Status of US Ice-Dancing off season

[reese]

I hope Emily has left Marina/Igor. My guess is she has.

[Jessica]

I hope Emily has left Marina/Igor. My guess is she has.

I certainly hope she had left them. I wish her Grandfather would post and let us know how she's doing.

[skatemommy]

I would imagine she is back with Yasa & Yuri. Leaving them is what started this mess.

[skatemommy]

Emily just posted on Facebook, "decision time is fast approaching"

[OrioleBeagle]

I hope that doesn't mean that she is thinking about retiring!

Could she be thinking about moving somewhere else to train? That might mean changing colleges too.

[LilJen]

It could just mean that Sept 1 is fast approaching--deadline to register for Regionals/Sectionals.

[OrioleBeagle]

It could just mean that Sept 1 is fast approaching--deadline to register for Regionals/Sectionals.

I like your guess better!

[hlp728]

Fingers crossed Emily has found that perfect partner!!! Any ideas who she may have tried out with?

[hlp728]

Emily's (Samuelson) twitter today: Decisions, decisions, decisions! Life is getting exciting! =)

https://twitter.com/#!/emilysamuelson

[Rochelle]

Current Known Status of Teams from 2011 US Nationals:

* = currently listed on icepartnersearch.com

1 Meryl Davis/Charlie White (W1)
2 Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani (W3)
3 Madison Chock/Greg Zuerlein (W9) - split; he has retired
4 Madison Hubbell/Keiffer Hubbell - split
5 Lynn Kriengkrairut/Logan Giulietti-Schmitt
6 Isabella Cannuscio/Ian Lorello
7 Shannon Wingle/Timothy McKernan
8 Rachel Tibbetts/Collin Brubaker* - split
9 Meredith Zuber/Kyle Herring
10 Ginna Hoptman/Pavel Filchenkov
11 *Alissandra Aronow/Zachary Donohue - split
12 Kristen Nardozzi/Robert Cuthbertson
13 Katharine Zeigler/Baxter Burbank - split
14 *Alison Carey/Ryan Van Natten* - split
15 Katherine Pilgrim/Alexander Lorello
Emily Samuelson/Evan Bates - split

Moving up to Senior/registered for Lake Placid IDC:
J1 Charlotte Lichtman/Dean Copely (JW3)
J3 Anastasia Cannuscio/Colin McManus (JW7)
J4 Anastasia Olson/Jordan Cowan
J11 Carina Glastris/Kevin Allison
N6 Brittany Schmucker/Adam Munday
Janine Halstead/Robert Knopf

New partnership in Senior:
Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue

Reportedly looking for a partner and not listed on IPS.com:
Evan Bates, Madison Chock, Keiffer Hubbell, Emily Samuelson

Listed on IPS.com:
Collin Brubaker, Ryan Van Natten
Alissandra Aronow, Piper Gilles, Alison Carey

Curious as to where we are at with the US Senior Ice Dance Teams... and wondering how packed Sectionals may be after all as a result.

All three sectionals take place Nov. 15-Nov. 20 this year.

Possible Byes:

Meryl Davis/Charlie White (Russia Grand Prix the following week)
Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani (NKH the previous week)
Lynn Kriengkrairut/Logan Giulietti-Schmitt (NHK the previous week)
*Hmm. Interesting no dance teams are currently assigned to Trophee Eric Bombard that same weekend as Sectionals... perhaps with so many dance teams training with the top coaches it was more of a coach choice than a coincidence?

Anyone else who may receive a bye?

Possible Senior Sectionals Distribution:
**Moving up to Senior/registered for Lake Placid IDC, per Silvia's post above

Easterns:
Isabella Cannuscio/Ian Lorello (East)
Meredith Zuber/Kyle Herring (East)
Ginna Hoptman/Pavel Filchenkov (East)
Katherine Pilgrim/Alexander Lorello (East)
**Janine Halstead/Robert Knopf (East)
**J3 Anastasia Cannuscio/Colin McManus (JW7) (East)

Mids:
Shannon Wingle/Timothy McKernan(Mids)
Kristen Nardozzi/Robert Cuthbertson (Mids)
(New) Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue (Mids - though he was All Year last year, and still competed in Mids)
(New) Evan Bates/Madison Chock (Mids or Pacs? She was All Year last year)
**J11 Carina Glastris/Kevin Allison (Mids)
**N6 Brittany Schmucker/Adam Munday (Mids)
**J4 Anastasia Olson/Jordan Cowan (Mids or Pacs 3 out of 4 years they've chosen Mids)
(New) Kristen Nardozzi / Nick Traxler (Mids)

Pacifics:
**J1 Charlotte Lichtman/Dean Copely (JW3) (Mids or Pacs? They've always chosen PACS so far)

Reportedly looking for a partner and not listed on IPS.com:
Keiffer Hubbell, Emily Samuelson

Listed on IPS.com (Is this still accurate?):
Collin Brubaker, Ryan Van Natten
Alissandra Aronow, Piper Gilles, Alison Carey

[Sylvia]

Kristen Nardozzi reportedly has teamed up recently with Nick Traxler, according to this thread in GSD: http://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/showthread.php?t=79840
I assume they will compete out of Mids.

Relevant threads in GSD:

Has Emily S found a partner?

New CDN ice dance team - Gilles & Poirier

ETA:

Anyone else who may receive a bye?

Not that I know of right now. Byes to 2012 Nationals due to their top 5 Senior level finish at 2011 Nationals (in addition to their scheduled GP assignments): Davis/White, Shibutani/Shibutani, Kriengkrairut/Giulietti-Schmitt.

[Rochelle]

Thanks Syliva!

[Sylvia]

Here are some of the Senior, Junior and Novice Dance entries for the Challenge Cup competition (Sept. 8-11, 2011, hosted by the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society in Ardmore, PA):

SENIOR: I. Cannuscio/I. Lorello, A. Cannuscio/McManus, Zuber/Herring, Pilgrim/A. Lorello, Hoptman/Filchenkov, Halstead/Knopf

JUNIOR: Parsons/Parsons, McNamara/Carpenter, Pham/Pham, Pogrebinsky/Gudis, Jeandell/Dodge

NOVICE: Grant/Skala, M. Lorello/Dean, Miller/MacMillan, Pfeifer/G. Lorello

[fan]

Are the 4 lorrelos related?

[~tapdancer~]

Are the 4 lorrelos related?

Pretty sure they are all siblings.

[Sylvia]

Yes, all 4 ice dancing Lorellos are siblings! Scroll down to the Notes section in Isabella Cannuscio/Ian Lorello's ISU bio: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00010376.htm

A January 2011 article about the University of Delaware's Nationals Send-Off Show mentioned the Lorellos' ages: "... 14-year-old twins Meara and Grant, Alexander, 23, and Ian, 20."

[BlueRidge]

Chock/Bates are scheduled to debut their programs on the Onyx Challenge in Rochester, Michigan next week. Their free dance is set to a jazzy version of "Chopin's Prelude in e minor," according to the recent Icenetwork article on the Canton dance teams. Bates also mentioned in the article that they are hoping for a Senior B assignment and to be considered for the TBA spot at Skate America.

So what happened with Chock & Bates? Have they skated? Has anyone heard anything?

[TanithandBenFan]

So what happened with Chock & Bates? Have they skated? Has anyone heard anything?

The Onyx Challenge is this weekend, but I don't see ice dance on the schedule. Are C/B just doing an exhibition?

[TanithandBenFan]

Sylvia just answered my question with this tweet:

Madison Chock/Evan Bates debuted their Short Dance (scored 60.59) & Free Dance (77.27) in exhibition today at Onyx Challenge in MIchigan.

[BlueRidge]

thanks TBF and Sylvia. That's good to hear that they skated!