It was a busy weekend for a few of the U.S.’s young pairs teams at the debut Fort Wayne (Ind.) Pair Classic, with three senior duos competing in Friday’s short program:
Gretchen Donlan & Andrew Speroff, SP – “Meditation from Thais” (Total score: 56.95)
Kiri Baga & Taylor Toth, SP – “Be Italian” (46.61)
Tarah Kayne & Danny O’Shea, SP – James Bond Medley (46.50)
(Videos courtesy of YouTube user sg0507)
Lynn Rutherford also profiled two of the competitors:
Baga, Toth will ‘Be Italian’ at USFS pairs camp | icenetwork.com
Kayne, O’Shea shake, stir ‘Bond’ in new short | icenetwork.com
Meanwhile in Canada, the nation’s top two pairs participated in this year’s Skate Canada 2013 Annual Convention & General Meeting, speaking at the Awards Gala and Banquet on June 7:
@SkateCanada: World bronze medalists @mhjd_85 and @Rad85E reflect on great Canadian experiences #ACGM13
@SkateCanada: Pair skaters @Kirsten_MT and @DylanMoscovitch speak at #ACGM13
Finally, initial entries for August 8-11’s Championnats québécois d’été 2013 have been posted, with Duhamel & (presumably) Radford as the sole entrants in senior pairs and Julia Mercer (who finished 8th at Nationals with Wesley Killing) and Maxime Deschamps (who finished 7th at Nationals with Naomie Boudreau) in juniors.