after turning professional, trenary toured with the tom collins tour of champions and stars on ice for several years. prior to the 1993 world championships, the eventual winner and soon-to-be olympic champion, oksana baiul, cited trenary as her favorite skater for her beauty and style. although trenary's early professional competitive career was uneven, in 1996 she skated particularly strong programs, choreographed by her then-husband, christopher dean, to george winston's "variations on a theme by pachelbel", and to nancy sinatra's "these boots are made for walkin' as part of the u.s. team in its victory over the world team in ice wars.