Mackenzie Bent &

PROFILE: D.O.B.: June 11, 1997 / November 19, 1996 Hometowns: Uxbridge, ON / Ajax, ON Home Clubs: Uxbridge FSC / Scarboro FSC Training Town: Scarborough, ON Coaches: Carol Lane, Jon Lane, Juris Razgulajevs Choreographers: Carol Lane, Juris Razgulajevs

PROGRAM INFORMATION: : “Time after Time” + “La Grande Valse – Happy Ending” : Soundtrack from “Ben Hur” [M. Rozsa]

RESULTS: WD – 2016 Challenge (Jr) 1st – 2016 Central Ontario Sectionals (Jr) (as guests) 6th – 2015 JGP Logroño 2nd – 2015 JGP Colorado Springs 1st/1st – 2015 Central Ontario Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD) 1st/2nd – 2015 Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD)

SEASON’S BESTS: Short Dance: 59.29, CO Sectionals Free Dance: 78.45, CO Sectionals Total Score: 137.74, CO Sectionals TEAM NOTES:

• Bent & Razgulajevs began their partnership in spring 2015. • Bent previously skated for 11 years with Garrett MacKeen. They won four national medals— juvenile silver in 2008, novice bronze in 2011, junior silver in 2013, and junior gold in 2014. • Razgulajevs previously skated for eight years with Katie Desveaux, reaching the JGP level with her. He did not compete in the 2014-15 season. • Bent & Razgulajevs are longtime friends that grew up skating in the same training group, as Razgulajevs’s father is one of their coaches, making their partnership an easy fit this year. • Bent competed on the senior level in Canada last year with MacKeen, finishing sixth at the Canadian Championships.

Kayla Charky & Simon Dazé

PROFILE: D.O.B.: January 12, 1999 / September 16, 1995 Hometowns: Beaconsfield, QC / Montréal, QC Home Clubs: Beaconsfield FSC / CPA Rosemont Training Town: Montréal, QC Coaches: Marie-France Dubreuil, , Choreographers:

PROGRAM INFORMATION: Short Dance:

Free Dance:

RESULTS: 10th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 3rd – 2016 Québec Sectionals (Jr) 4th/1st – 2015 Octoberfest (Jr) (SD/FD) 2nd – 2015 Souvenir Georges-Ethier (Jr) 5th/5th – 2015 Québec Summer Championships (Jr) (SD/FD) 7th – 2015 Lake Placid Championships (Jr), FD Group A 7th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), SD Group A 8th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Jr) 10th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 6th – 2015 Québec Sectionals (Jr)

SEASON’S BESTS: Short Dance: 45.94, QC Summer Championships Free Dance: 72.12, Octoberfest Total Score: 114.84, Octoberfest

TEAM NOTES:

• Charky & Dazé teamed up in 2014. • This is Charky’s first competitive dance partnership. • Dazé previously skated with Marie-Frédérique Julien, Caroline Falardeau, Bianka Gadosy, and Amélie Campeau. Campeau & Dazé were the 2009 Canadian juvenile bronze medalists.

Gina Cipriano & Bradley Keeping-Myra

PROFILE: D.O.B.: July 24, 1997 / March 17, 1998 Hometowns: Oakville, ON / Dartmouth, NS Home Clubs: Skate Oakville / St. Margaret’s Bay SC Training Town: Coaches: Choreographers:

PROGRAM INFORMATION: Short Dance:

Free Dance:

RESULTS: 9th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 4th – 2015 Souvenir Georges-Ethier 9th/7th – 2015 Québec Summer Championships (Jr) (SD/FD) 7th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), FD Group B 4th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), SD Group B 7th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Nov) 3rd – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 3rd – 2015 Central Ontario Sectionals (Nov) (as guests)

SEASON’S BESTS: Short Dance: 46.56, Skate Canada Challenge Free Dance: 69.04, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: 115.60, Skate Canada Challenge

TEAM NOTES:

• Cipriano & Keeping-Myra teamed up in 2014. • Cipriano previously skated with Aidyn Gangemi in the United States. They were sixth at 2014 Pacific Coast Sectionals on the novice level. • Keeping-Myra previously skated with Ashlynne Stairs and Rebecca MacDonald. Stairs & Keeping-Myra were fifth in novice at the 2014 Canadian Championships.

Audrey Croteau-Villeneuve & Jeff Hough

PROFILE: D.O.B.: March 2, 1997 / September 28, 1995 Hometowns: Gatineau, QC / Russell, ON Home Clubs: Town of Mount Royal FSC / Minto SC Training Town: Ottawa, ON Coaches: Darryl Van Luven, Jamie Britton Choreographers: Massimo Scali

PROGRAM INFORMATION: Short Dance: “Masquerade Waltz” + Strauss Polka Free Dance: “La Chanson des Vieux Amants” [J. Brel]

RESULTS: 8th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 9th – 2015 JGP Croatia Cup 6th – 2015 JGP Bratislava 8th/7th – 2015 Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD) 4th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), FD Group B 6th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), SD Group A WD – 2015 Canadian Championships (Jr) WD – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 6th – 2014 JGP Croatia Cup 7th – 2014 JGP Cup

SEASON’S BESTS: Short Dance: 49.24, JGP Bratislava Free Dance: 73.92, JGP Bratislava Total Score: 123.16, JGP Bratislava

TEAM NOTES:

• Croteau-Villeneuve & Hough began competing together in 2014. • An injury that Croteau-Villeneuve sustained in Croatia last year kept them out of the 2015 Canadian Championships. • Croteau-Villeneuve previously skated with Dominic Barthe and Simon Longtin-Martel. • Hough previously skated with Samantha Glavine and Catherine Culhane. Glavine & Hough were the 2012 Canadian novice bronze medalists, while Culhane & Hough were the 2009 Canadian juvenile silver medalists.

Ellie Fisher & Parker Brown

PROFILE: D.O.B.: September 10, 2001 / April 27, 1999 Hometowns: Barrie, ON / Waubaushene, ON Home Clubs: Barrie SC Training Town: Barrie, ON Coaches: David Islam, Kelly Johnson, James Callan Choreographers: Kelly Johnson

PROGRAM INFORMATION: Short Dance: Free Dance:

RESULTS: 11th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 2nd – 2016 Central Ontario Sectionals (Jr) 4th/5th – 2015 Central Ontario Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD) 3rd – 2015 Canadian Championships (Nov) 7th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 1st – 2015 Central Ontario Sectionals (Nov) 8th – 2014 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov) 2nd – 2014 Central Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Nov)

SEASON’S BESTS: Short Dance: 49.90, CO Sectionals Free Dance: 62.16, CO Sectionals Total Score: 112.06, CO Sectionals

TEAM NOTES:

• Fisher & Brown began skating together in 2013. • They are the 2015 Canadian novice bronze medalists. • Brown previously skated with Brittany Bilous.

Payten Howland & Simon-Pierre Malette-Paquette

PROFILE: D.O.B.: August 24, 1999 / May 31, 1998 Hometowns: Northville, MI (USA) / Montréal, QC Home Clubs: CPA Lorraine Training Town: Novi, MI (USA) Coaches: , Fabian Bourzat, Greg Zuerlein, Adrienne Lenda Choreographers: Igor Shpilband

PROGRAM INFORMATION: Short Dance: “The Addams Family” Free Dance: Selections from “The Mask of Zorro” [J. Horner]: “Plaza of Execution” + “I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You”

RESULTS: 4th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 4th – 2016 Québec Sectionals (Jr) 6th – 2015 JGP Copernicus Stars 6th – 2015 JGP Colorado Springs 4th/3rd – 2015 Québec Summer Championships (Jr) (SD/FD) 2nd – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, FD Group A 4th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, SD Group A 10th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Jr) 4th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 3rd – 2015 Québec Sectionals (Jr) SEASON’S BESTS: Short Dance: 54.15, JGP Copernicus Stars Free Dance: 77.62, JGP Copernicus Stars Total Score: 131.77, JGP Copernicus Stars

TEAM NOTES:

• Howland & Malette-Paquette began their partnership in June 2014. • Howland previously skated in the USA with Jason Cohn, finishing sixth on the novice level at the 2014 U.S. Championships. • Malette-Paquette previously skated with Christina Carreira, finishing fifth as novices at the 2013 Canadian Championships.

Marjorie Lajoie &

PROFILE: D.O.B.: November 6, 2000 / April 15, 1999 Hometowns: Boucherville, QC / St-Hubert, QC Home Clubs: CPA Boucherville / CPA St-Lambert Training Town: Montréal, QC Coaches: Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, , Pascal Denis Choreographers: Marie-France Dubreuil, Mylène Girard

PROGRAM INFORMATION: Short Dance: “Grammophone” [E. Doga] + “Furioso Polka” [J. Strauss] Free Dance: Soundtrack from “Don Quixote” [L. Minkus]

RESULTS: 2nd – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 1st – 2016 Québec Sectionals (Jr) 7th – 2015 JGP Logroño WD – 2015 Souvenir Georges-Ethier (1st in SD) 2nd/2nd – 2015 Central Ontario Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD) 1st – 2015 Canadian Championships (Nov) 2nd – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 1st – 2015 Québec Sectionals (Nov) 1st – 2014 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov) 1st – 2014 Québec Sectionals (Pre-Nov) 5th – 2013 Québec Sectionals (Pre-Nov) 1st – 2012 Québec Sectionals (Juv)

SEASON’S BESTS: Short Dance: 55.62, QC Sectionals Free Dance: 78.32, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: 131.48, Skate Canada Challenge

TEAM NOTES:

• Lajoie & Lagha have been skating together since at least 2011. They split up for a few months last year (Lajoie even teamed up with another partner), but they re-teamed in the summer. • They are the 2015 Canadian novice champions and the 2014 Canadian pre-novice champions. • Lajoie & Lagha have won Québec sectional titles at the juvenile, pre-novice, novice, and junior levels. • They have kept their free dance from last year, amending it for the junior level.

Sara Marier & Jeffrey Wong

PROFILE: D.O.B.: December 10, 1997 / December 10, 1997 Hometowns: Pierrefonds, QC / Beaconsfield, QC Home Clubs: CPA Des Deux Rives / CPA St-Laurent Training Town: Pierrefonds, QC Coaches: Elise Hamel, Shawn Winter Choreographers:

PROGRAM INFORMATION: Short Dance: Free Dance:

RESULTS: 14th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 6th – 2016 Québec Sectionals (Jr) 5th – 2015 Souvenir Georges-Ethier (Jr) 10th/10th – 2015 Québec Summer Championships (Jr) (SD/FD) 9th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), FD Group B 9th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), SD Group B 13th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Nov) 10th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 7th – 2015 Québec Sectionals (Nov)

SEASON’S BESTS: Short Dance: 37.86, Skate Canada Challenge Free Dance: 56.74, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: 94.60, Skate Canada Challenge

TEAM NOTES:

• Marier & Wong started skating together in 2014. • Marier previously skated with Anthony Campanelli. • Wong previously skated with Émilie Hunyh.

Melinda Meng & Andrew Meng

PROFILE: D.O.B.: February 21, 1999 / October 3, 1996 Hometowns: Montréal, QC / Montréal, QC Home Clubs: CPA Laval Training Town: Montréal, QC Coaches: Shawn Winter Choreographers: Mylène Lamoreux

PROGRAM INFORMATION: Short Dance: “Danse Macabre” [C. Saint-Saëns] + “The Bolt” [D. Shostakovich] Free Dance: “Nocturne from Bohemian Rhapsody” [L. Micarelli]

RESULTS: 1st – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge 4th – 2015 JGP Copernicus Stars 5th – 2015 JGP Cup 2nd/2nd – 2015 Québec Summer Championships (SD/FD) 4th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, FD Group A 3rd – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, SD Group B 3rd – 2015 Canadian Championships (Jr) 7th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 2nd – 2015 Québec Sectionals (Jr) 7th – 2014 JGP Courchevel 2nd – 2014 Canadian Championships (Jr) 5th – 2014 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 2nd – 2014 Québec Sectionals (Jr) 8th – 2013 JGP Baltic Cup 6th – 2013 Canadian Championships (Jr) 5th – 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 1st – 2013 Québec Sectionals (Jr) 6th – 2012 JGP Croatia Cup 2nd – 2012 Canadian Championships (Nov) 1st – 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 1st – 2012 Québec Sectionals (Nov) 5th – 2011 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov) 1st – 2011 Eastern Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Nov) 12th – 2010 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov) 3rd – 2010 Eastern Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Nov) 5th – 2008 Eastern Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Juv)

SEASON’S BESTS: Short Dance: 57.61, JGP Copernicus Stars Free Dance: 83.40, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: 140.80, JGP Copernicus Stars

TEAM NOTES:

• The Mengs are siblings and have been skating together since 2006. • They previously lived and trained in the Ottawa area, but moved to Montréal in 2011. They have been with their current coaching team since fall 2013. • Andrew Meng competed in both junior dance and novice men at the 2013 Canadian Championships, but he has focused on dance for the past three seasons. • The Mengs have medaled on the junior level at the past two Canadian Championships (silver in 2014, bronze in 2015). They also won the novice silver medal in 2012.

Victoria Oliver & George Waddell

PROFILE: D.O.B.: July 13, 2000 / October 17, 1998 Hometowns: Etobicoke, ON / , ON Home Clubs: Toronto CS & CC Training Town: Toronto, ON Coaches: Andrew Hallam Choreographers:

PROGRAM INFORMATION: Short Dance: Free Dance:

RESULTS: 13th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 3rd – 2016 Central Ontario Sectionals (Jr) 3rd/2nd – 2015 Octoberfest (Jr) (SD/FD) 5th/4th – 2015 Central Ontario Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD) 9th/12th – 2015 Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD) 5th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Nov) 8th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 2nd – 2015 Central Ontario Sectionals (Nov) 3rd – 2014 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov) 1st – 2014 Central Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Nov)

SEASON’S BESTS: Short Dance: 46.07, CO Sectionals Free Dance: 63.94, CO Sectionals Total Score: 110.01, CO Sectionals

TEAM NOTES:

• Oliver & Waddell began skating together in 2013. They are the 2014 Canadian pre-novice bronze medalists. • Oliver previously skated with George Waddell’s brother, Charles. They were fourth in Canada on the pre-novice level in 2013. • George Waddell previously skated with Kaitlin Stitz. At 2013 Skate Canada Challenge, they finished about half a point behind Oliver & Charles Waddell, in fifth place. • Waddell’s younger brother, Bruce, is also an ice dancer and the 2016 Canadian pre-novice champion with Natalie D’Alessandro.

Haley Sales &

PROFILE: D.O.B.: December 26, 1996 / October 28, 1996 Hometowns: Burnaby, BC / Langley, BC Home Clubs: Kelowna SC / Champions ISC of BC Training Town: Burnaby, BC Coaches: , Choreographers: Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe

PROGRAM INFORMATION: Short Dance: “Steppin’ Out with My Baby” [D. Day] + “Old-Fashioned Walk” [D. Day & F. Sinatra] Free Dance: “Spartacus” [A. North]

RESULTS: 3rd – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 1st – 2016 BC/YK Sectionals (Jr) 6th – 2015 JGP Cup of Austria 1st – 2015 BC/YK Summer Skate (Jr) 6th/3rd – 2015 Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD) 4th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance International (Jr) 9th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Jr) 9th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)

SEASON’S BESTS: Short Dance: 53.88, Skate Canada Challenge Free Dance: 85.26, BC/YK Sectionals Total Score: 136.63, BC/YK Sectionals TEAM NOTES:

• Sales & Wamsteeker teamed up in 2014. • This is the first competitive dance partnership for Sales. She was the 2012 Canadian bronze medalist in novice ladies and trained as an ice dancer on her own before partnering with Wamsteeker. • Wamsteeker previously skated with Jazlyn Tabachniuk Jessica Jiang. Jiang & Wamsteeker were the 2011 Canadian pre-novice champions. They missed the 2012 Canadian Championships due to injury, and then Wamsteeker spent a year away from the sport before competing with Tabachniuk in the 2013-2014 season.

Mira Samoisette & Alexander Seidel

PROFILE: D.O.B.: August 23, 1996 / July 2, 1994 Hometowns: St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC / Brossard, QC Home Clubs: CPA St-Jean-sur-Richelieu / CPA Brossard Training Town: Montréal, QC Coaches: Julien Lalonde, Mylène Girard, Valérie Allard, Lynn McKay Choreographers:

PROGRAM INFORMATION: Short Dance:

Free Dance:

RESULTS: 12th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 5th – 2016 Québec Sectionals (Jr) 2nd/3rd – 2015 Octoberfest (Jr) (SD/FD) 3rd – 2015 Souvenir Georges-Ethier (Jr) 7th/9th – 2015 Québec Summer Championships (Jr) (SD/FD) 8th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), FD Group B 6th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), SD Group B 12th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Jr) 11th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 4th – 2015 Québec Sectionals (Jr) 10th – 2014 Canadian Championships (Nov) 10th – 2014 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 5th – 2014 Québec Sectionals (Nov)

SEASON’S BESTS: Short Dance: 47.80, Octoberfest Free Dance: 59.47, Souvenir Georges-Ethier Total Score: 103.96, Octoberfest

TEAM NOTES:

• Samoisette & Seidel began skating together in 2013. • Seidel previously skated with Marie-Frédérique Julien and Alliyah Matthews.

Ashlynne Stairs & Lee Royer

PROFILE:

D.O.B.: August 16, 2000 / July 28, 1998 Hometowns: Calgary, AB / St. Albert, AB Home Clubs: Champions ISC of BC Training Town: Burnaby, BC Coaches: Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe Choreographers: Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe

PROGRAM INFORMATION: Short Dance: Selections from “Cinderella” [Rodgers & Hammerstein] Free Dance: “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue” [R. Rodgers]

RESULTS: 6th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 2nd – 2016 BC/YK Sectionals (Jr) 8th – 2015 JGP Cup of Austria 2nd – 2015 BC/YK Summer Skate (Jr) 5th/6th – 2015 Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD) 8th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance International (Jr) 4th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Nov) 6th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)

SEASON’S BESTS: Short Dance: 48.12, Skate Canada Challenge Free Dance: 74.16, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: 122.28, Skate Canada Challenge TEAM NOTES:

• Stairs & Royer teamed up in 2014. • Stairs previously skated with Bradley Keeping-Myra and Erik Soby. Stairs & Keeping-Myra were fifth in Canada on the novice level in 2014. • Royer previously skated with Natascha Collier and Kyra Gregory. Collier & Royer were 12th on the novice level at the 2014 Canadian Championships. • Both partners moved to B.C. in spring 2014 to train in Burnaby. Stairs had been training in Toronto, while Royer had been in Calgary.

Valérie Taillefer & Jason Chan

PROFILE: D.O.B.: April 9, 1999 / August 12, 1996 Hometowns: Montréal, QC / Montréal, QC Home Clubs: CPA Des Deux Rives / CPA St-Laurent Training Town: Pierrefonds, QC Coaches: Elise Hamel, Shawn Winter Choreographers: Shae Zukiwsky

PROGRAM INFORMATION: Short Dance: Selections from “Coppelia” [L. Delibes] Free Dance: “Often a Bird” + “The Fosse” + “Struggle for Pleasure” [W. Mertens]

RESULTS: 5th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 2nd – 2016 Québec Sectionals (Jr) 1st – 2015 Souvenir Georges-Ethier (Jr) 9th – 2015 JGP Bratislava 3rd/4th – 2015 Québec Summer Championships (Jr) (SD/FD) 6th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), FD Group A 5th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), SD Group A 6th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Jr) 6th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 1st – 2015 Québec Sectionals (Jr) 9th – 2014 JGP Ljubljana Cup 1st – 2014 Canadian Championships (Nov) 1st – 2014 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 1st – 2014 Québec Sectionals (Nov) 10th – 2013 Canadian Championships (Nov) 3rd – 2013 Québec Sectionals (Nov) 20th – 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov) 3rd – 2012 Québec Sectionals (Pre-Nov)

SEASON’S BESTS: Short Dance: 52.80, QC Summer Championships Free Dance: 75.62, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: 124.14, QC Sectionals

TEAM NOTES:

• Taillefer & Chan began their partnership in July 2011. • They are the 2014 Canadian novice champions. • They have won two Québec sectional titles (novice in 2014 and junior in 2015).

Danielle Wu & Nik Mirzakhani

PROFILE: D.O.B.: February 12, 1998 / November 15, 1995 Hometowns: Burnaby, BC / Milan (ITA) Home Clubs: Champions ISC of BC Training Town: Burnaby, BC Coaches: Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe Choreographers: Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe

PROGRAM INFORMATION: Short Dance: Free Dance:

RESULTS: 7th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 3rd – 2016 BC/YK Sectionals (Jr) 5th – 2015 BC/YK Summer Skate (Jr)

SEASON’S BESTS: Short Dance: 45.92, Skate Canada Challenge Free Dance: 74.34, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: 120.26, Skate Canada Challenge

TEAM NOTES:

• Wu & Mirzakhani began their partnership in July 2015. • Wu previously skated with Spencer Soo; they won the 2012 Canadian pre-novice bronze medal and the 2013 Canadian novice title. • Mirzakhani previously skated with Valentina Gabusi in Italy; they were the 2014 Italian junior champions.