Alexandra Aldridge & Daniel Eaton

PROFILE: D.O.B.: May 7, 1994 / March 26, 1992 Hometown(s): Birmingham, MI / Bloomfield Hills, MI Home Club(s): Detroit SC / Detroit SC Training Town: Detroit, MI Coaches: Angelika Krylova, Liz Swallow, Natalia (Annenko) Deller, Choreographers: Pasquale Camerlengo

PROGRAM INFO: : "I Need to Know" by Mark Anthony : Music from Lord of the Dance and Riverdance by Ronan Hardiman

RESULTS: 4th - 2011 Junior Grand Prix Final 2nd - 2011 Junior Grand Prix (Austria) 3rd - 2011 Junior Grand Prix (Latvia) 5th - 2011 US National Championships 2nd - 2011 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Junior) 4th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Great Britain) 6th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (France) 1st - 2010 US National Championships (Novice) 1st - 2010 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Novice) TEAM NOTES: • Aldridge and Eaton formed their partnership in 2009. • Eaton’s former partners include Brielle O’Connor, Rachael Richardson and Sameena Sheikh. Sheikh & Eaton finished 10th at the 2009 U.S. National Championships.

Amanda Bertsch & Sam Kaplun

PROFILE: D.O.B.: October 29, 1993 / December 19, 1990 Hometown(s): Ann Arbor, MI / Odessa, Ukraine Home Club(s): Ann Arbor FSC / All Year FSC Training Town: Ann Arbor, MI Coaches: Yasa Netchaeva & Yuri Chesnitchenko Choreographers: Yasa Netchaeva & Yuri Chesnitchenko

PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "Pau Pau Cha Cha Cha" by Jessica Jay, "Besame Mucho" by Consuelo Velazquez Free Dance: "Howl's Moving Castle" by Sandra & Tony Alessi

RESULTS: 1st - 2012 Midwestern Sectional Championships 5th - 2011 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

TEAM NOTES: • Bertsch & Kaplun teamed up in 2010. • Bertsch was a member of the 2011 U.S. Scholastic Honors Team.

Lauri Bonacorsi &

PROFILE: D.O.B.: January 17, 1993 / September 9, 1990 Hometown(s): Ladue, MI / Fulton, MD Home Club(s): Peninsula Skating Club / IceWorks Skating Club Training Town: Aston, PA Coaches: Natalia Linichuk, Gennadi Karponosov Choreographers: Natalia Linichuk

PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "Chilly Cha Cha" by Jessica Jay and "Besame Mucho" Free Dance: "Close to You" by Sandra and Tony Alessi

RESULTS: 1st - 2012 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior) 3rd - 2011 Junior Grand Prix (Italy) 2nd - 2011 Junior Grand Prix (Australia) 11th - 2011 World Junior Championships 2nd - 2011 U.S. National Championships (Junior) 1st - 2011 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior) 5th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Great Britain) 4th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Romania) 6th - 2010 US National Championships (Junior) 2nd - 2010 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior) 9th - 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Germany) 3rd - 2009 Junior Grand Prix (United States) 1st - 2009 US Nationals (Novice) 1st - 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Novice)

TEAM NOTES: • Bonacorsi & Mager teamed up in 2008. • They took bronze at their first JGP event. • Mager was a guest blogger for ice‐dance.com during the 2008 U.S. Championships in St. Paul. • Bonacorsi is a two-time U.S. Figure Skating Scholastic Team member.

Jenna Dzierzanowki & Vinny Dispenza

PROFILE: D.O.B.: January 15, 1993 / July 9, 1990 Hometown(s): Coral Springs, FL Home Club(s): Birmingham FSC / Panthers FSC Training Town: Coral Springs, FL Coaches: Alan Towers Choreographers: Alan Towers

PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "Hot Hot Hot" by Buster Poindexter, "Smooth" by Rob Thomas & Santana Free Dance: "In the Mood" and "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen"

RESULTS: 4th - 2012 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Junior) 13th - 2011 U.S. National Championships (Junior) 5th - 2011 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior) 5th - 2010 Eastern Sectional Championships (Novice)

TEAM NOTES: • Dzierzanowki & Dispenza finished fifth at the 2011 Eastern Sectional Championships. As alternates for the U.S. Championships, the team replaced withdrawn competitors Danvi Pham & Vu Pham.

Danielle Gamelin & Alexander Gamelin

PROFILE: D.O.B.: February 22, 1993 / February 22, 1993 Hometown(s): Newark, DE / Merrick, NY Home Club(s): Skating Club of New York / Skating Club of New York Training Town: Newark, DE Coaches: Christie Moxley-Hutson, Karen Ludington, Alexander Kirsanov Choreographers: Evgeni Platov, Alexander Kirsanov, Karen Ludington

PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "LaVida Es Un Carnaval" by Michael Chacon and "Corazon Espinado" by Carlos Santana Free Dance: "Czardas" by David Garrett

RESULTS: 4th - 2012 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior) 9th - 2011 Junior Grand Prix (Latvia) 7th - 2011 US National Championships (Junior) 3rd - 2011 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior) 16th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Germany) 5th - 2010 US National Championships (Novice) 2nd - 2010 Eastern Sectional Championships (Novice) 1st - 2009 US Junior Nationals (Intermediate) 2nd - 2009 Eastern Sectional Championships (Intermediate) 3rd - 2008 US Junior Nationals (Juvenile) 1st - 2008 Eastern Sectional Championships (Juvenile) 9th - 2007 US Junior Nationals (Juvenile)

TEAM NOTES: • Gamelin & Gamelin are twins who have been skating together for five seasons. • They are the 2009 U.S. intermediate champions • The Gamelin's wanted to skate after watching Pasha Grishuk & Evgeny Platov on television. Platov is now the team's choreographer.

Kaitlin Hawayek & Michael Bramante

PROFILE: D.O.B.: November 4, 1996 / April 24, 1992 Hometown(s): East Aurora, NY / Dover, MA Home Club(s): SC of Western NY / Detroit Skating Club Training Town: Bloomfield Hills, MI Coaches: Pasquale Camerlengo, Angelika Krylova, Elizabeth Punsalan-Swallow, Natalia Annenko-Deller Choreographers: Angelika Krylova

PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "Sway" by The Pussycat Dolls, "Tequila" by Bogo Pogo Orchestra and "Sinful Samba" by David Hershfelder Free Dance: "Alegria", "Querer" and "Irna" by Rene Duprere

RESULTS: 2nd - 2012 Midwestern Sectional Championships 8th - 2011 Junior Grand Prix (Tallinn, Estonia) 4th - 2011 Junior Grand Prix (Brasov, Romania) 3rd - 2011 U.S. National Championships 1st - 2011 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Novice)

TEAM NOTES: • Hawayek & Bramante teamed up in 2010. • Bramante was the 2008 U.S. intermediate silver medalist with Susan Enright.

Madeline Heritage & Nathaniel Fast

PROFILE: D.O.B.: November 12, 1994 / November 19, 1991 Hometown(s): Beaverton, OR / West Linn, OR Home Club(s): University Ice Skating Club of San Jose Training Town: Portland, OR; San Jose, CA Coaches: Pam and Jonathon O'Dougherty Choreographers: Pam and Jonathon O'Dougherty

PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "Make You Feel My Love" and "Rolling in the Deep" by Adele Free Dance: "Mr. Pinstripe Suit", Minny the Moocher" and "King of Swing" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

RESULTS: 2nd - 2012 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior) 5th - 2011 Junior Grand Prix (Australia) 8th - 2011 US National Championships (Junior) 3rd - 2011 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior) 9th - 2010 US National Championships (Novice) 2nd - 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Novice) 8th - 2009 US Junior Nationals (Intermediate) 1st - 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Intermediate) 1st - 2008 US Junior Nationals (Juvenile) 1st - 2008 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Juvenile)

TEAM NOTES: • Heritage & Fast are the 2008 U.S. juvenile champions.

Roxette Howe & Mark Jahnke

PROFILE: D.O.B.: December 6, 1993 / December 22, 1990 Hometown(s): Los Angeles, CA / Ketchikan, Alaska Home Club(s): All Year Figure Skating Club / Seattle SC Training Town: Boston, MA; Ann Arbor, MI Coaches: Barret Brown, Tom Lescinski, Yaroslava Nechaeva, Yuri Chesnichenko Choreographers: Yaroslava Nechaeva, Yuri Chesnichenko

PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "El Beso Del Final" by Christina Aguilera and "Dance With Me" by Debelah Morgan Free Dance: "The Addams Family Musical"

RESULTS: 3rd - 2012 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior)

TEAM NOTES: • Howe & Jahnke teamed up in 2011. • Both are full-time college students. Roxette is a freshman at Oakland University and Mark is a junior at Harvard University. • Roxette's brother Spencer Howe is competing in this year's US Championships in Novice Men. • Howe competed at the 2011 U.S. National Championships with Ryan Farmer, while Jahnke competed with Bryna Oi. • Howe & Jahnke performed in 2011's An Evening with Champions ice show at Harvard University.

Cassandra Jeandell & Damian Dodge

PROFILE: D.O.B.: July 23, 1994 / September 1, 1994 Hometown(s): Wilmington, DE / Southamption, NY Home Club(s): University of Delaware / Peninsula Figure Skating Club Training Town: Newark, DE Coaches: Yovanny Durango, Jerry Santoferrara Choreographers: Yovanny Durango

PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "Sway" by The Pussycat Dolls and "Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez Free Dance: Music from Cabaret

RESULTS: 4th - 2012 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior) 10th - 2011 U.S. National Championships (Novice) 4th - 2011 Eastern Sectional Championships (Novice) 5th - 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Novice) 7th - 2009 U.S. Junior National Championships (Juvenile)

TEAM NOTES: • Jeandell & Dodge are competing in their second U.S. National Championships.

Jessica Mancini & Tyler Brooks

PROFILE: D.O.B.: July 31, 1996 / September 2, 1994 Hometown(s): Castle Rock, CO / Colorado Springs, CO Home Club(s): Broadmoor SC / Broadmoor SC Training Town: Colorado Springs, CO Coaches: Tiffany Dombeck Choreographers: Tiffany Dombeck, Tom Dickson

PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "Haitian Lady" by Poncho Sanchez Free Dance: "Seduces Me" and "Fever" by Celine Dion

RESULTS: 3rd - 2012 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Junior) 10th - 2011 Junior Grand Prix (Poland) 2nd - 2011 U.S. National Championships (Novice) 3rd - 2011 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Novice)

TEAM NOTES: • Mancini & Brooks teamed up in March 2010.

Lorraine McNamara &

PROFILE: D.O.B.: February 18, 1999 / February 24, 1996 Hometown(s): Germantown, MD / Wheaton, MD Home Club(s): Peninsula Skating Club / Washington FSC Training Town: Wheaton, MD Coaches: Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmytri Ilin Choreographers: Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: “Kaboom (Hello Baby)” by Ursula 1000 Free Dance: Techno arrangement of Vivaldi’s “Four Seasons” RESULTS: 3rd - 2012 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior) 9th - 2011 US National Championships 2nd - 2011 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior) 6th - 2010 US National Championships (Novice) 4th - 2010 Eastern Sectional Championships (Novice) 4th - 2009 US Junior Nationals (Intermediate) 4th - 2009 Eastern Sectional Championships (Intermediate) 4th - 2008 US Junior Nationals (Juvenile)

TEAM NOTES: • McNamara & Carpenter have been skating together for five years. • Coaches Alexei Kiliakov and Elena Novak are former competitors who toured with Tatiana Tarasova’s “Russian All‐Stars” and “Disney on Ice”. They founded Wheaton Ice Skating Academy in 2003.

Rachel Parsons & Michael Parsons

PROFILE: D.O.B.: November 19, 1997 / October 3, 1995 Hometown(s): Derwood, MD Home Club(s): Washington FSC / Washington FSC Training Town: Wheaton, MD Coaches: Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmytri Ilin Choreographers: Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak

PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "Psychedelic Sally" by Eddie Jefferson Free Dance: "To Glory, Enigmatic Soul" by Thomas J. Bergersen

RESULTS: 2nd - 2012 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior) 9th - 2011 Junior Grand Prix (Poland) 1st - 2011 U.S. National Championships (Novice) 1st - 2011 Eastern Sectional Championships (Novice)

TEAM NOTES: • Parsons & Parsons are siblings who teamed up in 2010. They are the 2011 U.S. National novice champions. • Michael Parsons is the 2010 U.S. novice pewter medalist with Kristina Rexford. • Rachel Parsons won the 2009 U.S. juvenile and 2010 intermediate ice dancing titles with Kyle MacMillan.

Elliana Pogrebinsky & Ross Gudis

PROFILE: D.O.B.: April 22, 1998 / September 20, 1995 Hometown(s): San Jose, CA / Chevy Chase, MD Home Club(s): Peninsula Figure Skating Club / Washington FSC Training Town: Wheaton, MD Coaches: Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmytri Ilin Choreographers: Elena Novak

PROGRAM INFO: Short Dance: "Relax Max" by Dinah Washington and "The Party's Over" Free Dance: Music from "The Master and Margarita"

RESULTS: 1st - 2012 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior) 4th - 2011 U.S. National Championships (Novice) 2nd - 2011 Eastern Sectional Championships (Novice) 3rd - 2010 U.S. Junior National Championships (Intermediate) 2nd - 2010 Eastern Sectional Championships (Intermediate)

TEAM NOTES: • Pogrebinsky & Gudis teamed up in 2009.