Manzano
leads Carter in Australian nationals
Article courtesy of The Olympic Winter Institute of Australia
Saturday, December 6, 2003
Canberra
skater Miriam Manzano, leads the field after the Ladies
short program of the Australian Figure Skating Championships
at the Boondall Ice World in Brisbane. Nagano
Olympian Joanne Carter is in second place, with fellow
New South Wales skater Sarah-Yvonne Prytula in third.
In
a surprise result in the men’s event, Queenslander Daniel
Harries leads after the short program from Sean Carlow,
also from Queensland, and Bradley Santer of New South
Wales. The free programs of both events are being held
on Saturday afternoon December 6.
In
ice dancing, Natalie Buck and Trent Nelson-Bond of New
South Wales lead Western Australian couple Danika Bourne
and Alexander Pavlov after the compulsory dance and the
original dance.