! Gigi Becker & Luca Becker PROFILE: D.O.B.: February 22, 2002 / March 27, 2000 Hometown(s): Bethesda, MD Home Club(s): Washington FSC / Washington FSC Training Town: Wheaton, MD Coaches: Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Ramil Sarkulov, Dmytri Ilin Choreographers: Elena Novak PROGRAM INFO: Free Dance: "How Deep is Your Love" and "You Should be Dancing" by the Bee Gees RESULTS: 2nd - 2014 Eastern Sectional Championships (novice) 4th - 2013 US National Championships (novice) 1st - 2013 Eastern Sectional Championships (novice) 1st - 2012 U.S. Junior Championships (intermediate) 2nd - 2012 Eastern Sectional Championships (intermediate) 2nd - 2011 U.S. Junior Championships (juvenile) 1st - 2011 Eastern Sectional Championships (juvenile) TEAM NOTES: ▪ Becker & Becker are siblings who teamed up in 2010. ! Sarah Feng & Anthony Ponomarenko PROFILE: D.O.B.: September 2, 1999 / January 5, 2001 Hometown(s): Fremont, CA / Morgan Hill, CA Home Club(s): Peninsula SC / SC of San Francisco Training Town: Coaches: Marina Klimova Choreographers: Marina Klimova, Sergei Ponomarenko PROGRAM INFO: Free Dance: "The Race" and "Drive Driven by Yello RESULTS: 1st - 2014 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (novice) 8th - 2013 US National Championships (novice) 2nd - 2013 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (novice) 5th - 2012 U.S. Junior National Championships (intermediate) 3rd - 2011 U.S. Junior National Championships (juvenile) TEAM NOTES: ▪ Feng & Ponomarenko have been skating together since 2010. ! Madison Fox & Val Katsman PROFILE: D.O.B.: 2000 / 1999 Hometown(s): Golden, CO / Colorado Springs, CO Home Club(s): Rocky Mountan FSC / Broadmoor SC Training Town: Colorado Springs, CO Coaches: Patti Gottwein Choreographers: Trina Pratt PROGRAM INFO: Free Dance: Selection of music from The Addams Family RESULTS: 2nd - 2013 US National Championships (intermediate) 2nd - 2013 Midwestern Sectional Championships (intermediate) 4th - 2012 U.S. Junior National Championships (juvenile) 2nd - 2012 Midwestern Sectional Championships (juvenile) TEAM NOTES: ▪ Fox & Katsman have been skating together since 2011. ! Eliana Gropman & Ian Somerville PROFILE: D.O.B.: 2001 / 2000 Hometown(s): Silver Spring, MD / Cabin John, MD Home Club(s): Washington FSC / Washington FSC Training Town: Wheaton, MD Coaches: Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmytri Ilin, Ramil Sarkulov, Marat Akbarov Choreographers: Ramil Sarkulov, Garry Gehkman PROGRAM INFO: Free Dance: "Come Along" by Titiyo and "Fake ID" by Big & Rich RESULTS: 1st - 2014 Eastern Sectional Championships (novice) 1st - 2013 US National Championships (intermediate) 1st - 2013 Eastern Sectional Championships (intermediate) 1st - 2012 U.S. Junior Championships (juvenile) 1st - 2012 Eastern Sectional Championships (juvenile) TEAM NOTES: ▪ Gropman & Somerville formed their partnership in 2009. ! Payten Howland & Jason Cohn PROFILE: D.O.B.: Hometown(s): Jefferson City, MO / Chesterfield, MO Home Club(s): Detroit SC / Detroit SC Training Town: St. Louis, MO & Detroit, MI Coaches: Debbie Howe, Sima Baker Choreographers: Anjelika Krylova PROGRAM INFO: Free Dance: "An American in Paris" by George Gershwin RESULTS: 4th - 2014 Midwestern Sectional Championships (novice) 5th - 2013 US National Championships (intermediate) 1st - 2013 Midwestern Sectional Championships (intermediate) TEAM NOTES: ▪ Howland & Cohn teamed up in 2012. ! Rebecca LusIg & Zachary Milestone PROFILE: D.O.B.: December 18, 1998 / November 20, 1997 Hometown(s): Landeberg, PA / Skillman, NJ Home Club(s): University of Delaware FSC / Princeton SC Training Town: Newark, DC & Ardmore, PA Coaches: Yovanny Durango, Adrienne Doddy Choreographers: Yovanny Durango, Adrienne Doddy PROGRAM INFO: Free Dance: “Just One Dance” and “That Man” by Caro Emerald RESULTS: 3rd - 2014 Eastern Sectional Championships (novice) 4th - 2013 US National Championships (intermediate) 3rd - 2013 Eastern Sectional Championships (intermediate) TEAM NOTES: ▪ Lustig & Milestone teamed up in 2012. ! Karina Manta & Jonathan Thompson PROFILE: D.O.B.: / Hometown(s): / Home Club(s): / Training Town: Coaches: Choreographers: PROGRAM INFO: Free Dance: Music from The Godfather soundtrack RESULTS: 3rd - 2014 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (novice) ! Alexis Middleton & Michael Valdez PROFILE: D.O.B.: 1998 / 1997 Hometown(s): Fullerton, CA / Woodland Hills, CA Home Club(s): Los Angeles FSC / All Year FSC Training Town: Coaches: Russ Witherby, Christine Fowler-Binder Choreographers: Renee Roca, Christine Fowler-Binder PROGRAM INFO: Free Dance: "Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue" by Crystal Gayle RESULTS: 4th - 2014 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (novice) 7th - 2013 US National Championships (intermediate) 1st - 2013 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (intermediate) TEAM NOTES: ▪ Middleton & Valdez teamed up in 2012. ! Maeve Pascoe & Micah Jaffe PROFILE: D.O.B.: February 2, 1996 / May 14, 1996 Hometown(s): East Landing, MI / Cleveland Heights, OH Home Club(s): Lansing SC / Pavilion SC of Cleveland Heights Training Town: Ann Arbor, MI; Lansing, MI; and Cleveland, OH Coaches: Yasa Nechaeva, Yuri Chesnitchenko, Jackie Miles, Chip Rossback Choreographers: Yasa Nechaeva, Yuri Chesnitchenko PROGRAM INFO: Free Dance: Music from the motion picture Man in the Iron Mask RESULTS: 2nd - 2014 Midwestern Sectional Championships TEAM NOTES: ▪ Pascoe & Jaffe formed their partnership in 2013. ▪ Jaffe previously competed with Kimberly Berkovich. ! Kirsten Sjogren & JusIn Curran PROFILE: D.O.B.: / Hometown(s): Shrewsbury, MA / Leominster, MA Home Club(s): SC of Boston / Colonial FSC Training Town: Boston, MA; Boxborough, MA Coaches: Dawn Ponte-Jarvis and Alex Komarov Choreographers: Dawn Ponte-Jarvis and Alex Komarov PROGRAM INFO: Free Dance: "Desperado" and the main theme from Pulp Fiction RESULTS: 4th - 2014 Eastern Sectional Championships (novice) TEAM NOTES: ▪ Sjogren & Curran started ice dancing in February 2013. ! Gwen SleNen & Elliot Verburg PROFILE: D.O.B.: December 17 , 2001 / December 22 , 1999 Hometown(s): Takoma Park, MD / Silver Spring, MD Home Club(s): Washington FSC / Washington FSC Training Town: Wheaton, MD Coaches: Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmytri Ilin Choreographers: Elena Novak, Alexei Kiliakov PROGRAM INFO: Free Dance: "Candy Man" by Christina Aguilera, "Moonlight Serenade" by Glen Miller RESULTS: 2nd - 2014 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (novice) 3rd - 2013 US Nationals Championships (intermediate) 2nd - 2013 Eastern Sectional Championships (intermediate) 2nd - 2012 U.S. Junior Championships (juvenile) 2nd - 2012 Eastern Sectional Championships (juvenile) 8th - 2011 U.S. Junior Championships (juvenile) 7th - 2011 Eastern Sectional Championships (juvenile) TEAM NOTES: ▪ Sletten & Verburg started skating together in 2009. ! Danielle Thomas & Alexander MarIn PROFILE: D.O.B.: / May 29, 1996 Hometown(s): / Commerce, MI Home Club(s): Detroit Skating Club Training Town: Bloomfield Hills, MI Coaches: Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova, Liz Swallow, Natalia Deller, Massimo Scali Choreographers: Massimo Scali PROGRAM INFO: Free Dance: Music from My Fair Lady RESULTS: 1st - 2014 Midwestern Sectional Championships TEAM NOTES: ▪ Thomas & Martin formed their partnership in 2013. .