2014 SKATE CANADA: Ice Dance Preview

This Ice Dance event is going to be exciting! The winners will pretty much be a given, but about 5 teams will be in the mix for the rest of the podium. I can't wait to see the new programs!

Podium Predictions:
Gold: Weaver & Poje (CAN)
Silver: Hubbell & Donohue (USA)
Bronze: Gilles & Poirier (CAN)

Weaver & Poje (CAN) are finally the top team in Canada with the retirement (??) of Virtue & Moir. They finally took a world medal last season and they should remain perennial world medalists throughout this upcoming quad. They are an innovative team, usually tending toward more contemporary or sensual programs, so the Vivaldi free skate is a huge departure for them. They will likely play with many different styles of choreography to find the perfect piece for 2018.

Hubbell & Donohue (USA) are heading into a huge season. They barely missed the Sochi team and will want to lock up the second or third spot in the US before the hot juniors come up. They will want to outscore the Shibutanis from Skate America or stay really close to them. Their Great Gatsby program should highlight their connection and their romantic style.

Gilles & Poirier (CAN) are going to look to seal up the number two spot in Canada. From 2013-2014 they made a huge jump at Worlds from 18th to 8th and this year, in a depleted field, they will have the opportunity to make another big move.

The Rest of the Field:
Paradis & Ouellette (CAN)-5th at 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy, 4th at 2014 Skate America
Zhiganshina & Gazsi (GER)-7th at 2014 Europeans, 11th at 2014 Olympics, 11th at 2014 Worlds, 3rd at 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy, 2nd at 2014 Finlandia Trophy
Monko & Khaliavin (RUS)-6th at 2013 Trophee Bompard, 5th at 2014 Rostelecom Cup, 1st at 2014 Ice Star Minsk
Hurtado & Diaz (ESP)-10th at 2014 Europeans, 13th at 2014 Olympics, 16th at 2014 Worlds, 2nd at 2014 Nestle Cup, 5th at 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Cup
Aldridge & Eaton (USA)-3rd at 2014 Four Continents, 17th at 2014 Worlds, 1st at 2014 US International Classic

2012 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships: Short Dance Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	Points	SD	FD
1	Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN	RUS	63.78	1
2	Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN	RUS	62.68	2
3	Anna YANOVSKAYA / Sergey MOZGOV	RUS	58.89	3
4	Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON	FRA	58.09	4
5	Alexandra ALDRIDGE / Daniel EATON	USA	57.76	5
6	Nicole ORFORD / Thomas WILLIAMS	CAN	55.86	6
7	Maria NOSULIA / Evgeni KHOLONIUK	UKR	54.91	7
8	Lauri BONACORSI / Travis MAGER	USA	54.53	8
9	Shari KOCH / Christian NÜCHTERN	GER	51.68	9
10	Sofia SFORZA / Francesco FIORETTI	ITA	51.06	10
11	Irina SHTORK / Taavi RAND	EST	50.75	11
12	Sara AGHAI / Jussiville PARTANEN	FIN	47.15	12
13	Yiyi ZHANG / Nan WU	CHN	46.35	13
14	Ksenia PECHERKINA / Aleksandrs JAKUSHIN	LAT	45.84	14
15	Anna NAGORNYUK / Viktor KOVALENKO	UZB	45.82	15
16	Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS	USA	45.37	16
17	Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND	GBR	45.00	17
18	Andreanne POULIN / Marc-Andre SERVANT	CAN	43.81	18
19	Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN	TUR	43.08	19
20	Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV	BLR	42.04	20
21	Karolina PROCHAZKOVA / Michal CESKA	CZE	41.84	21
22	Karina UZUROVA / Ilias ALI	KAZ	40.09	22
23	Elektra HETMAN / Benjamin ALLAIN	FRA	39.22	23
24	Celia ROBLEDO / Luis FENERO	ESP	38.23	24
25	Victoria BAUSBACK / Demid ROKACHEV	SUI	35.27	25

Pl.	Qual.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Q	Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN	RUS	63.78	34.29		29.49	7.46	7.18	7.43	7.46	7.32	0.00	#17
2	Q	Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN	RUS	62.68	34.28		28.40	7.14	6.93	7.18	7.04	7.18	0.00	#20
3	Q	Anna YANOVSKAYA / Sergey MOZGOV	RUS	58.89	31.93		26.96	6.89	6.54	6.82	6.82	6.64	0.00	#13
4	Q	Gabriella PAPADAKIS / Guillaume CIZERON	FRA	58.09	33.14		24.95	6.29	6.00	6.29	6.29	6.29	0.00	#25
5	Q	Alexandra ALDRIDGE / Daniel EATON	USA	57.76	31.21		26.55	6.61	6.39	6.64	6.79	6.71	0.00	#16
6	Q	Nicole ORFORD / Thomas WILLIAMS	CAN	55.86	30.64		25.22	6.39	6.14	6.29	6.36	6.32	0.00	#18
7	Q	Maria NOSULIA / Evgeni KHOLONIUK	UKR	54.91	30.57		24.34	6.18	5.93	6.11	6.07	6.11	0.00	#23
8	Q	Lauri BONACORSI / Travis MAGER	USA	54.53	30.42		24.11	6.07	5.79	6.04	6.07	6.11	0.00	#24
9	Q	Shari KOCH / Christian NÜCHTERN	GER	51.68	28.86		22.82	5.96	5.50	5.71	5.61	5.71	0.00	#3
10	Q	Sofia SFORZA / Francesco FIORETTI	ITA	51.06	28.93		22.13	5.64	5.32	5.68	5.57	5.46	0.00	#19
11	Q	Irina SHTORK / Taavi RAND	EST	50.75	27.50		23.25	5.96	5.71	5.82	5.82	5.75	0.00	#21
12	Q	Sara AGHAI / Jussiville PARTANEN	FIN	47.15	27.72		19.43	5.00	4.68	4.89	4.93	4.79	0.00	#5
13	Q	Yiyi ZHANG / Nan WU	CHN	46.35	26.99		20.36	5.46	5.11	5.29	5.04	4.68	1.00	#14
14	Q	Ksenia PECHERKINA / Aleksandrs JAKUSHIN	LAT	45.84	25.64		20.20	5.25	4.86	5.04	5.14	4.96	0.00	#10
15	Q	Anna NAGORNYUK / Viktor KOVALENKO	UZB	45.82	25.00		20.82	5.46	5.18	5.39	5.29	4.82	0.00	#22
16	Q	Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS	USA	45.37	27.43		18.94	4.89	4.57	4.75	4.82	4.64	1.00	#6
17	Q	Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND	GBR	45.00	24.57		20.43	5.18	4.89	5.14	5.25	5.07	0.00	#2
18	Q	Andreanne POULIN / Marc-Andre SERVANT	CAN	43.81	23.67		20.14	5.29	4.96	4.89	5.07	4.96	0.00	#8
19	Q	Cagla DEMIRSAL / Berk AKALIN	TUR	43.08	25.29		17.79	4.57	4.29	4.54	4.54	4.32	0.00	#11
20	Q	Viktoria KAVALIOVA / Yurii BIELIAIEV	BLR	42.04	23.43		18.61	4.86	4.50	4.71	4.57	4.61	0.00	#4
21		Karolina PROCHAZKOVA / Michal CESKA	CZE	41.84	21.71		21.13	5.36	5.21	5.25	5.32	5.25	1.00	#15
22		Karina UZUROVA / Ilias ALI	KAZ	40.09	23.15		16.94	4.36	4.11	4.32	4.39	4.04	0.00	#9
23		Elektra HETMAN / Benjamin ALLAIN	FRA	39.22	21.85		18.37	4.75	4.50	4.54	4.68	4.50	1.00	#12
24		Celia ROBLEDO / Luis FENERO	ESP	38.23	20.86		17.37	4.50	4.18	4.43	4.36	4.25	0.00	#1
25		Victoria BAUSBACK / Demid ROKACHEV	SUI	35.27	20.22		15.05	3.96	3.57	3.79	3.86	3.64	0.00	#7

2012 US Figure Skating Championships: Junior Ice Dance Preview

Podium Predictions: 
1) Aldridge/Eaton
2) Bonacorsi/Mager
3) Heritage/Fast
4) Parsons/Parsons 


Aldridge & Eaton have by far my favorite free dance of the entire season, and that is including all senior competitors. Lord of the Dance suits them perfectly and everything fits the theme. They really emerged as the top US Jr Dance team this grand prix season, winning a silver, a gold, and finishing 4th in a very stacked grand prix final. They also have the momentum going in and they're the team to beat. After winning silver last year at Nationals, Bonacorsi & Mager were in line to be the top Jr team from the US, but I honestly find their programs a little dull this season. These two teams will go one, two unless something crazy happens. There are many teams that scored in the 113-116 range in sectionals, but I'm giving the edge to Heritage & Fast and Parsons & Parsons because I think they have the best programs and that is something that can separate teams that are really close in ability.

Because I love it so much, I give you the fabulous free dance of Alexandra Aldridge & Daniel Eaton



Competitors:
Aldridge/Eaton-BYE-2nd at 2011 JGP Austria (136.85); 4th at 2011 JGP Final (129.01)
Bertsch/Dispenza-1st at 2011 Midwestern Sectionals (114.47)
Bonacorsi/Mager-1st at 2011 Eastern Sectionals (123.66); 3rd at 2011 JGP Italy (129.63)
Dzierzanowski/Dispenza-4th at 2011 Midwestern Sectionals (82.70)
Gamelin/Gamelin-4th at 2011 Eastern Sectionals (103.01)
Hawayek/Bramante-2nd at 2011 Midwestern Sectionals (113.23)
Heritage/Fast-2nd at 2011 Pacific Sectionals (114.57)
Howe/Jahnke-3rd at 2011 Pacific Sectionals (104.75)
Jeandell/Dodge-4th at 2011 Pacific Sectionals (87.27)
Mancini/Brooks-3rd at 2011 Midwestern Sectionals (100.70)
McNamara/Carpenter-3rd at 2011 Eastern Sectionals (110.82)
Parsons/Parsons-2nd at 2011 Eastern Sectionals (113.39); 9th at 2011 JGP Poland (107.97)
Pogrebinsky/Gudis-1st at 2011 Pacific Sectionals (115.13)

2011 Junior Grand Prix: Programs I'm Obsessed With

Aldridge & Eaton-JGP Austria Free Dance



Julia Lipnitskaia-JGP Italy Short Program



Joshua Farris-JGP Poland Short Program




Simpson & Blackmer-JGP Poland Free Skate

2011 Junior Grand Prix of Austria: Ice Dance Final Results

Pl. Name Nation Points SD FD 1 Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN RUS 151.10 1 1 2 Alexandra ALDRIDGE / Daniel EATON USA 136.85 2 2 3 Maria NOSULIA / Evgen KHOLONIUK UKR 128.34 3 3 4 Shari KOCH / Christian NUECHTERN GER 124.09 5 5 5 Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG CAN 122.90 6 4 6 Nicole ORFORD / Thomas WILLIAMS CAN 120.12 4 9 7 Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN RUS 116.81 7 7 8 Karolina PROCHAZKOVA / Michal CESKA CZE 115.58 10 6 9 Estelle ELIZABETH / Romain LE GAC FRA 111.87 9 8 10 Lindsay POUSSET / Louis THAURON FRA 103.35 8 11 11 Alessia BUSI / Andrea FABBRI ITA 101.79 11 10 12 Yiyi ZHANG / Nan WU CHN 95.94 13 12 13 Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND GBR 92.64 14 13 14 Victoria BAUSBACK / Demid ROKACHEV SUI 92.39 12 14 15 Pilar MAEKAWA MORENO / Leonardo MAEKAWA MORENO MEX 82.64 15 15 16 Christine SMITH / Simon EISENBAUER AUT 79.50 16 16 17 Joanna ZAJAC / Damian BINKOWSKI POL 74.30 17 17 18 Szidonia MERKWART / Adam LUKACS HUN 72.35 18 18

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN	RUS	89.36	43.14		46.22	7.75	7.50	7.79	7.75	7.86	0.00	#17
2	Alexandra ALDRIDGE / Daniel EATON	USA	81.37	41.20		40.17	6.71	6.50	6.79	6.75	6.86	0.00	#15
3	Maria NOSULIA / Evgen KHOLONIUK	UKR	73.58	34.35		39.23	6.64	6.43	6.50	6.54	6.64	0.00	#14
4	Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG	CAN	72.59	36.43		36.16	6.11	5.75	6.14	6.07	6.25	0.00	#9
5	Shari KOCH / Christian NUECHTERN	GER	72.48	36.07		36.41	6.11	5.93	6.14	6.07	6.18	0.00	#16
6	Karolina PROCHAZKOVA / Michal CESKA	CZE	72.20	35.42		36.78	6.14	6.04	6.11	6.21	6.21	0.00	#10
7	Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN	RUS	69.96	34.29		35.67	6.07	5.82	5.89	5.89	6.11	0.00	#13
8	Estelle ELIZABETH / Romain LE GAC	FRA	67.70	34.80		32.90	5.61	5.39	5.46	5.54	5.46	0.00	#11
9	Nicole ORFORD / Thomas WILLIAMS	CAN	66.58	31.14		36.44	6.18	6.04	6.00	6.07	6.07	1.00	#18
10	Alessia BUSI / Andrea FABBRI	ITA	59.68	30.79		28.89	4.96	4.64	4.71	4.93	4.93	0.00	#6
11	Lindsay POUSSET / Louis THAURON	FRA	58.07	28.43		30.64	5.14	5.18	5.00	5.25	4.89	1.00	#12
12	Yiyi ZHANG / Nan WU	CHN	56.59	26.14		30.45	5.32	4.86	4.93	5.18	5.18	0.00	#8
13	Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND	GBR	53.59	24.01		29.58	5.07	4.71	5.00	4.93	5.07	0.00	#7
14	Victoria BAUSBACK / Demid ROKACHEV	SUI	51.90	26.02		25.88	4.46	4.25	4.25	4.36	4.25	0.00	#5
15	Pilar MAEKAWA MORENO / Leonardo MAEKAWA MORENO	MEX	48.97	25.97		23.00	4.00	3.57	3.89	4.00	3.86	0.00	#2
16	Christine SMITH / Simon EISENBAUER	AUT	47.17	27.22		19.95	3.25	3.14	3.46	3.43	3.50	0.00	#3
17	Joanna ZAJAC / Damian BINKOWSKI	POL	43.74	22.28		21.46	3.61	3.36	3.75	3.61	3.71	0.00	#1
18	Szidonia MERKWART / Adam LUKACS	HUN	42.34	18.12		24.22	4.21	3.96	4.00	4.14	3.89	0.00	#4

Victoria Sinitsina & Ruslan Zhiganshin (RUS) 151.10

Alexandra Aldridge & Daniel Eaton (RUS) 136.85

Maria Nosulia & Evgen Kholoniuk (UKR) 128.34

2011 Junior Grand Prix of Austria: Short Dance Results & Videos

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Victoria SINITSINA / Ruslan ZHIGANSHIN	RUS	61.74	34.07		28.67	7.18	7.00	7.18	7.14	7.29	1.00	#4
2	Alexandra ALDRIDGE / Daniel EATON	USA	55.48	30.14		25.34	6.36	6.25	6.32	6.36	6.36	0.00	#6
3	Maria NOSULIA / Evgen KHOLONIUK	UKR	54.76	29.79		24.97	6.32	6.18	6.18	6.25	6.25	0.00	#12
4	Nicole ORFORD / Thomas WILLIAMS	CAN	53.54	30.57		22.97	5.82	5.71	5.68	5.86	5.64	0.00	#17
5	Shari KOCH / Christian NUECHTERN	GER	51.61	29.50		22.11	5.64	5.32	5.61	5.43	5.61	0.00	#11
6	Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG	CAN	50.31	28.28		22.03	5.43	5.39	5.46	5.61	5.61	0.00	#18
7	Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN	RUS	46.85	25.99		20.86	5.36	5.11	5.14	5.18	5.25	0.00	#8
8	Lindsay POUSSET / Louis THAURON	FRA	45.28	26.79		18.49	4.75	4.50	4.75	4.64	4.50	0.00	#9
9	Estelle ELIZABETH / Romain LE GAC	FRA	44.17	23.93		20.24	5.18	5.00	5.07	5.11	4.96	0.00	#13
10	Karolina PROCHAZKOVA / Michal CESKA	CZE	43.38	22.08		21.30	5.46	5.21	5.21	5.43	5.29	0.00	#3
11	Alessia BUSI / Andrea FABBRI	ITA	42.11	24.99		17.12	4.32	4.25	4.29	4.46	4.11	0.00	#5
12	Victoria BAUSBACK / Demid ROKACHEV	SUI	40.49	22.72		17.77	4.57	4.39	4.50	4.46	4.32	0.00	#10
13	Yiyi ZHANG / Nan WU	CHN	39.35	19.85		19.50	4.96	4.75	4.86	4.89	4.89	0.00	#2
14	Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND	GBR	39.05	22.21		16.84	4.36	4.18	4.18	4.36	4.00	0.00	#1
15	Pilar MAEKAWA MORENO / Leonardo MAEKAWA MORENO	MEX	33.67	18.93		14.74	3.82	3.64	3.79	3.68	3.54	0.00	#7
16	Christine SMITH / Simon EISENBAUER	AUT	32.33	19.65		12.68	3.07	3.04	3.21	3.32	3.18	0.00	#14
17	Joanna ZAJAC / Damian BINKOWSKI	POL	30.56	18.62		13.94	3.61	3.46	3.43	3.68	3.29	2.00	#15
18	Szidonia MERKWART / Adam LUKACS	HUN	30.01	14.43		16.58	4.25	4.11	4.18	4.21	4.00	1.00	#16

Victoria Sinitsina & Ruslan Zhiganshin (RUS) 61.74





Alexandra Aldridge & Daniel Eaton (USA) 55.48





Maria Nosulia & Evgen Kholoniuk (UKR) 54.76