20180118 - Bradie Tennell practices for the Olympics (SN)

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Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com Skater Bradie Tennell, 19, practices Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2018 at Twin Rinks Ice Pavilion in Buffalo Grove. The Carpentersville native won the U.S. figure skating championship and has made the U.S. Olympic team. She is one of three American women who will compete for the individual tile at the winter Olympics.

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Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com Skater Bradie Tennell, 19, practices Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2018 at Twin Rinks Ice Pavilion in Buffalo Grove. The Carpentersville native won the U.S. figure skating championship and has made the U.S. Olympic team. She is one of three American women who will compete for the individual tile at the winter Olympics.

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Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com Skater Bradie Tennell, 19, practices Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2018 at Twin Rinks Ice Pavilion in Buffalo Grove. The Carpentersville native won the U.S. figure skating championship and has made the U.S. Olympic team. She is one of three American women who will compete for the individual tile at the winter Olympics.

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Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com Skater Bradie Tennell, 19, practices Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2018 at Twin Rinks Ice Pavilion in Buffalo Grove. The Carpentersville native won the U.S. figure skating championship and has made the U.S. Olympic team. She is one of three American women who will compete for the individual tile at the winter Olympics.

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Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com Coach Denise Myers of Twin Lakes Wis. works with Bradie Tennell, 19, at practice Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2018 at Twin Rinks Ice Pavilion in Buffalo Grove. The Carpentersville native won the U.S. figure skating championship and has made the U.S. Olympic team. She is one of three American women who will compete for the individual tile at the winter Olympics.

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Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com Skater Bradie Tennell, 19, leave the rink after practicingTuesday, Jan. 19, 2018 at Twin Rinks Ice Pavilion in Buffalo Grove. The Carpentersville native won the U.S. figure skating championship and has made the U.S. Olympic team. She is one of three American women who will compete for the individual tile at the winter Olympics.

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Sarah Nader - snader@shawmedia.com Skater Bradie Tennell, 19, answers questions from the media Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2018 at Twin Rinks Ice Pavilion in Buffalo Grove. The Carpentersville native won the U.S. figure skating championship and has made the U.S. Olympic team. She is one of three American women who will compete for the individual tile at the winter Olympics.