Soles began skating at age six as a participant in the Learn to Skate program offered through Traverse City Figure Skating Club at Centre Ice Arena. She remains a member of the club and is coached by Laurent and Heidi
Massé
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"She has worked extremely hard for this and has earned every bit of it,” said coach Heidi Massé, of Soles’s recent success.
"I had a feeling that she was going to do well,” said Laurent Massé, Soles’s other coach and the skating club’s director. “She has been skating at a very high level, and I knew that if she skated near her best she would be hard to beat. We are so proud of her. She is continuing a run of success for the skating club that is really special." This is the first time in the history of the club that a member has won their division at the Eastern Great Lakes Regional Championships.
Soles will compete in the Midwestern Sectional Championships in Allen, Texas, November 12-16. If she places within the top four in her division, she will be invited to participate in an elite training camp at the 2020 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, January 20-26, in Greensboro, NC
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Congratulations, Gemma! All of us at Centre Ice and in the TC skating community are pulling for you and wish you all the best at sectionals!
