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2011/2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
16 – 22 January 2012
Moncton, New Brunswick
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2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
Moncton Coliseum Complex
January 16, 2012 to January 22, 2012
ENTRIES / Starting Order
NOVICE
Novice Men Short Program
1 Tyler Miller BC/YT
2 Adonis Wong BC/YT
3 Bennet Toman QC
4 Trennt Michaud EO
5 Nicolas Nadeau QC
6 Bryce Chudak AB/NT/NU
7 Laurent Guay QC
8 Christopher Mostert AB/NT/NU
9 Jeff Hough EO
10 Daniel-Olivier Boulanger-Trottier QC
11 Shawn Cuevas BC/YT
12 Anthony Kan CO
13 Roman Sadovsky CO
14 Raphael Pelletier QC
15 Jarret Melanson NO
16 Philippe Trépanier-Bettez QC
17 Leslie Ip CO
18 Mathieu Ostiguy QC
Novice Women Short Program
1 Tara Hancherow SK
2 Marianne Rioux Ouellet QC
3 Elisabeth Dyer AB/NT/NU
4 Ceduna Magee AB/NT/NU
5 Hayleigh Bell CO
6 Cailey England BC/YT
7 Larkyn Austman BC/YT
8 Haley Sales BC/YT
9 Valerie Lavergne QC
10 Jayda Jurome BC/YT
11 Jennifer Mahoney NS
12 Lisa Nasu-Yu EO
13 Madelyn Dunley CO
14 Sandrine Martin QC
15 Alexandra Nantel Dupuis QC
16 Britanny Guiseppe Clarke QC
17 Alex-Anne Aubé Kubel QC
18 Melina Di Lauro QC
Novice Pair Short Program
1 Julia Mercer / Spencer Buchanan QC
2 Jessica Landry / Sebastian M. Arcieri QC
3 Dylan Conway / Dustin Sherriff-Clayton CO
4 Madelyn Dunley / Wesley Killing WO
5 Sabrina Vigneault / Cedric Savard QC
6 Jordyn Harper / Shaquille Davis CO
7 Hayleigh Bell / Alistair Sylvester CO
8 Marie-Laurence Bradette / Felix-Antoine Garneau- QC
9 Kendra Digness / Cole Vandervelden AB/NT/NU
10 Elizabeth Swenor / Rocky Swenor CO
Novice Dance Pattern Dance (1) - Cha Cha Congelado
1 Abby Savoie / Dennis Romanenko CO
2 Ekaterina Fedyushchenko / Jean-Luc Jackson WO
3 Samantha Glavine / Jeff Hough EO
4 Katie Desveaux / Dmitre Razgulajevs CO
5 Elise von Holwede / Eric Streichsbier BC/YT
6 Christina Penkov / Christopher Mostert AB/NT/NU
7 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Pierre-Richard Chiasson QC
8 Melinda Meng / Andrew Meng QC
9 Haili Moyer / Aaron Chapplain CO
10 Catherine Daigle-Roy / Alexis St-Louis QC
11 Nevada Evelyn Smith / Addison Voldeng SK
12 Audrey Croteau-Villeneuve / Simon Longtin-Martel QC
13 Jade Robitaille / Dominic Barthe QC
14 Jaimie Clarke / Matthew Webb NS
15 Lauren Collins / Danny Seymour CO
Novice Dance Pattern Dance (2) - Argentine Tang
1 Melinda Meng / Andrew Meng QC
2 Haili Moyer / Aaron Chapplain CO
3 Catherine Daigle-Roy / Alexis St-Louis QC
4 Nevada Evelyn Smith / Addison Voldeng SK
5 Audrey Croteau-Villeneuve / Simon Longtin-Martel QC
6 Jade Robitaille / Dominic Barthe QC
7 Jaimie Clarke / Matthew Webb NS
8 Lauren Collins / Danny Seymour CO
9 Abby Savoie / Dennis Romanenko CO
10 Ekaterina Fedyushchenko / Jean-Luc Jackson WO
11 Samantha Glavine / Jeff Hough EO
12 Katie Desveaux / Dmitre Razgulajevs CO
13 Elise von Holwede / Eric Streichsbier BC/YT
14 Christina Penkov / Christopher Mostert AB/NT/NU
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2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
Moncton Coliseum Complex
January 16, 2012 to January 22, 2012
ENTRIES / Starting Order
JUNIOR
Junior Men Short Program
1 Nicolas Tondreau-Alin QC
2 Christophe Belley QC
3 Denis Margalik CO
4 Joel Bond NO
5 Jack Kermezian QC
6 Peter O Brien EO
7 Iassen Petkov CO
8 Cole Vandervelden AB/NT/NU
9 Nicolas Beaudoin QC
10 Francis Beaulieu QC
11 Francis Boudreau Audet QC
12 Drew Wolfe AB/NT/NU
13 Mitchell Gordon BC/YT
14 Graeme Gordon BC/YT
15 Alexandre Vaugeois QC
16 Dustin Sherriff-Clayton CO
17 Alexander Zahariev CO
18 Alistair Sylvester WO
Junior Women Short Program
1 Brittany Jones WO
2 Kelsey Wiebe BC/YT
3 Alexandra Rynn AB/NT/NU
4 Cassandra McDonnell WO
5 Natasha Purich AB/NT/NU
6 Rachel Greben CO
7 Jennifer Pettem EO
8 Julianne Séguin QC
9 Valérie Bergeron QC
10 Brianna Clarkson WO
11 Roxanne Cournoyer QC
12 Veronik Mallet QC
13 Olivia Houston CO
14 Elizabeth Comeau EO
15 Gabrielle Daleman CO
16 Marie-Eve Comtois QC
17 Samantha Tsui CO
18 Ann-Sophie Gagnon QC
Junior Pair Short Program
1 Tamara Jurkiewicz / Alexander Arpin QC
2 Krystel Desjardins / Charlie Bilodeau QC
3 Shalena Rau / Phelan Simpson WO
4 Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry WO
5 Mary Orr / Anthony Furiano WO
6 Leah Hyslop / Bob Goodwin WO
7 Alexandra Young / Matthew Young NL
Junior Dance Short Danc
1 Rebecca Nelles / Nicholas Lettner EO
2 Laurence Fournier Beaudry / Yoan Breton QC
3 Mariève Cyr / Benjamin Brisebois Gaudreau QC
4 Carolane Soucisse / Benjamin Smyth QC
5 Andréanne Poulin / Marc-André Servant QC
6 Mackenzie Bent / Garrett MacKeen EO
7 Élisabeth Paradis / François-Xavier Ouellette QC
8 Rachel Kirkland / Christopher Lettner CO
9 Sarah Clarke / Steven Clarke EO
10 Caelen Dalmer / Shane Firus BC/YT
11 Victoria Hasegawa / Connor Hasegawa QC
12 Noa Bruser / Timothy Lum BC/YT
13 Nicole Kuzmich / Jordan Hockley CO
14 Madeline Edwards / Zhao Kai Pang BC/YT
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2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships
Moncton Coliseum Complex
January 16, 2012 to January 22, 2012
ENTRIES / Starting Order
SENIOR
Senior Men Short Program
1 Dominic Rondeau QC
2 Benjamin Tidy QC
3 Benjamin Guthrie NO
4 David Struthers QC
5 Sasha Alcoloumbre QC
6 Charles Dion QC
7 Shaquille Davis CO
8 Samuel Morais QC
9 Dave Ferland QC
10 Raphael Yacobi-Harris CO
11 Maxime-Billy Fortin QC
12 Nam Nguyen BC/YT
13 Liam Firus BC/YT
14 Jeremy Ten BC/YT
15 Andrei Rogozine CO
16 Elladj Balde QC
17 Kevin Reynolds BC/YT
18 Patrick Chan CO
Senior Women Short Progra
1 Alexie Gélinas QC
2 Cambria Little BC/YT
3 Rachel Gendron QC
4 Kaleigh Hole MB
5 Devon Neuls AB/NT/NU
6 Izabel Valiquette QC
7 Roxanne Rheault QC
8 Sarah Jourdain QC
9 Jessica Dube QC
10 Vanessa Grenier QC
11 Alexandra Najarro CO
12 Kate Charbonneau MB
13 Alaine Chartrand EO
14 Alexandra Gagnon QC
15 Kaetlyn Osmond AB/NT/NU
16 Adriana DeSanctis CO
17 Amelie Lacoste QC
18 Cynthia Phaneuf QC
Senior Pair Short Progra
1 Noemie Arseneault / Simon-Pierre Côté QC
2 Andrea Tou / Matthew Penasse CO
3 Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro WO
4 Alexie Gélinas / David Struthers QC
5 Julianne Séguin / Andrew Evans QC
6 Jessica Dube / Sebastien Wolfe QC
7 Taylor Steele / Rob Schultz WO
8 Natasha Purich / Raymond Schultz AB/NT/NU
9 Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskell WO
10 Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers SK
11 Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford QC
12 Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch WO
Senior Dance Short Dance
1 Larissa Van As / Troy Shindle BC/YT
2 Anoushka Ritchie-Hervieux / Philippe Massé QC
3 Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier CO
4 Mélissande Dumas / David Mackay Perry QC
5 Jazz Smyl Joly / Nicholas Jesionek AB/NT/NU
6 Olga Lioudvinevitch / Benjamin Mulder WO
7 Shanna René De Cotret-Laporte / Alexandre Lalib QC
8 Nicole Orford / Thomas Williams BC/YT
9 Helene Letourneau / Kevin Boczar EO
10 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir WO
11 Tarrah Harvey / Keith Gagnon BC/YT
12 Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill CO
13 Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam CO
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DATE EVENT TIME ET/PT NETWORK Friday, January 20 Women's Short and Pairs Short 2pm/11am TSN Ice Dance Short 7pm/4pm TSN Saturday, January 21 Men's Short 2pm/11am TSN Men's Short and Women's Free Final 4pm/1pm CTV Pairs Free Final and Dance Free Final 7pm/4pm CTV Sunday, January 22 Men's Free Final 3:30pm/12:30pm TSN
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Buahahahahaah la Dubè che compete anche nei singoli... Ma perchè me l'aspettavo xD?!
Comunque sono interessata praticamente solo alla gara della danza/coppie per vedere chi prenderà il terzo posto nel podio in entrambe le discipline... il resto è vuoto completo (non parliamo degli uomini u.u). -
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A me piace questa coppia: Meagan Duhamel / Eric Radford
e faccio il tifo per loro
anche se non dovrebbero avere problemi ad ottenere il titolo.
Danza ci sono Virtue/Moir ma anche Weaver/Poje
Negli uomini io supporto Kevin Reynolds =D
Donne Amelie Lacoste e Cynthia Phaneuf dovrebbero giocarsi oro e argento tra di loro.. -
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Si per le coppie e danza intendevo che oro/argento sono abbastanza scontati, a meno che non succedano disastri :S
coppie, come hai detto tu, quasi sicuro che Duhamel/Radford non abbiano particolari problemi a prendere l'oro e come argento Towers/Moscovitch sicuro. Mi chiedo chi per il terzo... ci sono 3 coppie che se lo giocano.
danza, mi aspetto mooooooooolto da Tessa e Scott, spero non deludano, comunque anche qui, non dovrebbero esserci moltissimi problemi per l'oro, ma supporto anche Waver/Poje che sarebbero sicuramente argento
E si pone anche qui il problema del terzo posto.. se la giocano Ralph/Hill, Paul/Islam e Harvey/Gagnon... In un certo senso spero che Paul/Islam facciano una buona performance, anche se li apprezzavo di più prima, però so che prendono come modello Tessa e Scott, non sarebbe male averli sul podio tutti insieme xD Anche se appunto, ci sono anche le altre due coppie.
Donne effettivamente ci sono solo loro due, da quando non c'è più la Rochette il pattinaggio femminile canadese non ha più molta importanza
Uomini... che dire, il primo posto si sa (purtroppo u.u) però faccio anche io il tifo per Reynolds, anche se in generale non mi interessa particolarmente... sicuramente è il più originale tra tutti comunque
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vai reynolds vava vai reynolds! 
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Novice Pattern Dance, Novice Women Short, Novice Pair Short, Novice Men Short, Junior Women Short
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Articoli del Golden Skate per la categoria NOVICE e JUNIOR dei Nazionali Canadesi CITAZIONENovice skaters take the ice at 2012 Canadian NationalsThe novice division kicked off the 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships Monday at the Canadian Figure Skating Championships at the Moncton Coliseum Complex in Moncton (N.B.) Canada.
Novice ice dancers skated the Cha Cha Congelado and Argentine Tango pattern dances. As expected, Melinda Meng and Andrew Meng (QC) are in the lead with 27.82 points, although they are closely trailed by a pair of Central Ontario teams.
Katie Desveaux and Dmitre Razgulajevs defeated the Mengs in the Argentine Tango and are sitting in second with a total of 27.67. About a point behind them, with a score of 26.49, are Lauren Collins and Danny Seymour.
The silver medalists from Skate Canada Challenge in December, Samantha Glavine and Jeff Hough (EO), are in fourth with 26.20. All four teams at the top of the standings have charismatic free dances, setting up an exciting battle for Tuesday morning.
In the ladies event, Madelyn Dunley (CO) won the short program with a score of 38.39. Her sassy Latin program featured two clean triple jumps. Two strong competitors from the BC/YT section are in second and third.
Haley Sales fell on her triple Lutz, but received full credit for the rotation, while helped her score a 36.44.
BC/YT teammate Larkyn Austman’s dramatic flair clean triple Salchow-double toe loop combination contributed to her score of 36.02.
Marianne Rioux Ouellet of Québec is just over a quarter of a point from podium position with 35.75 points.
Valérie Lavergne, also from Québec, is in fifth with 34.31, still within striking distance.
Three teams from Central Ontario lead the standings after the pairs short program.
Hayleigh Bell and Alistair Sylvester are on top of the leader board with 39.76 points. Bell and Sylvester struggled with their lift, but the rest of their elements were solid and they carried great energy through the program.
Dylan Conway and Dustin Sherriff-Clayton, last year’s fourth-place finishers are in a close second place, earning 37.92 points in their charming short program.
Jordyn Harper and Shaquille Davis, a new team this year, are currently in third place with 32.90 points. Their elements were fairly clean, but they do not yet have the difficulty or unison of the top two teams.
A close race for the bronze medal has been set up, with two more teams within a point of Harper and Davis.
Madelyn Dunley and Wesley Killing (WO) are in fourth with 32.57 points, and Marie-Laurence Bradette and Félix-Antoine Garneau-Picard (QC) are fifth with a score of 32.21.
A pair of novice men from Central Ontario are prepared to battle for the gold medal in the free skate.
Anthony Kan won the short program, earning 41.70 points, but Roman Sadovsky is just .11 behind him with a score of 41.59. Kan’s modern program contrasted with Sadovsky’s energetic performance, but both competitors went for a triple toe loop-triple toe loop combination. Neither skater landed it perfectly, but it was an excellent effort for both.
Daniel-Olivier Boulanger-Trottier (QC) is in third place for now with 38.32 points, but close behind is Bennet Toman (QC), last year’s pre-novice national champion, with 37.00 points.
Both Boulanger-Trottier and Toman landed clean triple toe loop-double toe loop combinations, but had trouble with the landings of their double Axels.
Shawn Cuevas (BC/YT) is in fifth with 35.57 points after a dynamic tango program with a mistake on his intended triple Salchow (popped to a double).CITAZIONECollins and Seymour take novice ice dance title in MonctonTuesday’s competition at the 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships kicked off with a shot of adrenaline, courtesy of surprise winners in the novice ice dance event, Lauren Collins and Danny Seymour (CO).
Jumping up from 12th place last year, the youngsters out of the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie, Ont., delighted the audience on hand with an effervescent program. Using music from Cirque du Soleil and Make ‘Em Laugh from Glee, Collins and Seymour were adorable as clowns, never letting the theme of their dance fade to the background.
Collins credited Mariposa choreographer Kelly Johnson with the idea for their crowd-pleasing program. “The choreographer had the idea, and we just decided to go with it,” she said.
“We had input in basically all of the decisions,” Seymour added, “but big rounds of applause for the choreographers and the coaches. We could not have done this without them at all.”
The duo scored a season’s best of 61.06 in the free dance and their total score of 87.55 was also a new personal record, beating the mark they set last month at Skate Canada Challenge by over seven points.
Collins and Seymour had finished fifth at the Challenge and were hoping to fight for a spot on the podium here in Moncton, however, pulling off the win was a most unexpected and delightful surprise.
Melinda Meng and Andrew Meng (QC) were the favorites heading into this event, having won four events already this season, and established a slim lead after the pattern dances. The siblings skated extremely well in their free dance to tango music by Marco Calliari, carrying a mature quality that they have just begun to develop this year.
“We had a lead, even if a very small one, and that boosts your confidence going into the free,” Andrew said. “It was exciting.”
The Mengs handled the pressure well, skating without major errors, but their base value was just a notch lower than Collins and Seymour’s. While the Mengs did their lifts well, they may have lacked a bit of amplitude, relatively speaking. The competition was close, but the Mengs’ free dance score of 59.52 slotted them into second with a total of 87.34. Even with such a close finish, the Mengs were all smiles after the event.
“Second at our first Nationals is pretty exciting,” Melinda said. “It was a really nice experience.”
Samantha Glavine and Jeff Hough (EO) won the bronze medal, earning 58.62 in the free dance and 84.82 overall. Glavine and the Mengs siblings collided during the five-minute warm up before their flight and Glavine suffered cuts on her leg and hand, but she was able to refocus before they took the ice to compete.
It did appear to take Glavine and Hough a minute or so to relax and get into their free dance, set to I’d Rather Be Blue and Le Jazz Hot. The elements were all done well, though, without any noticeable errors, and by the end of the program, the duo was really selling their choreography. This makes two bronze medals in a row for Glavine and Hough; they were last year’s Canadian pre-novice bronze medalists.
Another close margin separated the third and fourth place teams, and unfortunately, just .71 kept Katie Desveaux and Dmitre Razgulajevs (CO) from standing on the podium. In their second year at the novice level, the charming team from the Scarboro FSC had really hoped for a medal in Moncton.
With kind of a “mad clown” theme to their free dance, Desveaux and Razgulajevs stuck to their characters and really performed, but a couple of missed levels and a long lift deduction resulted in fourth place. They earned 56.42 in the free dance and 84.09 overall.
A third team from Central Ontario, Haili Moyer and Aaron Chapplain, reached their season goal by finishing fifth. The duo has made an impressive climb over the past year, finishing 20th on the pre-novice level in 2011 and steadily improving over the course of the season en route to a personal best in Moncton.
Moyer and Chapplain’s free dance score of 55.10 and total score of 78.20 shattered their previous best marks by seven and eight points, respectively. Skating a sassy tango to Hernando’s Hideaway, the Mariposa-trained duo completed all of their elements well and really got into the character of the dance.CITAZIONEDunley wins novice ladies title at 2012 Canadian NationalsThe 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships continued with the novice ladies long program. Madelyn Dunley (CO) took the gold, followed by Larkyn Austman (BC/YT) and Haley Sales (BC/YT), respectively.
Dunley delivered a strong free skate with three clean triple jumps in her dramatic Danse Macabre program. Although she fell on the triple toe loop in her opening double Axel-triple toe loop combination, she fought back with clean triple toe loop-double toe loop and triple Salchow-double loop combinations. Three level four spins and another triple Salchow contributed to her score of 71.71.
Novice ladies in Canada receive bonuses for difficult jumps, and Dunley’s score included three bonus points.
This season’s point incentives have pushed many of the novice ladies to attempt more difficult jump content than in the past. Of the 18 ladies in the competition, nine received bonus points. Only Dunley and the 17th-place finisher, Valérie Lavergne, received three bonus points.
Moving up a spot after the short program, Austman skated one of the cleanest programs in the final flight en route to a second-place finish. The 13-year-old had a mistake on the landing of her triple Salchow-double toe loop combination and a single loop later in the program, but two clean double Axels and a confident triple Salchow helped her stay high in the standings. Austman’s Tango de Amor program was presented with great maturity, especially for her age.
“I felt super nervous,” Austman said about her mindset before the free, “because at Challenge, I hadn’t skated so hot, so I just wanted to do a lot better here and see where I could end up.”
With a score of 68.99 in the free skate, Austman earned 105.01 overall. The silver medal is certainly an improvement over her 10th-place showing at Skate Canada Challenge in December.
Although her free skate was ranked fourth, Sales did enough in her sassy Victor/Victoria program to hang on to the bronze medal. Sales, who attempted a triple Lutz in the short program, went for the big jump again here, but stumbled out of it. Most of the landings on her jumps were messy, and the small mistakes began to add up.
Despite the jump problems, Sales never gave up on the performance and fought for all the points that she could gather to stay on the podium, edging out her closest competitor by under a point. Like Austman, Sales also moved up quite a bit from her Challenge placement, from eighth to third.
Marianne Rioux Ouellet (QC) was the athlete who finished fourth, just a few tenths from the podium, with a score of 98.56. Rioux Ouellet’s free skate featured two triples, an opening triple Salchow in combination with a double toe loop and a lovely triple loop midway through the program. Rioux Ouellet defeated Sales on the Technical Elements Score (TES), but her program components were not as highly marked.
Also from Québec, Sandrine Martin placed fifth after a fifth-place free skating, scoring 92.66 overall. Martin intended to do two triple Salchows, but only completed the first one (in combination with a double toe loop), an element that was fairly well done. Her second Salchow was popped to a double. Aside from a couple of minor errors at the top of the program, Martin skated very well, earning positive Grades of Execution (GOE) on most of her elements. Her dramatic program was set to Caprice Fantastique and Orphée aux Enfers.CITAZIONEBell and Sylvester win novice pair title at 2012 Canadian NationalsThe 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships continued with the novice Pairs Long Program. Hayleigh Bell and Alistair Sylvester (CO) won the gold, followed by Dylan Conway and Dustin Sherriff-Clayton (CO) and Marie-Laurence Bradette and Felix-Antoine Garneau-Picard (QC), respectively.
Bell and Sylvester won Central Ontario’s third gold medal of the day with a nearly clean free skate set to Liebestraum. Only a small struggle with their side-by-side double Axels marred an otherwise lovely performance. The pair smiled throughout the entire program and were obviously thrilled at the end.
“I’m really happy,” Bell said after their skate. “We skated really well and got a personal best by about ten points.”
“I always get nervous,” Sylvester said, “but particularly today, because it’s a big day. I’m super excited and really happy.”
Both Bell and Sylvester, like many of the competitors in the novice pairs event, are double-entered in these championships. Bell finished 18th in novice ladies, and Sylvester is still to compete in junior men.
“We’re used to it [competing in two events] from smaller competitions throughout the whole year,” Bell said. “I find I get really nervous and then after one will be done, I’ll be fine, and then I’ll get really nervous again.”
“I have my events spread out over four days,” Sylvester said, “so it’s more of a marathon than a sprint. But as long as I’m able to find time and Hayleigh’s able to find time between events to get away from all the stress, it usually turns out okay.”
The strategy is clearly paying off for them, as Bell and Sylvester are already setting themselves up well to move up. Their side-by-side double Axels and throw triple loop would place them well in the junior level.
Their Central Ontario teammates, Conway and Sherriff-Clayton, stayed in second to win the silver medal, scoring 105.90.
Conway and Sherriff-Clayton also went for a throw triple – a Salchow, but fell on their attempt. They also struggled with planned side-by-double Lutzes, receiving credit for only singles, but their pair elements were excellent. High Grades of Execution (GOE) for their pair spin and spirals helped them to secure a silver medal – two places higher than their finish last year.
Conway and Sherriff-Clayton clearly have an excellent rapport with each other and Ballet Egyptien was a lovely and original choice for this year’s free skate. Sherriff-Clayton will compete in junior men, so he will go head-to-head with Sylvester once more this week.
Bradette and Garneau-Picard broke up an Ontario sweep of the novice podium, moving up from fifth place for a bronze medal. Bradette and Garneau-Picard’s gentle Somewhere Over the Rainbow program opened with a jaw-dropping triple twist.
Although the pair from Québec struggled with their side-by-side jumps, the pair elements were strong and they remained calm throughout the program. Their skating had good flow, and their total of 93.88 meant that they edged onto the national podium, matching their ranking from Skate Canada Challenge in December.
Madelyn Dunley and Wesley Killing (WO) maintained fourth place in the free place and ended up with 91.50 points overall. Dunley and Killing were the only novice pair to try two triple throws, toe loop and Salchow, and they landed both of them beautifully.
Unfortunately, Dunley and Killing struggled with several of the other elements, including side-by-side double Axels, two lifts, and a pair spin. Dunley barely had enough time to cool down, change costumes, and warm up again with her partner between winning the novice ladies title and competing in the novice pairs free skate. While a second medal would have been a terrific prize, her effort is still quite commendable.
Slipping two places after the short program, Jordyn Harper and Shaquille Davis (CO) ended up fifth. Harper and Davis went for a throw triple Salchow, but could not land it cleanly. They also struggled with their jump combination, receiving credit for only a single flip-double toe loop, but their double Lutzes were solid and they displayed a nice performance quality in their “Sheherazade” program.CITAZIONEKan wins novice men’s title in MonctonThe 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships continued with the novice men’s long program. After three gold medals on Tuesday, all Central Ontario needed was a solid skate from one of its top two men to complete the sweep of the 2012 Canadian novice titles.
Anthony Kan (CO), the leader after the short program, delivered just that for his section in a second-place free skate. Roman Sadovsky (CO) and Nicolas Nadeau (QC) took the silver and bronze, respectively.
Racking up six bonus points, Kan’s program included four different triple jumps—Lutz, flip, Salchow, and toe loop (in combination). He landed two triple Lutzes, one in combination with a double toe loop, and although he struggled with several of the other triples, he rotated all of them completely.
Kan’s program was a unique one, especially for the novice level. With music from Jesus Christ, Superstar, he portrayed Christ in an intense choreographic effort that contrasted with his competitors’ programs. Along with having mature programs, Kan is also developing the technical skills that will help him on the junior level next year. His score of 81.71 in the free skate gave him a total of 123.41 points.
“I feel like my training has finally paid off,” Kan said after his gold-medal effort. He had missed out on the podium at Skate Canada Challenge prior to this competition, finishing fourth.
Although his free skate was only ranked fourth, Sadovsky had enough of a cushion after the short program. He attempted six triples, but two, the loop and the flip, were downgraded to doubles. He opened his Man in the Iron Mask program with a bang, starting with two solid combinations, triple Salchow-double toe loop and triple toe loop-double toe loop.
Although Sadovsky may have struggled with the jumps in some places, the tiny skater engaged the audience with his dramatic side. He earned 73.52 points in the free program and 115.11 points overall.
Québec’s Nadeau was in 12th after the short program, having made two big mistakes on jump elements. However, his first-place free skate (83.37) was enough to vault him onto the podium for a bronze medal with a total score of 113.77.
Nadeau’s free skate included five clean triple jumps, and a sixth, his triple Lutz, was underrotated. With five bonus points to help him along, Nadeau’s climb to the podium was exciting to watch as the free skate competition unfolded. His Sorcerer’s Apprentice program made a wonderful impact and left an impression on the audience that continued through the last flight.
Just a heartbreaking .55 points from the podium was Bennet Toman, also representing Québec. Toman was fourth in the short program and fought hard to break into the top three, but his 76.22-point free skate was just shy of what he needed. He completed four clean triples and squeezed out a fifth, the triple loop, although he received negative Grade of Execution (GOE) for it.
Toman’s well-choreographed program to Spanish music featured two level four spins and a level three step sequence. Last year’s pre-novice Canadian champion has certainly progressed well and although it is always tough to finish just off the podium, he has set himself up well for next season.
Third after the short program, Daniel-Olivier Boulanger-Trottier (QC) struggled in his free skate and slipped to fifth place with an overall score of 103.40. He landed a triple toe loop-double toe loop combination near the beginning of his skate, but struggled with many of his difficult jump elements throughout the program.
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I CAMPIONI DI CATEGORIA NOVICE
Lauren Collins & Danny Seymour - 2012 Canadian Novice Ice Dance Champions
Central Ontario picks up second gold of the day! Madelyn Dunley is the 2012 Canadian Novice Women’s Champion!
Central Ontario has kept up the gold theme in novice! Hayleigh Bell & Alistair Sylvester win the Novice Pair title!
Anthony Kan of Central Ontario wins gold in Novice Men’s at the 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships!
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.CITAZIONEDaleman leads Junior ladies at Canadian NationalsThe 2012 Canadian National Figure Skating Championships continued with the Junior Ladies division.
With the only clean triple Lutz in the event to her credit, Gabrielle Daleman (CO) won the short program on Monday evening. Daleman’s big-ticket jump was the opening element in her Sahara program, and she went on to complete a triple Salchow-double toe loop combination, as well as a gorgeous double Axel.
Daleman’s solid spins also helped her to secure a score of 47.59, giving her more than four points over her closest competitor heading into Wednesday’s free skate.
“I want to skate clean [in the long program], have fun, and hope for the best—a junior national title,” Daleman said following her short program.
Julianne Séguin of Québec finished second with a score of 43.10. After opening with a nice triple Salchow-double toe loop combination, Séguin soared through the rest of her elements, including two level four spins, a level three footwork sequence, and a lovely double Axel. Her jazzy short program was full of charm, and the recent Skate Canada Challenge champion was happy with her effort.
“I’m very proud of myself,” Séguin said. “I’m happy with what I did and I’m just excited to do my long.”
An edge call on her double Lutz was the only error in Véronik Mallet’s (QC) lilting short program to music from Memoirs of a Geisha. Last year’s Canadian bronze medalist on the novice level hit a solid double Axel and a triple Salchow-double toe loop combination at the top of her program.
Mallet has 42.88 points heading into the free skate, and for her, that is still well within striking distance of the title. Last year, she jumped 15 places between the short program and the free skate to win her bronze medal, however, the skater is not trying to focus too much on her placement.
“I just want to have a beautiful performance,” Mallet said about the upcoming free skate.
Natasha Purich (AB/NWT/NU), the only junior-level lady at the Canadian Championships who competed on the international circuit in singles this season, delivered a strong short program that was ranked fourth. Although she had to fight for a couple of landings, Purich’s feisty spirit kept her on her feet and propelled her through the program. With 42.41 points, she is less than a point from second place and will certainly be in the fight for the medals.
Roxanne Cournoyer’s (QC) short program to music from Pearl Harbor was marked by smooth skating, although her double Lutz was just a little tight. The 41.52-point effort opened with a strong double Axel and finished just as well, with a lovely level four combination spin.
The junior ladies event will conclude on Wednesday evening.CITAZIONEDaleman wins junior ladies title at Canadian NationalsThe junior ladies competition wrapped up on Wednesday night at the 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships.
Gabrielle Daleman (CO) kept up Ontario’s sweep of the novice and junior titles, successfully defending her first-place position from the short program. Veronik Mallet (QC) moved up to take the silver, while Julianne Séguin (QC) maintained third overall for the bronze.
Daleman’s free skate was not perfectly clean, but it scored 82.98, giving her 130.57 overall. She opened with her explosive triple Lutz, and though she turned out of the landing, the jump was fully rotated.
The skater went on to land three more triples, including one in combination, and her only major mistakes were a stumble out of the triple Salchow and an intended double Axel popped to a single. Her Asturias program was well-balanced and Daleman presented herself well throughout the program, fighting for every point.
Mallet nearly caught up to Daleman in the free skate, scoring 82.13 and finishing second overall with a score of 125.01. Her clean Firebird free skate was extremely well executed. She did not earn any negative Grades of Execution (GOE), and she completed two triples – a Salchow and toe loop. The skater also earned level four on all three of her spins and a level three on her step sequence.
The 2011 Canadian novice bronze medalist, has worked hard on her presentation skills and this was evident in her free program, which was performed with maturity and composure.
A fourth-place free skate was enough to keep Séguin on the podium with a total score of 123.77. Her solid free program score of 80.67 was well-deserved as the program included three clean triple jumps.
In the second half of her program, Séguin also tried another triple Salchow and another triple toe loop, however, while both were rotated, they had messy landings. Her spin levels were low in this performance, but she performed for the audience with a big smile throughout her skate.
Séguin has made dramatic improvements this season. Last year, her 23rd-place finish at Skate Canada Challenge did not qualify her for Junior Nationals at the novice level, but this year she won the junior qualifier. Her bronze medal is not the end of the competition for her this week; she will also compete in senior pairs with Andrew Evans.
Less than a point back with 123.12 points, was Roxanne Cournoyer (QC). Skating a nearly clean program, Cournoyer actually won the technical element score in her 81.60-point free skate, however, her program components were not quite as high. She did not seem to have as much flow as some of the other skaters, though her jumps were solid. She landed two triple Salchows and two triple toe loops.
If Cournoyer can add more difficult content to her program next year, she will have a great shot at moving up to the podium. She was also fourth at the novice level last year.
A sixth-place free skate by Rachel Greben (CO) was not her best, but it was enough to hang on to fifth place with an overall score of 107.77. She went for three triples, two loops and a flip, but the flip and the second loop were both downgraded to doubles. Her opening combination, a triple loop-double loop, was done well.
Overall, Greben is improving—she moved up from 17th place at Skate Canada Challenge in December, as well as at this event last year.CITAZIONEBobak and Beharry lead junior pairs at 2012 Canadian NationalsThe 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships continued with the junior pairs short program. Katherine Bobak and Ian Beharry (WO) took a solid lead, followed by Krystel Desjardins and Charlie Bilodeau (QC) and Mary Orr and Anthony Furiano (WO).
All eyes were on Bobak and Beharry who did not disappoint the modest crowd at the Moncton Coliseum. The new team has progressed quickly and recently won the silver medal at the Junior Grand Prix Final. No other pair in the field even had international experience, so Bobak and Beharry seemed head and shoulders above the field from the start.
To the untrained eye, their Out of Africa program may have looked perfect, but an edge call on their side-by-side double Lutzes did negatively affect their score. Still, the duo earned 51.17 points, in part because of picture-perfect elements like their high lateral double twist and a beauty of a throw triple loop.
“I thought it was as good as we can do in a short,” Beharry said. “Our score was great, and everything was good today.”
“It was all we could really ask for,” Bobak added.
Heading into the free, Bobak and Beharry have established nearly an 11-point lead, which should lessen the pressure a bit and allow them to really perform.
Bobak and Beharry train under coaches Kris and Kristy Wirtz at the Kitchener-Waterloo Skating Club (KWSC), and it was a great night for the club as Orr and Furiano landed in second place after their jazzy short program.
“It was very exciting and we’re very happy with it,” Orr said.
The duo opened their program with a beauty of a double twist and went on to land a throw triple loop. A struggle on the double Lutzes did hurt their mark a little, but with 40.43 points, they managed to edge out the rest of the field for second heading into the free.
“We just want to have an exciting skate,” Furiano said about Wednesday’s free skate. “Skate clean—that’s our big goal—and try to get a new personal best for us.”
Desjardins and Bilodeau are close behind Orr and Furiano with 40.10 points. They also opened with a stunner of a double twist, although they only received level one on their twist, as opposed to the level two twists from the top two teams. They fell on an attempted throw triple loop, but made up some of those points with solid pair elements, including their effortless level four lift.
A third KWSC team, Shalena Rau and Phelan Simpson (WO), finished the short program with 38.82 points. Rau and Simpson, certainly the smallest pair in the field, were charming throughout their Chim Chim Cher-Ee program, and showed fighting spirit with their throw triple loop. An edge call on their double Lutzes cost them some points though, so even though their program components were ranked second, Rau and Simpson were ranked fourth.
Siblings Alexandra Young and Matthew Young, the only entry at the Canadian Championships representing Newfoundland and Labrador, were fifth in the short program with a score of 34.94. The Youngs stayed on their feet, but struggled with the landings of both their throw triple loop and their double Lutzes.CITAZIONEBobak and Beharry take junior pairs title at Canadian NationalsThe 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships continued with the junior pairs short program. Katherine Bobak and Ian Beharry (WO) easily took the gold, while Krystel Desjardins and Charlie Bilodeau (QC) and Mary Orr and Anthony Furiano (WO) won the silver and bronze, respectively.
The question was not whether Bobak and Ian Beharry would win—it was only a matter of how large their scoring margin would be.
The 2012 Junior Grand Prix silver medalists arrived at the Canadian Championships as the absolute favorites in the junior pairs event. While some competitors may have lost focus due in that situation, Bobak and Beharry performed beautifully.
It is all but certain that Bobak and Beharry are heading to the World Junior Championships in their debut season, and this event was a terrific tune-up prior to taking on the world. After all, a season like this is not a sprint.
“This season’s just been great, the whole way through,” Beharry said. “Every single program has been getting better.
Although both had competed internationally for Canada prior to teaming up, neither had seen this level of success until this new partnership began.
“I think our personalities go really well together,” Bobak said. “Our work styles go together and our coaches manage to keep us in the game really well.”
Bobak and Beharry were certainly in the game during their free skate, laying down a nearly clean performance of their Spartacus program. The only mistake was a little trouble with the throw triple loop, but the program was packed with plenty of clean highlights, including a throw triple Salchow, a double Axel-double Axel sequence, and lovely lifts.
They earned 98.79 points in the free skate—and would love to hit the 100-point mark on the next time out—and totaled 149.96 overall. Their score was a new Canadian junior pair record.
Desjardins and Bilodeau moved up a spot after the short program to win the silver medal. After opening with a gorgeous triple twist, the team sailed through most of their tango program until they reached their throw triple loop in the second half. Desjardins fell on the landing of that throw, but they recovered to fight through a double flip-double toe loop-double toe loop combination.
The jump elements are still a work in progress for Desjardins and Bilodeau, and they do not have the difficult jumps yet, but their pair elements are wonderful. They have such strong unison on their side-by-side spins that they chose to end their program with them, and their lifts are complicated, yet effortless. They ended the day with 122.47 points overall.
Orr and Furiano swapped places with Desjardins and Bilodeau and ended up third with a score of 119.63. Their Malaguena program opened with a ton of spark and a strong triple twist, but they did not have their jumps under them today. The team attempted the most difficult throws in the competition, triple flip and triple loop, but neither was landed cleanly. Little mistakes on several of the elements began to add up, and that meant the difference between the silver and bronze medal.
Shalena Rau and Phelan Simpson (WO), training partners to both Bobak and Beharry and Orr and Furiano, finished fourth with a reprise of last year’s Ragtime program. Their free skate score of 76.75 contributed to their total of 115.57 points. They attempted two triple throws, loop and toe loop, and along with Orr and Furiano, they should be proud of the content that they are trying while they aim for consistency.
Moving up a spot from sixth place to fifth overall, were Leah Hyslop and Bob Goodwin (WO) with a total score of 102.82. They completed a throw triple Salchow, though not perfectly, and earned almost all positive Grades of Execution (GOE) for their double twist. Unfortunately, they received credit for only single flips and really had to fight to get through their double loop-double loop combination.CITAZIONEBond leads junior men in MonctonThe 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships continued Wednesday with the junior men’s short program. Joel Bond (NO) took the lead, followed by Peter O’Brien (EO) and Mitchell Gordon (BC/YT), respectively.
Joel Bond did not arrive in Moncton, N.B., for the event with designs to lead the junior men’s pack.
“I wasn’t expecting to win the short program at all,” Bond said. “I had been skating pretty well. I just wanted to come in and skate my best.”
The 19-year-old was ninth in this event last year and seventh at Skate Canada Challenge in December, so the top of the leader board is new territory for him. His Mozartango program featured a triple toe loop-double toe loop combination and a strong triple Lutz, but it is usually his smooth skating that demands attention, while the jumps are not always consistent for him. Fortunately, the jumps were there for him today.
“I always have a bit of nerves,” he said, “but today, I felt really confident. I got into the ice and it flowed well.”
Less than a point separates Bond from his closest competitor, so he will need to recapture what he felt before the short program and duplicate it for the free skate.
“I am going to try to keep the same cool head,” Bond said. “Whatever happens, happens. I am hoping for the best.”
With almost identical program components scores, O’Brien is sitting in second place with a score of 51.69. He attempted a more difficult combination that Bond, the triple toe loop-triple toe loop, but he fell on the second jump. The rest of his Once Upon a Time in America program was solid, though, including a nice triple Lutz. O’Brien also pays close attention to his expression and choreography.
The top two skaters actually both use Jeff Buttle as a choreographer, and while their styles are different, both skaters do have qualities that are reminiscent of Buttle’s early years.
Gordon is right on their heels with 51.38 points. At just 15, last year’s novice champ is still developing his own style which was evident in his swing short program. Attempting the same jump content as O’Brien, Gordon fought for the landings on both jumps, but did stay on his feet.
After winning the silver medal in novice pairs on Tuesday, Dustin Sherriff-Clayton (CO) was back on the ice on Wednesday for the junior men’s short program. His tango and mambo program was sharp and lively, and although he only went for a double Lutz instead of the triple, the clean program strategy earned him an excellent score of 49.62. One of the highlights of Sherriff-Clayton’s program was his level three step sequence which earned positive Grades of Execution (GOE) from all of the judges.
Sherriff-Clayton’s rival in pairs, Alistair Sylvester (WO), finished close behind, in fifth place with 48.07 points. Although Sylvester fell on an attempted triple Lutz that was downgraded to a double, the majority of his Night Castle program was extremely secure. Like Sherriff-Clayton, Sylvester also had an excellent level three step sequence that earned all positive GOEs. With many of the competitors so closely matched, Thursday’s free skate will be an exciting way to close the junior level competition.CITAZIONEGordon golden in junior men at Canadian NationalsThe men were given the honor of closing out the junior competition at the 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, and the top five all demonstrated good performance abilities in their programs.
Mitchell Gordon (BC/YT) took the gold, while Peter O’Brien (EO) and Joel Bond (NO) won the silver and bronze, respectively.
With a terrific come-from-behind performance, Gordon leapt from third place to win the gold medal by less than a point. The 15-year-old had a similar performance to the fabulous free skate that won him the gold medal at the novice medal last year. Only a little trouble with his triple loop combination marred an otherwise squeaky clean performance.
With two successful triple Lutzes, Gordon is clearly developing the technical content that he needs to succeed on the senior level next year. His performance to music from Dead Poets Society was technically proficient, although he will need to focus on developing his expression in the future. His score of 161.04 was an excellent one, and he and his especially animated coach, Keegan Murphy, were thrilled with his effort.
O’Brien, has the opposite set of strengths as compared to Gordon. His Dracula free skate was passionate and dramatic, and he engaged the audience and received a loud ovation from the crowd, despite popping a Lutz in the second half of his program.
Aside from the Lutz, though, O’Brien was strong and confident throughout his 108.57-point effort in the free skate. With a total score of 160.26, he was just .78 away from the national title, and one step higher on the podium than he finished last year.
Bond was thrilled to be leading after the short program, but unfortunately he began to unravel in his free skate. Nevertheless, he held on to a medal with a score of 146.56. After opening with three triple jumps, he doubled the rest of the content in his program, but his attention to detail in a lovely program to music from Legend of 1900 helped him fight for a spot on the podium.
Bond worked with choreographer Jeff Buttle, and many similarities are evident in his skating style. Moving up quite a bit from a ninth-place finish at this event last year, he reached his goal for the season of medaling at the Canadian Championships.
With a fourth-place free skate that scored 94.02, Iassen Petkov (CO) finished fourth overall with a total score of 141.58. Though he fell on a triple loop near the top of his program, he did complete two triple Lutzes and another triple loop later in the program.
With mostly level twos on his non-jump elements, Petkov has an opportunity to focus on those for next season. His program to Dvorak’s 9th Symphony had plenty of drama that bodes well for his continued development.
Finishing fifth with a score of 136.29 was Alistair Sylvester (WO). His free skate was only ranked sixth and was a struggle for him overall. He fell three times in the performance and was hit with underrotation calls for two of his triple jumps. However, he fought through the program and stayed committed to his performance.CITAZIONEEdwards and Pang lead in junior ice danceThe 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships continued with the junior short dance. Madeline Edwards and Zhao Kai Pang (BC/YT) currently lead, followed by Andréanne Poulin and Marc-André Servant (QC) and Caelen Dalmer and Shane Firus (BC/YT), respectively.
The depth in Canadian junior dance is astounding, a fact that was obvious in the short dance at this event. Even in front of a sparse crowd, the juniors brought tons of spicy Latin energy to their programs.
With seven teams scoring over 50 points, generally regarded as a benchmark of excellent in the junior short dance, the competition is tight heading into Thursday’s free dance.
Last year’s novice champions, Edwards and Pang, brought the house down with their best short dance of the season. The youngsters may not have had the maturity of some of their older competitors, but their fresh skating had plenty of spark and their elements were spot on, leading to a season’s best score of 56.81.
“We were really happy with our skate,” Edwards said. “We felt confident, and we just wanted to go out and do best and the scores would fall where they would.”
With all level four on the Cha Cha Congelado patterns, the twizzles, and the lift, and a level three on the midline sequence, the scores had nowhere to fall but over the 50-point mark.
“We wanted to really perform to the whole audience, not just the judges,” Pang said about the short dance. “And to put it all out there.”
Edwards and Pang certainly did not leave anything on the table, earning the highest mark in the program components scores.
“The free dance was our stronger point in all of our past competitions,” Edwards said, “so I think we just wanted to have a solid short dance.”
Looking ahead to competing their free dance, the duo hopes to stay confident and calm, approaching the competition the same way that they did in their winning short dance.
With 55.14 points in their short dance, Poulin and Servant are close behind and still definite contenders for the national title. Poulin and Servant earned the same levels as Edwards and Pang and beat them on the technical mark by .01, but were 1.68 points behind the leaders in program components.
Poulin and Servant actually credit their success in this to program to focusing on performing, instead of worrying about completing their elements well.
“We changed our approach,” Poulin explained. “Instead of performing, we focused more on the skating clean, and a judge came to see us and said, ‘I’ve lost you guys, you are not the same.’”
Consistency issues have plagued Poulin and Servant in the past, and particulary so this season. This short dance was only the second clean skate in competition for them, but things are looking up.
“We’re kind of on a roll now,” Servant said, “with finishing the free dance how we did in Regina [at Skate Canada Challenge], with that clean skate. Everything’s rolling, so it’s comforting.”
Their new mindset was evident in their smiles as they took the ice on Wednesday night. Their playful short dance used Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay for the cha cha portion, and the program felt like a day at the beach. Poulin and Servant are hoping to keep calm and turn in a great performance to finish the competition.
Dalmer and Firus, training mates of Edwards and Pang, also delivered their best short dance of the season to score 54.51 points for a third-place ranking. Dalmer and Firus’ sassy Latin number was well-received by both the judges and the audience and featured three level four and two level three elements.
“It was our new personal best in the short dance,” Dalmer said, “and because it was at Nationals, it was that much better.”
“It was really solid,” Firus added. “It felt great.”
The duo hopes to break the 70-point mark in the free dance, since they have approached that this season, but they do not want to focus too much on scores, instead trusting their training to have a great skate.
A pair of training partners from the Québec section are knocking at the top three spots. Victoria Hasegawa and Connor Hasegawa finished fourth with 54.33 points after a humorous take on the Latin rhythm. They hit all of their levels in their program—fours on everything except for a three on footwork—but had a few balance checks that prevented this dance from being their best performance.
Élisabeth Paradis and François-Xavier Ouellette had a solid performance, but only earned a level two on their footwork and had a level three on one of their Cha Cha Congelado patterns. Their score of 52.72 was not quite what they scored at Challenge when they won the short and shot way out in front of the field, but they are still in the medal hunt.CITAZIONEPoulin and Servant capture gold in junior danceThe junior ice dancers lived up to expectations in their free dance at the 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships, and the event turned out to be the most closely-contested competition at the junior level.
Andréanne Poulin and Marc-André Servant (QC) won the junior title and broke Ontario’s golden streak at these championships. Madeline Edwards and Zhao Kai Pang (BC/YT) took the silver, while Noa Bruser and Timothy Lum (BC/YT) catapulted from seventh to capture the bronze.
Poulin and Servant put together back-to-back clean programs for the first time all season, proving that they are ready to deliver when the pressure is on.
“I think that maybe we were kind of counted out because of our consistency issues, but we just proved that we believe in one another and we can do it,” Servant said.
Their Passion Nomad flamenco free dance was mature and artistic, with superb edging and attention to choreographic detail. Beautiful level four lifts and secure level three footwork sequences contributed to their free dance score of 76.33, which helped them to overtake Madeline Edwards and Zhao Kai Pang (BC/YT), the leaders after the short dance.
Poulin and Servant’s score of 131.47 is the highest score attained by a Canadian junior dance team since the introduction of the short dance, however, the Québec juniors were not concerned with their marks this time.
“I think our goal was just to come out and show that there’s no consistency problem,” Poulin said.
“It was really for ourselves,” Servant added.
As junior champions, Poulin and Servant are now favorites to receive one of the assignments to compete at the upcoming World Junior Figure Skating Championships. The team announcement will be made after the seniors compete.
Edwards and Pang closed the competition with an emotional and confident free dance to music from Notre Dame de Paris, and happily settled for the silver medal. While winning four titles in four years—the team won juvenile, pre-novice, and novice titles in 2009, 2010, and 2011—would have been a great story, a championship was not what the talented youngsters were expecting.
“We’re so happy with how we skated,” Edwards said. “Our main goal was to enjoy it and we wanted to put on a great performance. I think we really did that, so we’re happy.”
Performing with exceptional artistic maturity for 15- and 16-year-olds, Edwards and Pang won the program components mark, scoring an excellent 72.74 in the free dance, yet their program was only ranked fourth on an extremely competitive night.
“This is definitely one of our most dramatic free dances,” Pang said. “It’s kind of fun to be dramatic. It’s really big music.”
Edwards and Pang were not the only novice medalists from last year to jump to the junior podium this year. Training partners Bruser and Lum leapt four spots onto the junior podium from seventh place after the short dance. The team wanted to make a big comeback in the free dance, and they did just that, earning 74.16 points in their second-ranked free dance. Their score of 125.84 was just enough for the bronze medal.
“My mindset was, ‘I’m going to rock this free dance,’” Lum said, “and I’m happy. Overall, I thought the performance was great.”
Mackenzie Bent and Garrett MacKeen (EO) also delivered a strong comeback free dance, ranking third in that segment with 73.41 points. Their total score of 125.57 was a heartbreaking .27 from the medals. Their charming South Pacific free dance was entertaining and executed with great precision. With all level four elements except level three on the footwork sequences, their technical elements score was actually the highest in the free dance.
The margin between fourth and fifth was even closer—just six one-hundredths of a point separated Victoria Hasegawa and Connor Hasegawa (QC) from Bent and MacKeen. The Hasegawas’ Black Swan free dance has grown considerably over the course of the season, and the siblings performed quite well, carrying a balletic feel throughout the program.
The Hasegawas received the same levels as Bent and MacKeen, however, Grades of Execution (GOE) made a difference between Bent and MacKeen’s third-place free dance and the Hasegawas’ sixth-place free dance which scored 71.18. The Hasegawas also received a one-point deduction for a long lift, a point that was the difference between fifth place and a repeat bronze medal.
Élisabeth Paradis and François-Xavier Ouellette (QC) and Caelen Dalmer and Shane Firus (BC/YT) also turned in terrific performances to place sixth and seventh, respectively. The difference between third place and seventh place may seem like quite a bit in terms of rankings, but in terms of scores, Dalmer and Firus were only 1.69 points from the bronze medalists.
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I CAMPIONI DI CATEGORIA JUNIOR
Katherine Bobak & Ian Beharry of Western Ontario are the 2012 Canadian Junior Pair Champs!
Canadian Junior Women’s Champion Gabrielle Daleman during her free program!
Junior Men’s Champion Mitchell Gordon
Junior Ice Dance Champs in action Andréanne Poulin and Marc-André Servant!
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Canadian Figure Skating Championships 2011/201216-22 Jan 2012, Moncton, New Brunswick |
