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 Camerlango
PROGRAM INFO:
Short Dance: "Falling in Love with Love" by Geoff Love and "Let's Face the Music" by Nat King Cole
Free Dance: "Dramatico" by Edwin Marton and the Monte Carlo Orchestra
RESULTS:
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. • Aldridge previously skated with Jonathan Cohn, finishing sixth at the 2009 Pacific Coast Sectionals. • Eaton’s former partners include Brielle O’Connor, Rachael Richardson and Sameena Sheikh. Sheikh & Eaton finished 10th at the 2009 U.S. National Championships.
Lauri Bonacorsi & Travis Mager
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: "My Sweet and Tender Beast" by Eugen Doga
Free Dance: "Cuban Pete", "This Business of Love" and "Hey Pachuco!" from the motion picture The Mask
RESULTS:
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.
Heather Buckner & Nicholas Taylor
PROFILE:
D.O.B.: June 22, 1992 / January 22, 1993
Hometown(s): Nashville, TN / Huntington, WV
Home Club(s): Nashville FSC / SC of Wilmington
Training Town: Wilmington, DE
Coaches: Andrew Newberry
Choreographers: Irina Romanova
PROGRAM INFO:
Short Dance: "Clef Club #2" and "Waltz for Evelyn" from Ragtime
Free Dance: Music medley from Grease
RESULTS:
3rd - 2011 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Junior) 7th - 2010 US National Championships (Novice) 2nd - 2010 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Novice)
TEAM NOTES:
• Buckner and Taylor formed their partnership in 2009 • Prior to teaming up with Buckner, Taylor skated with Kirsten Seagers for five seasons. They won the silver medal at the 2006 U.S. Junior Championships at the juvenile level. • Taylor is the younger brother of former U.S. ice dancer, Calvin Taylor, who with partner Blake Rosenthal, won the 2003 U.S. intermediate title.
Anastasia Cannuscio & Colin McManus
PROFILE:
D.O.B.: July 1, 1992 / March 10, 1990
Hometown(s): Egg Harbor Township, NJ / Saugus, MA
Home Club(s): University of Delaware / The Skating Club of Boston
Training Town: Newark, DE
Coaches: Karen Ludington, Sasha Kirsanov, Christie Moxley-Huston
Choreographers: Karen Ludington, Sasha Kirsanov
PROGRAM INFO:
Short Dance: "It's a Man's World" by James Brown and "Bust Your Windows" by Jasmine Sullivan
Free Dance: "Carmen Fantasie" by David Garrett and "Cavatina" by Mason Wilson
RESULTS:
2nd - 2011 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior) 4th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Japan) 2nd - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (France) 7th - 2010 US National Championships (Junior) 1st - 2010 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior) 7th - 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Turkey) 7th - 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Belarus) 10th - 2009 US National Championships (Junior) 3rd - 2009 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior)
TEAM NOTES:
• Cannuscio & McManus formed their partnership on March 9, 2008. • Cannuscio was the 2005 U.S. juvenile champion with Geoffrey Varraux, while McManus won that title with Kate McDermott the following year. • Anastasia is 18 months younger than her sister and on‐ice rival, Isabella. • Cannuscio & McManus were second alternates to the JGP Final in 2010.
Jenna Dzierzanowki & Vinny Dispenza
PROFILE:
D.O.B.: January 15, 1993 / July 9, 1990
Hometown(s): Coral Springs, FL
Home Club(s): Panthers FSC / Panthers FSC
Training Town:
Coaches: Alan Towers
Choreographers: Alan Towers
PROGRAM INFO:
Short Dance: "I'l be" by Edwin McCain
Free Dance: "Lola" by Sarah Vaughan, Carlos Elita Almaran and Jose Feliciano
RESULTS:
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 replaces Danvi Pham & Vu Pham who withdrew.
Danielle Gamelin & Alexnder 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-Huston, Karen Ludington, Alexander Kirsanov
Choreographers: Evgeni Platov, Alexander Kirsanov, Karen Ludington
PROGRAM INFO:
Short Dance: “Keep Holding On” by Avril Lavigne, “Ain’t Got that Swing” by Duke Ellington
Free Dance: "Smooth" by Rob Thomas and Carlos Santana
RESULTS:
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.
Carina Glastris & Kevin Allison
PROFILE:
D.O.B.: July 25, 1995 / December 27, 1988
Hometown(s): Winnetka, IL / Wheaton, IL
Home Club(s): Dupage FSC / Skokie Valley SC
Training Town:
Coaches: Vladimir Fedorov, Kevin Spada
Choreographers: Anjelika Krylova
PROGRAM INFO:
Short Dance: "Superman" by Thorn Sandi, "Dance with Me" by Debelah Morgan
Free Dance: Music from West Side Story
RESULTS:
4th - 2011 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Junior)
TEAM NOTES:
• Glastris & Allison teamed up in 2010.
Madeline Heritage & Nathaniel Fast
PROFILE:
D.O.B.: November 12, 1994 / November 19, 1991
Hometown(s): Beaverton, OR / West Linn, OR
Home Club(s): Portland Ice Skating Club / Portland Ice Skating Club
Training Town: Portland, OR; San Jose, CA
Coaches: Pam and Jonathon O'Dougherty
Choreographers: Pam and Jonathon O'Dougherty
PROGRAM INFO:
Short Dance: "Mr. Bojangles" by Jerry Jeff Walker and "Things" by Robbie Williams
Free Dance: "Come What May" from Moulin Rouge
RESULTS:
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.
Charlotte Lichtman & Dean Copely
PROFILE:
D.O.B.: March 26, 1993 / August 28, 1989
Hometown(s): Northville, MI / Newark, DE
Home Club(s): Arctic Figure Skating Club / All Year Figure Skating Club
Training Town: Canton, MI
Coaches: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva, Johnny Johns, Adrienne Lenda
Choreographers: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva
PROGRAM INFO:
Short Dance: "That's Amore" and "An Evening
in Rome" by Dean Martin
Free Dance: "The Book", "Travel Music", "Obituaries" and the main theme from Beetlejuice soundtrack
RESULTS:
5th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix Final 3rd - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Germany) 1st - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Austria) 8th - 2010 US National Championships (Junior) 1st - 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior) 4th - 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Croatia) 8th - 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Hungary) 9th - 2009 US National Championships (Junior) 2nd - 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior)
TEAM NOTES:
• Copely previously skated with Anastasia Cannuscio and Ashley Foy. He and Cannuscio won the bronze medal at the 2007 U.S. National Championships.
Lorraine McNamara & Quinn Carpenter
PROFILE:
D.O.B.: February 18, 1999 / February 24, 1996
Hometown(s): /
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: "Russian Waltz" by Lesley Spencer, "La Morocha" by Los Del 40
Free Dance: "Smile" and "Salt Lake City Episode" by Charlie Chaplin
RESULTS:
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.
Anastasia Olson & Jordan Cowan
PROFILE:
D.O.B.: July 18, 1992 / June 20, 1990
Hometown(s): Northville, MI / Los Angeles, CA
Home Club(s): Detroit Skating Club / All Year Figure Skating Club
Training Town: Detroit, MI
Coaches: Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo, Elizabeth Punsalan, Natalia Deller
Choreographers: Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo
PROGRAM INFO:
Short Dance: "You Don't Know Me" and "Down with Love" by Michael Buble
Free Dance: "Zoot Suit Riot" by Cherry Poppin' Daddies;
"(Don't You) Feel my Leg" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
RESULTS:
1st - 2011 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Junior) 8th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) 6th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Austria) 5th - 2010 US National Championships (Junior) 2nd - 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior) 2nd - 2009 US National Championships (Novice) 1st - 2009 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Novice) 4th - 2008 US National Championships (Novice) 1st - 2008 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Novice)
TEAM NOTES:
• With former partner Greg Zuerlein, Olson won the pewter medal at the juvenile level in 2004 and bronze at intermediate in 2005 at U.S. Junior National Championships. • Cowan previously skated with Kaylyn Patitucci and Michaela Cook. • Olson & Cowan were scheduled to compete on the JGP circuit in 2009, but a training accident severed tendons on Cowan's hand. Surgery was required and forced them to miss their assignments.
Natalie Wojton & Michael Soyfer
PROFILE:
D.O.B.: March 27, 1994 / December 10, 1990
Hometown(s): Limerick, PA / Huntingdon Valley, PA
Home Club(s): Peninsula SC / IceWorks Skating Club
Training Town: Ardmore, PA ; Aston, PA
Coaches: Robbie Kaine, Cheryl Demkowski Snyder
Choreographers: Leif Gislason, Cheryl Demkowski Snyder
PROGRAM INFO:
Short Dance: "The Only Exception" by Josh Farro and "Heartbroken" by Meaghan Smith
Free Dance: Music from The Triplets of Belleville
RESULTS:
4th - 2011 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior) 11th - 2010 US National Championships (Junior) 4th - 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior) 11th - 2009 US National Championships (Novice) 4th - 2009 Eastern Sectional Championships (Novice) 5th - 2008 Eastern Sectional Championships (Novice) 9th - 2007 US Junior Nationals (Intermediate) 8th - 2006 US Junior Nationals (Juvenile)
TEAM NOTES:
• Wojton & Soyfer have been skating together for six seasons, making them fourth in the longest current partnerships in the U.S (of those team competing at Nationals). • In May 2009, Soyfer was in a major car accident that left him in a coma with a fractured skull and a shattered arm.
Joylyn Yang & Jean-Luc Baker
PROFILE:
D.O.B.: December 23, 1995 / October 7, 1993
Hometown(s): Mukeltio, WA / Edmonds, WA
Home Club(s): Seattle Skating Club / Seattle Skating Club
Training Town: Seattle, WA
Coaches: Sharon Jones Baker, Steve Baker
Choreographers: Sharon Jones Baker, Steve Baker
PROGRAM INFO:
Short Dance: "Chudat Medoni (My Favorite Things)" by Oleg Fesov
Free Dance: "Windmills of your Mind" by Vic Damone; "Windmills of Your Mind" by Parenthetical Girls
RESULTS:
1st - 2011 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior) 10th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) 7th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Japan) 3rd - 2010 US National Championships (Novice) 1st - 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Novice) 7th - 2009 US National Championships (Novice) 3rd - 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Novice) 1st - 2008 US Junior Nationals (Intermediate) 1st - 2007 US Junior Nationals (Juvenile)
TEAM NOTES:
• Yang & Baker teamed up in the summer of 2006. • The team is coached by Jean‐Luc's parents. His mother is a four‐time British ice dance champion and 1988 Olympian. • This is Yang & Baker’s third trip to the US National Championships.