PARSIPPANY — US Figure Skating’s National Solo Dance Series Final was held recently at the University of Delaware and representing the Eastern Region, in both Pre-Gold Solo Pattern and Novice Solo Combined, is Parsippany Hills High School Senior Danielle Davis.
In order to qualify for Nationals, Danielle had to compete in a series of competitions, in order to accrue points.
She competed at both the 2016 Morris Open and the 53rd Annual NJ Council of FSC Championships held at the Mennen Arena, the May Day Open and the Chesapeake Open in Maryland, The Southern CT Open in Darien, Skate Wilmington in Wilmington DE, and lastly Lake Placid Dance in Lake Placid, New York. Only the top 6 skaters in each level for each region (Eastern, Midwest and West) were invited to participate.
Danielle was at the top of her group after qualifying for the Final round by dancing the Blues and the Paso Doble. For the final round, she had to dance the Starlight Waltz.
Danielle is a member of the SC of Morris and is coached by Kenneth Foster and Anna Zadorozhniuk. This is the second time Danielle has earned a Gold medal at Nationals. The first time was in 2014, when she won in the Silver level.
