Ice Musings: July 2012

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

JGP Lake Placid Assignments

Men

Jordan Dodds, AUS

Luiz Manella, BRA

Roman Sadovsky, CAN

Chih-I Tsao, TPE

Viktor Zubik, FIN

Martin Rappe, GER

Jack Newberry, GBR

Harry Hau Yin Lee, HKG

Conor Stakelum, IRL

Artem Tsoglin,

Taichi Honda, JPN

Keiji Tanaka, JPN

Bryan Christopher Tan, MAS

Michael Christian Martinez, PHI

TBA, KOR

Adian Pitkeev, RUS

Vladislav Tarasenko, RUS

Sinthawachiwa Phiriyiphon, THA

Yaroslav Paniot, UKR

Joshua Farris, USA

Lukas Kaugars, USA

James Schetelich, USA

Ladies

Anhelina Bosko, ARG

Brooklee Han, AUS

Clara Baiwir, BEL

Isadora Williams, BRA

Alaine Marie Chartrand, CAN

Corinna Lijun Lin, TPE

Pernille Sorensen, DEN

Sindra Kriisa, EST

Beata Papp, FIN

Tsz Ying Crystal Chik, HKG

Deidre Faegre, IRL

Netta Scheiber, ISR

Satoko Miyahara, JPN

Kako Tomotaki, JPN

Raya M. Willoughby, MAS

Madelaine Parker, NZL

Alisson Krystle Perticheto, PHI

Alexandra Kamieniecki, POL

TBA, KOR

Evgenia Gerasimova, RUS

Brittany Lau, SIN

Nicole Rajicova, SVK

Maria Taljegard, SWE

Tina Stuerzinger, SUI

Melanie Swang, THA

Kiri Baga, USA

Courtney Hicks, USA

Angela Wang, USA

Pairs

Smyth/Dodds, AUS

Desjardins/Bilodeau, CAN

Purdy/Marinaro, CAN

Rau/Simpson, CAN

Prolls/Blommaert, GER

Foresti/Sforza, ITA

Davankova/Deputat, RUS

Gainetdinova/Bich, RUS

Kuklina/Petukhov, RUS

Lavrentieva/Rudik, UKR

Aaron/Settlage, USA

Denney/Frazier, USA

Oltmanns/Santillan, USA

Pfund/Reiss, USA

Dance

Bruser/Lum, CAN

Poulin/Servant, CAN

Allik/Bellantuono, EST

Aghai/Partanen, fIN

Zdrakova/Aiken, GBR

Tessari/Colafato, ITA

Kosigina/Moroshkin, RUS

Morozova/Zhirnov, RUS

Yermak/Khimich, UKR

Aldridge/Eaton, USA

Heritage/Fast, USA

Pogrebinsky/Gudis, USA

Saturday, July 28, 2012

Kristina Isabel Yntema, AUT
Nastassia Hrybko, BLR
Julianne Seguin, CAN
Ziquan Zhao, CHN
Anita Madsen, DEN
Sindra Kriisa, EST
Eveliina Viljanen, FIN
Lenaelle Gilleron-Gorry, FRA
Laurine Lecavelier, FRA
Carla Monzali, FRA
Micol Cristini, ITA
Rika Hongo, JPN
Yura Matsuda, JPN
Angelina Kuchvalska, LAT
Aleksandra Golovkina, LTU
Kim Bell, NED
Camilla Gjersem, NOR
Hwi Choi, KOR
Elena Radionova, RUS
Uliana Titushkina, RUS
Ceciliane Mei Ling Hartmann, SIN
Erika Vitekova, SVK
Marta Garcia, ESP
Rebecka Emanuelsson, SWE
Tanja Odermatt, SUI
Anastasia Kononenko, UKR
Ashley Cain, USA
Vanessa Lam, USA

Men

Pavel Strakach, BLR
Nam Nguyen, CAN
Boyang Jin, CHN
He Zhang, CHN
Jui-Shu Chen, TPE
Julian Lagus, FIN
Simon Hocquaux, FRA
Charles Tetar, FRA
Panagiotis Polizoakis, GER
Peter-James Hallam, GBR
Alessandra Pezzoli, ITA
Ryuju Hino, JPN
Sondre Oddvoll Boe, NOR
Vlad Ionescu, ROU
Mikhail Kolyada, RUS
Alexander Petrov, RUS
Victor Bustamante, ESP
Marcus Bjork, SWE
Vincent Cuerel, SUI
Ivan Pavlov, UKR
Jason Brown, USA
Harrison Choate, USA

Dance

Kavaliova/Bieliaiev, BLR
Abts/Buckens, BEL
Edwards/Pang, CAN
Hasegawa/Hasegawa, CAN
Lohmus/Davodov, EST
Elizabeth/Le Gac, FRA
Papadakis/Cizeron, FRA
Rudchenko/Reggiani, FRA
Dyson/Dredge, GBR
Sforza/Fioretti, ITA
Simonova/Dragun, RUS
Zenkova/Sinitsin, RUS
Korotitskaia/Spodirev, UKR
McNamara/Carpenter, USA
Moore/Klaber, USA

LPIDC Results

Novice Pattern Dance 1

Place	Name	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TI	PF	IN	Ded -	Start #
1	Sierra chadwick, Detroit SC Alexander Martin, Detroit SC	19.66	13.40	14.68	4.11	3.93	3.96	3.82	0.00	#2
2	TORY PATSIS, Skokie Valley FSC Joseph Johnson, Broadmoor SC	18.11	10.68	15.19	4.18	4.00	4.11	4.14	0.00	#6
3	Emily Wein, WA Figures SC Bradley Lawrence, WA FSC	17.23	10.57	14.05	3.79	3.82	3.86	3.71	0.00	#1
4	Gigi Becker, WA Figures SC Luca Becker, WA FSC	17.08	10.15	14.25	3.86	3.75	4.00	3.82	0.00	#5
5	Kimberly Berkovich, Pavilion SC of Cleveland Hts. Micah Jaffe, Pavilion SC of Cleveland Heights	15.44	8.84	13.22	3.64	3.61	3.61	3.39	0.00	#13
6	Rebecca Lucas, Triangle SC Yan Kazansky, Columbia FSC	15.32	9.23	13.66	3.64	3.50	3.79	3.96	1.00	#12
7	Sammi Wren, Philadelphia SC and Humane Society Alexey Shchepetov, Philadelphia SC & HS	15.25	8.39	13.40	3.57	3.75	3.57	3.54	0.00	#4
8	Katherine Gourianova, WA FSC Alexander Petrov, Hershey FSC	14.02	7.67	12.36	3.43	3.14	3.39	3.46	0.00	#7
9	Lauren Leonesio, Los Angeles FSC Quinn Chambers, CO College SC	13.65	7.34	12.16	3.43	3.29	3.11	3.25	0.00	#3
10	Sarah Feng, Peninsula SC Anthony Ponomarenko, SC of San Francisco	13.24	7.50	11.42	3.29	2.61	3.46	3.11	0.00	#9
11	Angelina Giordano, Skokie Valley SC Christopher Davis, Skokie Valley SC	13.03	6.44	12.17	3.39	3.25	3.29	3.18	0.00	#8
12	Ashlyn Gaughan, Southwest FL SC Cody Lithco, Lilac City FSC	12.50	7.43	11.42	3.04	3.11	3.07	3.14	1.00	#10
13	Jennifer Strand, Dallas FSC Alasdair Spitzer, Greater Kalamazoo SA	12.22	6.00	11.45	3.14	3.18	3.07	2.93	0.00	#11

Novice Pattern Dance 2

Place	Name	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TI	PF	IN	Start #
1	Sierra chadwick, Detroit SC Alexander Martin, Detroit SC	19.29	11.49	16.07	4.39	4.25	4.39	4.36	#9
2	Sammi Wren, Philadelphia SC and Humane Society Alexey Shchepetov, Philadelphia SC & HS	17.63	9.55	15.64	4.36	4.25	4.14	4.07	#11
3	TORY PATSIS, Skokie Valley FSC Joseph Johnson, Broadmoor SC	17.62	9.58	15.59	4.29	4.14	4.21	4.21	#13
4	Emily Wein, WA Figures SC Bradley Lawrence, WA FSC	17.11	9.22	15.22	4.14	4.00	4.14	4.21	#8
5	Rebecca Lucas, Triangle SC Yan Kazansky, Columbia FSC	16.60	9.13	14.58	3.96	3.79	4.00	4.07	#6
6	Gigi Becker, WA Figures SC Luca Becker, WA FSC	16.04	8.24	14.67	3.96	3.96	4.00	3.93	#12
7	Lauren Leonesio, Los Angeles FSC Quinn Chambers, CO College SC	15.74	8.09	14.39	3.93	3.86	3.93	3.82	#10
8	Kimberly Berkovich, Pavilion SC of Cleveland Hts. Micah Jaffe, Pavilion SC of Cleveland Heights	15.11	7.99	13.60	3.68	3.71	3.68	3.61	#7
9	Katherine Gourianova, WA FSC Alexander Petrov, Hershey FSC	15.08	8.61	12.93	3.54	3.46	3.54	3.43	#1
10	Sarah Feng, Peninsula SC Anthony Ponomarenko, SC of San Francisco	14.69	7.57	13.42	3.75	3.39	3.71	3.71	#3
11	Ashlyn Gaughan, Southwest FL SC Cody Lithco, Lilac City FSC	12.53	6.71	11.19	3.25	2.71	3.11	3.07	#4
12	Angelina Giordano, Skokie Valley SC Christopher Davis, Skokie Valley SC	11.89	5.76	11.23	3.21	2.82	3.07	3.07	#2
13	Jennifer Strand, Dallas FSC Alasdair Spitzer, Greater Kalamazoo SA	10.62	5.16	10.01	2.82	2.61	2.71	2.68	#5

Novice Pattern Dance 3

Place	Name	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TI	PF	IN	Start #
1	Sierra chadwick, Detroit SC Alexander Martin, Detroit SC	18.85	10.97	15.96	4.29	4.21	4.39	4.43	#9
2	Rebecca Lucas, Triangle SC Yan Kazansky, Columbia FSC	17.56	10.87	14.22	3.93	3.71	3.89	3.86	#8
3	Sarah Feng, Peninsula SC Anthony Ponomarenko, SC of San Francisco	17.34	10.56	14.21	3.82	3.89	3.93	3.71	#2
4	Emily Wein, WA Figures SC Bradley Lawrence, WA FSC	16.69	10.32	13.52	3.86	3.36	3.64	3.79	#12
5	Sammi Wren, Philadelphia SC and Humane Society Alexey Shchepetov, Philadelphia SC & HS	16.49	8.90	14.65	4.18	3.61	4.11	4.00	#11
6	Lauren Leonesio, Los Angeles FSC Quinn Chambers, CO College SC	16.28	9.33	13.93	3.89	3.54	3.89	3.79	#5
7	Katherine Gourianova, WA FSC Alexander Petrov, Hershey FSC	15.86	9.74	12.91	3.68	3.25	3.46	3.57	#6
8	TORY PATSIS, Skokie Valley FSC Joseph Johnson, Broadmoor SC	15.81	8.13	14.45	3.96	3.79	4.00	3.89	#10
9	Gigi Becker, WA Figures SC Luca Becker, WA FSC	15.56	8.28	13.95	3.89	3.68	3.71	3.79	#13
10	Ashlyn Gaughan, Southwest FL SC Cody Lithco, Lilac City FSC	14.18	8.06	12.19	3.25	3.25	3.32	3.39	#3
11	Angelina Giordano, Skokie Valley SC Christopher Davis, Skokie Valley SC	13.59	6.65	12.77	3.50	3.36	3.57	3.39	#1
12	Kimberly Berkovich, Pavilion SC of Cleveland Hts. Micah Jaffe, Pavilion SC of Cleveland Heights	13.52	6.80	12.52	3.57	3.11	3.43	3.46	#7
13	Jennifer Strand, Dallas FSC Alasdair Spitzer, Greater Kalamazoo SA	12.04	6.12	11.08	3.29	2.71	2.93	3.04	#4

Novice Pattern Dance Final Result

Place	Name	Score	P1	P1	P1
1	Sierra chadwick, Detroit SC Alexander Martin, Detroit SC	57.80	1	1	1
2	TORY PATSIS, Skokie Valley FSC Joseph Johnson, Broadmoor SC	51.54	2	3	8
3	Emily Wein, WA Figures SC Bradley Lawrence, WA FSC	51.03	3	4	4
4	Rebecca Lucas, Triangle SC Yan Kazansky, Columbia FSC	49.48	6	5	2
5	Sammi Wren, Philadelphia SC and Humane Society Alexey Shchepetov, Philadelphia SC & HS	49.37	7	2	5
6	Gigi Becker, WA Figures SC Luca Becker, WA FSC	48.68	4	6	9
7	Lauren Leonesio, Los Angeles FSC Quinn Chambers, CO College SC	45.67	9	7	6
8	Sarah Feng, Peninsula SC Anthony Ponomarenko, SC of San Francisco	45.27	10	10	3
9	Katherine Gourianova, WA FSC Alexander Petrov, Hershey FSC	44.96	8	9	7
10	Kimberly Berkovich, Pavilion SC of Cleveland Hts. Micah Jaffe, Pavilion SC of Cleveland Heights	44.07	5	8	12
11	Ashlyn Gaughan, Southwest FL SC Cody Lithco, Lilac City FSC	39.21	12	11	10
12	Angelina Giordano, Skokie Valley SC Christopher Davis, Skokie Valley SC	38.51	11	12	11
13	Jennifer Strand, Dallas FSC Alasdair Spitzer, Greater Kalamazoo SA	34.88	13	13	13

Novice Free Dance

Place	Name	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded -	Start #
1	CHRISTINA CARREIRA, CPA Laval Simon-Pierre Malette-Paquette, c.p.a. Lorraine	53.47	30.00	23.47	4.29	4.14	4.54	4.54	4.39	0.00	#12
2	DANIELLE WU, Inlet SFC Spencer Soo, Burnaby Winter Club FSC	47.22	25.80	21.42	4.07	3.79	4.07	4.07	3.96	0.00	#1
3	Gigi Becker, WA Figures SC Luca Becker, WA FSC	45.14	23.99	21.15	3.86	3.71	4.11	4.07	4.00	0.00	#6
4	Sarah Feng, Peninsula SC Anthony Ponomarenko, SC of San Francisco	45.12	25.13	20.99	3.86	3.75	3.93	3.96	4.04	1.00	#5
5	Katherine Gourianova, WA FSC Alexander Petrov, Hershey FSC	44.95	25.56	19.39	3.46	3.46	3.79	3.82	3.54	0.00	#11
6	Brianna Delmaestro, Coquitlam SC Graeme Gordon, Coquitlam SC	44.69	23.92	20.77	4.07	3.61	3.89	4.00	3.79	0.00	#4
7	Sierra chadwick, Detroit SC Alexander Martin, Detroit SC	43.77	23.83	20.94	3.96	3.79	3.79	4.14	3.75	1.00	#14
8	TORY PATSIS, Skokie Valley FSC Joseph Johnson, Broadmoor SC	42.16	24.00	18.16	3.46	3.18	3.46	3.54	3.29	0.00	#15
9	Lauren Leonesio, Los Angeles FSC Quinn Chambers, CO College SC	42.02	22.92	19.10	3.71	3.18	3.71	3.71	3.61	0.00	#8
10	Rebecca Lucas, Triangle SC Yan Kazansky, Columbia FSC	40.58	22.42	19.16	3.75	3.39	3.68	3.50	3.50	1.00	#13
11	Kimberly Berkovich, Pavilion SC of Cleveland Hts. Micah Jaffe, Pavilion SC of Cleveland Heights	34.86	18.77	17.09	3.25	3.00	3.14	3.32	3.21	1.00	#2
12	Ashlyn Gaughan, Southwest FL SC Cody Lithco, Lilac City FSC	33.36	17.66	16.70	3.32	2.93	3.14	3.14	3.00	1.00	#3
13	Emily Wein, WA Figures SC Bradley Lawrence, WA FSC	29.08	14.25	17.83	3.43	3.36	2.96	3.54	3.14	3.00	#7
WD	Angelina Giordano, Skokie Valley SC Christopher Davis, Skokie Valley SC										-
WD	Sammi Wren, Philadelphia SC and Humane Society Alexey Shchepetov, Philadelphia SC & HS										-

Junior Short Dance Group A

Place	Name	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded -	Start #
1	Alexandra Aldridge, Detroit SC Daniel Eaton, Detroit SC	52.17	29.50	22.67	5.68	5.50	5.57	5.79	5.75	0.00	#2
2	Madeline Edwards, Inlet FSC ZhaoKai Pang, Inlet SC	47.99	27.56	20.43	4.93	4.93	5.18	5.25	5.21	0.00	#8
3	Rachel Parsons, WA FSC MIchael Parsons, WA FSC	43.43	23.44	19.99	5.14	4.86	4.89	5.07	5.00	0.00	#12
4	Victoria Hasegawa, CP Olympique Connor Hasegawa, CP Olympique	43.10	25.22	17.88	4.50	4.32	4.39	4.75	4.39	0.00	#5
5	Whitney Miller, WA FSC Kyle MacMillan, WA FSC	41.77	24.35	17.42	4.50	4.11	4.46	4.46	4.25	0.00	#11
6	Lauren Collins, Mariposa School of Skating Danny Seymour, Kincardine FSC	40.02	23.94	16.08	4.00	3.89	4.07	4.14	4.00	0.00	#10
7	Chloe Rose Lewis, All Year FSC Logan Bye, SC of NY	32.63	17.64	15.99	3.93	3.93	3.96	4.25	3.93	1.00	#3
8	Courtney Baay, Calalta FSC Nick Toth, Blenheim SC	32.22	19.07	14.15	3.61	3.43	3.39	3.79	3.46	1.00	#7
9	Audrey Croteau-Villeneuve, Town of Mount Royal FSC Dominic Barthe, CPA Longueuil	31.14	15.14	17.00	4.36	4.14	4.14	4.32	4.25	1.00	#9
10	Julia R. Biechler, SC of Wilmington Damian Dodge, Peninsula SC	30.89	17.78	15.11	3.96	3.61	3.86	3.75	3.71	2.00	#4
11	Tatiana Kozmava, georgian ice skating federation Alexander Zolotarev, georgian ice skating federation	24.92	14.29	11.63	3.32	3.07	2.96	2.86	2.46	1.00	#6
12	Anna Bolshem, Israel Skating Federation Ronald Zilberberg, Israel Skating Federation	22.11	10.34	11.77	3.21	3.14	2.71	3.11	2.61	0.00	#1

Junior Free Dance Group A

Place	Name	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded -	Start #
1	Kaitlin Hawayek, Detroit SC Jean-Luc Baker, Seattle SC	66.85	34.15	32.70	5.46	5.21	5.57	5.57	5.61	0.00	#7
2	Rachel Parsons, WA FSC MIchael Parsons, WA FSC	63.84	34.01	32.83	5.54	5.29	5.54	5.46	5.64	3.00	#12
3	Melinda Meng, CPA Gadbois Andrew Meng, CPA Gadbois	61.24	32.01	29.23	4.86	4.68	4.96	5.07	4.93	0.00	#10
4	Whitney Miller, WA FSC Kyle MacMillan, WA FSC	58.97	31.25	27.72	4.61	4.46	4.61	4.86	4.68	0.00	#6
5	Chloe Rose Lewis, All Year FSC Logan Bye, SC of NY	57.17	31.69	26.48	4.32	4.25	4.43	4.75	4.46	1.00	#11
6	Victoria Hasegawa, CP Olympique Connor Hasegawa, CP Olympique	56.77	26.69	30.08	5.18	4.79	5.07	5.11	5.04	0.00	#8
7	Audrey Croteau-Villeneuve, Town of Mount Royal FSC Dominic Barthe, CPA Longueuil	54.75	28.07	28.68	4.75	4.79	4.68	4.82	4.86	2.00	#9
8	Julia R. Biechler, SC of Wilmington Damian Dodge, Peninsula SC	48.54	27.05	22.49	3.82	3.57	3.82	3.89	3.75	1.00	#2
9	Madeleine Rutledge, Detroit SC Tyler Brooks, Broadmoor SC	48.41	28.53	21.88	3.96	3.39	3.68	3.75	3.57	2.00	#5
10	Courtney Baay, Calalta FSC Nick Toth, Blenheim SC	45.28	25.69	20.59	3.57	3.36	3.36	3.46	3.43	1.00	#3
11	Amy Wang, Philadelphia SC & Humane Society Malcolm Jones, Orange County FSC	42.55	23.42	19.13	3.25	3.14	3.21	3.25	3.11	0.00	#1
12	Anna Bolshem, Israel Skating Federation Ronald Zilberberg, Israel Skating Federation	35.37	20.04	17.33	3.04	2.79	2.68	3.04	2.93	2.00	#4

Junior Short Dance Group B

Place	Name	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded -	Start #
1	Noa Bruser, Inlet FSC timothy lum, Inlet SC	46.38	25.36	21.02	5.21	5.04	5.29	5.32	5.36	0.00	#5
2	Lorraine McNamara, Peninsula SC Quinn Carpenter, WA FSC	44.60	23.55	22.05	5.54	5.21	5.50	5.64	5.61	1.00	#1
3	Caelen Dalmer, Vancouver SC shane firus, VSC	43.94	22.93	21.01	5.18	5.18	5.36	5.21	5.32	0.00	#9
4	Johanna Allik, Gliss SC Paul Bellantuono, Gliss SC	42.67	23.35	19.32	4.96	4.50	4.93	4.82	4.89	0.00	#6
5	Madeline Heritage, Univ. ISC of San Jose Nathaniel Fast, Univ. ISC of San Jose	41.08	20.50	20.58	5.18	5.18	5.07	5.32	5.00	0.00	#7
6	Sara Aghai, Helsinki SC Jussiville Partanen, Helsinki SC	39.98	20.22	19.76	5.11	4.82	5.04	4.89	4.86	0.00	#10
7	Hannah Rosinski, Pavilion SC of Cleveland Heights Jacob Jaffe, Pavilion SC of Cleveland Heights	38.88	20.22	18.66	4.86	4.61	4.68	4.75	4.46	0.00	#11
8	Carolane Soucisse, CPA Terrebonne Simon Tanguay, Ahuntsic	38.86	20.50	19.36	5.00	4.71	4.71	4.96	4.79	1.00	#12
9	Melinda Meng, CPA Gadbois Andrew Meng, CPA Gadbois	36.81	18.21	18.60	4.75	4.43	4.79	4.68	4.61	0.00	#2
10	Stacey Siddon, Ann Arbor FSC Jared Weiss, All Year FSC	34.33	16.03	18.30	4.61	4.39	4.68	4.61	4.57	0.00	#8
11	Mackenzie Reid, WI FSC Christian Erwin, WI FSC	31.50	16.43	16.07	4.14	3.86	4.11	4.11	3.89	1.00	#3
12	Isabel Sneider, Euro6 Alexander Strupinski, Euro6	26.14	14.36	13.78	3.50	3.39	3.46	3.54	3.36	2.00	#4

Junior Free Dance Group B

Place	Name	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded -	Start #
1	Madeline Edwards, Inlet FSC ZhaoKai Pang, Inlet SC	70.19	38.27	32.92	5.36	5.29	5.71	5.54	5.71	1.00	#6
2	Caelen Dalmer, Vancouver SC shane firus, VSC	67.59	34.47	33.12	5.39	5.36	5.61	5.68	5.71	0.00	#11
3	Lorraine McNamara, Peninsula SC Quinn Carpenter, WA FSC	66.20	34.40	32.80	5.50	5.32	5.54	5.57	5.50	1.00	#12
4	Noa Bruser, Inlet FSC timothy lum, Inlet SC	65.74	33.63	33.11	5.43	5.50	5.61	5.54	5.54	1.00	#5
5	Lauren Collins, Mariposa School of Skating Danny Seymour, Kincardine FSC	59.18	33.05	26.13	4.39	4.18	4.43	4.50	4.39	0.00	#2
6	Madeline Heritage, Univ. ISC of San Jose Nathaniel Fast, Univ. ISC of San Jose	58.73	31.58	28.15	4.82	4.64	4.61	4.82	4.57	1.00	#8
7	Sara Aghai, Helsinki SC Jussiville Partanen, Helsinki SC	57.94	30.85	28.09	4.79	4.46	4.79	4.86	4.64	1.00	#1
8	Johanna Allik, Gliss SC Paul Bellantuono, Gliss SC	56.00	29.14	26.86	4.71	4.43	4.43	4.54	4.25	0.00	#7
9	Mackenzie Reid, WI FSC Christian Erwin, WI FSC	52.42	27.92	24.50	4.11	4.04	4.04	4.25	4.00	0.00	#4
10	Carolane Soucisse, CPA Terrebonne Simon Tanguay, Ahuntsic	51.64	25.02	27.62	4.54	4.64	4.36	4.82	4.64	1.00	#3
11	Hannah Rosinski, Pavilion SC of Cleveland Heights Jacob Jaffe, Pavilion SC of Cleveland Heights	50.50	22.52	27.98	4.71	4.64	4.54	4.75	4.68	0.00	#10
12	Isabel Sneider, Euro6 Alexander Strupinski, Euro6	43.90	23.36	20.54	3.43	3.39	3.32	3.64	3.36	0.00	#9

Junior Short Dance Group C

Place	Name	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded -	Start #
1	Kaitlin Hawayek, Detroit SC Jean-Luc Baker, Seattle SC	51.21	29.25	21.96	5.39	5.25	5.57	5.54	5.64	0.00	#5
2	Mackenzie Bent, Uxbridge SC Garrett Mackeen, Bowmanville FSC	46.27	24.85	21.42	5.29	5.04	5.29	5.57	5.50	0.00	#9
3	Holly Moore, Detroit SC Daniel Klaber, Detroit SC	46.05	25.29	20.76	5.07	5.00	5.25	5.29	5.29	0.00	#8
4	Elliana Pogrebinsky, Peninsula SC Ross Gudis, WA FSC	44.69	24.56	20.13	4.96	5.00	5.04	5.07	5.07	0.00	#6
5	Nicole Kuzmich, Scarboro FSC Jordan Hockley, Scarboro FSC	43.02	25.07	17.95	4.36	4.25	4.61	4.46	4.68	0.00	#4
6	Bianka Gadosy, CPA Ste Julie Benjamin Smyth, CPA Terrebonne	42.72	26.00	19.72	4.96	4.79	5.00	4.82	5.04	3.00	#3
7	Marina Barova, Ilderton SC Allan Stoll, Ilderton SC	37.95	20.00	17.95	4.61	4.29	4.50	4.46	4.54	0.00	#10
8	Katie Desveaux, Scarboro FSC Dmitre Razgulajevs, Scarboro FSC	36.81	20.27	17.54	4.32	4.25	4.39	4.50	4.43	1.00	#11
9	Haili Moyer, Mariposa School of Skating Aaron Chapplain, Barrie SC	35.85	20.13	15.72	4.00	3.79	3.93	4.04	3.89	0.00	#1
10	Nikolina Pakhomova, North Jersey FSC Brett Mueller, Los Angeles FSC	32.81	18.43	14.38	3.71	3.43	3.68	3.57	3.57	0.00	#7
11	Rachel Brozina, Philadelphia SC & Humane Society Nicholas Taylor, SC of Wilmington	31.19	18.08	13.11	3.29	3.14	3.25	3.39	3.29	0.00	#2

Junior Free Dance Group C


Place	Name	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded -	Start #
1	Elliana Pogrebinsky, Peninsula SC Ross Gudis, WA FSC	69.68	35.84	33.84	5.75	5.60	5.50	5.70	5.65	0.00	#12
2	Alexandra Aldridge, Detroit SC Daniel Eaton, Detroit SC	65.69	32.14	34.55	5.85	5.65	5.50	5.90	5.95	1.00	#4
3	Katie Desveaux, Scarboro FSC Dmitre Razgulajevs, Scarboro FSC	64.93	34.56	30.37	5.10	4.85	5.15	5.20	5.15	0.00	#8
4	Marina Barova, Ilderton SC Allan Stoll, Ilderton SC	64.17	32.50	32.67	5.50	5.25	5.45	5.50	5.65	1.00	#11
5	Mackenzie Bent, Uxbridge SC Garrett Mackeen, Bowmanville FSC	63.34	31.68	32.66	5.40	5.35	5.35	5.60	5.60	1.00	#6
6	Holly Moore, Detroit SC Daniel Klaber, Detroit SC	59.22	30.58	30.64	5.15	5.00	4.95	5.15	5.35	2.00	#9
7	Bianka Gadosy, CPA Ste Julie Benjamin Smyth, CPA Terrebonne	56.72	29.20	27.52	4.75	4.30	4.70	4.65	4.70	0.00	#1
8	Nicole Kuzmich, Scarboro FSC Jordan Hockley, Scarboro FSC	53.21	28.60	25.61	4.40	4.15	4.25	4.30	4.30	1.00	#3
9	Nikolina Pakhomova, North Jersey FSC Brett Mueller, Los Angeles FSC	51.89	27.80	25.09	4.45	3.90	4.25	4.30	4.15	1.00	#10
10	Stacey Siddon, Ann Arbor FSC Jared Weiss, All Year FSC	48.06	26.70	23.36	4.00	3.75	3.85	4.05	3.90	2.00	#2
11	Haili Moyer, Mariposa School of Skating Aaron Chapplain, Barrie SC	47.40	25.40	22.00	3.75	3.55	3.80	3.65	3.65	0.00	#5
12	Rachel Brozina, Philadelphia SC & Humane Society Nicholas Taylor, SC of Wilmington	39.67	18.80	21.87	3.70	3.45	3.70	3.80	3.70	1.00	#7

Top 5 Junior Combined Scores

1. Edwards/Pang: 118.18

2. Hawayek/Baker: 118.06

3. Aldridge/Eaton: 117.86

4. Pogrebinsky/Gudis: 114.37

5. Bruser/Lum: 112.12

Senior Short Dance Group A

Place	Name	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded -	Start #
1	Anastasia Cannuscio, University of DE FSC Colin McManus, SC Of Boston	48.90	23.86	25.04	5.96	6.11	6.36	6.39	6.43	0.00	#11
2	Alexandra Paul, Barrie SC Mitchell Islam, Barrie SC	48.18	24.85	23.33	5.86	5.68	5.86	5.93	5.82	0.00	#5
3	Alissandra Aronow, Arctic FSC Collin Brubaker, All Year FSC	45.74	24.21	21.53	5.46	5.11	5.46	5.50	5.36	0.00	#6
4	Lynn Kriengkrairut, All Year FSC Logan Giulietti-Schmitt, Ann Arbor FSC	43.77	19.79	23.98	6.04	5.93	5.96	6.21	5.86	0.00	#3
5	Federica Bernardi, Arctic FSC Christopher Mior, Arctic FSC	40.18	21.56	20.62	5.11	5.04	5.14	5.32	5.14	2.00	#1
6	Kristen Nardozzi, Stars FSC of TX Nick Traxler, Stars FSC of TX	37.70	17.43	20.27	5.18	4.93	5.21	5.18	4.89	0.00	#2
7	Larissa van As, Inlet SC Troy Shindle, Inlet SC	36.77	17.93	18.84	4.71	4.61	4.75	4.79	4.68	0.00	#4
8	Katherine Pilgrim, All Year FSC Alexander Lorello, University of DE FSC	36.64	18.64	18.00	4.43	4.39	4.50	4.68	4.50	0.00	#9
9	Danielle Gamelin, SC of NY Alexander Gamelin, SC of NY	36.05	16.78	20.27	4.96	5.04	5.00	5.29	5.04	1.00	#8
10	Gabriela Morrell Zucker, WA FSC Andrejs Sitiks, Gardens FSC	29.92	14.86	16.06	4.00	3.93	3.93	4.25	3.96	1.00	#10
WD	Siobhan Heekin-Canedy, Dinamo/Ukraine Dmitry Dun, Dinamo/Ukraine										-

Senior Free Dance Group A

Place	Name	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded -	Start #
1	Nicole Orford, Inlet FSC Thomas Williams, Calalta FSC	78.77	43.69	36.08	6.04	5.93	6.11	6.04	6.00	1.00	#3
2	Lynn Kriengkrairut, All Year FSC Logan Giulietti-Schmitt, Ann Arbor FSC	78.27	41.80	36.47	6.07	5.89	6.14	6.18	6.25	0.00	#5
3	Anastasia Olson, Detroit SC Keiffer Hubbell, Detroit SC	69.62	34.09	35.53	6.04	5.64	5.93	6.18	6.00	0.00	#12
4	Federica Bernardi, Arctic FSC Christopher Mior, Arctic FSC	68.57	36.62	31.95	5.50	5.04	5.43	5.36	5.46	0.00	#4
5	Alissandra Aronow, Arctic FSC Collin Brubaker, All Year FSC	67.10	33.87	34.23	5.71	5.54	5.68	5.75	5.96	1.00	#7
6	Carter Jones, NISA UK Richard Sharpe, NISA UK	66.86	36.92	30.94	5.25	4.89	5.25	5.21	5.36	1.00	#2
7	Ginna Hoptman, Ice Works SC Pasha Filchenkov, IceWorks SC	65.21	35.55	29.66	5.00	4.86	4.75	5.11	5.04	0.00	#11
8	Isabella Cannuscio, University of DE FSC Michael Bramante, Detroit SC	63.77	34.08	31.69	5.32	5.21	5.21	5.32	5.39	2.00	#9
9	Danielle Gamelin, SC of NY Alexander Gamelin, SC of NY	59.29	29.59	29.70	5.00	4.79	4.93	5.18	4.96	0.00	#6
10	Larissa van As, Inlet SC Troy Shindle, Inlet SC	58.22	31.63	27.59	4.68	4.46	4.57	4.79	4.57	1.00	#10
11	Gabriela Morrell Zucker, WA FSC Andrejs Sitiks, Gardens FSC	45.08	24.07	22.01	3.86	3.61	3.54	3.86	3.46	1.00	#1
12	Katie Donaldson, Wichita FSC Brock Jacobs, Wichita FSC	33.81	14.13	19.68	3.46	3.36	3.00	3.43	3.04	0.00	#8

Senior Short Dance Group B

Place	Name	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded -	Start #
1	Madison Chock, All Year FSC Evan Bates, Ann Arbor FSC	54.44	27.50	26.94	6.68	6.54	6.71	6.82	6.86	0.00	#6
2	Nicole Orford, Inlet FSC Thomas Williams, Calalta FSC	50.57	25.93	24.64	6.07	6.07	6.14	6.18	6.29	0.00	#11
3	Anastasia Olson, Detroit SC Keiffer Hubbell, Detroit SC	47.16	22.72	24.44	6.14	5.96	6.07	6.21	6.14	0.00	#10
4	Isabella Cannuscio, University of DE FSC Michael Bramante, Detroit SC	44.19	23.57	20.62	5.29	5.07	5.04	5.21	5.14	0.00	#4
5	Ginna Hoptman, Ice Works SC Pasha Filchenkov, IceWorks SC	42.91	21.36	21.55	5.39	5.18	5.29	5.46	5.54	0.00	#7
6	Carter Jones, NISA UK Richard Sharpe, NISA UK	39.89	18.07	21.82	5.46	5.18	5.46	5.54	5.57	0.00	#9
7	Elisabeth Paradis, CPA Loretteville F.Xavier Ouellette, CPA Les Lames D'Argent de Laval	39.16	18.86	20.30	5.21	5.04	5.00	5.18	4.96	0.00	#1
8	Bryna Oi, Taiyo Mizutani,	33.34	15.93	17.41	4.43	4.43	4.21	4.46	4.25	0.00	#5
9	Kseniya Ponomaryova, Oleg Altukhov, EFSC	30.11	15.28	14.83	3.89	3.68	3.71	3.75	3.54	0.00	#2
10	Jazz Smyl Joly, St. Paul FSC Nicholas Jesionek, Stars FSC of TX	26.63	11.76	14.87	3.89	3.75	3.46	3.93	3.57	0.00	#8
WD	Audrey Dupont, CPA Villeneuve Alexandre Laliberte, CPA Pointe-aux-Trembles										-

Senior Free Dance Group B


Place	Name	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded -	Start #
1	Madison Chock, All Year FSC Evan Bates, Ann Arbor FSC	80.32	42.49	40.83	6.93	6.50	6.89	6.86	7.04	3.00	#8
2	Anastasia Cannuscio, University of DE FSC Colin McManus, SC Of Boston	77.92	41.27	37.65	6.21	6.18	6.32	6.32	6.43	1.00	#11
3	Kristen Nardozzi, Stars FSC of TX Nick Traxler, Stars FSC of TX	69.00	39.58	31.42	5.43	4.93	5.46	5.25	5.29	2.00	#7
4	Elisabeth Paradis, CPA Loretteville F.Xavier Ouellette, CPA Les Lames D'Argent de Laval	67.61	38.42	32.19	5.39	5.29	5.36	5.54	5.29	3.00	#6
5	Alexandra Paul, Barrie SC Mitchell Islam, Barrie SC	65.04	32.41	34.63	5.68	5.71	5.25	6.25	6.04	2.00	#3
6	Sara Hurtado, S.A.D Majadahonda Adrian Diaz,	63.92	37.39	30.53	5.00	5.14	4.64	5.50	5.14	4.00	#1
7	Bryna Oi, Taiyo Mizutani,	62.02	32.26	29.76	5.14	4.82	4.89	5.07	4.93	0.00	#10
8	Katherine Pilgrim, All Year FSC Alexander Lorello, University of DE FSC	54.93	30.48	26.45	4.46	4.21	4.43	4.68	4.39	2.00	#2
9	Jazz Smyl Joly, St. Paul FSC Nicholas Jesionek, Stars FSC of TX	44.13	22.87	23.26	3.89	3.82	3.75	4.00	3.96	2.00	#4
10	Kseniya Ponomaryova, Oleg Altukhov, EFSC	37.23	16.99	21.24	3.71	3.46	3.43	3.61	3.50	1.00	#5
WD	Audrey Dupont, CPA Villeneuve Alexandre Laliberte, CPA Pointe-aux-Trembles										-

Top 5 Combined Scores
1. Chock/Bates: 134.76
2. Orford/Williams: 129.34
3. Cannuscio/McManus: 126.82
4. Kriengkrairut/Giuletti-Schmitt: 122.04
5. Olson/Hubbell: 116.78

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships

Thursday, July 26
8:00am- 9:32am Junior Short Dance, Group A
11:42am- 1:09pm Junior Short Dance, Group B
Ice Resurface
1:24pm- 2:51pm Junior Short Dance, Group C
6:06pm- 7:27pm Senior Short Dance, Group A
Ice Resurface
7:42pm- 9:03pm Senior Short Dance, Group B

Friday, July 27
9:31am-10:58am Junior Free Dance, Group A
11:47am- 1:19pm Junior Free Dance, Group B
3:04pm- 4:36pm Junior Free Dance, Group
7:36pm- 9:10pm Senior Free Dance, Group B

Competitors of note:

Senior

Aronow/Brubaker

A. Cannuscio/McManus

I. Cannuscio/Bramante
Chock/Bates
Gamelin/Gamelin
Hoptman/Filchenkov
Kriengkrairut/Giuletti-Schmitt
Olson/Hubbell

Bernardi/Mior, ITA
Heekin-Canedy/Dun, UKR
Oi/Mizutani, JPN
Orford/Williams, CAN
Paul/Islam, CAN

Junior

Aldridge/Eaton
Biechler/Dodge
Hawayek/Baker
Heritage/Fast
Lewis/Bye
McNamara/Carpenter
Miller/MacMillan
Moore/Klaber
Parsons/Parsons
Pogrebinsky/Gudis
Rosinski/Jaffe
Rutledge/Brooks
Siddon/Weiss

Aghai/Partanen, FIN
Bent/Mackeen, CAN
Bruser/Lum, CAN
Dalmer/Firus, CAN
Edwards/Pang, CAN
Hasegawa/Hasegawa, CAN

Sunday, July 15, 2012

Indy Pairs Challenge Schedule and Competitors

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: (Schedule may change due to number of entries)

Friday, August 3:

Senior SP

Junior SP

Saturday, August 4:

Senior FS

Junior FS

Senior

Andrews/Anderson
Baga/Toth
Castelli/Shnapir
Davis/Ladwig
Donlan/Speroff
Kayne/O'Shea
Vise/Baldwin
Zhang/Bartholomay

Bautista/Harris, PHI
Lawrence/Swiegers, CAN
Moore-Towers/Moscovitch, CAN
Purdy/Marinaro, CAN
Steele/Schultz, CAN

Junior

Belt/Johnson
De la Mora/Wilson
Fields/Pacini
Fujimoto/Barsi-Rhyne
Goldberg/Dolkiewicz
Oltmanns/Santillan
Pearce/Silecky
Shaughnessy/Morgan
Zaitsev/Stevens

Jones/Beharry, CAN

Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Skate Detroit Schedule and Competitors

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
(tentative and subject to change)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2012 - "C" RINK
6:55 PM Novice Pairs SP
7:35 PM ICE MAKE
7:55 PM Junior Pairs SP
9:15 PM ICE MAKE
9:35 PM Novice Men SP
11:00 PM End of Competition

THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2012 - "B" RINK
7:10 AM Novice Ladies SP Init Round - Group A
8:45 AM Novice Ladies SP Init Round - Group B
10:20 AM ICE MAKE
10:40 AM Novice Ladies SP Init Round - Group C
12:15 PM Novice Ladies SP Init Round - Group D
1:50 PM ICE MAKE
2:10 PM Novice Ladies SP Init Round - Group E
3:45 PM Novice Ladies SP Init Round - Group F

THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2012 - "C" RINK
7:00 AM Junior Ladies SP Init Round - Group A
8:50 AM Junior Ladies SP Init Round - Group B
10:40 AM ICE MAKE
11:00 AM Novice Pairs FS
11:45 PM Junior Ladies SP Init Round - Group C
1:45 PM ICE MAKE
2:05 PM Senior Pairs SP
2:55 PM ICE MAKE
3:15 PM Junior Pairs FS
4:50 PM ICE MAKE
5:10 PM Junior Men SP
6:55 PM ICE MAKE
7:15 PM Senior Ladies SP Init Round - Group A
9:10 PM ICE MAKE
9:30 PM Senior Ladies SP Init Round - Group B
11:25 PM End of Competition

FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2012 - "B" RINK
11:20 AM Novice Ladies FS Init Round - Group A
1:05 PM Novice Ladies FS Init Round - Group B
2:50 PM ICE MAKE
3:10 PM Novice Ladies FS Init Round - Group C
4:55 PM Novice Ladies FS Init Round - Group D
6:40 PM ICE MAKE
7:00 PM Novice Ladies FS Init Round - Group E
8:45 PM Novice Ladies FS Init Round - Group F
10:30 PM End of Competition

FRIDAY, JULY 27, 2012 - "C" RINK
7:55 AM Junior Ladies FS Init Round - Group A
10:00 AM ICE MAKE
10:20 AM Junior Ladies FS Init Round - Group B
12:25 PM ICE MAKE
12:45 PM Junior Ladies FS Init Round - Group C
3:00 PM ICE MAKE
3:20 PM Senior Pairs FS
4:20 PM ICE MAKE
4:40 PM Senior Men SP
6:15 PM ICE MAKE
6:35 PM Senior Ladies FS Init Round - Group A
8:55 PM ICE MAKE
9:15 PM Senior Ladies FS Init Round - Group B
11:35 PM End of Competition

SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2012 - "B" RINK
3:55 PM Novice Ladies Final Round
5:55 PM End of Competition

SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2012 - "C" RINK
9:00 AM Novice Men FS
10:50 AM ICE MAKE
11:10 AM Junior Ladies Final Round
12:35 PM ICE MAKE
12:55 PM Junior Men FS
3:10 PM ICE MAKE
3:30 PM Senior Men FS
5:35 PM ICE MAKE
5:55 PM Senior Ladies Final Round
7:30 PM End of Competition

COMPETITORS OF NOTE

Junior Pairs

Aaron/Settlage
Calalang/Sidhu
Liu/Perini
Oltmanns/Santillan
Simpson/Blackmer
Stevens/Zaitsev

Jones/Beharry, CAN
Bell/Sylvester, CAN

Senior Pairs

Baga/Toth
H. Denney/Frazier
Knierim/Scimeca
Reagan/Yankowskas

Moore-Towers/Moscovitch, CAN
Purdy/Marinaro, CAN
Steele/Schultz, CAN

Junior Ladies

Madison Deluca

Senior Ladies

Kiri Baga
Jordan Bauth
Becky Bereswill
Lauren Dinh
Amanda Dobbs
Alexe Gilles
Carly Gold
Gracie Gold
Nina Jiang
Dee Dee Leng
Hannah Miller
Lexis Verhulst

Kate Charbonneau, CAN
Zhaira Costiniano, PHI
Gabrielle Daleman, CAN
Adriana DeSanctis, CAN
Georgia Glastris, GRE
Karina Johnson, DEN
Ola Kamieniecki, POL
Alexandra Najarro, CAN
Kaetlyn Osmond, CAN

Junior Men

Ryan Hartley
Brian Krentz
Troy Tomasello
Nicholas Vrdoljak

Senior Men

William Brewster
Jonathan Cassar
Shaquille Davis
Timothy Dolensky
Alexander Johnson

Elladj Balde, CAN
Liam Firus, CAN
Andrei Rogozine

Saturday, July 7, 2012

De la Mora and Wilson eye the international stage

Brianna de la Mora and Taylor Wilson have competed together for the last three years and already have a national title under their belt, winning the 2010 Intermediate Pairs crown only 6 months into their partnership. They finished 6th as novices in 2011 and most recently placed 8th as juniors in San Jose. De la Mora turned 13 while in San Jose and is now old enough to compete internationally at the junior level. They are listed in U.S. Figure Skating's International Selection Pool and are eligible to receive international assignments. They recently attended the U.S. Pairs Camp and will make their season debut at Liberty Summer Competition later this month. The team represents the Texas Gulf Coast Figure Skating Club and train in Texas with Elena and Val Prudsky. De la Mora is an 8th grader while Wilson is entering his junior year at the University of Houston. I had the chance to talk to them about their success so far, their lives outside skating and their goals for this season.

Tell me about yourselves outside of skating.

Wilson: Outside of skating I really like hanging out with friends from skating and from school. Going to the beach a couple of times during the summer is fun. I also like watching all of the movies that come out during the summer. I enjoy swimming and grilling in my back yard with friends.

De La Mora: Outside of skating I enjoy hanging out with friends and family. I also enjoy going to the beach and swimming in my back yard.

You just got back from the National Pairs Camp. How was that experience?

Pairs camp was a good experience. We got some great feedback and information from the judges that were there. It was fun to see friends there too. It helped us get prepared for the upcoming season.

Were you surprised that you won the intermediate title in 2010 after only 6 months of training together? Yes and no. At sectionals when we posted a score of 62.56 we realized that winning the national title was possible because no one had ever scored that high. Leading up to Junior Nationals we were working very hard and felt prepared to win. Even though we knew it was definitely possible to win Junior Nationals, it was still a bit of a surprise for us.

Brianna, what did it feel like to stand atop a nationals podium when you were only 10 years old?

It felt good to see that even though I was young, I could still compete against older teams.

How do you feel the 8 year age gap impacts your partnership? As you've gotten older, how has your partnership changed? The age gap has its positives and negatives. As we have grown together we can really talk about different things and communication is easier than when we were younger. Brianna has no brothers and I have no sisters, so our relationship can be compared to having a brother or sister.

Taylor, you chose to attend the University of Houston so you could continue training with Brianna. Was that a difficult decision? How do you balance the college experience with your skating? The decision was not too hard, as U of H is a great school. For a while I wanted to move and go out of state for school, but that was before I realized I had a future in pair skating. I definitely made the right decision. Balancing college with skating can be challenging at times. I schedule all of my classes in the mornings and then go to the rink for the rest of the day. As I am moving up in school, scheduling is getting a little more difficult and it is hard to find all the classes I need and fit them into a morning schedule.

What skaters do you look up to and what specifically about them do you hope to emulate in your skating? We look up to Volosozhar and Trankov and their amazing pair elements! We also watch videos of Gordeeva and Grinkov. Our coach always uses them as examples of how our skating should look. We both like to watch singles skating as well.

For the past three seasons you've tackled a new level each season. How do you think this season will be different since you're staying at the junior level? We feel like this season will be more comfortable for us than the last two. Staying at the junior level will take some of the pressure off this season, because we already have that year of experience behind us.

Are you changing up your programs for this season?
We have the same music for both programs, but the programs themselves are different. There are different elements and different transitions. We like both programs and we seem to get good feedback from the audience when we compete. We want to get a higher second mark score [program components] in both programs this season so that is something we are focusing on in training.

Are there any new elements you're planning to add this season?

We are planning to do new elements in both programs but everyone will have to wait and see our programs for this season when we compete at Liberty and Indy. =)

You've already tackled the throw triple lutz. Do you think that gives you an edge over the other junior teams? Yes, we think so because this throw is not common to see from junior teams, and it is worth a good amount of points.

Now that Brianna is old enough to compete internationally and you've been selected for the International Selection Pool what international competitions are you hoping to attend? What does it mean to you to be able to represent the United States?

We hope to be selected for any JGP this season. It is definitely our goal this season to compete internationally and make it to the JGP Final. Competing for the US would mean so much to us. It would be very cool to represent Team USA!

What are your goals for this season? Long-term?

This season we want to compete internationally and qualify for the JGP Final. Long-term our goal is to make it to the Olympics.

What do you want people to know about you as skaters?

Sometimes we are too much of perfectionists, but we work very hard and enjoy skating together.

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