2025-26 Skate Canada International Events Selection Criteria

[Karen-W]

Posted by SkCan today - https://skatecanada.ca/wp-content/u...enior-Challenger-and-International-Events.pdf

• Preference for assignments will be given to skaters/teams who have been assigned to an ISU Grand Prix event for the 2025-26 season.
• Skaters/teams will be considered for assignments if they have consistently attained the following minimum target scores:

• Internationally in the 2024-25 season
• Domestically in the 2024-25 or 2025-26 seasons

Senior International	Men	Women	Pairs	Dance
International Benchmark	204	155	152	154
Domestic Benchmark	219	166	163	165

So, right off the bat, the following skaters will be eligible for Challenger assignments due to their GP assignments:

Men - Roman Sadovsky, Aleksa Rakic, Stephen Gogolev
Women - Madeline Schizas, Sara Maude Dupuis, Katherine Medland Spence
Pairs - Stellato-Dudek/Deschamps, Pereira/Michaud, Laurin/Ethier, Bombardier/Mimar
Dance - Gilles/Poirier, Lajoie/Lagha, Fabbri/Ayer, Lauriault/Le Gac

Additionally, looking over the ISU SB lists -
Men - Wesley Chiu & Matthew Newnham both have SBs that are just a smidge above the Int'l benchmark (206.94 & 205.34 respectively), but I think they'll each get at least 1 Challenger.
Women - Uliana Shiryaeva (178.83), Fee Ann Landry (169.03) and Kaiya Ruiter (165.75) should easily earn at least 1 Challenger assignment each.
Pairs - Desrochers/Thrasher (159.29 JGP) & Ariano Kent/Laliberte Laurent (155.02 JWC) would be in line for a Challenger if they want to earn the Sr CTES mins.
Dance - Hensen/Lickers (165.40) & Gauthier/Thieren (160.75 - JGP) will certainly get at least 1 Challenger. Nguyen/Giang (150.97 JGP) need to bump that score up by quite a bit either domestically or at LPIDI if they want to be assigned to a Challenger.