Nicole Pinheiro of Winthrop was a member of the North Shore Skating Club’s Crystal Blades
Theatre on Ice team that won the silver medal at the US Figure Skating National Theatre on Ice competition in Evansville, Indiana, on June 29. The team is comprised of 20 skaters from different
North Shore towns.
The Crystal Blades were second after the choreographic exercise and remained in second after
their free skate, finishing with 66.35 points to become the 2024 US Theatre on Ice Intermediate Division
Silver Medalists.
The team is coached by Kate McSwain, Gillian Robidas, and Faye Greel and is based out of Reading’s
Burbank Ice Arena.
of Lynnfield; Christa Iacopucci of Medford; Elyse Benjamin of Reading; Tessel Van Schaaik
of Somerville; Natalia Gregorio of Middleton; Nicole Pinheiro of Winthrop; Jasmin
Mittelman of North Andover; Marissa Hao of Lexington; Naia Gibson of Rockport; and
Hailey Gagnon of Wakefield. Front row left to right: Coach Faye Greel, Claire Halsey of
Lynnfield; Jenna Butter of Lynnfield; Victoria Ruisi of Lynnfield; Aarya Dalvi of Lexington;
Willa Whitcher of Gloucester; Grace Benjamin of Reading; Zoe Wynn of Lexington; Remy
Long of Reading; Coach Gillian Robidas; Coach Kate McSwain.