PSA coach celebrates 100 Senior Moves in the Field tests passed

By Jill Smith

If you have ever skated a freestyle at Fairfax Ice Arena (FIA), you have heard Sandy yelling “PUSH” across the ice. Sandy Sparger has been teaching at FIA for over 32 years. During this time she has accumulated over 100 skaters who have passed Senior Moves in the Field tests. Her first skater, Megan Noss, passed her test in 2000 and her 100th passed test was in May 2022 by Ellie Choe. Sandy has touched so many lives over the years and has enriched her skaters' lives by helping them learn to set and achieve goals as they develop into young adults. Passing moves tests is such a big accomplishment for skaters!

Sandy started skating in 1964 at the age of six and was coached by Audrey Weisiger, Mark and Anne Militano, and Fred Yankee. She became a Gold Medalist in Figures and Freestyle in 1974 and even passed her Adult Gold moves in 2019!

Sandy jokes about retiring soon. One of her former students, Terry Barr, dared her to keep coaching until she had 100 tests. Now she has reached that goal, but her many fans are urging her to keep teaching and aim for 200!

Sandy Sparger and Ellie Choe, Sparger's 100th student to pass a Senior Moves in the Field test

Courtesy of Sandy Sparger