This week, Detroit, Michigan hosts the 2019 U.S. National Championships. The best teams at the juvenile, intermediate, novice, junior and senior levels will take the ice to fight for podium positions. For the teams at the novice, junior and senior…
by Anne Calder | Photo by Robin Ritoss Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje won the Autumn Classic International, their only competition in the 2018 fall season. They then skipped the Grand Prix Series to perform in a Canadian skating tour.…
by Anne Calder This morning I opened my new calendar to January where the scenic winter photo was a quick reminder of my imminent trip to Detroit and the 2019 US National Figure Skating Championships. I can’t believe 25 years…
by Anne Calder | Photo by Daphne Backman In the Fall, Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier won two Grand Prix bronze medals and earned prize money as the highest-ranking Challenge Series ice dance team. However, they have mixed emotions about…
This week, the top teams in Canada will head to Saint John, New Brunswick for the 2019 Canadian Tire National Figure Skating Championships. Medals will be awarded at the novice, junior and senior levels, with the novice and junior events…
Torun, Poland January 8-13, 2019 SENIOR FINAL RESULT FPl. Name Nation Points RD FD 1 Madison CHOCK / Evan BATES USA 197.42 1 1 2 Natalia KALISZEK / Maksym SPODYRIEV POL 186.57 2 2 3 Shiyue WANG / Xinyu…
By Maura Sullivan Hill | Photo by Robin Ritoss When American ice dancer Jean-Luc Baker suffered a concussion during preseason training in August, his season with partner Kaitlin Hawayek could easily have gone off the rails. They lost training time…
