Leg Does Not Deter Skater from Her Dreams

Ciana Cerruti was nine years old when she was preparing to pass her pre-preliminary moves and freestyle figure skating tests at the end of last summer. Two days before her test, she suffered a broken leg and spent the next four months in a cast. Undeterred from her set-back, Cianna, a member of the Skating Club of Lake Placid, spent much of her time dreaming of skating, drawing daily pictures of skaters and using her terry cloth skate blade “soakers” as pads for her crutches. Not only that, she reminded her family regularly that she was still “going to find a great piece of music to skate to”.


As soon as her orthopedic surgeon gave her the green light to skate, she was back on the ice. Within two weeks, she passed the two tests she had been preparing for months before. This summer was a different summer than last for Cianna. She proudly appeared in two Freaky Friday skating shows as one of the Seussical characters, the Siamese Cat, along with her skating buddies, Sandra Harper and Christie Sausa, and showed off her new skating solo routine in the Saturday Night Ice Show. She also passed two more skating tests the same weekend.

Ciana’s coaches have included Barbara Colby, Lorna Aldridge, Kami Healy-Netri, and Tammy Lalande. Ciana’s current goals are to enter competitive figure skating this season and she is currently working on landing her axel and double Salchow jumps. Her favorite things about skating is wearing beautiful dresses, being graceful and waving to the crowd. Those that know Ciana would say that her love of skating, her determination and attitude makes her an inspiration to all children and skaters everywhere.