Career

The next season, Silverstein and Pekarek moved up to the senior level They announced their split on January 10, 2001. Pekarek teamed up with Hilary Gibbons for several years.

Pekarek coached and competed with the Theatre on Ice team Acting I of Boston at the Skating Club of Boston.

He and Gibbons coached competitive ice dance teams to national titles at the juvenile, intermediate, and novice level Pekarek retired from coaching in 2008 after Graduating with his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Umass Lowell.

Achievements

• With Jamie Silverstein, he is the 2000 Four Continents bronze medalist and 1999 World Junior champion. Silverstein and Pekarek won the 1999 World Junior and United States. Junior titles. They won gold at the 1999 Nebelhorn Trophy, silver at the 2000 United States. Championships, and bronze at the 2000 Four Continents. They won bronze at the 2003 Karl Schäfer Memorial.