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Article: U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Breakthrough; Naperville teenager's progress rewarded with seventh-place finish in Dallas
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- The Sun - Naperville (IL)
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- January 22, 2003
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Naperville's Evan Lysacek competes at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Dallas last week. The Neuqua Valley senior finished seventh out of 19 skaters and earned a berth in the World Junior Championships next month in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Naperville resident Evan Lysacek has been working toward a breakthrough in the senior division at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships for two years.
This year he got it.
Lysacek, a senior at Neuqua Valley High School, finished seventh in a field of 19 skaters at the Dallas competition, improving upon a pair of 12th-place finishes in 2001 and 2002. He has also been granted a berth on the World Junior Championships team and will compete Feb. 24 ...