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Article: Meissner wins figure skating title, but finishes third in free skate.(Kimmie Meissner wins 2007 U.S. Figure Skating Championships)
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
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- January 27, 2007
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Byline: Frank Fitzpatrick
SPOKANE, Wash. _ It will be Kimmie Meissner's turn to do the morning announcements when she returns to Fallston High School on Thursday. She already knows what her first item will be.
"By the way, Kimmie Meissner is back today after winning nationals," is how Meissner said she intends to begin. "So make sure if you see her, you tell her congratulations."
The 17-year-old, who trains at the University of Delaware, earned her peers' praise when, despite finishing third in the free skate, she captured her first national title Saturday afternoon at the 2007 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
Meissner, who had a ...