“Apply all of your corrections, think about everything we have practiced, and have fun! Put your minds to what it is you want to accomplish.” These were the words of my synchronized skating coach before we took to the ice at Nationals. In February 2014, my team and I competed at the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships in Colorado Springs, Colorado. We had a great season leading up to this point, medaling at all but one competition and only missing that one by about half a point. This was my fourth time competing at nationals. I had never medaled at a national competition, and neither had any other younger team in my organization. We had a practice that morning before we competed at the Olympic Training Center. We were determined to
