Indy Challenge 2009 Pairs competition: Schedule, Competitors, Details, and more!
Wow. Okay, so life has been beyond busy for me and I’ve failed to update at all since the second day of Adult Nationals. Opps!
I will be posting results/reports from the Indy Challenge 2009 pairs competition here as soon as the are posted at the competition, between my announcing duties all weekend. (Official results I will post on iwsafsc.org as soon as they are releasted).
In the mean time, here’s the general information:
2009 Indy Challenge
Pairs Competition
July 31-August 2, 2009
Indy Challenge Pairs Competition
Tentative Competition Schedule
All events take place in the American Rink.
Friday, July 31st
2:00-5:45 pm Senior Short Program***
6:15-8:04 pm Junior Short Program
***Followed by an EXHIBITION: RUSSIANS Maria MUKHORTOVA / Maxim TRANKOV, 5th place 2009 World Championships, 2009 & 2008 European Championship medalists
Saturday, August 1st
9:00-9:53 am Juvenile Free Skate
10:08-2:26 pm Senior Free Skate
2:45-5:04 pm Junior Free Skate
5:25-7:18 pm Novice Short Program
Sunday, August 2nd
10:10-11:02 am Intermediate Pairs Free Skate
11:15-12:47 pm Novice Free Skate
12:47-12:58 pm Adult Free Skate Exhibition
*********ADMISSION:*********
3-day all-event pass: $24
1-day all-event pass: $12
1 event: $5
1 event for children 12 & younger: $3
(Competitors, note the announcement for details about credentials for your coaches, self, and parent(s)).
*********HIGHLIGHTS OF COMPETITORS ENTERED:
(Note, if I made any mistakes of info. below, please let me know so I can edit it. I pulled together this info. quickly over the internet). LAST UPDATED: SUNDAY, July 26
SENIOR TEAMS:
Caydee Denny/Jeremy Barrett — 2009 Silver medalists at Senior National Champions, 9th 2009 World Championships, 6th 2009 4 Continents, 4th 2009 ISU World Team Trophy
Brooke Castile & Ben Okolski — 2007 U.S. Senior National Champions, 2008 National Bronze Medalists, 2009 National 5th place finish, Two time World Championship competitors (11th in 2008, 12th in 2007), international competitions including Grand Prix events, 4 Continents, etc.
Amanda Evora/Mark Ladwig — 2009 & 2007 Pewter Medalists at National Championships, international competitors in Grand Prix, 4 Continents and others
Paige Lawrence/Rudolph Swiegers — CANADIAN 4th at 2009 World Junior Championships, 4th Senior Canadian National Championships, International Competitors, 2008 Junior National Silver Medalists
Chloe Katz/Joe Lynch — 6th 2009 National Championships, 8th 2008 National Championships, International Competitors, 2006 Junior bronze medalists at Nationals
Brooke Paulin & Brian Shales — 6th at 2009 Senior CANADIAN National Championships
Caitlin Yankowskas/John Coughlin — 7th 2009 National Championships, 6th 2008 National Championships, Grand Prix and international competitors
Laura Lepzinski & Ethan Burgess – 9th 2009 National Championships
Tracy Tanovich/Michael Chau — 2009 Junior National Champions, 2008 Junior Silver National medalists, 2007 Novice National Champions, 2006 Novice National bronze medalists
Brooke Paulin & Brian Shales — 6th at 2009 Senior CANADIAN National Championships
Sara Jones / Jeremy Sandor — 2nd 2009 CANADIAN Junior National Championships, Junior Grand Prix International Competitors
Molly Aaron/Daniyel Cohen — 5th 2009 Junior National Championships, Junior International Grand Prix competitors
Amanda Velensoi/Mark Fernandez — 10th 2009 CANADIAN Senior National Championships, 2-time World Junior Championship Competitors, International Junior Grand Prix competitors
Jessica Rose Paetsch/Drew Meekins — 10th 2009 Senior National Championships. International competitors and junior national medalists with previous partners.
Lisa Moore / Justin Gaumond — 15th 2009 Senior National Championships
Andrea Best/Trevor Young — 16th 2009 National Championships, 2008 4th Junior National Championships, 2006 2nd Novice National Championships, International Competitors
Kenda Moyle/Steven Pottenger — 19th 2009 Senior National Championships
Erica Choi Smith/Nathan Bartholomay — 11th in Junior at 2009 National Championships
NEW SENIOR TEAMS:
Jennifer Brunn/Steven Elefante
Brittany Chase/Grant Marron
Amanda Dobbs/Joseph Jacobsen
Kaleigh Hole/Adam Johnson – Canadian
Kirsten Moore-Towers & Dylan Moscovitch – Canadian
Tiffany Vise/Don Baldwin
WITHDRAWN:
Marissa Castelli/Simon Shnapir
Angelyn Nguyen/Themi Leftheris
Katie Orscher/Ivan Dimitrov
Ameena Sheikh/Aaron VanCleave
JUNIOR TEAMS:
Brittany Jones & Kurtis Gaskell — 1st CANADIAN Junior National Champions
Britney Simpson & Nathan Miller — 4th 2009 Junior National Championships
Haven Denney & Daniel Raad — 2nd 2009 Novice National Championships
Olivia Gibbons & Tyler Harris — 3rd 2009 Novice National Championships, 2009 Novice Eastern Sectional Champions
Tori Vollmer & Zach Sidhu — 5th 2009 Novice National Championships, 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional Novice Champions
Andrty Deputat & Vladyslava Rybka — UKRAINE Federation
Alexandra Young & Matthew Young — CANADIAN 2009 Novice Pairs Sectional Champions
Margaret Purdy & Michael Marinaro — CANADIAN 2009 Sectional Champions in Novice Pairs, 2009 Novice National Bronze Medalists
Cali Fujimoto & Nicholas Barsi-Rhyne — 7th 2009 Novice National Championships, 2nd 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships
Meredith Pipkin / Brett Dunie-Neustadt — 8th 2009 Novice National Champions, 4th 2009 Eastern Sectional Championships
Kylie Duarte & Colin Grafton — 9th Novice National Championships, 2008 Intermediate National Champions, 2007 Juvenile National Silver Medalists
New Junior teams:
Carolyn Ann Alba & Chris Knierim
Rebecca Du & Sergey Sidorov
Andrea Tou & Garnet Suidy — CANADIAN
Maria Simoni & Alex Darnell
Felicia Zhang & Taylor Toth
Withdrawn:
Cassie Andrews & Nicholas Anderson
Gretchen Donlan & Andrew Speroff
Maria Izzo & Jason Smith — CANADIAN
ALSO COMPETING:
Novice level: 16 pairs teams
Intermediate level: 8 pairs teams
Juvenile level: 8 pairs teams
~ by rochelleonice on July 24, 2009.
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i hear denney and barrett were robbed but I didn’t see the competition. i hear they werevery strong and clean..
Elements wise they were fairly strong. But I was disappointed in their actual *performance* of the elements in the short. Much stronger performance, presentation, expression, speed, etc. in their freeskate today.
Are people interested in me doing this for the junior pairs freeskate coming up after the final flight of senior pairs?
Please let me know. I’m happy to just sit and watch and not type. If I can keep the laptop internet connection I’ll probably continue… but doubt I will if I have to rely on the iphone for internet since I spend more time typing than watching. :>/
Would like an article on Simpson/Miller who took 1st in short and long.
Icenetwork does have one up at: http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090802&content_id=6203100&vkey=ice_news.
I’ll be typing some very general notes up about the rest of the competition later today. Simpson and Miller look *GREAT* this season. (I believe they were quite new when they were at Indy Challenge last season). She’s turned on this presentation switch where she is now quite intense and outward in her presentation, and Nick is really starting to step it up as well in this season’s programs.
They easily could have belonged in the middle of the senior pairs pack, as their scores suggest. I can’t believe she’s only 13/14?
. If they keep their selves injury free and focused under pressure, I think it’s justified to have high hopes for them on the Jr. GP circuit (even Jr. GP Final?), and at Junior Nationals (and Junior Worlds?).