Junior Competitive Program Coaching Staff
ICEWORKS FIGURE SKATING DIRECTOR
Lisa Shaw
lshaw@iceworks.net or call 610-497-2200 ext.117
Leif Gislason
Kim Seybold-Catron
Yovanny Durango
Jeffrey DiGregorio
Oleg Fediukov
Pasha Filchenkov
Gracie Gold
Mari Heimbach
Bio coming soon
Carter Jones
Uschi Keszler
Jeff Merica
Bio coming soon
Mojca Kopac-Tiernan
Coach with 12 years of experience. 7- time Slovenian National Champion, 3-time Olympic competitor as well as European and World Championships competitor. Medalist at several international competitions. Worked with many international skaters who competed at several international competitions, including Winter University Games.
Available for lessons in Freestyle (beginner to elite level), Moves in the field, Power and skating skills (for figure skating and hockey) and
Adult skating. Also teaching Learn to skate classes, Junior Competitive Program and Camp Chill. Also available for off-ice jump lessons/classes.
Kelsey Parker
Bio coming soon
Richard Sharpe
Richard started skating at the age of 6 and has gone on to compete in both freestyle and ice dance. In freestyle he competed at the Senior Regional and in ice dance he went on to compete internationally for Great Britain in both Junior and Senior levels spanning over 8 years. In this time, he was 2 time National Junior Silver medalist and 3 time Senior Silver medalist. Also, in his competitive career he has competed in a range of counties across the globe including the Youth Winter Olympics in 2009 and medaled at his final event before retiring from competitions at the Bavarian Open January 2016.
His skating education has come from some of the highest most renowned coaches in the world and is now putting that knowledge to good use by coaching himself. He coached part time while training since 2007 and has now been coaching full time here at IceWorks since the summer 2017.
He is able to teach Ice Dance, Freestyle, Moves in the field, Synchro and also is able to teach power skating to hockey players.
Crystal Smith
Bio coming soon
Michael Solonoski
Michael Solonoski is a former senior national competitor, international competitor, and Team USA member. He holds an architecture degree from Drexel University and earned four Collegiate National medals. Michael toured internationally as a principal skater for 5 years, pushing the creative boundaries of professional skating by adding live singing, aerials, and other art forms to his performances.
Michael teaches freestyle, moves in the field, enjoys choreographing and music editing. His approach assesses students’ short and long-term goals, and develops a training plan of structured on-ice and off-ice training. Michael still loves to skate and hopes to share his passion for the sport and all of its valuable life lessons.
Marcia Walkney
Bio coming soon
Megan Williams Stewart
Megan began skating at the age of 3. She trained with many Olympic and World level coaches. Through her career, she was a 5 time National Competitor, 4 time Team USA Athlete, 2008 South Atlantic Regional Champion, International Gold and Silver Medalist. Megan started coaching at the age of 16 while she was still a competitive athlete. When she ended her competitive skating career, she joined us at Iceworks Skating Complex as a Professional Instructor and the Learn to Skate Director.
Megan specializes in freestyle, moves, stroking and choreography.
“As a former elite athlete, I know the hard work it takes to achieve your goals and dreams. As a coach, I strive to pass on my knowledge and experience on to my students with good lesson structure and discipline.” -Megan Williams-Stewart
Alex Zahradnicek
Bio coming soon
Junior Coaches
Our Junior Coaching staff consists of various high level competitive skaters.