Rocky Mountain Figure Skating Club
Kelly Renick
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Primary Phone: (720) 312-0414 Email Address: Click here to e-mail Kelly Renick |
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I began skating in Tacoma, Washington when I was 8-years old and Kathy Casey was the skating director. I enjoyed the practice, competition and the success that came with all the hard work. I was the Northwest Regional Champion and qualified for sectionals in Intermediate-Senior. I was a four-time Sectional and National competitor. I am a double gold medalist in figures and freestyle and I am happy to say that I never failed a test! I've also passed my Pre-Silver dances and Intermediate pair test(s). I owe a lot to the coaches, friends, and family who helped me achieve my goals. The LWC is a great club and I am so thankful to have had their support through all my years training. My move to Colorado was a choice made strictly to challenge myself competitively and emotionally. I've had success and experience coaching for 16 years training National, International, and Junior National competitors. I have taken skaters through gold level MITF, FS and ISI Freestyle 10 tests; what a huge accomplishment for those athletes. I've also taken skaters all the way to Nationals! I look forward to the future in our sport and helping all skaters achieve their goals. I am thankful to Cindy Sullivan for giving me the opportunity here; RMFSC is a positive club with wonderful athletes, parents and coaches.
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I absolutely love working with skaters who have an obvious desire to be the best they can be. I know that with hard work and determination anything is possible. I have had the opportunity to take skaters from the ground level all the way to Nationals! I believe my energy, enthusiasm, technical and artistic ability really make a difference in each skater's individual talents. I truly enjoy everything about skating, developing an athlete in all areas; on and off the ice. I am looking towards the future in skating and am really excited about the changes this sport is making. I will continue to inspire and motivate every skater during this transition and teach them the value of hard work, discipline and the "desire to be the best they can be." |
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Interestingly enough, there isn't much I don't wear on my sleeve - but if you must know! Initially I wanted to be a hockey skater, but my mom thought I would look better in a pretty skating dress so I tried figure skating (Yuck, that's for girls - oh yeah, I'm a girl). Thank goodness, I took to figure skating really quickly and loved every minute of it. I beat all the boy hockey skaters in races around the rink during public sessions. Between 1991-1994 I performed in between periods at the Tacoma Rockets hockey games in the Tacoma Dome, I guess that was all I needed to fulfill my hockey dreams. I was also the Regional Champion in a Triathlon which consisted of running, biking, and as many push-ups as you could do in 2-minutes (I did 103)! I was married to my amazing husband Jay (who is also a personal trainer for a lot of my athletes) on 7-7-7! We have two big energetic dogs; Maximus and Nahla. Lastly, I have a great uncle (relative on my dad's side) who figure skated whose name is Jimmy Grogan. He competed with Dick Button and worked in Blue Jay California for a long time. Who knows, maybe he has something to do with my absolute love and passion for figure skating and why I believe I am doing what I was born to do! |





