MAY SKATER SPOTLIGHT

Katherine Beech

Coach(es)?

   Grant Huang, Wendy David, Mary Helen Lindsay

Best advice your coach ever gave you?

   “Always look like you know what you’re doing, even if you don’t feel like it.”

Test level?

  Junior MIF,  Juvenile FS

Hometown? 

 Olathe, KS

School?

 Olathe North High School (Geoscience Program, Chamber Orchestra)

College/Career Plans?

  Astrophysics

Astrological sign?

  July 26, 2000; Leo (Western Zodiac); Dragon (Chinese Zodiac)

Long term skating goal?

 MIF Gold Medal

Short term skating goal?

 Pass Junior MIF

Favorite skating discipline?

 Jumps

Favorite skating element?

   Double Loop

Favorite personal program?

 “Writing’s On the Wall” (James Bond Spectre)

Who do you admire? 

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani activist for female education, 2014 Nobel Peace Prize

Favorite book 

 “Clockwork Angel” by Cassandra Clare

Favorite hobby outside of skating 

  Orchestra

Favorite movie 

  “Star Wars:  The Force Awakens”

Favorite song 

“Holiday” by Green Day

Favorite TV show

 Doctor Who

Favorite food 

   Pizza

Favorite quote

“Accept the challenges so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory.” George S. Patton

Favorite joke 

 I entered 10 puns in a contest hoping one would win, but no pun in ten did.

What advice would you give to a newbie?

 Don’t be afraid to fall, because it usually helps to learn.

If you could have a superpower, what would it be?

 Time travel.