Get It Called, started by former Team USA competitors Erin Banco and Nicole Davies, is a website working to bring the U.S. synchronized skating community together on one interface. It will serve as a network for skaters, teams, coaches, officials, administrators and trainers to connect, enhance and strengthen the U.S. synchronized skating world. Members of the site can stay updated on the latest happenings by engaging in forum discussions, by sharing photos and videos, and by reading narratives from current competitors.

Banco and Davies designed Get It Called with the sole purpose of creating an space for people in the U.S. synchronized skating community to connect in a positive, educational manner. This site is not meant for competition predictions, or other team gossip. Administrators of the site will remove any post that does not comply with Get It Called policies and standards. Please be respectful of all users and members of the site.

About the founders/directors:
Banco and Davies skated together on The Colonials from 2003-2007 on the club’s intermediate and junior lines. Since graduating high school, both girls have remained active in the U.S. synchronized skating community:

Erin Banco:
Erin Banco was the co-captain of The University of Wisconsin Collegiate Synchronized Skating Team from 2009-2011. The team placed sixth at the 2010 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships. She started skating at the age of three, but did not join her first synchronized team until the age of eight. Banco spent most of her competitive career under the direction of Merita Mullen. She skated for The Colonials from 2003-2007 on the intermediate and junior lines. The Colonials junior line placed 5th at the 2007 World Challenge Cup. She is a gold medalist in moves in the field and is a member of the Professional Skaters Association. Banco was also the coach of Madison Engergy, an open juvenile team based out of Madison, Wis. from 2009-2011.

Banco received her bachelor’s degree in journalism and African literature and languages from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in May of 2011. During her time studying at UW-Madison, Erin worked as the campus editor, multimedia editor and executive TV producer for The Daily Cardinal , the sixth oldest daily student newspaper in the nation. She also worked as the education editor for Madison Commons, a community news website, and interned in USA TODAY’s investigative department in 2010. Today, Banco works as a Media and Outreach Specialist at the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting in Washington, D.C.

Nicole Davies:
Nicole Davies began her career in synchronized skating skating for The Colonials out of Acton, Mass. from 1999-2007. She competed in the juvenile, intermediate and junior divisions. Representing Team USA, she ended her time on The Colonials with a trip to Nottingham, England for the 2007 World Challenge Cup placing 5th in the world. Most recently Davies competed for the Crystallettes senior and adult based out of Dearborn, Mich. and represented Team USA at the 2012 ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships in Goteborg, Sweden.

In 2004 Davies started working with U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Programs in Massachusetts and Rhode Island coaching and choreographing. She was a founding director and head coach for the White Ice Open Collegiate Synchronized Skating Team in Washington, D.C. She is a gold medalist in moves in the field and a member of the Professional Skaters Association.

Davies graduated Magna Cum Laude in May 2011 with a degree in public communication and Spanish from American University. She was the Assistant Director of the School of Communication’s summer program, worked on the marketing and outreach team in the Career Center and interned in the Athletics Communication Department. She was the founder, president and captain of the American University Club Field Hockey Team.

Bloggers and Contributors:

Katie Kiely: Katie is a senior at the University of Vermont where she skates for the Open Collegiate team. Katie spent her competitive career competing for The Colonials Juvenile, Intermediate and Junior lines. She competed at the world challenge cup twice while competing for Team USA. Katie is an active blogger and writer. Visit her website: www.katiekdid.com.

 

Bethany Alexander: Beth is a junior at the University of Rhode Island and skates for the Bryant University’s Open Collegiate team.

 

 

 

Megan Romeo: Megan is a freshman at Miami University and a member of the Junior team. Megan is from East Northport, NY and skated for the Iceworks IceBreakers before joining Miami’s program.

 

 

Steffi Shenouda: Steffi is a member of the Evolution Junior team and a senior at Grosse Pointe North high school in Michigan. She is the assistant editor of her school’s paper the North Pointe.

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