Mackenzie Bent & Dmitre Razgulajevs - ice dance...“The Addams Family” Free Dance: Selections from “The Mask of Zorro” [J. Horner]: “Plaza of Execution” + “I Want to Spend

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Mackenzie Bent & Dmitre Razgulajevs  

PROFILE:D.O.B.:June 11, 1997 / November 19, 1996Hometowns:Uxbridge, ON / Ajax, ONHome Clubs:Uxbridge FSC / Scarboro FSCTraining Town:Scarborough, ONCoaches:Carol Lane, Jon Lane, Juris RazgulajevsChoreographers:Carol Lane, Juris Razgulajevs

PROGRAM INFORMATION:Short Dance:“Time after Time” + “La Grande Valse – Happy Ending”Free Dance:Soundtrack from “Ben Hur” [M. Rozsa]

RESULTS:WD – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)1st – 2016 Central Ontario Sectionals (Jr) (as guests)6th – 2015 JGP Logroño2nd – 2015 JGP Colorado Springs1st/1st – 2015 Central Ontario Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD)1st/2nd – 2015 Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD)

SEASON’S BESTS:Short Dance: 59.29, CO SectionalsFree Dance: 78.45, CO SectionalsTotal Score: 137.74, CO Sectionals

�TEAM NOTES:

• Bent & Razgulajevs began their partnership in spring 2015.• Bent previously skated for 11 years with Garrett MacKeen. They won four national medals—

juvenile silver in 2008, novice bronze in 2011, junior silver in 2013, and junior gold in 2014.• Razgulajevs previously skated for eight years with Katie Desveaux, reaching the JGP level

with her. He did not compete in the 2014-15 season.• Bent & Razgulajevs are longtime friends that grew up skating in the same training group, as

Razgulajevs’s father is one of their coaches, making their partnership an easy fit this year.• Bent competed on the senior level in Canada last year with MacKeen, finishing sixth at the

Canadian Championships.

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Kayla Charky & Simon Dazé  

PROFILE:D.O.B.:January 12, 1999 / September 16, 1995Hometowns:Beaconsfield, QC / Montréal, QCHome Clubs:Beaconsfield FSC / CPA RosemontTraining Town:Montréal, QCCoaches:Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Pascal DenisChoreographers:

PROGRAM INFORMATION:Short Dance:

Free Dance:

RESULTS:10th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)3rd – 2016 Québec Sectionals (Jr)4th/1st – 2015 Octoberfest (Jr) (SD/FD)2nd – 2015 Souvenir Georges-Ethier (Jr)5th/5th – 2015 Québec Summer Championships (Jr) (SD/FD)7th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), FD Group A7th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), SD Group A8th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Jr)10th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)6th – 2015 Québec Sectionals (Jr)

SEASON’S BESTS:Short Dance: 45.94, QC Summer ChampionshipsFree Dance: 72.12, OctoberfestTotal Score: 114.84, Octoberfest

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TEAM NOTES:

• Charky & Dazé teamed up in 2014.• This is Charky’s first competitive dance partnership.• Dazé previously skated with Marie-Frédérique Julien, Caroline Falardeau, Bianka Gadosy, and

Amélie Campeau. Campeau & Dazé were the 2009 Canadian juvenile bronze medalists.

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Gina Cipriano & Bradley Keeping-Myra  

PROFILE:D.O.B.:July 24, 1997 / March 17, 1998Hometowns:Oakville, ON / Dartmouth, NSHome Clubs:Skate Oakville / St. Margaret’s Bay SCTraining Town:Coaches:Choreographers:


Free Dance:

RESULTS:9th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)4th – 2015 Souvenir Georges-Ethier9th/7th – 2015 Québec Summer Championships (Jr) (SD/FD)7th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), FD Group B4th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), SD Group B7th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Nov)3rd – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)3rd – 2015 Central Ontario Sectionals (Nov) (as guests)

SEASON’S BESTS:Short Dance: 46.56, Skate Canada ChallengeFree Dance: 69.04, Skate Canada ChallengeTotal Score: 115.60, Skate Canada Challenge

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TEAM NOTES:

• Cipriano & Keeping-Myra teamed up in 2014.• Cipriano previously skated with Aidyn Gangemi in the United States. They were sixth at 2014

Pacific Coast Sectionals on the novice level.• Keeping-Myra previously skated with Ashlynne Stairs and Rebecca MacDonald. Stairs &

Keeping-Myra were fifth in novice at the 2014 Canadian Championships.

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Audrey Croteau-Villeneuve & Jeff Hough 

PROFILE:D.O.B.:March 2, 1997 / September 28, 1995Hometowns:Gatineau, QC / Russell, ONHome Clubs:Town of Mount Royal FSC / Minto SCTraining Town:Ottawa, ONCoaches:Darryl Van Luven, Jamie BrittonChoreographers:Massimo Scali

PROGRAM INFORMATION:Short Dance:“Masquerade Waltz” + Strauss PolkaFree Dance:“La Chanson des Vieux Amants” [J. Brel]

RESULTS:8th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)9th – 2015 JGP Croatia Cup6th – 2015 JGP Bratislava8th/7th – 2015 Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD)4th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), FD Group B6th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), SD Group AWD – 2015 Canadian Championships (Jr)WD – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)6th – 2014 JGP Croatia Cup7th – 2014 JGP Tallinn Cup

SEASON’S BESTS:Short Dance: 49.24, JGP BratislavaFree Dance: 73.92, JGP BratislavaTotal Score: 123.16, JGP Bratislava

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TEAM NOTES:

• Croteau-Villeneuve & Hough began competing together in 2014.• An injury that Croteau-Villeneuve sustained in Croatia last year kept them out of the 2015

Canadian Championships.• Croteau-Villeneuve previously skated with Dominic Barthe and Simon Longtin-Martel.• Hough previously skated with Samantha Glavine and Catherine Culhane. Glavine & Hough

were the 2012 Canadian novice bronze medalists, while Culhane & Hough were the 2009 Canadian juvenile silver medalists.

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Ellie Fisher & Parker Brown 

PROFILE:D.O.B.:September 10, 2001 / April 27, 1999Hometowns:Barrie, ON / Waubaushene, ONHome Clubs:Barrie SCTraining Town:Barrie, ONCoaches:David Islam, Kelly Johnson, James CallanChoreographers:Kelly Johnson

PROGRAM INFORMATION:Short Dance:Free Dance:

RESULTS:11th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)2nd – 2016 Central Ontario Sectionals (Jr)4th/5th – 2015 Central Ontario Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD)3rd – 2015 Canadian Championships (Nov)7th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)1st – 2015 Central Ontario Sectionals (Nov)8th – 2014 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)2nd – 2014 Central Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Nov)


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TEAM NOTES:

• Fisher & Brown began skating together in 2013.• They are the 2015 Canadian novice bronze medalists.• Brown previously skated with Brittany Bilous.

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Payten Howland & Simon-Pierre Malette-Paquette  

PROFILE:D.O.B.:August 24, 1999 / May 31, 1998Hometowns:Northville, MI (USA) / Montréal, QCHome Clubs:CPA LorraineTraining Town:Novi, MI (USA)Coaches:Igor Shpilband, Fabian Bourzat, Greg Zuerlein, Adrienne LendaChoreographers:Igor Shpilband

PROGRAM INFORMATION:Short Dance:“The Addams Family”Free Dance:Selections from “The Mask of Zorro” [J. Horner]: “Plaza of Execution” + “I Want to Spend My Lifetime Loving You”

RESULTS:4th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)4th – 2016 Québec Sectionals (Jr)6th – 2015 JGP Copernicus Stars6th – 2015 JGP Colorado Springs4th/3rd – 2015 Québec Summer Championships (Jr) (SD/FD)2nd – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, FD Group A4th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, SD Group A10th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Jr)4th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)3rd – 2015 Québec Sectionals (Jr)

�SEASON’S BESTS:Short Dance: 54.15, JGP Copernicus StarsFree Dance: 77.62, JGP Copernicus StarsTotal Score: 131.77, JGP Copernicus Stars

TEAM NOTES:

• Howland & Malette-Paquette began their partnership in June 2014.• Howland previously skated in the USA with Jason Cohn, finishing sixth on the novice level at

the 2014 U.S. Championships.• Malette-Paquette previously skated with Christina Carreira, finishing fifth as novices at the

2013 Canadian Championships.

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Marjorie Lajoie & Zachary Lagha  

PROFILE:D.O.B.:November 6, 2000 / April 15, 1999Hometowns:Boucherville, QC / St-Hubert, QCHome Clubs:CPA Boucherville / CPA St-LambertTraining Town:Montréal, QCCoaches:Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer, Pascal DenisChoreographers:Marie-France Dubreuil, Mylène Girard

PROGRAM INFORMATION:Short Dance:“Grammophone” [E. Doga] + “Furioso Polka” [J. Strauss]Free Dance:Soundtrack from “Don Quixote” [L. Minkus]

RESULTS:2nd – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)1st – 2016 Québec Sectionals (Jr)7th – 2015 JGP LogroñoWD – 2015 Souvenir Georges-Ethier (1st in SD)2nd/2nd – 2015 Central Ontario Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD)1st – 2015 Canadian Championships (Nov)2nd – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)1st – 2015 Québec Sectionals (Nov)1st – 2014 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)1st – 2014 Québec Sectionals (Pre-Nov)5th – 2013 Québec Sectionals (Pre-Nov)1st – 2012 Québec Sectionals (Juv)

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SEASON’S BESTS:Short Dance: 55.62, QC SectionalsFree Dance: 78.32, Skate Canada ChallengeTotal Score: 131.48, Skate Canada Challenge

TEAM NOTES:

• Lajoie & Lagha have been skating together since at least 2011. They split up for a few months last year (Lajoie even teamed up with another partner), but they re-teamed in the summer.

• They are the 2015 Canadian novice champions and the 2014 Canadian pre-novice champions.• Lajoie & Lagha have won Québec sectional titles at the juvenile, pre-novice, novice, and junior

levels.• They have kept their free dance from last year, amending it for the junior level.

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Sara Marier & Jeffrey Wong 

PROFILE:D.O.B.:December 10, 1997 / December 10, 1997Hometowns:Pierrefonds, QC / Beaconsfield, QCHome Clubs:CPA Des Deux Rives / CPA St-LaurentTraining Town:Pierrefonds, QCCoaches:Elise Hamel, Shawn WinterChoreographers:


RESULTS:14th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)6th – 2016 Québec Sectionals (Jr)5th – 2015 Souvenir Georges-Ethier (Jr)10th/10th – 2015 Québec Summer Championships (Jr) (SD/FD)9th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), FD Group B9th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), SD Group B13th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Nov)10th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)7th – 2015 Québec Sectionals (Nov)


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TEAM NOTES:

• Marier & Wong started skating together in 2014.• Marier previously skated with Anthony Campanelli.• Wong previously skated with Émilie Hunyh.

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Melinda Meng & Andrew Meng 

PROFILE:D.O.B.:February 21, 1999 / October 3, 1996Hometowns:Montréal, QC / Montréal, QCHome Clubs:CPA LavalTraining Town:Montréal, QCCoaches:Shawn WinterChoreographers:Mylène Lamoreux

PROGRAM INFORMATION:Short Dance:“Danse Macabre” [C. Saint-Saëns] + “The Bolt” [D. Shostakovich]Free Dance:“Nocturne from Bohemian Rhapsody” [L. Micarelli]

RESULTS:1st – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge4th – 2015 JGP Copernicus Stars5th – 2015 JGP Riga Cup2nd/2nd – 2015 Québec Summer Championships (SD/FD)4th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, FD Group A3rd – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, SD Group B3rd – 2015 Canadian Championships (Jr)7th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)2nd – 2015 Québec Sectionals (Jr)7th – 2014 JGP Courchevel2nd – 2014 Canadian Championships (Jr)5th – 2014 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)2nd – 2014 Québec Sectionals (Jr)8th – 2013 JGP Baltic Cup6th – 2013 Canadian Championships (Jr)5th – 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)

�1st – 2013 Québec Sectionals (Jr)6th – 2012 JGP Croatia Cup2nd – 2012 Canadian Championships (Nov)1st – 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)1st – 2012 Québec Sectionals (Nov)5th – 2011 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)1st – 2011 Eastern Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Nov)12th – 2010 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)3rd – 2010 Eastern Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Nov)5th – 2008 Eastern Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Juv)

SEASON’S BESTS:Short Dance: 57.61, JGP Copernicus StarsFree Dance: 83.40, Skate Canada ChallengeTotal Score: 140.80, JGP Copernicus Stars

TEAM NOTES:

• The Mengs are siblings and have been skating together since 2006.• They previously lived and trained in the Ottawa area, but moved to Montréal in 2011. They

have been with their current coaching team since fall 2013.• Andrew Meng competed in both junior dance and novice men at the 2013 Canadian

Championships, but he has focused on dance for the past three seasons.• The Mengs have medaled on the junior level at the past two Canadian Championships (silver

in 2014, bronze in 2015). They also won the novice silver medal in 2012.

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Victoria Oliver & George Waddell 

PROFILE:D.O.B.:July 13, 2000 / October 17, 1998Hometowns:Etobicoke, ON / Toronto, ONHome Clubs:Toronto CS & CCTraining Town:Toronto, ONCoaches:Andrew HallamChoreographers:


RESULTS:13th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)3rd – 2016 Central Ontario Sectionals (Jr)3rd/2nd – 2015 Octoberfest (Jr) (SD/FD)5th/4th – 2015 Central Ontario Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD)9th/12th – 2015 Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD)5th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Nov)8th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)2nd – 2015 Central Ontario Sectionals (Nov)3rd – 2014 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)1st – 2014 Central Ontario Sectionals (Pre-Nov)


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TEAM NOTES:

• Oliver & Waddell began skating together in 2013. They are the 2014 Canadian pre-novice bronze medalists.

• Oliver previously skated with George Waddell’s brother, Charles. They were fourth in Canada on the pre-novice level in 2013.

• George Waddell previously skated with Kaitlin Stitz. At 2013 Skate Canada Challenge, they finished about half a point behind Oliver & Charles Waddell, in fifth place.

• Waddell’s younger brother, Bruce, is also an ice dancer and the 2016 Canadian pre-novice champion with Natalie D’Alessandro.

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Haley Sales & Nikolas Wamsteeker  

PROFILE:D.O.B.:December 26, 1996 / October 28, 1996Hometowns:Burnaby, BC / Langley, BCHome Clubs:Kelowna SC / Champions ISC of BCTraining Town:Burnaby, BCCoaches:Megan Wing, Aaron LoweChoreographers:Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe

PROGRAM INFORMATION:Short Dance:“Steppin’ Out with My Baby” [D. Day] + “Old-Fashioned Walk” [D. Day & F. Sinatra]Free Dance:“Spartacus” [A. North]

RESULTS:3rd – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)1st – 2016 BC/YK Sectionals (Jr)6th – 2015 JGP Cup of Austria1st – 2015 BC/YK Summer Skate (Jr)6th/3rd – 2015 Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD)4th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance International (Jr)9th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Jr)9th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)

SEASON’S BESTS:Short Dance: 53.88, Skate Canada ChallengeFree Dance: 85.26, BC/YK SectionalsTotal Score: 136.63, BC/YK Sectionals

�TEAM NOTES:

• Sales & Wamsteeker teamed up in 2014.• This is the first competitive dance partnership for Sales. She was the 2012 Canadian bronze

medalist in novice ladies and trained as an ice dancer on her own before partnering with Wamsteeker.

• Wamsteeker previously skated with Jazlyn Tabachniuk Jessica Jiang. Jiang & Wamsteeker were the 2011 Canadian pre-novice champions. They missed the 2012 Canadian Championships due to injury, and then Wamsteeker spent a year away from the sport before competing with Tabachniuk in the 2013-2014 season.

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Mira Samoisette & Alexander Seidel 

PROFILE:D.O.B.:August 23, 1996 / July 2, 1994Hometowns:St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC / Brossard, QCHome Clubs:CPA St-Jean-sur-Richelieu / CPA BrossardTraining Town:Montréal, QCCoaches:Julien Lalonde, Mylène Girard, Valérie Allard, Lynn McKayChoreographers:


Free Dance:

RESULTS:12th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)5th – 2016 Québec Sectionals (Jr)2nd/3rd – 2015 Octoberfest (Jr) (SD/FD)3rd – 2015 Souvenir Georges-Ethier (Jr)7th/9th – 2015 Québec Summer Championships (Jr) (SD/FD)8th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), FD Group B6th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), SD Group B12th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Jr)11th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)4th – 2015 Québec Sectionals (Jr)10th – 2014 Canadian Championships (Nov)10th – 2014 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)5th – 2014 Québec Sectionals (Nov)

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SEASON’S BESTS:Short Dance: 47.80, OctoberfestFree Dance: 59.47, Souvenir Georges-EthierTotal Score: 103.96, Octoberfest

TEAM NOTES:

• Samoisette & Seidel began skating together in 2013.• Seidel previously skated with Marie-Frédérique Julien and Alliyah Matthews.

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Ashlynne Stairs & Lee Royer  

PROFILE:

D.O.B.:August 16, 2000 / July 28, 1998Hometowns:Calgary, AB / St. Albert, ABHome Clubs:Champions ISC of BCTraining Town:Burnaby, BCCoaches:Megan Wing, Aaron LoweChoreographers:Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe

PROGRAM INFORMATION:Short Dance:Selections from “Cinderella” [Rodgers & Hammerstein]Free Dance:“Slaughter on Tenth Avenue” [R. Rodgers]

RESULTS:6th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)2nd – 2016 BC/YK Sectionals (Jr)8th – 2015 JGP Cup of Austria2nd – 2015 BC/YK Summer Skate (Jr)5th/6th – 2015 Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD)8th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance International (Jr)4th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Nov)6th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)


�TEAM NOTES:

• Stairs & Royer teamed up in 2014.• Stairs previously skated with Bradley Keeping-Myra and Erik Soby. Stairs & Keeping-Myra

were fifth in Canada on the novice level in 2014.• Royer previously skated with Natascha Collier and Kyra Gregory. Collier & Royer were 12th on

the novice level at the 2014 Canadian Championships.• Both partners moved to B.C. in spring 2014 to train in Burnaby. Stairs had been training in

Toronto, while Royer had been in Calgary.

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Valérie Taillefer & Jason Chan 

PROFILE:D.O.B.:April 9, 1999 / August 12, 1996Hometowns:Montréal, QC / Montréal, QCHome Clubs:CPA Des Deux Rives / CPA St-LaurentTraining Town:Pierrefonds, QCCoaches:Elise Hamel, Shawn WinterChoreographers:Shae Zukiwsky

PROGRAM INFORMATION:Short Dance:Selections from “Coppelia” [L. Delibes]Free Dance:“Often a Bird” + “The Fosse” + “Struggle for Pleasure” [W. Mertens]

RESULTS:5th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)2nd – 2016 Québec Sectionals (Jr)1st – 2015 Souvenir Georges-Ethier (Jr)9th – 2015 JGP Bratislava3rd/4th – 2015 Québec Summer Championships (Jr) (SD/FD)6th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), FD Group A5th – 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships (Jr), SD Group A6th – 2015 Canadian Championships (Jr)6th – 2015 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)1st – 2015 Québec Sectionals (Jr)9th – 2014 JGP Ljubljana Cup1st – 2014 Canadian Championships (Nov)1st – 2014 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov)1st – 2014 Québec Sectionals (Nov)10th – 2013 Canadian Championships (Nov)

�3rd – 2013 Québec Sectionals (Nov)20th – 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov)3rd – 2012 Québec Sectionals (Pre-Nov)

SEASON’S BESTS:Short Dance: 52.80, QC Summer ChampionshipsFree Dance: 75.62, Skate Canada ChallengeTotal Score: 124.14, QC Sectionals

TEAM NOTES: 

• Taillefer & Chan began their partnership in July 2011.• They are the 2014 Canadian novice champions.• They have won two Québec sectional titles (novice in 2014 and junior in 2015).

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Danielle Wu & Nik Mirzakhani 

PROFILE:D.O.B.:February 12, 1998 / November 15, 1995Hometowns:Burnaby, BC / Milan (ITA)Home Clubs:Champions ISC of BCTraining Town:Burnaby, BCCoaches:Megan Wing, Aaron LoweChoreographers:Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe


RESULTS:7th – 2016 Skate Canada Challenge (Jr)3rd – 2016 BC/YK Sectionals (Jr)5th – 2015 BC/YK Summer Skate (Jr)


TEAM NOTES:

• Wu & Mirzakhani began their partnership in July 2015.• Wu previously skated with Spencer Soo; they won the 2012 Canadian pre-novice bronze

medal and the 2013 Canadian novice title.• Mirzakhani previously skated with Valentina Gabusi in Italy; they were the 2014 Italian junior

champions.

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Mackenzie Bent & Dmitre Razgulajevs - ice dance...“The Addams Family” Free Dance: Selections from “The Mask of Zorro” [J. Horner]: “Plaza of Execution” + “I Want to Spend