COOL LOCAL KIDS

Keeping cool during the summer are two local synchronized skating teams at the Wissahickon Skating Club in Chestnut Hill. Combining several skaters on a team and skating “in sync” is what this sport is all about. Synchronized skating, first organized in 1954, is one of the fastest growing disciplines in the sport of figure skating. Seen here are (top row, from left) Melanie Bavaria, Julia Stepanuk, Natalie Bartlett, Devon Winter, Deborah Mustafa, Maura Boughter and Megan Ware; (middle row, from left) Susie Thompson, Carolina Concannon, Emily McGowan, Olivia Haley-Schmidt and Aria Amrom; (bottom row, from left) Lee Nagy, Natalie Kapp, Weatherly Saunders and Katherine Stevenson. (Most are students at Springside School.) Teams are now being formed for the club season in the fall at WSC. For more information, call 215-247-1759, ext. 50.