PUFSC Officers for 2023-2024
Anne Xu '26
President
Anne is a sophomore concentrating in Comparative Literature from Princeton, NJ. She has been skating singles for over 8 years and is a current member of the Princeton synchro team.
Melissa Woo '24
Synchro Captain
Melissa is a junior from Riverside, Connecticut. She skated with the Skyliners Synchronized Skating team for nearly 10 years, taking a brief break then joining the Princeton synchro team and PUFSC!
Lana Utley '24
Synchro Captain
Lana is a junior from West Milford, NJ. She has been skating for 12 years and has done both singles and synchro!
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Giovanna Amorim *GS
Singles Captain
Giovanna is a third year graduate student in MAE working on multi-agent robotic systems. She has been skating since high school and is now excited to be part of the singles team at Princeton!
Jana Pak '26
Treasurer
Jana is a sophomore from Charlotte, North Carolina majoring in Economics. Before competing in collegiate synchro, she has skated singles during elementary and middle school!
May Mei *GS
Alumni Outreach Chair
May is a second year graduate student from China researching on robotics. She restarted skating in college and joined the Princeton synchro team in grad school.
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Arlette Cojab '26
Fundraising Chair
Arlette is a senior from Long Branch, New Jersey. She started skating when she was 8 and stopped at 16, but has decided to return to the sport in college.
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Ally Robertson '26
Recruitment Chair
Ally is a sophomore from Chicago suburbs interested in architecture and environmental studies. She skated throughout elementary school and has gotten back into it through PUFSC!
Christina Zheng '26
Gear Chair
Christina is a sophomore from the Boston area intending to concentrate in Molecular Biology on the pre-medical track. She started skating in middle school, but after a long break, returned to the sport through Princeton Synchro.
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Ekene Afulukwe '25
Publicity Chair
Ekene is a junior in the Computer Science department from North Carolina. After taking a break from skating in middle school, she rediscovered her enjoyment of the sport and joined PUFSC last year.
Karina Li '26
Social Chair
Karina is a sophomore from the New York Capital Region concentrating in ORFE. She started skating over 15 years ago and has been skating on and off ever since.
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Zachary Yaninek '26
Special Olympics Chair
Zach is a sophomore majoring in ORFE as a pre-med from Hershey, Pennsylvania. Before Princeton, he skated competitively at the national and international levels in both singles and pairs.
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History
PUFSC was founded in 1994 by Aline Attiyeh and Michelle Toering, two students who realized the need for ice time, lessons, and competitive and performance opportunities for figure skaters on campus. During their time at Princeton, the club grew, and student Caroline Gaffney established the synchronized skating team. PUFSC won Princeton’s Club Sport of the Year Prize in 1998 and again in 2017. Since the club’s inception in 1994, Princeton skaters have competed both individually and on the synchronized team in competitions across the nation.
Membership
In order to compete with PUFSC (either individually or with synchro), you must belong to the U.S. Figure Skating Association. There are two different USFSA membership options:
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If you already belong to a USFSA club at home, you can renew your USFSA membership through that club.
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If you do not already belong to a club, you can gain a 4-year collegiate membership to USFSA for $100.
In addition to USFSA membership, there are PUFSC dues. Synchro dues cover the cost of ice time, dresses, gear, coaching, travel and hotels. General club dues cover the cost of ice time and annual exhibitions.
If you have any questions about membership, please contact us. You can also visit the USFSA membership page here.