{"id":29676,"date":"2022-11-26T19:27:35","date_gmt":"2022-11-27T00:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/?p=29676"},"modified":"2024-09-08T02:27:00","modified_gmt":"2024-09-08T06:27:00","slug":"profile-kristina-bland-matthew-sperry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/profile-kristina-bland-matthew-sperry\/","title":{"rendered":"Profile – Kristina Bland & Matthew Sperry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

TEAM INFORMATION:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Country:<\/strong><\/td>\nUnited States (USA) \"us\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Level:<\/strong><\/td>\nJunior<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Club(s):<\/strong><\/td>\nDetroit SC | SC of Northern Virginia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coach(es): <\/strong><\/td>\nIgor Shpilband, Natalia Deller, Adrienne Lenda, Pasquale Carmelengo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Choreographer(s):<\/strong><\/td>\nIgor Shpilband<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Training Location:<\/strong><\/td>\nNovi, MI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Began Skating Together:<\/strong><\/td>\nMay 2021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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   <\/td>\nKRISTINA BLAND<\/strong><\/td>\nMATTHEW SPERRY<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birth date:<\/strong><\/td>\nSeptember 29, 2004<\/td>\nSeptember 1, 2002<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Birth place:<\/strong><\/td>\nSouthfield, MI<\/td>\nFalls Church, VA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Home town:<\/strong><\/td>\nLathrup Village, MI<\/td>\nFalls Church, VA<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Started skating:<\/strong><\/td>\n2010<\/td>\n2007<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Former partner(s):<\/strong><\/td>\nGabriel Francis<\/td>\nZoe Sensenbrenner<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n


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2024-2025 (Senior)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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PROGRAM MUSIC & RESULTS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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2023-2024 (Junior)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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PROGRAM MUSIC & RESULTS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

RD:<\/strong> “Straight Up” and “Cold Hearted” by Paula Abdul
FD: <\/strong>  “Caught in the Fire” and “The Beginning of the End” by Klergy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6th – 2024 U.S. National Championships
7th – 2024 U.S. Ice Dance Final
10th – 2023 JGP Solidarity Cup
7th – 2023 Lake Placid Ice Dance International<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2022-2023 (Junior)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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PROGRAM MUSIC & RESULTS<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

RD:<\/strong> “Querer” (from “Alegria” – Cirque du Soleil) by Rene Dupere and “Que Viyera” (from “Totem” – Cirque du Soleil)
FD: <\/strong>  “Wishful Thinking” by Raul Ferrando feat. Ararat Petrossian, “Unveiled” by Raul Ferrando and “The Feeling Begins” by Peter Gabriel<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6th – 2023 U.S. National Championships
6th – 2022 U.S. Ice Dance Final
10th – 2022 JGP Solidarity Cup
5th – 2022 Lake Placid Ice Dance International<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2021-2022 (Junior)<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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8th – 2022 U.S. National Championships
8th – 2022 U.S. Championship Series (Alpharetta, GA)
9th – 2022 U.S. Championship Series (Blaine, MN)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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