Since it's the off-season, I'll make a minor correction.  You can phrase the bit about Sarah Hughes more strongly than "among the top five American women"; she was the US Bronze medallist and finished in 5th place at the 2000 World Championships at age 14.  She's generally considered the second-best American lady, behind Michelle Kwan.

-Pam Sweeney
Font of useless figure-skating information

Greg Berge <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Also of interest is that David is the older brother of Sarah Hughes, a young
> figure skater who is already among the top five American women, and who may
> well compete in Salt Lake in '02.

> >         David Hughes (5-10, 200) is familiar with the Big Red, as his
> > father, John, was the captain of Cornell's 1970 undefeated and untied
> > national championship team