2016 US Championships: Pairs Preview
The Senior Pairs event seems like it should be a slam dunk for Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierem, based on their International season, but when has a US Pairs event even been that simple? Here are a few questions that have me excited for this event:
- Will Scimeca & Knierem allow their Skate America and NHK medals and GPF qualification to propel them to a 2nd consecutive US Title?
- Looking forward, can Delilah Sappenfield coach a World Medalist?
- Will Kayne & O’Shea or Aaron & Settlage, or Castelli & Tran perform in a way that establishes a clear 2nd place US Team?
- Will Calalang & Sidhu be able to factor in?
- Can Mervin Tran ever achieve the success he once had with Narumi Takahashi again, and with Marissa Castelli? Will they stay together long enough for any of this to matter?
- Which junior medalists from last year will sneak onto the podium? Fields & Utah Stevens, Liu & Johnson, or both?
- Who will give us that classic great half of a free skate and then crumble in the second?
- And last but not least, how many of these teams will still be together next season?
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