Hingham Skater in U.S. Championships Featured on WGBH

Gretchen Donlan, a Hingham native, and her partner Andrew Speroff are competing this Thursday and Saturday in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships at TD Garden ahead of next month's 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

In a segment on the championships, WGHB featured Donlan, Speroff and their coach Bobby Martin. Check out the video above.

Donlan and Speroff said they start training particularly hard three to four weeks before an event.

"When it comes time to go it's all mental," Speroff told WGBH.

Speroff on his relationship with Donlan: "I think there's a lot of different levels to our relationship. There's definitely that brother-sister, then there's that co-worker, then there's that best friend sort of thing."

Donlan began skating at age six because her older sister skated, according to her U.S. Figure Skating bio. She won the 2007 U.S. intermediate title and with Speroff were the 2012 U.S. pewter medalists.

Donlan's home club is the Skating Club of Boston. She is 20 years old and is a Class of 2016 student at Boston University. 

Speroff is from Colorado Springs and now also skates in Boston. They began skating together in 2009. Their coaches are Martin and Carrie Wall.