Stacey Pensgen

Stacey Pensgen
Personal information
Full name Stacey Elizabeth Pensgen
Country represented United States
Born May 25, 1982
Fairport, New York
Residence Rochester, New York
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Former partner Derek Trent
Nathan Pensgen
Former coach Richard Callaghan, Mitch Moyer, Diana Ronayne
Former choreographer Olga Volozhinskaya
Former skating club Genesee FSC
Former training locations Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Began skating 1988
Retired 2004

Stacey Elizabeth Pensgen (born May 25, 1982) is an American former competitive figure skater who won the silver medal at the 2000 Four Continents Championships. She is now a meteorologist for WROC-TV News 8 in Rochester, New York.

Personal life and education

Pensgen was born in Fairport, New York. She trained in gymnastics from the age of three until she was fifteen.[1] She was a regional champion in 1994 and 1995.[2]

Pensgen studied at Lahser High School in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.[3] She later attended Oakland Community College,[1] and the University of Colorado.[4] In 2007, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in meteorology from SUNY Brockport.

Skating career

Pensgen began skating at the age of six after watching figure skating on television.[2] From 1998, she was coached mainly by Richard Callaghan at the Onyx in Rochester.[1] She was also coached by Mitch Moyer at the Detroit Skating Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.[1] Competing in single skating, Pensgen won the bronze medal at the 1999 ISU Junior Grand Prix in Canada and the silver medal at the Four Continents Championships. Her highest placement at the U.S. Championships was sixth in 2000. In 2003, she was coached by Diana Ronayne in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[4]

Pensgen also competed in pair skating. Early in her career, she skated with her brother, Nathan Pensgen.[2][5] In 2002, she teamed up with Derek Trent and placed 14th at the 2003 U.S. Championships.

Programs

Season Short program Free skating
2001
[2]
2003
[4]
  • Tribute
    by Yanni
  • Steam
  • Kama Sutra

Results

Single skating

International[2]
Event 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02
Four Continents 2nd
Golden Spin 4th
Nebelhorn Trophy 4th
International: Junior[2]
JGP Canada 3rd
JGP Sweden 4th
National[2][6]
U.S. Championships 6th N. 13th 9th 6th 13th 17th
JGP = Junior Grand Prix; N. = Novice level

Pair skating with Trent

National
Event 2002–03
U.S. Championships 14th

Meteorology and broadcast career

13 WHAM TV

13 WHAM TV hired Pensgen in August 2006 as a part-time meteorologist and reporter.[7] She quit working at WHAM in January 2011.

WROC-TV News 8

Pensgen was hired by WROC-TV News 8 in February 2011.[8] She is the weekend meteorologist for News 8 at 6, and News 8 at 11. She also fills in for chief meteorologist Scott Hetsko and morning meteorologist John DiPasquale. Pensgen has also done some reporting work for WROC, "Living Here" segments (which feature information about what makes some of the Western New York small towns unique), and "Around Town" segments (on what is happening that weekend around Rochester, New York).

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Barnas, Jo-Ann (February 8, 2000). "Pensgen isn't well known, but she has upward mobility". Detroit Free Press. Archived from the original on May 8, 2005.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 "Stacey PENSGEN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 17, 2012.
  3. ↑ Elfman, Lois (July 17, 2014). "Pensgen thrives on being in the eye of the storm". IceNetwork.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Update with Stacey Pensgen". Unseen Skaters. December 12, 2003.
  5. ↑ "Spotlight on Stacey Pensgen". Unseen Skaters. April 23, 2001.
  6. ↑ "Stacey Pensgen Biography". Unseen Skaters. July 2004.
  7. ↑ Pensgen, Stacey. "About Stacey Pensgen". Facebook.
  8. ↑ Law, Colleen (September 27, 2012). "Stacey Pensgen". rochesterhomepage.net. Archived from the original on May 29, 2013.

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