Coaching Staff
Our Rose City Synchro Coaching Staff is full of a diverse set of skills and backgrounds to make sure that our team has access to all the necessary skills and opportunity to be successful.
Emily Ryder
Head Coach
Emily has served as Head Coach of Rose City Synchronicity since 2022. Originally from Massachusetts, she began her synchronized skating career with Prisms before competing with several nationally recognized teams, including Team Boston (Novice), Warwick Synchro (Junior), and Team Excel (Junior).
Emily earned her Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science from the University of New Hampshire, where she skated on the collegiate synchronized skating team for four years. She later attended the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she competed collegiately for one season and coached the collegiate team the following year. After completing her studies, Emily skated with the Colonial Adult team for several years before relocating to the West Coast.
Over the course of her skating career, Emily has been a 12-time national competitor, a two-time national medalist, and has represented the USA internationally.
Outside of skating, Emily works as a Clinical Dietitian in the ICU.
Anna Blair
Assistant Coach
Anna joined the coaching staff of the Rose City Synchronicity in 2025. As a young skater, Anna represented the Go Figure Synchronized Skating team of Kansas City, which is now Kansas City Illusion. As a member of the Kansas City Figure Skating Club she earned her Gold in Moves in the Field and Pre-Gold Ice Dance tests. She attended the University of Kansas and received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics.
Following college, she moved to Missoula Montana where she was a coach, board member, and adult skater. She coached the Junior Edge synchro team for two seasons and choreographed the adult synchro numbers for the various shows. She co-directed the end of season Showcase ice show. She was on the events committee and a junior board liaison where she worked with the skaters to promote community and goal settings for the teams
Anna works in technology, and also coaches youth and adult skaters, with an emphasis in Synchro and Ice Dance