Lynn Rutherford’s final two pairs and dance pieces for icenetwork.com have been posted, recapping the events and offering some detail into Madison Hubbell’s recovery from concussion and the couple’s philosophy behind approaching this year’s programs, as well as a brief review of the junior dance competition: Hubbell, Donohue play to strengths in Sochi push Zhang,…
Month: July 2013
Competition, Ice Dance, News, Pairs, TFTI Blog
JGP Riga Cup (Latvia) Entries Announced
The ISU has posted its first entry list for the Junior Grand Prix circuit, for first event JGP Riga Cup in Riga, Latvia. Canada will be sending two entries in pairs: Junior Grand Prix newcomers Dylan Conway & Dustin Sherriff-Clayton, fifth in junior pairs at the 2013 Canadian Championships, and new team Mary Orr &…
Competition, Ice Dance, News, Pairs, TFTI Blog
Skate Detroit Round-Up + Bonus
Scores are being compiled on the dedicated 2013 Skate Detroit page at Unseen Skaters, including full results for junior and senior pairs and, so far, for the short dance portion of the dance event, featuring Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker and Chloe Lewis & Logan Bye at juniors and Madison Hubbell & Zach Donohue in…
Pairs
Flashback Friday: Skates of Detroit Past
With Skate Detroit in full swing and a successful day for North American pairs in Thursday’s short program, a tour through a few pairs event leaders from past years. Detroit’s Andrea Best & Trevor Young, here with their long program to Spartacus, took first at juniors at 2007 Skate Detroit. The team’s subsequent senior career…
Competition, Ice Dance, News, Pairs, TFTI Blog
Skate Detroit, Lake Placid Offer Top Pairs & Dance Rosters
Skate Detroit, which opened Tuesday, will present a larger than average pairs roster and a first-time contest for ice dance. The rosters for senior, junior, and novice pairs is available on Unseen Skaters. Of particular note are the major competitive debuts of new teams Lindsay Davis & Rockne Brubaker, Becky Bereswill & Joshua Reagan, and…
Competition, Ice Dance, News, Pairs, TFTI Blog
USFS Announces U.S. Entries for Salt Lake City Senior B
U.S. Figure Skating has announced the American entries for the second annual U.S. International Figure Skating Classic, to be held again in Salt Lake City from September 11-15, with a few big names scheduled to compete. Pairs Marissa Castelli & Simon Shnapir – The last Senior B for the reigning national champions was 2011’s Ondrej…
Ice Dance
Flashback Friday: Kelly Johnson and John Thomas, 1984 Winter Olympics Original Set Pattern
Kelly Johnson today is known primarily as a coach and choreographer with the Mariposa School of Skating in Barrie, behind programs including Alexandra Paul and Mitch Islam’s 2012-13 short dance. But in the 1980s Johnson was one-half of Canada’s number two ice dance team — through two partners. Johnson & Kris Barber had an excellent…
Ice Dance
Flashback Friday: Jessica Joseph and Charles Butler, 1997-98 Junior Worlds FD
In the late ’90s and early ’00s, teams like Jamie Silverstein & Justin Pekarek and Tanith Belbin & Ben Agosto made a major mark on the international scene for American juniors, signifying the beginnings of ice dance’s shift to North America, and to the Detroit scene in particular as a world center. But they were…
Ice Dance, News, Pairs, TFTI Blog
ISU Announces Grand Prix Minimums
The ISU has released its Grand Prix Announcement 2013-14, revealing the minimum total score and TES for skaters and teams assigned to this year’s Grand Prix events, determined as 3/5 of the highest scores from each discipline at the 2013 World Figure Skating Championships. Teams who achieved these scores at any ISU championship, Grand Prix…
Feature, Interview, Pairs
Purdy and Marinaro Ready for Senior Stage
by Jacquelyn Thayer; photos by Danielle Earl Canadian pair Margaret Purdy & Michael Marinaro capped off their junior international career with their best season to date. After taking gold at both JGP Lake Placid and JGP Croatia Cup, qualifying them for the Junior Grand Prix Final in Sochi, the team concluded their third trip to…