She’s only been figure skating for two and a half years, but Grace Cohen is already making a habit of winning. The seven-year-old Palisadian captured her fourth gold medal in as many competitions last weekend at the Desert Ice Open in Las Vegas, finishing first out of 10 skaters at the Lutz level (ages 7-10). The competition, held at the Skating Club of Nevada, included participants from California, Arizona, Nevada, Texas, New Mexico and Utah. A second-grader at Marquez Elementary School, Cohen is a member of the Figure Skating Club of Southern California, where she trains under the watchful eyes of Burt Lancon and Heather McLaughlin. Cohen’s winning routine consisted of a freestyle skate 90 seconds in length that featured three jumps (a toe-loop, flip jump and a lutz), multiple manuevers and a sit spin. Not bad for a girl from the El Medio bluffs just trying to keep up with her athletic older brothers Sam (who plays baseball) and Harry (who plays tennis).
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