Skating Club of Northern Virginia


    Andrea Petak

    Andrea   Andrea Petak, age 15, has skated for ten years. She has been competing in ice dance for four years, synchro for eight years, and is a former freestyler. Andrea's interest in ice dance began when her synchro coaches encouraged team members to take lessons in that discipline. She quickly recognized that she wanted to become a competitive ice dancer. She will be competing in the National Solo Ice Dance Championships in Colorado Springs in September 2011.
     
    Andrea is a member of the Capitol Steps Synchronized Skating Novice and Intermediate teams. Her freestyle coach is Roman Skornyakov. Vitaly and Katrina Shalin are her ice dance coaches.

    "Drea" is best described as determined and dedicated. She is an honor roll student  in the Sophomore class at Manassas Park High School. When she isn't skating, Andrea loves spending time with her family, especially her little brother.