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Chicago Jazz (synchronized skating team)

{{Short description|American junior team, 1987–2019}}

{{Infobox synchronized skating team

|name=Chicago Jazz

|image=Chicago Jazz Momentum.jpg

|caption=Chicago Jazz in 2007

|country= {{USA}}

|formation_date=1987

|level=Junior,

Novice

|hometown=Rolling Meadows, Illinois, United States

|discontinuation_date=2019

|coaches=Lisa Darken and Paula Bischoffer

|choreographer=

|skating club=Chicago FSC

|worldranking={{plainlist|

|combined total=155.42

|combined date=2016 Spring Cup

|SP score=56.60

|SP date=2016 Spring Cup

|FS score=98.82

|FS date=2016 Spring Cup

|medaltemplates=|retired=Following the 2018-2019 Season}}

Chicago Jazz was a synchronized skating team from Rolling Meadows, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago.

The Chicago Jazz began in 1987, as the Jazz Babies under the direction of Coach Lisa Darken. With a team of 22 skaters, the Jazz Babies began their climb in 1991 and became the U.S. Figure Skating Bronze Medalists in the Intermediate Division at the U.S. National Precision Skating Championships held in Anchorage, Alaska. The team continued to grow and in 1994 earned entry for all four divisions with a total of 80 skaters in the U.S. Figure Skating National Precision Team Championships in Providence, Rhode Island. Every year from 1994 to 2019, the Chicago Jazz was represented in the U.S. National Championships.

In 1996, the Jazz Babies merged their precision skating program with the Rolling Meadows Rockettes Precision Ice Skating Club. This new family of over 160 Skaters, representing eight divisions, became known as the Chicago Jazz Precision Ice Skating Club. Utilizing skating facilities in Rolling Meadows, Park Ridge, Buffalo Grove, and Glenview, Chicago Jazz represented the Chicago area both nationally and internationally.

In 2006, Head coach Lisa Darken was awarded the PSA Synchronized Skating Coach of the year award.PSA awards <{{cite web |url=http://www.skatepsa.com/PSA-EDI-AWARDS.htm |title=Psa Edi Awards |accessdate=2013-03-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130331022138/http://www.skatepsa.com/PSA-EDI-AWARDS.htm |archivedate=2013-03-31 }}>

Notable achievements

Chicago jazz were six-time Junior U.S. national champions, three-time Junior U.S national silver-medalists, three-time Novice U.S. national champions, five-time Juvenile U.S. national champions, and earned a third-place finish at the junior world challenge cup during the 2006–07 season.Hodge, Kelly. "Jazz Plays on." Skating Feb. 2007: 29.Feltes, Emily. "Back on Top." Skating Apr. 2007: 24-31.Hodge, Kelly. "Time to Fly." Skating Jan. 2009: 34-35."2009 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships." Icenetwork.com. 7 Mar. 2009. Ice Network. 11 Mar. 2009 .Brown, Mickey, Rebecca Staed, and Troy Schwindt. "In Control." Skating Apr. 2008: 22-29.

= Skater achievements =

Several Chicago Jazz skaters have been nominated to the USFSA Scholastic Honors Team, which recognizes high school-age U.S. Figure Skating members who have distinguished themselves in figure skating, academics, and community involvement.{{Cite web |title=U.S. Figure Skating Scholastic Honors Team |url=http://www.usfigureskating.org/Athletes.asp?id=341 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607171751/http://www.usfigureskating.org/Athletes.asp?id=341 |archive-date=2015-06-07}}

  • 2002 Kara Dollaske, Awardee
  • 2002 Charity Witlock, runner up
  • 2010 Alexa Kommich, Awardee
  • 2012 Jordan Barone, Awardee {{Cite web |date=2012-11-01 |title=U.S. Figure Skating Scholastic Honors Team |url=http://www.usfigureskating.org/Athletes.asp?id=341 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101124225/http://www.usfigureskating.org/Athletes.asp?id=341 |archive-date=2012-11-01 |access-date=2022-07-03 }}
  • 2013 Jacquelyn Cruz, Awardee {{Cite web |date=2013-09-03 |title=Welcome to U.S. Figure Skating |url=http://www.usfigureskating.org/Athletes.asp?id=341 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130903140629/http://www.usfigureskating.org/Athletes.asp?id=341 |archive-date=2013-09-03 |access-date=2022-07-03 }}

Competitive highlights

The Chicago Jazz representative teams competed Internationally as members of Team USA starting in 1998, continuing through the 2018-19 season Chicago Jazz Website <{{cite web |url=http://www.chicagojazz.org/pages/about/achievements.html |title=Chicago Jazz- Achievements |accessdate=2013-03-20 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131028012815/http://www.chicagojazz.org/pages/about/achievements.html |archivedate=2013-10-28 }}>{{Cite web |title=Chicago Jazz - Synchronized Skating |url=https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/sports/synchronized-skating/roster/-nbsp--chicago-jazz/118 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703212624/https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/sports/synchronized-skating/roster/-nbsp--chicago-jazz/118 |archive-date=2022-07-03 |access-date=2022-07-03 |website=U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone |language=en}}

= 2007-08 to 2018-19 seasons =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan="13" |International

Event

!07-08

!08-09

!09-10

!10-11

!11-12

!12-13

!13-14

!14-15

!15-16

!16-17

!17-18

!18-19

Jr World Challenge Cup

|4th

|6th

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|10th

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Cup of Berlin

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|4th

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|6th

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Neuchâtel Trophy

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|bgcolor=gold | 1st

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|bgcolor=gold | 1st

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Mozart Cup

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|4th

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Leon Lurje Trophy

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|5th

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Trophy D’Ecosse

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|bgcolor=gold | 1st

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French Cup

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|bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd

|5th

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|10th

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|5th

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Spring Cup

|bgcolor=gold | 1st

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|8th

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|bgcolor=gold | 1st

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|4th

style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan="13" |National: Junior
U.S. Champs

|bgcolor=gold | 1st

|bgcolor=silver | 2nd

|4th

|4th

|4th

|4th

|4th

|4th

|bgcolor=gold | 1st

|4th

|4th

|8th

style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan="13" |National: Novice
U.S. Champs

|bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd

|6th

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|5th

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|bgcolor=silver | 2nd

|7th

|6th

|4th

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= 1998-99 to 2006-07 seasons =

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

! style="background-color: #ffdead; "! colspan="9" |International

Event

!98-99

!99-00

!00-01

!01-02

!02-03

!03-04

!04-05

!05-06

Jr World Challenge Cup

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|6th

|9th

|8th

|bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd

Neuchâtel Trophy

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|bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd

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Czech Open

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|bgcolor=silver | 2nd

French Cup

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|bgcolor=silver | 2nd

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Spring Cup

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|bgcolor=silver | 2nd

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style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan="9" |International: Novice
Czech Open

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|bgcolor=gold | 1st

French Cup

|bgcolor=gold | 1st

|

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|bgcolor=gold | 1st

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|bgcolor=silver | 2nd

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Spring Cup

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|bgcolor=gold | 1st

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style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan="9" |National: Junior
U.S. Champs

|4th

|5rd

|bgcolor=gold | 1st

|bgcolor=gold | 1st

|bgcolor=gold | 1st

|bgcolor=silver | 2nd

|bgcolor=silver | 2nd

|bgcolor=gold | 1st

style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan="9" |National: Novice
U.S. Champs

|4th

|bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd

|bgcolor=silver | 2nd

|5th

|bgcolor="#cc9966" | 3rd

|bgcolor=gold | 1st

|bgcolor=gold | 1st

|bgcolor=gold | 1st

References

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External links

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Category:Junior synchronized skating teams