by Jacquelyn Thayer We’ve written previously on the systemic circularity of funding in figure skating: money can help breed success; success yields the money that may be denied to those athletes who need it most. It is certainly a dollhouse miniature of the pitfalls that can make climbing the ladder of success in the real…
For reigning Canadian dance champions Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje, next week’s Canadian Tire National Skating Championships in Halifax marks a full circle moment — the couple made their national, and senior, debut together there at 2007’s event, capturing a surprise bronze medal alongside Marie-France Dubreuil and Patrice Lauzon and Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.…
Senior dance teams competing: 17 *Alissandra Aronow & Collin Brubaker withdrew after qualification Senior pairs competing: 12 *Brianna de la Mora & Taylor Wilson withdrew after qualification New teams: 5 Marissa Castelli & Mervin Tran (first, pairs, Eastern Sectionals) Anya Davidovich & AJ Reiss (first, pairs, Pacific Coast Sectionals) Gretchen Donlan & Nate Bartholomay (bye,…
At the novice and junior levels, Tiffany Stiegler achieved major results in pairs with older brother Johnnie, winning both 1995 novice and 1997 junior national titles, a fourth-place finish at the 1999 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, and three medals on the Junior Grand Prix, as well as two pewters at the senior national level…
