{"id":35906,"date":"2024-08-06T12:55:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-06T16:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/?p=35906"},"modified":"2024-08-06T15:34:23","modified_gmt":"2024-08-06T19:34:23","slug":"recap-2024-lake-placid-idc-novice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ice-dance.com\/site\/recap-2024-lake-placid-idc-novice\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap: 2024 Lake Placid IDC (Novice)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Anne Calder | Photo by Melanie Heaney<\/em><\/p>\n

Novice Combined Dance opened the 2024 NQS Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships on Sunday afternoon, July 28. The teams skated two patterns –\u00a0 <\/span>Westminster Waltz and Tango. Free Dances were competed the following day.<\/p>\n

For the second season, five Novice teams from November’s Ice Dance Final will be invited to compete at the U.S. National Championships in Wichita, Kansas. Each of the teams has set that as a major season goal.<\/p>\n

Twelve Novice teams competed in the Patterns; 10 competed in the free dance. The following were awarded medals: Marian Carhart & Denis Bledsoe (gold), Sophia Feige & Wiles Middlekauff (silver), Grace Fischer & Luke Fischer (bronze) and Annie Huang & Simon Mintz (pewter).<\/p>\n

Marian Carhart & Denis Bledsoe completed their gold medal Trifecta\u20262022 Juvenile, 2023 Intermediate and 2024 Novice. The dancers train in Estero, FL with Marina Zoueva\u2019s team. Marian and Dennis were very pleased with their performance.\u00a0 <\/span><\/i>The total score was 108.87.<\/p>\n

Sophia Feige & Wiles Middlekauff (107.69) had a tryout in mid March and partnered in mid April. Sophie moved from Florida to train in Novi, Michigan in her first partner dance season. Last year she did Solo Dance. She was happy with her twizzles after struggling with them at the Dallas Classic. Wiles noted the team had worked on the Key Points after missing a lot at the Texas event. The total score was 107.69.<\/p>\n

Grace Fischer & Luke Fischer shared their stories.. Before skating, Grace was a little nervous, so she sang along with the music for the team on the ice.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cThat\u2019s what I do,\u201d she said. Out on the ice, she told herself, \u201cYou\u2019ve got this\u201d. Grace thought the program went pretty well. Luke has been training hard to be consistent with his twizzles both in practice and competition. \u201cLast season I got only one level 4.\u201d He got one this week.<\/p>\n

Coach Ben Agosto noted they\u2019ve been working a lot on performance quality by selling it to the audience and judges. \u201cThey did a great job with their energy today. It was fun to watch.\u201d Grace added that she always focuses on one judge to perform to. \u201cI pick the one who is smiling.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>The team scored 101.36.<\/p>\n

Annie Hung & Simon Minz, who train with Dimitri Boundoukin in Boxborough, MA, teamed up only six months ago. Annie thought they skated pretty good, but noted there\u2019s work to improve on some elements. Simon added, \u201cParticularly the spin and twizzles. We need to get consistency in them.\u201d The team topped their Chesapeake Open score by seven points. Simon competed\u00a0 <\/span>last season on the junior level.\u00a0 <\/span>The final score was 97.55.<\/p>\n

Natalie Leitan & Nathan Leitan moved up from the Intermediate level this season. \u201cI think we did amazing. We\u2019re really improving a lot,\u201d noted Natalie. \u201cWe went up a couple of points since Dallas,\u201d added Nathan. \u201cWe\u2019re going to keep on working hard.\u201d The siblings who train with Dima Ilin in Rockville, MD. scored 89.02.<\/p>\n

Rylen Lukanin & Patrick O\u2019Brien had a fall on the Dance Spin. Rylan thought they did really good. \u201cI got back up, and we stayed together.\u201d Patrick added, \u201c We tried to pick it up and calm ourselves down and not to rush as fast as we could because then we\u2019d be off the music. We tried to really push, get back up and look better than we did before.\u201d Their training with Coaches Kristen Frazier-Lukanin and Igor Lukanin prepared them for what to do in an unfortunate situation. The team scored 85.11.<\/p>\n

Lianne Fan & Nikolai Balabardin who train at MIDA in Canton Michigan teamed up five weeks ago. Lianne thought the performance was pretty good and felt very confident. \u201cI really got to soak it in this year because it\u2019s my second year in Lake Placid, and I knew what to expect.\u201d Both competed at the 2023 event with different partners on different levels. Nikolai, the son of Canadian figure skating coaches who met while touring with Disney on Ice<\/i>, added, \u201cThe results can improve, but I feel we\u2019ve done a lot in a month. I\u2019m really surprised how much we\u2019ve been able to accomplish.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coach Charlie White added, \u201cThe competition today was for a learning experience. First competition together, five weeks in with a lot of learning opportunities, but also a good foundation. When the team skates at one of the next upcoming competitions, they\u2019ll be even more ready for them. They\u2019ll have double\/tripled their training time.\u201d (Coach Charlie laughed)\u00a0 <\/span>The total event score was 84.66.<\/p>\n

Reese Hamilton & Ethan Darnell danced on the Intermediate level at the 2023\/24 Ice Dance Final in Bloomington, MN. Reese compared their Lake Placid debut with the Dallas Classic performance a few weeks ago.\u00a0 <\/span>\u201cI think it went quite well. Our presentation was quite a bit better than our last competition. Skating together, we definitely improved our connection.\u201d The final score was also two points higher. The team trains on the West Coast. Ethan explained. \u201c We\u2019re from the San Francisco area, but are training in Novi, Michigan for the summer. At home they are at the Sharks Ice in San Jose. The total score was 83.79.<\/p>\n

Mia Aisin & Steven Moore are a new team that trains in Connecticut with Coach Svetlana Kulikova. This season they have competed at Chesapeake (78.41) and the Dallas Classic (80.32). Mia commented after their Lake Placid skate. \u201cI think it\u2019s better than last time. There\u2019s a lot to improve.\u201d Steven added, \u201cYou have to have a lot of emotion in order to really skate this program.\u201d\u00a0 <\/span>The team scored 83.60.<\/p>\n

Coach Kulikova noted, \u201cWe are trying to work on the conditioning to try to make the emotions go all the way through. It\u2019s better every time. The next event is the Philadelphia Challenge Cup or Austin Autumn Classic.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vanessa Hollis & Evan Hollis represent the Skokie Valley Skating Club. The siblings made their Lake Placid debut and scored 58.34.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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