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Garrett Lucash

{{short description|American pair skater}}

{{Infobox figure skater

|name= Garrett Lucash

|image= Orscher lucash.jpg

|caption=

|country= United States

|birth_date= {{Birth date and age|1978|9|21}}

|birth_place = Attleboro, Massachusetts

|residence= Granby, Connecticut

|height= {{height|m=1.75}}

|formerpartner= Katie Orscher
Jaisa MacAdam
Jessica Waldstein

|formercoach= Vadim Naumov
Evgenia Shishkova

|formerchoreographer=Igor Shpilband
Elena Petrenko

|skating club= Charter Oak FSC

|retired= April 5, 2006

|combined total= 153.05

|combined date= 2005 Four Continents

|SP score= 56.15

|SP date= 2005 Four Continents

|FS score= 98.23

|FS date= 2005 Worlds

|medaltemplates=

{{MedalCountry | United States }}

{{MedalSport | Pairs Figure skating}}

{{MedalCompetition|Four Continents Championships}}

{{MedalBronze|2005 Hamilton|Pairs}}

}}

Garrett Lucash (born September 21, 1978, in Attleboro, Massachusetts) is an American pair skater. With partner Katie Orscher, he is the 2005 U.S. national champion and 2005 Four Continents bronze medalist.

Career

Lucash was searching for a new partner when he remembered Orscher and gave her a call. Unlike most skaters, they both rotate clockwise. They trained in Simsbury, Connecticut.

In 2005, Orscher and Lucash won the gold medal at the U.S. Championships. They went on to win the bronze medal at the 2005 Four Continents Championships. At the 2005 Worlds, their placement combined with that of Rena Inoue / John Baldwin earned the United States two entries to the 2006 Winter Olympics.

In the summer of 2005, Orscher broke her foot, causing them to lose training time before the 2005–06 season. In January 2006 at the U.S Championships in St. Louis, Missouri, they were in first after the short program but dropped to third after the long program and missed the Olympic team by .66 points.

Orscher and Lucash announced their retirement from competitive skating in April 2006. Lucash is the co-creator and director of the National Figure Skating Academy in Boston, along with Dmitri Palamarchuk.

Personal life

Lucash is a Boston Red Sox fan. On August 1, 2007, he was featured on the first episode of the Red Sox themed dating show Sox Appeal, in which he went on three blind dates at Fenway Park during a Red Sox game against the San Francisco Giants.

Programs

(with Orscher)

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

! Short program

! Free skating

! Exhibition

2005–2006

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  • Egyptian Disco
    by DJ Disse

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2004–2005

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2003–2004

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2002–2003

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2001–2002

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  • Unchained Melody
    Mythos N DS Cosmo

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  • The Black Stallion Returns
    by Georges Delerve

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Competitive highlights

=With MacAdam=

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

! 1998

! 1999

align=left | U.S. Championshipsbgcolor=silver | 2nd J.bgcolor=silver | 2nd J.
colspan=3 align=center | J. = Junior level

=With Waldstein=

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

! 2000

align=left | U.S. Championshipsbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd J.
colspan=2 align=center | J. = Junior level

=With Orscher=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
colspan=6 align=center | Results
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center | International
Event

! 2001–02

! 2002–03

! 2003–04

! 2004–05

! 2005–06

align=left | Worlds16th13th12th
align=left | Four Continents10th6th7thbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd5th
align=left | GP Cup of China6th
align=left | GP Trophée Eric Bompard5th
align=left | GP Skate America7th8th6th
align=left | GP Skate Canada7th9th
align=left | Nebelhornbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
style="background-color: #ffdead; " colspan=6 align=center | National
align=left | U.S. Champ.5thbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=silver | 2ndbgcolor=gold | 1stbgcolor=cc9966 | 3rd
colspan=6 align=center | GP = Grand Prix

References

{{Reflist|refs=

{{cite web | url = http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00005959.htm | title = Katie ORSCHER / Garrett LUCASH: 2001/2002 | work = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20020130171913/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00005959.htm | archive-date = January 30, 2002 | url-status = dead }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00005959.htm | title = Katie ORSCHER / Garrett LUCASH: 2002/2003 | work = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030622152425/http://www.icecalc.de/isu/bios/isufs00005959.htm | archive-date = June 22, 2003 | url-status = dead }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00005959.htm | title = Katie ORSCHER / Garrett LUCASH: 2003/2004 | work = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20040603084213/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00005959.htm | archive-date = June 3, 2004 | url-status = dead }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00005959.htm | title = Katie ORSCHER / Garrett LUCASH: 2004/2005 | work = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050404211941/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00005959.htm | archive-date = April 4, 2005 | url-status = dead }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00005959.htm | title = Katie ORSCHER / Garrett LUCASH: 2005/2006 | work = International Skating Union | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060813104913/http://www.isufs.org/bios/isufs00005959.htm | archive-date = August 13, 2006 | url-status = dead }}

{{cite news | url = http://www.goldenskate.com/2002/10/orscher-and-lucash-take-third-at-nebelhorn-trophy/ | title = Orscher and Lucash Take Third at Nebelhorn Trophy | first = Barry | last = Mittan | work = Golden Skate | date = October 16, 2002 }}

{{cite news | url = http://www.usfsa.org/event_story.asp?id=33794 | title = Pairs skaters Katie Orscher and Garrett Lucash announce retirement | work = U.S. Figure Skating | date = April 5, 2006 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060516115441/http://www.usfsa.org/event_story.asp?id=33794 | archive-date = May 16, 2006 }}

{{cite web | url = http://www.usfigureskating.org/AthletePairBio.asp?id=18341 | title= Katie Orscher & Garrett Lucash | work = U.S. Figure Skating | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060222001731/http://www.usfigureskating.org/AthletePairBio.asp?id=18341 | archive-date = February 22, 2006 | url-status = dead }}

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External links

{{Commons category}}

  • [http://www.fmcarenas.com/nfsa/ National Figure Skating Academy - Boston]
  • {{isu name | id=00005959 | name= Katie Orscher / Garrett Lucash}}

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