1st Place! Silver IV-V FS
2007 Vana Tallinn Trophy

Phyllis & Rob
2006 US Adult Nationals

Jenny & Rob in a Death Spiral
2005 Halloween Classic
Silver Pairs

Jenny & Rob in a Stag Lift
2005 Halloween Classic
Silver Pairs

Camel Spin
2005 Halloween Classic
Silver Spins III & IV

Rob, Jenny, & Becca
"Southern Comfort"
2005 Halloween Classic
Silver/Gold Maneuver Team

Larry & Lauren, Les & Ellen,
Jenny & Rob, Marna & Stephen
2005 Peach Classic
Gold and Silver Pairs

Mario Manns, Christophe Lamon,
Rob and Greg Garvin
2004 Mountain Cup
Silver Men II Freeskate

Goodies from my fans!
2004 US Adult Nationals

Jade Kohser and Rob helping 
Michelle Kwan 
2004 US Figure Skating Championships

Rob, Mario Manns, Thomas Eriksson,
Bradley Erickson
2002 Mountain Cup
Bronze Men II Freeskate

Rob, Dennis Palaganas, Bill Papineau
Peach Classic 2001
Silver Men Freeskate
(Forced to skate up a level, and skated Bronze program)

Rob maintains this website and is the "President for Life" of the Geriatric Figure Skating Crew.  

He also serves on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Figure Skating Club and is currently its President, Competition Chair and Web Editor. He has also been the Secretary and Treasurer at different times.

Singles:
Rob has been skating since January 1997 when he started with an ISI Pre-Alpha group class. Currently, he is (still) working on his first Axel and a flying camel spin.

His current singles coach is Davin Grindstaff.  His coach for the 1999-2006 was Helen Ross.  Helen has moved to Denver.

His current singles program music is "Jessica" by the Allman Brothers. His previous music was from the movie: Last of the Mohicans.  He premiered it at the 2006 Mountain Cup, in Villard-de-Lans, France.  Before that his singles program's music was a mix of the Dragnet and Peter Gunn TV themes.  

Pairs:
Rob is considered a "pairs wh*re" in adult figure skating.  That is a pairs guy that has or will skate with several different partners.

He  started skating pairs with Sara Panzer, in October of 2004.  They were doing pretty well (when they weren't banging into each other), but she came up pregnant!  She had her baby (Josephine Becca) on Nov 2, 2005!

He then started skating with Jenny Baker in June of 2005.  They attended an Adult Pairs Clinic in July taught by Oleg Vassiliev, Tatiana Totmianina and Maxim Marinin (all world champion pairs skaters).  Jenny and Rob even got their photo on the US Figure Skating website. 

Jenny and Rob competed at the 2005 Peach Classic in the Silver Pairs event where they placed first.  Their program music was Walk on the Wild Side by Jimmy Smith.  They also competed at the Halloween Classic in Aston, PA, where they placed second (of 2).  At that time Jenny decided that she had to give up skating due to several reasons.

Rob was contacted by Phyllis Friello in December of 2005 to see if he would be interested in skating with her at the 2006 Adult Nationals.  They had met at the Pairs Clinic and at the Halloween Classic.  Rob traveled to Baltimore to skate with her in January to see how the partnership would work.  And, they decided to give it a try.  They flew to each other's city, about every other weekend to train until the event.  Her coach is Jeff Nolt, and he choreographed their program to music from the soundtrack of Henry V. They came in 7th of 9 at US Adult Nationals in Gold Pairs, and then competed at the 2006 Mountain Cup where they won the Gold Pairs event!

As of November 2007, Sara and Rob are back skating together.  Their first competition was Silver Pairs at Adult Nationals in Lake Placid in April 2008.  Their coaches are Tami Mickle and Eric Bohnstedt, and they skated to the main title theme of the movie: Havana.

Rob attended the 2008 Pairs Clinic with Sara and the 2009 Pairs Clinic with Donna Farver.

Sara and Rob are currently preparing for the 2010 Adult Nationals in Minneapolis.  Their new program music is a compilation of numbers from Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.  

Other Skating Related Activities:
Rob has been either the chair or co-chair of the Peach Classic for the past several years.  This is an all-adult skating competition held at his home rink in Duluth, GA.  It is held on or near Labor Day weekend.  It is one of the oldest all-adult competitions, and at one time was the largest (other than Adult Nationals).

He also served as Venue Manager for the 2004 US Figure Skating Championships in Atlanta. His duties were to make sure all the rooms were setup and all the behind the scenes operations worked well. He also had security duty in the Skater Entrance/Kiss & Cry area of the competition. Because of this, he was also on TV, in the background, in the shots of the skater's entrance. You can see one photo of Rob and Michelle Kwan by clicking here. And, another photo of Rob and Melissa Gregory here.

Rob has been the focus of, or been quoted in, several newspaper articles:

• 2006 Olympics: Oh, the drama on ice!
• 2006 Eastern Synchronized Team Skating Sectional Championships
• 2004 US Figure Skating Championships
• 2001 Peach Classic
• 2002 Adult Nationals
• 1998 Atlanta at Play
• 6.0 Magazine. Click here to read the article.

Rob passed the Adult Silver Freestyle Test on August 4, 2002. It was not due to his ability to skate on that particular day, but by the grace of some very patient and generous judging!

You can see his competition results below and videos of his competitions on the Videos Page

Results:

2009 US Adult Figure Skating Championships Greater Grand Rapids FSC, Grand Rapids, MI April 22-25, 2009	3rd/7 - Silver Men IV/V Freeskate 5th/5 - Silver Pairs (with Sara Panzer)
2008 Peach Classic Georgia FSC Atlanta IceForum, Duluth, GA August 30-31, 2008	1st/2 - Bronze Pairs (with Sara Panzer) 2nd/2 - Gold Team Maneuvers (Team Beijing)
2008 US Adult Figure Skating Championships Lake Placid FSC, Lake Placid, NY April 9-12, 2008	2nd/3 - Silver Pairs (with Sara Panzer) 5th/10 - Silver Men IV/V Freeskate
2007 Peach Classic Georgia FSC Atlanta IceForum, Duluth, GA August 29-30, 2007	1st/2 - Silver Men
2007 Vana Tallin Trophy Tallinn, Estonia May 19, 2007	1st/4 - Silver IV-V Freeskate
2006 Mountain Cup Villard-de-Lans, France May 19-21, 2006	1st/2 - Adult Gold Pairs (with Phyllis Friello) 3rd/6 - Mens Silver III Freeskate
2006 US Adult Figure Skating Dallas FSC Grapevine/Polar Ice, Grapevine, TX March 29-April 1, 2006	7th/9 - Adult Gold Pairs (with Phyllis Friello)
2005 Halloween Classic IceWorks SC IceWorks Sports Complex,  Aston, PA November 4-5, 2005	1st/6 - Silver Compulsory Moves III & IV 2nd/2 - Silver Pairs (with Jenny Baker) 5th/7 - Silver Compulsory Moves III & IV 6th/7- Silver/Gold Maneuver Team (Southern Comfort)
2005 Peach Classic Georgia FSC Atlanta IceForum, Duluth, GA September 3-4, 2005	1st/2 - Silver Pairs (with Jenny Baker) 3rd/3 - Gold Team Maneuvers (Duluth Guy and Dolls)
2004 Mountain Cup Villard-de-Lans, France May 28-30, 2004	3rd/6 - Mens Silver II Freeskate
2004 Vana Tallin Trophy Tallinn, Estonia May 22, 2004	3rd/3 - Mens Gold Freeskate
2004 US Adult Nationals SC of Lake Placid April 14-18, 2004	13th/13 - Adult Silver Men II
2003 Peach Classic Georgia FSC August 30-31, 2003	1st - Silver Mens Spins 1st - Silver Mens Freestyle
2002 Peach Classic Georgia FSC August 31-September 1, 2002	1st - Bronze Men FS 1st - Silver Men Spins
2002 Mountain Cup Villard-de-Lans, France May 15-17, 2002	2nd - Mens II Freeskate 5th - Mens II Interpretive
2002 US Adult Nationals Ann Arbor FSC, Ann Arbor, MI April 3-6,2002	7th - Bronze II 8th - Interpretive II - Group A
New Year's Adult Invitational Washington FSC Ashburn Ice House, Sterling, VA January 26-27, 2002	1st - Mens Silver Spins 1st - Mens Bronze Freeskate II & III
2001 Peach Classic Georgia FSC Atlanta IceForum, Duluth, GA September 1-2, 2001	2nd - Silver Mens Freeskate 3rd - Silver Compulsories
Blades in 'Bama Birmingham FSC Pelham, AL June 22-24, 2001	1st - Bronze Mens Freeskate 1st - Bronze Spins 2nd - Bronze Compulsories
2001 Florida Open April 25-29, 2001	1st - Bronze Men Freeskate
2000 Peach Classic Georgia FSC Atlanta IceForum, Duluth, GA September 1-2, 2001	2nd - Bronze Men Freeskate

He also has other things on the web, you can check them out by clicking here.