{"id":10433,"date":"2017-11-13T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-13T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/?p=10433"},"modified":"2021-09-12T16:14:46","modified_gmt":"2021-09-12T20:14:46","slug":"bradie-tennell-looks-ahead-to-grand-prix-debut-at-skate-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/2017\/11\/13\/bradie-tennell-looks-ahead-to-grand-prix-debut-at-skate-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Bradie Tennell looks ahead to Grand Prix debut at Skate America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By Maura Sullivan Hill, staff writer<br \/>\nHeader photo by FS Evolution<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/BradieTennell3-X2.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-10440\" src=\"http:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/BradieTennell3-X2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/BradieTennell3-X2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/BradieTennell3-X2-73x110.jpg 73w, https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/BradieTennell3-X2-47x70.jpg 47w, https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/BradieTennell3-X2-234x350.jpg 234w, https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/BradieTennell3-X2-295x442.jpg 295w, https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/BradieTennell3-X2.jpg 641w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><strong>Editor&#8217;s Note: <\/strong><\/em>Figure Skaters Online<em>\u00a0<\/em>officially welcomes<em>\u00a0<\/em>Bradie Tennell with the launch of her official website. You can check it out at <a href=\"http:\/\/bradietennell.figureskatersonline.com\">bradietennell.figureskatersonline.com.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/bradietennell.figureskatersonline.com\/\">Bradie Tennell<\/a><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> started her season with several winning performances in summer club competitions, including at the Broadmoor Open in June, and then won again at the Philadelphia Summer International in August.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With such a strong showing right out of the gate, she earned an invitation to U.S. Figure Skating\u2019s Champs Camp in August, and a spot on the roster at 2017 Skate America in Lake Placid, New York, from November 24-26.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI always take the season one competition at a time,\u201d says Tennell, who will be making her Grand Prix debut in Lake Placid. \u201cIt\u2019s really a dream come true to be invited to Skate America, and I\u2019m excited to be surrounded by so many of the world\u2019s best skaters.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">With a soaring triple Lutz-triple toe combination in her arsenal, Tennell, the 2015 U.S. Junior champion, can be counted among the world\u2019s best herself. In September, she finished fourth at the Lombardia Trophy in Italy with a clean skate, behind Russian Alina Zagitova and Japan\u2019s Wakaba Higuchi, both of whom have medaled on the Grand Prix this season, and 2014 Olympic bronze medalist Carolina Kostner. Tennell notched a third place finish in the free skate, ahead of Kostner.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q4KR_iineTk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tennell finished 9<span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> at U.S. Nationals at the senior level last year and came in 7<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> at the 2017 World Junior Championships, after injuries hampered her training in 2015 and 2016.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">She says that one of the biggest benefits of attending Champs Camp was learning the importance of listening to her body during training. \u201cWe often ignore the little aches and pains in favor of just pushing through it, and these things can lead to more severe injuries if left unchecked,\u201d she says. \u201cMy Champs Camp experience was amazing. We stayed at the Olympic Training Center, which is always a fantastic experience and a privilege.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Olympic champions Brian Boitano and Peggy Fleming were the keynote speakers at this year\u2019s camp, and shared their Olympic experience with the American Olympic hopefuls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In her own Olympic quest, Tennell will be skating to the soundtrack from the Korean movie<em> Taegukgi<\/em> for her short program and <em>Cinderella<\/em> for her long, using selections from Prokofiev and the 2015 live-action film. Tennell says that she wanted to skate to <em>Cinderella<\/em> after listening to the soundtrack when the movie came out, but waited for the right time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI love both the character and her story, but wanted to wait until I felt like I could really get into character and tell the story with my skating,\u201d she says. \u201cThis year, I felt like I could do that. Out of all the programs that I\u2019ve had in my career so far, this is my absolute favorite.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Benoit Richaud choreographed the free skate, which opens with the lyrical \u201cA Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes,\u201d before transitioning to more intense music, fraught with the anticipation of the ticking clock reminding Cinderella to get home before the spell breaks. In the short program, choreographed by Scott Brown, the focus is on showcasing Tennell\u2019s power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cMy short program music was recommended to me by a close friend. I listened to it and fell in love with how powerful it is,\u201d she says. \u201cI could immediately see myself skating to it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Tennell will be taking the ice at Skate America without any specific placement goals in mind.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI want to go and soak up the experience, and do the best that I possibly can,\u201d she says. \u201cI\u2019m not putting any expectations on myself, because it is going to be bigger than anything I\u2019ve ever done before.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Cheering her on will be mom, Jean, and younger brothers, Shane and Austin, who are on the ice plenty themselves, as hockey players.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThey are great hockey and baseball players, and I love watching them play,\u201d Tennell says. \u201cThey, along with my mom, are my biggest fans and I\u2019m forever grateful for their support.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Maura Sullivan Hill, staff writer Header photo by FS Evolution Editor&#8217;s Note: Figure Skaters Online\u00a0officially welcomes\u00a0Bradie Tennell with the launch of her official website. You can check it out at bradietennell.figureskatersonline.com. 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