taggi_1 My daughter Alex Taggi (right) was skating at the 2003 Nationals Social Skate with her friend(and skating rival) Summer Gonzales. This Pic is totally unrehearsed and appeared one morning in the skating insert to the Lincoln Star Journal during the 2003 Artistic National Championships. The photographer, Bill Wolf, who is a friend, had no idea that one of these girls was my then 9 year old daughter. tag: 2003 Nationals Social Skate Alex Taggi Summer Gonzales taggi_2 Sara Taggi 2003 Regional Open Loops tag: Sara Taggi 2003 SCRegionals Open Loops taggi_3 Alex Taggi Juvenile Figures 2003 Nationals tag: Alex Taggi Juvenile Figures 2003 Nationals taggi_4 Shala Giardini - Elementary Freeskating 2003 Nationals tag: Elementary Girls Singles program is Shala Giardini of Greeley, Colo. taggi_5 SC Regionals in 2003. Alex won Juvy Figures and her pal Summer got 2nd. This was about a month b4 the social skate pic was taken tag: SC Regionals in 2003. Alex Taggi Summer Gonzales taggi_6 Sara Taggi - 1998 Solo Dance taggi_7 1996 JO - 1A Figures: Sarra Taggi (First Place), 2nd - Amber Yesko (Courtland, Ohio), 3rd - Victoria Sequin (Livonia, MI), 4th - Shahla Didehbani (Grand Prarie Texas) taggi_8 Sara Taggi and her coach Lisa Friday-Bergin at the 1999 Artistic Championships in Syracuse, NY tag: Sara Taggi and Lisa Friday Benson at Syracuse Nationals 1999 taggi_9 Adam White and Melissa Quinn (Port Richey, FL) - World Class Dance (First Place) tag: Adam White and Melissa Quinn (Port Richey, FL) - World Class Dance (First Place) taggi_10 Adam White and Melissa Quinn (Port Richey, FL) - World Class Dance (First Place) tag: Adam White and Melissa Quinn (Port Richey, FL) - World Class Dance (First Place) taggi_11 Robert Behrendt & Sharon Behrendt (Kahului, HI) - Premier Team Dance 2003 In the American Masters Dance division, this team placed First in every year from 1990 to 1999 and then again in 2001. tag: Robert Behrendt & Sharon Behrendt (Kahului, HI) - Premier Team Dance 2003 taggi_12 Edrick Stewart and Meghan Burt - World Class Pairs 2003 This Team would go on to place first in 2004 as well. taggi_13 Joe Nash and Allison Jasky - World Class Dance 2003 (Placement Unknown at this time) Placed 7th in Team Dance in 2002 taggi_14 Abigail Burris (Sacramento, California) - World Class Womens Singles 2003 (Third Place). She also placed 3rd the year previously (2002). Burris will go on to place 1st (2005), 3rd (2006), and 2nd (2007) in this same event. taggi_15 Alyssa Maloof (Convers, Georgia) - Creative Solo Dance 2003 (First Place) In this event she will go on to place 3rd in 2004 and 1st in 2005 taggi_16 Bryan Kuhn (Erie, PA) - Junior World Class Mens Singles (First Place) He also placed 2nd in this event in 2002. taggi_17 David Jacques (Roseville, CA) - World Class Mens Singles 2003 (First Place) Son of skating champion and true skating legend Michael Jacques. taggi_18 David Jacques (Roseville, CA) - World Class Mens Singles 2003 (First Place). Jacques had placed 1st in this event in 2001. He will go on to place in the years ahead. 2002 - 3rd place, 2004 - 2nd place, 2005 - 2nd place, 2007 - 1st place taggi_19 Edrick Stewart (San Jose, CA) - 2003. He's one half of the champion pairs team with Meghan Burt. Placed 2nd in the SouthWest Pacific Regionals (Senior World Class Mens Singles). National Championship placement unknown at this time. taggi_20 Joshua Rhoads (Lantana, Florida & Everett, Washington) - World Class Mens Singles 2003 (2nd Place). He already placed 1st in 2002 and will go on to place 3rd in 2004, 1st in 2005, and 1st in 2006. taggi_21 Mark Cropley and Rebecca Palleson (Winter Haven, Florida) - Junior Team Dance 2003 (First Place). They also went on to compete and win in Open Free Dance (2003). In 2004 they successfully defended their titles in both Junior Team Dance and Open Free Dance. taggi_22 Maya Goody (Milpitas, CA) - Elementary Solo Dance 2003 (First Place) One half of the Open Free Dance and Junior Dance champion team with Eduardo Gravina. Maya is the daughter of World Champion skater Greg Goody taggi_23 Patty Guzman (Hayward, CA) - Junior Solor Dance 2003 (First Place). Previously she had placed 6th in 2002. taggi_24 Rachel Leone (Newark, DE) - Junior World Class Womens Singles 2003 (Second Place). Previously placed 1st in 2001 and 2nd in 2002. taggi_25 Kyle Turley and Kathryn Kimura - Junior World Class Pairs 2003 (First Place). Kathryn and Kyle are also champions in Singles and Figures event taggi_26 Tyler Fries (Bakersville, CA) - Elementary Boys Singles 2003 (Second Place). Will go on to win in 2004, place 3rd in 2005. In addition to Singles, Tyler is one half of the champion pairs team with Hillary Barnes taggi_27 Ximena Garcia (Spring, TX) - Creative Solo Dance Ximena Garcia, 12, from San Luis Potosi, Mexico, has lived and trained the past year in Spring, Texas, in anticipation of competing at the 2003 USA Roller Sports national championships in Lincoln. Garcia, who is coached by Kerry Hefner of Houston, competes in the JO Open Quad Creative Solo Dance finals Sunday at Pershing Center. taggi_28 1997 Women's 2A Level Figures Girls on the podium: 1- Megan Tallent, Indianapolis, IN. 2- Sara Taggi, Arlington, TX. 3- Rachel Browning, Westville, NJ. 4- Brittany Devinney, Melbourne, FL. taggi_29 Krista Brandor (Bakersfield, CA) - Elementary Girls Singles 2003 (First Place) taggi_30 Kelsey Edwards (Portland, Oregon) - Open Creative Solo Dance 2003 taggi_31 Jennifer Drouin (Whitman, Mass) - Sophomore Ladies Singles 2003 (First Place). Also competes in Solo Dance taggi_32 Amanda Ballard (Redwood City, CA) - Juvenile Girls Singles 2003 (Third Place) taggi_33 Ariel Gonzalez (Brideton, NJ) - Juvenile Girls Singles 2003 (Second Place) taggi_34 Nicolas Borgese and Johnson - World Class Dance 2003 taggi_35 Christina Derry (Livonia, MI) - Freshman Girls Figures 2003 (Second Place). Also competes in Freshman Team Dance with Steve Frost (2nd in 2003) and Figures taggi_36 Christopher Fairman (Hampton, VA) - Junior Mens Singles 2003 (Third Place). Also competes in World Class Mens Figures (2nd in 2003) taggi_37 Darly Reed (Portland, OR) - Sophomore Ladies Figures 2003 taggi_38 Matthew Finlay and Heather Menard (Mansfield, OH) - World Class Junior Dance 2003. Previously placed 1st in 2001 taggi_39 Valerie Bailey (Brunswick, OH) - Sophomore Ladies Singles (Third Place) 2003 taggi_40 Alex Taggi - Juvenile Figures 2001 taggi_41 Alex Taggi - Juvenile Figures 2001 taggi_42 2001 South Central Regional Juvenile Figure Champions 1- Alexandra Taggi, Lewisville, TX. 2- Summer Sanchez, San Antonio, TX. 3- Joanna Van Brandt taggi_43 *Waiting to Skate* 1995 South Central Regionals 1A Figures Finals Left to right: Katie Gray, Unknown skater, Sara Taggi, Aubrey Tabritzi taggi_44 Alex Taggi skates Juvenile Figures Eliminations at 2001 Nationals taggi_45 Alex Taggi skates Juvenile Figures Eliminations at 2001 Nationals taggi_46 Sara Taggi and Shalia Didehbani at JO Nationals 1996 taggi_47 Sara Taggi - 2A Figures Final at Nationals 1997 (Second Place) taggi_48 Sara Taggi - Juvenile Girls Singles 1997 taggi_49 Sara Taggi - 1A Women's Singles 1996 (Second Place) taggi_50 Sara Taggi - 1A Solo Dance Finals at Nationals 1996 taggi_51 1996 JO 1A Pairs National Champions 1. Burr/Stark-Modlin, Redwood City, CA. 2. Howard/Taggi, Lewisville, TX. 3. Eisenberg/Austin, Las Vegas, NV. 4. Davis/Jacober, Las Vegas, NV. taggi_52 1996 JO 1A Freeskating National Champions 1. Hannah Leone, Westville, NJ. 2. Sara Taggi, Lewisville, TX. 3. Stephanie Potter, Janeville, WI. 4. Rachael Delaney, Lewisville, TX.