User:Meagan Bridget Shafto
President of the Lapeer Skating Club in Lapeer, MI.[1]
Meagan coaches competitive level skaters. She coaches Learn to Skate classes, freestyle, moves in the field, synchronized skating lessons and off-ice training. Meagan started skating at Detroit Skating Club and the Onyx Skating Club before including Polar Palace to her list of home rinks. Meagan trained under Candice Miller and Olympic alternate competitors, Danielle and Steve Hartsell. Meagan skated in the Detroit Skating Club annual ice show for 5 years. She was the 2004 Polar Palace ice show director and choreographer for 7 programs. She skated solo routines in between periods during Notre Dame Prep. and Oxford High School hockey games. She trained as a pair skater as well.
Meagan was the Polar Palace Figure Skating Program director for 2 years before graduating and moving away to college. Meagan was on the Central Michigan University Synchronized Skating Team for 4 years, holding multiple executive board positions each year, including Co-Captain her senior year. Meagan and her team took 2nd place at the 2009 Midwestern Synchronized Skating Championships in Denver, CO and took 1st place at the 2010 Tri-States Synchronized Skating Competition in Kalamazoo, MI. Meagan is a member of the Professional Skaters Association. Coached Oakland University's Figure Skating Team from 2010 until 2013.