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Kendall Wyckoff To Compete At US Figure Skating Championships

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Tuesday January 20, 2009

   Kendall Wychoff Age 16 is the daughter of. Lee and Chris Wyckoff  and  sister of Cambria, age 9 of Panton.

   Kendall is currently ranked 77th in the world, and 24th in the US.   last year, Kendall competed at the 2008 US Figure Skating Championships in St. Paul, MN placing 6th out of 12 skaters at the Novice level.  After a disappointing short program, Kendall rallied for a great free skate, earning second place technical marks. in April, she represented the US at the Triglav Trophy in Jessenice, Slovenia, placing second to Yea-Ji Yoon of Korea. in July, named to the US Figure Skating Developmental Team.

   Kendall moved from Vermont to Lake Placid 1.5 years ago.She commuted every day after school to LP, for one year.    She attends Lake Placid High School, where she is in 11th grade high honors student, taking a full course load including AP Bio, AP English, Physics and Pre-Calculus.  she finished 10th grade with a 95 average and earned an LPHS letter in academics.
named to the National Honor Society  

    Kendall is one of only 13 Junior Ladies to qualify for Nationals.  Most events at Nationals have only twelve skaters, but some events, especially the Senior events, have additional skaters who were able to by-pass the qualifying process due to their national standing.

   Kendall's road to Nationals began in October, as the Junior Ladies Champion at the New England Regionals in Massachusetts, placing first in both the short and long program, for an 11 point lead over second place.

   At Sectionals, Kendall skated away with the silver medal, achieving a personal best score of 127.11.  Her short program, to music by Prodigy, was described  as "a real triumph in originality of music and choreography."                                               

     She triumphed in the free skate, winning that portion of the event by 3.5 points. Skating to music from Requiem for a Tower and The Village soundtracks, Kendall completed seven jump passes including a Triple Salchow-Double Toe Loop-Double Loop combination.  Her Double Axel and Double Lutz-Double Axel both earned +1 Grade of Execution from all six judges, and her layback and flying sit spins were valued at level four, earning the most possible points for those elements.
 Kendall started recreational skating as a Kindergartner on public sessions in Middlebury.  As a first grader started group lessons at Leddy Park Arena. By fourth grade, Kendall was getting up at 4:30am to skate at Cairns Arena before school.  In fifth grade, Kendall began commuting to Boston for lessons, 1-2 days per week.  In seventh grade, Kendall represented the US at the Kempen Trophy, in Belgium, winning her event in a field of 19 skaters from seven countries.  Standing on the podium, hearing our national anthem played, was the highlight of her early skating experiences.

    That summer, she participated in a cultural exchange program in Beijing with the coaches and skaters of the Chinese National Team.

   In ninth grade, Kendall made the national championships for skaters at the Intermediate level.

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