Margaret Purdy and Michael
Marinaro are no strangers to hard work, in fact they thrive
on it. They are coming off of an extremely successful
season that brought them the Junior National Championship
title, two successful international debuts and an 8th place
Junior World ranking.
Regardless of these triumphs, Mike and Margaret continue to
develop and push themselves technically, creatively and
physically. They've chosen challenging pieces of music to
skate to this year that demand a commitment to story telling
on ice.
Their short program is a strong and passionate flamenco
piece while their long is a piano and violin rendition of
Alexandre Desplat's Twilight. Both selections have already
stretched this pair into a more powerful team as you cannot
help but get sucked in by their performance and their
technical elements seem to flow out of them as if they were
merely choreography.
Margaret and Mike have upped their technical package this
year as well. They now compete three different throw
triples, side by side triple jumps, a triple twist and some
new and exciting lifts.
Their pre-season events in Detroit and Indianapolis this
summer showed that they were ready to take the step up into
the senior ranks and push themselves for consistency with
high risk elements.
This week marks the beginning of their international season
as they travel to their first junior grand prix of the year
in Sheffield, England.
The pair will compete today
in the short program. (Sept 30)
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