Stacey Elizabeth Pensgen (born May 25, 1982) is an American former competitive

figure skater Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...

who won the silver medal at the 2000 Four Continents Championships. She is currently the evening

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for

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News10NBC in

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Personal life and education

Pensgen was born in

Fairport, New York Fairport is a village located in the Town of Perinton, which is part of Monroe County, New York, United States. Fairport is a suburb east of Rochester. It is also known as the "Crown Jewel of the Erie Canal". In 2005, it was named as one of th ...

. She trained in gymnastics from the age of three until she was fifteen. She was a regional champion in 1994 and 1995. Pensgen studied at

Lahser High School Lahser High School was a high school in Bloomfield Township, Oakland County, Michigan, near Bloomfield Hills and in Greater Detroit. It was a part of Bloomfield Hills Schools. The school was opened in 1967.Bloomfield Hills, Michigan Bloomfield Hills is a small city (5.04 sq. miles) in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a northern suburb of Metro Detroit and is approximately northwest of Downtown Detroit. Except a small southern border with the city of Bir ...

. She later attended Oakland Community College, and the University of Colorado. In 2007, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in

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from

SUNY Brockport State University of New York Brockport (also known as SUNY Brockport or Brockport State, and previously The College at Brockport) is a public university in Brockport, New York. It is part of the State University of New York (SUNY). History ...

Skating career

Pensgen began skating at the age of six after watching figure skating on television. From 1998, she was coached mainly by

Richard Callaghan Richard Callaghan is an American figure skating coach. He is best known as the long-time coach of Todd Eldredge, the 1996 World champion and a six-time U.S. national champion. He also coached Nicole Bobek to her national title, and Tara Lipinski to ...

at the Onyx in Rochester. She was also coached by Mitch Moyer at the Detroit Skating Club in

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. She represented Genesee Figure Skating Club. Competing in

single skating Single skating is a discipline of figure skating in which male and female skaters compete individually. Men's singles and women's singles are governed by the International Skating Union (ISU). Figure skating is the oldest winter sport contested ...

, Pensgen won the bronze medal at the 1999

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and the silver medal at the 2000 Four Continents Championships. Her highest placement at the U.S. Championships was sixth in

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. In the 2001–02 season, Pensgen was coached by Callaghan and Sergei Petrovsky in Michigan. In 2003, she trained under Diana Ronayne in

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. Pensgen also competed in

pair skating Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...

. Early in her career, she skated with her brother, Nathan Pensgen. In 2002, she teamed up with

Derek Trent Derek Trent (born March 21, 1980) is an American former competitive pair skater. He competed for most of his career with Tiffany Vise. On November 17, 2007, Vise and Trent landed the first clean throw quadruple salchow jump in international compe ...

and placed 14th at the 2003 U.S. Championships.

Programs

Results

Single skating

Pair skating with Trent

Meteorology and broadcast career

13 WHAM TV

13 WHAM TV hired Pensgen in August 2006 as a part-time

and reporter. She quit working at WHAM in January 2011.

WROC-TV News 8

Pensgen was hired by

WROC-TV WROC-TV (channel 8) is a television station in Rochester, New York, United States, affiliated with CBS and owned by Nexstar Media Group. The station's studios are located on Humboldt Street in downtown Rochester, and its transmitter is located ...

News 8 in February 2011. She was the weekend meteorologist for News 8 at 6, and News 8 at 11. She also filled in for former chief meteorologist Scott Hetsko and morning meteorologist John DiPasquale. Pensgen has also done some reporting work for WROC, including "Living Here" segments featuring distinctive small towns in Western New York and "Around Town" segments on weekend events around

. On August 10, 2016, she became the chief meteorologist for WROC-TV News 8 after Scott Hetsko left the station.

WHEC Rochester 10

The Rochester D&C announced on July 24, 2019, Pensgen will be moving to

. Pensgen will join the NBC affiliate the week of Aug. 5, according to a press release from the station. She will make her first on-air appearance Aug.12 and anchor forecasts weekdays at 4, 5, 6, 7 and 11 p.m.

References

External links

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Stacey Pensgen's Facebook fan page
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