Event Coverage – 2009 U.S. National Championships

CLEVELAND 2000:
The following skaters competed at the U.S. National Championships in Cleveland in 2000:

• Brent Bommentre (novice, 3rd with Kirsten Frisch)
• Meryl Davis & Charlie White (novice, 6th)
• Kimberly Navarro (junior, 10th with Robert Shmalo)
• Chris Obzansky (junior, 6th)
• Nick Traxler (junior, 8th with Katy Hill)
   

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LONGEST PARTNERSHIPS (COMPETITIVE SEASONS – INCLUDES 2008/09):

1. Meryl Davis & Charlie White – 12 seasons
2. Emily Samuelson & Evan Bates – 9 seasons
3. Madison Hubbell & Keiffer Hubbell – 8 seasons
   Chloe Wolf & Rhys Ainsworth – 8 seasons
4. Maia Shibutani & Alex Shibutani – 5 seasons
5. Una Donegan & Andrew Korda – 4 seasons
   Charlotte Maxwell & Nick Traxler – 4 seasons
   Kim Navarro & Brent Bommentre – 4 seasons
   Jennifer Wester & Daniil Barantsev – 4 seasons

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HAVE PREVIOUSLY MEDALED AT NATIONALS (DOES NOT INCLUDE JUNIOR NATIONALS):

• Sara Bailey and Kyle Herring
• Anastasia Cannucio (with Dean Copely)
• Isabella Cannuscio and Ian Lorello
• Madison Chock & Greg Zuerlein
• Dean Copely (with Anastasia Cannuscio)
• Meryl Davis and Charlie White
• Una Donegan and Andrew Korda
• Piper Gilles (with Tim Mckernan)
• Todd Gilles (with Trina Pratt)
• Madison Hubbell and Keiffer Hubbell
• Lynn Kriengkrairut and Logan Giulietti-Schmitt
• Morgan Matthews (with Maxim Zavozin)
• Tim Mckernan (with Piper Gilles)
• Kim Navarro and Brent Bommentre * (Bommentre also medalled at Nationals with Kirsten Frisch and Kendra Goodwin)
• Chris Obzansky (with Lydia Manon and Kendra Goodwin)
• Anastasia Olson and Jordan Cowan
• Trina Pratt (with Todd Gilles)
• Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates
• Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani
• Jane Summersett (with Elliot Pennington)
• Nick Traxler (with Kristyn Starr)
• Shannon Wingle (with James Warren)
• Chloe Wolf and Rhys Ainsworth

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SIBLINGS AT NATIONALS – There are 3 sets of sibling skaters competing at US Nationals in the ice dancing event:

• Isabella Cannuscio (with Ian Lorello) and Anastasia Cannuscio (with Colin McManus); junior level
• Ian Lorello (with Isabella Cannuscio) and Alexander Lorello (with Lauren Corry)
• Madison Hubbell and Keiffer Hubbell; senior level
• Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani; junior level

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MARRIED COUPLE – One senior ice dance teams is a married couple:

• Jennifer Wester and Daniil Barantsev

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OLDEST NATIONALS COMPETITORS:

• Senior:
  – Kim Navarro (April 1981)
  – Nick Traxler (May 1981)
• Junior:
  – Chloe Wolf (November 1989)
  – Ashley Deavers (June 1985)
• Novice
  – Grace Lee Sells (April 1990)
  – Adam Munday (June 1987)

   

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YOUNGEST NATIONALS COMPETITORS:

• Senior:
  – Madison Hubbell (February 1991)
  – Evan Bates (February 1989)
• Junior:
  – Maia Shibutani (July 1994)
  – Alex Shibutani (April 1991)
• Novice
  – Joylyn Yang (December 1995)
  – Jean-Luc Baker (October 1993)