The Miami University Synchronized Skating Team is a senior-level synchronized skating team from the United States. Their homeclub is Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio. They were the U.S. national champions in 1999, 2006 and 2009. They became the first American team to medal at the ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships by earning the silver medal at the 2007 championships in London, Ontario, Canada. They also have a new junior-level team which has competed internationally as part of Team USA and a collegiate-level team which has won 10 of the last 12 national titles.
Their coaches are Vicki Korn, Carla DeGirolamo, and Heather Paige. Their choreographers are the Miami University coaching staff and Sarah Kawahara. After 25 years as head coach, Vicki Korn stepped down in the Spring of 2009.
The team competes in the Goggin Ice Center, at Miami University.
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