Elizabeth Punsalan

Elizabeth Punsalan or Swallow (born January 9, 1971) is an American former competitive ice dancer. With her husband Jerod Swallow, she is a five-time U.S. national champion, two-time Skate America champion, and competed twice in the Winter Olympics.

Personal life Elizabeth Punsalan was born in Syracuse, New York. free dance based upon the theme of stock car racing. They both wore black sketch suits in racing colors; Punsalan wore a checkered flag skirt. They played the roles of race cars, with test trials, pit stops, and the race itself. Writer Ellyn Kestnbaum, in her discussion and analysis of the program, does not consider Punsalan and Swallow's program as a single coherent narrative, but states that it instead used a variety of images, including that of victory and defeat, related to their theme. Kestnbaum also stated that although their theme seemed to "defy gender", while Swallow represented the more male role of the human agent, or driver. Swallow took "literal control"