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...amateur, Davison went through a rigorous training program. The Baltimore, Md., native skated six hours a day during the week, squeezing school in between early morning and late night practice hours. "I worked it so that I could still get an education and skate. We work out a special schedule with the school, to further my career...
...Davison's coach, Peter Burrows a former British champion, ran a training coaching center in New York, and Davison took time off from school to attend. "I had been a year ahead of myself in high school so I had some extra time to play with," Davison explained "During my fall semester, I did an independent study course, and concentrated on training for competition. Instead of graduating early, I just slowed down to catch up with my class...
...Davison did quite well in competition, placing as a bronze medalist in the South Atlantic Junior Ladies competition, as well as in the North Atlantic Division. "When I started skating more in New York with my coach, I switched regions," Davison said. At the time she managed to qualify as a gold medalist in both the "compulsory" and freestyle events...
This done, Davison could then coach and get paid to do something she loves, "I'm thinking of taking some of my skaters to a spring competition at Lake Placid," Davison said...
...before coaching, Davison faced two extremely difficult decisions. In Eastern Sectional competition in 1979. Davison had earned third place after the short program She had a tendentious injury that was hurting during her performance. But rather than taking a waiver on to National competition (a decision frowned on by the skating community), Davison finished the entire program and placed fourth, one short from making the Nationals. "It was simply a case of honor among skaters," she explained. "I didn't want people to think I had faked an injury just to get to Nationals. But I might have made...