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Post by Laura (Lori) on Jan 7, 2009 0:12:19 GMT -8
This thread is totally devoted to Sonia Milan, and is intended to be an archive of her skating career - as well as a place to chat about her accomplishments and encourage her as she pursues her goals both on and off the ice.
If you have any articles, photos, links and news about Sonia (past or present), we'd love to see them!
If you are a non-member who would like to contribute news, photos, archives or comments, please feel free to contact us at:
lori@rocker-u.net or michelle@therockerfund.org
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Post by mtnme on Mar 5, 2009 14:33:42 GMT -8
Well, Happy Birthday, Sonia! I guess for a present the very least we could do is get some pictures of you on your thread. ;D  Sonia is second from the right.   Sonia right behind Maria Garcia. (except for the team photo from Midland, I don't know who took it. - all photos by Jerry Search....as usual... giggle...) |
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Jun 3, 2009 22:12:31 GMT -8
From the 2007-2008 USS Media Guide:  |
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Jul 10, 2009 23:06:36 GMT -8
This is a mention of Sonia in an article posted on the "Virginia Elite Speedskating Team" thread. Sonia has been a supporter of this new program, which gives promising skaters a shot to grow in the sport with little cost to the athletes or their families. See the complete article at: therockerforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=st&thread=391the 22-year-old Milan has a legitimate shot at representing Team USA in Vancouver for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Milan is one of 16 athletes in the United States selected to try out for the Olympic speed-skating team in September. Her story is one of redemption, she hopes. A bubbly brunette who started skating at age 8, she was gashed in the leg during the 2006 Olympic trials when she fell and was stepped on by another skater. Not long after making the U.S. world team in 2007, where she won a bronze medal, Milan broke her back in a freak accident on the ice. She stumbled on a turn and her vertebrae snapped.
Doctors told her she would never race again.
“Just the luck of the draw,” she says. “I had just made the national team. The track was tore up and I lost my footing.” After more than nine months of rehab, she made her way to Richmond in September, reuniting with her old coach, Scott Koons, a former Olympian and Virginia Speedskating coach.
She knows this is her last realistic shot at making the Olympics, and she wears a helmet with the word “hope” painted across the top.
“It would be a miracle,” she says if she makes the team.
Or a dream come true. |
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Mar 5, 2010 5:35:47 GMT -8
[glow=red,2,300]HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SONIA!!![/glow]
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Post by Laura (Lori) on Jan 28, 2012 14:21:44 GMT -8
Sonia sat beside Tony today during his broadcast of Jr. US Championships - it was great to see her again!
'Looking good, Sonia, and it's nice to hear that your off-ice life is as fulfilling as your on-ice life - you should join Tony again tomorrow!
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