Mackenzie Bent & Dmitre Razgulajevs
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: Short Dance: “Time after Time” + “La Grande Valse – Happy Ending” Free Dance: Soundtrack from “Ben Hur” [M. Rozsa]
RESULTS: WD – 2016 Skate Canada 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, Patrice Lauzon, Pascal Denis 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 Ice Dance 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 Tallinn 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: Igor Shpilband, 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 & Zachary Lagha
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, Romain Haguenauer, 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 Riga 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 / Toronto, 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 & Nikolas Wamsteeker
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: Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe 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.