by Claire Cloutier, special for Two for the Ice The pairs short program at Skate Canada in Laval, Quebec, was quite a strong event, with many teams showing improvement from their early-season performances. It was a deep pairs field overall in Laval. Vanessa James & Morgan Cipres of France, reigning World bronze medalists, won the…
Minto Summer Skate began August 1, with junior and senior dance and junior pairs (LP only) beginning Saturday. The registered skaters list includes Edwards & Pang (FD only) and Nicole Orford & Thomas Williams (SD only) fresh off of Lake Placid, as well as Kharis Ralph & Asher Hill (FD only), Mackenzie Bent & Garrett…
While complete results from this weekend’s slew of events are still to be made available, some videos and scores have emerged. From the Boston Open, courtesy of hermioneonice: Kiri Baga & Taylor Toth, SP – “Be Italian” (46.09) Gretchen Donlan & Andrew Speroff, LP – “Pas de Deux,” The Nutcracker And available are results from…
Ice-Dance.com is a central source for info on the weekend’s Chesapeake Open, with an album of event results. Lorraine McNamara & Quinn Carpenter took first in the junior short dance with a score of 51.46, while Rachel & Michael Parsons captured the lead in the free dance with 72.66. With only two teams competing at…
Madison Hubbell will be blogging for icenetwork.com throughout the 2013-14 season, kicking off her series Friday: Hubbell’s scope: U.S. ice dancer shares her world June 7-9 saw the Edward Picken Pro-Am hosted by the Washington Figure Skating Club, which included among its entrants one senior couple and a handful of junior and novice teams who…
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…
