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Winning Tradition
As Cleveland’s longest established Synchronized Skating Club, the Cleveland Edges have a long history of competition success. Our Adult team has qualified for the U.S. National Championship every year since 1991. In 2005, the Open Juvenile team was the first Ohio team to ever qualify for the U.S. National State Games Championship, where they placed 2nd.
The 2006-07 season saw the Cleveland Edges take 6 gold, 5 silver and 2 bronzed medals. The Pre-Juvenile team is the current Midwestern Sectional Champion and placed 2nd at the 2007 National State Games of America. The Adult Masters team is currently ranked 5th in the U.S.
New Season
Train with the best! The Cleveland Edges are under the direction of Jeff Marshall who has over 26 years of coaching experience. He has coached at least 1 team to every U.S. National Championships since 1986. Jeff was a top competitor in the Senior Men division and is a former figure skating judge. As a delegate to U.S. Figure Skating and a past member of the National Synchronized Skating Committee, his expertise has enabled the Cleveland Edges to become one of the most innovative and respected Synchronized Skating Clubs in the United States.
Club History
SYNCHRONIZED TEAM SKATING began at the University of Michigan in 1958 as an addition to their hockey program. Since then team skating has become the fastest growing aspect of figure skating throughout the world. Skaters as young as 5 and as old as 75 skate as a group to music. Synchronized skating has been likened to the "Rockettes" On Ice. In 2010 Synchronized Skating will be for the first time, an Olympic event.
The CLEVELAND EDGES SKATING CLUB began in 1985 as two separate groups. The youth program was founded by Marcia Sherman, as the Riverettes, at the Rocky River Ice Rink. At the same time an adult team, the Synchroblades, was founded by Ann Ward at the North Olmsted Recreation Center. In 1992, under the coaching direction of Jeff Marshall, the Synchroblades moved to the Greenbrier F.S.C. and adopted the new name, Cleveland Edges. During the mid 1990's the adult and youth program merged to form the current Cleveland Edges teams. During this time the program represented 3 different figure skating clubs, skating out of 4 different ice arenas. In 2003 the entire program moved to the North Olmsted Recreation Complex to provide a single home for all teams.
Did you Know ?
Some Colleges in the U.S., including Miami of Ohio, Ohio State, Bowling Green are offering Synchronized Skating as a sport.
Cleveland Area teams have skaters as young as 5 and as old as 70.
The Precision Skating Team National Championships were covered by Lifetime TV