Event Coverage – 2017 U.S. National Championships

Coach(es): Yovanny Durango, Natalia Linichuk
Choreographer(s): Yovanny Durango
Club(s): SC of Wilmington / Peninsula SC

SD:  “Why Don’t You Do Right” by Amy Irving and “Tainted Love” by Imelda May

FD: “Breathe Me” by Sia

Career Highlights:   
1st – 2017 Eastern Sectional Championships
4th – 2016 Lombardia Trophy
5th – 2016 U.S. Championships (junior)
3rd – 2015 JGP Austria
5th – 2015 JGP Slovakia
8th – 2015 U.S. Championships
6th – 2015 JGP Germany
5th – 2015 JGP Slovenia
7th – 2014 U.S. Championships
9th – 2013 U.S. Championships

Team Notes:  Biechler & Dodge formed their partnership in May 2012.  

Team Website: biechler-dodge.ice-dance.com

Coach(es): Karen Ludington, Christie Moxley-Hutson
Choreographer(s): Karen Ludington
Club(s): University of Delaware / SC of Boston

SD:  “Harlem Nocturne” by Duke Ellington and “Puttin’ on the Ritz” by Herb Alpert

FD: “Time” by Billy Porter and an original composition by Karl Hugo

Career Highlights:   
8th – 2016 NHK Trophy
7th – 2016 Cup of China
7th – 2016 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
4th – 2016 U.S. Championships
6th – 2016 NHK Trophy
4th – 2015 Tallinn Trophy
5th – 2015 Skate America
5th – 2015 U.S. Championships
7th – 2014 U.S. Championships
1st – 2013 Ice Challenge
6th – 2013 U.S. Championships
6th – 2012 U.S. Championships
7th – 2011 World Junior Championships
3rd – 2011 U.S. Championships (junior)

Team Notes:  Cannuscio & McManus began their partnership in March 2008.  They are one of the longest running active on-ice partnerships in the U.S.

Team Website: cannuscio-mcmanus.ice-dance.com

Coach(es): Igor Shpilband
Choreographer(s): Rohene Ward, Christopher Dean
Club(s): All Year FSC / Ann Arbor FSC

SD: “Bad to the Bone” by George Thorogood and The Destroyers and “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson (featuring Bruno Mars)

FD: “Under Pressure” by Queen and David Bowie

Career Highlights:   
6th – 2016/17 Grand Prix Final
3rd – 2016 World Championships
2nd – 2016 Four Continents Championships
2nd – 2016 U.S. Championships
2nd – 2015/16 Grand Prix Final
2nd – 2015 World Championships
2nd – 2015 Four Continents Championships
1st – 2015 U.S. Championships
5th – 2014 World Championships
8th – 2014 Winter Olympics
2nd – 2014 U.S. Championships
7th – 2013 World Championships
3rd – 2013 Four Continents Championships
2nd – 2013 U.S. Championships
5th – 2012 U.S. Championships

Team Notes:  Chock & Bates have been skating together since July 2011.  They are both former World Junior Champions with their previous partners.

Team Website: chock-bates.com

Coach(es):  Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova, Natalia Deller
Choreographer(s): Pasquale Camerlengo, Benji Schwimmer
Club(s): Detroit SC / Seattle SC

SD: “Feeling Good” by Michael Buble and “How I Feel” by Flo Rida

FD: “Liebestraum” composed and edited by Maxime Rodriguez

Career Highlights:  
2nd – 2016 Golden Spin of Zagreb
4th – 2016 NHK Trophy
6th – 2016 Skate Canada
2nd – 2016 Autumn Classic
5th – 2016 U.S. Championships
5th – 2015 Four Continents Championships
4th – 2015 U.S. Championships
1st – 2014 World Junior Championships
1st – 2014 U.S. Championships (junior)
2nd – 2013 U.S. Championships (junior) 

Team Notes:  Hawayek & Baker became an on-ice duo in June 2012.

Team Website: hawayek-baker.ice-dance.com

Coach(es): Patrice Lauzon, Marie-France Dubreuil, Romain Haguenauer, Pascal Denis
Choreographer(s): Samuel Chouinard, Marie-France Dubreuil

Club(s): Lansing SC

SD:  “Feeling Good” by Nina Simone, hip hop medley including “U Can’t Touch This” by MC Hammer, “Push It” by Salt ‘n Pepa and “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice

FD: “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” by Bootstraps, “Can’t Help Falling in Love” by Ingrid Michaelson and “Earned It” by Bootstraps

Career Highlights:   
5th – 2016/17 Grand Prix Final
2nd – 2016 Trophee de France
2nd – 2016 Skate America
2nd – 2016 Finlandia Trophy
1st – 2016 U.S. Classic
6th – 2016 World Championships
4th – 2016 Four Continents Championships
3rd – 2016 U.S. Championships
6th – 2015/16 Grand Prix Final
10th – 2015 World Championships
3rd – 2015 U.S. Championships
1st – 2014 Four Continents Championships
4th – 2014 U.S. Championships
4th – 2013 U.S. Championships
10th – 2012 World Championships
4th – 2012 Four Continents Championships
3rd – 2012 U.S. Championships

Team Notes:  Hubbell & Donohue started skating together in May 2011.  They relocated to Montreal in 2015.

Team Website: hubbell-donohue.com

Coach(es): Patti Gottwein, Christopher Dean, Logan Giulietti-Schmitt
Choreographer(s): Christopher Dean
Club(s): Coyotes SC of Arizona / Broadmoor SC

SD: “Dream a Little Dream” and “I Wanna be Like You” by Robbie Williams

FD:  “Dream On” by Aerosmith

Career Highlights:
1st – 2017 Midwestern Sectional Championships
6th – 2016 U.S. Classic
7th – 2016 U.S. Championships
3rd – 2015 Autumn Classic
10th – 2015 U.S. Championships (junior) 

Team Notes:  Manta & Johnson started skating together in April 2014.

Coach(es): Marina Zoueva, Johnny Johns, Oleg Epstein, Massimo Scali
Choreographer(s): Marina Zoueva, Charlie White
Club(s): Arctic FSC / Pittsburgh FSC

SD: “If I Can’t Have You” by Etta James and Harvey Fuqua, “Good Golly Miss Molly” by Little Richard

FD: Music from Romeo and Juliet by Prokofiev

Career Highlights:   
6th – 2016 Warsaw Cup
8th – 2016 U.S. Championships
9th – 2016 U.S. Championships

Team Notes:  Maxwell & Devereaux started their partnership in May 2014.

Team Website: maxwell-devereaux.ice-dance.com

Coach(es): Igor Shpilband
Choreographer(s): Igor Shpilband
Club(s): Peninsula SC / Skokie Valley SC

SD: “Trouble” by Elvis Presley

FD: Persian Legend of Layla & Majnun; selections from “Sadko” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov; “The Feeling Begins” by Peter Gabriel

Career Highlights:  
3rd – 2016 Tallinn Trophy
6th – 2016 Rostelecom Cup
7th – 2016 Skate America
4th – 2016 Nebelhorn Trophy
4th – 2016 World Junior Championships
3rd – 2016 U.S. Championships
13th – 2015 World Junior Championships
3rd – 2015 U.S. Championships 

Team Notes:  Pogrebinsky & Benoit started their partnership in March 2014.

Team Website: pogrebinsky-benoit.ice-dance.com

Coach(es): Alina Ponomaryova, Jamie Whyte
Choreographer(s): Alina Ponomaryova, Jamie Whyte
Club(s): Skokie Valley SC / North County SC

SD: “House of the Rising Sun” by Heavy Young Heathens, “No Swinging in Your Walking” by Black Cat Zoot

FD: “La Terre vue du ciel” by Armand Amar

Career Highlights:
11th – 2016 U.S. Championships
12th – 2015 U.S. Championships
16th – 2014 U.S. Championships
14th – 2013 U.S. Championships

Team Notes:  Ponomaryova & Altukhov started skating together in January 2012.  They are the 2015 recipients of the Ilse & Fredric Buch Award.

Team Website: kseniya-oleg.com

Coach(es): Jamie Loper
Choreographer(s): Jamie Loper
Club(s): SC of Wilmington

SD: Theme from The Pink Panther and Peter Gunn

FD: Music from Tron

Career Highlights:   

2nd – 2017 Eastern Sectional Championships
13th – 2016 U.S. National Championships
11th – 2015 U.S. National Championships
14th – 2014 US National Championships

Team Notes: The Reynolds are a sibling team.  

Team Website: 
eliciaandstephenreynolds.com

Coach(es):  Marina Zoueva, Massimo Scali, Oleg Epstein, Johnny Johns
Choreographer(s): Hokuto Konishi, Marina Zoueva, Massimo Scali, Peter Tchernyshev
Club(s): SC of New York

SD: “That’s Life” by Frank Sinatra and Jay-Z

FD: Spiegel im Spiegel (Mirror in Mirror) by Arvo Pärt, A composition arranged by Alex Shibutani performed by members of the San Francisco Symphony

Career Highlights:   

3rd – 2016/17 Grand Prix Final
2nd – 2016 World Championships
1st – 2016 Four Continents Championships
1st – 2016 U.S. Championships
4th – 2015/16 Grand Prix Final
5th – 2015 World Championships
3rd – 2015 Four Continents Championships
2nd – 2015 U.S. Championships
4th – 2014/15 Grand Prix Final
6th – 2014 World Championships
9th – 2014 Olympic Games
3rd – 2014 U.S. Championships
8th – 2013 World Championships
4th – 2013 Four Continents Championships
3rd – 2013 U.S. Championships
8th – 2012 World Championships
4th – 2012 Four Continents Championships
2nd – 2012 U.S. Championships
5th – 2011/12 Grand Prix Final
3rd – 2011 World Championships
2nd – 2011 Four Continents Championships
2nd – 2011 U.S. Championships

Team Notes:  The Shibutani siblings have been skating together since 2004 and have won medals at the U.S. Championships at all levels.  They are four-time U.S. champions (intermediate, novice, junior and senior).

Team Website: maiaandalex.com

Coach(es): Christine Fowler-Binder, Vitaly Novikov
Choreographer(s):  Pasquale Camerlengo
Club(s): All Year FSC

SD: “Thinking Out Loud” and “Sing” by Ed Sheeran

FD:  “Young and Beautiful” by Lana Del Rey, “Bang Bang” by Will.I.Am, and “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody” by Fergie from The Great Gatsby

Career Highlights:
2nd – 2017 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships  
10th – 2016 Lake Placid Ice Dance International

Team Notes:  Addas & Valdez teamed up in 2016.

Coach(es):  Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo, Natalia Deller
Choreographer(s):  Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo
Club(s): Detroit SC / Broadmoor SC

SD:  “History” by One Direction and “No” by Meghan Trainor

FD:  “Eye Patch” by Alex Ruiz from Once Upon a Time in Mexico, “Traeme Paz” by Patricia Vonne and “Malaguena” by Brian Setzer

Career Highlights:
1st – 2017 Midwestern Sectional Championships  

Team Notes:  Avaz & Katsman teamed up in 2016.

Coach(es): Igor Shpilband, Fabian Bourzat
Choreographer(s): Igor Shpilband

Club(s): SC of New York / SC of San Francisco

SD: “Why Don’t You Do Right” by Jessica Rabbit

FD: “Exogenesis Symphony Pt. 3” by Muse

Career Highlights:  
4th – 2016/17 Junior Grand Prix Final 
4th – 2016 U.S. Championships (junior)
5th – 2015 U.S. Championships (junior)

Team Notes:  Carreira & Ponomarenko formed their partnership in 2014.  The team has competed on the Junior Grand Prix circuit for three seasons and has won three medals, including two silvers this season.

Team Website:  carreira-ponomarenko.ice-dance.com

Coach(es): Nathan Truesdell
Choreographer(s): Info not available
Club(s): Peninsula SC / Hershey SC

SD:  “Madness” by Muse and “Peroxide Swing” by Michael Buble

FD:  “Broad Sunlit Uplands” by Mike Olfield and “Nero” by Thomas Bergersen & Two Steps from Hell

Career Highlights:   
1st – 2017 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  Efimova & Petrov teamed up in 2016.  Efimova’s younger sister, Nastia, is also competing at the U.S. Championships in juvenile dance.

Coach(es): Slava Uchitel, Adrienne Koob-Doddy
Choreographer(s): Slava Uchitel
Club(s): Arctic FSC / Philadelphia SC and Humane Society

SD:  “Mess Around”, “Georgia on My Mind” and “Hit the Road Jack” by Ray Charles

FD:  “Forbidden Love”, “The Cheek of Night” and “Come, Gentle Night” by Abel Korzeniowski from Romeo & Juliet

Career Highlights:   
2nd – 2017 Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  Erdman & Shchepetov have been skating together since 2015.  This is their first trip to the U.S. Championships.

Coach(es): Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmytri Ilin, Ramil Sarkulov
Choreographer(s): Elena Novak, Serge Onik, Esperonto Bean
Club(s): Washington FSC

SD:  “Burnitup!” by Janet Jackson (featuring Missy Elliot), “Let’s Wait Awhile” by Janet Jackson

FD: “You Never Can Tell” by Starlite Unlimited from Pulp Fiction, “Bang Bang (Instrumental) by Nancy Sinatra from Kill Bill, Main theme from Pulp Fiction

Career Highlights:  
1st – 2017 Eastern Sectional Championships
1st – 2016 NRW Trophy (advanced novice)
2nd – 2016 Bavarian Open (advanced novice)
1st – 2016 U.S. Championships (novice)
1st – 2015 U.S. Championships (novice)
1st – 2014 U.S. Championships (intermediate)
1st – 2013 U.S. Championships (juvenile)

Team Notes:  Green & Green are siblings who have been skating together since 2010.  They are four-time U.S. champions (juvenile, intermediate and novice).

Coach(es): Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak and Dmytri Ilin
Choreographer(s): Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak
Club(s): Pavillion SC of Cleveland Heights / Washington FSC

SD: “Looking Like Danger” and “Back to Life” by New Kids on the Block; “Everybody” by Backstreet Boys

FD: “Getting on with It”, “Equation” and “Escape” by Richard Harvey & Hans Zimmer from Le Petit Prince

Career Highlights:   
3rd – 2017 Eastern Sectional Championships
5th – 2016 NRW Trophy
9th – 2016 JGP France
3rd – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance International
2nd – 2016 Bavarian Open
7th – 2016 U.S. Championships
10th – 2015 JGP U.S.A.
2nd – 2015 Youth Olympic Games Qualifier
2nd – 2014 U.S. Championships (novice)
1st – 2013 U.S. Championships (intermediate)
1st – 2012 U.S. Championships (juvenile)

Team Notes: Gropman & Somerville started skating together in 2008.  They are two-time U.S. champions (juvenile and intermediate).  They have been competing on the Junior Grand Prix circuit for two seasons.

Team Website: gropman-somerville.ice-dance.com

Coach(es): Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak and Dmytri Ilin
Choreographer(s): Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak
Club(s):  Washington FSC

SD:  “Straight Up”, “Rush, Rush,” and “Vibeology” by Paula Abdul

FD: “Palladio” by Escala and “Adagio” by Secret Garden

Career Highlights:   
2nd – 2017 Eastern Sectional Championships
7th – 2016 NRW Trophy
7th – 2016 JGP Japan
3rd – 2016 Bavarian Open (novice)
2nd – 2016 U.S. Championships (novice)
3rd – 2015 U.S. Championships (novice)
3rd – 2014 U.S. Championships (intermediate)

Team Notes:  Gunter & Wein teamed up in May 2012.  This was their first season competing on the Junior Grand Prix circuit.  

Team Website: gunterandwein.com

Coach(es): Christie Moxley-Hutson, Karen Ludington
Choreographer(s): Karen Ludington
Club(s): Centenniel 7k SC / University of Delaware

SD:  “Seven Nation Army” and “Are You Gonna Be My Girl” by Haley Reinhart/Post Modern Jukebox

FD:  “Overture” from My Fair Lady

Career Highlights:   
3rd – 2017 Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  Klopstock & Schedl teamed up in 2016.  They are both students at the University of Delaware.

Coach(es):  Igor Shpilband
Choreographer(s): Igor Shpilband
Club(s): All Year FSC / SC of New York

SD: “Save My Soul” and “Jumpin Jack” by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

FD: “Rhapsody in Blue” by George Gershwin, “Embraceable You” and “I’ve Got Rhythm” by Judy Garland

Career Highlights:   
3rd – 2016 JGP Estonia
2nd – 2016 Youth Olympics
6th – 2016 U.S. Championships
7th – 2015 U.S. Championships
6th – 2014 U.S. Championships
1st – 2013 U.S. Championships (novice)

Team Notes:  Lewis & Bye started skating together in 2010.  They have been competing on the Junior Grand Prix Circuit for four seasons and won their first JGP medal in 2016.

Coach(es): Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak and Dmytri Ilin
Choreographer(s): Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak
Club(s): Peninsula SC / Washington FSC

SD: “Vanguardian” by Steed Lord, “The Power” by District 78 Feat. Cheesa and “Gaia” by Claude Challe & Jean-Marc Challe

FD: “Thunderstruck,” “Nothing Else Matters” and “Rock Prelude” by David Garrett

Career Highlights:   
3rd – 2016/17 Junior Grand Prix Final
1st – 2016 World Junior Championships
1st – 2016 U.S. Championships 
1st – 2015/16 Junior Grand Prix Final
2nd – 2015 World Junior Championships
1st – 2015 U.S. Championships

Team Notes:  McNamara & Carpenter started skating together in December 2006, which makes them one of the longest U.S. partnerships of the teams currently competing.  They are two-time U.S. junior champions and the defending World Junior Champions.

Team website: LorraineandQuinn.com

Coach(es): Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak and Dmytri Ilin
Choreographer(s):  Elena Novak
Club(s): Washington FSC

SD: “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody” by Fergie and “Born to Die” by Lana Del Ray

FD: “Singing in the Rain” by Sophia Sin

Career Highlights:   
1st – 2016/17 Junior Grand Prix Final
2nd – 2016 World Junior Championships
2nd – 2016 U.S. Championships
3rd – 2015/16 Junior Grand Prix Final
2nd – 2015 U.S. Championships

Team Notes:  Parsons & Parsons are siblings who teamed up in 2010. The siblings have competed on the Junior Grand Prix circuit for six seasons. Rachel Parsons was the U.S. juvenile and intermediate champion with Kyle MacMillan.

Team website: teamparsons.us

SD: “Save My Soul” and “Mr. Pin Stripe Suit” by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

FD: “Anytime, Anywhere” by Sarah Brightman and “Palladio” by Escala

Career Highlights:   
4th – 2017 Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  Washburn & Yukhimuk are competing in their first season as a team.

FD: “Young and Beautiful” by The Bryan Ferry Orchestra, “Green Light” by Craig Armstrong, “Young and Beautiful” by Lana Del Rey

Career Highlights:   
4th – 2017 Eastern Sectional Championships
3rd – 2016 U.S. Championships (intermediate)

Team Notes:  Amoia & Fraiman are the 2016 U.S. intermediate bronze medalists.  Fraiman is a former competitive hockey player.  Amoia loves ballet! 

FD: “Scott and Fran’s Paso” from Strictly Ballroom and “Ritmo Espanol”

Career Highlights:   

3rd – 2017 Midwestern Championships
5th – 2016 U.S. Championships (intermediate)
6th – 2016 U.S. Championships (juvenile)

Team Notes:  Blahunka & Shawer are competing in their third U.S. Championships. From the beginning of their partnership in 2014, Izzy and Will have been known as Team Wizzy.

Coach(es): Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak and Dmytri Ilin
Choreographer(s): Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak
Club(s): Washington FSC / SC of San Francisco

FD: “Lies”, “Bubamara” and “Black Cat White Cat” by Dr. Nele Karajlic

Career Highlights:   
4th – 2017 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  Cesanek & Usanov teamed up in 2016.  Each has competed at the U.S. Championships with previous partners.

FD:  “My Favorite Things” by Percy Faith and “The Lonely Goatherd” by Coral A Novica Rebelde

Career Highlights:   
2nd – 2017 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships 
12th – 2016 U.S. Championships (novice)

Team Notes:  Chen & Jin teamed up in 2015.  This is their second trip to the U.S. Championships.

FD:  “Latika’s Theme” and “Jai Ho” by A. R. Rahman

Career Highlights:   
1st – 2017 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships
2nd – 2016 U.S. Novice & Junior Challenge Skate

Team Notes:  DelCamp & Gart started skating together in Spring 2016.  Gart is a three-time U.S. Championships medalist. DelCamp qualified for the 2016 U.S. Championships in both juvenile girls and juvenile dance.

Coach(es): Kelley Morris Adair & Donny Adair
Choreographer(s):  Kelley Morris Adair 
Club(s): Louisville Skating Academy

FD:  “Masquerade Waltz” and “Mazurka” by Aram Khachaturian

Career Highlights:   
1st – 2017 Midwestern Championships
3rd – 2016 U.S. Championships (novice)
1st – 2015 U.S. Championships (intermediate)
4th – 2014 U.S. Championships (intermediate)
5th – 2013 U.S. Championships (juvenile)
9th – 2012 U.S. Championships (juvenile)

Team Notes:  The Elders are the 2016 U.S. novice bronze medalists.  

FD: “The Way You Look Tonight” by Frank Sinatra, “What A Wonderful World” by Lella Blu, “Bei Mir Bist Du Schon” by Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme

Career Highlights:   
1st – 2017 Eastern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  Haines & Koszuta have been skating together since July 2016.

FD:  “Waltz for Peppy” and “George Valentin” by Ludovic Bource from The Artist soundtrack

Career Highlights:  
3rd – 2017 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships 
9th – 2016 U.S. Championships (novice)

Team Notes:  Krauskopf & Niva have been skating together since 2015.

FD:  “Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End” by the Beatles

Career Highlights:   
2nd – 2017 Midwestern Sectional Championships
11th – 2016 U.S. Championships (novice)
9th – 2015 U.S. Championships (intermediate)
9th – 2014 U.S. Championships (juvenile)

Team Notes:  The Purnells are a sibling team.  

FD: “All I Ask of You” and “The Point of No Return” from Phantom of the Opera

Career Highlights:   
3rd – 2017 Eastern Sectional Championships  
8th – 2016 U.S. Championships (novice)
5th – 2015 U.S. Championships (intermediate) 

Team Notes:  Rose and Emerson began training together in May 2014 and are competing in their third U.S. Championships as a team.  Rose loves baking and music.  Emerson used to play competitive Chess.

Coach(es):  Mark Poole
Choreographer(s): Tammy Janoschak
Club(s):  Starz FSC of Houston FSC

FD:  “Ochi Chornyje” by Roby Lakatos Ensemble

Career Highlights:   
4th – 2017 Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  Talbot & O’Donnell are competing in their first season as a team.

Coach(es): Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak and Dmytri Ilin
Choreographer(s): Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak

Club(s): Washington FSC

FD:  “Wild One”, “Hello Hello Baby” and “Great Balls of Fire” by Jerry Lee Lewis

Career Highlights:   
2nd – 2017 Eastern Sectional Championships
1st – 2016 U.S. Championships (intermediate)
1st – 2015 U.S. Championships (juvenile)

Team Notes:  Tkachenko & Kiliakov are two-time U.S. National Champions (juvenile and intermediate).  They are coached by Kiliakov’s parents.

Coach(es): Jackie Miles
Choreographer(s): Info not available
Club(s):  Pavilion SC of Cleveland Heights

FD: “A Whole New World”, “Friend Like Me” from Aladdin

Career Highlights:   
4th – 2017 Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  
Brown & Driscoll are making their first trip to the U.S. Championships.

Coach(es): Info not available
Choreographer(s): Info not available
Club(s): SC of New York

FD: “Bond on Bond” by Bond, “Skyfall” by Adele, “The World is Not Enough” by Garbage

Career Highlights:   
4th – 2017 Eastern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  This is the first U.S. Championships for the Brown siblings.

Coach(es): Igor Shpilband
Choreographer(s): Igor Shpilband
Club(s): St. Paul FSC

FD:   Music from Kung Fu Panda

Career Highlights:   
1st – 2017 Midwestern Sectional Championships
5th – 2016 U.S. Championships (intermediate)
10th – 2015 U.S. Championships (juvenile)

Team Notes:  Brykalova & Brykalov are a sibling team from Minnesota who starting ice dancing in 2013. 

Coach(es): Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak and Dmytri Ilin
Choreographer(s): Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak
Club(s): Washington FSC

FD:  “Bridal Waltz” by Nenia Zenana, “The Parade of the Tin Soldiers”

Career Highlights:
2nd – 2017 Eastern Sectional Championships
3rd – 2016 U.S. Championships (juvenile)
8th – 2015 U.S. Championships (juvenile) 

Team Notes:  Cain & Davydov have been a team since 2013.

Coach(es):  Christine Fowler-Binder
Choreographer(s): Christopher Dean
Club(s): All Year FSC / Peninsula SC

FD: “Skaters’ Waltz” by Emile Waldteufel

Career Highlights:
2nd – 2017 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships
1st – 2016 U.S. Championships (juvenile) 

Team Notes:  Karnes & Chen started skating together in 2015.  The team enjoyed the opportunity to train under coaches in Colorado as well as California this season. 

Coach(es):  Yuri Chesnitchenko
Choreographer(s): Info not available
Club(s): Ann Arbor FSC / All Year FSC

FD: “Cheek to Cheek”, “Let’s Face the Music and Dance”

Career Highlights:   
2nd – 2017 Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  This is the first U.S. Championships for Niklas & Ryan.

Coach(es): Dmitri Boundakin
Choreographer(s): Info not available
Club(s): Colonial FSC / All Year FSC

FD:  “George Valentin”, “Waltz for Peppy” and “Peppy and George” by Ludovic Bource from The Artist soundtrack

Career Highlights:  
4th – 2017 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships 

Team Notes:  
This is the second season for the partnership of Pettersson & Carey and their first trip to the U.S. Championships. 

Coach(es): Michelle Marvin, CG Lee, Robbie Kaine
Choreographer(s): Michelle Marvin, CG Lee
Club(s): All Year FSC / Philadelphia SC and Humane Society

FD: Don Quixote by Minkus

Career Highlights:   
3rd – 2017 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  
Pride & Lawless are a new team this season.  Lawless also enjoys horseback riding weekly. Pride danced with PA Ballet’s production of Don Quixote this past season.

Coach(es): Yovanni Durango
Choreographer(s): Yovanni Durango
Club(s): University of Delaware FSC

FD: “Overture/All That Jazz” from Chicago

Career Highlights:   
3rd – 2017 Eastern Sectional Championships
6th – 2016 U.S. Championships (juvenile)

Team Notes:  This is the second competitive season for Sebastiani & Berry and their second trip to the U.S. Championships.

Coach(es): Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak and Dmytri Ilin
Choreographer(s): Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak
Club(s): Washington FSC

FD: “Hey Pachuco” by Royal Crown Revue, “Manhatten” by Bloodest Saxophone

Career Highlights:   
1st – 2017 Eastern Sectional Championships
2nd – 2016 U.S. Championships (juvenile)
7th – 2015 U.S. Championships (juvenile)

Team Notes:  This is the third U.S. Championships for Soldatova & Soldatov.

Coach(es):Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo, Natalia Deller
Choreographer(s):  Info not available
Club(s): Detroit SC

FD:  “Overture/All That Jazz”, “Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag” from Chicago

Career Highlights:   
3rd – 2017 Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  This is the first U.S. Championships for Vulaj & Patsukevych.

Coach(es): Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo, Natalia Deller, Paul Bellantuono
Choreographer(s): Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo
Club(s): Peninsula SC / Detroit SC

FD:  “Feed the Birds” and “A Spoon Full of Sugar” from Mary Poppins

Career Highlights:   
1st – 2017 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  
Wolfkostin & Zhao are a new team this season.  They started Skating together in June 2016.

Coach(es): Info not available
Choreographer(s): Info not available
Club(s): Starlight Ice Dance Club / St. Paul FSC

FD: “Somebody to Love” and “Don’t Stop Me Now” by Queen

Career Highlights:   
3rd – 2017 Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes: This is Bennett & Wang’s first trip to the U.S. Championships.

Coach(es):  Info not available
Choreographer(s): Info not available
Club(s): San Diego FSC

FD: “Sway” by Michael Buble

Career Highlights:  
2nd – 2017 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships
12th – 2016 U.S. National Championships

Team Notes:  Cohen & Rider are competing in their second U.S. Championships.  

Coach(es): Kelley Morris Adair & Donny Adair
Choreographer(s): Kelley Morris Adair
Club(s): Louisville Skating Academy

FD: “Friend Like Me” from the Original Sountrack of Aladdin

Career Highlights:   
2nd – 2017 Midwestern Sectional Championahips

Team Notes:  
This is Dutton & King’s second year competing together.  Both enjoy and are active in theatre also.

Coach(es): Nathan Truesdell
Choreographer(s): Info not available
Club(s): SC of North Carolina

FD: “Salsa Con Coco” by Pochi y Su Cocoband, “Mañana de Carnaval” by Luis Miguel, “Salsa” by Yuri Buenaventura

Career Highlights:   
1st – 2017 Eastern Sectional Championships
7th – 2016 U.S. National Championships

Team Notes:  Efimova & Zhao are in the second year of their partnership.  Efimova’s older sister, Alina, is also competing at the 2017 U.S. Championships in ice danceing (junior).

Coach(es):  Gary Shortland
Choreographer(s): Gary Shortland
Club(s): Carolinas FSC / FSC of Charlotte

FD:  “Chitty Citty Bang Bang” and “Me Ol’ Bamboo” by Michael Ball from the “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” soundtrack

Career Highlights:   
3rd – 2017 Eastern Sectional Championships

Team Notes: This is Foti & Bennett’s first trip to the U.S. Championships.

Coach(es): Robert Peal
Choreographer(s): Robert Peal and Anjelika Krylova
Club(s): Skokie Valley SC

FD: “Overture” from Mary Poppins

Career Highlights:   
1st – 2017 Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  The Peal siblings are coached by their father, Robert, who is a former U.S. ice dancer.

Coach(es):  Danill Barantsev
Choreographer(s):  Info not available
Club(s): Finer Edge FSC / Charter Oak FSC

FD: Music by Charlie Chaplin

Career Highlights:   
4th – 2017 Eastern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  Info not available

Coach(es):  Info not available
Choreographer(s):  Info not available
Club(s): Peninsula SC 

FD: “Hit the Road Jack” by Beau Monga

Career Highlights:   
4th – 2017 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  Info not available

Coach(es): Dmitri Boundakin
Choreographer(s): Info not available
Club(s): Colonial FSC / All Year FSC

FD: “Malaguena” by Sergio Mendez

Career Highlights:   
1st – 2017 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships
9th – 2016 U.S. Championships

Team Notes:  Serbin & Slevira are competing in their second U.S. Championships.

Coach(es):  Trina Pratt
Choreographer(s):  Trina Pratt
Club(s): FSC of Park City / Individual Member

FD: “Samba de mon coeur qui bat” By Coralie Clement and “Bom Bom” by Sam and the Womp

Career Highlights:   
3rd – 2017 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  Info not available  

Coach(es): Jamie Burns
Choreographer(s): Info not available
Club(s): St. Paul FSC

FD: “Dog Days Are Over” by Florence + the Machine

Career Highlights:   
4th – 2017 Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  Info not available

Coach(es): Katrina Shalin, Vitaly Shalin
Choreographer(s): Info not available
Club(s): Washington FSC

FD: “Bandstand Boogie” by Barry Manilow, “Blue Moon” by Nat King Cole, “At the Hop” by Danny & the Juniors

Career Highlights:   
2nd – 2017 Eastern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  Info not available  

Coach(es): Nick Traxler & Kristen Nardozzi
Choreographer(s): Nick Traxler & Kristen Nardozzi
Club(s): Lone Star FSC / St. Peters FSA

FD: “Come Dance With Me” by Michael Buble

Career Highlights:   
5th – 2017 Midwestern Sectional Championships

Team Notes:  This is Lassiter & Anderson’s first season as a team.  They were first alternates and replaced Bennett & Wang at the U.S. Championships.

1. Lauren Capehart / Stephen Chasman
2. Jane Summersett / Elliot Pennington
3. Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates
4. Elizabeth Palmer / Ryland Stucke