{"id":29383,"date":"2022-10-25T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T14:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/?p=29383"},"modified":"2022-10-26T10:47:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T14:47:56","slug":"recap-2022-skate-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/recap-2022-skate-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: 2022 Skate America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Team USA\u2019s Madison Chock & Evan Bates won their third Skate America title, while Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker of the U.S. took silver.\u00a0 <\/span>Marie-Jade Lauriault & Romain Le Gac of Canada won the bronze.\u00a0 <\/span>All three teams train at the Ice Academy of Montreal. In the press conference, the athletes <\/em>commented on how much they enjoyed the fans in Boston and their appreciation of in-person crowds once again.<\/em><\/p>\n

Rhythm Dance
<\/strong>American teams claimed top two leaderboard spots after the rhythm dance at the Skate America Grand Prix event in Norwood, MA. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

2022 World bronze medalists Madison Chock & Evan Bates held a 3.5 point lead over training mates Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker with Canada\u2019s Marie-Jade Lauriault & Romain Le Gac finishing in third place.<\/p>\n

For Chock & Bates, Skate America was their first competition of the season and they unveiled their rhythm dance to remixes of David Bowie\u2019s \u201cLet\u2019s Dance\u201d to an enthusiastic crowd on Saturday afternoon. The performance was not without mistakes, as an issue with their rotational lift knocked the level from 4 to 2 and Bates\u2019 twizzles also lost one level. Their score of 82.63 was five points off their personal best.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really liked the rhythm dance that we created this summer,\u201d Bates said. \u201cWe feel like it\u2019s got loads of potential. This is our first outing and we had some technical issues, especially on the lift, but it was still a good start.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker finished in second with a score of 79.12. The duo\u2019s performance to Desi Arnaz\u2019s \u201cCuban Pete\u201d, \u201cPerhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps\u201d and \u201cEl Cumbanchero\u201d brought a confident, vintage latin vibe to the the ice. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were really happy with our performance today,\u201d Hawayek said. \u201cDefinitely still some little technical things that we can really focus in on as we continue as the season goes on, but from a performance standpoint, I think we were both really pleased with the way that we performed and danced the entire program from the beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n

After finishing just off the podium at the U.S. Classic, Lauriault & Le Gac set a new personal and season\u2019s best score of 72.12 in the rhythm dance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe were really happy with our performance today and with the preparation from our last competition,\u201d Le Gac said.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cWe did what we would we do in practice and we are really happy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Just .52 separated the Canadians from Holly Harris & Jason Chan of Australia.<\/p>\n

Free Dance<\/strong>
While the top three finished the event in the same position, the free dance placements shook out a little differently.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Chock & Bates remained in first place overall, but finished second in the free dance. When they didn\u2019t reach the full barrier in their character steps, the element was deemed invalid causing them to lose at least 4 points (including GOE). Their character steps were deemed invalid. The program set to \u201cFilm III\u201d, \u201cLes Tectoniques\u201d and \u201cFem III\u201d by Jorane tells the story of their engagement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOverall, we’re very pleased with how our first competition of the season went,\u201d Chock said. “Performing our free dance was a joy. We had a few technical details that need some work and addressing as far as a missing element, but we will put that element back in and be on our way. The crowd was amazing and we’re so happy to debut our free dance here in Boston.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hawayek & Baker\u2019s performance to \u201cRequiem\u201d and \u201cSofia\u201d by Askjell Solstrand really suited their style and the team\u2019s elements were all level 4 except for their diagonal steps (level 3), which resulted in the team finishing with a technical score nearly five points higher than Chock & Bates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe felt very grounded,\u201d Hawayek said. \u201cThis season, we are really stepping into a new place where we’re owning what we’re doing and believing that what we are doing is good enough to be the best in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though Lauriault & Le Gac have been competing on the Grand Prix series since 2016, they had never won a medal.\u00a0 <\/span>The team\u2019s switch from France to Canada in 2020 meant the team was required to sit out a season from international competitions. In their first Grand Prix representing Canada, the team won their first-ever Grand Prix medal – a bronze. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis was the first time we were going to a compete with this goal in mind and that was truly a life changing experience because it was something we didn’t believe could happen before,\u201d Lauriault said. \u201cAnd now we believed it and it happened, so I think it just opened a lot of doors for us. It’s important to believe that’s what we learned here and that’s what we’re going to take from the competition.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lauriault & Le Gac also lost points on their character steps, which received no credit.<\/p>\n

France\u2019s Loicia Demougeot & Theo Le Mercier rebounded after finishing seventh in the rhythm dance to finish fourth, while Holly Harris & Jason Chan of Australia held on to fifth place.<\/p>\n

As they did in the rhythm dance, the audience voiced its displeasure with the marks for Japan\u2019s Kana Muramoto & Daisuke Takahashi.\u00a0 <\/span>The duo lost points on their character spin, which received negative GOEs and was designated as a fall.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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