Sports
Lilburn Skater 7th in National Event
Louisa Barama, a senior at Oglethorpe University, competed in the junior level of the U.S. Collegiate Figure Skating Championships held recently in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Lilburn native Louisa Barama, a senior at Oglethorpe University placed seventh in the junior level of the U.S. Collegiate Figure Skating Championships held recently in Sun Valley, Idaho.
Barama, a physics major, is a graduate from Brookwood High School in Snellville. She trains with the Georgia Figure Skating Club.
She finished with a total score of 70.78 while representing Oglethorpe, the only Georgia school competing in both the junior and senior division of the event.
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"I am proud of my accomplishment," Barama said in a press release. "This experience was amazing and I am so glad I finished well. This is a great competition and I really enjoyed every part of it."
The competition, held July 21-24, is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating and is the longest running collegiate ice skating program.
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