Event Coverage – 2017 Canadian National Championships

Coach(es): Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe
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SD:  “As Time Goes By” by Vera Lynn and “String of Pearls”

FD: Music from Downton Abbey

Career Highlights:   
4th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge
2nd – 2017 BC/YK Sectionals
10th – 2016 Lake Placid International

Team Notes:  Arnold & Williams started skating together in 2016. Arnold previously skated with Justin Trojek and Christopher Steeves; she was 6th at the 2011 Canadian Championships with Trojek, but has been out of competition since fall 2011. Williams previously skated with Nicole Orford, Olga Lioudvinevitch, and his sister, Alicia Williams. Williams was the 2011 Canadian junior champion and the 2013 Canadian bronze medalist with Orford, but they split in 2015 and he took last year off.

Coach(es): Élise Hamel, Shawn Winter
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Club(s): CPA St-Léonard / CPA Mascouche

SD: “Come Together” by The Beatles and “I Saw Her Standing There (boogie woogie cover)  

FD: “Goldeneye” by Tina Turner, “Tomorrow Never Dies” by Sheryl Crow, James Bond theme and “Live and Let Die” by Paul McCartney

Career Highlights:
7th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge
3rd – 2017 Québec Sectionals
1st – 2016 Souvenir Georges-Éthier
7th – 2016 Québec Summer Championships
4th/3rd – 2016 Minto Summer Skate (SD/FD)
14th – 2016 Canadian Championships
10th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge
4th – 2016 Québec Sectionals
 

Team Notes:  Campbell & Granger started skating together in 2015. Granger previously skated with Jade Robitaille and Alexia Nadaï-Plante

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SD:  “This Love” and “Umbrella” by The Baseballs

FD: Flamenco

Career Highlights:   
8th – Skate Canada Challenge
2nd – 2017 Québec Sectionals
2nd – 2016 Souvenir Georges-Éthier
6th – 2016 Québec Summer Championships
7th/4th – 2016 Lake Placid, Standard Event (SD/FD)

Team Notes:  Chartrand & Seidel started skating together in 2016. Chartrand previously skated with Christian Reekie, finishing 8th in novice at the 2014 Canadian Championships. Seidel previously skated with Mira Samoisette and Alliyah Matthews; he qualified for Canadians three times in novice and junior with Samoisette. This is the first senior season for both partners.

Coach(es): Carol Lane, Jon Lane, Juris Razgulajevs, Roy Bradshaw
Choreographer(s): Carol Lane, Juris Razgulajevs
Club(s): Scarboro FSC

SD:  “Oh What a Night for Dancin’” by Barry White and “Disco Inferno” by The Trammps

FD:  “Con Buena Onda” by Daniel Lomuto, Ernesto Baffa and Hector M. Arce

Career Highlights:  
1st – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge
3rd – 2016 Trophée de France
3rd – 2016 Skate Canada
3rd – 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
1st – 2016 Minto Summer Skate (SD)
8th – 2016 World Championships
5th – 2016 Four Continents Championships
2nd – 2016 Canadian Championships
2nd – 2015 Trophée Eric Bompard
3rd – 2015 Skate America
1st – 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy
6th – 2015 World Championships
4th – 2015 Four Continents Championships
2nd – 2015 Canadian Championships
5th – 2015 Grand Prix Final
2nd – 2014 Trophée Eric Bompard
2nd – 2014 Skate Canada
2nd – 2014 Autumn Classic
8th – 2014 World Championships
2nd – 2014 Four Continents Championships
4th – 2014 Canadian Championships
6th – 2013 Rostelecom Cup
5th – 2013 NHK Trophy
18th – 2013 World Championships
5th – 2013 Four Continents Championships
2nd – 2013 Canadian Championships
6th – 2012 Trophée Bompard
4th – 2012 Skate Canada
1st – 2012 U.S. International Classic
3rd – 2012 Canadian Championships
1st – 2012 Skate Canada Challenge
1st – 2012 Central Ontario Sectionals

Team Notes: Gilles & Poirier teamed up in summer 2011. Gilles grew up in the United States and competed internationally with Timothy McKernan and Zachary Donohue. At the junior level at the U.S. Championships, she has won a pewter medal (4th place) with McKernan, a bronze medal with Donohue, and two silver medals (one with each partner). Poirier competed for ten years with Vanessa Crone, winning the Canadian title in 2011. Crone & Poirier finished as high as seventh at the World Championships (in 2010) and won the 2011 Grand Prix Final bronze medal. They were also 2010 Olympic Team members. Poirier studies linguistics at the University of Toronto, while Gilles studies creative arts at Ryerson University. Gilles became a Canadian citizen on December 17, 2013. Gilles & Poirier were awarded scores at this season’s Skate Canada Challenge that briefly gave them the Canadian record, but Virtue & Moir reclaimed the record the following week at the Grand Prix Final.

Coach(es): Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe
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SD:  “Feeling Good” by Nina Simone

FD:  “Somebody to Love” and “Love of My Life” by Queen

Career Highlights:  
3rd – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge
1st – 2017 BC/YK Sectionals
9th – 2016 Autumn Classic
4th – 2016 Québec Summer Championships
7th – 2016 Lake Placid International
4th – 2016 Canadian Championships (Jr)
3rd – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
1st – 2016 BC/YK Sectionals (Jr)
6th – 2015 JGP Cup of Austria
4th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance International (Jr)
9th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Jr)
9th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
 

Team Notes:  Sales & Wamsteeker teamed up in 2014. This is the first competitive dance partnership for Sales. She was the 2012 Canadian bronze medalist in novice ladies and trained as an ice dancer on her own before partnering with Wamsteeker. Wamsteeker previously skated with Jazlyn Tabachniuk and Jessica Jiang; Jiang & Wamsteeker were the 2011 Canadian pre-novice champions.

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Career Highlights:   
6th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge

Team Notes:  Samoisette & Barthe started skating together in late 2016; Barthe had begun the season skating with someone else. This is only their second competition together. Samoisette previously skated with Alexander Seidel, qualifying for the Canadian Championships at novice and junior from 2014 to 2016. Barthe has skated with Aya Takai, Catherine Daigle-Roy, Audrey Croteau-Villeneuve, and Jade Robitaille. He placed ninth at the Canadian Championships last season with Daigle-Roy. 

Coach(es): Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon
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SD:  “Minnie the Moocher” and “Soda Pop” by Robbie Williams

FD:  “Impossible Love” by Melody Gardot, “Desde de Alma” composed by Osvaldo Pugliese and “Taquito Militar” by Ensemble Romulo Larrea and Veronica Larc

Career Highlights:   
2nd – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge
1st – 2017 Québec Sectionals
7th – 2016 Autumn Classic
2nd – 2016 Québec Summer Championships
1st – 2016 Lake Placid, Standard Event (SD)

Team Notes:  Soucisse & Firus started skating together in 2016. Soucisse previously skated with Simon Tanguay, Benjamin Smyth, and Alexandre Laliberté; she was 8th in Canada last year with Tanguay. Firus previously skated with Lauren Collins and Caelen Dalmer; he finished 10th at Canadians last year with Collins. Firus moved is originally from Vancouver and moved to Montréal from Barrie, Ont., to skate with Soucisse.

Coach(es): Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer
Choreographer(s): David Wilson, Marie-France Dubreuil, S. Choinard
Club(s): Montreal Int’l Skating School

SD:  “Kiss”, “Five Women” and “Purple Rain” by Prince

FD:  “Pilgrims On a Long Journey” from Child of Light and “Latch” by Sam Smith

Career Highlights:   
1st – 2017 Grand Prix Final
1st – 2016 NHK Trophy
1st – 2016 Skate Canada
1st – 2016 Autumn Classic
2nd – 2014 Olympic Games
1st – 2014 Canadian Championships
2nd – 2014 Grand Prix Final
1st – 2013 Trophée Eric Bompard
1st – 2013 Skate Canada
1st – 2013 Finlandia Trophy
2nd – 2013 World Championships
2nd – 2013 Four Continents Championships
1st – 2013 Canadian Championships
2nd – 2013 Grand Prix Final
1st – 2012 Rostelecom Cup
1st – 2012 Skate Canada
1st – 2012 World Championships
1st – 2012 Four Continents Championships
1st – 2012 Canadian Championships
2nd – 2012 Grand Prix Final
1st – 2011 Trophée Eric Bompard
1st – 2011 Skate Canada
1st – 2011 Finlandia Trophy
2nd – 2011 World Championships
WD – 2011 Four Continents Championships
1st – 2010 World Championships
1st – 2010 Olympic Games
1st – 2010 Canadian Championships
2nd – 2010 Grand Prix Final
1st – 2009 Skate Canada
1st – 2009 Trophée Eric Bompard
3rd – 2009 World Championships
2nd – 2009 Four Continents Championships
1st – 2009 Canadian Championships
2nd – 2008 World Championships
1st – 2008 Four Continents Championships
1st – 2008 Canadian Championships
4th – 2008 Grand Prix Final
2nd – 2007 NHK Trophy
1st – 2007 Skate Canada
6th – 2007 World Championships
3rd – 2007 Four Continents Championships
2nd – 2007 Canadian Championships
4th – 2006 Trophée Eric Bompard
2nd – 2006 Skate Canada
1st – 2006 Campbell’s Cup (Team Event)
1st – 2006 World Junior Championships
3rd – 2006 Four Continents Championships
3rd – 2006 Canadian Championships
1st – 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final
1st – 2005 JGP Montréal
1st – 2005 JGP Andorra Cup
2nd – 2005 World Junior Championships
4th – 2005 Canadian Championships
1st – 2005 Junior Grand Prix Final
1st – 2005 Western Ontario Sectionals
1st – 2004 JGP Harbin
2nd – 2004 JGP Courchevel
11th – 2004 World Junior Championships
1st – 2004 Canadian Championships (Jr)
4th – 2003 JGP Zagreb
6th – 2003 JGP Skate Slovakia
1st – 2003 North American Challenge Skate – Thornhill (Jr)
7th – 2003 Canadian Championships (Jr)
1st – 2003 Western Ontario Sectionals (Jr)
4th – 2002 Helmut Seibt Memorial (Nov)
3rd – 2002 Canadian Championships (Nov)
4th – 2002 Western Challenge (Nov)

Team Notes:  Virtue & Moir came back this season after taking two years off from competition. They broke ties with longtime coach Marina Zoueva after the Olympic Games in 2014, and last year, they moved to Montréal to work with the Dubreuil & Lauzon coaching team. They set a new world and Canadian record score at the Grand Prix Final last month. Virtue & Moir began skating together in October 1997, making them the longest-running competitive partnership in Canada. They are the first Canadian ice dancers to win the Olympic title and the second to win the World title. They have national titles at every level except novice, including six senior titles, and they are one of two Canadian dance teams to have won national titles at four different levels. In addition, they have now won every major ISU championship available to North Americans — Olympic, World (twice), Four Continents (twice), and Grand Prix Final.

Coach(es): Nikolai Morozov, Pasquale Camerlengo
Choreographer(s): Nikolai Morozov
Club(s): Sault FSC / Kitchener-Waterloo SC

SD:  “The Way You Make Me Feel” by Judith Hill, “Dangerous” and “Jam” by Michael Jackson

FD: Concierto de Aranjuez composed by Joaquin Rodrigo

Career Highlights:  
2nd – 2016 Cup of China
3rd – 2016 Rostelecom Cup
5th – 2016 World Championships
3rd – 2016 Four Continents Championships
1st – 2016 Canadian Championships
1st – 2016 Grand Prix Final
1st – 2015 Rostelecom Cup
1st – 2015 Skate Canada
1st – 2015 Finlandia Trophy
3rd – 2015 World Championships
1st – 2015 Four Continents Championships
1st – 2015 Canadian Championships
1st – 2015 Grand Prix Final
1st – 2014 NHK Trophy
1st – 2014 Skate Canada
1st – 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy
2nd – 2014 World Championships
7th – 2014 Olympic Games
2nd – 2014 Canadian Championships
5th – 2014 Grand Prix Final
2nd – 2013 Rostelecom Cup
2nd – 2013 Skate Canada
2nd – 2013 U.S. International Classic
5th – 2013 World Championships
3rd – 2012 Cup of China
3rd – 2012 Skate America
1st – 2012 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
4th – 2012 World Championships
3rd – 2012 Four Continents Championships
2nd – 2012 Canadian Championships
4th – 2012 Grand Prix Final
2nd – 2011 Rostelecom Cup
2nd – 2011 NHK Trophy
2nd – 2011 Skate Canada
5th – 2011 World Championships
4th – 2011 Four Continents Championships
2nd – 2011 Canadian Championships
5th – 2011 Grand Prix Final
4th – 2010 Skate America
2nd – 2010 NHK Trophy
1st – 2010 Four Continents Championships
3rd – 2010 Canadian Championships
3rd – 2009 Skate Canada
6th – 2009 Cup of China
5th – 2009 Four Continents Championships
3rd – 2009 Canadian Championships
7th – 2008 NHK Trophy
6th – 2008 Cup of China
17th – 2008 World Championships
5th – 2008 Four Continents Championships
2nd – 2008 Canadian Championships
7th – 2008 Trophée Eric Bompard
6th – 2007 Skate Canada
20th – 2007 World Championships
3rd – 2007 World Junior Championships
3rd – 2007 Canadian Championships
3rd – 2006 JGP Liberec
3rd – 2006 JGP Chinese Taipei Cup

Team Notes:  Weaver & Poje began their partnership in July 2006. Weaver is from the U.S. and competed on the JGP circuit with Charles Clavey before moving to Canada to skate with Poje. Poje previously skated with Alice Graham and Alexandra Nino. Weaver became a Canadian citizen in 2009. Weaver broke her ankle in December 2012, which forced the team to withdraw from the 2013 Canadian Championships. The injury was initially assumed to be season-ending, but Weaver’s tenacity saw the team back on the ice in time to train for the 2013 World Championships, where they finished fifth with two inspired performances. In April 2013, Weaver underwent more surgery to have the hardware removed from her ankle. Weaver & Poje are 2014 Olympians, two-time Grand Prix Final champions (2015 & 2016) and two-time world medalists (silver in 2014, bronze in 2015).

Coach(es): Romain Haguenauer, Josée Piché, Pascal Denis, Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon
Choreographer(s): Romain Haguenauer
Club(s): CPA Repentigny / Toronto CS&CC

SD:  “That’s Enough” and “Hallelujah I Love Her So” [Ray Charles]

FD: “Writing’s on the Wall” [Sam Smith] + “Los Muertos” [Vivos Estan]

Career Highlights:   
11th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
3rd – 2017 Québec Sectionals (Jr)
2nd – 2016 Octoberfest
2nd – 2016 Souvenir Georges-Ethier (Jr)
5th – 2016 CO Summer Skate (Jr)

Team Notes:  Bédard & Waddell started skating together in 2016. Bédard had a long partnership with Zoé Duval-Yergeau; they were Canadian silver medalists at the novice level in 2015 and the pre-novice level in 2013. She missed last season while partner searching. Waddell previously skated with Victoria Oliver and Kaitlin Stitz; Oliver & Waddell were 14th in juniors at the 2016 Canadian Championships.

Coach(es): Matthew Doleman
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Club(s): SC Brampton-Chinguacousy / Hamilton SC

SD:  “The Wonder of You” and “Jailhouse Rock” by Elvis Presley

FD: “Padam Padam”, “Non Je Ne Regrette Rien” and “La Foule” by Edith Piaf

Career Highlights: 
16th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
2nd – 2017 Western Ontario Sectionals (Jr)
1st – 2016 Henderson Memorial (Jr)
9th – 2016 CO Summer Skate (Jr)
10th/10th – 2016 Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD)
10th – 2016 Canadian Championships (Nov)
8th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
2nd – 2016 Western Ontario Sectionals (Nov)

Team Notes:  Broker & Korkoian teamed up in 2015. Broker previously skated with Malcolm Kowan and Matthew Beesack. Korkoian previously skated with Felicia Bonitatibus and Nicole Suszek. 

Coach(es): Kim Slopak-Weeks, Tyler Myles
Choreographer(s): Anjelika Krylova
Club(s): Huntington Hills SC / Glencoe Club

SD:  “I Just Want to Make Love to You” and “Something’s Got a Hold on Me” by Etta James

FD: “Once Upon a Time in Mexico” selections + “Ameksa” [Taalbi Brothers]

Career Highlights:   
14th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
6th – 2016 Octoberfest (Jr) (SD only)
6th – 2016 CO Summer Skate (Jr)
9th – 2016 Québec Summer Championships (Jr)

Team Notes:  Che & Ayer are a new team this season. Che previously skated with Kyle Pearson, and they just missed qualifying for the Canadian Championships at the novice level last year. Ayer previously skated with Nicola Salimova and Taylor Yanke. He skipped the 2015-16 season while seeking a new partner. Ayer has been to the Canadian Championships before, but this is Che’s first.

Coach(es): Michael Coreno, Allie Hann
Choreographer(s): Shae Zukiwsky
Club(s): Skate Oakville / Minto SC

SD:  “Sweet Child O’ Mine” by Postmodern Jukebox feat. Miche Braden and “As Long As I’m Singin’” by Brian Setzer

FD: “Lost Boy” by Ruth B

Career Highlights: 
15th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
2nd – 2017 Eastern Ontario Sectionals (Jr)
1st – 2016 Autumn Skate (Jr)
8th – 2016 CO Summer Skate (Jr)
9th/8th – 2016 Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD)
6th/6th – 2016 Lake Placid (Standard)  (Jr) (SD/FD)

Team Notes:  Chubb & Gunther began their partnership in 2016. Chubb previously skated with Alexander Moses. This is her first Canadian Championships and her first season at the junior level. Gunther previously skated with Talia Rancourt and Chelsea Sheridan; with Rancourt, he was eighth at the novice level last year at Canadians. This is his first full season at the junior level.

Coach(es): Shawn Winter, Élise Hamel
Choreographer(s): Mylène Lamoreux
Club(s): CPA Les Lames d’Argent / Scarboro FSC

SD:  “I’m Just a Lucky So-and-So” and ” This Can’t Be Love” by Diana Krall

FD: “Running to Stand Still” and “Elevation” by U2

Career Highlights:   
12th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
4th – 2017 Québec Sectionals (Jr)
3rd – 2016 Souvenir Georges-Ethier (Jr)
8th – 2016 Québec Summer Championships (Jr)
3rd/7th – 2016 Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD)

Team Notes:  Cipriano & Richardson started skating together in 2016. Cipriano previously skated with Bradley Keeping-Myra and Aidyn Gangemi (in the United States). Last year, Cipriano & Keeping-Myra finished 10th in Canada at the junior level. Richardson previously skated with Megan Koenig Croft, winning the 2014 Canadian novice bronze medal with her; they split during the 2015-16 season. Richardson moved from the Toronto area to Montréal to skate with Cipriano.

Coach(es): Matt Willis
Choreographer(s): Matt Willis
Club(s): Racquet Club of Victoria FSC

SD:  “Dream a Little Dream” by Mama Cass Elliott and  “Swing Set” by Jurassic 5

FD:  “Exogenesis: Symphony Part 2 and Part 3″ by Muse

Career Highlights:   
13th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
3rd – 2017 BC/YK Sectionals (Jr)
7th – 2016 Québec Summer Championships (Jr)
4th – 2016 Canadian Championships (Nov)
5th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
1st – 2016 BC/YK Sectionals (Nov)
16th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
19th – 2014 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)
2nd – 2014 BC/YK Sectionals (Pre-Nov)
20th – 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)
3rd – 2013 BC/YK Sectionals (Pre-Nov)
1st – 2012 BC/YK Sectionals (Juv)

Team Notes:  Cunningham & Bridgewood have been skating together since at least 2011. They are currently one of three teams in Canada that have stayed together from the juvenile through junior levels.

Coach(es): Julien Lalonde, Mylène Girard, Valérie Allard, Lynn McKay
Choreographer(s): Mylène Girard
Club(s): CPA Terrebonne / CPA Laval

SD:  “You and Me” by Disclosure feat. Eliza Doolittle (Flume Remix)

FD:  “Any Other World” and “Over My Shoulder” by Mika

Career Highlights:   
5th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
6th – 2016 JGP Pokal der Blauen Schwerter
4th – 2016 JGP Cup of Mordovia
3rd – 2016 Québec Summer Championships (Jr)
4th – 2016 Lake Placid International (Jr)
2nd – 2016 Canadian Championships (Nov)
1st – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
1st – 2016 Québec Sectionals (Nov)
6th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Nov)
5th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
4th – 2015 Québec Sectionals (Nov)

Team Notes:  Fabbri & Pietrantonio began their partnership in 2014. They are the 2016 Canadian novice silver medalists. This is Fabbri’s first competitive dance partnership.  Pietrantonio previously skated with Carly Turner.

Coach(es): Carol Lane, Jon Lane, Juris Razgulajevs
Choreographer(s): Juris Razgulajevs
Club(s): Scarboro FSC

SD:  “All Shook Up” [Elvis Presley] + “Cry” [Johnnie Ray]

FD: “Pearl” + “Reveil” [Cirque du Soleil]

Career Highlights:   
7th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
3rd – 2017 Central Ontario Sectionals (Jr)
1st – 2016 Octoberfest (Jr)
11th – 2016 JGP Tallinn Cup
2nd – 2016 CO Summer Skate (Jr)
5th/4th – 2016 Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD)
8th – 2016 Lake Placid International
3rd – 2016 Canadian Championships (Nov)
3rd – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
2nd – 2016 Central Ontario Sectionals (Nov)
4th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)
2nd – 2015 Central Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Nov)

Team Notes:  Galiyanova & Tang teamed up in 2014.  They are the 2016 Canadian novice bronze medalists. Galiyanova skated with Matthew Ward in the 2010-11 season, but then went several seasons without a partner.

Coach(es): David Islam, Kelly Johnson
Choreographer(s): Kelly Johnson
Club(s): Calalta FSC / Barrie SC

SD:  “Why’d You Lie” by Colin James and “Jump Swing Blues” by Rick Krive

FD: “Adagio Con Amore” composed by  Brian Crain and “Oltremare” composed by Ludovico Einaudi

Career Highlights:   
5th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge
2nd – 2017 Central Ontario Sectionals (Jr)
3rd – 2016 CO Summer Skate (Jr)
11th/6th – 2016 Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD)

Team Notes:  Gingrich & Brown started skating together in 2016. Gingrich used to be a pairs skater and won the 2014 Canadian novice pairs title with Davin Portz. Gingrich & Portz competed on the JGP circuit before splitting last year; Gingrich chose to switch to ice dance and moved from Alberta to Barrie, Ont. Brown previously skated with Ellie Fisher and Brittany Bilous. With Fisher, Brown was the 2015 Canadian novice bronze medalist and finished sixth on the junior level in Canada last year. 

Coach(es): Paul McIntosh
Choreographer(s): Rebecca Babb
Club(s): Kitchener-Waterloo SC / Woodstock SC

SD:  “Save My Soul” and “Jumpin’ Jack” by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

FD:  “Danse Macabre” composed by Camille Saint-Saens

Career Highlights:   
9th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
1st – 2017 Western Ontario Sectionals (Jr)
8th – 2016 JGP Yokohama
4th – 2016 CO Summer Skate (Jr)
6th/5th – 2016 Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD)
1st – 2016 Canadian Championships (Nov)
2nd – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
1st – 2016 Western Ontario Sectionals (Nov)
2nd – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)
1st – 2015 Western Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Nov)

Team Notes:  Han & Lochhead began skating together in 2014.  They are the 2015 Canadian pre-novice silver medalists and the 2016 novice champions.  Lochhead previously skated with Ella McRoberts.  Han previously skated with Liam MacDonald.

Coach(es): Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer, Pascal Denis
Choreographer(s): Marie-France Dubreuil, Romain Haguenauer
Club(s):  CPA Boucherville / CPA St-Lambert

SD:  “Shopping for Clothes” by The Coasters and “Land of 1000 Dances” by Wilson Pickett

FD: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini by Sergei Rachmaninov

Career Highlights:   
1st – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge
1st – 2017 Québec Sectionals (Jr)
4th – 2016 JGP Pokal der Blauen Schwerter
4th – 2016 JGP Yokohama
1st – 2016 Québec Summer Championships
4th/4th – 2016 Lake Placid (Standard) (Jr) (SD/FD)
13th – 2016 World Junior Championships
2nd – 2016 Canadian Championships (Jr)
2nd – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
1st – 2016 Québec Sectionals (Jr)
7th – 2015 JGP Logroño
1st – 2015 Canadian Championships (Nov)
2nd – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
1st – 2015 Québec Sectionals (Nov)
1st – 2014 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)
1st – 2014 Québec Sectionals (Pre-Nov)
5th – 2013 Québec Sectionals (Pre-Nov)
1st – 2012 Québec Sectionals (Juv)

Team Notes:  Lajoie & Lagha have been skating together since at least 2011. They split up for a few months in 2015 (Lajoie even teamed up with another partner), but they re-teamed.  They are the 2016 Canadian junior silver medalists, the 2015 Canadian novice champions, and the 2014 Canadian pre-novice champions. Lajoie & Lagha have won Québec sectional titles at the juvenile, pre-novice, novice, and junior levels.

Coach(es): Andrew Hallam
Choreographer(s): Romain Haguenauer
Club(s): Toronto CS&CC

SD:  “All My Dreams” by Jill Barber and “That Man” by Caro Emerald

FD: “Be Italian” [Fergie] + “Overture Delle Donne” [Nine]

Career Highlights:   
10th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
3rd – 2016 Octoberfest (Jr)
7th – 2016 CO Summer Skate (Jr)
7th/9th – 2016 Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD)
8th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Nov)
9th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
5th – 2015 Central Ontario Sectionals (Nov)
11th – 2014 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
3rd – 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)
3rd – 2013 Central Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Nov)
2nd – 2012 Central Ontario Sectionals (Juv)

Team Notes:  Ramesh & Labelle have been skating together since at least 2011. They won the Canadian pre-novice bronze medal in 2013. They are one of three junior teams in Canada that have been together since the juvenile level. They missed Canadians in 2014 due to injury, and they also missed the 2015-16 season.

Coach(es): Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe
Choreographer(s): Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe
Club(s): Champions ISC of BC

SD:  “Seven Nation Army” by Postmodern Jukebox featuring Haley Reinhart and “Why Me?” by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

FD:  “Something”, “Here Comes the Sun” and “The Inner Light” by The Beatles

Career Highlights:   
3rd – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
1st – 2017 BC/YK Sectionals (Jr)
5th – 2016 JGP Ljubljana Cup
7th – 2016 JGP St. Gervais
2nd – 2016 Québec Summer Championships (Jr)
6th – 2016 Lake Placid International (Jr)
12th – 2016 Canadian Championships (Jr)
6th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
2nd – 2016 BC/YK Sectionals (Jr)
8th – 2015 JGP Cup of Austria
8th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance International (Jr)
4th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Nov)
6th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)

Team Notes:  Stairs & Royer teamed up in 2014.  Stairs previously skated with Bradley Keeping-Myra and Erik Soby. Royer previously skated with Natascha Collier and Kyra Gregory. Both partners moved to B.C. in spring 2014 to train in Burnaby. Stairs had been training in Toronto, while Royer had been in Calgary.

Coach(es): Elise Hamel, Shae Zukiwsky, Shawn Winter
Choreographer(s): Shae Zukiwsky
Club(s): CPA des Deux-Rives / CPA Saint-Laurent

SD:  “Monday” by Matt Corby and “Hard Time” by Seinabo Sey

FD: “My Love” by Sia and “Hanging On” by Active Child

Career Highlights:   
2nd – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
2nd – 2017 Québec Sectionals (Jr)
1st – 2016 Souvenir Georges-Ethier (Jr)
5th – 2016 Québec Summer Championships (Jr)
4th/3rd – 2016 Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD)
7th – 2016 Canadian Championships (Jr)
1st – 2014 Canadian Championships (Nov)
5th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
2nd – 2016 Québec Sectionals (Jr)
9th – 2015 JGP Bratislava
6th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Jr)
6th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
1st – 2015 Québec Sectionals (Jr)
9th – 2014 JGP Ljubljana Cup
1st – 2014 Canadian Championships (Nov)
1st – 2014 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
1st – 2014 Québec Sectionals (Nov)
10th – 2013 Canadian Championships (Nov)
3rd – 2013 Québec Sectionals (Nov)
20th – 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)
3rd – 2012 Québec Sectionals (Pre-Nov)

Team Notes:  Taillefer & Chan began their partnership in July 2011. They are the 2014 Canadian novice championships and they have also won two Québec sectional titles (Novice in 2014 and Junior in 2015).

Coach(es): Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe
Choreographer(s): Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe
Club(s): Champions ISC of BC

SD: “Black Swamp Village” by The Speakeasies Swing Band and “Diga Diga Doo” by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

FD:  “The Kid Suite”, “Smile”, and “The Real Chaplin: A Symphonic Adventure, Part 2” by Charlie Chaplin

Career Highlights:   
4th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
2nd – 2017 BC/YK Sectionals (Jr)
7th – 2016 JGP Czech Skate
4th – 2016 Québec Summer Championships (Jr)
5th – 2016 Lake Placid International
8th – 2016 Canadian Championships (Jr)
7th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)
3rd – 2016 BC/YK Sectionals (Jr)

Team Notes:  Wu & Mirzakhani began their partnership in July 2015.  Wu previously skated with Spencer Soo; they won the 2012 Canadian pre-novice bronze medal and the 2013 Canadian novice title.  Mirzakhani previously skated with Valentina Gabusi in Italy; they were the 2014 Italian junior champions.

FD: “Barinya” + “Kalinka” [Stars of St. Petersburg]

Career Highlights:   
5th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
1st – 2017 AB/NWT/NU Sectionals (Nov)
5th – 2016 Octoberfest (Nov)
3rd/1st – 2016 Canmore Fall Invitational (Nov) (PD/FD)
4th – 2016 QC Summer Championships (Nov)
14th – 2016 Canadian Championships (Nov)
14th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
4th – 2016 AB/NWT/NU Sectionals (Nov)
15th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)
2nd – 2015 AB/NWT/NU Sectionals (Pre-Nov)
23rd – 2014 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)
1st – 2013 AB/NWT/NU Sectionals (Juv)
2nd – 2012 AB/NWT/NU Sectionals (Pre-Juv)

Team Notes: Behiel & Behiel are siblings who began competing together in 2011.

FD: “Monde Inversé” + “Pearl” [Cirque du Soleil]

Career Highlights:   
1st – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
1st – 2016 Octoberfest (Nov)
1st – 2016 CO Summer Skate (Nov)
1st – 2016 Minto Summer Skate (Nov)
1st – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)

Team Notes: D’Alessandro & Waddell are the 2016 Canadian pre-novice champions; they set a Canadian record score when they won the title. This season, they have had a perfect record thus far. Both partners are also competing in the junior singles events here in Ottawa.

FD: “Querer” [Cirque du Soleil] + “Maria de Buenos Aires”

Career Highlights:   
13th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
1st – 2017 Western Ontario Sectionals (Nov)
4th – 2016 Octoberfest (Nov)
2nd – 2016 Henderson Memorial (Nov)
7th – 2016 CO Summer Skate (Nov)
3rd – 2016 QC Summer Championships (Nov)
6th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)
2nd – 2016 Western Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Nov)
1st – 2015 Western Ontario Sectionals (Juv)

Team Notes: Hensen & Lickers teamed up in 2014. They have won two Western Ontario sectional titles (novice this season and juvenile in 2015).

Coach(es): Kim Slopak-Weeks, Tyler Myles
Choreographer(s): 
Club(s): Calalta FSC

FD: Selections from “Life is Beautiful”

Career Highlights:   
11th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
2nd – 2017 AB/NWT/NU Sectionals (Nov)
2nd/2nd – 2016 Canmore Fall Invitational (Nov) (PD/FD)
7th – 2016 QC Summer Championships (Nov)
2nd – 2016 Wild Rose (Nov)
5th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)
1st – 2016 AB/NWT/NU Sectionals (Pre-Nov)
1st – 2015 AB/NWT/NU Sectionals (Juv)

Team Notes: Kang & Elford won consecutive Alberta sectional titles in 2015 (juvenile) and 2016 (pre-novice). Kang previously skated with Vali Baimoukhametov, and Elford skated with Janine Rho. The two teams then swapped partners in 2014.

Coach(es): Andrew Hallam
Choreographer(s): Romain Haguenauer
Club(s): Toronto CS & CC

FD: “Life is a Carnaval” [Macumba] + “Besame Mucho” [Thalia] + “Mujer Latina”

Career Highlights:   
3rd – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
3rd – 2016 CO Summer Skate (Nov)
2nd – 2016 Minto Summer Skate (Nov)
5th – 2016 Canadian Championships (Nov)
7th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
WD – 2016 Central Ontario Sectionals (Nov)

Team Notes: Kasatkin & Circelli teamed up in 2015. Kasatkin previously skated with Nick Belov in the United States. Circelli previously skated with Han Na Kim; Kim & Circelli were the 2015 Canadian pre-novice bronze medalists. Circelli is also entered in the novice men’s event at these championships; he qualified fourth and has a shot at the podium.

Coach(es): Mylène Girard, Julien Lalonde
Choreographer(s): 
Club(s): CPA Boucherville / CPA LaSalle

FD: “Swan Lake” [Tchaikovsky]

Career Highlights:   
6th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
1st – 2017 Québec Sectionals (Nov)
1st – 2016 Souvenir Georges-Ethier (Nov)
1st – 2016 QC Summer Championships (Nov)
4th – 2016 Minto Summer Skate (Nov)
11th – 2016 Canadian Championships (Nov)
9th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
4th – 2016 Québec Sectionals (Nov)

Team Notes: Lafond-Fournier & Campanelli began skating together in 2015. Lafond-Fournier previously skated for several years with Jean-Sébastien Penven. Campanelli previously skated with Sara Marier and Emilie Bourassa. This is his fourth trip to the Canadian Championships at the novice level.

Coach(es): Paul McIntosh, Rebecca Babb
Choreographer(s): 
Club(s): Hamilton SC

FD: “Dark Eyes”

Career Highlights:   
12th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
2nd – 2017 Western Ontario Sectionals (Nov)
5th – 2016 CO Summer Skate (Nov)
3rd – 2016 Summer Sizzle (Nov)
3rd – 2016 Minto Summer Skate (Nov)
4th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)
3rd – 2016 Western Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Nov)
8th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)
3rd – 2015 Western Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Nov)
5th – 2014 Western Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Nov)
5th – 2013 Western Ontario Sectionals (Juv)
4th – 2012 Western Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Juv)

Team Notes: Le Donne & Smal have been a team since 2011. They have competed together from the pre-juvenile through novice levels thus far.

Coach(es): Chantal Lefebvre, Arseni Markov
Choreographer(s): 
Club(s): CPA Brossard / CPA Saint-Lambert

FD: “Chairman’s Waltz” from Memoirs of a Geisha [J. Williams] + “Kung Fu Piano” [The Piano Guys]

Career Highlights:   
9th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
2nd – 2017 Québec Sectionals (Nov)
2nd – 2016 Souvenir Georges-Ethier (Nov)
5th – 2016 QC Summer Championships (Nov)

Team Notes: Li & Richmond began their partnership in 2016. Richmond previously skated with Alessia Hart-Lewis; they were 15th in novice at the Canadian Championships last season.

Coach(es): Matthew Doleman, Pam Krolick
Choreographer(s): Asher Hill
Club(s): SC Brampton-Chinguacousy

FD: “Goldeneye” [Tina Turner] + “James Bond” theme

Career Highlights:   
4th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
1st – 2016 Henderson Memorial (Nov)
2nd – 2016 CO Summer Skate (Nov)
5th – 2016 Minto Summer Skate (Nov)
12th – 2016 Canadian Championships (Nov)
6th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
1st – 2016 Central Ontario Sectionals (Nov)

Team Notes: McCue & Clemente teamed up in 2015. McCue previously skated with Vladimir Tchernov and James OuYang. Clemente previously skated with Melina-Germana Mancini and Tsina Clemente.

Coach(es): Carly MacDonald
Choreographer(s): 
Club(s): Burlington SC / Ayr SC

FD: “Czardas”

Career Highlights:   
16th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
4th – 2017 Western Ontario Sectionals (Nov)
3rd – 2016 Isabella Henderson Memorial (Nov)
6th – 2016 CO Summer Skate (Nov)
1st – 2016 Summer Sizzle (Nov)

Team Notes: McIsaac & MacDonald were first alternates to the Canadian Championships and a late replacement to this event. They are a new team this year. McIsaac used to skated with Scott Norton, and MacDonald skated with Madison Snook. They are coached by MacDonald’s older sister.

Coach(es): Tyler Myles
Choreographer(s): 
Club(s): Huntington Hills SC / Calalta FSC

FD: “Code Name Vivaldi” [The Piano Guys] + “Demons” [Alonzo Holt]

Career Highlights:   
10th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
3rd – 2017 AB/NWT/NU Sectionals (Nov)
3rd – 2016 Octoberfest (Nov)
4th/6th – 2016 Canmore Fall Invitational  (Nov) (PD/FD)

Team Notes: Mikulcik & Kowan are a new team this season. Kowan previously skated with Natascha Collier, Yohanna Broker, and Angelica Green. At the 2016 Canadian Championships, Collier & Kowan finished 7th on the novice level. This is his third trip to Canadians in novice.

Coach(es): Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe
Choreographer(s): Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe
Club(s): Champions ISC of BC

FD: Selections from Angel [Philippe Rombi]: “Overture” + “Together in Paradise” + “The Portrait/Honeymoon”

Career Highlights:   
2nd – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
1st – 2017 BC/YK Sectionals (Nov)

Team Notes: Mizuki & Volskis teamed up in May 2016. Mizuki is from Japan. Volskis was born in Latvia and he was a singles skater, finishing 11th in novice men at the 2015 Canadian Championships.

Coach(es): Bruno Yvars, Martine Patenaude, Simon Roberge, Valérie Saurette
Choreographer(s): Bruno Yvars
Club(s): CPA Les Lames d’Argent / CPA Point-aux-Trembles

FD: “Fever” [Peggy Lee] + “Black Betty” [Ram Jam]

Career Highlights:   
15th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
5th – 2017 Québec Sectionals (Nov)
3rd – 2016 Souvenir Georges-Ethier (Nov)
8th – 2016 QC Summer Championships (Nov)
6th – 2016 Minto Summer Skate (Nov)

Team Notes: Roy & Poupart began their partnership in 2016. Roy previously skated with James Henri-Singh. Poupart previously skated with Alexane Picard and Virginie Lemieux.

Coach(es): Bruno Yvars, Martine Patenaude, Simon Roberge
Choreographer(s): 
Club(s): CPA Plateau Mont-Royal / CPA Valcourt

FD: “I’ve Got Beginner’s Luck” + “I Got Rhythm” from An American in Paris [Original Broadway Cast]

Career Highlights:   
14th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
3rd – 2017 Québec Sectionals (Nov)
5th – 2016 Souvenir Georges-Ethier (Nov)
6th – 2016 QC Summer Championships (Nov)

Team Notes: Sauvé & Faucher are a new team this season. Faucher previously skated with Cloé Marceau.

Coach(es): Paul McIntosh, Rebecca Babb
Choreographer(s): 
Club(s): Kitchener-Waterloo SC

FD: “Die Fledermaus” [J. Strauss]

Career Highlights:   
8th – 2017 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)
3rd – 2017 Western Ontario Sectionals (Nov)
4th – 2016 CO Summer Skate (Nov)
2nd – 2016 Summer Sizzle (Nov)
7th – 2016 Minto Summer Skate (Nov)
2nd – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)
1st – 2016 Western Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Nov)

Team Notes: Strachan & Zhu have been skating together since 2015. They are the 2016 Canadian pre-novice silver medalists. Strachan previously skated with Aidan Wright, while Zhu skated with Angela Ling. The two teams swapped—Ling & Wright compete at the pre-novice level. Strachan’s mother is coach Rebecca Babb.