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Thompson figure skater finishes in top five at Manitoba Games

Skate Thompson figure skaters Amy Shier and Megan Szabo finished fifth and 14th, respectively, in their categories at the 2018 Manitoba Games on familiar ice at the C.A. Nesbitt Arena. Shier, competing in the juvenile female category, earned 20.

Skate Thompson figure skaters Amy Shier and Megan Szabo finished fifth and 14th, respectively, in their categories at the 2018 Manitoba Games on familiar ice at the C.A. Nesbitt Arena.

Shier, competing in the juvenile female category, earned 20.05 points for her first free skate March 8, fifth-best of all the competitors, and improved that two 20.63 in the second skate March 9, which was once again fifth. The only other skaters to record scores of 20 or better in both their skates were the four who finished ahead of her in the final standings.

In the pre-novice female division, Szabo scored only 15.66 points in the short program March 8, second from the bottom, but performed much better in the free skate March 9, earning 34.61 points, 10th-best among all the competitors.

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