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Alexandra Aldridge & Daniel Eaton

PROFILE:

D.O.B.: May 7, 1994 / March 26, 1992

Hometown(s): Birmingham, MI / Bloomfield Hills, MI

Home Club(s): Detroit SC / Detroit SC

Training Town: Detroit, MI

Coaches: Angelika Krylova, Liz Swallow, Natalia (Annenko) Deller

Choreographers: Pasquale Camerlango

PROGRAM INFO:

Short Dance: "Falling in Love with Love" by Geoff Love and "Let's Face the Music" by Nat King Cole

Free Dance: "Dramatico" by Edwin Marton and the Monte Carlo Orchestra

RESULTS:

2nd - 2011 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Junior) 4th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Great Britain) 6th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (France) 1st - 2010 US National Championships (Novice) 1st - 2010 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Novice)

TEAM NOTES:

• Aldridge and Eaton formed their partnership in 2009. • Aldridge previously skated with Jonathan Cohn, finishing sixth at the 2009 Pacific Coast Sectionals. • Eaton’s former partners include Brielle O’Connor, Rachael Richardson and Sameena Sheikh. Sheikh & Eaton finished

10th at the 2009 U.S. National Championships.

Lauri Bonacorsi & Travis Mager

PROFILE:

D.O.B.: January 17, 1993 / September 9, 1990

Hometown(s): Ladue, MI / Fulton, MD

Home Club(s): Peninsula Skating Club / IceWorks Skating Club

Training Town: Aston, PA

Coaches: Natalia Linichuk, Gennadi Karponosov

Choreographers: Natalia Linichuk

PROGRAM INFO:

Short Dance: "My Sweet and Tender Beast" by Eugen Doga

Free Dance: "Cuban Pete", "This Business of Love" and "Hey Pachuco!" from the motion picture The Mask

RESULTS:

1st - 2011 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior) 5th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Great Britain) 4th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Romania) 6th - 2010 US National Championships (Junior) 2nd - 2010 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior) 9th - 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Germany) 3rd - 2009 Junior Grand Prix (United States) 1st - 2009 US Nationals (Novice) 1st - 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Novice)

TEAM NOTES:

• Bonacorsi & Mager teamed up in 2008. • They took bronze at their first JGP event.

• Mager was a guest blogger for ice‐dance.com during the 2008 U.S. Championships in St. Paul.

• Bonacorsi is a two-time U.S. Figure Skating Scholastic Team member.

Heather Buckner & Nicholas Taylor

PROFILE:

D.O.B.: June 22, 1992 / January 22, 1993

Hometown(s): Nashville, TN / Huntington, WV

Home Club(s): Nashville FSC / SC of Wilmington

Training Town: Wilmington, DE

Coaches: Andrew Newberry

Choreographers: Irina Romanova

PROGRAM INFO:

Short Dance: "Clef Club #2" and "Waltz for Evelyn" from Ragtime

Free Dance: Music medley from Grease

RESULTS:

3rd - 2011 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Junior) 7th - 2010 US National Championships (Novice) 2nd - 2010 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Novice)

TEAM NOTES:

• Buckner and Taylor formed their partnership in 2009 • Prior to teaming up with Buckner, Taylor skated with Kirsten Seagers for five seasons. They won the silver medal at the

2006 U.S. Junior Championships at the juvenile level. • Taylor is the younger brother of former U.S. ice dancer, Calvin Taylor, who with partner Blake Rosenthal, won the

2003 U.S. intermediate title.

Anastasia Cannuscio & Colin McManus

PROFILE:

D.O.B.: July 1, 1992 / March 10, 1990

Hometown(s): Egg Harbor Township, NJ / Saugus, MA

Home Club(s): University of Delaware / The Skating Club of Boston

Training Town: Newark, DE

Coaches: Karen Ludington, Sasha Kirsanov, Christie Moxley-Huston

Choreographers: Karen Ludington, Sasha Kirsanov

PROGRAM INFO:

Short Dance: "It's a Man's World" by James Brown and "Bust Your Windows" by Jasmine Sullivan

Free Dance: "Carmen Fantasie" by David Garrett and "Cavatina" by Mason Wilson

RESULTS:

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.

• Anastasia is 18 months younger than her sister and on‐ice rival, Isabella.

• Cannuscio & McManus were second alternates to the JGP Final in 2010.

Jenna Dzierzanowki & Vinny Dispenza

PROFILE:

D.O.B.: January 15, 1993 / July 9, 1990

Hometown(s): Coral Springs, FL

Home Club(s): Panthers FSC / Panthers FSC

Training Town:

Coaches: Alan Towers

Choreographers: Alan Towers

PROGRAM INFO:

Short Dance: "I'l be" by Edwin McCain

Free Dance: "Lola" by Sarah Vaughan, Carlos Elita Almaran and Jose Feliciano

RESULTS:

5th - 2011 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior) 5th - 2010 Eastern Sectional Championships (Novice)

TEAM NOTES:

• Dzierzanowki & Dispenza finished fifth at the 2011 Eastern Sectional Championships. As alternates for the U.S. Championships, the team replaces Danvi Pham & Vu Pham who withdrew.

Danielle Gamelin & Alexnder Gamelin

PROFILE:

D.O.B.: February 22, 1993 / February 22, 1993

Hometown(s): Newark, DE / Merrick, NY

Home Club(s): Skating Club of New York / Skating Club of New York

Training Town: Newark, DE

Coaches: Christie Moxley-Huston, Karen Ludington, Alexander Kirsanov

Choreographers: Evgeni Platov, Alexander Kirsanov, Karen Ludington

PROGRAM INFO:

Short Dance: “Keep Holding On” by Avril Lavigne, “Ain’t Got that Swing” by Duke Ellington

Free Dance: "Smooth" by Rob Thomas and Carlos Santana

RESULTS:

3rd - 2011 Eastern Sectional Championships (Junior) 16th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Germany) 5th - 2010 US National Championships (Novice) 2nd - 2010 Eastern Sectional Championships (Novice) 1st - 2009 US Junior Nationals (Intermediate) 2nd - 2009 Eastern Sectional Championships (Intermediate) 3rd - 2008 US Junior Nationals (Juvenile) 1st - 2008 Eastern Sectional Championships (Juvenile) 9th - 2007 US Junior Nationals (Juvenile)

TEAM NOTES:

• Gamelin & Gamelin are twins who have been skating together for five seasons. • They are the 2009 U.S. intermediate champions • The Gamelin's wanted to skate after watching Pasha Grishuk & Evgeny Platov on television. Platov is now the team's

choreographer.

Carina Glastris & Kevin Allison

PROFILE:

D.O.B.: July 25, 1995 / December 27, 1988

Hometown(s): Winnetka, IL / Wheaton, IL

Home Club(s): Dupage FSC / Skokie Valley SC

Training Town:

Coaches: Vladimir Fedorov, Kevin Spada

Choreographers: Anjelika Krylova

PROGRAM INFO:

Short Dance: "Superman" by Thorn Sandi, "Dance with Me" by Debelah Morgan

Free Dance: Music from West Side Story

RESULTS:

4th - 2011 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Junior)

TEAM NOTES:

• Glastris & Allison teamed up in 2010.

Madeline Heritage & Nathaniel Fast

PROFILE:

D.O.B.: November 12, 1994 / November 19, 1991

Hometown(s): Beaverton, OR / West Linn, OR

Home Club(s): Portland Ice Skating Club / Portland Ice Skating Club

Training Town: Portland, OR; San Jose, CA

Coaches: Pam and Jonathon O'Dougherty

Choreographers: Pam and Jonathon O'Dougherty

PROGRAM INFO:

Short Dance: "Mr. Bojangles" by Jerry Jeff Walker and "Things" by Robbie Williams

Free Dance: "Come What May" from Moulin Rouge

RESULTS:

3rd - 2011 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior) 9th - 2010 US National Championships (Novice) 2nd - 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Novice) 8th - 2009 US Junior Nationals (Intermediate) 1st - 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Intermediate) 1st - 2008 US Junior Nationals (Juvenile) 1st - 2008 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Juvenile)

TEAM NOTES:

• Heritage & Fast are the 2008 U.S. juvenile champions.

Charlotte Lichtman & Dean Copely

PROFILE:

D.O.B.: March 26, 1993 / August 28, 1989

Hometown(s): Northville, MI / Newark, DE

Home Club(s): Arctic Figure Skating Club / All Year Figure Skating Club

Training Town: Canton, MI

Coaches: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva, Johnny Johns, Adrienne Lenda

Choreographers: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zoueva

PROGRAM INFO:

Short Dance: "That's Amore" and "An Evening in Rome" by Dean Martin

Free Dance: "The Book", "Travel Music", "Obituaries" and the main theme from Beetlejuice soundtrack

RESULTS:

5th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix Final 3rd - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Germany) 1st - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Austria) 8th - 2010 US National Championships (Junior) 1st - 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior) 4th - 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Croatia) 8th - 2009 Junior Grand Prix (Hungary) 9th - 2009 US National Championships (Junior) 2nd - 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior)

TEAM NOTES:

• Copely previously skated with Anastasia Cannuscio and Ashley Foy. He and Cannuscio won the bronze medal at the 2007 U.S. National Championships.

Lorraine McNamara & Quinn Carpenter

PROFILE:

D.O.B.: February 18, 1999 / February 24, 1996

Hometown(s): /

Home Club(s): Peninsula Skating Club / Washington FSC

Training Town: Wheaton, MD

Coaches: Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmytri Ilin

Choreographers: Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak

PROGRAM INFO:

Short Dance: "Russian Waltz" by Lesley Spencer, "La Morocha" by Los Del 40

Free Dance: "Smile" and "Salt Lake City Episode" by Charlie Chaplin

RESULTS:

2nd - 2011 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior) 6th - 2010 US National Championships (Novice) 4th - 2010 Eastern Sectional Championships (Novice) 4th - 2009 US Junior Nationals (Intermediate) 4th - 2009 Eastern Sectional Championships (Intermediate) 4th - 2008 US Junior Nationals (Juvenile)

TEAM NOTES:

• McNamara & Carpenter have been skating together for five years.

• Coaches Alexei Kiliakov and Elena Novak are former competitors who toured with Tatiana Tarasova’s “Russian All‐Stars” and “Disney on Ice”. They founded Wheaton Ice Skating Academy in 2003.

Anastasia Olson & Jordan Cowan

PROFILE:

D.O.B.: July 18, 1992 / June 20, 1990

Hometown(s): Northville, MI / Los Angeles, CA

Home Club(s): Detroit Skating Club / All Year Figure Skating Club

Training Town: Detroit, MI

Coaches: Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo, Elizabeth Punsalan, Natalia Deller

Choreographers: Angelika Krylova, Pasquale Camerlengo

PROGRAM INFO:

Short Dance: "You Don't Know Me" and "Down with Love" by Michael Buble

Free Dance: "Zoot Suit Riot" by Cherry Poppin' Daddies; "(Don't You) Feel my Leg" by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

RESULTS:

1st - 2011 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Junior) 8th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) 6th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Austria) 5th - 2010 US National Championships (Junior) 2nd - 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior) 2nd - 2009 US National Championships (Novice) 1st - 2009 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Novice) 4th - 2008 US National Championships (Novice) 1st - 2008 Midwestern Sectional Championships (Novice)

TEAM NOTES:

• With former partner Greg Zuerlein, Olson won the pewter medal at the juvenile level in 2004 and bronze at intermediate in 2005 at U.S. Junior National Championships.

• Cowan previously skated with Kaylyn Patitucci and Michaela Cook. • Olson & Cowan were scheduled to compete on the JGP circuit in 2009, but a training accident severed tendons on

Cowan's hand. Surgery was required and forced them to miss their assignments.

Natalie Wojton & Michael Soyfer

PROFILE:

D.O.B.: March 27, 1994 / December 10, 1990

Hometown(s): Limerick, PA / Huntingdon Valley, PA

Home Club(s): Peninsula SC / IceWorks Skating Club

Training Town: Ardmore, PA ; Aston, PA

Coaches: Robbie Kaine, Cheryl Demkowski Snyder

Choreographers: Leif Gislason, Cheryl Demkowski Snyder

PROGRAM INFO:

Short Dance: "The Only Exception" by Josh Farro and "Heartbroken" by Meaghan Smith

Free Dance: Music from The Triplets of Belleville

RESULTS:

4th - 2011 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior) 11th - 2010 US National Championships (Junior) 4th - 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior) 11th - 2009 US National Championships (Novice) 4th - 2009 Eastern Sectional Championships (Novice) 5th - 2008 Eastern Sectional Championships (Novice) 9th - 2007 US Junior Nationals (Intermediate) 8th - 2006 US Junior Nationals (Juvenile)

TEAM NOTES:

• Wojton & Soyfer have been skating together for six seasons, making them fourth in the longest current partnerships in the U.S (of those team competing at Nationals).

• In May 2009, Soyfer was in a major car accident that left him in a coma with a fractured skull and a shattered arm.

Joylyn Yang & Jean-Luc Baker

PROFILE:

D.O.B.: December 23, 1995 / October 7, 1993

Hometown(s): Mukeltio, WA / Edmonds, WA

Home Club(s): Seattle Skating Club / Seattle Skating Club

Training Town: Seattle, WA

Coaches: Sharon Jones Baker, Steve Baker

Choreographers: Sharon Jones Baker, Steve Baker

PROGRAM INFO:

Short Dance: "Chudat Medoni (My Favorite Things)" by Oleg Fesov

Free Dance: "Windmills of your Mind" by Vic Damone; "Windmills of Your Mind" by Parenthetical Girls

RESULTS:

1st - 2011 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Junior) 10th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) 7th - 2010 Junior Grand Prix (Japan) 3rd - 2010 US National Championships (Novice) 1st - 2010 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Novice) 7th - 2009 US National Championships (Novice) 3rd - 2009 Pacific Coast Sectional Championships (Novice) 1st - 2008 US Junior Nationals (Intermediate) 1st - 2007 US Junior Nationals (Juvenile)

TEAM NOTES:

• Yang & Baker teamed up in the summer of 2006.

• The team is coached by Jean‐Luc's parents. His mother is a four‐time British ice dance champion and 1988 Olympian.

• This is Yang & Baker’s third trip to the US National Championships.