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1968 National Championships

July 21 – 27 – The Roller Palace - Cleveland, Ohio

Contestants – Artistic & Speed Events

Senior Men Singles

1st – Jack Courtney – Marion, Indiana

2nd – Billy Boyd - Marion, Ind.

3rd –

Senior Ladies’ Singles

1st – Kathleen Schreiber – Levittown, N.Y.

2nd – Karen Lutz - Elizabeth, N.J.(picture to right)

3rd – Dorothy Cochrane - Levittown, N.Y.( picture to right)

Senior Dance

1st – Thomas Straker, Bonnie Lambert – Livonia, Michigan

2nd – Donald Rudalewicz, Rita Smith - Levittown, N.Y. (picture to right)

3rd – Walter Rohan, Barbara Daly - Bay Shore, N.Y. (picture below)

Senior Mixed Pairs

1st – Jack Courtney, Sheryl Trueman – Marion, Indiana

2nd – Edward Anderson, Kathleen Schreiber - Levittown, N.Y.

3rd -

Senior Ladies’ Pairs

1st – Kathleen Schreiber, Karen Seekamp - Levittown, N.Y.

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3rd –

Senior Fours

1st – Terry Neeley, Barbara Grimes, William Spooner, Donna Presson – Bladensburg, Maryland

2nd - Stephen Strohschnitter, Colette Boncore, Fred Califor, Diane Califor - Bay Shore, N.Y.

3rd - Darlene Mueller, Leo Mazzulla, Gail Scott, Eddie Mueller (click here for picture)

Senior Men Speed

1st – Don Rogers – Pomona, California

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3rd –

Senior Men 5 Mile Relay

1st – Richard Figard, Doug Kraal – Grand Rapids, Michigan

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3rd -

Senior Ladies’ Speed

1st – Linda Barber – Grandville, Michigan

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3rd –

Senior Ladies’ Relay

1st – Vickie Duffy, Barbara Skelton – Indianapolis, Indiana

2nd – Chris Heine - Jeanne Papageorge - Alexandria, Va.

3rd -

Junior Men Singles

1st – Rick Gunning – Frankfort, Indiana

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3rd –

Junior Ladies Singles

1st – Karen Seekamp – Levittown, N.Y.

2nd – Barbara Francesconi - Levittown, N.Y.

3rd – Sheryl Trueman - Marion, Ind.

Junior Dance

1st – Richard Horne, Jane Pankey – Livonia Michigan

2nd – Jack Courtney, Sheryl Trueman - Marion, Ind.

3rd – Carl Foxworthy - Becky Street - Indiana (picture to right)

Junior Mixed Pairs

1st – Tim Abell, Gigi Leleu – Harvey, Illinois

2nd – William Spooner, Martha Keever - Bladensburg, Md.

3rd –

Junior Men’s Speed

1st – Dan Lees – Grandville, Michigan

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3rd –

Junior Ladies Speed

1st – Vickie Duffy – Indianapolis, Indiana

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3rd –

Intermediate Men’s Singles

1st – Richard Veliko – Levittown, N.Y.

2nd – Richard Higgins - Bayonne, N.J.

3rd – Stephen Strohschnitter - Bay Shore, N.Y.

Intermediate Ladies’ Singles

1st – Nancy Buehl – South Amboy, N.J.

2nd - Patti Van Wormer - Levittown, N.Y.

3rd – Gigi Leleu - Harvey, Ill.

Intermediate Men’s Figures Only

1st – Wally Sloan – Summit, Illinois

2nd – Carl Foxworthy - Indiana

3rd –

Intermediate Ladies’ Figures Only

1st – Karen Ehman – Bay Shore, N.Y.

2nd –

3rd –

Intermediate Dance

1st – Thomas LeVan, Patty Seipp – Melrose Park, Illinois

2nd – Mike Etue, Pamela Brown - Livonia, Mich.

3rd –

Intermediate Mixed Pairs

1st – Richard Velik, Nancy Buehl – Levittown, N.Y.

2nd – Fred Califor, Diane Califor - Bay Shore, N.Y.

3rd –

Intermediate Ladies’ Pairs

1st – Melody Gerdon, Bonnie Murphy – Bay Shore, N.Y.

2nd –

3rd –

Intermediate Fours

1st – Michael Maslan, Mary Klein, Wally Sloan, Judy Mueller – Summit, Illinois

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3rd –

Intermediate Ladies’ Speed

1st – Suzanne Ardale – South Amboy, N.J.

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3rd –

Intermediate Men’s Speed

1st – Joseph Aidukas – Bayonne, N.J. (picture to right)

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3rd –

Intra Dance

1st – Rick Schuler, Betty Ann Rottkamp - Levittown, N.Y.

2nd –

3rd – Thomas Franzone, Barbara Dillin - Levittown, N.Y.

Intra Ladies’ Singles

1st – Debbie Darley, Alexander, Va.

2nd –

3rd –

Intra Ladies' Figures Only

1st - Colleen Leyden - Bay Shore, N.Y.

2nd -Barbara Malloy - Levittown, NY

3rd - Deborah Eysman - Levittown, N.Y.

Intra Men’s Singles

1st – Gary Gurnicz - South Amboy, N.J.

2nd –

3rd –

Intra Men Figures Only

1st - Richard Schuler - Levittown, N.Y.(picture to right)

2nd -

3rd - Dennis Jones - Marion, Ind.

Novice Ladies’ Singles

1st – Colleen Giacomo - Eleizabeth, N.J.

2nd – Nancy Bohling - South Amboy, N.J.

3rd – Elaine Magistro - Levittown, N.Y.

Novice Ladies' Figures Only

1st - Karen Darling - Bay Shore, N.Y. (picture to right)

2nd - Katherine Dolan - Bay Shore, N.Y.

3rd -

Novice Men’s Singles

1st – Peter Schuler - Levittown, N.Y.

2nd – Thomas Carrino - South Amboy, N.J..

3rd – Louis Esposito - Bay Shore, N.Y.

Novice Men Figures

1st - Joe Emery - Marion, Ind.

Novice Dance

1st – Robert Dicks, Sue Forbus - Livonia, Mich.

2nd – Billy Boyd, Pam Wonders - Marion, Ind.

3rd – Tim Pratzer, Mary Margaret Lee - Livonia, Mich.

Novice Mixed Pairs

1st – Thomas Carrino, Nancy Bohling - South Amboy, N.J.

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3rd – Randy Dayney, Barbara Kaffka - Levittown, N.Y.

Novice Ladies’ Speed

1st – Kathy Davis - Grandville, Mich.

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3rd –

Novice Men’s Speed

1st – Jack Countryman - Chicago, Ill. (picture to right)

2nd – Tony Beltran - Michigan

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Sub-Novice Ladies' Singles

1st - Barbara Kaffka - Levittown, N.Y.

2nd - Melody Gerdon - Bay Shore, N.Y.

3rd - Bonnie Jean Murphy - Bay Shore, N.Y.

Sub-Novice Ladies Figures Only

1st – Donna Carunana - Bay Shore, N.Y.

2nd – Roseanne Franzone - Levittown, N.Y.

3rd –

Sub-Novice Men

1st - Keith King - Bayshore, N.Y.

Sub-Novice Men Figures Only

1st - Robert Stevens - Levittown, N.Y.

2nd

3rd

Sub-Novice Mixed Pairs

1st – Michael Cavallaro, Sharon Karr - South Amboy

2nd –

3rd – Bruce Kaifler, Christine Kaifler - Bayshore, N.Y.

Sub-Novice Dance

1st – Billy Brodt, Beverly Brodt - Marion, Ind.

2nd – Robert Stevens, Roseanne Franzone - Levittown, N.Y.

3rd – Rory Camera, Collette Boncore - Bay Shore, N.Y.

Sub-Novice Fours

1st - Peter Carrino, Arlene Bohling, John Haddad, Kathy Maliszeski - South Amboy, N.J.

Sub-Novice Ladies’ Speed

1st – Kim Clingenpeel - Williamsburg, Va.

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Sub-Novice Men’s Speed

1st – Jimmy Gentry - Indianapolis, Ind.

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3rd –

Juvenile Girl’s Singles

1st – Jeanne Ciarcia - Levittown, N.Y.

2nd – June Frees - Levittown, N.Y.

3rd – Colette Boncore - Bay Shore, N.Y.

Juvenile Girl's Figures Only

1st - Sheryl Eysman - Levittown, N.Y.

2nd - Debbie Lahr - Bay Shore, N.Y.

3rd - Nancy Endres - Levittown, N.Y.

Juvenile Boy’s Figures Only

1st – George Porcella - Levittown, N.Y.

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3rd –

Juvenile Boy's Singles

1st - Thomas Silkiewicz - Elizabeth, N.J.

Juvenile Mixed Pairs

1st – Thomas Silklewicz, Melissa Smith - Elizabeth, N.J.

2nd – Donald Nelson, Lori Hand - Montvale, N.J.

3rd – Brian Kemp, Gladys Smith - Bayshore, N.Y.

Juvenile Dance

1st – Donald Nelson, Lori Hand - Montvale, N.J.

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3rd – David Rottkamp, Lori Jean Emdres - Levittown, N.Y.

Juvenile Girl’s Speed

1st – Lori Hand - Montvale, N.J.

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Juvenile Boy’s Speed

1st – William Fields - Battle Creek, Mich.

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Tiny Tot Girl’s Free Skate

1st – Elizabeth Eldredge - Bay Shore, N.Y.

2nd – Valerie Ann Porcella - Levittown, N.Y.

3rd – Christine Trueman - Marion, Ind.

Tiny Tot Boy’s Free Skate

1st – Joseph Haddad - South Amboy, N.J.

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3rd –

Tiny Tot Girl’s Speed

1st – Lisa De Young - Battle Creek, Mich.

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3rd –

Tiny Tot Boy’s Speed

1st – Alan Simmons - Williamsburg, Va.

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Senior Veterans Dance

1st – Earl King, Nancy King – Bay Shore, N.Y.

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Junior Veterans Dance

1st – George Burghardt, Mary Burghart – Levittown, N.Y.

2nd – Harry Ingram, Jean Ingram - Paramus, N.J.

3rd - Gene Breckon, Jean Breckon - Grand Rapids, Mich.