2010 Competitors Pages-Juniors

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2010 Competitors Pages-Juniors
Senior Ladies
Becky Bereswill
| Oct. 2, 1990 - Houston, Texas
HEIGHT | 5’6”
HOME CLUB | Houston FSC
HOMETOWN | Houston, Texas
TRAINING TOWN | Houston, Texas
SCHOOL | Rice University (fall, 2010)
COACHES | Megan Faulkner, Mark Janoschak
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Igor Shpilband, Phillip Mills, Marina
Zoueva
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | Selection from The Red Violin
soundtrack by John Corigliano
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Nessun Dorma” from Puccini’s Turandot
performed by the BBC Concert Orchestra
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2009 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2009 Finlandia Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Spain). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Junior Grand Prix (France). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 AEGON Challenge Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Southwestern Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2007 Southwestern Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2006 Southwestern Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2005 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2005 Southwestern Regional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th
2004 Southwestern Regional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15th
2003 Southwestern Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2002 Southwestern Regional-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
took group lessons in time for the party ... Spent hours on public sessions
creating programs alongside twin sister, Allison, who also skates ...
Participated in US Figure Skating’s Basic Skills Program.
PERSONAL NOTES
Currently a member of the 2009 US Figure Skating Scholastic Team
... Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Episcopal High School where
she was an AP Scholar, National Honor Society member and earned
Exemplary Effort awards for chemistry, biology, math, and history
... Lettered in track and field four years, earning All-Conference for
800m, 4x400m and 4x800m relay team, holding both school and
conference records ... Runs the ½ mile in 2:14 ... Plans to attend Rice
University in Houston, Texas in the fall of 2010 after deferring one
year ... Volunteers with the Chevron Houston Marathon, Susan G.
Komen “Race for the Cure” and Avondale House for Autistic Children
... Hobbies include dance, yoga, running and tennis ... Loves ballet and
dance and studied at the Houston Ballet Academy for eight years ...
Has a passion for traveling, history, photography and math ... Bereswill
is fluent in Spanish and enjoys learning new languages ... Plans to study
economics and international business. ... Favorite TV shows are “Dancing
With The Stars” and “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.”
SKATING NOTES
Bereswill started skating at age 7 when she was inspired by Tara Lipinski
and Michelle Kwan after watching the 1997 World Championships on
TV ... She wanted an ice skating party for her seventh birthday and
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
Short Prog.
51.74
2008 Junior Grand Prix (France)
64
53.90
2008 Midwestern Sectional
21
Free Skate
98.01
2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final
46
91.13
2008 U.S. Championships
35
Final Score
146.69
2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final
51
137.87
2008 Midwestern Sectional
41
U.S. RANK
Senior Ladies
Melissa Bulanhagui
| Aug. 16, 1990 - Philadelphia, Pa.
HEIGHT | 5’
HOME CLUB | University of Delaware FSC
HOMETOWN | Newark, Del.
TRAINING TOWN | Newark, Del.
SCHOOL | University of Delaware
COACHES | Karen Ludington, Ron Ludington,
Kat Arbour
CHOREOGRAPHER | Karen Ludington
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | Music from Memoirs of a Geisha by
John Williams
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Music from Les Miserables
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2010 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2010 South Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Belarus). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Italy). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Bulgaria). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2006 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2006 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2006 Junior Grand Prix (Romania). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Gardena Spring Trophy-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Eastern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 South Atlantic Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2005 South Atlantic Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2004 South Atlantic Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2003 South Atlantic Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
PERSONAL NOTES
Earned the 2006 All-American Scholar Award and was a nominee
for 2007 Young Leaders of America ... Recently raised more than
$400 for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society ... Has skated in shows
supporting Hurricane Katrina, Blades Against AIDS and Edge Out Of
Cancer ... Also works on food drives for her church and attended Buddy
Bear Camp for disabled children ... Volunteered at Harlan Elementary
School to present the sport of figure skating on career day ... Favorite
country to travel to is Italy because the sights are beautiful and the
shopping is amazing ... What sets her apart from others is her ability
to hit more curbs than anyone else while driving, tripping while walking
and her obnoxious laugh ... Prizes her faith above all ... Says not
many people know she still watches the Disney Channel ... Biggest lifedefining moments were sending a disabled child to camp and receiving
a standing ovation at the U.S. Championships after her short program
... Would like to meet speedskater Joey Cheek because he is one of her
favorite athletes who donates some of his earnings from the Olympic
Winter Games to charity, and Beyonce because “she is an amazing
artist, person and diva” ... Listens to the “Dream Girls” soundtrack, MC
Supreme, North Side and many more ... Motto is “There’s no trying;
there is just doing.”
SKATING NOTES
Goals for the season are to perform more clean programs at
competitions ... Began skating at age 6 because her father and brother
took her to Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia ... Her brother, Ed, continually
beat her in races, so she kept skating to be faster than he was.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
ISU SCORE
EVENT
Short Prog.
50.36
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Italy)
80
52.77
2008 U.S. Championships
32
Free Skate
82.50
2007 Junior Grand Prix Final
112
96.45
2008 U.S. Championships
20
Final Score
127.25
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Italy)
110
149.22
2008 U.S. Championships
18
W. RANK
U.S. RANK
Senior Ladies
Samantha Cesario
| Aug. 21, 1993 - Oceanside, N.Y.
HEIGHT | 5’4”
HOME CLUB | Skating Club of New York
HOMETOWN | Oceanside, N.Y.
TRAINING TOWN | Monsey, N.Y.
SCHOOL | Oceanside High School
COACHES | Peter Burrows, MaryLynn Gelderman, Jason
Briggs, Jana Brazee
CHOREOGRAPHER | Inese Bucevica
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Nocturne” from “Bohemian
Rhapsody” by Queen
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Dark Eyes” by Lionel Hampton
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2010 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2010 North Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Eastern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 North Atlantic Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th
2008 North Atlantic Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2007 North Atlantic Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2005 North Atlantic Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2004 North Atlantic Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
SKATING NOTES
Began skating at age 6 because her mother thought she should learn
since she had been going to several skating parties ... Participated in
the Basic Skills Program at age 7.
PERSONAL NOTES
Identifies qualifying for the 2009 U.S. Championships as her defining
moment in skating ... Hobbies include reading, making jewelry and
biking ... Has a passion for dance, fashion and teaching ... After her
skating career, she would like to become an elementary school teacher
... Volunteers at her local parish one day a week teaching religion ... If
she could be on any reality show, it would be “So you Think You Can
Dance” ... Favorite sports figure is Sasha Cohen ... Enjoys spending time
with friends and playing with her dog ... Goal for the 2010 season is to
qualify for the U.S. Championships.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
47.61
2009 North Atlantic Regional-Jr.
58
Free Skate
83.35
2009 North Atlantic Regional-Jr.
68
Final
130.96
2009 North Atlantic Regional-Jr.
58
Senior Ladies
Sasha Cohen
| Oct. 26, 1984 - Westwood, Calif.
HEIGHT | 5’2’
HOME CLUB | Orange County Figure Skating Club
HOMETOWN | Newport Beach, Calif.
TRAINING TOWN | Lake Arrowhead, Calif.
COACH | Rafael Arutunian
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Lori Nichol, Nikoli Morozov
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “España Cani” by Pascual
Marquina
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Moonlight Sonata” by Beethoven
BORN
SKATING NOTES
Cohen began skating at age 7 with a friend ... was the first U.S. woman
since Tara Lipinski in 1998 to win gold at the ISU Grand Prix Final
(2003) ... Missed the 2001 U.S. Championships due to a lower back
injury ... The same injury forced her to withdraw from the 2004 Grand
Prix Series ... Has landed quadruple jumps in practice - one of the first
women in the world to do so ... One quad was captured on camera by
ABC during practice at 2001 Skate America ... Due to age restrictions,
first appearance at the World Championships was not until 2002 - a
month after her fourth-place finish at the 2002 Olympics ... Skated with
John Nicks when she was younger ... In 2003 moved east to train under
Tatiana Tarasova ... In December 2003 decided to work with Robin
Wagner, former coach of 2002 Olympic champion Sarah Hughes ...
Returned to Nicks in December 2004 ... Retired from competition after
the 2006 World Championships ... On May 8, 2009, confirmed that she
will return to competition for the 2009-10 season in an effort to make
the 2010 Olympic Team.
PERSONAL NOTES
Mother, Galina, was born in Odessa, Ukraine ... Long-term goals include
working as a fashion designer or in the entertainment industry ... Played
herself in a 2006 taping of NBC’s “Las Vegas” ... Guest judged an episode of Bravo’s “Project Runway” in which the designers created skating
dresses for her ... During the summer of 2006 acted in the indie film
Moondance Alexander as a high schooler who rides horses ... Stars in a
pair of commercials for Simply Saline, a nasal mist that helps prevent
colds ... Also shot a 2006 Got Milk? commercial ... Was on her school
honor roll and has won various gymnastics awards ... Was a successful
gymnast before taking up figure skating, but says she wasn’t focused
enough for the dangerous elements; at age 7 she did a backspring
series without noticing a four-inch beam in her path and luckily sprung
over it ... Works with multiple charities including Girls Inc., for teenagers
in need, and the Connecticut Children’s Medical Center ... Has a dog
named Mocha and cats named Mia and Meow ... Has appeared in the
high-fashion French V magazine, Seventeen magazine and Vogue ...
Was featured in the comic strip “Big Nate” by Lincoln Pierce ... Shared
her cell phone with President Bush on international TV at the Opening
Ceremonies of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games ... Minutes before
taking the ice for her free skate at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games,
she realized she didn’t have her tights and borrowed those of Japan’s
Fumie Suguri, who had just gotten off the ice ... Off ice, trains with ballet, stretching classes and Pilates ... Met the Queen of England when
she performed at the 2002 Golden Jubilee to celebrate the queen’s
50-year reign ... Hosted three on-ice clinics for the Marshalls SkateFests
in the fall of 2004 ... Teamed with the Women’s Sports Foundation to
encourage girls to apply for the 2006 Sportsgirl Award; the SportsGirl
program honors 50 young female athletes, one from each state, who
excel in their sport of choice and demonstrate superior leadership skills
on and off the field of play ... Describes herself as spunky, deliberate
and focused.
Cohen’s given name is Alexandra Pauline Cohen - Sasha is a Ukrainian
nickname for Alexandra ... She has one younger sister, Natasha ...
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2002 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2000 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1999 State Farm U.S. Championships, Junior. . . . . . . . . 2nd
World Championships & Olympics
2006 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 Olympic Winter Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2002 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2002 Olympic Winter Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2005 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 Campbell’s Classic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating Challenge . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Marshalls World Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2004 Campbell’s Classic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2004 Marshalls World Figure Skating Challenge . . . . . . 1st
2003 ISU Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 International Figure Skating Challenge. . . . . . . . . 3rd
2003 Trophée Lalique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Smart Ones Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 ABC Sports Int’l Figure Skating Challenge . . . . . . 3rd
2003 ISU Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Crest Whitestrips Challenge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 Trophée Lalique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Campbell’s Classic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2002 Hershey’s Kisses Challenge (team) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2001 Hershey’s Kisses Challenge (team) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2001 Trophée Lalique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2001 Smart Ones Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2001 Masters of Figure Skating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2001 Finlandia Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2001 Goodwill Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2000 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2000 Nations Cup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2000 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1999 Junior Grand Prix (Stockholm). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1999 Keri Lotion Classic (Team USA). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1999 Gardena Winter Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1999 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1999 Southwest Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1998 Pacific Coast Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1998 Southwest Pacific Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1997 Junior Olympics-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
1997 Pacific Coast Sectional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . 4th
1997 Southwest Pacific Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . 2nd
1996 Southwest Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . 4th
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
PROGRAM
Short Prog.
Free Skate
ISU SCORE
71.12
130.89
Final Score
197.60
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
EVENT
2003 Skate Canada
2003 Skate America
2003 Skate Canada
3
3
U.S. SCORE
65.15
134.03
4
199.18
W. RANK
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
EVENT
2006 U.S. Championships
2006 U.S. Championships
2006 U.S. Championships
U.S. RANK
4
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Senior Ladies
Alissa Czisny
| June 25, 1987 - Sylvania, Ohio
HEIGHT | 5’4’’
HOME CLUB | Detroit SC
HOMETOWN | Bowling Green, Ohio
TRAINING TOWN | Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
COACHES | Julianne Berlin, Yuka Sato, Linda Leaver, Brian
Boitano, Natalia Deller
CHOREOGRAPHERS | David Wilson, Kurt Browning
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | Selections from Mask of Zorro
soundtrack by James Horner
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Selections from Dr. Zhivago soundtrack
by Maurice Jarre
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2004 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th
2003 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2002 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2001 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2007 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15th
2006 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2005 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2009 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 Rostelecom Cup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 U.S. Collegiate Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2007 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2007 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2007 Eastern Great Lakes Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2006 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2005 ISU Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2005 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Smart Ones Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 Campbell’s Classic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2005 Ondrej Nepela Memorial Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Marshalls World Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2005 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Smart Ones Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2005 Eastern Great Lakes Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2004 U.S. Collegiate Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Eastern Great Lakes Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Junior Grand Prix (Bulgaria). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2003 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2002 Junior Grand Prix (Slovakia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 Junior Grand Prix (France). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 Gardena Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 Eastern Great Lakes Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2001 Triglav Trophy-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2001 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2001 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2000 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2000 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
1999 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10th
1998 Midwestern Sectional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
1998 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1997 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
SKATING NOTES
Czisny began skating at 18 months when her mother started taking
skating lessons.
PERSONAL NOTES
Enjoys rock climbing, reading, biking, learning foreign languages,
acting and modeling, ballet and traveling ... Utilizes ‘performance
coach’ Steffany Hanlen ... Has done modeling part time ... After her
skating career, would like to pursue acting and modeling career and
further her education ... Recently graduated from Bowling Green State
University summa cum laude with a liberal studies degree ... Presented
with the “Outstanding Sophomore of the Year Award for International
Studies” in 2006 along with the “First-Year Russian Student Award”
in 2006 ... Has participated in benefit skates for a Hurricane Katrina
relief fund, the Jimmy Fund (Dana Farber Cancer Research Institute),
breast cancer research foundation (Skate for Hope) and the Mary
Louise Wright Foundation ... Was on the Dean’s List throughout college
career ... Twin sister, Amber, was also a senior ladies national and
international competitor.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
PROGRAM
Short Prog.
Free Skate
ISU SCORE
58.54
109.78
Final Score
168.32
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
EVENT
2005 Skate Canada
2005 Skate Canada
2005 Skate Canada
28
22
U.S. SCORE
65.75
119.59
21
178.06
W. RANK
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
EVENT
2009 U.S. Championships
2007 U.S. Championships
2009 U.S. Championships
U.S. RANK
2
6
7
Senior Ladies
Laney Diggs
| Oct. 9, 1992 - San Jose, Calif.
HEIGHT | 5’4”
HOME CLUB | All Year Figure Skating Club
HOMETOWN | Rolling Hills Estates, Calif.
TRAINING TOWN | El Segundo, Calif.
SCHOOL | Palos Verdes Peninsula High School
COACHES | Frank Carroll, Christa Fassi, Galina Barinova
CHOREOGRAPHER | Alex Chang
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Pas de Trois” by Riccardo Drigo,
performed by the London Symphony Orchestra
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Un Sospiro” by Franz Liszt and
“Spellbound Concerto” by Miklos Rozsa
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20th
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2010 Southwest Pacific Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2009
2009 AEGON Challenge Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Southwest Pacific Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2007 Southwest Pacific Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 North American Challenge Skate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2006 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
SKATING NOTES
Began skating at age 5 after taking lessons at the local mall with a
friend ... Goals for this season are to work hard and skate her best ...
Identifies her free skate at the 2009 U.S. Championships as her careerdefining moment.
PERSONAL NOTES
Enjoys cooking, reading and all sports ... After her skating career,
would like to pursue sports broadcasting ... Member of the principal’s
high honor roll and the Japanese National Honor Society ... Received
the Kiwanis Club Hope of America Award ... Member of the California
Scholarship Federation ... Volunteers once a month with Ronald
McDonald House because she “likes putting a smile on the kids’ faces
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
53.39
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional
25
Free Skate
95.18
2009 U.S. Championships
27
Final
147.48
2009 U.S. Championships
24
and baking for the families” ... Supports UCLA Dribble for the Cure,
which fights pediatric cancer ... Formed Spirals4Smiles, which helps
disadvantaged children and spreads cheer during the holidays ... If
she could be on a reality television show, she’d choose “The Next Food
Network Star” because she’d like to meet Ina Garten and Bobby Flay
... Loves to go to basketball games with her family ... Favorite city that
she has skated in is Vancouver ... Hobbies include cooking, reading and
arts and crafts.
Senior Ladies
Amanda Dobbs
| Aug. 10, 1993 - Clovis, Calif.
HEIGHT | 5’4”
HOME CLUB | Peninsula Skating Club
HOMETOWN | Riverside, Calif.
TRAINING TOWNS | Yorba Linda and Aliso Viejo, Calif.
SCHOOL | Laurel Springs School
COACHES | Jenni Meno, Todd Sand, John Nicks
CHOREOGRAPHER | Cindy Stuart
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | Music from The Mission soundtrack
by Bennio Morricone
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Concierto de Aranjuez” by Joaquín
Rodrigo
BORN
to improve himself as an athlete and a person” ... What sets her apart
from others is that she looks for the good in everyone ... Would like to
become a skating coach and help kids learn to love skating after her
skating career ... Favorite city that she has visited for skating is Cape
Town, South Africa.
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2008 U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2010
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2007
2007
2006
2005
2004
Pacific Coast Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
Junior Grand Prix (South Africa). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
Junior Grand Prix (Mexico). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
AEGON Challenge Cup-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
Central Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
Pacific Coast Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
Central Pacific Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
Central Pacific Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
Central Pacific Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
Central Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
SKATING NOTES
Started skating around age 3 after seeing Michelle Kwan perform at
an ice show ... Career defining moment was moving to Riverside and
having to change coaches and clubs.
PERSONAL NOTES
If she couldn’t be a figure skater, she’d be a diver or a gymnast ...
Enjoys knitting and baking ... Uncle played collegiate baseball and
professional baseball for the Texas Rangers ... Mother competed at
the junior national level as a competitive swimmer, and brother swims
competitively as well ... Would like to meet Michael Phelps because
“he pushes himself to be the best at what he does and always strives
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
PROGRAM
Short Prog.
Free Skate
Final Score
ISU SCORE
50.46
88.98
139.44
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
EVENT
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Mexico)
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Mexico)
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Mexico)
W. RANK
78
83
79
U.S. SCORE
48.13
95.40
142.76
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
EVENT
2008 Central Pacific Regional
2008 U.S. Championships, Junior
2008 U.S. Championships, Junior
U.S. RANK
49
27
32
Senior Ladies
Rachael Flatt
| July 21, 1992 - Del Mar, Calif.
HEIGHT | 5’2”
HOME CLUB | Broadmoor SC
HOMETOWN | Del Mar, Calif.
TRAINING TOWN | Colorado Springs, Colo.
SCHOOL | Cheyenne Mountain High School
COACHES | Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin, Erik Schulz, Eddie
Shipstad, Patti Gottwein, Janet Champion
CHOREOGRAPHER | Lori Nichol
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Sing, Sing, Sing” from Fosse
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” by
Rachmaninov
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Cancer.Net Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 World Team Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 World Team Trophy (Team USA Ladies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2008 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Germany). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Austria). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 International Challenge Cup, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Midwestern Sectional Championshps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Southwestern Regional Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Midwestern Sectional Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Southwestern Regional Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 North American Challenge Skate-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2005 Triglav Trophy-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Midwestern Sectional Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Southwestern Regional Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 SW Regional Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2003 SW Regional Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 SW Regional Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3rd
SKATING NOTES
Goals for the season are to improve component scores through increased
speed, better posture and more flow throughout programs, increasing
my technical repertoire and making the Olympic team ... Began skating
at age 4 after watching a summer skating show ... Her dad took her
to the local mall to shop for a birthday gift for her grandfather, and
they came home with skating lessons instead of a gift ... Was the 2004
U.S. intermediate pairs champion with former partner Andrew Speroff.
PERSONAL NOTES
Awarded the Cheyenne Mountain High School 2008 Athletic Excellence
Award ... Was on the 2004-05 and 2005-06 Academic and Leadership
Honor Roll for 4.0 grade point average for all quarters in junior high
... Was on the Honor Roll for straight A’s at Cheyenne Mountain Junior
High School and Cheyenne Mountain High School from 2004-2009 ...
Inducted into the National Honor Society in May 2009 ... Recieved the
Colorado Springs Sports Corporation High School Champion Award in
2008 and 2009 ... On the 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Scholastic Honors
Team ... Is an AP scholar, Boettcher Foundation nominee and Mayor’s
Top 100 Teens nominee ... Recipient of the Presidential Fitness Award
... Volunteers at her rink with the learn-to-skate program ... Most prized
possessions are a gold heart necklace that her parents gave her for
passing her gold senior moves in the field test and the matching gold
heart earrings they gave her for passing her senior gold free skate test
... The hearts symbolize “Skating with Heart” ... Favorite city to travel
to is Vienna, Austria, because of the architecture and history ... Has a
passion for school and learning ... Hobbies include tennis, skiing, surfing,
reading and any beach activity when she’s back in Del Mar, Calif. ...
At the age of 3, knew more Spanish than English ... Grandfather was
a national fencing champion ... Wants to meet John Wooden because
he’s had such broad life experiences and Lance Armstrong because of
his motivation and strength to combat cancer and be an elite athlete ...
Has two Old English Sheepdogs, Fred and Ethel, who get into as much
trouble as their human counterparts, “The Mertz’s,” on “I Love Lucy” ...
Favorite food is her mom’s homemade pesto ravioli with fresh tomatoes
and gnocchi ... Favorite book is Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
... Is a spokesperson for Reading Is Fundamental, the largest and oldest
non-profit reading program in the USA.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
PROGRAM
Short Prog.
Free Skate
Final Score
ISU SCORE
60.16
113.41
172.41
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
EVENT
2008 World Junior Championships
2009 ISU World Team Trophy
2009 World Championships
W. RANK
25
16
16
U.S. SCORE
62.91
125.82
188.73
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
EVENT
2008 U.S. Championships
2008 U.S. Championships
2008 U.S. Championships
U.S. RANK
5
2
3
Senior Ladies
Christina Gao
| March 7, 1994 - Cincinnati, Ohio
HEIGHT | 5’1”
HOME CLUB | Northern Kentucky Skating Club
HOMETOWN | Toronto, Canada
TRAINING TOWN | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
COACH | Brian Orser
CHOREOGRAPHERS | David Wilson, David Liu
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Morning Passage” from The Hours
movie soundtrack by Philip Glass
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “La Fille Mal Gardee” by Ferdinand
Herold
BORN
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th
2009 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 Junior Grand Prix (Turkey). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 Junior Grand Prix (Poland). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th
2006 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2006 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2005 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th
2005 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
SKATING NOTES
Began skating at age 7 because her parents signed her up for learnto-skate classes … Participated in the Basic Skills Program … Goal for
the season is to qualify for the World Junior Championships.
PERSONAL NOTES
Likes to read and try other sports … If she could be on a reality show,
it would be “America’s Got Talent” because she wishes she could sing …
After her skating career, she would like to become a doctor and have
a family … Father was a junior national badminton champion in China
… Would like to meet Michelle Kwan … Says biggest life-defining
moment was when she got baptized … Has a younger sister.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
49.45
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr.
43
Free Skate
85.94
2009 Midwestern Sectional-Jr.
50
Final
129.83
2009 Midwestern Sectional-Jr.
60
Senior Ladies
Alexe Gilles
| Jan. 16, 1992 - Rockford, Ill.
HEIGHT | 5’7’’
HOME CLUB | Broadmoor SC
HOMETOWN | Colorado Springs, Colo.
TRAINING TOWN | Colorado Springs, Colo.
SCHOOL | Cheyenne Mountain High School
COACHES | Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin, Jill Trenary-Dean
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Catarina Lindgren, David Wilson
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC |Cinderella (excerpts from
“Aschenbrodel”) by Johann Strauss II performed by the
National Philharmonic Orchestra
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “On the Town” by Leonard Bernstein
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2008 U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
SKATING NOTES
Goals for the 2009-10 season are to medal at the U.S. Championships
and make the Olympic Team ... Started skating at the age of 2
because her brother, Todd, was already at the rink ... Todd competes
internationally for the United States in ice dancing ... Twin sister, Piper,
competes as a junior ice dancer.
PERSONAL NOTES
Volunteers at the World Figure Skating Museum, World Arena Ice Hall
and Broadmoor Skating Club ... Hobbies include swimming, water and
snow skiing, and hanging out with friends ... Favorite foreign country
she has traveled to is the Netherlands ... She is Dutch and was able
to meet some of her relatives for the first time ... Would like to go to
college and teach skating after her skating career ... Listens to Rihanna,
John Mayer and Metro Station ... Would like to meet Michael Phelps,
Tiger Woods and Lance Armstrong because of their amazing drive
and commitment to their sport ... Favorite TV shows are “Desperate
Housewives,” “America’s Next Top Model,” “Extreme Makeover: Home
Edition” and “Dancing With The Stars.”
2009 Cancer.Net Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2009 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Junior Grand Prix (South Africa). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Mexico). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Croatia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Lake Placid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 International Challenge Cup-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Midwestern Sectional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Southwestern Regional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 NACS (Pittsburgh)-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 Southwestern Regional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th
2005 Southwestern Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Southwestern Regional-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2003 Southwestern Regional-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
PROGRAM
Short Prog.
Free Skate
Final Score
ISU SCORE
54.24
90.25
144.49
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
EVENT
2008 JGP Final
2008 JGP Final
2008 JGP Final
W. RANK
49
78
61
U.S. SCORE
52.63
103.54
156.17
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
EVENT
2008 U.S. Championships-Jr.
2008 U.S. Championships-Jr.
2008 U.S. Championships-Jr.
U.S. RANK
33
12
11
Senior Ladies
Kristiene Gong
| March 22, 1993 - Buffalo N.Y.
HEIGHT | 5’
HOME CLUB | All Year Figure Skating Club
HOMETOWN | Livingston, N.J.
TRAINING TOWN | Artesia, Calif.
SCHOOL | Kaplan High School
COACH | Sashi Kuchiki
CHOREOGRAPHER | Phillip Mills
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “One Summer Day” by Joe Hisaishi
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Salome’s “Dance of the Seven Veils” by
R. Strauss
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2006 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2010 Southwest Pacific Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Junior Grand Prix (Belarus). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 Eastern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 North Atlantic Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 North Atlantic Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2005 North Atlantic Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2004 North Atlantic Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14th
SKATING NOTES
Started skating at age 5 because her family lived only five minutes
from an ice rink … Favorite city that she has traveled to for skating is Beijing … Goals for this season include qualifying for the U.S.
Championships and earning international assignments.
PERSONAL NOTES
Lived in China for more than four years … Has a younger brother who
plays tennis … Enjoys cooking and baking … After skating, she would
like to pursue a career in sports medicine or sports psychology.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
52.91
2009 North Atlantic Regional-Jr.
31
Free Skate
81.05
2009 Eastern Sectional-Jr.
72
Final
132.23
2009 Eastern Sectional-Jr.
54
Senior Ladies
Kayla Howey
| July 7, 1993
HEIGHT | 5’3”
HOME CLUB | DuPage SC
HOMETOWN | Orland Park, Ill.
TRAINING TOWN | Darien, Ill.
SCHOOL | Carl Sandburg High School
COACH | Leanne Fanning
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Tom Dickson, Scott Brown
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Summer of ‘42” by Peter Nero
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Voodoo Dreams” by Les Baxter and
“Pesadilla” by Buddy Collette, performed by Buddy
Collette and the Jazz Samba
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
2010 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2010 Upper Great Lakes Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Midwestern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2009 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2007 Midwestern Sectional, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2007 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2005 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
SKATING NOTES
Began skating at 2 1/2 ... Mom took her and her brother to public
skate because he was starting hockey, and she went along ... Has dealt
with chronic lower-back and groin pain the last few years.
PERSONAL NOTES
Loves to cook and wants to one day go to culinary school ... Also enjoys
reading.
Senior Ladies
Emily Hughes
| Jan. 26, 1989 - Great Neck, N.Y.
HEIGHT | 5’6”
HOME CLUB | SC of New York
HOMETOWN | Great Neck, N.Y.
TRAINING TOWN | Great Neck, N.Y.
SCHOOL | Harvard University
COACH | Bonni Retzkin
CHOREOGRAPHERS | David Wilson, Elin Schran
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Caprice Bohemien” by
Rachmaninoff
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Selections from the Gone With The Wind
soundtrack by Max Steiner
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2003 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2002 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS & OLYMPICS
2007 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2006 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2006 Olympic Winter Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2005 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 Cancer.Net Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2009 North Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2007 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2006 Campbell’s Cup (Team USA Ladies). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2005 Smart Ones Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2005 Campbell’s Classic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2005 Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2005 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 North Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Eastern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2004 North Atlantic Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Eastern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 North Atlantic Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Eastern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2002 North Atlantic Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2001 Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2001 North Atlantic Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2000 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2000 North Atlantic Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1999 Junior Olympics-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15th
1999 North Atlantic Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1997 North Atlantic Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
SKATING NOTES
Began skating at age 3 ... Took home her first trophy at age 4 ... Skated
with the same coach, Bonni Retzkin, from day one to the present ... Trains
four hours a day between her on- and off-ice work ... Appears at and
performs in as many charitable events as possible.
PERSONAL NOTES
Enjoys tennis, golf, baking and spending time with her adorable twin
nieces, Alexandra and Natalia ... Graduated from Great Neck North
High School in June 2007 ... Recently completed her second year at
Harvard University ... Has auctioned skating lessons to raise thousands
of dollars for causes such as the survivors of Hurricane Katrina and
disabled children at the National Center for Disabilities at the Henry
Viscardi School ... Other charities she supports are Skate for Hope,
Muscular Dystrophy Association, Lymphatic Research Foundation,
Cancer Center for Kids (Winthrop Hospital, Mineola, N.Y.), Jimmy Fund
and Great Neck Parks Foundation ... Co-wrote a 2002 book about
her life titled I Am a Skater ... In the book she talks about her life and
family accompanied by photographs by Jane Feldman ... Mother is a
breast cancer survivor ... Father is a lawyer and mother is an accountant
... Sister, Sarah, is the 2002 Olympic champion ... Says seeing Sarah
win the gold helped her realize dreams can become reality ... Is one of
six siblings ... Favorite TV shows are “The Office” and “Boston Legal”
... Favorite movies are “Slapshot” and “Chariots of Fire” ... Listens to
Coldplay, Dave Matthews Band and the Beatles.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
60.88
2007 World Championships
20
62.32
2007 U.S. Championships
7
Free Skate
111.26
2007 Four Continents Championships
19
118.54
2007 U.S. Championships
7
Final Score
166.60
2007 Four Continents Championships
24
180.86
2007 U.S. Championships
6
Senior Ladies
Ellie Kawamura
| Nov. 27, 1993 - Monterey Park, Calif.
HEIGHT | 5’1”
HOME CLUB | All Year Figure Skating Club
HOMETOWN | Hacienda Heights, Calif.
TRAINING TOWN | Riverside, Calif.
SCHOOL | Capistrano Connections Academy
COACHES | Tammy Gambill, Sondra Holmes
CHOREOGRAPHER | Tammy Gambill
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Somewhere Over The Rainbow”
with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “El Tango de Roxanne” from the Moulin
Rouge soundtrack by Mariano Mores and “Tango de los
Exilados” by Walter Taieb performed by Vanessa-Mae
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2009 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2009 Junior Grand Prix (Croatia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 Junior Grand Prix (Hungary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 AEGON Challenge Cup-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Southwest Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Southwest Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Pacific Coast Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Southwest Pacific Regional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st
2006 North American Challenge (Canada)-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 Southwest Pacific Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Southwest Pacific Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2004 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2004 Southwest Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
SKATING NOTES
Began skating at age 4 because her parents thought it would be good
exercise and balance training for little kids … Goals for the 2009-10
season are to qualify for the Junior Grand Prix Final and have all her
triples and triple-triple combinations consistent.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
51.82
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr.
37
Free Skate
95.88
22
Final
144.63
2008 Pacific Coast Sectional-Jr.
2009 Southwest Pacific RegionalJr.
28
PERSONAL NOTES
Hobbies include reading, cooking and playing tennis … Points to winning the silver medal at the 2009 U.S. Championships as her careerdefining moment … After competing, she would like to be in professional ice shows, then coach or become a physical therapist … Mother
was a professional motorboat racer in Japan … Would like to meet
Nastia Liukin, and she admires her determination … If she were not a
figure skater, she would be a gymnast, actress or model … Volunteers
at her local ice rink helping younger skaters.
Senior Ladies
Tatyana Khazova
| Sept. 4, 1990
HOME CLUB | Broadmoor SC
HOMETOWN | Colorado Springs, Colo.
TRAINING TOWN | Colorado Springs, Colo.
SCHOOL | Colorado College
COACH | Natalya Khazova
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Natalya Khazova, Tiffany HydenDombeck
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | Evgeni Doga’s “My Sweet and
Tender Beast” performed by the Philharmonic Orchestra of
Moscow
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Victor Lebedev’s “Envy of Gods”
performed by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Moscow
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23rd
2010 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 Coupe De Nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14th
2010 Southwestern Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 U.S. Collegiate Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 Southwestern Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Midwestern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2008 Southwestern Regional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2004 Southwestern Regional, Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15th
SKATING NOTES
Started skating at 6 years old after being inspired by her mom’s ice
ballet performances.
PERSONAL NOTES
Is a full-time student at Colorado College, where is studying premedicine and foreign languages ... Wants to one day become a
cardiothoracic surgeon ... Graduated from high school with high honors and outstanding achievement, and completed the International
Baccalaureate Program with a GPA of 4.89 ... Enjoys skiing, reading,
hiking and music ... Grandmother was a gymnast and competed at the
Soviet Union Nationals; mom competed for the Soviet Union in pairs at
the national and international levels.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
51.73
2009 Midwestern Sectional
44
Free Skate
n/a
n/a
n/a
Final
n/a
n/a
n/a
Senior Ladies
Bebe Liang
| March 31, 1988 - Tarzana, Calif.
HEIGHT | 5’
HOME CLUB | All Year Figure Skating Club
HOMETOWN | Granada Hills, Calif.
TRAINING TOWN | El Segundo, Calif.
SCHOOL | California State University, Northridge
COACH | Frank Carroll
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Braden Overett, Renee Roca
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “El Tango de Roxanne” by Mariano
Mores
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “New World Symphony” by Dvorak,
excerpt from “Symphonic Dances, Opus 45” by
Rachmaninoff
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2004 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2003 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2002 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2001 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2000 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
1999 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2008 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2003 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2002 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2008 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2007 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2007 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2006 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2006 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2006 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2005 Smart Ones Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2005 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2005 Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2005 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2005 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Southwest Pacific Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2003 Trophée Lalique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2003 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2002 Junior Grand Prix (China). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 Junior Grand Prix (Scottsdale) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Southwest Pacific Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2001 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2001 Southwest Pacific Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2000 Triglav Trophy-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2000 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2000 Southwest Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1999 NACS (Vancouver)-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1999 Pacific Coast Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1998 Southwest Pacific Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
1997 Southwest Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
SKATING NOTES
Goals for the 2009-10 season are to medal at her Grand Prix
assignments and make the Olympic Team ... Began skating at age 6
when she followed her older sister, Natalie, to skating lessons after
watching the 1994 Olympic Winter Games ... At the time, she was also
a gymnast, but she chose skating two years later when combining the
schedules became too demanding ... Landed her first triple Lutz-triple
loop combination in competition at the 2003 U.S. Championships; it was
the first time a U.S. woman landed the combination in competition ...
Former coaches include Tiffany Chin from 1994-2004 and Christy Ness
from 2004-05.
PERSONAL NOTES
Has won numerous piano awards, including a bronze medal at the
Southern California Junior Bach Festival in September 2002 ... Learned
her first Mozart concerto at age 6, only six months after starting lessons
... Performed as the soloist with the Pasadena Summer Youth Orchestra
when she was 9 ... Has been a straight-A student every year since
the first grade ... Was the ninth-grade valedictorian ... Teaches piano
lessons part time and volunteers as a Sunday school teacher ... Favorite
countries to travel to are Japan and Korea ... Has a passion for God,
and says her faith sets her apart from others.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
18
62.66
2007 U.S. Championships
6
42
109.77
2008 U.S. Championships
9
34
167.15
2007 U.S. Championships
9
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
Short Prog.
61.04
2006 Four Continents Champs.
Free Skate
98.87
2006 Four Continents Champs.
Final Score
159.91
2006 Four Continents Champs.
Senior Ladies
Angela Maxwell
| July 28, 1992 - Arlington, Texas
HEIGHT | 4’11”
HOME CLUB | Skating Club of New York
HOMETOWN | Hurst, Texas
TRAINING TOWN | Hackensack, N.J.
COACHES | Olga Orlova, Craig Maurizi
CHOREOGRAPHER | Olga Orlova
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Santa Maria (Del Buen Ayre)” by
Gotan Project and “Libertango” by Astor Piazzolla
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Nostradamus” by Maksim Mrvica
BORN
playing video games, hanging out with her friends and playing with her
pets ... Her favorite foreign country to travel to is Japan because her
mother is Japanese ... Not many people know that she is half Japanese
... Experienced groin and hip flexor injuries in her first novice season,
ending in an ankle injury ... After skating, she would like to go to college
and become a forensic scientist ... Favorite foods are sushi, steak, pizza,
cookies and ice cream ... Enjoys iced tea, Coca Cola and strawberry
lemonade ... Favorite TV shows are “America’s Next Top Model” and
“CSI” ... William Shakespeare is one of her favorite authors.
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2008 U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2009 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2009 Junior Grand Prix (Hungary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Great Britain). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Southwestern Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Lake Placid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 International Challenge Cup-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Southwestern Regional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Southwestern Regional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2005 Southwestern Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2004 Southwestern Regional-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
SKATING NOTES
Goal for the 2009-10 season is to qualify for the Junior Grand Prix
Final ... Started skating at age 6 because it looked like fun and wanted
to try it ... Participated in the Basic Skills Program.
PERSONAL NOTES
Says she is a big animal lover and supports any cause that tries to save
them ... Hobbies include listening to her iPod, cutting her own music,
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
51.25
2008 JGP (Great Britain)
68
56.61
2008 Midwestern Sectional-Jr.
12
Free Skate
96.21
2008 JGP (Great Britain)
53
101.20
2009 U.S. Championships
15
Final Score
147.46
2008 JGP (Great Britain)
49
152.16
2008 Midwestern Sectional-Jr.
13
Senior Ladies
Chelsea Morrow
| March 11, 1991
HEIGHT | 5’5
HOME CLUB | Greater Grand Rapids FSC
HOMETOWN | Caledonia, Mich.
TRAINING TOWN | Grand Rapids, Mich.
COACH | April Treado
CHOREOGRAPHER | Simone Grigorescu
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | Selections from the soundtrack of
Elizabeth: The Golden Age by Craig Armstrong and A.R.
Rahman
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Selections from Swan Lake by
Tchaikovsky
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
2010 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Coupe De Nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2010 Eastern Great Lakes Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 U.S. Collegiate Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2009 Eastern Great Lakes Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Eastern Great Lakes Regional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2007 Midwestern Sectional, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2007 Eastern Great Lakes Regional, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2006 Eastern Great Lakes Regional, Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2005 Eastern Great Lakes Regional, Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th
2004 Eastern Great Lakes Regional, Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
SKATING NOTES
Joined her skating club at age 8 after taking group lessons.
PERSONAL NOTES
Received academic achievement awards for maintaining a high grade
point thoughout high school.
Senior Ladies
Mirai Nagasu
| April 16, 1993 - Montebello, Calif.
HEIGHT | 5’4”
HOME CLUB | Pasadena Figure Skating Club
HOMETOWN | Arcadia, Calif.
TRAINING TOWN | Burbank, Calif.
SCHOOL | Capistrano Connections Academy
COACH | Frank Carroll
CHOREOGRAPHER | Lori Nichol
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | Selection from Pirates of the
Caribbean soundtrack by Hans Zimmer
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Carmen” by Georges Bizet
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
PERSONAL NOTES
Attends Arcadia High School ... Was the winner of the Superintendent’s
Art Award at Foothills Middle School ... Hobbies are reading, drawing
and hanging out with friends ... Has a passion for school ... Admits to
“having a hard time trying to decipher piano notes” ... Says she always
tries to have a good time ... Biggest life-defining moment was “every
day leading up to the 2007 and 2008 U.S. Championships and finally
being able to stand at the top of the podium” ... If she could be on any
TV show, it would be “Dancing With The Stars” because she wants to
add to her limited dance vocabulary ... Would like to have Mao Asada
teach her the triple Axel ... Listens to hip hop, pop and classical music
... Would like to join the fashion industry after her skating career ...
Favorite TV shows are “America’s Next Top Model,” “Project Runway”
and “America’s Best Dance Crew” ... Favorite food is chocolate ... If she
could not be a figure skater, she would be an artist.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2008 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2008 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 Japan Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2007 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Croatia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Lake Placid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Southwest Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Southwest Pacific Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2005 Southwest Pacific Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Southwest Pacific Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2003 Southwest Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
SKATING NOTES
Goals for the season are to have fun, do her best and to make the
Olympic Team... Began skating at age 5 because her parents took her
ice skating on a rainy day when she couldn’t play golf.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
65.07
2008 World Jr. Championships
9
70.23
2008 U.S. Championships
1
Free Skate
106.62
2007 World Jr. Championships
29
120.18
2008 U.S. Championships
4
Final Score
163.84
2007 World Jr. Championships
29
190.41
2008 U.S. Championships
2
Senior Ladies
Blake Rosenthal
| Aug. 21, 1990
HEIGHT | 5’3”
HOME CLUB | SC of Wilmington
HOMETOWN | Radnor, Pa.
TRAINING TOWN | Wilmington, Del.
SCHOOL | Harvard College (September 2010)
COACH | Priscilla Hill
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Jill Cosgrove, Karl Kurtz
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Another Cha Cha” by Santa
Esmerelda
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Claude Debussy’s “Claire de Lune
(Moonlight)” performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21st
2007 U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4t
2006 U.S. Championships, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2010 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2010 South Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 South Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Germany). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Estonia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Eastern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 Junior Grand Prix (Taiwan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2006 Triglav Trophy, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
SKATING NOTES
Began skating at age 3 on a pond at her cousin’s farm ... Was also a
member of the U.S. National Team (2005 and 2006) as an ice dancer
with partner Calvin Taylor, with whom she won the 2003 U.S. intermediate championship and 2005 U.S. novice bronze medal ... Competed
for Team USA on the Junior Grand Prix circuit in two different skating
disciplines in the same year (2006): junior ladies - JGP Chinese Taipei;
ice dancing - JGP Hungary.
PERSONAL NOTES
Has won numerous academic awards including the Harvard Faculty
Scholarship (2009), AP Scholar with Honors (2009), induction into the
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
53.98
2009 South Atlantic Regional
22
Free Skate
93.85
2010 Eastern Sectional
35
Final
146.88
2010 Eastern Sectional
30
National Honor Society (2008-09), a 2008 member of the U.S. Figure
Skating Scholastic Honors Team, a Distinguished Honors Scholar for
Outstanding Academic Achievement (2006-09), 2005 School District
Achievement Award and two prizes for her poetry ... Organized,
recruited volunteers and led a “Great American Clean-Up” event
as part of the Keep America Beautiful campaign ... Volunteered for
fundraisers for the American Cancer Society, Relay for Life and Edge
Out Cancer, as well as Jump Rope for Heart and a Skate-a-Thon for
Leukemia/Lymphoma ... Sister, Brin, is a physics PhD student at Cornell
University ... Hobbies include reading, cooking, being with friends,
going to the movies, skiing, playing tennis and playing the piano.
... Martha’s Vineyard is one of her favorite places ... Would like to
become a pediatrician ... Grandfather was a Pennsylvania state champion in track and field ... Cousin Michael Allen is a PGA golfer (won
the Scottish Open and Nike Open, and tied with Tiger Woods at the
2001 U.S. Open).
Senior Ladies
Christina Sperduto
| Aug. 21, 1991
HEIGHT | 5’4”
HOME CLUB | St. Paul FSC
HOMETOWN | Minnetonka Beach, Minn.
TRAINING TOWN | Saint Paul, Minn.
COACH | Ann Eidson
CHOREOGRAPHER | Svetlana Kulikova
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Time To Say Goodbye” by Sarah
Brightman
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Selections from the Pirates of The
Caribbean soundtrack
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
2010 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2010 Upper Great Lakes Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2009 Northwest Pacific Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2007 Midwestern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2007 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2005 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2003 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
Senior Ladies
Rebecca Stern
| Aug. 7, 1992
HEIGHT | 5’5”
HOME CLUB | University of Delaware FSC
HOMETOWN | Chadds Ford, Pa.
TRAINING TOWN | Newark, Del.
SCHOOL | Sanford School
COACHES | Sara Weymouth, Kat Arbour
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Marina Zoueva, Irina Romanova, Lisa
Bell.
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Dare you to Move” by Vitamin
String Quartet
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Spellbound” by the BBC Orchestra
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2008 U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2010 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2010 South Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 Eastern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2009 South Atlantic Regional, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Eastern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 South Atlantic Regional, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 South Atlantic Regional, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2006 South Atlantic Regional, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2005-South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th
SKATING NOTES
Began skating at the age of 5 when her mom decided to take to her
to a “Moms and Tots” class.
PERSONAL NOTES
Has received several academic honors, including University of Delaware
Figure Skating Scholastic Honors Award and induction into Cum Laude
Society and French National Honor Society ... Member of 2010
Scholastic Honors Team ... Enjoys reading, rock climbing, guitar and
music, cooking, snowboarding and wheel throwing (making pottery) ...
Wants to pursue a career as a chef or nutritional anthropologist.
Senior Ladies
Ashley Wagner
| May 16, 1991 - Heidelberg, Germany
HEIGHT | 5’3”
HOME CLUB | Skating Club of Wilmington
HOMETOWN | Alexandria, Va.
TRAINING TOWN | Wilmington, Del.
COACH | Priscilla Hill
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Irina Romanova, Phillip Mills
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | Selection from Once Upon a Time in
America soundtrack by Ennio Morricone
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Polovtsian Dances” by Alexander
Borodin, performed by the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
SKATING NOTES
Goals for the season are to be the U.S. champion and place at the
Olympic Winter Games ... Began skating at age 5 in Eagle River,
Alaska ... Participated in the Basic Skills Program in 1996.
PERSONAL NOTES
Wagner was born in Germany and grew up in a military family
… Moved nine times while growing up ... Has continued to pursue
academics while competing … Currently attends Northern Virginia
Community College ... Supports “Love Our Children USA”, a non profit
dedicated to preventing child abuse … Loves working with children
and often helps with local learn-to-skate programs ... Younger brother
Austin, 16, skates at the novice level ... Hobbies include reading, running
and watching “The Office” ... Though skating is her first love, she also
loves Putt Putt golf … Is a huge Georgetown Hoyas fan, and hopes
to attend the school at some point … Says her biggest life-defining
moment is landing her double Axel ... Wants to go into public relations
or marketing following her skating career ... Hopes to one day travel
back to all the places she has competed to actually see the sights.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th
2007 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 Rostelecom Cup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2006 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Junior Grand Prix (Netherlands). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Junior Grand Prix (France). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Triglav Trophy-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Northwest Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Pacific Coast Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Northwest Pacific Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Pacific Coast Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2004 Northwest Pacific Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17th
2003 Northwest Pacific Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 Northwest Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
61.52
2008 NHK Trophy
15
65.15
2008 U.S. Championships
4
Free Skate
108.15
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard
25
123.41
2008 U.S. Championships
3
Final Score
161.10
2008 NHK Trophy
33
188.56
2008 U.S. Championships
4
Senior Ladies
Caroline Zhang
| May 20, 1993 - Boston, Mass.
HEIGHT | 5’4”
HOME CLUB | All Year Figure Skating Club
HOMETOWN | Brea, Calif.
TRAINING TOWNS | Artesia and Lakewood, Calif.
SCHOOL | Connections Academy
COACH | Ming Zhu Li
CHOREOGRAPHER | Lori Nichol
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs)” by
Pablo de Sarasate
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Music from The Nutcracker by
Tchaikovsky
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 World Junior Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 World Junior Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 World Junior Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009
2009
2009
2009
2008
2008
2007
2007
2007
2006
2006
2006
2006
2006
2004
2005
2005
2005
2004
Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
Trophée Eric Bompard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
World Team Trophy (Team USA Ladies). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
Trophée Eric Bompard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
HomeSense Skate Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
Junior Grand Prix (Chinese Taipei). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
Junior Grand Prix (Mexico). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
Southwest Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
NACS (Waterloo). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
NACS (Kansas)-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
Pacific Coast Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
Southwest Pacific Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2004
2003
2003
2002
Southwest Pacific Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
Southwest Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
Southwest Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
SKATING NOTES
Goals for the season are to improve all aspects of skating, especially
refine technique and details in choreography ... Started skating at age
5 after watching the 1998 Olympic Winter Games and telling her mom,
“I can do that!” ... Participated in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills
Program.
PERSONAL NOTES
Attends Connections Academy in Capistrano, Calif. ... Worked with
autistic children at her elementary school ... Father is the VP of a
semiconductor company ... Has an older sister, Yang Yang ... Earned
the Presidential Academic Award in 2007, Principal’s Award in 2006,
Presidential Educational Award silver medal and the Presidential Fitness
Award from 2002-06 ... Supports Love of Locks, an organization that
creates wigs for children who have long-term hair loss due to illness
or medical treatment, and UNICEF ... Hobbies include playing piano
and violin, reading, art and gardening ... Biggest life-defining moments
were her first ballet recital and skating competition - “I realized that I
loved to perform in front of an audience, and I loved a challenge.” ...
Wants to be a veterinarian some day... Listens to classical music as well
as Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus ... If she weren’t a figure skater, she’d
want to be a gymnast or do something in the fashion industry.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
Short Prog.
62.60
2008 World Jr. Championships
12
58.91
2009 U.S. Championships
8
Free Skate
116.80
2009 ISU World Team Trophy
13
119.67
2008 U.S. Championships
5
Final Score
176.48
2008 Grand Prix Final
14
173.16
2008 U.S. Championships
8
U.S. RANK
Senior Men
Jeremy Abbott
| June 5, 1985 - Aspen, Colo.
HEIGHT | 5’9”
HOME CLUB | Detroit Skating Club
HOMETOWN | Aspen, Colo.
TRAINING TOWN | Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
COACHES | Yuka Sato, Jason Dungjen
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Tom Dickson, Shae Lynn Bourne
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | The Beatles’ “A Day in the Life”
performed by Jeff Beck
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Jupiter” from Gustav Holst’s The Planets
Suite and “Pines of Rome” by Ottorino Respighi
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2002 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2008 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2009 Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2009 Japan Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 World Team Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2009 Four Continents Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2007 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2007 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Finlandia Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2005 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18th
2005 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Southwestern Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Southwestern Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2003 Southwestern Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2002 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2002 Southwestern Regional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2001 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2001 Southwestern Regional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2000 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2000 Southwestern Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
1999 Midwestern Sectional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
1999 Southwestern Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
1998 Junior Olympics-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
1998 Southwestern Regional-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1997 Southwestern Regional-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
1996 Southwestern Regional-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
SKATING NOTES
Started skating at age 2 because he saw Robin Cousins skate in a show
in Aspen, Colo. ... Participated in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills
Program ... Competed in ice dancing with Amanda Cunningham (199596) and Katie Hoffmaster (1997-98), and in pairs with Brittany Vise
(1998-99) and Krystal Sorenson (2001-02) ... Former coach was Peggy
Behr ... Overcame a stress fracture in his lower back during the summer
of 2003 ... Has dealt with quad tendonitis during the past two summers.
PERSONAL NOTES
Started a fund with the Aspen Skating Club to support competitive local
male figure skaters ... Goals are to recruit more male figure skaters and
to help them financially ... Has a passion for music but says he “cannot
play an instrument to save my life” ... Hobbies are drawing, writing,
snowboarding and reading ... Not many people know that he has a
tattoo ... Sister was a national-level downhill ski racer and competed in
the X Games for extreme skiing ... Would like to meet Lance Armstrong
and Robin Cousins ... Favorite movie is Breakfast at Tiffany’s ... What
sets him a part from others is his goofy personality ... Mother is the
director of communications for the famous Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado
Springs.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
78.26
2009 ISU Grand Prix Final
14
86.40
2009 U.S. Championships
1
Free Skate
159.46
2009 ISU Grand Prix Final
9
155.49
2009 U.S. Championships
3
Final Score
237.72
2009 ISU Grand Prix Final
9
241.89
2009 U.S. Championships
3
Senior Men
Ryan Bradley
| Nov. 17, 1983 - St. Joseph, Mo.
HEIGHT | 6’
HOME CLUB | Broadmoor Skating Club
HOMETOWN | St. Joseph, Mo.
TRAINING TOWN | Colorado Springs, Colo.
SCHOOL | University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
COACHES | Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Catarina Lindgren, Tom Dickson
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Dark Eyes” by Nika Leoni and
Sergei Trofanov
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Baroque era chamber music
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2004 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2003 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2002 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2001 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2000 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
1999 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1998 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1997 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2007 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15th
2002 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15th
2000 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
1999 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2009 Cancer.Net Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2009 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2008 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2007 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2007 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2006 U.S. Collegiate Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2006 Southwestern Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 U.S. Collegiate Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2004 Southwestern Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2004 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 Southwestern Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2002 Vienna Cup (Karl Schafer Memorial) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2002 Southwestern Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2000 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2000 Golden Spin of Zagreb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2000 Junior Grand Prix (Poland). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2000 Junior Grand Prix (Mexico). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2000 Southwestern Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1999 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
1999 Junior Grand Prix (Sweden). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
1999 Junior Grand Prix (Canada). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1999 Gardena Spring Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1999 World Junior Team Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1998 Hungarian Trophy-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
1998 Grand Prix St. Gervais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1998 Triglav Trophy-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1998 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1998 Southwestern Regional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1997 NACS (Ottawa)-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1997 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
1997 Southwestern Regional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
1996 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
1996 Southwestern Regional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
1995 Junior Olympics-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1995 Midwestern Sectional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
1995 Southwestern Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1994 U.S. Junior Championships -Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
1994 Southwestern Regional-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1993 Southwestern Regional-Pre-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
SKATING NOTES
Began skating at the age 2 because his sister skated ... Participated in the U.S.
Figure Skating Basic Skills Program (1985-88) ... Sister and parents were also
figure skaters ... Sister, Becky, is now a figure skating coach.
PERSONAL NOTES
Bradley is studying business at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
and plans on transferring to Kansas University ... Volunteers at the Broadmoor
Skating Club and coaches at the World Arena ... Hobbies include reading, tennis
and video games .... Favorite foreign city he’s traveled to is Ortisei, Italy ... Has
a passion for knowledge ... His sense of humor sets him apart from others off
the ice.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
72.50
2008 Skate Canada
28
74.20
2008 U.S. Championships
8
Free Skate
140.25
2008 Skate Canada
26
147.35
2009 U.S. Championships
7
Final Score
212.75
2008 Skate Canada
21
221.40
2009 U.S. Championships
7
Senior Men
Wesley Campbell
| Dec. 12, 1985
HEIGHT | 6’2”
HOME CLUB | Nashville FSC
HOMETOWN | Nashville, Tenn.
TRAINING TOWN | Franklin, Tenn.
COACHES | Bill Fauver, Laura Sanders
CHOREOGRAPHER | Bill Fauver
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | Selections from the East of Eden
soundtrack by Lee Holdridge
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Selections from West Side Story by
Leonard Bernstein
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2005 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14th
2004 U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2003 U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2005 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25th
2010 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2010 Eastern Great Lakes Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 Karl Schafer Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th
2008 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2006 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2005 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2004 Junior Grand Prix (China). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2004 Midwestern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Midwestern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 Junior Grand Prix (Germany). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
SKATING NOTES
Started skating at age 5 after watching the 1988 Olympic Winter
Games.
PERSONAL NOTES
Attended Hillsboro High School in Nashville and graduated third in
his class in 2004 ... Was also a winner of the Presidential Award for
Academic Excellence ... His hobbies include music, yoga and cooking ...
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
69.49
2008 Midwestern Sectional
14
Free Skate
135.69
2008 Midwestern Sectional
12
Final
205.18
2008 Midwestern Sectional
12
Has a passion for psychology and yoga ... Not many people know that
he loves camping ... Would like to do a variety of things after his skating career, including getting his degree in psychology, choreographing,
getting his yoga and pilates certifications and traveling ... Favorite
foreign city to travel to is Quebec City because “it was amazing, and I
got to go whale watching.
Senior Men
Stephen Carriere
| June 15, 1989 - Melrose, Mass.
HEIGHT | 5’7”
HOME CLUB | Skating Club of Boston
HOMETOWN | Wakefield, Mass.
TRAINING TOWN | Wilmington, Del.
SCHOOL | Boston College
COACHES | Priscilla Hill, Karl Kurtz
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Jamie Isley, Mark Mitchell, Carrado
Giordani
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Carmina Burana” by Carl Orff
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Firebird” by Stravinsky
BORN
2004 New England Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 NACS (Ohio)-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2003 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2003 New England Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2002 New England Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2001 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14th
2001 New England Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2004 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2008 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2007 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2009 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2009 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2009 Finlandia Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2006 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Junior Grand Prix (Netherlands). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Junior Grand Prix (Hungary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2005 Junior Grand Prix (Bulgaria). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Junior Grand Prix (Slovakia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 Eastern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Junior Grand Prix (Ukraine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2004 Triglav Trophy-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2004 Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
SKATING NOTES
Goal for the 2009-10 season is to take his skating to the next level ...
Began skating at age 5 after seeing the 1994 Olympic Winter Games
with Nancy Kerrigan, who is from his local area in Massachusetts ...
Was also encouraged by a doctor at a young age to participate in
skating or gymnastics after constant ear infections ... Mom put him in
hockey skates to learn and soon discovered that he had a talent for
figure skating ... Began in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program in
Stoneham, Mass. ... Has skated in shows with Kerrigan.
PERSONAL NOTES
Achieved a 5:25 mile ... Attends Boston College and is working toward
a degree in pre-medicine ... Hobbies include playing tennis, listening
to music, reading and going to the beach, working out and staying fit,
cooking, traveling ... Biggest life-defining moment was coming in first at
the 2007 World Junior Championships ... Wants to become a physician
specializing in sports medicine ... Most prized possession is his iPhone
... His cousin, Caroline Hallisey, was a U.S. speedskater who competed
at the 1998, 2002 and 2006 Olympic Winter Games ... Would like
to meet Jessica Stam, because “she is gorgeous and super amazing,
President Obama, because of the obvious, Lance Armstrong because he
has fought against adversity more than once, and Tyra Banks because
America’s Next Top Model needs some serious updating” ... Music on
his iPod includes Katy Perry, Keane, Coldplay, Sara Bareilles, Queen,
Lang Lang and Rilo Kiley .. Loves cooking and experimenting with food;
specialty is making pancakes.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
74.08
2008 Four Continents Championships
21
76.66
2008 U.S. Championships
5
Free Skate
145.25
2008 Cup of China
20
151.40
2008 U.S. Championships
5
Final Score
218.30
2008 Four Continents Championships
19
228.06
2008 U.S. Championships
5
Senior Men
Jonathan Cassar
| Dec. 4, 1986
HEIGHT | 5’7”
HOME CLUB | Detroit SC
HOMETOWN | Waterford, Mich.
TRAINING TOWN | Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
SCHOOL | Oakland University
COACHES | Julianne Berlin, Jason Dungjen
CHOREOGRAPHER | David Wilson
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “We Insist” by Zoë Keating
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Selections from the Schindler’s List
soundtrack by John Williams and Itzhak Perlman,
performed by the Boston Symphony Orchestra
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th
2007 U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2006 U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2010 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2010 Eastern Great Lakes Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Coupe de Nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2008 U.S. Collegiate Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2007 U.S. Collegiate Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 Midwestern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Eastern Great Lakes Regional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 U.S. Collegiate Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Midwestern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2006 Eastern Great Lakes Regional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
61.90
2009 Midwestern Sectional
37
Free Skate
126.35
2010 Midwestern Sectiona;
26
Final
178.68
2010 Midwestern Sectional
34
Senior Men
Richard Dornbush
| Aug. 27, 1991 - Corona, Calif.
HEIGHT | 5’9”
HOME CLUB | All Year Figure Skating Club
HOMETOWN | Corona, Calif.
TRAINING TOWN | Riverside, Calif.
SCHOOL | Christian Heritage
COACH | Tammy Gambill
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Braden Overett, Cindy Stuart
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Paint it Black” by the Rolling
Stones
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Piano Concerto No. 1” by Rachmaninoff
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2008 U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2003 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
SKATING NOTES
Dornbush started skating at age 6 because his sisters started skating
and he got “dragged along” ... Goals for the 2009-10 season include
qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final, competing well at the U.S.
Championships and being named to the World Junior Team.
PERSONAL NOTES
Has three siblings ... Parents, Richard and Shelley, are a technical
publications editor and a seamstress, respectively ... Is homeschooled
through Christian Heritage School ... Hobbies include reading, music and
playing the guitar and violin ... Favorite foreign city he has traveled to is
Vienna, Austria, because “it has a very deep history and sophistication”
... Has a passion for music ... Suffered from back problems at the novice
level and a broken leg at the beginning of March 2008 ... After his
skating career, he would like to go to college and study business ...
Favorite time of year is late fall.
2009 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 Junior Grand Prix (Germany). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2009 Junior Grand Prix (Hungary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Junior Grand Prix (South Africa). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Mexico). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Austria). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2007 Gardena Spring Trophy-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Southwest Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 North American Challenge Skate-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 Pacific Coast Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Southwest Pacific Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Pacific Coast Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 Southwest Pacific Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2004 Southwest Pacific Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Southwest Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2002 Southwest Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
68.73
2008 JGP (South Africa)
43
61.72
2008 Pacific Coast Sect.-Jr.
33
Free Skate
123.93
2008 JGP (South Africa)
59
126.81
2008 U.S. Championships-Jr.
23
Final Score
192.66
2008 JGP (South Africa)
51
179.27
2008 U.S. Championships-Jr.
29
Senior Men
Andrew Gonzales, Jr.
| Aug. 13, 1990 - San Diego, Calif.
HEIGHT | 5’7”
HOME CLUB | All Year Figure Skating Club
HOMETOWN | Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.
TRAINING TOWN | Aliso Viejo, Calif.
SCHOOL | UCLA
COACHES | Scott Wendland, John Nicks
CHOREOGRAPHER | Phillip Mills
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | ”Adagio” by Remo Giazotto
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Selection from the Titanic soundtrack by
James Horner
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2008 U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 Junior Grand Prix (Lake Placid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2008 Junior Grand Prix (South Africa). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Mexico). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 AEGON Challenge Cup-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 Southwest Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 Southwest Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Pacific Coast Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2006 Southwest Pacific Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2005 Pacific Coast Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2005 Southwest Pacific Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2003 NACS (Edmonton)-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2003 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2003 Southwest Pacific Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 Southwest Pacific Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2001 Southwest Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2000 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2000 Southwest Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
SKATING NOTES
Began skating at age 6 because his dad thought it would be a fun
weekend activity ... Goals for this season include qualifying for the
Junior Grand Prix Final and skating to the best of his abilities at all
competitions ... Career-defining moment was winning the bronze in
junior men at the 2008 U.S. Championships.
PERSONAL NOTES
Received the Presidential Humanitarian Award ... Likes going to the
movies, horseback riding and spending time with friends and family ...
Would like to attend college and go into business after he’s through
skating ... Broke his left ankle on a triple Salchow in 2003 and was off
the ice for four months ... Would like to meet Lance Armstrong because
“he overcame a huge obstacle, recovered and never detoured away
from his love and passion for cycling” ... Attends University of California,
Los Angeles as an undeclared social sciences major ... Has worked with
Toys for Tots, gone to Mexico to build a home for a disadvantaged
family and volunteered at an Alzheimer’s facility near his high school ...
Also organized a food and clothing drive ... Brother, Alex, plays soccer
... Favorite city visited because of skating is Cape Town, South Africa
and he considers himself “fortunate to be one of the ones who was able
to experience some of what South Africa has to offer”.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
30
Short Prog.
58.94
2008 JGP (Mexico)
106
60.01
2008 U.S. Championships-Jr.
Free Skate
103.10
2008 JGP (South Africa)
138
122.26
2008 U.S. Championships-Jr.
25
Final Score
158.00
2008 JGP (Mexico)
134
182.27
2008 U.S. Championships-Jr.
25
Senior Men
Grant Hochstein
| July 16, 1990 - Warren, Mich.
HEIGHT | 5’4”
HOME CLUB | St. Clair Shores FSC
HOMETOWN | Allenton, Mich.
TRAINING TOWN | St. Clair Shores, Mich.
SCHOOL | Macomb Community College
COACHES | Lindsay O’Donoghue, Maria Moscato
CHOREOGRAPHER | Jodie Tasich
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Romeo and Juliet by Tchaikovsky
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2009 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2009 Junior Grand Prix (Germany). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 Junior Grand Prix (Hungary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Gardena Spring Trophy-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2006 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 NACS (Pierrefonds)-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2005 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2004 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2003 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
SKATING NOTES
Started skating at age 8 after being inspired by watching Michelle
Kwan at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
58.99
2008 Midwestern Sect.-Jr.
42
Free Skate
116.48
2009 EGL Regional-Jr.
35
Final Score
167.39
2009 EGL Regional-Jr.
44
PERSONAL NOTES
Graduated from Anchor Bay High School in June 2008 ... Coaches
skating part time ... Enjoys spending time with friends and family (“I
don’t really have time for anything other than skating!”) ... Favorite
movie is The Bourne Ultimatum ... Sister, Veronica, figure skates and is a
cheerleader ... Brother, Nicholas, plays baseball and football ... What
sets him apart from others off the ice are his leadership skills and his
personality ... After skating, he would like to be a skating coach ... Likes
to listen to pop music ... Has a passion for teaching ... Attends Macomb
Community College where he is studying elementary education.
Senior Men
Alexander Johnson
| May 15, 1990 - Minneapolis, Minn.
HEIGHT | 5’10”
HOME CLUB | Braemar City of Lakes FSC
HOMETOWN | Minnetonka, Minn.
TRAINING TOWN | Edina, Minn.
SCHOOL | University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
COACH | Joan Orvis
CHOREOGRAPHER | Sebastien Britten
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Take Five” by Dave Brubeck
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor” by
Rachmaninoff
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2010 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Finlandia Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Great Britain). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Bulgaria). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 Gardena Spring Trophy-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 North American Challenge Skate-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2005 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th
2004 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th
2003 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th
2002 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
SKATING NOTES
Johnson started skating at age 3 in hockey skates ... His dad flooded
the backyard to make an ice rink ... Transitioned into figure skates
and started taking private lessons at 9 years old ... Sister, Shannon,
competed as a synchronized skater in high school ... Previously skated
with Chelsey Jernberg (2003-05) ... Formerly coached by Sandra
Johansson (1999-2000).
PERSONAL NOTES
Graduated Hopkins High School with a GPA of 3.99 ... Member of
the National Honor Society ... Was the grand marshall at the 2007 St.
Paul Winter Carnival Parade ... Volunteers with Operation Snuggles by
making fleece hats, blankets and pillows for patients in local hospitals
... Hobbies include running, camping, Pilates, stretching, fourwheeling,
listening to music and laying by the lake at night and watching the stars
... Favorite foreign country to travel to is Italy ... Biggest life-defining
moment was skating a clean free skate at his first Junior Grand Prix
Series event in Sofia, Bulgaria ... Would like to still be involved in skating
somehow after his competitive career ... Wants to meet Michelle Kwan
“because of her tremendous passion she shows toward everything she
does and her ability to overcome any obstacle that occurs in her life” ...
Listens to all kinds of music, including Rascal Flatts, Matt Nathanson and
Andrea Bocelli.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
15
Short Prog.
68.07
2008 JGP (Great Britain)
47
68.58
2008 Midwestern Sect.-Jr.
Free Skate
121.05
2008 JGP (Czech Republic)
71
130.68
2008 Midwestern Sect.-Jr.
21
Final Score
187.81
2008 JGP (Great Britain)
62
199.26
2008 Midwestern Sect.-Jr.
14
Senior Men
Evan Lysacek
| June 4, 1985 - Chicago, Ill.
| 6’2”
HOME CLUB | DuPage Figure Skating Club
HOMETOWN | Naperville, Ill.
TRAINING TOWN | El Segundo, Calif.
COACH | Frank Carroll
CHOREOGRAPHER | Lori Nichol
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Firebird” by Stravinsky
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Scheherazade” by Nikolai RimskyKorsakov
BORN
HEIGHT
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2009 World champion • Two-time World bronze medalist
• 2006 Olympics Winter Games, fourth place
• Two-time U.S. champion • Two-time Four Continents champion
SKATING NOTES
Is the winningest U.S. man in Four Continents Championships history with
four medals ... Began skating at age 8 after his grandmother bought
him skates ... “My grandmother aspired to be in the Ice Capades. She
bought us skates for Christmas, and my mother signed my older sister
and me up for group lessons. After that, I learned fast.” ... He started
in group lessons wanting to play hockey but began succeeding in figure
skating ... Has claimed U.S. titles on the juvenile, novice, junior and senior
levels ... Overcame a left hip stress fracture in the latter half of 2004 ...
Formerly coached by Viktor Kudriaftsev.
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2004 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2003 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2002 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th
2001 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th
2000 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1999 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . 1st
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS & OLYMPICS
2009 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2006 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 Olympic Winter Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2005 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2004 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2001 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
PERSONAL NOTES
Has two sisters, the younger of which plays on the Charleston Southern
University volleyball team ... Serves on the board for the Figure Skating
in Harlem organization ... Participated in Target - A Time For Heroes,
a celebrity charity event for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS
Foundation ... Also supports the Dana Farber Cancer Research Institute
(Jimmy Fund) ... Most prized possessions are his truck, his favorite Rogan
hoodie and an orthodox cross ... Hobbies include cars, golf and listening
to music ... Says most people might not know he has always wanted to
be a lead singer in a rock band ... Would be on “Dancing with the Stars”
because “seeing how much fun the stars have learning something new
has inspired me” ... Biggest life-defining moment was winning the 2009
World Championships ... Would like to go to college after his skating
career ... Music on his iPod includes Kings of Leon, LCD Soundsystem and
Britney Spears ... Biggest accomplishment outside skating is learning to
use an oven, “I am the worst cook, and my family will not allow me in
the kitchen.” ... Favorite TV shows are “Californication”, “Nip/Tuck” and
“Weeds” ... Favorite celebrities are Chelsea Handler, Sienna Miller,
Carmen Electra and Robert Downey, Jr. ... Favorite foods are sushi and
steak ... Sponsors include Total Gym, Coca-Cola, AT&T, Ralph Lauren
and Toyota Sports Center ... Costumes are designed by Vera Wang.
AWARDS
• 2005 and 2006 U.S. Olympic Committee Male Figure Skater of the
Year
• November 2006 USOC Sportsman of the Month
• March 2009 USOC Male Athlete of the Month
•2009 SKATING magazine Readers’ Choice Award for Skater of the
Year/Michelle Kwan Trophy
2009 Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 World Team Trophy (Team USA Men). . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Japan Open (North American Team) . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Campbell’s Cup (Team USA Men). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 Smart Ones Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 Campbell’s Classic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2005 Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating Challenge . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Cup Of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2004 Marshalls World Skating Challenge. . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2004 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2003 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Junior Grand Prix (Croatia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Junior Grand Prix (Japan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2003 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Upper Great Lakes Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2002 Junior Grand Prix (Canada). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 Junior Grand Prix (France). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 Triglav Trophy-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2001 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2000 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2000 Junior Grand Prix (Norway). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2000 Junior Grand Prix (Germany). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2000 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1999 Junior Grand Prix (Sweden). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1999 Junior Grand Prix (Canada). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
1999 NACS (Toronto)-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1999 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1999 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1998 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
1998 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1997 NACS (Edmonton)-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
1997 Junior Olympics-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
1997 Midwestern Sectional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1997 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . 1st
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
84.06
2008 Four Continents Champs.
5
83.59
2009 U.S. Championships
2
Free Skate
159.53
2009 World Championships
8
169.89
2007 U.S. Championships
1
Final Score
242.23
2009 World Championships
6
248.88
2007 U.S. Championships
1
Senior Men
Armin
Mahbanoozadeh
| Aug. 15, 1991 - Alexandria, Va.
HEIGHT | 5’6”
HOME CLUB | Washington Figure Skating Club
HOMETOWN | Fairfax, Va.
TRAINING TOWN | Reston, Va.
SCHOOL | Dartmouth College (Deferred)
COACH | Traci Coleman
CHOREOGRAPHER | Nathan Birch
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Virtuoso” by Edvin Martin
FREE SKATE MUSIC |”Piano Concerto No. 3” by Sergei
Rachmaninoff performed by the Royal Concertgebouw
Orchestra
SKATING NOTES
Mahbanoozadeh started skating at age 6 when he tried it for fun
one day ... Says “even though it was awful”, he really enjoyed it and
continued to take lessons ... Skates at the Michael Weiss Foundation
annual show ... Enjoys skating with world-class skaters and supporting
up and coming skaters.
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2008 U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
PERSONAL NOTES
Hobbies include reading, playing piano, collecting sweaters at national
and international competitions and hanging out with friends ... Most
prized possession is his 2007 U.S. Championships sweater ... Has a passion for working with computers ... Not many people know he has been
with his coach (Traci Coleman) for more than 10 years ... Biggest lifedefining moment was winning the 2007 U.S. Championships as a novice
... If he could be on a reality show, it would be “The Amazing Race”
... Would like to go to graduate school after skating competitively ...
Listens to Keane, Panic! at the Disco and My Chemical Romance.
2009 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2009 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Spain). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Junior Grand Prix (France). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Croatia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Lake Placid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 South Atlantic Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 South Atlantic Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th
2004 South Atlantic Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2003 South Atlantic Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2002 South Atlantic Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
Short Prog.
67.05
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final
53
59.29
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr.
40
Free Skate
126.43
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final
55
114.47
2008 U.S. Championships-Jr.
37
Final Score
193.48
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final
49
167.76
2008 U.S. Championships-Jr.
42
U.S. RANK
Senior Men
Keegan Messing
| Jan. 23, 1992
HEIGHT | 5’2”
HOME CLUB | Alaska Assoc. of Figure Skaters
HOMETOWN | Girdwood, Alaska
TRAINING TOWN | Anchorage, Alaska
SCHOOL | Interior Distance of Alaska
COACH | Ralph Burghart
CHOREOGRAPHER | Rory Flack Rollins
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | Selections from the soundtrack of
The Soloist by Dario Marianelli
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Selections from the soundtrack of The
Incredible Hulk by Danny Elfman
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2007 U.S. Championships, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 Junior Grand Prix (Poland). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Great Britain). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Great Britain). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th
2007 Gardena Spring Trophy, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2005 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2004 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2003 Northwest Pacific Regional, Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
SKATING NOTES
Started skating at age 3 after watching it in the 1994 Olympics ...
Formerly skated with Ellie Gottstein ... Previously coached by Anne
Durham (1995-99) ... Volunteers with the learn-to-skate program
at his club.
PERSONAL NOTES
Has two brothers, Tanner and Paxon ... Paxon is a competitive snowboarder and competed at the 2007 USASA National
Championships ... Enrolled in Interior Distance of Alaska ... Works
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
59.80
2009 U.S. Championships
45
Free Skate
120.82
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional
31
Final
176.94
2009 U.S. Championships
37
part time at Subway and part time at Cost Pizza ... Hobbies include
stilt-walking and yo-yoing .. Suffered a major concussion while
skiing, which kept him off the ice for three weeks ... Supports the
Girdwood Forest Fair, a craft fair that raises money for nonprofit
organizations and families in his community, Little Bears Playhouse
and Challenge Alaska (an alternative ski program) ... Favorite
foreign place to which he’s traveled for skating is Italy because of
the mountains ... Has a passion for skiing ... Would like to meet Elvis
Stojko because “he’s the one that got me into this sport, and I’ve
always respected his skating.”
Senior Men
Ross Miner
| Jan. 24, 1991 - Williston, Vt.
HEIGHT | 5’9”
HOME CLUB | SC of Boston
HOMETOWN | Watertown, Mass.
TRAINING TOWN | Boston, Mass.
SCHOOL | Laurel Springs School
COACHES | Peter Johansson, Mark Mitchell, Bobby Martin
CHOREOGRAPHER | Jamie Isley
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Carmen Fantasy for Trumpet and
Orchestra” by Bizet performed by Erich Kunzel and the
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Adios Noninos” and “Libertango” by
Astor Piazzolla performed by the London Philharmonic
Orchestra
BORN
SKATING NOTES
Started skating at age 3 because he wanted to jump and spin ...
Participated in the Basic Skills Program ... Formerly coached by Edmund
Nesti.
PERSONAL NOTES
Earned the John Hopkins Vermont Science Scholar Award in 2003 and
was awarded the Mary Louise Wright Memorial Scholarship in 2006 ...
Supports the Jimmy Fund and the American Cancer Society ... Hobbies
include golfing, biking, tennis, taking pictures, music and reading ...
Would like to be involved in a health care profession after his skating career ... Favorite country he’s traveled to is Italy because of the
beautiful setting and food ... Has a passion for photography and Ben
& Jerry’s ... Would be on “Survivor” because he likes the outdoors ...
Would like to meet Michael Cera.
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2009 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 Junior Grand Prix (Croatia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 Junior Grand Prix (Lake Placid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Eastern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Gardena Spring Trophy-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2007 New England Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 NACS (Pittsburgh)-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 New England Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2005 New England Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2004 New England Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 New England Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2002 New England Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2001 New England Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2000 North Atlantic Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
103
66.22
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr.
24
127
118.16
2009 Eastern Sectional-Jr.
32
112
183.80
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr.
25
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
Short Prog.
59.15
2009 World Junior Championships
Free Skate
105.65
2009 World Junior Championships
Final Score
164.80
2009 World Junior Championships
Senior Men
Brandon Mroz
| Dec. 22, 1990 - St. Louis, Mo.
HEIGHT | 5’10’’
HOME CLUB | Broadmoor Skating Club
HOMETOWN | St. Louis, Mo.
TRAINING TOWN | Colorado Springs, Colo.
COACH | Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Catarina Lindgren, Lori Nichol
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | Athur Freed and Nacio Herb
Brown’s “Temptation” performed by Tito Puente and his
orchestra
FREE SKATE MUSIC |Beethoven’s “Symphony No. 5 in C minor”
performed by the Wiener Philharmoniker and Beethoven’s
“Romance No. 2 in F major” performed by the Orpheus
Chamber Orchestra
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2008 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 Cancer.Net Skate America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2009 Rostelecom Cup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2009 World Team Trophy (Team USA Men). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2008 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2007 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Germany). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Austria). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Junior Grand Prix (Chinese Taipei). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Junior Grand Prix (Mexico). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Triglav Trophy-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Southwestern Regional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2005 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 NACS (Ontario)-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2003 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2003 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18th
2002 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
SKATING NOTES
Goals for the 2009-10 season are to medal at both Grand Prix
assignments, qualify for the Grand Prix Final, place in the top two at
U.S. Championships and make the Olympic Team ... Started skating
at age 3 when his mom put him in a class, and he wouldn’t leave the
ice ... Participated in the Basic Skills Program (2000-02) ... Previously
coached by Doug and Michelle Leigh (2002-04) and Debbie Howe
(2001-04).
PERSONAL NOTES
Graduated in May 2009 from Cheyenne Mountain High School ...
Most prized possession is his iPod ... Hobbies include watching movies,
snowboarding and hanging out with friends ... Received the President’s
Physical Fitness Award for 2002 and 2003 and finished second in cross
country in 2002 ... Won the DARE Essay Contest in 2002 ... Finished
first in the Pinewood Derby Car Race in 2002 ... Favorite movies are
Transformers and Ironman ... Volunteers at his skating club ... After
skating he would like to become a dentist ... Grandmother passed away
from cancer four years ago ... To honor her memory, Brandon makes
gift baskets for kids with cancer at local hospitals ... Most people do
not know he was in Boy Scouts and goes to church ... Is one of four
brothers ... His mother and younger brother suffered near-fatal injuries
in a car accident, which Mroz says “taught me to be strong, trust God
and stay focused” ... Looks up to Pat Rummerfield, “the world’s first
fully recovered quadriplegic,” who competes in Ironman triathlons
and marathons and helps children recover from spinal cord injuries ...
Rummerfield visited with Mroz’s brother, who suffers from a spinal cord
injury due to the car accident ... Loves Harry Potter books ... Favorite
food is pizza ... Mother used to be a synchronized skater ... Father
designs and sells handmade jewelry in his own store ... Used to play
hockey, and his dad was his coach ... Would like to meet Michael
Jordan because “he is a born leader and such a tremendous athlete”
... Would like to be on “American Gladiators” ... Biggest life-defining
moment was moving away from home to train at a young age ... Has a
Shih Tzu named Wags.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
17
74.88
2009 U.S. Championships
7
42
154.82
2009 U.S. Championships
4
28
229.70
2009 U.S. Championships
4
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
Short Prog.
76.10
2009 World Championships
Free Skate
131.09
2009 World Championships
Final Score
207.19
2009 World Championships
Senior Men
Parker Pennington
| Sept. 13, 1984 - Hartford, Conn.
HEIGHT | 5’8’’
HOME CLUB | Winterhurst Figure Skating Club
HOMETOWN | Windsor, Conn.
TRAINING TOWN | Lakewood, Ohio
COACHES | Carol Heiss-Jenkins, Roberta
Santora-Mitchell
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Nikoli Morozov, David Wilson
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Flamenco a Go-Go” by Steve
Stevens
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “William Tell Overture” by the London
Symphony Orchestra
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th
2003 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2002 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th
2001 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2000 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1999 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
1998 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
1999 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th
2010 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Finlandia Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Finlandia Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2003 Junior Grand Prix (Slovakia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2003 Junior Grand Prix (Poland). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 North Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Junior Grand Prix (Italy). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
Short Prog.
76.17
2009 U.S. Championships
6
Free Skate
132.17
2006 U.S. Championships
16
Final Score
197.03
2006 U.S. Championships
17
U.S. RANK
2002 Junior Grand Prix (Scottsdale) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 Gardena Spring Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2002 Eastern Great Lakes Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2001 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2001 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2001 Junior Grand Prix (Ukraine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2001 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2000 Triglav Trophy-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2000 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1999 Junior Grand Prix (Japan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
1999 Junior Grand Prix (Netherlands). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
1998 China Junior International. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
1998 Junior Grand Prix (China). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
1998 Junior Grand Prix (Bulgaria). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
1999 World Junior Team Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
1998 Sofia Cup-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
1998 Triglav Trophy-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1998 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1998 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1997 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
1997 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1996 Junior Olympics-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1996 Midwestern Sectional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
1996 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1995 Junior Olympics-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1995 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
SKATING NOTES
Is the only man to claim U.S. titles in each of the juvenile, intermediate,
novice and junior levels ... Began skating at age 3 and participated
in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program in 1989 ... Goals for
the 2009-10 season are to grow as a performer, skate with passion
throughout the season and master his quad.
PERSONAL NOTES
Attends Baldwin Wallace College ... Supports finding a cure for
muscular dystrophy because his father was diagnosed with the disease
several years ago ... Also supports breast cancer research because he is
close with several survivors ... Directed a benefit skating show to support
muscular dystrophy called Skate for Life ... Hobbies include tennis, ping
pong, movies, shopping, hanging out with friends and cooking ... Would
be on “So You Think You Can Dance” ... Younger brother, Colin, also
figure skates and won the 2003 U.S. novice title ... Listens to Breaking
Benjamin, Three Days Grace, Coldplay, Keane and My Chemical
Romance ... Favorite food is lobster rolls.
Senior Men
Dennis Phan
| Sept. 8, 1985 - Dallas, Texas
HEIGHT | 5’5”
HOME CLUB | All Year Figure Skating Club
HOMETOWN | Indio, Calif.
TRAINING TOWN | Riverside, Calif.
COACH | Tammy Gambill
CHOREOGRAPHER | Cindy Stuart
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Ecologue”
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Diego”
BORN
2000 Pacific Coast Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2000 Southwest Pacific Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1999 Junior Olympics-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
1999 Pacific Coast Sectional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1999 Southwestern Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1998 Southwestern Regional-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th
2004 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14th
2003 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2001 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2000 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
SKATING NOTES
Began skating at age 8 after his mom took him skating to escape
the desert heat ... Sprained his ankle in December 2004 and tore a
ligament, causing him to miss the 2005 U.S. Championships and World
Junior Championships ... Most prized possession is his national plate for
his 2003 U.S. junior title ... Goals for this season are to land his quad
and skate two clean programs at the U.S. Championships.
PERSONAL NOTES
Graduated from Palm Desert High School in 2003 ... Hobbies include
the Internet, cars, movies, beaches and tennis ... After his skating
career, Phan would like to go to college and become an optometrist.
... Favorite TV shows are “The O.C.,” “Smallville” and “American Idol”
... Favorite book is The Child Called It ... Favorite drinks are Coca-Cola
and smoothies.
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2008 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 Karl Schafer Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2006 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Southwest Pacific Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 Smart Ones Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2004 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Junior Grand Prix (Ukraine) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Junior Grand Prix (Long Beach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2004 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Junior Grand Prix (Slovenia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 Junior Grand Prix (Bulgaria). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2003 Gardena Spring Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Junior Grand Prix (Slovakia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2002 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 Southwest Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2001 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2001 Southwest Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
60.67
2004 JGP (Long Beach)
92
70.92
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional
12
Free Skate
118.55
2005 JGP Final
79
134.48
2008 U.S. Championships
13
Final Score
176.74
2005 JGP Final
87
193.75
2007 U.S. Championships
22
Senior Men
Daniel Raad
| July 18, 1987
HEIGHT | 5’7”
HOME CLUB | Park FSC
HOMETOWN | Union, N.J.
TRAINING TOWN | Ellenton, Fla.
COACHES | Jim Peterson, Alison Smith
CHOREOGRAPHER | Jim Peterson
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | Selections from West Side Story by
Leonard Bernstein
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “1812 Overture” by Tchaikovsky
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2008 U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14th
2007 U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2010 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2010 North Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2009 North Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Eastern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 North Atlantic Regional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Eastern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 North Atlantic Regional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Eastern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
SKATING NOTES
Raad started skating when he was 10 after watching Brian Orser in a
skating show.
PERSONAL NOTES
Has a younger sister, Amanda ... Works part time as a skating coach,
Zamboni driver and waiter ... Hobbies include golf and tennis ... If
he could be on any reality show, it would be “Hell’s Kitchen” because
“I would love to hear Gordon Ramsey yell at me.” ... Wants to coach
after his competitive career is over ... If he could meet any one living
celebrity, it would be Jeremy Clarkson, the host of “Top Gear,” so he
could hear about all the crazy things he’s done on his show ... Listens to
all kinds of music, from techno to rap to Johnny Cash to Frank Sinatra
... If he couldn’t be a figure skater, he’d want to be a lawyer.
Senior Men
Douglas Razzano
| Oct. 22, 1988 - Mineola, N.Y.
HEIGHT | 5’7”
HOME CLUB | Coyotes Skating Club of Arizona
HOMETOWN | Chandler, Ariz.
TRAINING TOWN | Scottsdale, Ariz.
COACHES | Doug Ladret, Lara Ladret
CHOREOGRAPHER | Shin Amano
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Clair de Lune” by Claude DeBussy
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Selections from The Red Violin soundtrack
by John Corigliano
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2004 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Great Britain). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Estonia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2006 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 Southwest Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 Junior Grand Prix (Slovakia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2005 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Southwest Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Triglav Trophy-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Pacific Coast Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2004 Southwest Pacific Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 NACS (Ohio)-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2003 Southwest Pacific Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Southwest Pacific Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2001 Southwest Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2000 Southwest Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
after watching the 1998 Olympic Winter Games ... Was formerly
coached by Lynne Petta (1998-2000).
PERSONAL NOTES
Graduated from Marcos de Niza High School in May 2007 ... Won the
school spelling bee at Fees Middle School in 2003 and later placed
second in the district ... Most prized possession is his gold medal from
the 2004 Triglav Trophy ... Hobbies include traveling, skiing, being with
friends, ultimate frisbee, going to the gym and playing basketball ...
Favorite foreign country to travel to is Slovenia ... Says he is a loyal
friend and values all his friendships ... Has a passion for music, traveling
and cleaning ... If he could be on any reality TV show, it would be
“American Idol” because he would be one of the bad auditions ... Used
to be a gymnast before he started skating ... After his skating career he
would like to be a coach ... Has one dog, Lucy ... Likes to watch baseball
on TV ... Describes himself as determined, strong-willed and focused
... Would like to meet Lance Armstrong because he fought through
many obstacles and still came out a champion ... Favorite holiday is
his birthday because “I like receiving lots of presents from my friends
and family” ... Favorite foods are cupcakes with sprinkles, cookies, filet
mignon, and ham and cheese sandwiches.
SKATING NOTES
Goal is to skate well all season ... Razzano began skating at age 9
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
59.02
2007 JGP (Great Britain)
104
67.86
2008 Pacific Coast Sectional
18
Free Skate
116.47
2007 JGP Final
90
125.66
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional
24
Final Score
174.71
2007 JGP Final
93
183.06
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional
26
Senior Men
Adam Rippon
| Nov. 11, 1989 - Scranton, Pa.
HEIGHT | 5’7’’
HOME CLUB | Skating Club of New York
HOMETOWN | Clarks Summit, Pa.
TRAINING TOWN | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
COACHES | Brian Orser, Ghislain Briand
CHOREOGRAPHER | David Wilson
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | Selections from the Jonathan
Livingston Seagull soundtrack; by Neil Diamond
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Concerto for Violin and Orchestra” by
Samuel Barber
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2008 U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
SKATING NOTES
Began skating at age 10 because his mom skated and brought him
along to the rink ... His birthday present that year was group skating
lessons ... Did not like it at first, but eventually started to love skating
... Formerly coached by Yelena Sergeeva (2000-07) ... Goal for the
2009-10 season is to improve his personal-best scores.
PERSONAL NOTES
Is the oldest of six kids in his family ... Most prized possession is his cell
phone ... Hobbies include music, the Internet, dancing and spending time
with friends and family ... Loves to travel ... Says his personality is what
sets him apart from others ... Favorite book is The Secret by Rhonda
Byrne ... Biggest life-defining moment was becoming the 2008 World
Junior champion ... Has a passion for his friends, skating, dancing, music
and photography ... Would like to meet Michelle Kwan because “I
would like to ask her how she skated so well and how she got into ‘the
zone’” ... Says he loves to listen to music, and his favorite song changes
every week ... Favorite TV show is “Family Guy” ... Favorite sports team
is the Pittsburgh Penguins ... Favorite time of the year is Fall ... Was born
deaf, but had surgery at Yale University when he was young to repair
his hearing, and can now hear almost perfectly ... Favorite sports figure
is Michelle Kwan.
2009 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2009 Trophee Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2007 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Bulgaria). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Romania). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Eastern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 South Atlantic Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Eastern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2005 Junior Grand Prix (Croatia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2005 Triglav Trophy-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 South Atlantic Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2004 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2004 South Atlantic Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2003 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2003 South Atlantic Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
74.30
2009 World Junior Championships
20
71.33
2008 U.S. Championships-Jr.
11
Free Skate
147.70
2009 World Junior Championships
17
142.43
2008 U.S. Championships-Jr.
9
Final Score
222.00
2009 World Junior Championships
16
213.76
2008 U.S. Championships-Jr.
9
Senior Men
Shaun Rogers
| July 22, 1985 - Baltimore, Md.
HEIGHT | 5’8’’
HOME CLUB | Skating Club of Wilmington
HOMETOWN | Millersville, Md.
TRAINING TOWN | Wilmington, Del.
COACHES | Priscilla Hill, Anne Militano
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Irina Romanova, Christian Conte
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Quutamo” by Apocalyptica and
“Through the Fire and Flames” by Vitamin String Quartet
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “2112,” “Tears” and “YYZ” by Rush
performed by the Vitamin String Quartet
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15th
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2003 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th
2002 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2001 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2000 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1999 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2005 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2002 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th
2010 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Finlandia Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 South Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2006 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2005 Marshall’s Challenge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2005 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Junior Grand Prix (Serbia & Montenegro). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Junior Grand Prix (Romania). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2004 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2004 South Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 South Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Junior Grand Prix (Serbia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2002 Eastern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 South Atlantic Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2001 Junior Grand Prix (Bulgaria). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2001 Gardena Spring Trophy-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2001 Eastern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2000 Junior Grand Prix (Germany). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th
2000 Junior Grand Prix (Mexico). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2000 Triglav Trophy-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2000 Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2000 South Atlantic Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1999 Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
1999 South Atlantic-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
1998 Junior Olympics-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
1998 Eastern Sectional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
1998 South Atlantic-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1997 South Atlantic-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
SKATING NOTES
Goals for the 2009-10 season are to medal at any international
competitions, make the podium at the U.S. Championships, and make
the World and/or Olympic Team(s) ... Began skating at age 8 during
a school skating function ... Formerly coached by Kathy Hiett (1993),
Patricia Sylva (1993-96) and Pam Gregory (1996-2008) ... Skated
through a hip injury before and during the 2005 World Junior
Championships.
PERSONAL NOTES
Rogers graduated from Old Mill High School in 2003 ... Received the
Presidential Academic Excellence Award in 1998 and John Hopkins
Award for Academic Excellence in Mathematics in 1999 ... Works
full time at Texas Roadhouse ... Has skated in fundraisers for juvenile
diabetes (Skate for the Cure) and Winterskate, which benefits inner-city
children in Baltimore ... Hobbies include playing music with his band and
playing Guitar Hero and Rock Band ... Favorite foreign country to travel
to is Germany ... Has a passion for playing his guitar and music ... Not
many people know he sings in a band called “Our Satisfaction” ... After
his skating career, he would like to go to school for exercise science and
coach ... Most prized possessions are his national medals, especially his
2000 U.S. novice gold medal ... Describes himself as “kind, competitive
and smart” ... Has more than 7,000 songs on his iPod ... If he could be
on any reality show it would be “American Gladiators” ... Favorite food
is pizza with jalapenos.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
57.19
2004 JGP (Serbia & Montenegro)
120
67.34
2007 U.S. Championships
21
Free Skate
107.64
2005 World Junior Championships
116
131.85
2008 U.S. Championships
17
Final Score
160.73
2005 World Junior Championships
128
195.96
2008 U.S. Championships
19
Senior Men
Michael Solonoski
| Nov. 16, 1983
HOME CLUB | SC of New York
HOMETOWN | Allentown, Pa.
TRAINING TOWN | Wilmington, Del.
SCHOOL | Drexel University
COACHES | Pam Gregory, Jeff DiGregorio
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Michael Solonoski, Sasha Kirsanov
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Black Magic Woman” by Santana
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Selections from Romeo and Juliet by
Tchaikovsky
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
2010 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 Coupe de Nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14th
2010 North Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 U.S. Collegiate Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 Coupe de Nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2008 U.S. Collegiate Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2008 South Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2007 U.S. Collegiate Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2006 U.S. Collegiate Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2005 Eastern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
Senior Men
Tommy Steenberg
| Nov. 23, 1988 - Honolulu, Hawaii
HEIGHT | 5’8’’
HOME CLUB | SC of Northern Virginia
HOMETOWN | Annandale, Va.
TRAINING TOWN | Fairfax, Va.
SCHOOL | George Mason University
COACH | Audrey Weisiger
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Jeffrey Buttle, Vladimir Djouloukhadze,
Sparky Polastri and Chris Conte
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Nocturne” and “Gabriel’s Oboe”
by Yo-Yo Ma
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Don Quixote” by Leon Minkus
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14th
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2004 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2003 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2008 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2009 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 Karl Schafer Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2008 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 South Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Lake Placid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2006 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2006 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Junior Grand Prix (Romania). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2005 Junior Grand Prix (Poland). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2005 Junior Grand Prix (Estonia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Eastern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2004 Junior Grand Prix (France). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2004 Junior Grand Prix (Budapest). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2004 Eastern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 South Atlantic Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2003 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15th
2003 NACS (Lake Placid)-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2003 Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 South Atlantic Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 NACS (Thunder Bay)-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 South Atlantic Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2001 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2001 South Atlantic Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
SKATING NOTES
Goal for the season is to skate clean programs ... Began skating at age
6 after watching the sport on TV ... Practiced jumps in the living room
until his parents took him to a rink ... Overcame sprained ankle right
before the 2003 U.S. Championships - his first - where he placed third
and landed his first triple Lutz.
PERSONAL NOTES
Not many people know that Steenberg is half-Sicilian and eats biscotti
nearly every day; says, “It’s my small cultural tie.” ... Graduated from
W.T. Woodson High School in 2007 ... Studies business at George
Mason University ... Member of the 2006 State Farm U.S. Figure
Skating Scholastic Honors Team, National Honor Society and Spanish
Honor Society ... Won the 2006 Champions in Life Award from the
Youth Fitness and Education Association ... Placed third in the 2004
county Spanish poetry contest ... Coaches part time ... Skates in charity
shows and assists in Grassroots to Champions as a demonstrator ... Loves
Chinese food and ice cream ... Is known for his knock-knock jokes ...
Hobbies include coaching, reading and the Internet ... Favorite foreign
city he has traveled to is Liberec, Czech Republic ... Has a passion for
family, music and ice cream ... Most prized possession is his room, though
he says it’s messy ... Father is a retired U.S. Army colonel ... After skating
would like to go to college and still be involved with skating as a coach
or choreographer ... Has two siblings ... Listens to Justin Timberlake,
Nelly Furtado, Britney Spears, Kanye West, David Grey, Maroon 5
and Drake Bell on his iPod ... Has lived in five different states because
his dad’s military duties required frequent relocations ... Motto is “No
excuses,” inspired by the autobiography of Kyle Maynard, a congenital
amputee who became a top state wrestler, made his school’s football
team and never let any setbacks stop him.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
61.33
2008 World Junior Championships
88
66.05
2008 Eastern Sectional
26
Free Skate
117.73
2006 JGP (Czech Republic)
83
131.10
2008 U.S. Championships
20
Final Score
175.30
2006 JGP (Romania)
91
195.32
2008 U.S. Championships
20
Senior Men
Johnny Weir
BORN | July
2, 1984 - Coatesville, Pa.
HEIGHT | 5’9’’
HOME CLUB | Skating Club of New York
HOMETOWN | Quarryville, Pa.
TRAINING TOWNS | Wayne and Montclair, N.J., and
Moscow, Russia
COACHES | Galina Zmievskaya, Viktor Petrenko, Nina
Petrenko
CHOREOGRAPHER | David Wilson
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “I Love You, I Hate You” by
Raul DiBlasio
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Fallen Angels” by various artists
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Three-time U.S. champion
• 2008 World bronze medalist
• 2006 Olympic Winter Games, fifth place
• 2001 World Junior champion
SKATING NOTES
Goals for the season are to win and improve personal-best scores
... Weir began skating at age 12 after watching Oksana Baiul on
television ... Tried out the jumps himself on roller skates in his family’s
basement ... First venture onto the ice occurred one harsh winter when
the cornfield behind his house froze over and he skated between the
frozen corn stalks ... Participated in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills
Program in 1996 ... Skated with coach Priscilla Hill for 10 years ...
Changed coaches in 2007 to Galina Zmievskaya, who also coached
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2001 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2000 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . 5th
1999 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . 4th
1998 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . 3rd
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS & OLYMPICS
2008 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2006 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2006 Olympic Winter Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2005 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2004 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2001 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1992 Olympic champion Victor Petrenko ... In his first year of skating,
he made the Junior Olympics in both freestyle and pairs (with Jodi
Rudden) on the juvenile level ... Was the only American to win a medal
(bronze) at the 2008 World Championships.
PERSONAL NOTES
Hobbies are fashion, travel, writing, music and history ... Closest friends in skating are
Alexandra Zaretski and Roman Zaretski, Melissa Gregory, Denis Petukhov, Irina Slutskaya,
Marina Anissina, Alexander Uspenski and Tatiana Totmianina ... Favorite foreign city is
Moscow ... Has a passion for fashion ... Biggest life-defining moments were walking in the
Opening Ceremonies of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games and winning his first U.S. title
in 2004 ... Wants to be a fashion designer ... Filmed his own reality show titled “Johnny
Weir: Black Swan Rising” that aired on the Sundance Channel ... Is the star of Pop Star
On Ice, a behind-the-scenes independent film featuring Weir’s training, relationship with
former coach Priscilla Hill, personal appearances around the world, fashion shows and
competitions ... Weir was a high school honor roll student ... Younger brother is a soccer
player ... For his 21st birthday, Weir received a miniature long-haired Chihuahua puppy ...
The puppy, named Vanya (Russian version of Johnny), was born the day Weir performed
his free skate at the World Championships ... Supports Figure Skating in Harlem, Quarryville
Elementary School, Will Sears Memorial, Elton John AIDS Foundation, Elie Weisel Foundation
for Humanity, UNICEF, Cool Kids and Heatherette Human Rights Campaign ... Would like
to meet his idol, Christina Aguilera ... Listens to Christina Aguilera, Sergey Lazarev, Yulia
Savicheva, Maksim, Dima Bilan, Amy Winehouse, Justin Timberlake, Edvin Marton, Beyonce,
Madonna, Etta James and Goldfrapp ... Has good knowledge of French and Russian and
has worked as a model on the runway and in fashion spreads.
AWARDS
• 2004 U.S. Olympic Committee Male Figure Skater of the Year
•2008 SKATING magazine Readers’ Choice Award for Skater of the
Year/Michelle Kwan Trophy
2009 Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 Rostelecom Cup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 Campbell’s Cup (Team USA Men). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2005 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2005 Campbell’s Classic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2005 Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating Challenge . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Cup Of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Marshalls Int’l Figure Skating Challenge. . . . . . . . 3rd
2004 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Finlandia Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 Hershey’s Kisses Challenge (team) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Four Continents Champs.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2001 Trophée Lalique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2001 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2001 Goodwill Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2001 Eastern Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2000 Junior Grand Prix (China). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2000 Junior Grand Prix (France). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2000 Eastern Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1999 Junior Grand Prix (Norway). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1999 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
1999 Gardena Winter Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
1999 Eastern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1998 Grand Prize SNP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1998 Junior Grand Prix (Slovak Republic). . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1998 Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1998 South Atlantic Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1997 Junior Olympics-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
1997 South Atlantic Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
11
83.40
2008 U.S. Championships
3
13
161.37
2008 U.S. Championships
2
11
244.77
2008 U.S. Championships
2
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
Short Prog.
80.79
2008 World Championships
Free Skate
151.98
2007 Cup of China
Final Score
231.78
2007 Cup of China
Senior Men
Jason Wong
| June 22, 1986
HEIGHT | 5’9”
HOME CLUB | SC of Boston
HOMETOWN | Lexington, Mass.
TRAINING TOWN | Boston, Mass.
COACH | Suna Murray
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Scott Brown, Jason Wong
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Sweet Remembrance of You” by
William Joseph
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Music from the soundtrack of The Mission
by Ennio Morricone
BORN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17th
2005 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15th
2004 U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2010 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 Coupe de Nice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2009 U.S. Collegiate Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 World University Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th
2009 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 U.S. Collegiate Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2006 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2006 New England Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2004 Junior Grand Prix (France). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2004 Eastern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
SKATING NOTES
Began skating at age 7 after watching Kristi Yamaguchi win the 1992 Olympic Winter
Games.
PERSONAL NOTES
Hobbies include rollerblading, cycling, shopping and going out with friends ... Studied
graphic design and technology at Emmanuel College in Boston ... Graduated in 2009 ...
Favorite food is chicken fingers and fries ... Favorite book is Things Fall Apart by Chinua
Achebe ... Favorite movies are Moulin Rouge, Spiderman, The Sweetest Thing and The
Notebook.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
63.96
2010 Eastern Sectional
32
Free Skate
115.82
2009 Eastern Sectional
38
Final
174.59
2010 Eastern Sectional
41
Senior Pairs
Molly Aaron /
Daniyel Cohen
MOLLY
Won the U.S. novice silver medal in 2007 and the U.S. intermediate
silver medal in 2005, both with Yankowskas ... Finished 10th in juniors
with Trujillo at the 2008 U.S. Championships ... Was coached by Alex
Vlassov and Laura Amelina for five years
BORN | May 25, 1990 - Philadelphia, Pa.
HEIGHT | 4’11”
HOME CLUB | Coyotes SC of Arizona
HOMETOWN | Scottsdale, Ariz.
PERSONAL NOTES
Aaron’s hobbies include playing the piano and science ... Long-term
goals include going to college and graduating medical school.
DANIYEL
BORN | Aug. 4, 1988 - Boston, Mass.
HEIGHT | 5’11”
HOME CLUB | Skating Club of Boston
HOMETOWN | Newton, Mass.
SCHOOL | Scottsdale Community College
| Colorado Springs, Colo.
| Dalilah Sappenfield, Laureano Ibarra
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Rene Roca, Kristine Hough
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “El Cumbanchero” by Perez Prado
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Selections from Lawrence of Arabia soundtrack
by Maurice Jarre
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
Cohen works part time at Coyotes Ice Sports selling hockey equipment
and doing repairs on hockey and figure skating equipment ... Enjoys
golfing, playing hockey and watching sports ... Favorite country to which
he’s traveled for skating is Switzerland - “It was the most beautiful
country I’d ever seen.” ... Has a passion for all Boston professional
sports teams ... Has a black belt in taekwondo ... Would like to be a
contestant on “Wipeout” - “I want to see how hard it really is to make
it through those obstacle courses.” ... Had surgery on his left knee in
February 2008 ... If he could meet one living celebrity, it would be New
England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady - “In the face of adversity,
he has always risen to the top like a champion does.” ... Would be a
hockey player if he weren’t a figure skater.
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Great Britain). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Mexico). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
SKATING NOTES
Aaron previously competed with Taylor Toth and Danny Curzon ... Won
the U.S. novice pewter medal with Toth in 2005 ... Earned the U.S.
intermediate bronze medal in 2003 and the U.S. juvenile bronze medal
in 2002, both with Curzon ... Also skates singles, having finished 11th in
novice at the 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships ... Started skating
at 9 because her brother, Max, played hockey ... Max is also a figure
skater; he is the 2005 U.S. juvenile boys champion and finished 13th in
the junior division at the 2008 U.S. Championships.
Cohen started skating when he was 8 - “My cousin took me skating,
and I loved it.” ... Participated in the Basic Skills Program for one year
... Parents are co-owners of Ardan MedSpa & Salon ... Competed with
Caitlin Yankowskas (three seasons) and Arielle Trujillo (one season) ...
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
43.27
2008 JGP (Great Britain)
114
42.69
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional-Jr.
51
Free Skate
79.58
2008 JGP (Great Britain)
100
78.01
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional-Jr.
55
Final Score
122.85
2008 JGP (Great Britain)
105
120.70
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional-Jr.
49
Senior Pairs
Andea Best /
Trevor Young
ANDEA
BORN | June 8, 1988
HEIGHT | 5’1”
HOME CLUB | Detroit SC
HOMETOWN | Howell, Mich.
SCHOOL | University of Michigan
TREVOR
BORN | Oct. 20, 1987
HEIGHT | 5’11”
HOME CLUB | Detroit SC
HOMETOWN | West Bloomfield, Mich.
SCHOOL | University of Michigan
| Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
| Johnny Johns
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Marina Zoueva, Johnny Johns
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | Selections from the soundtrack of The
Godfather by Nino Rota
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Selections from The Nutcracker by Tchaikovsky
TRAINING TOWN
COACH
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th
2008 U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2006 U.S. Championships, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2010 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 World University Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2009 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Midwestern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 Finlandia Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Midwestern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 North American Challenge Skate (Pittsburgh), Junior. . . . . . . 3rd
2006 Midwestern Sectional, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Eastern Great Lakes Regional, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
SKATING NOTES
Best began skating at age 6 because her brothers played hockey and
she wanted to skate with them ... Previously coached by Mitch Moyer
(2002-06) ... Former partner was her brother, Dan, from 2000-04.
Young began skating at age 8 because he wanted to improve his
skating skills for hockey ... Participated in U.S. Figure Skating’s Basic
Skills Program from 1996-98 ... Former skating partners were Chelsea
Young (1999-2000), Caitlin Wilson (2002-04) and Amanda Hrbacek
(2004-05)
PERSONAL NOTES
Best has a younger brother, Stephen, who plays hockey and football ...
Studying engineering at the University of Michigan ... Hobbies include
dance, swimming, tubing and hanging out with friends ... Favorite foreign
country to travel to is Finland because everyone is so nice ... Most prized
possessions are her dogs ... Biggest life-defining moments were when
her brother quit skating and she needed a new partner, and going off
to college ... After skating, she wants a career in engineering and to
start a family ... Honor Roll student throughout high school and member
of National Honor Society in 2005 and 2006 ... Has volunteered with
the Special Olympics ... Is a part-time skating coach and hostess at
Olive Garden ... Has a passion for dancing ... What sets her apart from
others is that “I am the nurturing, motherly type” ... Would like to meet
Chauncey Billups.
Young attends the University of Michigan majoring in industrial
operations and computer engineering ... Member of National Honor
Society, Phi Beta Kappa and was summa cum laude in 2005 ... Teaches
skating part time and delivers pizza ... Most prized possession is his
U.S. novice silver medal ... Is the oldest of six children ... Sister Chelsea
plays hockey for Bowdoin College ... Enjoys golf, hockey, water skiing,
wakeboarding and playing slow-pitch softball ... Has a passion for
school, learning and mathematics ... Something that most people do
not know about him is that he can solve a Rubik’s Cube in a minute ...
What sets him apart from others is his “drive to succeed in everything I
attempt” ... Would like to get his MBA after his skating career.
Senior Pairs
Marissa Castelli /
Simon Shnapir
MARISSA
SKATING NOTES
Castelli and Shnapir are the 2009 U.S. junior silver medalists and 2009
World Junior bronze medalists ... Qualified for the 2008 Junior Grand
Prix Final.
BORN | Aug. 20, 1990 - Providence, R.I.
HEIGHT | 4’11”
HOME CLUB | Skating Club of Boston
HOMETOWN | Cranston, R.I.
SCHOOL | Community College of Rhode Island
Castelli started skating at age 3 because her mother was (and is) a
figure skating teacher ... Participated in the Basic Skills Program from
1996-99.
SIMON
BORN | Aug. 20, 1987 - Moscow, Russia
HEIGHT | 6’4”
HOME CLUB | Colonial FSC
HOMETOWN | Sudbury, Mass.
SCHOOL | Emerson College
| Boston, Mass.
| Bobby Martin, Carrie Wall, Sheryl Franks
CHOREOGRAPHER | Sheryl Franks
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Prelude” and “Quadukka-lMayyas” by Jesse Cook
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Freedom” by Michael Smith and
selections from Elizabeth: The Golden Age soundtrack by
Craig Armstrong
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2010 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Great Britain). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Estonia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2007 Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
PERSONAL NOTES
Castelli’s older brother, Anthony, plays football at Bryant University in
Smithfield, R.I. ... Father is a carpenter ... Previously skated with Brad
Vigorito (2004) ... Attends Community College of Rhode Island in
Lincoln, R.I. ... Teaches figure skating part time ... Supports the World
Wildlife Foundation and breast cancer awareness ... Hobbies include
shopping, watching movies and reading ... Favorite country to which
she’s traveled for skating is England because “I’ve always seen it in
movies, and I wanted to go see where the queen lived.” ... Has a passion for lacrosse ... Drives two hours back and forth every day, from
Rhode Island to Boston, to train ... Biggest life-defining moment was
qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final ... Would like to graduate college and continue teaching skating after her skating career
... Celebrity she would most like to meet is Barack Obama ... If she
couldn’t figure skate, she’d be a gymnast.
Shnapir started to skate at age 6 after watching Scott Hamilton on
TV ... Previously skated with Tanya Aziz and Courtney Gill ... Attends
Emerson College in Boston, where he is studying marketing communications ... Graduated from Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School in 2005
... Mother is a chemist and father is an optical engineer ... Hobbies
include reading, travel, watching movies and playing basketball ...
Favorite place to which he’s traveled for skating is Sofia, Bulgaria,
because that’s where he and Castelli won the bronze at the World
Junior Championships ... Has a passion for basketball ... Was born in
Russia and speaks Russian ... Would like to work in the marketing field
after he is through skating ... If he could meet any one celebrity, it would
be Michael Jordan ... Listens to classic rock.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
49.10
2009 World Junior Championships
64
47.57
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr.
33
Free Skate
88.37
2009 World Junior Championships
67
82.30
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr.
36
Final Score
137.47
2009 World Junior Championships
59
129.87
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr.
32
Senior Pairs
Brooke Castile /
Ben Okolski
BROOKE
2005 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2004 Junior Grand Prix (China). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2004 Junior Grand Prix (France). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2004 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Junior Grand Prix (Bulgaria). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2003 Junior Grand Prix (Japan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2003 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 Junior Grand Prix (Scottsdale) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
BORN | May 31, 1986 – Detroit, Mich.
HEIGHT | 5’1”
HOME CLUB | Arctic FSC
HOMETOWN | Grosse Pt. Woods, Mich.
BEN
BORN | Nov. 12, 1984 – Tucson, Ariz.
HEIGHT | 5’11”
HOME CLUB | Arctic FSC
HOMETOWN | Ann Arbor, Mich.
| Canton, Mich.
| Johnny Johns, Marina Zoueva
CHOREOGRAPHER | Marina Zoueva
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Samba Pa Ti” by Carlos Santana
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Clair de Lune” by Claude Debussy
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2004 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2008 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2007 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th
2004 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2009 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2009 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2007 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Cup Of Russia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2005 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2005 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
SKATING NOTES
Castile began skating at age 7 because her grandmother signed her up
for lessons as a birthday present ... Okolski started to skate at age 8
... Participated in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program ... Skated
with his sister, Colleen, from 1998-2002.
PERSONAL NOTES
Castile has a passion for art, fashion, photography and family ...
Hobbies include hanging out with her family, friends, boyfriend Kevin
and puppy Kona, doing anything outdoors and anything having to do
with art, and playing on a co-ed softball team with a group of ice
dancers from her rink ... Says she is “not at all girly” ... Would like to
meet the Boston Celtics’ Rasheed Wallace because he is an athlete
with heart and puts all he has into his game, and she feels she does
the same ... Would like to go to art school and study design ... Says
“I am most grateful for my relationship with Ben, to have him as my
partner and to have experienced everything we have been through
together” ... Listens to Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, The Doors, Talking
Heads and Dave Matthews Band ... Biggest life-defining moments were
deciding to skate pairs with Ben, becoming the U.S. champion and
meeting her longtime boyfriend, Kevin ... Designs her own costumes.
Okolski studied engineering at Washtenaw Community College ...
Most prized possession is his music collection ... Also enjoys playing
guitar, reading, learning to play piano and doing anything active ...
Favorite country to travel to is Japan because “it’s a beautiful country
and the people are nice and hospitable” ... Plays various instruments,
such as guitar, drums and harmonica ... Has a passion for all sports
... Would like to be on “Last Comic Standing” ... Works as a skating instructor ... Listens to all kinds of music including Led Zeppelin,
Pink Floyd, Wilco, Talking Heads, Jimi Hendrix and The Doors.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
56.44
2008 Four Continents Championships
24
59.77
2007 U.S. Championships
6
Free Skate
104.92
2007 Four Continents Championships
24
118.63
2007 U.S. Championships
3
Final Score
160.04
2007 Four Continents Championships
25
178.40
2007 U.S. Championships
3
Senior Pairs
Caydee Denney /
Jeremy Barrett
CAYDEE
PERSONAL NOTES
Denney began skating at age 9 after switching from roller skating to
ice skating ... Was the national juvenile roller singles champion and
national elementary pairs roller champion ... Was named Southern
Region Artistic Roller Skater of the Year ... Younger sister, Haven, skates
pairs with Daniel Raad, with whom she won the novice silver medal
at the 2009 U.S. Championships ... Father is a sales manager at an
auto dealership ... Both parents were national champion roller skaters;
father won the bronze medal in senior men’s singles at the 1984 World
Championships ... Attends Blueridge Academy in Wesley Chapel, Fla. ...
Favorite city to which she’s traveled for skating is Oberstdorf, Germany,
because “the mountains and the cute, little town were beautiful” ...
Biggest life-defining moment was moving back to Florida to skate pairs
with Barrett ... Wants to become a dental hygienist after her skating
career ... Would want to be a tennis player if she weren’t a figure
skater.
BORN | June 22, 1993 - Ocala, Fla.
HEIGHT | 5’
HOME CLUB | Southwest Florida FSC
HOMETOWN | Wesley Chapel, Fla.
JEREMY
BORN | April 10, 1984 - Sarasota, Fla.
HEIGHT | 5’9”
HOME CLUB | Southwest Florida FSC
HOMETOWN | Venice, Fla.
SCHOOL | Blueridge Academy
| Ellenton, Fla.
| Jim Peterson, Lyndon Johnston, Alison Smith
CHOREOGRAPHER | Jim Peterson
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Variations” from the Song and
Dance soundtrack by Andrew Lloyd Webber
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Scheherazade” by Nikolai RimskyKorsakov
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
Barrett began skating at age 8 ... Is a Basic Skills coach ... Also works
part time as a personal trainer and manages the concession stand at his
home rink ... Sister, Shawn, skates with Disney on Ice ... Favorite movie is
“anything with Sylvester Stallone in it.” ... Favorite book is The Secret ...
Favorite band is Guns ‘N Roses ... Listens to all types of music on his iPod.
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2009 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2009 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 World Team Trophy (Team USA Pairs). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2009 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
SKATING NOTES
Goals for the 2009-10 season are to skate well at Grand Prix assignments and make the Olympic Team.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
56.58
2009 World Team Trophy
23
61.51
2009 U.S. Championships
4
Free Skate
108.09
2009 Four Continents Championships
20
114.76
2009 U.S. Championships
4
Final Score
161.69
2009 Four Continents Championships
22
176.27
2009 U.S. Championships
4
Senior Pairs
Amanda Dobbs /
Joseph Jacobsen
AMANDA
BORN | Aug. 10, 1993
HEIGHT | 5’4”
HOME CLUB | Peninsula SC
HOMETOWN | Mission Viejo, Calif.
SCHOOL | Laurel Springs School
JOSEPH
BORN | Feb. 9, 1987
HEIGHT | 6’1”
HOME CLUB | All Year FSC
HOMETOWN | Lake Arrowhead, Calif.
SCHOOL | Orange Coast Community College
| Aliso Viejo, Calif.
| Jenni Meno, Todd Sand
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Sergei Ponomarenko, Cindy Stuart
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Leyenda” by Vanessa-Mae
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Yellow River Piano Concerto” performed by the
Chinese Philharmonic Orchestra
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
SKATING NOTES
Dobbs started skating around age 3 after seeing Michelle Kwan
perform at an ice show ... Also competing in senior ladies at the 2010
AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships ... Has won two medals in
singles in the Junior Grand Prix Series, including gold in Mexico in 2008
... Career defining moment was moving to Riverside and having to
change coaches and clubs.
Jacobsen began skating at the age of 6 in the U.S. Figure Skating
Basic Skills Program ... Formerly paired with Janey Mayne from 199798 and Bianca Butler from 1999-2009 ... With Butler, won the U.S.
junior silver medal in 2007 and the U.S. novice silver medal in 2005
... Previously coached by Christa Rudwalt (1995-97), Irina Rodnina
(1997-98), Alexander Zaitsev (1998-2003), Olexandre Artychenko
(2003-04) and Andrea Bushkov.
PERSONAL NOTES
If Dobbs couldn’t be a figure skater, she’d be a diver or a gymnast
... Enjoys knitting and baking ... Uncle played collegiate baseball and
professional baseball for the Texas Rangers ... Mother competed at
the junior national level as a competitive swimmer, and brother swims
competitively as well ... Would like to meet Michael Phelps because
“he pushes himself to be the best at what he does and always strives
to improve himself as an athlete and a person” ... What sets her apart
from others is that she looks for the good in everyone ... Would like to
become a skating coach and help kids learn to love skating after her
skating career ... Favorite city that she has visited for skating is Cape
Town, South Africa.
Jacobsen graduated from Zupanic High School in Rialto, Calif., in 2005
and is now studying marketing at Orange Coast Community College ...
Has two younger brothers - Philip, 18, who plays guitar, and Steve, 16,
who is a ballet dancer ... Teaches part time at Westminster Ice Arena
... Most prized possession are his skates ... Hobbies include surfing,
sailing and spear fishing ... Favorite foreign country he has traveled to
is Japan ... Raises his own chickens in South Orange County ... Biggest
life-defining moment is moving to Orange County to continue skating ...
Takes acting lessons at school ... If he could be on a reality show it would
be “Most Extreme Challenge” because he would definitely win ... Wants
to go into real estate development and then politics ... Would like to
meet Kelly Slater because “he could take me surfing and I could take
him skating. He’s an amazing competitor.” ... Music on his iPod includes
Jack Johnson, Sufjan Stevens and Beirut.
Senior Pairs
Amanda Evora /
Mark Ladwig
AMANDA
2003 Golden Spin of Zagreb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
BORN | Nov. 17, 1984 – New York, N.Y.
HEIGHT | 5’
HOME CLUB | Southwest Florida FSC
HOMETOWN | Bradenton, Fla.
SCHOOL | University of South Florida
SKATING NOTES
Goals are to medal at the U.S. Championships and qualify for the
World Championships ... Evora began skating at age 6 because her
dad found her sister’s old skates, and they fit ... Used to skate with
Mike Adler (2001-02) ... Ladwig began skating at age 5 because there
was a man-made rink in a park behind his Moorhead, Minn., home ...
Participated in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program for three
years and now coaches at his rink’s Basic Skills Program ... Previous
skating partners include Kelsey Sollom (1996-99), Keri Blakinger
(1999-2001) and Christen Dean (2002).
MARK
BORN | May 6, 1980 – Fargo, N.D.
HEIGHT | 5’10”
HOME CLUB | Red River Valley FSC
HOMETOWNS | Fargo N.D. and Moorhead, Minn.
| Ellenton, Fla.
| Jim Peterson, Alison Smith and Lyndon Johnston
CHOREOGRAPHER | Jim Peterson
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | Theme from Love Actually by Craig
Armstrong
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Piano Concerto No. 2” by Rachmaninoff
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2004 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2003 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th
2009 Cancer.Net Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2009 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2008 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2007 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2005 Smart Ones Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2005 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2005 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
PERSONAL NOTES
Evora attends the University of South Florida, where she majors
in business administration ... Works as a Basic Skills coach, gives
private lessons and occasionally tutors students in math ... Most prized
possessions are the pictures that remind her of some of the best times
in her life ... Is a proud aunt ... Hobbies are spending time with friends
and family, going to the beach, dancing, going to restaurants, playing
Guitar Hero, relaxing at home and going to the movies ... Has a passion
for music, ballet and dance ... Would like to give back to figure skating
as either a coach or a judge ... Wants to be a teacher ... Biggest lifedefining moment was when she moved away from her family to pursue
her skating career ... Received a letter in high school for symphony and
orchestra ... Would love to meet Bono from U2 because “he is such an
inspiration through his music.”
Ladwig graduated from Moorhead Senior High School in 1999 and
lettered in track, band, drama and swimming ... Is a full-time Basic Skills
coach and disc jockey ... Married Janet Beverly on Aug. 4, 2006 ...
Janet works in human resources for Target ... Supporter of March of
Dimes for premature children; his wife was born premature and “without
the organization’s support, she would not be around today” ... Is an
Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America ... Hobbies include “fixing
stuff, tinkering, building and reading” ... Has a passion for teaching and
learning ... “I find it as much fun to learn as to impart what I have come
to understand” ... If he could be on a reality show, it would be “The
Amazing Race” because he believes he and his wife could win ... Would
like to coach, attend school and be home with his wife and dogs every
evening after his skating career ... With wife, Janet, celebrated the birth
of their first child, Holden Everett Ladwig on Sept. 13, 2009.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
Short Prog.
Free Skate
Final Score
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
44
57.10
2008 U.S. Championships
10
42
106.97
2009 U.S. Championships
9
42
159.95
2009 U.S. Championships
9
EVENT
W. RANK
51.48
2008 Cup of China
94.22
2007 Skate America
143.88
2008 Cup of China
Senior Pairs
Rena Inoue /
John Baldwin
RENA
were previously coached by Jill Watson (five seasons) ... Landed the first throw triple Axel
by any team in history, at the 2006 U.S. Championships ... Also the first team to land the
throw triple Axel at the Olympic Winter Games (2006) and World Championships (2006)
... The pair is a couple on and off of the... In June 2006, the pair attended a state dinner at
the White House to honor Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, with guests including
President Bush, First Lady Laura Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney, cabinet members,
senators and representatives ... Sang karaoke with NBC Today Show’s Katie Couric at the
2006 Olympic Winter Games ... In spring 2004 donated all the fees they earned while
touring with Champions on Ice to the U.S. Figure Skating Memorial Fund ... The Memorial
Fund provides qualified U.S. Figure Skating athletes who are in need of financial aid with
monetary assistance to pursue their goals both on and off the ice ... Both Inoue and Baldwin
received aid from the program in the past ... Appeared in a skating exhibition at the 2004
HBO All Star Family Sport Jam fundraiser for Children’s Hospital Los Angeles ... Performed
a star lift while walking into the Opening Ceremonies at the Olympic Winter Games ...
Shopped at IKEA to decorate their room in the Olympic Village ... After competing, went to
Venice for Valentine’s Day 2006.
BORN | Oct. 17, 1976 – Hyougo, Japan
HEIGHT | 4’11”
HOME CLUB | All Year FSC
HOMETOWN | Santa Monica, Calif.
JOHN
BORN | Oct. 18, 1973 – Dallas, Texas
HEIGHT | 5’10”
HOME CLUB | All Year FSC
HOMETOWN | Santa Monica, Calif.
TRAINING TOWN | Los Angeles, Calif.
COACHES | Jenni Meno, Todd Sand
CHOREOGRAPHER | Oksana Grishuk
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Libertango”
Vanessa-Mae
FREE SKATE MUSIC |
In 1996, Inoue moved to the United States to train at the urging of her father, who was
undergoing treatment for lung cancer ... He passed away in February 1997 at age 45
... In November 1998, at age 19, Rena, too, was diagnosed with lung cancer: a malignant
one-centimeter tumor; she underwent outpatient treatment and chemotherapy at the UCLA
Medical Center in Los Angeles ... She told no one what she was going through because she
didn’t want special treatment ... In six months she was cancer-free ... Returned to the ice in
November 1999 and met Baldwin in December of that same year... Is a 1999 graduate of
Waseda University in Tokyo with a degree in education ... Has one cat, Madonna ... Has
quite the sweet tooth and loves ice cream ... Would love to meet Jack Black because she
enjoys his humor ... Enjoys reading, going to restaurants, jogging, beach cruising, sailing,
sewing and gardening ... Has a passion for reading and researching good restaurants ...
Likes Snoopy and Tweety ... Says she talks a lot once someone gets to know her ... Describes
herself as short, shy and a cat lover ... Became a U.S. citizen in August 2005 ... After her
skating career, would like to drive across the country.... Her favorite movie is School of Rock.
performed by
Selections from Tchaikovsky
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• Two-time U.S. champions
• 2006 World Championships, fourth place
• 2006 Olympic Winter Games, seventh place
• 2006 Four Continents champions
SKATING NOTES
Inoue is a three-time Olympian; in her first two Olympic Winter Games she competed for
Japan in singles and pairs ... She competed in pairs with Tomoaki Koyama from 1987-92 ...
She began skating at age 4 when her doctor suggested it might help her asthma ... Baldwin
is a veteran of the U.S. Championships dating back to 1986 as a novice competitor ... He
claimed the U.S. novice title in 1987... He started to skate at age 1 because his parents
were coaches ... His father missed qualifying for the 1972 Olympic Winter Games by one
spot ... Baldwin’s initial call to ask Inoue for a tryout was made from a friend’s party ... The
new team barely spoke to each other in its first few months of training ... Inoue and Baldwin
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2002 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2001 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS & OLYMPICS
2008 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2007 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2006 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
Baldwin enjoys sailing, dining out, electronics, RVing, tennis, poker and contracting ... Was
voted the captain of the 2006 U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Team ... Went to Miramar
College in San Diego from 1992-94 ... Father was a former national champion in pairs and
singles ... Has a passion for building things, the ocean and cooking ... After skating would
like to be a landscape architect ... Motto is “Live for today” ... Is an avid outdoorsman but
can’t stand the cold ... Works as a part-time auto wholesaler ... Started his own fishing and
boat rental service in San Diego in 1997 ... Before teaming with Inoue, he was a day trader,
starting work at 5 a.m. ... After his skating career, would like to sing in nightclubs with a small
band and RV across the country with Inoue ... Favorite TV show is “Seinfeld.”
2006 Olympic Winter Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2005 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2004 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2003 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2009 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2008 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2006 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Campbell’s Cup (Team USA pairs/dance) . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2005 Smart Ones Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2004 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2004 Smart Ones Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2004 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2003 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2003 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2003 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WD
2003 Southwest Pacific Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2002 Bofrost Cup on Ice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2002 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2002 Southwest Pacific Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2001 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
61.73
2007 Four Continents Championships
16
65.24
2008 U.S. Championships
2
Free Skate
122.27
2006 World Championships
8
125.57
2006 U.S. Championships
1
Final Score
183.17
2006 World Championships
9
183.17
2008 U.S. Championships
2
Senior Pairs
Laura Lepzinski /
Ethan Burgess
LAURA
PERSONAL NOTES
Lepzinski has four siblings ... Father is a project engineer manager and
mother is a physician’s manager ... Studying psychology at Oakland
University in Rochester Hills, Mich. ... Works part time at The Moose
Preserve Bar and Grill ... Hobbies include shopping, baking and sunbathing ... Favorite city to which she’s traveled for skating is San Diego
“because of the perfect weather” ... Considers herself a perfectionist
... Eats ice cream for dessert almost every day ... Biggest life-defining
moments are partnering with Burgess and competing at her first U.S.
Championships in 2008 ... Wants to finish school and become a sports
psychologist after her skating career ... Had to get stitches four different times for various accidents in her first season skating pairs (200708) ... If she could meet any living celebrity, it would be Oprah Winfrey
... If she weren’t a figure skater, she’d be a surfer.
BORN | May 11, 1988 - Chuncheon,
South Korea
HEIGHT | 5’1”
HOME CLUB | Detroit Skating Club, Inc.
HOMETOWN | Grand Rapids, Mich.
SCHOOL | Oakland University
ETHAN
BORN | January 27, 1983
HEIGHT | 6’0”
HOME CLUB | All Year FSC
HOMETOWN | Los Angeles, Calif.
SCHOOL | Oakland Community College
| Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
| Aaron Parchem, Zuzanna Szwed
CHOREOGRAPHER | Zuzanna Szwed
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Bolero” by Maurice Ravel
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Selections from the Les Miserables
soundtrack by Claude-Michel Schönberg
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14th
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
SKATING NOTES
Lepzinski started skating when she was 6 because her older brothers
played hockey, and she was always at the rink ... Participated in the
Basic Skills Program from ages 6-9.
Burgess started skating when he was 10 after watching the Olympics
on TV.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
45.42
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional
41
Free Skate
96.12
2009 U.S. Championships
18
Final Score
141.21
2009 U.S. Championships
22
Burgess has an older brother, Jacob ... Father is a psychologist and
mother is a school teacher ... Previously skated with Marissa Sharma
(1996-97), Keauna McLaughlin (2003-05) and Janice Mayne (2006)
... Was coached by Darlene Sparks and Jordan Bell from 19942006 ... Won the novice bronze with McLaughlin at the 2004 U.S.
Championships and finished fourth with her at the junior level in 2005
... Studying exercise physiology at Oakland Community College in
Auburn Hills, Mich. ... Attended Pasadena City College from 2001-07
... Teaches skating part time ... Hobbies include snowboarding, riding
his pocket bike and working on his car ... Favorite city to which he’s
traveled for skating is Waterloo, Ontario ... Has a passion for football
and beer ... Something not many people know about him is he likes
bodybuilding ... Biggest life-defining moment was receiving a standing
ovation at the 2009 U.S. Championships ... If he could be on any reality show, it would be “Rob and Big” ... Wants to finish school and work
in athletics after his skating career ... If he could meet one celebrity, it
would be Michael Jordan ... Listens to gangsta rap ... If he weren’t a
figure skater, he’d be a professional football player.
Senior Pairs
Keauna McLaughlin /
Rockne Brubaker
KEAUNA
2006 Junior Grand Prix (Chinese Taipei). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Junior Grand Prix (Hungary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
BORN | Sept. 25, 1992 - Tarzana, Calif.
HEIGHT | 5’
HOME CLUB | Los Angeles FSC
HOMETOWN | Los Angeles, Calif.
SCHOOL | American School of Correspondence
SKATING NOTES
Goals are to defend their U.S. title and skate consistently throughout
the season ... Captured the 2008 and 2009 U.S. titles ... Finished first
in every event they skated during the 2006-07 season, including the
2007 World Junior Championships ... McLaughlin started skating at age
3 because her mother skated in shows, and Keauna “thought it was cool”
... Previously skated with Ethan Burgess and was coached by Jordan
Bell ... Brubaker started to skate at age 5 because his mom couldn’t
get a refund from the learn-to-skate program after he changed his
mind about wanting to skate ... Formerly coached by Oleg Vassiliev ...
He and former partner Mariel Miller were the 2005 U.S. junior pairs
champions.
ROCKNE
BORN | June 21, 1986 - St. Louis, Mo.
HEIGHT | 5’9”
HOME CLUB | Broadmoor SC
HOMETOWN | Algonquin, Ill.
SCHOOL | University of Colorado at
Colorado Springs
| Los Angeles, Calif.
COACH | John Nicks
CHOREOGRAPHER | Sarah Kawahara
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Unchained Melody” by Alex North
and Hy Zaret, performed by the Righteous Brothers
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Selections from Slumdog Millionaire by
A. R. Rahman
TRAINING TOWN
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2007 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Cancer.Net Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 Rostelecom Cup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WD
2007 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
PERSONAL NOTES
McLaughlin has one sibling, a younger sister ... Hobbies include
music, dancing, working out, hanging out with friends and baking ...
Biggest life-defining moment was getting her first medal at the U.S.
Championships ... Her most prized possessions are the four medals she
has won at the U.S. Championships and U.S. Junior Championships ...
Has a passion for designing skating clothes and working out ... Believes
her intensity is what sets her apart from others ... Would like to have
her own line of skating apparel when her skating career is over ...
Once received 21 stitches over her left eyebrow after a fall on the
ice ... Supports Midnight Mission, a homeless shelter in Los Angeles, by
organizing a skating show, the proceeds of which benefit the shelter ...
Listens to The Fray, Jason Mraz, John Mayer, The Beatles, Dashboard
Confessional and Mariah Carey ... Favorite movie is Juno.
Brubaker has three siblings ... Younger brother, Collin, 19, is an ice
dancer ... Studying business and criminal justice at the University of
Colorado at Colorado Springs ... Coaches part time ... A part of the
Big Brother/Big Sister program ... Hobbies include cycling, hockey,
softball and hanging out with his brother ... Has a passion for cycling
... Says he likes to build things out of wood ... Not many people know
he wants to buy a motorcycle ... Father was an All-American football
player ... Would like to go into law enforcement after skating ... Skated
with three bulging discs during the 2005-06 season ... Says his mom is
his best friend ... Favorite TV shows are “SportsCenter” and “Cops” ...
Wants to meet Lance Armstrong - “I, too, bike as a part of my cross
training, and to me he is one of the best, if not the best, athlete to ever
live. What he overcame with his cancer and how mentally strong he is
and was is amazing to me. I think that he has achieved far more than
most ever will in their sport.”
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
17
66.54
2008 U.S. Championships
1
14
124.20
2008 U.S. Championships
2
15
190.74
2008 U.S. Championships
1
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
Short Prog.
60.66
2008 Skate Canada
Free Skate
115.67
2008 Skate America
Final Score
172.69
2008 Skate America
Senior Pairs
Lisa Moore /
Justin Gaumond
LISA
Society (2005-08) ... Lettered in academics in 2006.
BORN | July 9, 1990
HEIGHT | 5’0”
HOME CLUB | ISC of Fort Collins
HOMETOWN | Fort Collins, Colo.
Gaumond enjoys 3D puzzles, listening to music, playing hockey and
spending time with his friends ... Mother was a competitive golfer ...
After skating, Gaumond hopes go to college and pursue a career in
theater.
JUSTIN
BORN | May 3, 1985
HOME CLUB | All Year FSC
HOMETOWN | Littleton, Colo.
| Colorado Springs, Colo.
| Dalilah Sappenfield, Heidi Thibert
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Dalilah Sappenfield, Heidi Thibert
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Singing in the Rain” performed by the
Boston Pops Orchestra
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Selections from No No Nanette by Vincent
Youmans
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15th
2008 U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2007 U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2006 U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2010 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 Midwestern Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Midwestern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Midwestern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
SKATING NOTES
Moore began skating at age 4 .... Gaumond began skating at age 10
after making a bet with his sister that if she played hockey, he would
start figure skating.
PERSONAL NOTES
Moore played percussion in her high school band ... Enjoys arts
and crafts, drawing, painting and sewing ... Older sister, Christine,
competed in figure skating (singles and synchronized teams), but
switched to playing co-ed ice hockey ... Was the 2003 City of Fort
Collins essay contest winner ... Members of the National Honor
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
47.81
2010 Midwestern Sectional
38
Free Skate
82.84
2010 Midwestern Sectional
40
Final Score
130.65
2010 Midwestern Sectional
36
Senior Pairs
Angelyn Nguyen /
Themistocles Leftheris
ANGELYN
climber ... Donates monthly to Greenpeace because “I am aware of
the toll the earth takes due to pollution and global warming” ... Father,
Nick, is a ship captain ... Was first chair in the 1998 all-county band
... Received superior ratings at a music festival from 1996-98 ... Older
sister was ranked nationally in cheerleading ... Not many people know
that he used to play the clarinet ... If he could be on any reality show,
it would be “Real World” ... If he could meet any celebrity, he would
choose actor/comedian Jack Black to learn his philosophy on life ... Is a
part-time server and skating coach ... After his skating career, he would
like to live in Mexico ... His personality makes him unique.
BORN | April 23, 1990
HEIGHT | 5’1”
HOME CLUB | Los Angeles FSC
HOMETOWN | Orange, Calif.
THEMISTOCLES
BORN | Dec. 20, 1982
HEIGHT | x’x”
HOME CLUB | Los Angeles FSC
HOMETOWN | Long Beach, Calif.
SCHOOL | xxx
| xxx
| Naomi Nari Nam, Peter Oppegard
CHOREOGRAPHER | Peter Oppegard
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | TBD
FREE SKATE MUSIC | TBD
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
SKATING NOTES
Nguyen skated singles from 2002-09.
Leftheris started to skate at age 12 after watching the 1994 Olympic
Winter Games ... Skated with six different partners between 19992008, the most recent being Naomi Nari Nam ... Won the 2007 U.s.
bronze medal with Nam ... Also had five coaches in that time, the latest
being Peter Oppegard.
PERSONAL NOTES
Nguyen was a top-10 student at Mater Dei High School ... Goal is to
one day go to medical school ... Broke her wrist in the first month she
started skating pairs; was casted for three months and had surgery to
fix it in August 2009.
One of Leftheris’ hobbies is swimming ... Has a passion for music ... Is
involved with Pathways Mentoring Program, which helps children with
incarcerated parents; meets with his 9-year-old mentee, Julius, every
Tuesday and sees it as giving back to the community ... Volunteers with
the Special Olympics to coach ice skating ... Brother, Leo, is a rock
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
Short Prog.
45.44
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional
47
Free Skate
75.33
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional
n/a
Final Score
120.77
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional
n/a
U.S. RANK
Senior Pairs
Ameena Sheikh /
Aaron VanCleave
AMEENA
BORN | Aug. 20, 1989
HOME CLUB | Detroit SC
HOMETOWN | Lexington, Ky.
AARON
BORN | March 14, 1987
HOME CLUB | Detroit SC
HOMETOWN | Comox, British Columbia, Canada
| Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
| Jason Dungjen, Steve Hartsell
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Ameena Sheikh, Aaron VanCleave
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Aranjuez” by Piergiorgio Farina
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Selections from the Somewhere in Time
soundtrack by John Barry
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2010 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 Midwestern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
SKATING NOTES
VanCleave started skating at age 9 in the learn-to-skate program to
improve his skating for hockey.
PERSONAL NOTES
VanCleave received a scholarship to the Vancouver Film School ...
interests include film, drawing, writing, real estate and hockey ... Has
an uncle and a cousin who played in the NHL, and another uncle who
played in the NFL ... Would like to one day write and direct a film for
his own production company ... Received a bone maarrow transplant
when he was 7.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
52.06
2010 Midwestern Sectional
21
Free Skate
91.47
2010 Midwestern Sectional
26
Final Score
143.53
2010 Midwestern Sectional
22
Senior Pairs
Tracy Tanovich /
Michael Chau
TRACY
novice in 2006 ... Tanovich is the youngest skater to ever win a medal
at the U.S. Championships, as she was 9 when the team won the novice
bronze in 2006 ... Because of Tanovich’s age, the team is not eligible
to compete internationally until the 2010-11 season ... Team was
previously coached by Kerry Leitch.
BORN | Aug. 15, 1996 - Chicago, Ill.
HEIGHT | 4’11”
HOME CLUB | Southwest Florida FSC
HOMETOWN | Bradenton, Fla.
Tanovich began to skate at age 4 ... Participated in the Basic Skills
Program.
MICHAEL
BORN | Nov. 28, 1990 - Oakdale, Minn.
HEIGHT | 5’4”
HOME CLUB | Southwest Florida FSC
HOMETOWN | Oakdale, Minn.
Chau began to skate at age 7 after seeing it on TV ... Formerly coached
by Page Lipe, Ted Engelking and Ann Eidson.
| Ellenton, Fla.
| Jim Peterson, Alison Smith, Lyndon Johnston
CHOREOGRAPHER | Jim Peterson
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Carousel Waltz” by Rodgers and
Hammerstein
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Rose Adagio” from Sleeping Beauty by
Tchaikovsky
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2010 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 Eastern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Eastern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 South Atlantic Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 North American Challenge Skate-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2006 South Atlantic Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2005 South Atlantic Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
SKATING NOTES
Tanovich and Chau have won U.S. titles at the novice (2007) and junior
(2009) levels ... Also took the silver as juniors in 2008 and the bronze in
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
21
Short Prog.
50.83
2008 U.S. Championships-Jr.
Free Skate
88.66
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr.
27
Final Score
137.36
2008 U.S. Championships-Jr.
24
Senior Pairs
Tiffany Vise /
Don Baldwin
TIFFANY
PERSONAL NOTES
Studying kinesiology at Scottsdale Community College ... Has a 5-yearold dog named Bailey ... Works part-time as a waitress and coach ...
Has a passion for making other people smile ... Favorite countries to
travel to are China and Norway ... Would like to be on “Deal or No
Deal” because the contestants look like they are having so much fun ...
Biggest life-defining moment was landing a throw quad Salchow for the
first time ... Skates the left-handed way even though she’s right handed
... Listens to country music ... Not many people know she has a scar in her
eye from when she had a pillow fight with her brother; he hit the light
shade and glass got in her eye ... Loves being busy ... Has worked hard
to have a life outside of skating ... Both parents work at the Colorado
Springs World Arena ... Father is also a high school assistant principal
and owns an embroidery business ... Most prized possession is her cell
phone; without it she feels lost ... Was on the track team in high school;
competed in the 800 meters and pole vault ... Was also involved in
student government, Future Business Leaders of America, link crew,
French club and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes ... After skating
would like to coach and possibly go into occupational therapy.
BORN | Feb. 2, 1986
HEIGHT | 5’0”
HOME CLUB | Broadmoor SC
HOMETOWN | Phoenix, Ariz.
DON
BORN | Nov. 15, 1977
HEIGHT | x’x”
HOME CLUB | Los Angeles FSC
HOMETOWN | San Diego, Calif.
SCHOOL | xxx
| xxx
| Donna Baldwin, John Baldwin
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Jill Watson, Hunter Stephans
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” by
Santa Esmeralda
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Mona Lisa Overdrive” by Juno Reactor,
“Gabriel’s Oboe” by Ennio Morricone, and selections from the
Transformers soundtrack by Steve Jablonsky
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
Baldwin is the younger brother of John Baldwin, the two-time U.S.
pairs champion with Rena Inoue.
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
SKATING NOTES
Tiffany is the older sister of Brittany Vise, who is also a pairs skater
and a former member of the U.S. National Team ... Vise began skating
at age 4 because her parents took her skating and she couldn’t get
enough ... Participated in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program ...
Previously competed with Ryan Bradley in pairs from 1997-98 ... Also
skated with Larry Ibarra from 2001-03, claiming the bronze medal
in junior pairs at the 2002 State Farm U.S. Championships ... Skated
with Derek Trent from 2003-09, placing as high as fourth at the U.S.
Championships (2008) ... Previously coached by Irina Vorobieva and
Doug Ladret.
Baldwin is making his 11th appearance at the U.S. Championships; he
first competed at the event in 1993 in novice men’s and pairs ... He is
the 1999 U.S. junior men’s silver medalist.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
Short Prog.
50.41
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional
28
Free Skate
83.96
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional
33
Final Score
134.37
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional
32
Senior Pairs
Caitlin Yankowskas /
John Coughlin
CAITLIN
Galleher and Bridget Namiotka ... The pair has skated in “Blades for
the Cure” and spent time skating with disabled children in Colorado.
BORN | May 6, 1990 – Nashua, N.H.
HEIGHT | 5’2”
HOME CLUB | Colonial FSC
HOMETOWN | Pelham, N.H.
SCHOOL | University of Colorado at
Colorado Springs
JOHN
BORN | Dec. 1, 1985 - Kansas City, Mo.
HEIGHT | 6’2””
HOME CLUB | Kansas City FSC
HOMETOWN | Kansas City, Mo.
| Colorado Springs, Colo.
| Dalilah Sappenfield, Laureano Ibarra
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Marina Zoueva, Damon Allen
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Piano Sonata No. 16” by Mozart
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Music from the Pearl Harbor soundtrack
by Hans Zimmer
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2009 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2009 Ice Challenge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2008 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2008 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
PERSONAL NOTES
Yankowskas enjoys dancing, shopping, hanging out with friends and
makeup ... Favorite TV shows are “Gossip Girl,” “Sex and the City” and
“True Blood” ... Supports St. Patrick’s Church Food Pantry in Pelham, N.H.
... Loves grilled salmon and Starbucks Café Americano ... Has a passion
for ballet ... Biggest life-defining moment was moving to Colorado
Springs in June 2007 with no coach or partner at the time ... Would like
to finish college, coach and have a family after her skating career ...
Something most people do not know about her is “I love to get dressed
up and go to the ballet or the opera.” ... Would like to meet Tom
Brady and Tiger Woods “because of their successful athleticism, humble
attitudes toward their fame and mindsets going into competition” ...
Favorite movie is It’s a Wonderful Life.
Coughlin is a part-time operations specialist at the Olympic Training
Center in Colorado Springs, Co ... Favorite TV show is “SportsCenter” ...
Loves chocolate milk, Noodles & Company and anything at the Olympic
Training Center dining hall ... Hobbies include road trips with his friends,
playing sports and adding to his music collection ... If he could be on any
reality TV show, it would be “The Amazing Race” ... Has a passion for
music because “I use it to calm me down, to motivate me and to escape
from life’s problems.” ... Biggest life-defining moment was deciding to
give up singles skating and focus on pairs ... Would like to follow in his
grandfather and father’s footsteps and become a Kansas City police
officer after his skating career ... Listens to everything from Jason Mraz
and The Fray to Jay-Z and Ludacris ... Favorite movies are Cinderella
Man and Kingdom of Heaven.
SKATING NOTES
Goals for the 2009-10 season are to medal at the U.S. Championships
and make the Olympic Team ... Yankowskas began skating at age 6
because her sister was taking a learn-to-skate class, and she “wanted
to be like her” ... Participated in the Basic Skills Program ... Previously
skated with Daniyel Cohen (2004-07) ... Coughlin started skating at
age 5 because his sister was already skating, and he tagged along
to the rink ... Previously skated with Krista Smith, Kelsey Parker, Lucy
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
Short Prog.
48.40
2008 Skate America
70
59.51
2008 Midwestern Sectional
7
Free Skate
93.30
2008 Skate America
45
110.20
2008 Midwestern Sectional
5
Final Score
141.70
2008 Skate America
48
159.71
2008 Midwestern Sectional
10
U.S. RANK
Senior Ice Dancing
Tanith Belbin /
Ben Agosto
TANITH
Winter Games, they became the highest-placing U.S. dance team in history and
first Olympic medalists in 30 years.
BORN | July 11, 1984 – Kingston, Ontario, Canada
HEIGHT | 5’6”
HOME CLUB | Iceworks FSC
HOMETOWN | Kirkland, Quebec, Canada
PERSONAL NOTES
BEN
BORN | Jan. 15, 1982 – Chicago, Ill.
HEIGHT | 5’10”
HOME CLUB | Arctic FSC
HOMETOWN | Chicago, Ill.
TRAINING TOWN | Aston, Pa.
COACHES | Natalia Linichuk, Gennadi Karpanosov
CHOREOGRAPHER | Natalia Linichuk
ORIGINAL DANCE MUSIC | Moldavian folk dance
FREE DANCE MUSIC | “Ave Maria” by Giulio Caccini, performed
by Sumi Jo and “Amen” from Gioachino Rossini’s “Stabat Mater”
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
• 2006 Olympic silver medalists • Four-time World medalists
• Five-time U.S. champions • Three-time Four Continents champions
SKATING NOTES
Belbin began to skate at age 2 because her mother, Michele, is a figure skating
coach and costume designer ... Was previously coached by Paul Wirtz in
Canada (1995-98) ... Had five dance partners before teaming with Agosto
... Agosto was formerly coached by two-time U.S. ice dancing champion Susie
Wynne ... Their second-place finish at the 2005 World Championships made
the duo the highest-placing U.S. ice dance team in 30 years and the first U.S.
dance team to medal at the competition in 20 years ... They were awarded
perfect 6.0s for presentation in the free dance at the 2005 U.S. Championships
... Overall at the event they were awarded fourteen 6.0s, placing them third in
the record books for 6.0s at the event ... With their silver at the 2006 Olympic
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2001 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2000 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . 1st
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS & OLYMPICS
2009 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 Olympic Winter Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
Belbin and Agosto headlined the spring 2006 Marshalls SkateFest in Detroit ... Were
featured in a two-page spread for Marshalls in the March 10, 2006, issue of US Weekly
magazine ... Starred in an Acuvue Oasys commercial for contact lenses ... Team was singled
out in a speech made by President Bush on May 17, 2006, during the Olympians’ White
House visit ... Belbin, originally from Canada, moved to the United States from Kirkland,
Quebec, in 1998 ... Applied for a visa for “Aliens of Extraordinary Ability” (EB-1) in 2000
after creating an impressive profile of figure skating results with Agosto ... Got her Green
Card two years later ... In 2002 Congress changed the rules to allow EB-1s to apply for
their visas and Green Cards at the same time, shortening the time frame one waits for U.S.
citizenship ... Because Belbin began her process before 2002, the new rules did not apply
to her ... Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.) introduced an amendment to an appropriations bill in
the fall of 2005 to aid individuals in Belbin’s position who applied for EB-1s before 2002
... The amendment passed through Congress on Dec. 22, 2005 ... Belbin received her U.S.
citizenship on Dec. 31, 2005 ... In February 2005, Belbin and Agosto organized and skated
in Skate Aid for Tsunami Relief, an ice skating show to benefit the tsunami relief fund for
Southeast Asia, and raised $40,000 ... Team organizes the “Tanith and Ben’s Home for the
Holidays” ice show that raises funds to benefit the Karmanos Cancer Institute.
One of Belbin’s hobbies is auto-crossing (car racing) ... Values her family above all ... Most
prized possession is her American passport ... Is signed with Ford NY Modeling Agency
... Biggest life-defining moment was the passing of her grandfather ... Wants to pursue
a career in broadcast journalism after her skating career, with hopes of hosting a news/
entertainment show ... What sets her apart from others is her sense of humor, and she says
most people don’t know she’s “just one of the guys” ... Has two dogs named Zigen and
Maggie, and two cats named Spanky and Sierra ... Favorite country to travel to is Australia
... Has one older brother, Lucas ... Mother designs her skating dresses.
Agosto is originally from Chicago, Ill. ... Moved to Detroit in June 1998 to skate with Belbin ...
Graduated with honors from Groves High School in June 2000 ... Hobbies include playing the
guitar (including blues and Flamenco), scuba diving, horseback riding, rock climbing and mountain
biking ... Also loves to go salsa dancing ... First concert ever was the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
... Best Halloween costume was The X-Men’s Wolverine ... Would like to meet Bill Clinton to tell
him he misses him ... Recorded the voice of a villain in a video game; has always wanted to be the
goofy voice of some cartoon character ... Loves apple cider and Super Mario Brothers.
AWARDS
• 2005 SKATING magazine Readers’ Choice Award for skater(s) of the year
• 2004, 2005 and 2006 U.S. Olympic Committee Figure Skating Team of the Year
• USOC Team of the Month: January 2006, February 2006
2004 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2003 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2002 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th
2002 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2001 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17th
2001 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2000 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2009 Cancer.Net Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 World Team Trophy (Team USA Dance). . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Campbell’s Cup (Team USA pairs/dance) . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Smart Ones Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2003 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 Trophée Lalique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2003 Smart Ones Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2002 Trophée Lalique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2002 Smart Ones Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2002 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2001 Trophée Lalique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2001 Smart Ones Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2001 Goodwill Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
CD
44.00
2005 Four Continents Championships
2
41.86
2008 U.S. Championships
1
OD
67.54
2005 World Championships
2
66.32
2006 U.S. Championships
1
FD
111.54
2005 World Championships
2
109.92
2008 U.S. Championships
1
Total Score
221.26
2005 World Championships
2
216.07
2008 U.S. Championships
1
Senior Ice Dancing
Elizabeth Chan /
Jason Deveikis
ELIZABETH
BORN | March 9, 1989
HOME CLUB | SC of San Francisco
HOMETOWN | Naperville, Ill.
JASON
BORN | April 10, 1976
HOME CLUB | Ann Arbor FSC
HOMETOWN | Dexter, Mich.
| Ann Arbor, Mich.
| Yuri Chesnichenko, Yaroslava Nechaeva
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Yuri Chesnichenko, Yaroslava Nechaeva
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Guo Xin Nian” and “Spring Festival” by Li
Jiang
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “That’s Life” performed by Michael Bublé
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
SKATING NOTES
Chan began skating when she was 10 after watching a competitive
event on television.
PERSONAL NOTES
Chan loves the arts and also enjoys cooking, fashion design, sewing and
playing tennis ... Would like to one day become a pediatrician.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
CD
19.74
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional
n/a
OD
34.33
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional
n/a
FD
51.29
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional
n/a
Final Score
105.36
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional
n/a
Senior Ice Dancing
Grace Cho /
Dmitry Ponomarev
GRACE
BORN | Jan. 27, 1986
HOME CLUB | Ice Works SC
HOMETOWN | Wilmington, Del.
DMITRY
BORN | June 16, 1985
HEIGHT | 5’10”
HOME CLUB | Ice Works SC
HOMETOWN | Moscow, Russia
| Aston, Pa.
| Natalia Linichuk, Gennadi Karponosov
CHOREOGRAPHER | Natalia Linichuk
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | Russian Folk
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Bohemian Rhapsody” by Queen
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
2010 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
SKATING NOTES
Ponomarev began skating at age 4 to become stronger, healthier and
more flexible ... Previously competed with Elizabeth Miosi (2005-07).
PERSONAL NOTES
Ponomarev enjoys computers, Photoshop and sports ... Would like one
day be a coach and choreographer.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
CD
25.23
2010 Eastern Sectional
n/a
OD
35.35
2010 Eastern Sectional
n/a
FD
55.23
2010 Eastern Sectional
n/a
Final Score
115.81
2010 Eastern Sectional
n/a
Senior Ice Dancing
Madison Chock /
Greg Zuerlein
MADISON
SKATING NOTES
Chock and Zuerlein are the 2009 World Junior, U.S. junior and Junior
Grand Prix Final champions ... Captured the bronze as juniors at the
2008 U.S. Championships ... Chock started skating at age 5 because
it looked like fun ... Participated in the Basic Skills Program (1996-97)
... Zuerlein started skating when he was 4 because his parents took him
and his sister to an open skate, and they both loved it ... Participated in
the the Basic Skills Program in 1993.
BORN | July 2, 1992 - Torrance, Calif.
HEIGHT | 5’2”
HOME CLUB | All Year FSC
HOMETOWN | Redondo Beach, Calif.
SCHOOL | Novi High School
GREG
BORN | Oct. 26, 1988 - Cincinnati,
Ohio
HEIGHT | 5’8”
HOME CLUB | Arctic FSC
HOMETOWN | Northville, Mich.
SCHOOL | Schoolcraft College
TRAINING TOWN
| Canton, Mich.
| Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva, Johnny Johns,
Adrienne Lenda
CHOREOGRAPHER | Igor Shpilband
ORIGINAL DANCE MUSIC | Afro Cuban folk
FREE DANCE MUSIC | Classical waltz
COACHES
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
PERSONAL NOTES
Chock’s father is a flight attendant and his mother is an airline gate
agent ... Previously skated with Kurt Lingenfelter (2005-06) ... Was
coached by Darlene and Jordan Bell for eight seasons ... Attends Novi
High School ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Was Student
Council President in 2003 ... Won the International Family Film Festival
Award in 2003 ... Supports breast cancer research ... Hobbies include
sketching, painting, swimming and shopping ... Has a passion for art ...
Favorite foreign city to which she has traveled for skating is Merano,
Italy, because of the “beautiful scenery, delicious food, amazing shops
and friendly people” ... If she wasn’t a skater, she’d want to be an
acrobat ... After her skating career, she would like to go into fashion
marketing and design ... Something most people do not know is that
she is part Irish and has a Hawaiian background ... Listens to Dave
Matthews Band, Jack Johnson, John Mayer and DJ Tiesto ... Zuerlein’s
sister Brittany, 21, previously competed in synchronized skating
and went to the World Junior Challenge Cup for Juniors ... Younger
brother, Robert, 15, plays soccer and baseball ... Previously skated
with Anastasia Olson and coached by Tatiana Gladkova (2002-05)
... Attends Schoolcraft College, where he is studying business ... Works
part time as a coach, learn-to-skate instructor and concession worker
at the Compuware Sports Arena ... Hobbies include playing soccer and
baseball, and cars ... Favorite place to which he’s traveled for skating is
Seoul, South Korea, because of the fans and the culture ... Has a passion
for soccer ... Would like to meet President Obama.
2009 Cancer.Net Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2009 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Great Britain). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Italy). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Germany). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Estonia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Pacific Coast Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
CD
33.15
2009 World Junior Championships
43
32.90
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr..
10
OD
57.29
2009 World Junior Championships
22
53.03
2008 U.S. Championships-Jr.
11
FD
83.07
2008 JGP (Great Britain)
40
82.02
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr.
14
Final Score
172.55
2009 World Junior Championships
34
167.81
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr.
14
Senior Ice Dancing
Lauren Corry /
Alexander Lorello
LAUREN
BORN | Oct. 11, 1988
HOME CLUB | Washington FSC
HOMETOWN | Springfield, Va.
ALEXANDER
BORN | Nov. 25, 1987
HEIGHT | 6’0”
HOME CLUB | University of Delaware FSC
HOMETOWN | Gambrills, Md.
TRAINING TOWN
| Newark, Del.
| Karen Ludington, Christie Moxley
| Alexander Kirsanov, Sasha Kirsonov, Karen
Ludington
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Red Desert” by Craig Pruess, performed
by Mystic India
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “I’m Not Sleeping” by Scotty Morris, performed
by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
COACHES
CHOREOGRAPHERS
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th
2010 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
SKATING NOTES
Corry made her U.S. Championships debut in last year Cleveland ...
Lorello began skating at age 8 because he needed a P.E. class for
his home school requirements that wouldn’t interfere with his allergytriggered asthma ... Started group lessons, and “it grew from there” ...
Skated with Genevieve Deutch as a novice until 2007 ... Brother, Ian, is
also a competitive ice dancer at the junior level.
PERSONAL NOTES
Lorello enjoys math, physics, Shakespeare, fencing, playing the cello
and computers ... Competed in fencing at the national level with brother,
Ian .... Has three siblings, all of whom are ice dancers.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
CD
26.21
2009 Eastern Sectional
47
OD
44.61
2010 Eastern Sectional
44
FD
64.07
2009 & 2010 Eastern Sectional
n/a
Final Score
132.90
2010 Eastern Sectional
n/a
U.S. RANK
Senior Ice Dancing
Meryl Davis /
Charlie White
MERYL
PERSONAL NOTES
BORN | Jan. 1, 1987 – Royal Oak, Mich.
HEIGHT | 5’3”
HOME CLUB | Arctic FSC
HOMETOWN | West Bloomfield, Mich.
SCHOOL | University of Michigan
Davis started skating at age 5 on a lake near her house ... Started in the U.S.
Figure Skating Basic Skills Program at the same age ... Graduated Phi Beta
Kappa from and was a member of the Principal’s Honor Roll at Wylie E. Groves
High School, from which she graduated on June 5, 2005 ... Attends the University
of Michigan and is studying anthropology and Italian ... Mother is a retired
school teacher and father is a lawyer ... Has a younger brother, Clayton ...
Hobbies include reading and traveling ... Favorite city to which she’s traveled for
skating is Vienna, Austria, because “it is such a beautiful, elegant city” ... After
her skating career, she would like to continue her education and travel the world
... Would like to meet President Obama because “he has so much power, intellect
and possibility” ... Has a passion for travel, foreign languages, and learning
about new cultures and music ... Volunteers at St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.
CHARLIE
BORN | Oct. 24, 1987 – Dearborn, Mich.
HEIGHT | 5’9”
HOME CLUB | Detroit SC
HOMETOWN | Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
SCHOOL | University of Michigan
| Canton, Mich.
| Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva, Johnny Johns,
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
Adrienne Lenda
| Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
ORIGINAL DANCE MUSIC | Theme from the Devdas movie soundtrack
FREE DANCE MUSIC | “Music of the Night” by Andrew Lloyd
CHOREOGRAPHERS
Webber from the Phantom of the Opera
SKATING NOTES
Davis and White are the 2009 U.S. and Four Continents champions ... Won the
silver at the 2008 U.S. Championships and the bronze at the 2007 event ... Took
the bronze at the 2008 Grand Prix Final ... Are the 2006 U.S. junior champions
and 2006 World Junior bronze medalists ... Missed the bronze medal at the
2009 World Championships by .04 points ... Are the longest-tenured U.S. ice
dancing team, having been together since 1997 ... Were coached by Seth
Chafetz from 1997-2005.
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2003 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . 7th
2002 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . 2nd
2001 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . 6th
2000 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . 6th
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2007 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2006 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2004 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th
White began skating at the age of 3 so he could skate with his sisters on weekends
... Participated in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program from 1992-94 ... Is
the youngest of five children ... Parents own D & W Oil Company in Detroit, Mich.
... Has had success as a singles skater, competing in the 2006 State Farm U.S.
Figure Skating Championships as a junior ... Favorite place he has traveled for
skating is Tokyo, Japan, because he “appreciates the different culture and the
people are so polite and friendly.” ... Biggest life defining moment was finishing
fourth by .04 points at the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships ... Would
like to meet Tiger Woods “to find out what makes him so great” ... Listens to all
kinds of music (“except country”) ... Played violin in the Roeper High School string
quartet ... Likes to read science fiction and fantasy, go to movies, hang out with
his friends, play golf, and is “trying to find time to learn to play the piano” ...
Volunteers with the Macomb Humane Society and Special Olympics ... Attends
the University of Michigan, where he is majoring in political science ... After his
skating career, he would like to become a lawyer ... Has a passion for all kinds
of sports, especially hockey ... Played travel hockey for 13 years and won the
state championship ... Broke his ankle in a hockey tournament and missed the
2005 U.S. Championships ... Something not many people know about him is he
collects books.
2009 Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Rostelecom Cup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4rh
2007 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2006 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2006 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2005 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 Junior Grand Prix (Bulgaria). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Junior Grand Prix (Andorra). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Junior Grand Prix (Romania). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2004 Junior Grand Prix (Belgrade). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2004 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Junior Grand Prix (Japan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2003 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2002 Junior Grand Prix (Germany). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2002 Junior Grand Prix (Yugoslavia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2002 Hellmut Cup Memorial-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2001 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2000 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2000 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . 1st
1999 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
1999 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . .3rd
1999 Junior Olympics-Intermediate.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1998 Midwestern Sectional-Intermediate.. . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
1998 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . 1st
1998 Junior Olympics-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
1997 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . 1st
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
CD
37.73
2009 World Championships
18
40.59
2008 U.S. Championships
2
OD
62.60
2009 World Championships
11
62.69
2008 U.S. Championships
2
FD
100.16
2008 Four Continents Championships
13
103.54
2008 U.S. Championships
2
Final Score
200.36
2009 World Championships
13
206.82
2008 U.S. Championships
2
Senior Ice Dancing
Madison Hubbell /
Keiffer Hubbell
MADISON
2006 Junior Grand Prix (France). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Junior Grand Prix (Netherlands). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Estonia Dance Competition-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2003 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2002 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
BORN | Feb. 24, 1991 – Lansing, Mich.
HEIGHT | 5’7”
HOME CLUB | Ann Arbor FSC
HOMETOWN | Okemos, Mich.
SCHOOL | Owens Community College
KEIFFER
BORN | Jan. 15, 1989 – Lansing, Mich.
HEIGHT | 6’
HOME CLUB | Ann Arbor FSC
HOMETOWN | Okemos, Mich.
SCHOOL | Owens Community College
TRAINING TOWN | Ann Arbor, Mich.
| Yaroslava Nechaeva, Yuri Chesnichenko
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Yaroslava Nechaeva, Yuri Chesnichenko
ORIGINAL DANCE MUSIC |”Bukovinskyy Dance” and “Dibrovchanka”
COACHES
performed by Folk Song & Dance Ensemble Suzirya
FREE DANCE MUSIC | “American Woman” by The Guess Who, and
“Can’t Get You Out of My Mind” and “Fly Away” by Lenny Kravitz
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2007 World Junior Championships-. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2009 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2009 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 Junior Grand Prix (South Africa). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Mexico). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
SKATING NOTES
Goal is to successfully transition into senior international competition ...
Madison started to skate at age 5, and Keiffer began at age 9 because
his sister did ... Madison participated in the Basic Skills Program in 1996
... Previously skated with Nicholas Donahue.
PERSONAL NOTES
Their family supports a girl from Bolivia through the Christian Children’s
Fund, to improve her quality of life and assist in her schooling ... Mother
is an interior decorator and seamstress, and father is an attorney ...
Madison enjoys making jewelry, scrapbooking, going to the zoo and
sewing ... Began enrollment at the Owens Community College this fall ...
Plans to sell homemade cards at a craft show and donate the profits to a
tribe in Africa ... Loves science, especially biology ... Likes climbing trees
and says she hugs a lot ... Most prized possessions are a heart necklace
from her father and her skates ... Favorite foreign city to which she’s
traveled is Courchevel, France ... Says she would rather spend time with
her brothers than her friends ... After her skating career, she would like
to study pathology or design clothes with her mom ... When she was little,
she wanted to be Madonna ... Has overcome a broken foot, a severed
tendon in her thumb and several month-long sicknesses ... Would like to
meet Tatiana Navka ... Listens to all music except country.
Keiffer attends Owens Community College in Toledo, Ohio ... Most prized
possessions are his pets and his family ... Loves food ... Claims, “I gave up
a promising rap career for ice dancing. Just kidding, of course.” ... Once
hatched a praying mantis egg sack successfully ... Describes himself as
reliable, dedicated and persistent ... Volunteers with Special Olympics
... Enjoys playing Warhammer and has an interest in herpetology (the
study of reptiles) ... What sets him apart from others is his goofy laugh
... Has overcome two broken arms ... Would like to meet the members
of Phish ... Listens to “all music except country - anything but country.”
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
6
CD
34.72
2008 JGP (South Africa)
32
34.61
2008 U.S. Championships-Jr.
OD
53.44
2009 World Junior Championships
37
54.51
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr.
7
FD
80.34
2008 JGP (Mexico)
52
84.48
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr.
11
Final Score
1667.57
2008 JGP (Mexico)
40
171.51
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr.
8
Senior Ice Dancing
Lynn Kriengkrairut
Logan Giulietti-Schmitt
LYNN
(1995-98) ... Formerly skated with Jon Lauten (2005-06) ... Previously
coached by Gary Irving (2003-04), Dawn Franklin (2002-05) and
Bob Mock (2005-2006). ... Giulietti-Schmitt started skating at age 3
because he saw his older sister, Allegra, skating ... Formerly skated
with Caitlin Morocco (1999-2000) and Mauri Gustafson (2004-06) ...
Previously coached by Tom Hickey (1994-2003), Jimmie Santee and
Oleg Vasilliev (2001-03), Karina Kappel and Debbie Stoery (200304), Jeremy Lieb (1998-2002, 2004), Oleg Epstein (2004) and Pierre
Panayi (2004-06).
BORN | Oct. 4, 1988 – Staten Island, N.Y.
HEIGHT | 5’4”
HOME CLUB | All Year FSC
HOMETOWN | Bismarck, N.D.
SCHOOL | University of Michigan
LOGAN
BORN | Aug. 16, 1985 – Chicago, Ill.
HEIGHT | 5’10”
HOME CLUB | Ann Arbor FSC
HOMETOWN | Oak Park, Ill.
| Ann Arbor, Mich.
| Yaroslava Nechaeva, Yuri Chesnichenko
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Yaroslava Nechaeva, Yuri Chesnichenko
ORIGINAL DANCE MUSIC | Mexican Folk selections by Alejandro
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
Fernandez
FREE DANCE MUSIC | “Dreams on Fire” and “Mausam and Escape”
from Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack by A. R. Rahman
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2007 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2010 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2009 Ice Challenge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Karl Schafer Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2007 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2007 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2007 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
PERSONAL NOTES
Kriengkrairut has an older brother, Whitney, who is 24 ... Both of her
parents are physicians ... Attends the University of Michigan, focusing
on pre-medicine with a concentration in brain, behavior and cognitive
sciences and a minor in physics ... Earned the summa cum laude National
Latin Exam Award (2006) and AP Scholar Award (2006), and was
on the Century High School Knowledge Masters team - North Dakota
State Champs (2003-04) ... Received 11 consecutive superior ratings
in piano from the National Federation of Music ... Hobbies include
reading, dancing, golfing, tennis, music, playing the piano, cooking and
designing dresses ... Won a golf tournament with an IV tube in her arm
the day before she was diagnosed with a pulmonary sequestration ...
Underwent major surgery to remove the lower lobe of her right lung ...
Biggest life-defining moment was moving to Ann Arbor to skate with
Giulietti-Schmitt ... Favorite kinds of food are Korean and Thai.
Giulietti-Schmitt received his bachelor’s degree from Eastern Michigan
University in December 2008 ... Is a member of the Sierra Club, an
organization devoted to protecting the environment ... Coaches skating
part time ... Hobbies include listening to music, reading, drawing,
dancing, many other sports, stamp and coin collecting, and spending time
with friends ... Has a passion for the environment, geology, volcanology,
hydrology, astronomy and philosophy ... Not many people know that
he star gazes ... Biggest life-defining moment was qualifying for the
World Junior Championships ... After his skating career, he would like
to pursue a career in geology and possibly work for the Environmental
Protection Agency ... Favorite TV shows are “Scrubs,” “Family Guy” and
“Two and a Half Men.”
SKATING NOTES
Goal is to place in the top six at the U.S. Championships ... Kriengkrairut
started skating at age 6 ... Participated in the Basic Skills Program
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
CD
26.13
2007 World Jr. Championships
154
29.92
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional
22
OD
44.36
2007 World Jr. Championships
114
48.92
2009 U.S. Championships
21
FD
68.49
2007 Cup of Russia
111
78.87
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional
20
Final Score
133.91
2007 World Jr. Championships
140
157.39
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional
18
Senior Ice Dancing
Kim Navarro /
Brent Bommentre
KIM
2006 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Karl Schafer Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
BORN | April 26, 1981 – Santa Rosa,
Calif.
HEIGHT | 5’3”
HOME CLUB | Santa Rosa FSC
HOMETOWN | Santa Rosa, Calif.
SKATING NOTES
Navarro and Bommentre are the reigning two-time U.S. bronze medalists
... Won the bronze medal at the 2008 Four Continents Championships.
BRENT
Goals for the 2009-10 season are to place in the top three at the U.S.
Championships and make the Olympic team ... Navarro began skating
at age 3 because her mom teaches skating, so she grew up at the rink
... Skated with Robert Shmalo from 1999-2003 ... Bommentre started
skating at age 6 because his doctor recommended it for his asthma
... Skated with Kirsten Frisch from 1999-2003 ... Was the 2004 U.S.
fourth-place finisher with former partner Kendra Goodwin, with whom
he skated from 2004-05.
BORN | May 10, 1984 – Chestnut Hill, Pa.
HEIGHT | 5’7”
HOME CLUB | Philadelphia SC & HS
HOMETOWN | Philadelphia, Pa.
TRAINING TOWNS | Ardmore and Aston, Pa.
COACHES | Robbie Kaine, Cheryl Demkowski-Snyder
CHOREOGRAPHER | Renee Roca
ORIGINAL DANCE MUSIC | “Quero Voltar Pra Angola” by Alex
Shaw
FREE DANCE MUSIC | “One” by U2 and Mary J. Blige
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2008 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th
2009 Cancer.Net Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2009 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2009 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2008 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2008 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2007 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2007 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2006 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2006 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2006 Karl Schafer Memorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
PERSONAL NOTES
Navarro graduated cum laude from Columbia University in 2004 with
a major in English and a minor in dance ... Hobbies are dancing and
visiting friends ... Works as a figure skating coach part time ... Teaches
a dance class for kindergarten through second-grade kids ... Has
four siblings, including a younger brother, Nick, who plays baseball
for Laney College ... Loves extreme sports such as inline skating and
skateboarding; once competed in an inline skating competition on a
half-pipe and made it to the final round ... Mother, Lisa, competed
nationally as a pairs skater ... Father, John, is a karate guru who has
his eighth-degree black belt ... Uncle directed the 1999 movie Happy,
Texas with William H. Macy, and all her family members were extras in
it ... Favorite city to which she’s traveled for skating is Vienna, Austria.
Bommentre’s hobbies include rock climbing, biking and power tools
... Most prized possession is a painting from a friend ... Loves art ...
Has a passion for food, cooking and eating ... Is a huge Philadelphia
Eagles fan ... Favorite holiday is Thanksgiving because “it’s easily the
best eating holiday” ... When he was a kid, he wanted to grow up to
become a hammerhead shark ... Brews his own beer with his roommate
and fellow ice dancer Baxter Burbank ... Biggest life-defining moment
was when he almost quit skating when he was 12 ... Great-grandfather
narrowly missed qualifying for the Olympics in weightlifting ... Would
like to meet Lance Armstrong, whom he considers the best athlete in
the world ... Favorite TV shows are “South Park” and “Pardon the
Interruption” ... Likes all music except country ... Favorite book is The
Catcher in the Rye.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
CD
34.36
2008 Four Continents Championships
35
35.38
2008 U.S. Championships
5
OD
56.67
2008 Four Continents Championships
24
58.71
2008 U.S. Championships
3
FD
89.62
2008 Four Continents Championships
24
93.85
2008 U.S. Championships
4
Final Score
180.65
2008 Four Continents Championships
21
187.94
2008 U.S. Championships
3
Senior Ice Dancing
Trina Pratt /
Chris Obzansky
TRINA
winter.” ... Participated in the Basic Skills Program in 1993.
BORN | Aug. 30, 1986 - Iowa City, Iowa
HEIGHT | 5’3”
HOME CLUB | Broadmoor SC
HOMETOWN | Pueblo, Colo.
CHRIS
BORN | Dec. 13, 1986 - Wilmington, Del.
HEIGHT | 5’10”
HOME CLUB | Salt Lake Figure Skating
HOMETOWN | Ann Arbor, Mich.
SCHOOL | Eastern Michigan University
TRAINING TOWN
| Canton, Mich.
| Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva, Adrienne Lenda,
Johnny Johns
CHOREOGRAPHER | Igor Shpilband
ORIGINAL DANCE MUSIC | “Rough & Ready” by Trace Adkins,
“Neon Moon” by Brooks & Dunn and “Mr. Policeman” by Brad
Paisley
FREE DANCE MUSIC | “Since I’ve Been Loving You” by Led
Zeppelin
COACHES
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2009 Ice Challenge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
SKATING NOTES
Goals for the 2009-10 season are to improve skating ability, have fun
training and compete confidently.
Pratt started skating when she was 6 - “My mother went to a Christmas
show, and there was a free skate afterward, and she put me and my
brother in it.”
Obzansky started skating when he was 2 - “My grandfather had a lake
house, and he would take my sisters and I skating on the lake every
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
CD
31.18
2009 U.S. Championships
14
OD
52.83
2009 U.S. Championships
12
FD
81.70
2009 U.S. Championships
15
Final Score
165.71
2009 U.S. Championships
21
PERSONAL NOTES
Pratt is the second of five children ... Father works as a chiropractor ...
Skated with Todd Gilles from 2002-06, winning the 2003 U.S. novice
and 2005 U.S. junior titles ... Was coached by Patti Gottwein for six
seasons ... Works part time as a skating coach ... Hobbies include reading
Calvin & Hobbes books, reading gossip columns and spending time in the
sauna with the girls ... Favorite place to which she’s traveled for skating
is Hungary - “I won my first JGP medal there, and the Danube was
beautiful, as was the rest of the city.” ... Biggest life-defining moment was
moving to Canton, Mich., in 2008 ... Would want to be a contestant on
“The Price Is Right” because “I’m good at guessing the price of things” ...
Cousin played goalie for the University of Michigan hockey team ... Took
a two-year hiatus from figure skating from 2006-08, during which time
she was an office manager.
Obansky has two younger sisters and a half brother ... Skated with Lydia
Manon from 1996-2000, Kendra Goodwin from 2000-03 and Mimi
Whetstone from 2007-08 ... Was coached by Jerry Santoferrara and
Yovanny Durango ... Getting his Master’s of Science in Accounting from
Eastern Michigan University in Ypsilanti, Mich. ... Has made the Dean’s
List every semester since 2007 ... Member of Beta Sigma Gamma (top
10 percent of seniors in business schools) and Golden Key Honor Society
(top 10 percent of juniors and seniors) ... Is an Eagle Scout ... Teaches ice
dancing and learn-to-skate lessons ... Enjoys backcountry snowboarding
in Utah, mountain biking in Michigan and surfing in Florida ... Favorite
place to which he’s traveled for skating is Zagreb, Croatia - “I loved
the skating fans there; they were so supportive and energetic.” ... Has
a passion for accounting - “I’m very interested in how money works and
how to manage it.” ... Something that sets him apart from others is he’s
a Mormon ... Fluent in Russian ... Biggest life-defining moment is taking
two years off from skating to serve a mission to the Baltic States for the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ... If he could be a contestant
on any reality show, it would be “So You Think You Can Dance” because
his “mission buddy” Benji Schwimmer won it in 2006 ... Wants to be a
CPA and travel to Nepal or Peru after he’s done skating ... One of his
cousins played football at Notre Dame and another played in the Final
Four ... Listens to a lot of country music, including Toby Keith and Trace
Adkins ... If he weren’t a figure skater, he’d be a pro snowboarder.
Senior Ice Dancing
Emily Samuelson /
Evan Bates
EMILY
BORN | May 14, 1990 – Southfield, Mich.
HEIGHT | 5’4”
HOME CLUB | Ann Arbor FSC
HOMETOWN | Novi, Mich.
SCHOOL | University of Michigan
EVAN
BORN | Feb. 23, 1989 – Ann Arbor, Mich.
HEIGHT | 6’2”
HOME CLUB | Ann Arbor FSC
HOMETOWN | Ann Arbor, Mich.
SCHOOL | University of Michigan
| Ann Arbor, Mich.
| Yaroslava Nechaeva, Yuri Chesnichenko
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Yaroslava Nechaeva, Yuri Chesnichenko
ORIGINAL DANCE MUSIC | Dixie Chicks Medley
FREE DANCE MUSIC | “Canto Della Terra” by Sarah Brightman and
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
Andrea Bocelli
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Austria). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Junior Grand Prix (Lake Placid) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2006 Junior Grand Prix (Chinese Taipei). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Junior Grand Prix (Mexico). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Junior Grand Prix (Bulgaria). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2005 Junior Grand Prix (Slovakia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th
2005 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2004 North American Challenge-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2005 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Estonia Int’l. Dance Comp.-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2004 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st
2003 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2003 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2002 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2002 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2001 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2001 Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
SKATING NOTES
Goal is to make the Olympic team ... Samuelson and Bates both
participated in the Basic Skills Program ... Samuelson began skating
at age 5 because she saw a girl skating while she was on vacation in
Switzerland and wanted to try it, too ... Bates began skating at age 4
because his mom “lost him” every time she brought him to watch his sister
skate ... She put him out on the ice where she could see him.
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th
2008 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2006 World Junior Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
PERSONAL NOTES
Samuelson attends the University of Michigan ... Three-time winner of
the Presidential Award for Educational Excellence ... Hobbies include
reading, golfing, swimming, skiing and hanging out with friends ...
State finalist for Miss Teen Michigan ... Volunteers at her church (Faith
Community Presbyterian) ... Loves to travel ... Has a passion for helping
others ... Fell at the 2003 Midwest Sectional and broke her two front
teeth ... Fell at the 2007 World Junior Championships and was stepped
on by partner Bates, severing the tendon in her middle finger and
forcing the team to withdraw from the competition.
2009 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2009 Trophée Eric Bompard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 Four Continents Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2008 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2007 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
Has an older brother, Andrew, and an older sister, Alexis ... Alexis is a
former skater who now runs marathons ... Father is a cardiologist and
mother is an artist/interior designer ... Previously skated with Arielle
Chudnofsky ... Attends the University of Michigan and is majoring in
business ... Supports the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America because his
grandfather suffers from the disease ... Hobbies are playing the guitar,
golfing and playing basketball.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
ISU SCORE
EVENT
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
CD
35.11
2008 World Jr. Championships
30
36.28
2009 U.S. Championships
3
OD
59.48
2009 Four Continents Championships
17
57.62
2008 U.S. Championships
5
FD
89.90
2009 Four Continents Championships
22
88.39
2009 U.S. Championships
8
Final Score
181.66
2008 World Jr. Championships
20
181.64
2009 U.S. Championships
5
Senior Ice Dancing
Jane Summersett /
Todd Gilles
JANE
ice dancer, and Alexe is a singles skater … Formerly skated with Trina
Pratt from 2001-06.
BORN | Dec. 24, 1987 – Marquette, Mich.
HEIGHT | 5’2”
HOME CLUB | Broadmoor FSC
HOMETOWN | Colorado Springs, Colo.
SCHOOL | University of Colorado at
PERSONAL NOTES
Summersett and Gilles have attended multiple anthropology classes
together, the most recent being experimental archaeology.
Colorado Springs
Summersett began skating because her mother was a Basic Skills
instructor ... Is the youngest of four girls, all of whom figure skated at some
point in their lives ... Father is a dentist and mother is an occupational
therapist ... Formerly skated with Elliott Pennington and was coached by
Iveta Ice and Dmitri Boundukin from 2003-06 ... Attends the University
of Colorado at Colorado Springs ... Hobbies include doing outdoor
activities ... Favorite foreign city traveled to is Tallinn, Estonia, because
“the old city was unbelievable every time we explored the cobblestone
streets” ... Listens to artists like Annette Summersett, Tom Petty, David
Bowie, Led Zeppelin and Smashing Pumpkins.
TODD
BORN | April 14, 1986 – Rockford, Ill.
HEIGHT | 6’
HOME CLUB | Broadmoor FSC
HOMETOWN | Colorado Springs, Colo.
SCHOOL | University of Colorado at
Colorado Springs
TRAINING TOWN
| Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
| Elizabeth Punsalan Swallow
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Christopher Dean, Tom Dickson
ORIGINAL DANCE MUSIC | “Incantation” (Peruvian pan pipes)
FREE DANCE MUSIC | “Whole Lotta Love” by Led Zeppelin,
COACH
performed by Tina Turner, and “Whole Lotta Love” and “Babe I’m
Gonna Leave You” by Led Zeppelin
Gilles attends the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and
is studying anthropology ... Has a passion for music, the outdoors
and history ... Says his biggest life-defining moment was moving to
Colorado Springs ... Hobbies include playing electric guitar, hiking,
camping and off-roading in his Defender 90 ... Would like to become
an archaeologist, “and if that doesn’t work out maybe a rock star or
something like that” ... Favorite artist is Smashing Pumpkins ... Listens
to all types of music, but mainly alternative ... Would like to meet Bill
Murray because “I think he is hilarious.”
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2008 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
2009 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th
2009 Finlandia Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
2008 Nebelhorn Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2007 Golden Spin of Zagreb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
SKATING NOTES
Goal for the 2009-10 season is to make the Olympic team …
Summersett began skating because her mother taught Basic Skills …
Formerly skated with Elliott Pennington from 2003-06 … Gilles began
skating at age 4 while trying out a bunch of other sports at the time …
Is the older brother of Piper and Alexe Gilles … Piper is a competitive
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
ISU SCORE
EVENT
W. RANK
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
11
CD
27.50
2008 Skate America
137
32.48
2009 U.S. Championships
OD
50.51
2008 Skate America
51
54.43
2009 U.S. Championships
9
FD
78.61
2008 Skate America
59
87.20
2008 U.S. Championships
10
Final Score
156.62
2008 Skate America
58
169.35
2009 U.S. Championships
12
Senior Ice Dancing
Shannon Wingle /
Tim McKernan
SHANNON
... Formerly skated with Piper Gilles.
BORN | February 19, 1990 - Kalamazoo, Mich.
HEIGHT | 5’5”
HOME CLUB | Arctic FSC
HOMETOWN | Portage, Mich.
PERSONAL NOTES
Wingle coaches Basic Skills and an adult ice dance team ... Graduated
Lighthouse Christian Academy in June 2009 ... Hobbies include making
crafts and jewelry ... Has a passion for dance ... Says she tends to reach
out to new people to help them feel comfortable ... Not many people
know that she usually eats dessert first when at a restaurant ... Biggest
life-defining moment was realizing a sense of life purpose while on a
mission trip to Mexico ... After skating, she would like to coach figure
skating or be an athletic trainer.
TIM
BORN | July 29, 1989 - Colorado Springs, Colo.
HEIGHT | 5’9”
HOME CLUB | Broadmoor SC
HOMETOWN | Colorado Springs, Colo.
McKernan studies physics and meteorology at the University of
Colorado at Colorado Springs ... Hobbies include fantasy sports, tennis,
golf, poker and video games ... Has a passion for tennis ... Not many
people know he watches the Weather Channel when he is bored ...
Biggest life-defining moment was graduating high school ... Most prized
possession is his laptop ... Teaches skating part time ... Sister Lauren,
16, also is an ice dancer ... Father is a U.S. Army officer; he has been
deployed overseas seven times.
| Canton, Mich.
| Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva, Johnny Johns,
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
Adrienne Lenda
| Igor Shpilband
ORIGINAL DANCE MUSIC | Selections from Lord of the Dance,
CHOREOGRAPHER
Riverdance and Feet of Flames by Ronan Hardiman
FREE DANCE MUSIC | Selections from The Piano soundtrack by
Michael Nyman
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 AT&T U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th
2009 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st
2008 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th
SKATING NOTES
Wingle and McKernan began their partnership in July 2008 ... Won the
junior pewter medal at the 2009 U.S. Championships.
Wingle began skating at age 4 ... Participated in the U.S. Figure Skating
Basic Skills Program from 1995-98 ... Previously coached by Liz Coates
and Mitch Moyer ... Formerly skated with Ryan Devereaux ... Previously
partnered with Kurt Lingenfelter, with whom she was the 2002 U.S.
juvenile ice dancing champion, and James Warren, with whom she won
the 2002 U.S. novice ice dancing bronze medal.
McKernan began to skate at age 9 because his mother worked at the
rink ... Skated with Alicia Wallace for one year ... Participated in the
Basic Skills Program in 2000 ... Previously coached by Susan Hermann
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
CD
28.92
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr.
26
OD
46.40
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr.
33
FD
70.64
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr.
33
Final Score
145.05
2009 U.S. Championships-Jr.
30
Senior Ice Dancing
Katie Wyble /
Justin Morrow
KATIE
BORN | Jan. 8, 1990
HEIGHT | 5’2”
HOME CLUB | Center Ice & Blades of Western Pa.
HOMETOWN | Murrysville, Pa
JUSTIN
BORN | Aug. 16, 1987
HEIGHT | 5’7”
HOME CLUB | All Year FSC
HOMETOWN | Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
| Colorado Springs, Colo.
| Patti Gottwein
CHOREOGRAPHERS | Inese Bucevica, Glenn Zienhert
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Horos Tou Zorba” and “Zorba’s Dance”
from the Zorba the Greek soundtrack by Mikis Theodorakis
FREE SKATE MUSIC | Music from the Dr. Zhivago soundtrack by
Maurice Jarre
TRAINING TOWN
COACH
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009 U.S. Championships, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th
2008 U.S. Championships, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2010 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd
2008 Eastern Sectional, Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd
SKATING NOTES
Wyble started skating when she was 5 after seeing it on TV and
“wanting to wear all those pretty dresses”
PERSONAL NOTES
Wyble likes to babysit, collect Beanie Babies and shop at the mall
... Would like to study exercise science and go on to be a physical
therapist or become a math teacher as well as teach skating.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
CD
29.77
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional
n/a
OD
38.70
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional
n/a
FD
56.62
2010 Eastern Sectional
n/a
Final Score
122.99
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional
n/a
Senior Ice Dancing
Stephanie Zastrow /
Michael Lueck
STEPHANIE
BORN | Feb. 7, 1989
HOME CLUB | St. Paul FSC
HOMETOWN | Forest Lake, Mich.
MICHAEL
BORN | Nov. 4, 1988
HOME CLUB | Burnsville-Minnesota Valley FSC
HOMETOWN | Burnsville, Minn.
| Minneapolis, Minn.
| Ari Lieb
CHOREOGRAPHER | Svetlana Kulikova
SHORT PROGRAM MUSIC | “Dark Eyes” by Stanley Black, performed
by the London Festival Orchestra and Johann Strauss Orchestra
Netherlands
FREE SKATE MUSIC | “Harem” by Frederico de Brito, performed by
the Prague Symphony Orchestra
TRAINING TOWN
COACHES
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
2009 Midwestern Sectional, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th
2008 Midwestern Sectional, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th
SKATING NOTES
Zastrow competed in singles from 2000-07.
Lueck previously skated with Jacquelin Peck and Chelsey Jernberg.
JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS
U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION
PROGRAM
U.S. SCORE
EVENT
U.S. RANK
CD
19.94
2008 Midwestern Sectional-Novice
n/a
OD
n/a
n/a
n/a
FD
49.24
2009 Midwestern Sectional-Novice
n/a
Final Score
87.45
2009 Midwestern Sectional-Novice
n/a
Junior Ladies
Kiri Baga
DOB | 4/15/95
Hometown | Bloomington, Minn.
Club | FSC of Bloomington
Coach | Lorie Charbonneau
Choreographer | Kelly Benzinger-Grelle,
Lorie Charbonneau
SP Music | “Dance Macabre” by Saint-Saens
FS Music | Music from Carmen by Bizet
Recent Competitions: 2009 Junior Grand Prix Final, 7th; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Turkey), 1st; 2009 Junior
Grand Prix (Germany), 1st; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice Ladies, 1st; 2009 Midwestern Sectional, Novice
Ladies, 1st; 2009 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Novice Ladies, 2nd; 2008 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Novice
Ladies, 5th; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Ladies, 8th; 2007 Upper Great Lakes Regional,
Intermediate Ladies, 3rd; 2006 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Juvenile Girls, 8th
McKinzie Daniels
M
D | 1/11/95
DOB
Hometown | Springfield, Ill.
H
Club | Springfield FSC
C
Coaches | Susan Liss, Sandy Delfs
C
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Ladies, 2nd; 2010 Upper Great Lakes Regional,
Choreographer | Susie Wynne
C
Junior Ladies, 1st; 2009 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Ladies, 8th; 2009 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Novice
SP Music | “The Godfather” by Edvin Marton
S
Ladies, 1st; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Ladies, 8th; 2008 Upper Great Lakes Regional,
FFS Music | Music from Sleeping Beauty by Tchaikovsky Intermediate Ladies, 1st; 2007 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 6th; 2006 U.S. Junior
Championships, Juvenile Girls, 9th; 2006 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Juvenile Girls, 1st; 2005 Upper Great
Lakes Regional, Juvenile Girls, 2nd
Lindsay Davis
DOB | 4/22/92
D
H
Hometown | Beaumont, Calif.
C
Club | All Year FSC
C
Coach | Tammy Gambill
C
Choreographer | Cindy Stuart
S
SP Music | “First Kiss” by Edvin Marton
FFS Music | Music from “Cirque du Soliel”
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Ladies, 3rd; 2010 Southwest Pacific Regional,
Junior Ladies, 2nd; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice Ladies, 9th; 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice
Ladies, 1st; 2009 Southwest Pacific Regional, Novice Ladies, 1st; 2008 Southwest Pacific Regional, Novice
Ladies, 7th; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Ladies, 7th; 2006 Southwest Pacific Regional,
Intermediate Ladies, 2nd; 2005 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Girls, 10th; 2005 Southwest Pacific
Regional, Juvenile Girls, 2nd; 2004 Southwest Pacific Regional, Juvenile Girls, 9th
Haley Dunne
DOB | 3/16/93
Hometown | Alexandria, Va.
Club | Washington FSC
Coach | Shirley Hughes
Choreographer | Shirley Hughes
SP Music | Music from the East of Eden soundtrack
FS Music | Music from the West Side Story
soundtrack
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Junior Ladies, 4th; 2010 South Atlantic Regional, Junior
Ladies, 1st; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Junior Ladies, 5th; 2009 South Atlantic Regional, Junior Ladies, 4th;
2008 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Ladies, 5th; 2007 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Ladies, 13th; 2006
U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Ladies, 13th; 2006 South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 3rd;
2005 South Atlantic Regional, Juvenile Girls, 4th; 2004 South Atlantic Regional, Juvenile Girls, 10th
Nina Jiang
DOB | 4/17/97
Hometown | Missouri City, Texas
Club | Texas Gulf Coast FSC
Coaches | Shanyn Vallon
Choreographer | Shanyn Vallon
SP Music | Music from the Chicago soundtrack
FS Music | “Ladies in Lavender” by the Royal
Philharmonic
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Ladies, 3rd; 2010 Southwestern Regional, Junior
Ladies, 2nd; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice Ladies, 4th; 2009 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Ladies, 2nd;
2009 Southwestern Regional, Novice Ladies, 1st; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Ladies, 1st;
2008 Southwestern Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 1st; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Girls, 1st;
2007 Southwestern Regional, Juvenile Girls, 2nd; 2006 Southwestern Regional, Juvenile Girls, 2nd
Junior Ladies
Vanessa Lam
DOB | 6/19/95
Hometown | Bellflower, Calif.
Club | All Year FSC
Coaches | Dianne DeLeeuw, Douglas Chapman
Choreographer | Dianne DeLeeuw
SP Music | Selections from the West Side Story
soundtrack
FS Music | “Introduction of Rondo Capriccioso” and
“Danse Macabre” by Saint-Saens
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Ladies, 2nd; 2010 Southwest Pacific Regional,
Junior Ladies, 1st; 2009 U.S. Championships, Junior Ladies, 9th; 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Ladies,
3rd; 2009 Southwest Pacific Regional, Junior Ladies, 4th; 2008 Southwest Pacific Regional, Novice Ladies,
12th; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Ladies, 5th; 2007 Southwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 4th; 2006 Southwest Pacific Regional, Juvenile Girls, 14th
Katlynn McNab
DOB | 9/9/93
Hometown | Glendale, Ariz.
Club | All Year FSC
Coaches | Tammy Gambill, Felicia Beck
Choreographer | Braden Overett
SP Music | Music from the Terms of Endearment
soundtrack by Michael Gore
FS Music | Music from the American President
soundtrack by Marc Shaiman
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Ladies, 4th; 2010 Southwest Pacific Regional,
Junior Ladies, 3rd; 2009 U.S. Championships; Novice Ladies, 7th; 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice
Ladies, 3rd; 2009 Southwest Pacific Regional, Novice Ladies, 4th; 2008 Southwest Pacific Regional, Novice
Ladies, 5th; 2007 Southwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 5th; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships,
Juvenile Girls, 4th; 2006 Southwest Pacific Regional, Juvenile Girls, 1st; 2005 Southwest Pacific Regional,
Juvenile Girls, 6th
Marissa Secundy
DOB | 5/28/93
Hometown | Colorado Springs, Colo.
Club | Broadmoor SC
Coaches | Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin
Choreographer | Tom Dickson
SP Music | “Sabura” by Max Pashm and “Mehndi”
from the Monsoon Wedding soundtrack
FS Music | “3 Etudes de Concert” by Franz Liszt
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Ladies, 4th; 2010 Southwestern Regional, Junior
Ladies, 3rd; 2009 U.S. Championships, Junior Ladies, 12th; 2009 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Ladies, 2nd;
2009 Southwestern Regional, Junior Ladies, 1st; 2008 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic), 6th; 2008 AEGON
Cup, Novice Ladies, 1st; 2008 U.S. Championships, Novice Ladies, 1st; 2008 Midwestern Sectional, Novice
Ladies, 2nd; 2008 Southwestern Regional, Novice Ladies, 2nd; 2007 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Ladies,
10th; 2007 Southwestern Regional, Novice Ladies, 2nd; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Girls, 1st
Yasmin Siraj
DOB | 7/30/96
Hometown | Brookline, Mass.
Club | SC of Boston
Coaches | Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson
Choreographer | Mark Mitchell
SP Music | Music from the Slumdog Millionaire
soundtrack
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Junior Ladies, 1st; 2010 New England Regional, Junior
Ladies, 1st; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice Ladies, 5th; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Novice Ladies, 1st; 2009
New England Regional, Novice Ladies, 2nd; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Ladies, 6th; 2008
New England Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 1st; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Girls, 2nd; 2007
New England Regional, Juvenile Girls, 1st
FS Music | “Song of India” by Rimsky-Korsakov
Angela Wang
DOB | 7/30/96
Hometown | Salt Lake City, Utah
Club | Salt Lake FSC
Coach | Lisa Kriley
Choreographer | Lisa Kriley
SP Music | “Yellow River Concerto” by Xinghai Xian
FS Music | Music from Turnadot by Puccini
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Ladies, 1st; 2010 Central Pacific Regional, Junior
Ladies, 1st; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice Ladies, 3rd; 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Ladies, 2nd;
2009 Central Pacific Regional, Novice Ladies, 2nd; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Ladies,
4th; 2008 Central Pacific Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 1st; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Ladies, 9th; 2007 Central Pacific Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 1st; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships,
Juvenile Girls, 7th; 2006 Central Pacific Regional, Juvenile Girls, 1st
Junior Ladies
Kendall Wyckoff
DOB | 7/17/92
Hometown | Panton, Vt.
Club | Vermont SC
Coaches | Gilberto Viadana, Michela Boschetto
Choreographer | Michela Boschetto
SP Music | “Entry of the Gladiators” by Julius Fucik
and music from “Cirque du Soleil”
FS Music | “Caravan” and “Blues in the Night” from
the Ocean’s Thirteen soundtrack
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Junior Ladies, 2nd; 2010 New England Regional, Junior
Ladies, 2nd; 2009 U.S. Championships, Junior Ladies, 5th; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Junior Ladies, 2nd; 2009
New England Regional, Junior Ladies, 1st; 2008 Triglav Trophy, Novice Ladies, 2nd; 2008 U.S. Championships,
Novice Ladies, 6th; 2008 Eastern Sectional, Novice Ladies, 4th; 2008 New England Regional, Novice Ladies,
2nd; 2007 New England Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 4th; 2006 New England Regional, Intermediate Ladies,
8th; 2005 New England Regional, Juvenile Girls, 13th
Agnes Zawadzki
DOB | 7/31/94
Hometown | Colorado Springs, Colo.
Club | Broadmoor SC
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Ladies, 1st; 2010 Southwestern Regional, Junior
Ladies, 1st; 2009 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Ladies, 5th; 2009 Southwestern Regional, Junior Ladies, 2nd;
2008 U.S. Championships, Novice Ladies, 4th; 2008 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Ladies, 4th; 2008 Upper
Choreographers | Catarina Lindgren, Tom Dickson
Great Lakes Regional, Novice Ladies, 1st; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Ladies, 2nd; 2007
SP Music | “Verano Porteno: Four Seasons of Buenos
Upper Great Lakes Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 1st; 2006 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Intermediate Ladies,
Aires” by Astor Piazzolla
10th; 2005 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Juvenile Girls, 5th
FS Music | Music from the Chicago soundtrack
Coaches | Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin, Erik Schulz,
Christy Krall, Becky Bradley
Felicia Zhang
DOB | 9/22/93
Hometown | Plainsboro, N.J.
Club | SC of New York
Coaches | Jeff DiGregorio, Pam Gregory,
Ron Ludington
Choreographer | Pam Gregory
SP Music | “Swan Lake” by Tchaikovsky
FS Music | “Capriccio in D Major for Violin and
Orchestra” by Igor Stravinsky
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Junior Ladies, 3rd; 2010 North Atlantic Regional, Junior
Ladies, 1st; 2009 North Atlantic Regional, Junior Ladies, 5th; 2008 U.S. Championships, Novice Ladies, 3rd;
2008 Eastern Sectional, Novice Ladies, 2nd; 2008 North Atlantic Regional, Novice Ladies, 1st; 2007 U.S.
Junior Championships, Intermediate Ladies, 18th; 2007 North Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 1st;
2006 North Atlantic Regional, Juvenile Girls, 1st
Junior Men
Max Aaron
DOB | 2/25/92
Hometown | Scottsdale, Ariz.
Club | Broadmoor SC
Coaches | Doug Ladret, Lara Ladret
Choreographers | Braden Overett, Christine Hough
SP Music | Once Upon A Time in Mexico soundtrack
FS Music | “Concierto de Juan Aranjuez” by Joaquín
Rodrigo Vidre
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Men, 2nd; 2010 Southwestern Regional, Junior
Men, 1st; 2009 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Men, 8th; 2008 U.S. Championships, Junior Men, 13th; 2008
Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior, 1st; 2008 Southwest Pacific Regional, Junior Men, 2nd; 2007 U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 5th; 2007 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2007 Southwest Pacific Regional,
Novice Men, 1st; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 3rd; 2006 Southwest Pacific Regional,
Intermediate Men, 1st; 2005 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Boys, 1st; 2005 Southwest Pacific
Regional, Juvenile Boys, 1st
Alexander Aiken
DOB | 6/26/90
Hometown | Cumming, Ga.
Club | Atlanta FSC
Coach | Herbert Weisinger
Choreographer | Herbert Weisinger
SP Music | “Concerto No. 5” by Saint-Saens
FS Music | “Sunny and Harlem Nocturne”
by Stan Kenton
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Junior Men, 3rd; 2010 South Atlantic Regional, Junior Men,
3rd; 2009 U.S. Championships, Junior Men, 7th; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Junior Men, 2nd; 2009 South
Atlantic Regional, Junior Men, 2nd; 2008 U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 5th; 2008 Eastern Sectional,
Novice Men, 2nd; 2008 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2007 U.S. Championships, Novice Men,
7th; 2007 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 1st; U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 2nd; 2006
South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Men, 1st; 2005 South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Men, 5th; 2003
South Atlantic Regional, Juvenile Boys, 5th
Jason Brown
DOB | 12/15/94
Hometown | Highland Park, Ill.
Club | Skokie Valley SC
Coach | Kori Ade
Choreographer | Kori Ade
SP Music | “Hey Pachuco” by Royal Crown Revue
FS Music | “Pas de Deux” from The Nutcracker by
Tchaikovsky
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Men, 1st; 2010 Upper Great Lakes Regional,
Junior Men, 1st; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 3rd; 2009 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 2nd;
2009 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships; Intermediate Men,
2nd; 2008 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Intermediate Men, 1st; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile
Boys, 1st; 2007 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Juvenile Boys, 1st; 2006 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Juvenile
Boys, 3rd
Christopher Caluza
DOB | 7/3/90
Hometown | Escondido, Calif.
Club | All Year FSC
Coach | Yuri Ovchinnikov
Choreographer | Yuri Ovchinnikov
SP Music | “Warsaw Concerto” by Richard Addinsell
FS Music | Music from The Godfather soundtrack
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Men, 3rd; 2010 Southwest Pacific Regional,
Junior Men, 1st; 2008 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Men, 10th; 2008 Southwest Pacific Regional, Junior
Men, 6th; 2007 Southwest Pacific Regional, Novice Men, 8th; 2006 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Men, 6th;
2006 Southwest Pacific Regional, Novice Men, 4th; 2005 Southwest Pacific Regional, Novice Men, 5th; 2004
U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 17th; 2004 Southwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate Men, 3rd;
2003 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Boys, 11th; 2003 Southwest Pacific Regional, Juvenile Boys, 2nd
Peter Max Dion
DOB | 6/18/91
Hometown | Lexington, Mass.
Club | SC of Boston
Coach | Suna Murray
Choreographer | Josh Babb
SP Music | “Tango de los Exilados” by Walter Taieb
FS Music | Music from the Henry V soundtrack
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Junior Men, 4th; 2010 New England Regional, Junior Men,
1st; 2009 U.S. Championships, Junior Men, 12th; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Junior Men, 3rd; 2008 U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 8th; 2008 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 4th; 2008 North Atlantic Regional, Novice
Men, 2nd; 2007 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 7th; 2007 North Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2006
U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 7th; 2006 North Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Men, 1st; 2005
U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 10th; 2005 New England Regional, Intermediate Men, 2nd;
2004 New England Regional, Juvenile Boys, 3rd; 2003 New England Regional, Juvenile Boys, 6th
Junior Men
Scott Dyer
DOB | 3/26/91
Hometown | Baltimore, Md.
Club | Columbia FSC
Coaches | Denise Cahill, Bobbe Shire,
Christine Binder
Choreographer | Nathan Birch
SP Music | “Etude in D Sharp Minor ‘Patetico’” by
Alexander Scriabin
FS Music | “Polovtsian Dances” from Prince Igor by
Alexander Borodin
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Junior Men, 2nd; 2010 South Atlantic Regional, Junior Men,
4th; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Junior Men, 5th; 2009 South Atlantic Regional, Junior Men, 3rd; 2008 Eastern
Sectional, Junior Men, 4th; 2008 South Atlantic Regional, Junior Men, 1st; 2007 U.S. Championships, Novice
Men Men, 4th; 2007 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men Men, 3rd; 2007 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 3rd;
2006 Triglav Trophy, Novice Men, 1st; 2006 U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 4th; 2006 Eastern Sectional,
Novice Men, 2nd; 2006 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 1st; 2005 South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate
Men, 6th; 2004 South Atlantic Regional, Juvenile Boys, 6th; 2003 South Atlantic Regional, Juvenile Boys, 10th
Joshua Farris
DOB | 1/6/95
Hometown | Renton, Wash.
Club | Broadmoor SC
Coaches | Tom Zakrajsek, Becky Calvin, Erik Schulz
Choreographer | Tom Dickson
SP Music | “Stardust” by Artie Shaw and “Sing, Sing,
Sing” by Louie Prima arranged by Chris Boardman
FS Music | “Warsaw Concerto” by Richard Addinsell
performed by Patrik Jablonski and the Polish Radio
Orchestra
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Men, 3rd; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Turkey), 5th;
2009 Junior Grand Prix (Lake Placid), 4th; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 1st; 2009 Midwestern
Sectional, Novice Men, 1st; 2009 Southwestern Regional, Novice Men, 1st; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships,
Intermediate Men, 1st; 2008 Southwestern Regional, Intermediate Men, 1st; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 9th; 2007 Northwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate Men, 1st; 2006 U.S. Junior
Championships, Juvenile Boys, 1st; 2006 Northwest Pacific Regional, Juvenile Boys, 1st; 2005 Northwest
Pacific Regional, Juvenile Boys, 3rd
Grisha Fournier
DOB | 7/12/91
Hometown | Rancho Cucamonga, Calif.
Club | All Year FSC
Coaches | Ivan Dinev, Angela Nikodinov
Choreographer | Ivan Dinev
SP Music | “Nyah” and “Seville” from the Mission
Impossible II soundtrack
FS Music | “Piano Concerto No. 2” and “Trio Elegiaque” by Rachmaninoff
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Men, 4th; 2010 Southwest Pacific Regional, 4th;
2009 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Men, 6th; 2009 Southwest Pacific Regional, Junior Men, 4th; 2008 Pacific
Coast Sectional, Junior Men, 6th; 2008 Southwest Pacific Regional, Junior Men, 3rd; 2007 U.S. Championships, Novice, 12th; 2007 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice, 3rd; 2007 Southwest Pacific Regional, Novice, 2nd;
2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 6th; 2006 Southwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate Men,
2nd; 2005 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 12th; 2005 Southwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate
Men, 4th
Austin Kanallakan
DOB | 5/23/91
Hometown | Lake Arrowhead, Calif.
Club | Los Angeles SC
Coaches | Peter Oppegard, Karen Kwan-Oppegard
Choreographer | Peter Oppegard
SP Music | “Cliffs of Dover” by Eric Johnson
FS Music | Theme from The Pink Panther
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Men, 1st; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Turkey),
4th; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Poland), 2nd; 2009 U.S. Championships, Junior Men, 5th; 2009 Pacific Coast
Sectional, Junior Men, 2nd; 2008 Junior Grand Prix (Belarus), 8th; 2008 U.S. Championships, Junior Men,
10th; 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final, 6th; 2007 Junior Grand Prix (Croatia), 1st; 2007 Junior Grand Prix (Lake
Placid), 2nd; 2007 U.S. Championships, Junior Men, 3rd; 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final, 8th; 2006 Junior
Grand Prix (Norway), 1st; 2006 Junior Grand Prix (France), 1st; 2006 U.S. Championships, Junior Men, 13th;
2005 Junior Grand Prix Final, 2nd; 2005 Junior Grand Prix (Poland), 2nd
Sean Rabbitt
DOB | 4/8/90
Hometown | Yorba Linda, Calif.
Club | Glacier Falls FSC
Coach | Ming Zhu Li
Choreographers | Karen Kwan-Oppegard, Alex Chang
SP Music | “Tango de los exilados” by Vanessa-Mae
FS Music | “Caravan” and “Salome” by Aram Khachaturian performed by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Men, 2nd; 2010 Southwest Pacific Regional,
Junior Men, 2nd; 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Men, 7th; 2009 Southwest Pacific Regional, Junior
Men, 2nd; 2008 Southwest Pacific, Junior Men, 8th; 2007 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Men, 9th; 2007
Southwest Pacific Regional, Novice Men, 4th; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 10th; 2006
Southwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate Men, 3rd; 2005 Southwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate Men, 6th;
2004 Southwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate Men, 12th; 2003 Southwest Pacific Regional, Juvenile Boys,
5th
Junior Men
Juran Yang
DOB | 12/2/91
Hometown | Maplewood, Minn.
Club | St. Paul FSC
Coaches | Ann Eidson, Ben Miller
Choreographers | Svetlana Kulikova, Ben Miller
SP Music | Theme from Granado Espada
FS Music | Variations by Andrew Lloyd Weber
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Men, 4th; 2010 Upper Great Lakes Regional,
Junior Men, 2nd; 2009 U.S. Championships, Junior Men, 11th; 2009 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Men, 3rd;
2009 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Junior Men, 1st; 2008 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 8th; 2008 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2007 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 6th; 2007 Upper Great
Lakes Regional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2006 South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Men, 4th; 2005 South Atlantic
Regional, Intermediate Men, 7th; 2004 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Boys, 13th; 2004 South Atlantic
Regional, Juvenile Boys, 3rd; 2003 South Atlantic Regional, Juvenile Boys, 9th
Alexander Zahradnicek
DOB | 10/7/91
Hometown | Suwanee, Ga.
Club | SC of Wilmington
Coaches | Priscilla Hill, Karl Kurtz
Choreographers | Irina Romanova, Priscilla Hill
SP Music | “Masquerade Waltz” by Aram Khachaturian
performed by the London Symphony Orchestra
FS Music | “Toccata and Fugue” by Paul Mariat
performed by the London Symphony Orchestra
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Junior Men, 1st; 2010 South Atlantic Regional, Junior Men,
1st; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Belarus), 7th; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Junior Men, 7th; 2008 South Atlantic
Regional, Junior Men, 4th; 2008 U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 4th; 2008 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men,
3rd; 2008 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 1st; 2007 U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 6th; 2007 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 4th; 2007 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 4th; 2006 South Atlantic Regional,
Novice Men, 5th; 2005 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 3rd; 2005 South Atlantic Regional,
Intermediate Men, 2nd; 2004 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Boys, 1st; 2004 South Atlantic Regional,
Juvenile Boys, 1st; 2003 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Boys, 9th; 2003 South Atlantic Regional,
Juvenile Boys, 3rd; 2002 South Atlantic Regional, Juvenile Boys, 9th
Junior Pairs
Carolyn-Ann Alba & Chris Knierim
D | 7/11/93; 11/5/87
DOB
Hometown | Anaheim, Calif.; Colorado Springs, Colo.
H
Club | All Year FSC; Broadmoor SC
C
Coaches | Laureano Ibarra, Dalilah Sappenfield
C
Choreographers | Dalilah Sappenfield, Damon Allen
C
SP Music | Selections from the Summer of ’42
S
ssoundtrack
FFS Music | “Somewhere in Time” by Rachmaninoff
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Pairs, 1st
Brynn Carman & AJ Reiss
D | 11/26/94; 2/3/92
DOB
Hometown | Centennial, Colo.; Cypress, Calif.
H
Club | Broadmoor SC, Los Angeles FSC
C
Coaches | Naomi Nari Nam, Peter Oppegard
C
Choreographers | Naomi Nari Nam, Peter Oppegard
C
SP Music | “Concierto de Aranjuez” by Pepe Romero
S
pperformed by the 101 String Orchestra
FFS Music | Selections from the soundtrack of
TThe Kentuckian
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Pairs, 1st; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Belarus), 10th
Brittany Chase & Grant Marron
D | 2/27/93; 2/10/84
DOB
Hometown | Colorado Springs, Colo.; Phoenix, Ariz.
H
Club | Broadmoor SC; Coyotes SC of Arizona
C
Coaches | Dalilah Sappenfield, Laureano Ibarra
C
Choreographers | Damon Allen, Tiffany Dombeck
C
SP Music | “Kashmir” by Led Zeppelin
S
FFS Music | Chicago medley by Danny Elfman
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Pairs, 2nd
Haven Denney & Daniel Raad
D | 10/28/95; 7/18/87
DOB
Hometown | Wesley Chapel, Fla.; Parrish, Fla.
H
Club | Southwest Florida FSC; Park FSC
C
Coaches | Jim Peterson, Alison Smith
C
Choreographer | Jim Peterson
C
SP Music | “Elite Syncopations” by Scott Joplin
S
FFS Music | “Samson and Delilah” by Saint-Saens
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Junior Pairs, 2nd; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice Pairs,
2nd; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Novice Pairs, 2nd
Gretchen Donlan & Andrew Speroff
D | 11/18/93; 5/19/88
DOB
Hometown | Hingham, Mass.; Colorado Springs, Colo.
H
Club | SC of Boston; Broadmoor SC
C
Coaches | Sheryl Franks, Bobby Martin, Carrie Wall
C
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Pairs, 2nd
Choreographer | Sheryl Franks
C
SP Music | “Moonlight Sonata” by Beethoven
S
FFS Music | “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin
pperformed by the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra
Junior Pairs
Becky Du & Sergey Sidorov
D | 9/8/93; 12/29/88
DOB
Hometown | Dallas, Texas; Mansfield, Texas
H
Club | Dallas FSC
C
Coaches | Olga Ganicheva, Aleksey Letov, Natalia
C
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Pairs, 4th
Mishkutionok
M
Choreographers | Olga Ganicheva, Natalia MishkutioC
nnok, Evgueni Nemirovskii
SP Music | “Love Story” by Francis Lai
S
FFS Music | “Violin Concerto in E Minor” by
Mendelssohn
M
Olivia Gibbons & Tyler Harris
D | 11/25/93; 1/26/88
DOB
Hometown | Boston, Mass.; Lawrenceville, N.J.
H
Club | SC of Boston; SC of Boston
C
Coaches | Christine Hough-Sweeney, Bobby Martin,
C
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Junior Pairs, 4th; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice Pairs,
Carrie Wall
C
3rd; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Novice Pairs, 1st
Choreographer | Christine Hough-Sweeney
C
SP Music | “Tango de los exhilados” by Vanessa-Mae
S
FFS Music | “An American in Paris” by George
Gershwin
G
Megan Gueli & Gabe Woodruff
D | 10/30/90; 10/10/83
DOB
Hometown | Bloomfield Hills, Mich.; Lansing, Mich.
H
Club | Detroit SC
C
Coach | Zuzanna Szwed
C
Choreographer | Zuzanna Szwed
C
SP Music | “Moonlight Sonata” and “Elize” by
S
Beethoven
B
FFS Music | “Gladiator Suite” by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
m
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Pairs, 3rd
Britney Simpson & Nathan Miller
D | 5/5/96; 7/18/88
DOB
Hometown | Golden, Colo.; Oklahoma City, Okla.
H
Club | Broadmoor SC
C
Coach | Dalilah Sappenfield
C
Choreographeres | Dalilah Sappenfield,
C
ZZuzanna Szwed
SP Music | Asian fusion
S
FFS Music | “Moonlight Sonata” by Beethoven
Recent Competitions: 2009 Junior Grand Prix Final, 6th; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Germany), 3rd; 2009
Junior Grand Prix (Lake Placid), 4th; 2009 U.S. Championships, Junior Pairs, 4th; 2009 Midwestern Sectional,
Junior Pairs, 4th
Erika Smith & Nathan Bartholomay
D | 7/26/89; 5/18/89
DOB
Hometown | Newark, Del.; Newton, Pa.
H
Club | Univ. of Delaware FSC
C
Coach | Jeffrey DiGregorio
C
Choreographer | Christine Hough-Sweeney
C
SP Music | “Punch Drunk” by Sade
S
FFS Music | Music from the Iron Man soundtrack
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Junior Pairs, 1st; 2009 U.S. Championships, Junior Pairs,
11th; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Junior Pairs, 5th
Junior Pairs
Felicia Zhang & Taylor Toth
D | 9/22/93; 7/22/88
DOB
Hometown | Plainsboro N.J.; Kittanning, Pa.
H
Club | SC of New York; University of Delaware FSC
C
Coaches | Ron Ludington, Jeff DiGregorio
C
Choreographers | Pam Gregory, David Liu
C
SP Music | Music by the Rondò Veneziano chamber
S
oorchestra
FFS Music | Medley by Maksim Mrvica
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Junior Pairs, 3rd; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Germany), 11th;
2009 Junior Grand Prix (Poland), 5th
Junior Dance
Lauri Bonacorsi & Travis Mager
D | 1/17/93; 9/09/90
DOB
Hometown | St. Louis, Mo.; Fulton, Md.
H
Club | Peninsula SC; Columbia FSC (Md.)
C
Coaches | Robbie Kaine, Gregory Maddalone,
C
Genrikh Sretenski
G
Choreographers | Genrikh Sretenski, Julia Sretenski
C
OD Music | “Tarantella Medley” by Al Caiola
O
FFD Music | “River Flows in You” by Yiruma and “I
Giorni” by Ludovico Einaudi
G
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Junior Dance, 2nd; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Germany), 9th;
2009 Junior Grand Prix (Lake Placid), 3rd; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice Dance, 1st; 2009 Pacific Coast
Sectional, Novice Dance, 1st
Anastasia Cannuscio & Colin McManus
DOB | 7/1/92; 3/10/90
Hometown | Egg Harbor Twp, N.J.; Saugus, Mass.
Club | Univ. of Delaware FSC; SC of Boston
Coaches | Karen Ludington, Alexandr Kirsanov, Brian
Helgenberg
Choreographers | Karen Ludington, Alexandr Kirsanov
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Junior Dance, 1st; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Turkey), 7th;
OD Music | “Complainte De La Butte” by Rufus Wain2009 Junior Grand Prix (Belarus), 7th; 2009 U.S. Championships, Junior Dance, 10th; 2009 Eastern
wright and “La Foule” by Edith Piaf
Sectional, Junior Dance, 3rd
FD Music | “Love Story” performed by the BBC
Orchestra
Isabella Cannuscio & Ian Lorello
D | 12/29/90; 5/7/90
DOB
Hometown | Egg Harbor Twp., N.J.; Gambrills, Md.
H
Club | University of Delaware FSC; University of
C
Delaware FSC
D
Coaches | Karen Ludington, Alexandr Kirsanov, Brian
C
Helgenberg
H
Choreographer | Alexandr Kirsanov
C
OD Music | “Kapoe” by Chuck Jonkey
O
FFD Music | “Hernando’s Hideaway” performed by Ella
FFitzgerald and Harry Connick Jr.
Recent Competitions: 2009 Junior Grand Prix Final, 6th; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Turkey), 3rd; 2009 Junior
Grand Prix (Poland), 3rd; 2009 U.S. Championships, Junior Dance, 5th; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Junior Dance,
1st; 2008 Junior Grand Prix (Belarus), 4th; 2008 Junior Grand Prix (Merano), 5th; 2008 U.S. Championships,
Junior Dance, 9th; 2008 Eastern Sectional, Junior Dance, 4th; 2007 Junior Grand Prix (Sophia), 8th; 2007
Junior Grand Prix (Romania), 4th; 2007 U.S. Championships, Novice Dance, 4th; 2007 Eastern Sectional,
Novice Dance, 2nd; 2007 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Dance, 2nd
Katie Donaldson & Brock Jacobs
D | 4/8/92; 7/3/86
DOB
Hometown | Wichita, Kan.; Wichita, Kan.
H
Club | Wichita FSC
C
Coaches | Christie Chambers, Anjanette Jacobs
C
Choreographers | Christie Chambers, Brenda
C
Glidewell
G
OD Music | “Wedding Celebration” and “The Bottle
O
Dance” from Fiddler on the Roof
D
FFD Music | “Mr. Pinstipe Suit” and “Maddest Kind of
LLove” by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Dance, 4th; 2008 Midwestern Sectional, Novice
Dance, 9th
Gabrielle Friedenberg & Benjamin Nykiel
D | 2/28/92; 9/12/90
DOB
Hometown | Columbia, Md.; Glen Burnie, Md.
H
Club | Washington FSC; Bowie FSC
C
Coaches | Robbie Kaine, Genrikh Sretenski
C
Choreographers | Genrikh Sretenski, Julia Sretenski
C
OD Music | “The Lonely Goatherd” by
O
Rodgers and Hammerstein
R
FFD Music | Theme from the Schindler’s List
ssoundtrack
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Junior Dance, 3rd; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice Dance,
4th; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Novice Dance, 2nd
Junior Dance
Piper Gilles & Zachary Donohue
DOB | 1/16/92; 1/8/91
D
Hometown | Rockford, Ill., and Colo. Spgs., Colo.;
H
M
Madison, Conn.
Club | Broadmoor SC; Broadmoor SC
C
Coaches | Elizabeth Punsalan Swallow, Pasquale Camerlengo,
C
Angelika Krylova, Natalia (Annenko) Deller
A
Choreographers | Tom Dickson, Christopher Dean
C
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Dance, 2nd; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Germany),
3rd; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Hungary), 4th; 2009 U.S. Championships, Junior Dance, 3rd; 2008 Junior Grand
FFD Music | Music from The Man Who Knew Too Much by Bernard
HHerrmann performed by the City of Prague Philharmonic, “Vertigo Prix (South Africa), 2nd; 2008 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic), 1st
OD Music | Flamenco medley by the Gypsy Queens and Kings
O
SSuite” and “North by Northwest Overture” by Bernard Herrmann
pperformed by the Los Angeles Philharmonic
Janine Halstead & Robert Knopf
D | 9/17/89; 8/27/86
DOB
Hometown | Westbury, N.Y.; Ronkonkoma, N.Y.
H
Club | SC of New York; SC of New York
C
Coaches | Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
C
Choreographers | Mathew Gates, Samvel Gezalian
C
OD Music | “Alpen Boarischer” and “Ziga Zaga Polka” Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Junior Dance, 4th; 2009 U.S. Collegiate Championships,
O
bby the Kalendar Band
Junior Dance, 2nd; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Novice Dance, 6th; 2008 Eastern Sectional, Novice Dance, 9th;
FFD Music | “Georgia on my Mind” and “Let the Good 2007 Eastern Sectional, Novice Dance, 9th; 2007 North Atlantic Regional, Novice Dance, 3rd
TTimes Roll” by Ray Charles
Charlotte Lichtman & Dean Copely
D | 3/26/93; 8/28/89
DOB
Hometown | Northville, Mich.; Ypsilanti, Mich.
H
Club | Arctic FSC; All Year FSC
C
Coaches | Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
C
Choreographers | Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
C
OD Music | Georgian folk
O
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Dance, 1st; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Croatia),
FFD Music | Music from the movie Limelight by Charlie
4th; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Hungary), 8th; 2009 U.S. Championships, Junior Dance, 9th; 2009 Pacific Coast
Chaplin
C
Sectional, Junior Dance, 2nd
Kristen Nardozzi & Robert Cuthbertson
D | 8/18/89; 5/13/88
DOB
Hometown | Frisco, Texas; Bedford, Texas
H
Club | Chicago FSC; Stars FSC of Texas
C
Coaches | Warren Maxwell, Pierre Panayi
C
Choreographers | Suzy Semanick, Nick Traxler
C
OD Music | “O Sole Mio” from The Godfather
O
ssoundtrack and “Funiculi Funicula” by Luigi Denza
pperformed by Andre Rieu
FFD Music | “Cyberworld” by X-Ray Dog
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Dance, 3rd
Anastasia Olson & Jordan Cowan
DOB | 7/18/92; 6/20/90
Hometown | West Bloomfield, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Mich.
Club | Ann Arbor FSC; All Year FSC
Coaches | Yuri Chesnichenko, Yaroslava Nechaeva
Choreographers | Yuri Chesnichenko, Yaroslava
Nechaeva
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Dance, 2nd; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice
OD Music | “Lautary” and “Nane Tsokha” by
V. Ponomareva
Dance, 2nd; 2009 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Dance, 1st; 2008 U.S. Championships, Novice Dance, 4th;
2008 Midwestern Sectional, 1st
FD Music | “Tanguera” by Tangros Dupere and
“Auerer” by Francesca Gagnon
Junior Dance
Maia Shibutani & Alex Shibutani
D | 7/20/94; 4/25/91
DOB
Hometown | Ann Arbor, Mich.; Ann Arbor, Mich.
H
Club | SC of New York; Arctic FSC
C
Coaches | Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
C
Choreographers | Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
C
OD Music | Japanese folk: “Itsuka Mata” by Tetsuro
O
Naito and “Ao-ki Kaze” by Ryutaro Kaneko
N
FFD Music | “Tango Rhapsody” by Luis Enriques
Bacalov
B
Recent Competitions: 2009 Junior Grand Prix Final, 3rd; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Croatia), 1st; 2009 Junior Grand
Prix (Lake Placid), 1st; 2009 World Junior Championships, 2nd; 2009 U.S. Championships, Junior Dance, 2nd; 2008
Junior Grand Prix Final, 4th; 2008 Junior Grand Prix (Spain), 2nd; 2008 Junior Grand Prix (France), 1st; 2008 U.S.
Championships, Junior Dance, 4th; 2008 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Dance, 3rd; 2007 U.S. Championships, Novice
Dance, 1st; 2007 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Dance, 1st; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Dance,
1st; 2006 Southwestern Regional, Intermediate Dance, 1st; 2005 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Dance, 2nd
Rachel Tibbetts & Collin Brubaker
D | 1/23/91; 1/31/89
DOB
Hometown | Colorado Springs, Colo.; Colorado
H
SSprings, Colo.
Club | Broadmoor SC; Chicago FSC
C
Coach | Tiffany Hyden-Dombeck
C
Choreographer | Tom Dickson
C
OD Music | “Tennessee Waltz” by Eva Cassidy
O
FFD Music | “En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor” by Andrea
Bocelli and Sarah Brightman
B
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Junior Dance, 1st; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Belarus), 2nd;
2009 Junior Grand Prix (Lake Placid), 7th; 2009 U.S. Championships, Junior Dance, 6th; 2009 Midwestern
Sectional, Junior Dance, 2nd; 2008 Junior Grand Prix (Great Britain), 5th; 2008 Junior Grand Prix (Spain), 6th;
2008 U.S. Championships, Junior Dance, 10th; 2008 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Dance, 1st; 2007 Junior
Grand Prix (Croatia), 5th; 2007 Junior Grand Prix (Romania); 5th
Natalie Wojton & Michael Soyfer
D | 3/27/94; 12/10/90
DOB
Hometown | Limerick, Pa.; Huntingdon, Pa.
H
Club | Peninsula SC; Iceworks SC
C
Coaches | Robbie Kaine, Cheryl Demkowski Snyder
C
Choreographers | Natalia Linichuk, Cheryl Demkowski
C
SSnyder
OD Music | “Tantst Yidlekh” by The Klezmatics and
O
““Gruass di Gott, Giora” and “Die Goldene Khassene”
pperformed by Giora Feidman
FFD Music | “Pas de Deux” from The Nutcracker
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Dance, 4th; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice
Dance, 11th; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Novice Dance, 4th; 2008 Eastern Sectional, Novice Dance, 5th; 2007
U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Dance, 9th; 2007 South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Dance, 5th;
2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Dance, 8th; 2006 South Atlantic Regional, Juvenile Dance, 4th
Katharine Zeigler & Baxter Burbank
D | 9/26/90; 12/10/87
DOB
Hometown | Maplewood, N.J.; Fairbanks, Alaska
H
Club | Essex SC of NJ; Fairbanks FSC
C
Coach | Robbie Kaine
C
Choreographer | Robbie Kaine
C
OD Music | “Toca Orilla” by Jesse Cook
O
FFD Music | “I Put A Spell on You” by Joe Cocker
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Junior Dance, 3rd; 2009 U.S. Collegiate Championships,
Junior Dance, 1st
Novice Ladies
Ashley Cain
A
D | 7/22/95
DOB
Hometown | Coppell, Texas
H
Club | Stars FSC of Texas
C
Coach | Peter Cain
C
Choreographers | Evgeni Nemirovskii, Darlene Cain
C
SP Music | “Claire De Lune” by Claude Debussy
S
FFS Music | Music from the Ratatouille soundtrack by
Michael Giacchino, performed by Tim Simonec
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Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Ladies, 2nd; 2010 Southwestern Regional, Novice
Ladies, 1st; 2009 Southwestern Regional, Novice Ladies, 5th; 2008 Southwestern Regional, Novice Ladies,
14th
Jessica Noelle Calalang
DOB | 2/24/95
Hometown | Glenview, Ill.
Club | DuPage FSC
Coaches | Cindy Watson Caprel, Kristen Mita
Choreographer | Phillip Mills
SP Music | “The Chairman’s Waltz” by John Williams,
Yo Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman
FS Music | “Sayuri’s Theme” by John Williams,
Yo Yo Ma and Itzhak Perlman
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Ladies, 3rd; 2010 Upper Great Lakes Regional,
Novice Ladies, 4th; 2009 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 6th; 2008 Upper Great Lakes
Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 8th; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Girls, 13th; 2007 Upper Great
Lakes Regional, Juvenile Girls, 2nd
Polina Edmunds
D | 5/18/98
DOB
Hometown | San Jose, Calif.
H
Club | Peninsula SC
C
Coaches | Nina Edmunds, David Glynn
C
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Ladies, 4th; 2010 Central Pacific Regional,
Choreographers | Marina Klimova,
C
Novice Ladies, 1st; 2009 Central Pacific Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 3rd; 2008 Central Pacific Regional,
SSergei Ponomorenko
Juvenile Girls, 11th
SP Music | “Historia de un amor” by The Dancing
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SStrings and “Johnny’s Mumbo”
pperformed by Mumbo
FFS Music | “Once Upon a December” by Emile Pandoff
Gracie Gold
DOB | 8/17/95
Hometown | Springfield, Ill.
Club | Springfield FSC
Coaches | Toni Hickey, Alexander Ouriashev
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Ladies, 1st; 2010 Upper Great Lakes Regional,
Choreographers | Susie Wynne, Sandi Delfs,
Novice Ladies, 1st; 2009 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 8th; 2008 Upper Great Lakes
Oleg Epstein
Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 10th
SP Music | “Firebird” performed by the Eugene
Ormandy Philadelphia Orchestra
FS Music | Selections from Romeo and Juliet by Nino
Rota
Courtney Hicks
C
D | 12/15/95
DOB
Hometown | Chino Hills, Calif.
H
Club | All Year FSC
C
Coach | Scott Wendland
C
Choreographer | Phillip Mills
C
SP Music | “Blessed Spirits” by Vanessa-Mae
S
FFS Music | “Storm Cry” and “The Dragon’s Breath”
bby David Arkenstone
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Ladies, 2nd; 2010 Southwest Pacific Regional,
Novice Ladies, 3rd; 2009 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Ladies, 2nd; 2009 Southwest Pacific
Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 2nd; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Girls, 6th; 2008 Southwest
Pacific Regional, Juvenile Girls, 1st
Novice Ladies
Leah Keiser
DOB | 9/13/97
Hometown | Wexford, Pa.
Club | All Year FSC
Coach | Peter Oppegard
Choreographers | Cindy Stuart, Karen Kwong
SP Music | “Art on Ice” by Edvin Marton
FS Music | Selections from Carmen performed
by the British Symphony Orchestra
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Ladies, 3rd; 2010 Southwest Pacific Regional,
Novice Ladies, 2nd; 2009 Southwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 6th; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Girls, 1st; 2008 Southwest Pacific Regional, Juvenile Girls, 2nd
Abby Kimmelman
DOB | 9/18/93
Hometown | Mountain Lakes, N.J.
Club | SC of New York
Coach | Deborah Milne Davis
Choreographers | Inese Bucevicca, Caroline Massey
SP Music | “Pas de Deux” by Tchaikovsky
FS Music | “Morning to Morning” by David Foster,
“Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” by Rachmaninoff
and “Piano Fantasy” by William Joseph
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Novice Ladies, 3rd; 2010 North Atlantic Regional, Novice
Ladies, 2nd; 2009 North Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 4th; 2008 North Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 8th; 2007 North Atlantic Regional, Juvenile Girls, 9th
Renee Kono
DOB | 8/4/95
Hometown | Houston, Texas
Club | Houston FSC
Coaches | Hisashi Kuchiki, Nicole Sciarrotta Nichols,
Karla Atwood
Choreographers | Tamara Kuchiki, Olga Ganicheva
SP Music | “The Skater’s Waltz” performed
by Andre Rieu
FS Music | “I Got Rhythm” by George Gershwin
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Ladies, 4th; 2010 Southwestern Regional, Novice
Ladies, 4th; 2009 Southwestern Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 8th; 2007 Southwestern Regional, Juvenile
Girls, 7th
Katarina Kulgeyko
DOB | 5/24/96
Hometown | San Diego, Calif.
Club | Los Angeles FSC
Coach | Anna Baram
Choreographers | Natasha Bobrina, Alla Kapranova
SP Music | Music from the Love Story soundtrack by
Francis Lai
FS Music | Selections from The Addams Family
soundtrack by Marc Shaiman
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Ladies, 1st; 2010 Southwest Pacific Regional,
Novice Ladies, 1st; 2009 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Ladies, 1st; 2009 Southwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 1st; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Ladies, 7th; 2008 Southwest
Pacific Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 1st; 2007 Southwest Pacific Regional, Juvenile Girls, 2nd
Nicole Rajic
DOB | 8/13/95
Hometown | New York, N.Y.
Club | SC of New York
Coach | Roman Serov
Choreographer | Olga Orlova
SP Music | “Monti Czardas” performed
by David Garret
FS Music | “1001 Nights Waltz” by the Slovak
Philharmonic Orchestra
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Novice Ladies, 2nd; 2010 North Atlantic Regional, Novice
Ladies, 1st; 2009 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Ladies, 8th; 2009 North Atlantic Regional,
Intermediate Ladies, 1st; 2008 North Atlantic Regional, Juvenile Girls, 14th; 2007 North Atlantic Regional,
Juvenile Girls, 12th
Novice Ladies
Courtney Taylor
DOB | 10/6/94
Hometown | Morristown, N.J.
Club | SC of New York
Coaches | Camie Doyle, Craig Maurizi
Choreographer | Olga Orlova
SP Music | Selections from the Pulp Fiction
soundtrack
FS Music | Selections from The Red Violin by John
Corigliano
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Novice Ladies, 1st; 2010 North Atlantic Regional, Novice
Ladies, 3rd; 2006 North Atlantic Regional, Juvenile Girls, 13th
Allison Timlen
DOB | 10/6/96
Hometown | Ellicott City, Md.
Club | Columbia FSC
Coaches | Denise Cahill, Bobbe Shire
Choreographers | Nathan Birch, Tim Murphy
SP Music | “The Carousel Waltz” performed
by The Boston Pops
FS Music | Overture to Gypsy by the 2008 Broadway
cast
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Novice Ladies, 4th; 2010 South Atlantic Regional, Novice
Ladies, 1st; 2009 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Ladies, 3rd; 2009 South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 2nd; 2008 South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Ladies, 1st
Novice Men
Nathan Chen
DOB | 5/5/99
Hometown | Salt Lake City, Utah
Club | Salt Lake FSC
Coach | Evgeniya Chernyshova
Choreographer | Stephanee Grosscup
SP Music | Selections from Kung Fu Panda
by Hans Zimmer and John Powell
FS Music | “Peter and the Wolf” performed by the
Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Men, 1st; 2010 Central Pacific Regional, Novice
Men, 1st; 2009 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 2nd; 2009 Central Pacific Regional, Intermediate Men, 2nd; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Boys, 3rd; 2008 Central Pacific Regional, Juvenile
Boys, 1st; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Boys, 10th; 2007 Central Pacific Regional, Juvenile
Boys, 1st
Harrison Choate
DOB | 10/18/93
Hometown | Weston, Mass.
Club | SC of Boston
Coaches | Peter Johansson, Mark Mitchell
Choreographers | Mark Mitchell, Jamie Isley
SP Music | Selections from The Godfather soundtrack
by Nino Rota
FS Music | Selections from the West Side Story
soundtrack
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 4th; 2010 New England Regional, Novice Men,
1st; 2009 New England Regional, Novice Men, 5th; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 4th;
2008 New England Regional, Intermediate Men, 2nd; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Boys, 5th;
2007 New England Regional, Juvenile Boys, 2nd; 2006 New England Regional, Juvenile Boys, 1st; 2005 New
England Regional, Juvenile Boys, 7th
Timothy Dolensky
DOB | 7/18/92
Hometown | Kennesaw, Ga.
Club | Atlanta FSC
Coach | Debbie Prachar
Choreographer | Debbie Prachar
SP Music | “Flamenko” by Didyula
FS Music | “Warsaw Concerto” performed by Frank
Chacksfield and his orchestra
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 1st; 2010 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men,
2nd; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 5th; 2009 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2008 Eastern
Sectional, Novice Men, 9th; 2008 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 5th; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships,
Intermediate Men, 15th; 2007 South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Men, 4th; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 15th; 2006 South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Men, 2nd; 2005 U.S. Junior
Championships, Juvenile Boys, 9th; 2005 South Atlantic Regional, Juvenile Boys, 4th
Lukas Kaugars
DOB | 4/27/95
Hometown | Colorado Springs, Colo.
Club | Broadmoor SC
Coach | Damon Allen
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 1st; 2010 Southwestern Regional, Novice
Choreographer | Damon Allen
Men, 1st; 2009 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 6th; 2009 Southwestern Regional ChampionSP Music | “Sleepwalk” by the Brian Setzer Orchestra ships, Intermediate Men, 1st
FS Music | “Magic Stradivarius” and “Ice Symphony”
by Edvin Marton
Timothy Koleto
DOB | 6/17/91
Hometown | Colorado Springs, Colo.
Club | Broadmoor SC
Coach | Eddie Shipstad
Choreographers | Tom Dickson, Catarina Lindgren
SP Music | “Bogata” by John Powell
FS Music | “Daphnis et Chloe: Nocturne” performed
by the Berlin Philharmonic
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 4th; 2010 Southwestern Regional, Novice
Men, 2nd; 2009 Southwestern Regional, Novice Men, 7th; 2008 Southwestern Regional, Novice Men, 5th;
2005 Southwestern Regional, Intermediate Men, 3rd; 2004 Southwestern Regional, Juvenile Boys, 6th
Novice Men
William Littlefield
DOB | 6/7/92
Hometown | McKinney, Texas
Club | Dallas FSC
Coaches | Aleksey Letov, Olga Ganicheva, Natalia
Mishkiutenok
Choreographers | Olga Ganicheva, Gino Johnson
SP Music | Justin Timberlake medley
FS Music | “Tosca Fantasy” and Tchaikovsky remix
by Edvin Marton
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2010 Southwestern Regional, Novice
Men, 3rd; 2009 Southwestern Regional, Novice Men, 5th; 2008 Southwestern Regional, Novice Men, 6th;
2007 Southwestern Regional, Intermediate Men, 3rd; 2005 Southwestern Regional, Juvenile Boys, 9th
Shotaro Omori
DOB | 10/23/95
Hometown | La Mirada, Calif.
Club | Los Angeles FSC
Coach | DJ Vincent
Choreographer | DJ Vincent
SP Music | “Danse Macabre” by Camille Saint Saens
FS Music | Selections from The Godfather
by Nino Rota
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2010 Southwest Pacific Regional,
Novice Men, 2nd; 2009 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 3rd; 2009 Southwest Pacific Regional,
Intermediate Men, 1st; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Boys, 5th; 2008 Southwest Pacific
Regional, Juvenile Boys, 2nd; 2007 Southwest Pacific Regional, Juvenile Boys, 7th
Emmanuel Savary
DOB | 1/6/98
Hometown | Newark, Del.
Club | University of Delaware FSC
Coach | Joel Savary
Choreographer | Sasha Kirsanov
SP Music | Music from “Super Mario Bros.” by
Nintendo
FS Music | Selections from the soundtrack of
“The Simpsons” by Hans Zimmer
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2010 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men,
4th; 2009 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 1st; 2009 South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate
Men, 1st; 2008 South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Men, 7th; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile
Boys, 6th; 2007 South Atlantic Regional, Juvenile Boys, 2nd; 2006 South Atlantic Regional, Juvenile Boys, 3rd
Troy Tomasello
DOB | 5/1/94
Hometown | Parma, Ohio
Club | Strongsville SC
Coach | Glyn Watts
Choreographer | Glyn Watts
SP Music | Selections from the Beetlejuice soundtrack
by Danny Elfman
FS Music | Selections from Pirates of the Caribbean
by Hans Zimmer
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2010 Eastern Great Lakes Regional,
Novice Men, 4th; 2009 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 9th; 2009 Eastern Great Lakes Regional, Novice
Men, 3rd; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 19th; 2008 Eastern Great Lakes Regional,
Intermediate Men, 3rd; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Boys, 3rd; 2007 Eastern Great Lakes
Regional, Juvenile Boys, 1st; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Boys, 6th; 2006 Eastern Great Lakes
Regional, Juvenile Boys, 2nd; 2005 Eastern Great Lakes Regional, Juvenile Boys, 5th
Austin Wagner
DOB | 5/25/93
Hometown | Alexandria, Va.
Club | SC of Wilmington
Coach | Priscilla Hill
Choreographer | Irina Romanova
SP Music | Selections from The Blues Brothers by
Peter Gunn
FS Music | Jazz medley
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2010 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men,
3rd; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 5th; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 4th; 2009 South
Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2008 South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Men, 2nd; 2007 South Atlantic
Regional, Intermediate Men, 7th; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Boys, 10th; 2006 Northwest
Pacific Regional, Juvenile Boys, 3rd
Novice Men
Philip Warren
DOB | 6/14/93
Hometown | Redlands, Calif.
Club | Inland Empire FSC
Coach | Tammy Gambill
Choreographers | Braden Overett, Felicia Beck
SP Music | “Mr. Pinstripe Suit” and
“Minnie the Moocher” by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
FS Music | “Ray’s Blues” by Dave Grusin
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2010 Southwest Pacific Regional,
Novice Men, 1st; 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Men, 5th; 2009 Southwest Pacific Regional, Novice
Men, 3rd; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 12th; 2008 Southwest Pacific Regional,
Intermediate Men, 2nd; 2007 Southwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate Men, 10th; 2006 Southwest Pacific
Regional, Juvenile Boys, 3rd
Cordero Zuckerman
DOB | 4/1/92
Hometown | Fairbanks, Alaska
Club | Fairbanks FSC
Coach | Lisa Kriley
Choreographers | Stephanee Grosscup, Karen Stone
SP Music | “Nyah” by Hans Zimmer
FS Music | “Egyptian Disco” by DJ Disse
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Men, 4th; 2009 U.S. Junior Championships,
Intermediate Men, 4th; 2009 Northwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate Men, 1st; 2008 Northwest Pacific
Regional, Intermediate Men, 3rd; 2007 Northwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate Men, 4th
Novice Pairs
Morgan Agster & Adam Civiello
D | 6/13/94; 7/11/91
DOB
Hometown | Scottsdale, Ariz
H
Club | Coyotes SC of Arizona
C
Coaches | Doug Ladret, Lara Ladret
C
Choreographers | Doug Ladret, Lara Ladret,
C
Christine Hough, Grant Rorvick
C
SP Music | “Bim Bam Smash” by John Powell
S
FFS Music | Music from the “X-Files” performed by
UNKLE and Tosca by Puccini
U
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Pairs, 4th; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice
Pairs, 11th; 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Pairs, 4th
Ashley Cain & Joshua Reagan
D | 7/22/95; 11/5/89
DOB
Hometowns | Coppell, Texas; Dallas, Texas
H
Club | Stars FSC of Texas
C
Coaches | Peter Cain, David Kirby, Darlene Cain
C
Choreographers | Evegeni Nemirovskii, Darlene Cain
C
SP Music | “One” by Three Dog Night, performed by
S
tthe London Symphony
FFS Music | “Scheherazade” by Rimsky-Korsakov
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Pairs, 1st
Jessica Noelle Calalang & Daniel O’Shea
D | 2/24/95; 2/13/91
DOB
Hometowns | Glenview, Ill..; Gurnee, Ill.
H
Clubs | DuPage FSC; Skokie Valley SC
C
Coaches | Jeremy Allen, Eric Leser
C
Choreographer | Zuzanna Szwed
C
SP Music | Theme to The Godfather by
S
EElectronic Orchestra
FFS Music | “Piano Concierto No. 2” by Rachmaninoff,
pperformed by the London Symphony Orchestra
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Pairs, 4th
Kylie Duarte & Colin Grafton
D | 4/23/93; 9/19/91
DOB
Hometowns | Cumberland, R.I.; No. Attleboro, Mass.
H
Club | Colonial FSC
C
Coaches | Sheryl Franks, Bobby Martin, Carrie Wall
C
Choreographers | Deirdre Williams, Sheryl Franks
C
SP Music | Theme from the Ice Castles soundtrack
S
bby Marvin Hamlisch
FFS Music | “Rhapsody in Blue” by George Gershwin
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Novice Pairs, 1st; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Lake Placid), 9th;
2009 U.S. Championships, Novice Pairs, 9th; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Novice Pairs, 3rd; 2008 U.S. Junior
Championships, Intermediate Pairs, 1st; 2008 Eastern Sectional, Intermediate Pairs, 1st; 2008 New England
Regional, Intermediate Pairs, 1st; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Pairs, 2nd; 2007 New England
Regional, Juvenile Pairs, 1st; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Pairs, 5th; 2006 New England
Regional, Juvenile Pairs, 1st; 2005 New England Regional, Juvenile Pairs, 3rd
Novice Pairs
Mandy Garza & Brandon Frazier
D | 1/5/97; 11/19/92
DOB
Hometowns | Houston, Texas; Colorado Springs, Colo.
H
Clubs | Texas Gulf Coast FSC; All Year FSC
C
Coach | Dalilah Sappenfield
C
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Pairs, 3rd
Choreographers | Zuzanna Szwed, Ryan Jahnke,
C
SShanyn Vallon, Damon Allen
SP Music | Music from The Incredibles by Michael
S
Giacchino
G
FFS Music | “Sing, Sing, Sing” by Louis Prima
Lauren Gifford & Tim LeDuc
D | 10/25/94; 5/4/90
DOB
Hometowns | Robins, Iowa; Cedar Rapids, Iowa
H
Clubs | Eastern Iowa FSC; Eastern Iowa FSC
C
Coach | Tanya Street-Burgess
C
Choreographer | Amy Blades
C
SP Music | TBD
S
FFS Music | TBD
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Pairs, 5th
Christina Guterres & Justin Schumann
D | 2/28/92; 9/9/90
DOB
Hometowns | San Marino, Calif.; Poway, Calif.
H
Clubs | All Year FSC; San Diego FSC
C
Coach | Peter Oppegard
C
Choreographer | Peter Oppegard
C
SP Music | “Triangle Tango” by Philippe Leduc and
S
Maria Bonzanigo
M
FFS Music | Music from the Quantum of Solace
ssoundtrack by David Arnold
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Pairs, 2nd
Olivia Oltmanns & Joshua Santillan
D | 6/7/97; 2/21/92
DOB
Hometowns | Shakopee, Minn.; Huntington Beach,
H
Calif.
C
Clubs | Kansas City FSC; All Year FSC
C
Coaches | Trudy Oltmanns, Russ Scott
C
Choreographers | Trudy Oltmanns, Doug Mattis
C
SP Music | “(I) Can, Can (You?)” by Vanessa-Mae
S
FFS Music | “Arabia” from the DonJuan DeMarco
ssoundtrack by Michael Kamen
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Pairs, 2nd
Meredith Pipkin & Brett Dunie Neustadt
D | 3/28/94; 12/30/90
DOB
Hometowns | Elkton, Md.; Potomac, Md.
H
Clubs | University of Delaware FSC; Washington FSC
C
Coach | Chris Pottenger
C
Choreographer | Irena Romanova
C
SP Music | “Harem” by Frederico de Brito, performed
S
bby Sarah Brightman
FFS Music | Selections from the Troy soundtrack
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Novice Pairs, 4th; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Lake Placid),
Junior Pairs, 7th; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice Pairs, 8th; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Novice Pairs, 4th
Novice Pairs
Morgan Sowa & David Leenen
D | 12/10/93; 9/10/89
DOB
Hometowns | Lincoln, R.I.; Ottawa, Ontario
H
Club | SC of Boston
C
Coaches | Sheryl Franks, Carrie Wall, Bobby Martin
C
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Novice Pairs, 2nd
Choreographers | Scott Brown, Sheryl Franks
C
SP Music | “Montserrat,” “Sonido de a Milango” and
S
“Duro y Parejo” by Bajofondo Tango Club
FFS Music | “The Duel of the Fates” from Star Wars—
PPhantom Menace soundtrack by John Williams,
pperformed by the London Symphony Orchestra
Marissa Spector & Christopher Nolan
DOB | 7/1/92; 4/5/89
Hometowns | Birmingham, Ala.; Alpharetta, Ga.
Clubs | All Year FSC; Atlanta FSC
Coaches | Eric Mumper, Heather Mumper
Choreographer | Heather Mumper
SP Music | Selections from the soundtrack of The
Avengers
FS Music | “The Dragon’s Heartbeat” by
Randy Edelman
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Novice Pairs, 3rd; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice Pairs,
12th; 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Pairs, 3rd
Tori Vollmer & Zack Sidhu
DOB | 8/23/94; 10/21/91
Hometowns | Corona, Calif.; Las Vegas, Nev.
Clubs | Inland Empire FSC; Las Vegas FSC
Coaches | Jenni Meno, Todd Sand
Choreographers | Kris Amerine, Phillip Mills,
Felicia Beck
SP Music | “A Day in the Life” by The Beatles, performed by Jeff Beck
FS Music | Music from West Side Story by Leonard
Bernstein, performed by the New York Philharmonic
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Pairs, 1st; 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Poland),
Junior Pairs, 8th; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice Pairs, 5th; 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Pairs, 1st
Novice Dance
Alexandra Aldridge & Daniel Eaton
D | 5/7/94; 3/26/92
DOB
Hometowns | Birmingham, Mich.; Bay Harbor, Mich.
H
Club | Detroit SC
C
Coaches | Pasquale Camerlengo, Angelika Krylova
C
Choreographer | Pasquale Camerlengo
C
FFD Music | Selections from the soundtrack of The
Man in the Iron Mask performed by Bruce Fowler,
M
SSuzette Moriarty, Ladd McIntosh and Walt Fowler
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Dance, 1st
Amanda Bertsch & Samuel Rashba
D | 10/29/93; 6/26/91
DOB
Hometowns | Willis, Mich.; Port Jefferson, N.Y.
H
Clubs | Ann Arbor FSC; All Year FSC
C
Coaches | Yuri Chesnichenko, Yaroslava Nechaeva
C
Choreographers | Yuri Chesnichenko,
C
YYaroslava Nechaeva
FFD Music | “Smelka” and “Hora” by Oleg Ponomarev,
pperformed by Loyko
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Dance, 3rd
Heather Buckner & Nicholas Taylor
D | 6/22/92; 1/22/93
DOB
Hometowns | Franklin, Tenn.; Huntington, W.V.
H
Clubs | Nashville FSC; The SC of Wilmington
C
Coach | Andrew Newberry
C
Choreographer | Irina Romanova
C
FFD Music | Selections from the soundtrack of The
Mummy by Jerry Goldsmith
M
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Dance, 2nd
Danielle Gamelin & Alexander Gamelin
DOB | 2/22/93; 2/22/93
Hometown | Merrick, N.Y.
Club | SC of New York
Coach | Alexander Esman
Choreographer | Evgeny Platov
FD Music | “Lacrymosa” by Mozart, performed by
Evanescence and the National Chamber Opera of
Australia
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Novice Dance, 2nd; 2009 U.S. Junior Championships,
Intermediate Dance, 1st; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Intermediate Dance, 2nd; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships,
Juvenile Dance, 3rd; 2008 Eastern Sectional, Juvenile Dance, 1st; 2008 North Atlantic Regional, Juvenile
Dance, 1st; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Dance, 9th
Madeline Heritage & Nathaniel Fast
D | 11/12/94; 11/19/91
DOB
Hometowns | Beaverton, Ore.; West Linn, Ore.
H
Club | Portland ISC
C
Coaches | Sofia Ithalaksa, Ikaika Young
C
Choreographers | Sofia Ithalaksa, Ikaika Young
C
FFD Music | “Silsila Ye Chaahat Ka” by Ismail Darbar,
pperformed by Shreya Ghosal
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Dance, 2nd; 2009 U.S. Junior Championships,
Intermediate Dance, 8th; 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional, Intermediate Dance, 1st; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Dance, 1st; 2008 Pacific Coast Sectional, Juvenile Dance, 1st; 2008 Northwest Pacific
Regional, Juvenile Dance, 1st
Novice Dance
Kassy Kova & Justin Ross
D | 4/12/93; 5/25/90
DOB
Hometown | San Diego, Calif
H
Club | San Diego FSC
C
Coaches | Christine Fowler-Binder,
C
SSuzanne Schurman, R. Wendy Smith
Choreographers | Christine Fowler-Binder,
C
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Dance, 4th; 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice
Dance, 5th; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Dance, 7th; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships,
SSuzanne Schurman
FFD Music | “Beautiful Cuba” by Andy Garcia, “Mambo” Juvenile Dance, 16th
bby Israel ‘Cachao’ Lopez, “Damelo” by Clave Cubana
aand “Do You Only Wanna Dance” by Julio Daivel
Lauren McKernan & Adam Munday
D | 9/4/90; 6/11/87
DOB
Hometown | Colorado Springs, Colo.; Sammamish,
H
Wash.
W
Clubs | Broadmoor SC; Highland SC
C
Coach | Patti Gottwein
C
Choreographers | Tom Dickson, Catarina Lindgren
C
FFD Music | “Caravan” by 80 Drums Around the World
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Dance, 3rd
Lorraine McNamara & Quinn Carpenter
D
DOB | 2/18/99; 2/24/96
Hometowns | Germantown, Md.; Wheaton, Md.
H
Club | Washington FSC
C
Coaches | Dmytri Ilin, Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak
C
Choreographers | Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak
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FFD Music | “Bolero” by Maurice Ravel, performed by
tthe London Symphony Orchestra
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Novice Dance, 4th; 2009 U.S. Junior Championships,
Intermediate Dance, 4th; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Intermediate Dance, 4th; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships,
Juvenile Dance, 4th; 2007 South Atlantic Regional, Juvenile Dance, 6th
Danvi Pham & Vu Pham
D | 1/7/99; 5/26/97
DOB
Hometown | Silver Spring, Md.
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Club | Washington FSC
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Coaches | Dmytri Ilin, Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak
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Choreographer | Elena Novak
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FFD Music | “Ghost Dances” performed by Inti Illimani
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Novice Dance, 1st; 2009 U.S. Junior Championships,
Intermediate Dance, 2nd; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Intermediate Dance, 1st; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships,
Juvenile Dance, 2nd
Kristina Rexford & Michael Parsons
DOB | 3/5/97; 10/3/95
Hometowns | Silver Spring, Md.; Derwood, Md.
Club | Washington FSC
Coaches | Dmytri Ilin, Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak
Choreographers | Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak
FD Music | “Moonlight Sonata” by Beethoven
Recent Competitions: 2010 Eastern Sectional, Novice Dance, 3rd; 2009 U.S. Junior Championships,
Intermediate Dance, 5th; 2009 Eastern Sectional, Intermediate Dance, 3rd; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Dance, 11th; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Dance, 7th; 2007 South Atlantic
Regional, Juvenile Dance, 2nd
Novice Dance
Hannah Rosinski & Paul Shapiro
D | 6/19/95; 10/17/90
DOB
Hometown | Cleveland, Ohio; Mentor, Ohio
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Club | Pavilion SC of Cleveland Heights
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Coaches | Brandon Forsyth, Jackie Miles,
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Charles Rossbach
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Choreographers | Zuzanna Szwed, Brandon Forsyth
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FFD Music | “Parisian Walkway” by Garry Moore
Recent Competitions: 2010 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Dance, 4th; 2009 U.S. Junior Championships,
Intermediate Dance, 10th; 2009 Midwestern Sectional, Intermediate Dance, 5th
Joylyn Yang & Jean Luc Baker
D | 12/23/95; 10/7/93
DOB
Hometowns | Mukilteo, Wash.; Edmonds, Wash.
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Club | Seattle SC
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Coaches | Sharon Jones Baker, Stephen Baker
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Choreographer | Sharon Jones Baker
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FFD Music | Selections from the Titanic soundtrack by
JJames Horner
Recent Competitions: 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Dance, 1st; 2009 U.S. Championships, Novice
Dance, 7th; 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Dance, 3rd; 2008 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate
Dance, 1st; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Dance, 1st; 2007 Northwest Pacific Regional, Juvenile
Dance, 2nd