A Guide to the Off-Season: New Beginnings

Marissa Castelli and Mervin Tran (USA)
Paired: Announced June 2014
Training Base: CPA St. Leonard, Montreal, QC, and Skating Club of Boston, Boston, MA
So Far: Debuted at Quebec Summer Championships, August 9; 48.12 (SP only)
Assignments: Ineligible to compete internationally prior to June 2015, pending Tran’s release from Skate Canada

Gretchen Donlan and Nate Bartholomay (USA)
PairedJuly 2014
Training Base: Ellenton Ice and Sports Complex, Ellenton, FL
So Far: Debuted at Ellenton Ice Skating Spectacular (exhibition only)
Assignments: Substitute entries for Autumn Classic International

Lubov Iliushechkina and Dylan Moscovitch (CAN)
PairedMay 2014
Training Base: Toronto Cricket Club, Toronto, ON
So Far: Debuted at Scarboro Ice Dance Elite’s So You Think You Can Judge (exhibition only)
Assignments: Ineligible to compete internationally, pending Iliushechkina’s release from the Russian Federation

DeeDee Leng and Simon Shnapir (USA)
PairedMay 2014
Training Base: Skating Club of Boston, Boston, MA
So Far: Debuted at Cranberry Open, August 15; 53.78 (SP only)
Assignments: Ondrej Nepela Trophy, Rostelecom Cup and NHK Trophy

Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro (CAN)
PairedMay 2014
Training Base: Kitchener-Waterloo Skating Club, Waterloo, ON
Assignments: Autumn Classic International, Skate Canada International and Trophee Bompard

Natasha Purich and Drew Wolfe (CAN)
Training Base: CPA St. Leonard, Montreal, QC
So Far: Debuted at Quebec Summer Championships, August 9; 48.98 (SP); 74.70 (LP)
Assignments: Autumn Classic International