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Matt Savoie skated last night for the men and placed 7th overall. It's so neat to see a guy that was born, raised, and trained in Peoria, IL did so well.
Consider that his training base, then and now, is ... Peoria, Ill., no skating mecca, and that 16 years later he still is coached by the woman who taught him to skate.
"What's really neat is he didn't feel like he had to go to another facility to train," said his coach, Linda Branan, adding, "To come out of a town like Peoria that really isn't a figure skating town ... and rise to this level is great."
Anyway, that was really cool. Last Olympic athlete we had was speed-skater Bonnie Blair who won the record-breaking 5 Gold medals at the '94 Olympics, she was from Champaign IL.
I just think it's cool and I wanted to write something about Matt's job well done. It's really cool that not only did he come from here, but he trained here and kept the same coach from age 7 on. Everyone's so proud of him here. :)
Well, it's an early day off here, so I have to get the kids from the bus. Later all. :)
Consider that his training base, then and now, is ... Peoria, Ill., no skating mecca, and that 16 years later he still is coached by the woman who taught him to skate.
"What's really neat is he didn't feel like he had to go to another facility to train," said his coach, Linda Branan, adding, "To come out of a town like Peoria that really isn't a figure skating town ... and rise to this level is great."
Anyway, that was really cool. Last Olympic athlete we had was speed-skater Bonnie Blair who won the record-breaking 5 Gold medals at the '94 Olympics, she was from Champaign IL.
I just think it's cool and I wanted to write something about Matt's job well done. It's really cool that not only did he come from here, but he trained here and kept the same coach from age 7 on. Everyone's so proud of him here. :)
Well, it's an early day off here, so I have to get the kids from the bus. Later all. :)