Our Gold Medalists
The USFSA testing structure is considered the foundation of U.S. Figure Skating and determines a skater’s competition level. Test sessions featuring panels of U.S. Figure Skating officials are hosted by clubs across the country and offer skaters the opportunity to highlight their abilities and advance to the next level. When a skater passes the final test in a given pathway, he or she earns the designation of U.S. Figure Skating Gold Medalist.
Nicole Kalagian
2009 - MITF
I started skating when I was 5, joined some group lessons and shortly after, my mom signed me up for private lessons with Traci. I went on to compete and also pass my Senior Moves in the Field test in 2009. In high school, I joined the Ice-Kateers Senior Synchronized skating team where we went to nationals in 2011. I continued to coach in college.
Melinda Newberry
2014 - MITF, 2016 - Solo Dance
I was 6 years old when I saw Michelle Kwan skate on TV and and I knew thats what I wanted to do! I loved skating competitively my entire young life and attribute much of my success in my career today to the life skills I learned from skating. I am now working as a registered dietitian after earning a Masters at D’Youville.
Grace Toyonaga
2018 - MITF, 2023 - Solo Dance, 2024 - Pattern Dance
I joined group lessons in 2011 after falling in love with skating on a public session. I quickly found myself on a syncrho team (Epic Edge) and have been skating ever since. I began coaching in high school and have returned to skating post-grad.
Nadia & Aleksey Urmanov
2019/2019 - MITF
Nadia & Aleksey began skating together as young siblings. They balanced semi private lessons with their other athletics, education and extra curricular activities. Before leaving for their perspective colleges, Aleksey to Perdue and Nadia to UC Santa Cruz, they both passed their Senior Moves in the field test in 2019, on the same day!
Tatyana Lashchuk
2019 - Adult MITF
After Tatiana’s daughter began spending many hours training, Tatiana decided to make use of her time at the rink. She fell in love with skating, worked hard and earned her gold medal in Moves in the field. She also became our team dress maker, making original designs for our skaters competition events. She is a great example of “Adults skate too!”
Jasmin Detra
2020 - MITF, 2022-Solo Dance
Jasmin has been skating and competing with SDFSA since 2014. She currently is continuing her love of skating by competing with SkateUCSD in Freeestyle and Solo Dance. While earning her degree. Jasmin is currently coaching beginner students with SDFSA at San Diego Ice Arena.
Chisato Kamakura
2021 - MITF
Chisato began skating with SDFSA in 2014. Chisato enjoyed skating while balancing school, playing Violin and traveling to Japan with her family. Chisato is currently attending Clairmont Mckenna college earning her degree in neuroscience.
Enzi Wang
2021 - MTF
Enzi began skating when she was 8 years old and says, “she always liked the enjoyable feeling of jumping and spinning in the ice” and that it de- stressed her as she focused on her academics. She now attends UC Merced to earn her degree in environmental engineering. You can find Enzi at San Diego Ice Arena coaching our beginners during her summers at home!
Lucille Detra
2022 - MITF
Lucille has been skating since the age of four and has been competing for over ten years! She is currently training to earn her Gold medal in Freestyle. You can find lucille coaching group lessons at SDIA and her private students on our public sessions. She is our lead Junior coach at SDFSA!
Haiden Augustine
2022 - MTF, 2024- Freestyle
Haiden is our most recent USFS Double Gold medalist! She started skating at 11 years old and has been training with SFDSA since 2020. She enjoys competing in Excel Senior ladies. Her favorite moves are Double Axel and any kind of slide. She just added Ice Dance lessons to her schedule to continue building her skills and add some variety to her traianing schedule!