The Bowling Green skating club gives students the chance to learn more about the sport.
Students are able to learn and practice routines that the club puts together during the meetings on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings.
One of the skating club’s coaches and advanced skaters, Marianne Mazur-Stewart, said that the best part of the organization is the chance it gives skaters to get to know each other on and off of the ice.
The meetings aren’t the only opportunities to join the club. They have other programs as well.
“The club really does a lot,” said Stewart. “We have an extravaganza at the end of the year where the kids are able to perform their programs that they have rehearsed, during Christmas time the club has a float in a parade and we have many fundraising projects to raise awareness for the club.”
Last semester, the skating club members were given a chance to have a meet and greet at the “Disney on Ice: Princess and Heroes” show.
During this, the members were able to watch how swiftly the actors moved on the ice, as well as hear about the careers of the skating professionals during the meet and greet afterwards.
For skaters who wish to further their career in figure skating when they are finished with the club, trying out for events such as the Disney on Ice could be an option for their future.
On campus, the University also offers a skating club for those at a collegiate level.
Katie Logsdon, president of the skating club, said that the University having a skating rink is one of the main reasons she attended Bowling Green.
“I have been skating since I was 7 years old, so when I started visiting colleges my junior year of high school, I would only look at schools with an ice arena,” Logsdon said. “I wanted to continue skating because it was such a huge part of my life. When I found out BG was creating a collegiate skating club it persuaded me to come here.”
Jack Fucshman, a sophomore who is taking ice skating lessons through the University this semester, says that ice skating is a sport that helps you to exercise in a fun way.
“Whenever I am out on the ice learning new things I am always having fun,” Fucshman said. “Joining the BG Ice Skating Club would be an excellent way to expand my knowledge on the sport.”
For any more information on getting involved with the Bowling Green Skating Club, Stewart suggests attending one of the Wednesday or Saturday meetings to sign up.
