While low on numbers this season, the Riverside Figure Skating Club has been able to get by thanks to the help of its three veteran skaters.

The team, which will host its annual show at 7 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday in Riverside Arena, has leaned on Hayfield High School student Amelia Weber and Austin High School students Amy Stoulil and Olivia Leuer.

“Amy, Olivia and Amelia have stepped up tremendously to the plate this year,” Austin head coach Chris Amy said. “They’ve really been a rock and they’ve helped me out with the younger kids. I think that comes with them being such fine ladies and the figure skating has helped them develop into fine women.”

All three of the veteran skaters have been on the team for at least eight years. They have been part of the squad through thick and thin, and they haven’t complained about taking on a bigger role this season.

With just three event skaters on the team, Weber, Leuer and Stoulil will have to skate in the feature event and the solo events this weekend.

“Having three event skaters isn’t easy at all. It’s a lot of work,” Stoulil said. “But we can goof off and also work pretty hard.”

Weber said it’s tough with this being her last show, but she’s looking forward to skating this weekend. When she looks at the youngest skaters in the RFSC, she sees a little bit of herself when she first started skating.

“When we were young [we] were really excited and it’s kind of nice to see that in other people. It’s really neat being the club so many years seeing these girls get so much better,” Weber said. “I’m really excited [for this weekend], but I’m also sad because it’s my last show as a senior.”

Leuer said she remembers being a young skater looking up to the older girls. She said it’s a long road to becoming a proficient event skater.

“We looked up to the older ones when we were younger,” Leuer said. “It takes a lot of dedication and a lot of years to build the skills.”

Stoulil said the hardest part about figure skating is getting back up after a big fall and putting in the time it takes to learn a new skill. She said the three veteran skaters have become great friends over the years, and she’s looking forward to her favorite part of figure skating this weekend.

“The best part is that moment of unbelievable calm right before the lights come on and the music starts,” she said.