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Joined LISC - June, 2004

Interviews (full text of articles always stored in our Articles/Press Releases page)

• January, 2008 - Skating Home - Article in Minnesota Monthly

• September 3, 2007- Star Tribune - Article

• July 3, 2007- Twin Cities.com - Article

• June 10, 2007- Golden Skate Article (Eliot Halverson)
  Halverson Looks Toward 2007-08 Season

• Eliot Halverson Day - April 21, 2007

  • USFSA"City of St. Paul Declares April 21 as Eliot Halverson Day"

  • Video clip of the show and interview with Eliot Halverson.

  • KSTP 5 - an in-studio interview with that aired on the local ABC news station on Saturday morning. Skating champion talks about his achievements

• January, 2006 - Article in "Avenues" - St. Paul's News and Arts Monthly™ in St. Paul, Minnesota

• November, 2005 - Eliot's Interview with Latino Skating

• May 1, 2005 - Article from St. Paul Pioneer Press (Newspaper in St. Paul, Minnesota).  Article

• April 25, 2005 - Articles from WCCO-TV (CBS Affiliate in Minneapolis, Minnesota).  Article (with link to video on site - direct link is down - search is still available though)

• January 9, 2005 - Interview with Spotlight on Unseen Skaters with Eliot during US Nationals in Portland, Oregon.

August 2006 Latino Skating Calendar

July 2005 Latino Skating Calendar

ELIOT HALVERSON

Skating Home - Article in Minnesota Monthly (Eliot Halverson)
© Photo by Joe Treleven - Minnesota Monthly

Eliot Halverson in the Kiss and Cry with coaches after Senior Men's Free Program
2008 United States National Championships (St. Paul, Minnesota) - January, 2008
(Photo Mickey Brown for the ©Ice Network)

Eliot Halverson Showing off his Junior Men's Gold Medal
United States National Championships  - January, 2007
 (©Paul Harvath for the USFSA site)

Eliot Halverson with coaches Ted Engelking and Ann Eidson
United States National Championships  - January, 2007
 (©Paul Harvath for the USFSA site)

2008 Midwestern Sectionals Senior Men's Pewter Medalist
2007 US National Junior Men's National Champion
2007 Midwestern Sectionals Junior Men's Champion
2007 Upper Great Lakes Junior Men's Champion
2006 ISU Grand Prix - The Hague Bronze Medalist
2006 ISU Grand Prix - Budapest Bronze Medalist
2006 US National Novice National Champion
2005 Triglav Trophy Novice Men's Champion
2005 US National Novice Pewter Medalist
2004 US Junior Nationals Champion (Men's Intermediate)

Stats:

• Eliot Halverson
• 17 year old (11/8/90)
• Born in Bogota, Colombia
• Residence:  St. Paul, Minnesota
• Home Schooled
• Senior Ranked Mens Singles Skater who skates out of St. Paul, Minnesota
• Member of the United States Team B (2007-2008), Team C (2006-2007), Team C (2005-2006) and Athlete Developmental Team (2004-2005).
• Trains at Pleasant Arena in St. Paul, Minnesota
• Member of St. Paul Figure Skating Club
• Coach(es):  Ted Engelking and Ann Eidson
• Choreographer:  Oleg Epstein
• Started skating at the age of 6.
• Hobbies: Reading, singing, decorating, hanging out with friends, and horseback riding.
• I admire Rudy Galindo for overcoming adversity and Evgeny Plushenko for his hard work and determination.
• My hopes are to make a World and Olympic Team.
• If I were not a skater, I would be a horseback rider.
• I would like to thank my Mom for making sacrifices for my skating.  "Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go".  T. S. Eliot
• Bio on the United States Figure Skating Association Website
• Bio on St. Paul Figure Skating Club Website
• Bio on the Ice Network Website
• Wikipedia Page for Eliot
• Official Website

Eliot Halverson's Competition History

Date	Competition/Club	Event(s)	Place
1/20-27/08	2008 U.S. Championships - St. Paul, Minnesota	Senior Men Overall - 183.67 Senior Free - 127.64 Senior Short - 56.03	13th 11th 17th
11/14-17/07	2008 Midwestern Sectional Championships - Rochester Hills, Michigan	Senior Men Overall - 189.59 Senior Men Free - 123.38 Senior Men Short - 66.21	4th 4th 3rd
10/11-14/07	2007 Junior Grand Prix (Germany) - Chemnitz, Germany	Junior Men Overall - 158.96 Junior Men Free - 108.89 Junior Men Short - 50.07	7th 4th 7th
9/6-9/07	2007 Junior Grand Prix (Romania) - Miercurea Ciuc, Romania	Junior Men Overall - 146.30 Junior Men Free - 97.75 Junior Men Short - 48.55	5th 5th 6th
2/26-3/4/07	2007 World Junior Championships - Oberstdorf, Germany	Junior Men Overall - 155.97 Junior Men Free - 102.46 Junior Men Short - 53.51	10th 10th 14th
1/21-28/07	2007 State Farm U.S. Figure Skating Championships - Spokane, Washington	Junior Men Overall - 187.79 Junior Men Free - 122.67 Junior Men Short - 65.12	1st 2nd 1st
11/16-18/06	2007 Midwestern Sectional Championships - Birmingham, Alabama	Junior Men Overall - 178.88 Junior Men Free - 113.23 Junior Men Short - 65.65	1st 1st 1st
10/17-21/06	2007 Upper Great Lakes Regional Championships - St. Paul, Minnesota	Junior Men Overall - 177.38 Junior Men Free - 109.31 Junior Men Short - 68.07	1st 1st 1st
10/5-8/06	ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating - The Hague, Nederlands	Junior Men Overall - 164.56 Junior Men Free - 111.47 Junior Men Short - 53.09	3rd 2nd 5th
08/31-9/3/06	ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Budapest, Hungary	Junior Men Overall - 159.66 Junior Men Free - 99.75 Junior Men Short - 59.91	3rd 4th 1st
01/7-15/2006	2006 State Farm U.S. Figure Skating Championships - St. Louis, Missouri	Novice Men Overall - 150.99 Novice Men Free - 104.3 Novice Men Short - 46.69	1st 1st 3rd
11/17-19/05	2006 Midwestern Sectional Championships - Littleton, Colorado	Novice Men Overall - 130.72 Novice Men Free - 93.31 Novice Men Short - 37.41	2nd 1st 2nd
10/18-22/05	2006 Upper Great Lakes Regional Championships - Duluth, Minnesota	Novice Men Overall Novice Men Free Novice Men Short	1st 1st 1st
4/14-18/05	2005 Triglav Trophy - Jesenice, Slovenia.	Novice Men Overall Novice Men Free Novice Men Short	1st 1st 1st
1/9-16/05	2005 US Figure Skating Championships - Portland, Oregon.	Novice Men Overall Novice Men Free Novice Men Short	4th 3rd 8th
11/18-20/04	2005 Midwestern Sectional Championships -Fargo, North Dakota	Novice Men Overall Novice Men Free Novice Men Short	3rd 3rd 1st
10/4-9/04	2005 Upper Great Lakes in Cedar Rapids, IA	Novice Men Overall Novice Men Free Novice Men Short	1st 1st 1st
8/26-29/04	North American Challenge Skate - Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.	Novice Men Overall Novice Men Free Novice Men Short	2nd 2nd 3rd
6/16-18/04	Skate St. Paul - Richfield, Minnesota	Novice Men Free Novice Men Short	1st 1st
12/3-6/2003	2004 U.S. Junior Championships - Scottsdale, Arizona	Intermediate Men Overall Intermediate Men Final Intermediate Men Short Intermediate Men QR1C	1st 2nd 6th 2nd
10/14-18/03	2004 Upper Great Lakes -  Bloomington, Minnesota	Intermediate Men Overall Intermediate Men Free Intermediate Men Short	1st 1st 1st
7/23-26/03	2003 Skate Detroit	Intermediate Men Overall Intermediate Men Free Intermediate Men Short	1st 1st 1st
2003	2003 Minnesota State Championships	Juvenile Boys	1st
12/10-14/02	2003 U.S. Junior Championships - Lake Placid, New York	Juvenile Boys Final Juvenile Boys QR1C	3rd 3rd
10/8-12/02	2003 Upper Great Lakes - Davenport, Iowa	Juvenile Boys Final	1st
7/23-27/02	2002 Skate Detroit	Juvenile Boys Overall Juvenile Boys Free Juvenile Boys Short	2nd 2nd 3rd
10/8-13/2001	2002 Upper Great Lakes - Richfield, Minnesota	Pre-Juvenile Boys Overall	1st
2001	2001 Minnesota State Championships	Preliminary Boys	1st