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Synchronized Skating

The Chicago Red Line is the newest Synchronized Skating team in the city of Chicago, representing this amazing city’s south side with pride!

Chicago Red Line Synchronized Skating Teams

Morgan Park Sports Center is the home of the Chicago Red Line Synchronized Skating teams. Our coaching staff brings over 50 years of experience and love for the team sport which builds character, cooperation, commitment, as well as skating skills. Skating in this organization is based on fun and learning. We want every skater to look forward to practice, work hard, and take pride in their efforts and successes. In the process, each skater will learn how to be creative, confident, and work toward a common goal. The team will also provide individuals with opportunities to lead, as well as to support their fellow skaters.

For those who are new to the sport, synchronized skating continues to be one of the most popular disciplines in figure skating. The program includes elements such as circles, lines, intersections, wheels, blocks and creative elements, and the objective is to blend skating elements such as footwork, jumps and spins into these formations, so the skaters look like one unit as they perform. It is truly a spectacular sport to watch and participate in!

Synchronized Skating is a competitive team sport, made up of 8 – 16 skaters who perform a program together. Levels range from beginner to World Championship level competitions. We are proud to field THREE teams this season, for the first time: Aspire 1, Aspire 2, and Aspire 3! Our competitive teams will compete in multiple local and travel competitions for the 2024-2025 season, perform in the MPSC Winter Exhibition “It’s Snowtime”, and will finish off with a performance in our annual Spring Ice Show.

Interested in joining us? We accept skaters who are in Snowplow 3 and up, and ages 5 – 16. Please email Synchro Director, Kathy Janik for more information: KJanik@MorganParkSportsCenter.net !

Special Events & Competitions

Come cheer us on at these events!

Event	Location	Date/Time	Placement
Kick Off Exhibition	MPSC	November 5, 2023 6:15 pm	N/A
Kalamazoo Kick Off	Wings Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	November 17-29, 2023
It’s Snowime Winter Exhibition	MPSC	December 2023	N/A
Synchro Illinois	Robert Crown Ice Center, Evanston, IL	January 13 – 14, 2024
Cupid Classic	Hoffman Estates, IL	February 10, 2024*
Greater Chicagoland Basic Skills Championships	TBD, IL	March 11, 2024*
Annual Ice Show	MPSC	May 3 - 4, 2024*	N/A

Aspire Coaches

Diana Garcia

Coach Diana has been skating since she was 6 years old. During her time skating competitively, she skated at the Junior level and was a regional medalist. Notably, she was also a member of the Mexican National Team in 2010. Coach Diana skated synchro at the Adult level from 2016-2018 and enjoyed her experience immensely! She is excited to learn more about the synchro world through working with Chicago Red Line. Coach Diana has been coaching for 10 years, and loves working on jumps with her students. She loves to see skaters grow on and off the ice and is excited to jump into synchro by assisting Chicago Red Line this season!

Coach Diana lives in Homewood with her parents and loves trying new places to eat, and traveling when she has time.

Maddi Gould

Coach Maddi began her synchronized career at 8 years old, as a member of the Downers Grove Dazzlers ISI youth formation team. Maddi skated for the Dazzlers for 10 years, advancing through the levels, where she earned sectional and national medals at the Intermediate and Novice levels. In college, Maddi skated 4 years on the Adrian College Collegiate Synchronized Skating Team, and earned three National Championship podium placements: two Silver and a Pewter. Coach Maddi earned her Masters in Exercise Science from Adrian College and is excited to apply her education to coaching.

As her first year being a coach for Chicago Red Line, Maddi is looking forward to sharing her love for synchronized skating with the team.

Julia Tenebruso

Coach Julia has been involved in the synchronized skating world since 2011. She was a member of the Madison Ice Diamonds from 2012 to 2019, and watched the organization grow from having two beginner teams, to having several IJS teams within that time. During her time competitively skating, she served as a team leader for 3 years, and competed at sectionals, most notably at the intermediate level. She has been coaching learn to skate and private lessons since 2015, and loves to share her joy of skating. Recently, she has enjoyed choreographing ice show numbers, assistant coaching beginner level synchronized skating teams, and helping with upper level IJS team practices in Wisconsin. She is thrilled to be a part of Red Line and share the love and lessons that come with synchronized skating with these awesome skaters.

Coach Julia lives on the North side of Chicago and is pursuing degrees in Health Sciences, Spanish, and Philosophy at DePaul University.