Event Coverage – 2019 U.S. National Championships

Coach(es):  Natalya Linichuk, Pavel Filchenkov
Choreographer(s):  Info not available
Club(s): IceWorks SC
Training Location:  Aston, PA

FD: “Just For You” by Giovanni Marradi

Career Highlights:
4th – 2019 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships

Team Notes: 
This is Bronov & Kolosovskyi’s first trip to the U.S. National Championships.

Coach(es): Jackie Miles
Choreographer(s): Info not available
Club(s): Pavillion SC of Cleveland Heights
Training Location: Cleveland Heights, OH

FD: Medley by Wham!

Career Highlights:
2nd – 2019 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectional Championships
5th – 2018 U.S. National Championships
2nd – 2018 U.S. Midwestern Sectional Championships
11th – 2017 U.S. National Championships
4th – 2017 U.S. Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes: 
Brown & Driscoll are competing in their third U.S. Championships.

Coach(es): Elena Novak, Dmytri Ilin
Choreographer(s): Elena Novak, Alexei Kiliakov
Club(s):  Washington FSC
Training Location: Rockville, MD

FD: “Good Rockin’ Daddy,” “Maybe” and “Rocket In My Pocket” by Lou Ann Barton

Career Highlights:
3rd – 2019 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships
2nd – 2018 U.S. National Championships
1st – 2018 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships
6th – 2017 U.S. National Championships
2nd – 2017 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships
3rd – 2016 U.S. Championships
8th – 2015 U.S. Championships 

Team Notes: 
Cain & Davydov have been skating together since 2013.

Coach(es): Collin Brubaker and Jamie Whyte
Choreographer(s):Collin Brubaker and Kseniya Ponomaryova
Club(s): All Year FSC / Skokie Valley SC
Training Location: Geneva, IL

FD: “Chez Chanel” and “Coco and Boy” from Coco Before Chanel

Career Highlights:
1st – 2019 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  Karnes & Aksenov have been skating together since April 2018.  This is their first trip to the U.S. National Championships as a team. Layla loves herbs and anything dance. Kirill loves soccer and pizza.

Coach(es):  Alexei Kiliakov, Dmytri Ilin, Greg Zuerlein
Choreographer(s):  Elena Novak, Alexei Kiliakov,
Ramil Sarkulov
Club(s):  Washington FSC
Training Location:  Rockville, MD

FD:  “Nocturne/Bohemian Rhapsody” by Lucia Micarelli

Career Highlights:
2nd – 2019 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships
10th – 2018 U.S. National Championships
3rd – 2018 Eastern Sectional Championships
3rd – 2017 U.S. Challenge Skate
5th – 2017 Eastern Sectional Championships
4th – 2016 U.S. National Championships
4th – 2015 U.S. National Championships

Team Notes: 
Lin & Sletten have been skating together since 2014.

Coach(es): Robert and Delene Moskalyk
Choreographer(s):  Fabian Bourzat and Delene Moskalyk
Club(s): Genesee FSC / All Year FSC
Training Location:  Buffalo, NY

FD:  “Un Giorno Per Noi” by Josh Groban

Career Highlights:
5th – 2019 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes:
This is Miller & Bator’s first trip to the U.S. National Championships.

Coach(es): Yasa Netchaeva, Yuri Chesnitchenko
Choreographer(s): Yasa Nechaeva, Yuri Chesnichenko
Club(s): Ann Arbor FSC / All Year FSC
Training Location:  Ann Arbor, MI

FD: Medley from the Great Expectations soundtrack

Career Highlights:
3rd- 2019 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes: 
This is Nicklas & Ryan’s second trip to the U.S. National Championships.

Coach(es): Rob Peal
Choreographer(s):  Rob Peal
Club(s): Skokie Valley SC
Training Location: Northbrook, IL

FD:  Music from The Greatest Showman soundtrack

Career Highlights:
1st – 2019 U.S. Midwestern Sectional Championships
1st – 2018 U.S. National Championships
1st – 2018 U.S. Midwestern Sectional Championships
3rd – 2017 U.S. National Championships
1st – 2017 U.S. Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes: 
Elliana and Ethan are siblings and competing in their third U.S. National Championships.  They are the 2017 U.S. National juvenile bronze medalists. After winning the 2018 U.S. intermediate title, they got a dog they named Bella.

Coach(es): Michelle Marvin, CG Lee
Choreographer(s):  Michelle Marvin, CG Lee
Club(s): All Year FSC / Philadelphia SC & HS
Training Location: Ardmore, PA

FD:  Music from The Greatest Showman soundtrack

Career Highlights:
2nd – 2019 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectional Championships
8th – 2018 U.S. National Championships
5th – 2017 U.S. National Championships
3rd – 2017 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectional Championships
3rd – 2017 Lake Placid Ice Dance International

Team Notes: 
Pride & Lawless are competing in their third U.S. National Championships.

Coach(es): Leif Gislason
Choreographer(s):  Katrina Shalin, Leif Gislason
Club(s): IceWorks SC / All Year FSC
Training Location: Aston, PA

FD: Music from The Good, The Bad and The Ugly and Wild Wild West soundtracks  

Career Highlights:
5th – 2019 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships
8th – 2018 U.S. National Championships
1st – 2018 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  This is Schaub & Haddad’s second season as a team and second trip to the U.S. National Championships. 

Coach(es): Graham Payne
Choreographer(s):Tori Vollmer, Graham Payne
Club(s): Atlanta FSC / Los Angeles FSC
Training Location: Alpharetta, GA; Atlanta, GA

FD:  “She’s My Kind of Crazy” by Brantley Gilbert and “I Want Crazy” by Hunter Hayes

Career Highlights:
4th – 2019 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes: 
This is Taylor and Vollmer’s first season as a team and they are making their first trip to the U.S. National Championships.

Coach(es): Alexei Kiliakov, Ramil Sarkulov, Greg Zuerlein, Dmytri Ilin
Choreographer(s):  Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak
Club(s):  Washington FSC
Training Location: Rockville, MD

FD:  Medley by Elvis Presley

Career Highlights:
1st – 2019 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships
4th – 2018 U.S. National Championships
2nd – 2018 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships
7th – 2017 U.S. Challenge Skate
4th – 2017 U.S. National Championships
2nd – 2017 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships
1st – 2016 U.S. Championships (intermediate)
1st – 2015 U.S. Championships (juvenile)

Team Notes:  Tkachenko & Kiliakov are two-time U.S. National Champions (juvenile and intermediate).  They are coached by Kiliakov’s parents.  

Coach(es):  Info not available
Choreographer(s):  Info not available
Club(s): Detroit SC
Training Location:  Info not available

FD:  Info not available

Career Highlights:
4th – 2019 U.S. Midwestern Sectional Championships
3rd – 2018 U.S. National Championships
2nd – 2018 U.S. Midwestern Sectional Championships
6th – 2017 U.S. Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes: Bland & Francis have been partners for three seasons.  This is their second trip to the U.S. National Championships.  They are the 2018 U.S. juvenile bronze medalists.

Coach(es): Nathan Truesdell
Choreographer(s):  Nathan Truesdell
Club(s): Triangle FSC
Training Location:  Info not available

FD:  Info not available

Career Highlights:
1st – 2019 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships
4th – 2018 U.S. National Championships
3rd – 2017 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships
1st – 2017 U.S. National Championships
1st – 2017 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships
7th – 2016 U.S. National Championships

Team Notes: Efimova & Zhao are competing in their fourth U.S. Championships.  They are the 2017 U.S. juvenile dance champions and 2018 U.S. intermediate pewter medalists.

Coach(es): Svetlana Kulikova, Denys Latyshev & Steve Moore
Choreographer(s):  Svetlana Kulikova & Mathew Gates
Club(s): SC of Wilmington / Charter Oak FSC
Training Location: Cromwell, CT

FD: “Diga Diga Doo” by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

Career Highlights:
2nd – 2019 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships
1st – 2018 U.S. National Championships
1st – 2018 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships

Team Notes: Hauer & Starr are the 2018 U.S. juvenile dance champions. This is their second season as a team.

Coach(es):  Dawn Ponte-Jarvis
Choreographer(s):  Dawn Ponte-Jarvis
Club(s):  SC of Boston
Training Location:  Boston, MA

FD: “Libertango” and “Sweet Dreams”

Career Highlights:
4th- 2019 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships
4th – 2018 U.S. National Championships
4th – 2018 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships
7th – 2017 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:
This is L’Esperance & Amdour’s third season as a team.  It is their second trip to the U.S. National Championships.  They are the 2018 U.S. juvenile petwer medalists.

Coach(es): Leif Gislason
Choreographer(s):  Info not available
Club(s): IceWorks SC
Training Location:  Aston, PA

FD:  Info not available

Career Highlights:
3rd – 2019 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  This is Landis & Eckert’s first season as a team.

Coach(es): Nick Traxler, Pierre Panayi
Choreographer(s):  Nick Traxler
Club(s): Lone Star FSC / St. Peters FSA
Training Location: McKinney, TX

FD:  Music from the Cinema Paradiso soundtrack

Career Highlights:
3rd – 2019 U.S. Midwestern Sectional Championships
9th – 2018 U.S. National Championships
3rd – 2018 U.S. Midwestern Sectional Championships
10th – 2017 U.S. National Championships
5th – 2017 U.S. Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  Lassiter & Anderson are three-time U.S. National Championship competitors and have been skating together for three seasons.

Coach(es): Tiffany Hyden Dombeck
Choreographer(s):  Info not available
Club(s): All Year FSC / Broadmoor SC
Training Location:  Info not available

FD:  Info not available

Career Highlights:
3rd – 2019 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  This is Malcolm & Ortonward’s first season as a team.

Coach(es): Elena Dostatni
Choreographer(s): Info not available
Club(s): Magic City FSC / Broadmoor SC
Training Location: Colorado Springs, CO

FD: Music from Cirque du Soleil

Career Highlights:
1st – 2019 U.S. Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes: This is Neset & Tsarevski’s first season as a team.

Coach(es): Pamela O’Connor, Jonathan O’Dougherty
Choreographer(s):  Info not available
Club(s): University ISC of San Jose / Peninsula SC
Training Location:  San Jose, CA

FD: Info not available

Career Highlights:
4th – 2019 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  This is Ortiz and Ramsey’s first trip to the U.S. National Championships.

Coach(es): Jeannie Lafornara
Choreographer(s): Melissa Gregory & Denis Petukhov
Club(s):  Strongsville SC / Niagara University SC
Training Location:  Williamsville, NY

FD: “Feel it Still” by Portugal the Man

Career Highlights:
2nd – 2019 U.S. Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes: This is Paolino & Lafornara’s first season as a team and first trip to the U.S. National Championships.

Coach(es): Pamela O’Connor, Jonathan O’Dougherty
Choreographer(s):  Info not available
Club(s): Peninsula SC
Training Location:  San Jose, CA

FD: Info not available

Career Highlights:
5th – 2019 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  This is Pillai & Case’s first trip to the U.S. National Championships.

Coach(es):  Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmytri Ilin, Greg Zuerlein and Ramil Sarkulov
Choreographer(s): Info not available
Club(s): Peninsula SC / SC of Northern Virginia
Training Location:  Rockville, MD

FD: Info not available

Career Highlights:
2nd – 2019 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectional Championships
2nd – 2019 U.S. National Championships
1st – 2018 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes: This is Sensenbrenner & Sperry’s second season as a team and second trip to the U.S. National Championships.  They are the 2018 U.S. juvenile silver medalists.

Coach(es): Info not available
Choreographer(s):  Info not available
Club(s): All Year FSC / Hickory Hill FSC
Training Location: Info not available

FD: Info not available

Career Highlights:
2nd – 2019 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes:
This is Bickenbach & Tong’s first trip to the U.S. Championships.

Coach(es): Slava Uchitel
Choreographer(s):  Slava Uchitel
Club(s): Ice Works SC / Peninsula SC
Training Location: Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society

FD: “That’s Amoré” and “Tu Vuo’ Fa L’Americano” from The Talented Mr. Ripley soundtrack

Career Highlights:
4th – 2019 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectional Championships
9th – 2018 U.S. National Championships
3rd – 2018 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes:This is the team’s fourth season together.   Blake broke his leg 3 1/2 months prior to Sectionals, yet the team managed to skate to 2nd place in the free dance at 2019 PAC Sectionals earning a pewter medal and advancing to 2019 Nationals.

Coach(es): Peter Biver
Choreographer(s):  Info not available
Club(s): Northern Blades NSC FSC
Training Location:  Info not available

FD:  Info not available

Career Highlights:
4th – 2019 U.S. Midwestern Sectional Championships  

Team Notes:
This is Golomb & Weirens’ first trip to the U.S. Championships.

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Coach(es):  Dmytri Ilin, Greg Zuerlein, Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak & Ramil Sarkulov
Choreographer(s):  Ramil Sarkulov, Dmytri Ilin
Club(s): Washington FSC
Training Location:  Rockville, MD

FD: “Oye” by Gloria Estefan & “Lo So Che Finira” by Anna Tatangelo

Career Highlights:
1st – 2019 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships
6th – 2018 U.S. National Championships
3rd – 2018 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:
Olivia is 9 years old and Dylan is 10 years old.  They began skating together at ages 6 and 7.  They train at the Wheaton Ice Skating Academy (WISA).

Coach(es): Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmytri Ilin, Greg Zuerlein, & Ramil Sarkulov
Choreographer(s):  
Club(s): Washington FSC
Training Location: Rockville, MD

FD:  Info not available

Career Highlights:
4th – 2019 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:
Xenia & Gaetano are siblings and this is their first trip to the U.S. Championships.

Coach(es): Ruslan Goncharov
Choreographer(s):  Info not available
Club(s): Washington FSC
Training Location: 

FD:  Info not available

Career Highlights:
2nd – 2019 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:
Caroline and Brendan are siblings and this is their first trip to the U.S. Championships.

Coach(es):  Kristen Fraser & Igor Lukanin
Choreographer(s):  Info not available
Club(s): North Jersey FSC / All Year FSC
Training Location: Info not available

FD:  Info not available

Career Highlights:
1st – 2019 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes:
This is O’Brien & Wei’s first trip to the U.S. Championships.

Coach(es): Alina Ponomarova, Kseniya Ponomaryova, Eve Chalom
Choreographer(s):  Alina Ponomarova, Kseniya Ponomaryova
Club(s): Northern Ice SC / Skokie Valley SC
Training Location: Geneva, IL

FD: “Pure Imagination” from the Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory soundtrack

Career Highlights:
3rd – 2019 U.S. Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  Pan & Mondrowski’s first performance was Holiday exhibition at the local rink. They have opposite personalities and that makes them a great team and good friends. They both like to travel and their favorite brand is “Roots Canada”.

Coach(es): Roman Zaretsky
Choreographer(s): Roman Zaretsky
Club(s): FSC of  Houston / Texas Gulf Coast FSC
Training Location:  Houston, TX

FD: Music from West Side Story

Career Highlights:
2nd – 2019 U.S. Midwestern Sectional Championships  

Team Notes:
Pham & Rogers teamed up in January 2018 and this is their first trip to the U.S. Championships.

Coach(es): Info not available
Choreographer(s):  Info not available
Club(s): Austin FSC / Austin FSC
Training Location: Info not available

FD:  Info not available

Career Highlights:
1st – 2019 U.S. Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:
Rhiannon & Rogue are siblings and this is their first trip to the U.S. Championships.

Coach(es): Info not available
Choreographer(s):  Info not available
Club(s): Portland ISC 
Training Location: Portland, OR

FD: Info not available

Career Highlights:
3rd – 2019 U.S. Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes:
This is Sha & Xu’s first trip to the U.S. Championships.

Coach(es): Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmytri Ilin, Greg Zuerlein, & Ramil Sarkulov
Choreographer(s):  Info not available
Club(s): Washington FSC
Training Location: Rockville, MD

FD: Info not available

Career Highlights:
3rd – 2019 U.S. Eastern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:
This is Stapert & Korotcov’s first trip to the U.S. Championships as a team.

1. Lauren Capehart / Stephen Chasman
2. Jane Summersett / Elliot Pennington
3. Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates
4. Elizabeth Palmer / Ryland Stucke