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Alexandra Aldridge & Matthew Blackmer

PROFILE:D.O.B.:May 7, 1994 / December 12, 1991Hometown(s):Birmingham, MI / Detroit, MIHome Club(s):Detroit SC / Detroit SCTraining Town:Bloomfield Hills, MICoaches:Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova, Natalia DellerChoreographers:Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova

PROGRAM INFO:Short Dance: “Masquerade Waltz” by Yuri Ahronovitch; “Radetzky March” by Andre RieuFree Dance:”Oblivion” by Lucia Micarelli; “Tanguera” by Mariano Mores

RESULTS:2nd – 2016 Midwestern Sectional Championships

 TEAM NOTES:

• Aldridge and Blackmer started skating together in 2015.• Aldridge is a two-time World Junior bronze medalist and U.S. junior champion (with Daniel

Eaton).• Blackmer won the 2013 U.S. junior pairs title with Britney Simpson.

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Alissandra Aronow & Collin Brubaker

PROFILE:D.O.B.:June 21, 1991 / January 13, 1989Hometown(s):Bloomfield Hills, MI / Chicago, ILHome Club(s):Arctic FSC / All Year FSCTraining Town:Canton, MICoaches:Marina ZouevaChoreographers:Marina Zoueva

PROGRAM INFO:Short Dance:”Padam Padam” by Andre Rieu and “La vie en rose” by Edith PiafFree Dance:“Shall We Dance” by Fred Astaire, “Embrace Me” by Frederick Fennell, and “I’ve Got Rhythm”

RESULTS:2nd – 2016 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships5th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance International1st – 2015 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships12th – 2014 Autumn Classic International9th – 2014 U.S. National Championships13th – 2015 U.S. International Classic1st – 2014 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships8th – 2013 US Figure Skating Championships1st – 2013 Midwestern Sectional Championships

TEAM NOTES:• Aronow & Brubaker formed their partnership in 2011.

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Anastasia Cannuscio & Colin McManus

PROFILE:D.O.B.:July 1, 1992 / March 10, 1990Hometown(s):Egg Harbor Township, NJ / Saugus, MAHome Club(s):University of Delaware / The Skating Club of BostonTraining Town:Newark, DECoaches:Karen Ludington, Christie Moxley-HutsonChoreographers:Karen Ludington

PROGRAM INFO:Short Dance:Selections from Cinderella by ProkofievFree Dance:“Symphony No. 9 in D minor”, “Moonlight Sonata” and “Symphony No. 5 in C minor” by Ludwig van Beethoven

RESULTS:5th – 2015 NHK Trophy4th – 2015 Tallinn Trophy5th – 2015 Skate America3rd – 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy5th – 2015 U.S. National Championships5th – 2014 Skate America3rd – 2014 Finlandia Trophy3rd – 2014 U.S. International Classic7th – 2014 US National Championships1st – 2013 Ice Challenge8th – 2013 International Figure Skating Classic8th – 2013 US National Championships2nd – 2013 Eastern Sectional Championships

�7th – 2012 Skate America6th – 2012 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic6th – 2012 U.S. National Championships5th – 2011 Ondrej Nepela Memorial7th – 2011 World Junior Championships3rd – 2011 US National Championships (Junior)2nd – 2011 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior)4th – 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Japan)2nd – 2010 Junior Grand Prix (France)7th – 2010 US National Championships (Junior)1st – 2010 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior)7th – 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Turkey)7th – 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Belarus)10th – 2009 US National Championships (Junior)3rd – 2009 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior)

 

TEAM NOTES:• Cannuscio & McManus formed their partnership on March 9, 2008.• Cannuscio was the 2005 U.S. juvenile champion with Geoffrey Varraux, while McManus won

that title with Kate McDermott the following year.• Cannuscio & McManus were second alternates to the JGP Final in 2010.

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Madison Chock & Evan Bates

PROFILE:D.O.B.:July 2, 1992 / February 23, 1989Hometown(s):Redondo Beach, CA / Ann Arbor, MIHome Club(s):All Year Figure Skating Club / Arctic FSCTraining Town:Novi, MICoaches:Igor ShpilbandChoreographers:Igor Shpilband

PROGRAM INFO:Short Dance:“More” by Andrea Bocelli and “Unchained Melody” by Il DivoFree Dance:“Concerto No. 2” by Sergei Rachmaninoff

RESULTS:2nd – 2015 Grand Prix Final2nd – 2015 Cup of China1st – 2015 Skate America1st – 2015 Nebelhorn Trophy2nd – 2015 World Championships2nd – 2015 Four Continents Championships1st – 2015 US Championships2nd – 2014 Grand Prix Final1st – 2014 Rostelecom Cup1st – 2014 Skate America2nd – 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy5th – 2014 World Championships8th – 2014 Olympic Winter Games

�2nd – 2014 US National Championships3rd – 2013 Rostelecom Cup3rd – 2013 Cup of China2nd – 2013 Finlandia Trophy7th – 2013 World Championships3rd – 2013 Four Continents Championships2nd – 2013 US National Championships4th – 2012 Cup of China1st – 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy4th – 2012 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic5th – 2012 U.S. National Championships4th – 2011 Trophee Eric Bompard4th – 2011 Skate Canada3rd – 2011 Finlandia Trophy

 

TEAM NOTES:• Madison Chock & Evan Bates teamed up in 2011. Both were in long-term on-ice partnerships

prior to forming their partnership.• Chock skated with Greg Zuerlein from the spring of 2006 until 2011. Together they won the

2009 U.S. junior title and World Junior Championships. They finished ninth at the 2011 World Championships. Chock was the 2006 U.S. intermediate pewter medalist with Kurt Lingenfelter.

• Bates skated with Emily Samuelson for the last decade, winning the 2008 World Junior title and representing the U.S. at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Samuelson & Bates won U.S. national titles at the intermediate, novice and junior levels and won several U.S. national medals at the senior level.

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Kaitlin Hawayek & Jean-Luc Baker

PROFILE:D.O.B.:November 11, 1996 / October 7, 1993Hometown(s):East Aurora, NY / Edmonds, WAHome Club(s):Detroit SC / Seattle SCTraining Town:Bloomfield Hills, MICoaches:Pasquale Camerlengo, Angelika KrylovaChoreographers:Pasquale Camerlengo

PROGRAM INFO:Short Dance:Selections from The Nutcracker by TchaikovskyFree Dance:Music from “The Theory of Everything” soundtrack by various artists

RESULTS:2nd – 2015 Golden Spin of Zagreb4th – 2015 Skate America4th – 2015 Finlandia Trophy5th – 2015 Four Continents Championships4th – 2015 U.S. National Championships3rd – 2014 NHK Trophy6th – 2014 Rostelecom Cup4th – 2014 Nebelhorn Trophy1st – 2014 World Junior Championships1st – 2014 US National Championships (Junior)2nd – 2013 Jr Grand Prix Final1st – 2013 JGP Baltic Cup

�1st – 2013 JGP Mexico Cup2nd – 2013 US National Championships (Junior)1st – 2013 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Junior)2nd – 2012 Junior Grand Prix, Germany5th – 2012 Junior Grand Prix, Turkey

 

TEAM NOTES:• Hawayek & Baker formed their partnership in June 2012.

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Madison Hubbell & Zachary Donohue

PROFILE:D.O.B.:February 24, 1991 / January 8, 1991Hometown(s):Okemos, MI / Madison, CTHome Club(s):Detroit SCTraining Town:Montreal, QuebecCoaches:Patrice Lauzon, Marie-France Dubreuil, Romain Haguenauer, Pascal DenisChoreographers:Marie-France Dubreuil

PROGRAM INFO:Short Dance:“Hallelujah” by K.D. LangFree Dance:“Adagio for Tron” by Daft Punk

RESULTS:6th – 2015 Grand Prix Final3rd – 2015 NHK Trophy1st – 2015 Trophee Eric Bompard1st – 2015 U.S. International Classic10th – 2015 World Championships3rd – 2015 U.S. Championships1st – 2014 Golden Spin3rd – 2014 TrophÈe Eric Bompard3rd – 2014 Skate Canada1st – 2014 Four Continents Championships4th – 2014 US National Championships

�3rd – 2013 Skate Canada4th – 2013 Skate America1st – 2013 Nebelhorn Trophy4th – 2013 US National Championships4th – 2012 Trophee Eric Bompard5th – 2012 Skate Canada3rd – 2012 Finlandia Trophy10th – 2012 World Championships5th – 2012 Four Continents Championships3rd – 2012 U.S. National Championships1st – 2012 Midwestern Sectional Championships6th – 2011 Skate America1st – 2011 Nebelhorn Trophy 

TEAM NOTES:• Hubbell & Donohue teamed up in 2011.• Hubbell started skating at age 5 because she wanted to grow up to be like Kristi Yamaguchi.

She skated with her brother, Keiffer, until 2011. Together they won the U.S. National title at the juvenile, intermediate and junior levels as well as the 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final and a bronze at the 2010 Four Continents Championships. They were two-time medalists at the senior level.

• Donohue began skating at age 11 after attending a public session with his cousin. He previously skated with Piper Gilles, with whom he won the junior bronze medal at the 2009 and 2010 U.S. Championships. In addition to Gilles, he previously skated with Alissandra Aronow, Lili LaMar, KK Patitucci and Sara Bailey.

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Karina Manta & Joe Johnson 

PROFILE:D.O.B.:March 20, 1996 / May 5, 1994Hometown(s):Chander, AZ / Fort Collins, COHome Club(s):Coyotes SC of Arizona / Broadmoor SCTraining Town:Colorado Springs, COCoaches:Patti Gottwein, Logan Giulietti-SchmittChoreographers:Tom Dickson, Christopher Dean

PROGRAM INFO:Short Dance: “March from Love for Three Oranges” and “Cinderella Waltz” by ProkofievFree Dance:“Maple Leaf Rag,” “Bethena,” and “The Entertainer” by Scott Joplin

RESULTS:1st – 2016 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

3rd – 2015 Autumn Classic International10th – 2015 U.S. National Championships3rd – 2015 Midwestern Sectional Championships

 

TEAM NOTES:• Manta & Johnson teamed up in 2014.

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Charlotte Maxwell & Ryan Devereaux

PROFILE:D.O.B.:November 2, 1989 / April 17, 1989Hometown(s):Dallas, TX / Belleville, PAHome Club(s):Arctic FSC / Pittsburgh FSCTraining Town:Canton, MICoaches:Marina Zoueva, Oleg Epstein, Massimo ScaliChoreographers:Marina Zoueva

PROGRAM INFO:Short Dance:Music from the motion picture The Addams FamilyFree Dance:“Overture”, “Roller Skate Rag”, “You Are Woman, I Am Man”, and “Don’t Rain On My Parade” from Funny Girl

RESULTS:1st – 2016 Eastern Sectional Championships

4th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance International9th – 2015 U.S. National Championships2nd – 2015 Midwestern Sectional Championships

 

TEAM NOTES:

�• Maxwell & Devereaux started skating together in 2014.• Maxwell previously skated with Brad Coulter and Nick Traxler. She last competed at the 2009

U.S. National Championships.• Devereaux skated with Shannon Wingle from 2005-2008.

Gabriela Morrell Zucker & Andrejs Sitiks

PROFILE:D.O.B.:November 20, 1996 / December 28, 1989Hometown(s):McLean, VA / Riga, LatviaHome Club(s):All Year FSC / Gardens FSC of MarylandTraining Town:United StatesCoaches:Karen Ludington, Christie Moxley-HutsonChoreographers:Karen Ludington

PROGRAM INFO:Short Dance:Nutcracker Suite by TchaikovskyFree Dance:“I Like It Like That” by The Blackout Allstars, “Historia De Un Amor” by Guadalupe Pineda, “Jump in the Line” by Harry Belafonte

RESULTS:3rd – 2016 Eastern Sectional Championships

16th – 2015 U.S. National Championships17th – 2014 U.S. National Championships7th – 2013 Eastern Sectional Championships

 

�TEAM NOTES:

• Team formed in 2012 and made their first trip to U.S. Nationals in 2013-2014 season.

Tory Patsis & Nathaniel Fast

PROFILE:D.O.B.:October 18, 1995 / November 19, 1991Hometown(s):Lake Bluff, IL / West Linn, ORHome Club(s):Skokie Valley SC / University Ice Skating Club of San JoseTraining Town:San Jose, CACoaches:Pam and Jonathon O’DoughertyChoreographers:Pam and Jonathon O’Dougherty

PROGRAM INFO:Short Dance:“An Der Schonen Blauen Donau” and “Radetzky March O. 228” by Johann StraussFree Dance:“I Don’t Like Mondays” by the Boomtown Rats

RESULTS:4th – 2016 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships14th – 2015 U.S. National Championships2nd – 2015 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships

 

TEAM NOTES:• Patsis & Fast teamed up in 2014.• Fast won the 2008 U.S. juvenile ice dance title with Madeline Heritage.

�• Patsis won the 2013 U.S. novice ice dance silver medal with Joe Johnson.

Kseniya Ponomaryova & Oleg Altukhov

PROFILE:D.O.B.:November 10, 1988 / August 18, 1983Hometown(s):Aurora, ILHome Club(s):Skokie Valley FSC / Escondido FSCTraining Town:Geneva, ILCoaches:Alina Ponomarova, Jamie WhyteChoreographers:Alina Ponomarova, Jamie Whyte, Irma Ruiz

PROGRAM INFO:Short Dance:“La Valse de L’Amour” and “La Polka de Paris” by Patrick Doyle from the motion picture CinderellaFree Dance:“Catalunya” by Tinsley Ellis and “Blues Don’t Care” by Buddy Guy

RESULTS:3rd – 2016 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships12th – 2015 US National Championships3rd – 2015 Midwestern Sectional Championships16th – 2014 US National Championships4th – 2014 Midwestern Sectional Championships14th – 2013 US National Championships3rd – 2013 Midwestern Sectional Championships

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TEAM NOTES:• Ponomaryova & Altukhov formed their partnership in 2012.• Ponomaryova is a former Ukrainian National novice champion, ISU Junior Grand Prix

competitor and silver medalist at the 2008 Welsh Championships.

Elicia Reynolds & Stephen Reynolds

PROFILE:D.O.B.:December 30, 1990 / February 20, 1993Hometown(s):Boynton Beach, FLHome Club(s):IceWorks Skating ClubTraining Town:

Coaches:

Choreographers:

PROGRAM INFO:Short Dance:Music from Harry PotterFree Dance:“Kung Fu Piano” by The Piano Guys

RESULTS:2nd – 2016 Eastern Sectional Championships

11th – 2015 U.S. National Championships3rd – 2015 Eastern Sectional Championships14th – 2014 US National Championships4th – 2014 Eastern Sectional Championships 

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TEAM NOTES:• Reynolds & Reynolds are a sibling duo.

Maia Shibutani & Alex Shibutani

PROFILE:D.O.B.:July 20, 1994 / April 25, 1991Hometown(s):Ann Arbor, MI / Ann Arbor, MIHome Club(s):SC of New York / Arctic FSCTraining Town:Canton, MICoaches:Marina Zoueva, Massimo Scali, Johnny Johns, Oleg EpsteinChoreographers:Marina Zoueva, Massimo Scali, Corky Ballas

PROGRAM INFO:Short Dance:Selections from Coppelia by Léo DelibesFree Dance:“Fix You” by Coldplay

RESULTS:4th – 2015 Grand Prix Final1st – 2015 NHK Trophy2nd – 2015 Skate Canada3rd – 2015 Ondrej Nepela Trophy5th – 2015 World Championships

�3rd – 2015 Four Continents Championships2nd – 2015 US Championships4th – 2014 Grand Prix Final1st – 2014 Ice Challenge2nd – 2014 Cup of China2nd – 2014 Skate America1st – 2014 Ondrej Nepela Trophy6th – 2014 World Championships9th – 2014 Olympic Winter Games3rd – 2014 US National Championships3rd – 2013 NHK Trophy3rd – 2013 Skate America8th – 2013 World Championships4th – 2013 Four Continents Championships3rd – 2013 US National Championships3rd – 2012 NHK Trophy4th – 2012 Rostelecom Cup8th – 2012 World Championships4th – 2012 Four Continents Championships2nd – 2012 U.S. Championships5th – 2011/12 Grand Prix Final1st – 2011 NHK Trophy2nd – 2011 Cup of China2nd – 2011 Finlandia Trophy3rd – 2011 World Championships2nd – 2011 Four Continents Championships2nd – 2011 U.S. National Championships3rd – 2010 Skate America3rd – 2010 NHK Trophy5th – 2010 Nebelhorn Trophy4th – 2010 World Junior Championships1st – 2010 U.S. National Championships (Junior)3rd ‐ 2009 Junior Grand Prix Final1st ‐ 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Croatia)1st ‐ 2009 Junior Grand Prix (U.S.A.)2nd ‐ 2009 World Junior Championships2nd ‐ 2009 U.S. National Championships (Junior)4th ‐ 2008 Junior Grand Prix Final1st ‐ 2008 Junior Grand Prix (France)2nd ‐ 2008 Junior Grand Prix (Spain)

�4th ‐ 2008 U.S. National Championships (Junior)3rd ‐ 2008 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Junior)1st ‐ 2007 U.S. National Championships (Novice)1st ‐ 2007 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Novice)2nd ‐ 2006 North American Challenge Skate (Novice)1st ‐ 2006 U.S. Junior National Championships (Intermediate)1st ‐ 2006 Southwestern Regional Championships (Intermediate)2nd ‐ 2005 U.S. Junior National Championships (Juvenile)

 

TEAM NOTES:• Maia & Alex Shibutani started ice dancing in 2004 and are each other’s first and only partner.• The Shibutanis have medaled in each of their seven U.S. Championships appearances: silver

in juvenile in 2005, gold in intermediate in 2006 and novice in 2007, pewter in junior in 2008, silver in junior in 2009, gold in junior in 2010, and silver in senior in 2011 and 2012.

• Maia and Alex are both students at the University of Michigan.

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Danielle Thomas & Daniel Eaton

PROFILE:D.O.B.:March 30, 1999 / March 26, 1992Hometown(s):West Bloomfield, MI / Bloomfield, MIHome Club(s):Detroit SC / Ann Arbor FSCTraining Town:Canton, MICoaches:Marina Zoueva, Massimo Scali, Johnny Johns, Oleg EpsteinChoreographers:Marina Zoueva

PROGRAM INFO:Short Dance:Selections from Cinderella by Rogers and HammersteinFree Dance:“Czardas” by Zoltan Maga, played by Sonia Lee

RESULTS:1st – 2016 Midwestern Sectional Championships

1st – 2015 Ice Challenge4th – 2015 Autumn Classic International

�5th – 2015 U.S. International Classic2nd – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance International

TEAM NOTES:• Thomas & Eaton formed their partnership in 2015.• Eaton’s former partners include Brielle O’Connor, Rachael Richardson, Sameena Sheikh and

Alexandra Aldridge.• Eaton is a two-time World Junior bronze medalist and U.S. junior champion (with Aldridge).• Thomas won the pewter medal at the novice level in 2014 with Alexander Martin.