A West Virginia pair hit the ice Monday night for the 2012 U.S. Figure Skating Championships novice competition in San Jose, CA.
Seventeen-year-old Alexis Donahoe and 23-year-old J.D. Rappold twirled, spun and jumped to land a 10th place finish. They were ninth heading into the long program.
Donahoe is a senior at Spring Valley High School in Wayne County. Rappold is a senior at Marshall University majoring in exercise science.
This was their first trip to nationals.
Both teach lessons at the South Charleston Memorial Ice Arena for students ages 7 and up.