Journey on ice and water - Harvard Gazette

"Many in the crowd will grab a snack or drink between periods at the Feb. 6 Crimson men's contest at Bright-Landry Hockey Center, but those who do will risk missing the figure skating performance from Caitlyn Kukulowicz. Kukulowicz, a junior concentrator in human developmental and regenerative biology, is a former competitive skater (and current Radcliffe lightweight rower) who was a two-time Canadian national competitor, 2022 junior Ontario champion, 2023 Skate Milwaukee silver medalist, and 2024 senior Ontario bronze medalist."

"Kukulowicz, who has also performed at An Evening with Champions, has a special connection with skating, having picked up the enthusiasm for it from her late mother as well as her father, former Harvard hockey player Shayne Kukulowicz '84. "I think I started skating as soon as I could walk," said Kukulowicz, who grew up in Toronto. "My dad wanted to teach my brother and me at a very young age. Growing up in Canada, it was what everyone did - we would throw water down and make a backyard rink.""

""I loved that figure skating had both the physical and athletic element, and an artistic element. I'm passionate about it and loved competing," Kukulowicz said. "Figure skating is incredibly demanding, both physically and mentally," her father said. "Caitlyn has developed incredible mental toughness as well as physical skill over the years. It is a tough sport to watch for a parent. At competitions, your child is out on the ice alone in front of 12 judges and spectators."

Caitlyn Kukulowicz is a junior concentrator in human developmental and regenerative biology and a former competitive figure skater who now rows as a Radcliffe lightweight. She earned titles including 2022 junior Ontario champion, 2023 Skate Milwaukee silver medalist, and 2024 senior Ontario bronze medalist. Kukulowicz learned skating early from her parents in Toronto and split time between hockey and figure skating before focusing on skating because of her mother's influence. She values both the athletic and artistic aspects of the sport. Her father emphasizes the mental toughness she developed competing alone before judges and spectators.

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