Classic
Lowell, MA
Eastern Sectionals
Jan 28-30
Easterns Championships
Lowell, MA
NAME: Nina
OCCUPATION:
History Teacher
WHEN/HOW YOU STARTED SKATING:
I learned to skate as kid on Friday nights at Murray in Yonkers. I began taking skating again at 32. I started taking lessons because I wanted to learn to do backward crossovers. Have been skating ever since!
WHEN/HOW YOU STARTED SKATING SYNCHRO:
I did precision as a kid, then started with Women N Sync as an adult. Have been a member since the first year.
FAVORITE SKATER:
Michelle Kwan
CURRENT SKATING GOALS:
Pass pre-silver dances
Gwendolyn Toth
OCCUPATION:
Musician – organist, harpsichordist & conductor of early music.
FAMILY/SIGNIFICANT OTHER:
Husband, Dongsok Shin; kids, Samantha, Linnea & Adrian Shin.
WHEN/HOW YOU STARTED SKATING:
Pond skater as a child; group lessons in college; started skating for real six years ago.
WHEN/HOW YOU STARTED SKATING SYNCHRO:
Heard about the new NYC synchro team & joined the first season!
FAVORITE SKATING MEMORY:
My first exhibition skate at Rockefeller Center.
FAVORITE SKATER:
Kurt Browning
CURRENT SKATING GOALS:
conquer mohawks, choctaws, rockers!
OCCUPATION; Pediatric Nurse
WHEN/HOW YOU STARTED SKATING:
At Hayden – gasp!
WHEN/HOW YOU STARTED SKATING SYNCHRO:
Joined Gotham City last year – haven’t looked back since!
CURRENT SKATING GOALS:
To send in my actual bio…. so Raegan doesn’t have to invent it.
NAME: Renee
CAREER: Product Designer
FAMILY/SIGNIFICANT OTHER: My husband Jim, and children Corinne and Jonas
WHEN/HOW YOU STARTED SKATING: I skated occasionally for fun as a kid and teenager. My younger sister was a competitive figure skater (who also skated “precision”), and my brother and dad skated hockey. I loved watching them, but it all seemed like a lot of work so I stayed away! Fast forward about 30 years to 2008 when I began taking learn to skate classes at Chelsea Piers with my family and became addicted overnight. My sister just laughs and thinks I’m completely insane.
WHEN/HOW YOU STARTED SKATING SYNCHRO:
I met some persuasive ambassadors in 2009 who encouraged me to try. They were right, synchro skating is a fun challenge, and being on this team is a great experience.
FAVORITE SKATER: John Curry, Scott Hamilton, Kurt Browning…it would be a long list.
SKATING GOALS: To improve my control, to test moves, and to try ice dancing.
OCCUPATION: Global HIV and Newborn Health Researcher for the Macha Research Trust
WHEN/HOW YOU STARTED SKATING: I began skating with Figure Skating in Harlem, in the early 90s at Lasker Rink, where they exclusively played Whitney Houston songs from the “Bodyguard.” (and I will always love yoooooooou!)
WHEN/HOW YOU STARTED SKATING SYNCHRO: We did a lot of group numbers at FSH and joining a synchro team in college seemed like a natural way to keep skating with a team. I kept synchro skating through grad school and I haven’t gone back to solo skating since!
FAVORITE SKATERS: Michelle Kwan, Debi Thomas
FAVORITE SKATING MEMORY: Performing in a show at Chelsea Piers with half of my dress on backwards 
CURRENT SKATING GOALS: Learn more ice dances to improve edges and footwork.
FAVORITE HELEN BAKED GOOD: Carrot chocolate brownies. which are amazing! and she won’t give me the recipe!
NAME: Nancy
OCCUPATION: Attorney who for many years worked at a major NYC bank, specializing in consumer banking and community development law.
WHEN/HOW YOU STARTED SKATING: I grew up in Detroit, and my dad would make an ice rink in our backyard in winter (before the days of global warming). We lived near the Detroit Skating Club, and my family joined that. About two years later, we moved to the suburbs, and I stopped skating until after college.
WHEN/HOW YOU STARTED SKATING SYNCHRO: I joined Gotham City Synchro in 2008.
FAVORITE SKATING MEMORY: Two favorites: Michelle Kwan’s short program to Rachmaninoff at Nationals in 1998 and Torvill and Dean’s Mack and Mabel free dance at World’s in 1982.
FAVORITE SKATER: Probably Michelle Kwan: she will long be remembered as a role model for figure skating.
CURRENT SKATING GOALS: To pass Adult Gold Moves. Those brackets are a killer!