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I may have posted this but at that time she was considered a great skater. She was generally the strongest artistically, after only Katarina Witt. Unlike Katarina, however, she struggled with nerves. She won 3 US Championships and won the Worlds once. Interest in skating was very high in United...

First, she was very attractive in wholesome kind of way. She had the look of your favorite high school cheerleader. Her jumps were good - but others were more reliable and athletic. What she had was style and maturity which the others in 1990 lacked.

She was a very good artistic skater, lovely to watch but struggled with jumps - much more so than Katarina who was also an artistic skater. For a couple of years only Jill contended for the world titles. She did win in 1990 with just barely enough jumps at that time and held off more athletic...

Skating was seen a little different then. You had athletic skaters like Harding and Thomas and then you had stylist like Witt and Trenary. I preferred to watch the later. Jill was inconsistent and suffered from nerves -but she had style. At that time, she had many fans. Mostly because she had a...