! 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