April 22, 2005

GOTEBORG, Sweden - Miami's senior synchronized skating team stands in eighth place after the short program at the International Skating Union World Championships held in Goteborg, Sweden. The free skate remains for the RedHawks on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. local time in Sweden (9:30 a.m. Eastern).

Miami ended the program with 55.32 points from the panel of 12 judges. The technical element score represented 30.37 of those points, while the program component score figured for 25.95 points.

Team Sweden 1 leads the competition with 71.23 points, followed by two Finnish squads and the Haydenettes, Miami's fellow American entry. Rounding out the teams in front of Miami were Team Canada 1, Team Germany 1 and Team Canada 2. A total of 20 teams are involved in the competition.