Skaters win sectional medals

William Lindsay and Ashley Glassco of the Chatham Figure Skating Club won silver medals at the Western Ontario Sectional Championships on the weekend.

Lindsay was second in the senior men's short and free programs to qualify for Skate Canada's Western Challenge on Dec. 4-7 in Mississauga.

Glassco was second in pre-juvenile ladies with a personal-best 22.74 points, only .04 out of first place.

Katrina de Liberato, pre-novice dance team Chelsey Robinson and Michael Guyett, and senior pairs team Christi Steele and Adam Johnson won bronze medals to qualify for the Western Challenge.

De Liberato finished third out of 36 pre-novice ladies with 71.95 points.

Robinson and Guyett were sixth in their first dance, fourth in their second dance and third in their free dance to move up to third overall.

Steele and Johnson were third in the short program and second in the freeskate to finish third.

Ashley Simond of the Tilbury Figure Skating Club also qualified for the Western Challenge by placing fourth in junior ladies.

Tilbury's Sarah Olivastri and Nicholas Marchand were third in juvenile dance to qualify for the 2009 Ontario Trillium Cup. Tilbury's Vanessa Burgess competed in juvenile ladies but failed to advance.