senior men - US Figure Skating
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senior men - US Figure Skating
s e n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s jeremy abbott Born: June 5, 1985 – Aspen, Colo. Height: 5’9” Home Club: Broadmoor SC Hometown: Colorado Springs, Colo. Training Town: Colorado Springs, Colo. Coaches: Tom Zakrajsek, Damon Allen, Becky Calvin & Eddie Shipstad Choreographers: Tom Dickson & Damon Allen, Jeremy Abbott & Kurt Browning Short Program Music: “Treat” by Carlos Santana Free Skate Music: Ghost Waltz” from the Mistletoe Bride ballet by Paul Chihara, “Jazz Suite Waltz” from the Eyes Wide Shut soundtrack, “River Waltz” from The Painted Veil soundtrack and “Masquerade Waltz” by Aram Khachaturian COMPETITIVE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th 2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th 2002 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th 2007 2007 2006 2006 2005 2005 2005 2004 2004 Four Continents Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Finlandia Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Nebelhorn Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18th Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st Southwestern Regional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2nd Southwestern Regional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2003 2003 2002 2002 2001 2001 2000 2000 1999 1999 1998 1998 1997 1996 Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th Southwestern Regional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Southwestern Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th Southwestern Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Junior Nationals-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th Southwestern Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Midwestern Sectional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Southwestern Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Junior Olympics-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th Southwestern Regional-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Southwestern Regional-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Southwestern Regional-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION PROGRAM U.S. SCORE EVENT Short Prog. 69.47 2007 Midwestern Sectional Free Skate 136.47 2007 U.S. Championships Final Score 201.63 2007 Midwestern Sectional SKATING NOTES PERSONAL NOTES skating ... Started to skate at age 2 because he saw Robin Cousins skate in a show in Aspen, Colo. ... Participated in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program ... Competed in ice dancing with Amanda Cunningham (1995-1996) and Katie Hoffmaster (19971998), and in pairs with Brittany Vise (1998-1999) and Krystal Sorenson local male figure skaters ... Goals are to recruit more male figure skaters and to help them financially ... Has a passion for music but says he “cannot play an instrument to save my life.” ... Hobbies are drawing, writing, snowboarding and reading ... Not many people know that he has a tattoo ... Biggest life-defining moment was win- (2001-2002) ... Former coach was Peggy Behr ... Overcame a stress fracture in his lower back during the summer of 2003 ... Has dealt with quad tendonitis during the past two summers. ning the U.S. Championships in 2005 ... Sister was a national-level downhill ski racer and competed in the X Games for extreme skiing ... Would like to meet Lance Armstrong and Robin Cousins ... Works by editing music for other skaters ... Favorite movie is Breakfast at Tiffany’s ... Mother is the director of communications for the famous Goals are to make the 2007 World Team and to have fun with his Started a fund with the Aspen Skating Club to support competitive Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. s e n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s RYAN BRADLEY Born: Nov. 17, 1983 – St. Joseph, Mo. Height: 5’11” Home Club: Broadmoor SC Hometown: St. Joseph, Mo. Training Town: Colorado Springs, Colo. School: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Coaches: Tom Zakrajsek & Becky Calvin Choreographers: Nikoli Morozov & Braden Overett Short Program Music: “The Godfather” Free Skate Music: “Charlie Chaplin” COMPETITIVE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th 2003 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th 2002 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th 2001 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th 2000 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th 1999 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 1998 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 1997 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15th 2002 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15th 2000 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th 1999 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th 2007 2007 2006 2006 2006 2006 2005 2004 2004 2004 2004 2003 Four Continents Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th U.S. Collegiate Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Southwestern Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st U.S. Collegiate Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Four Continents Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th Southwestern Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Four Continents Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2003 2002 2002 2002 2000 2000 2000 2000 2000 1999 1999 1999 1999 1999 1998 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1996 1996 1995 1995 1995 1994 1994 1993 Southwestern Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th Vienna Cup (Karl Schaefer Memorial). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Southwestern Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Golden Spin of Zagreb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Junior Grand Prix (Poland). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Junior Grand Prix (Mexico City). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Southwestern Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th Junior Grand Prix (Stockholm). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Junior Grand Prix (Montreal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Gardena Spring Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st World Junior Team Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Hungarian Trophy-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Grand Prix St. Gervais. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Triglav Trophy-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Southwestern Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st NACS (Ottawa)-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Southwestern Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Southwestern Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Junior Olympics-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Midwestern Sectional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Southwestern Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Junior/Intermediate Nationals-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th Southwestern Regional-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Southwestern Regional-Pre-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION PROGRAM U.S. SCORE EVENT Short Prog. 73.58 2007 U.S. Championships Free Skate 145.63 2007 U.S. Championships Final Score 219.21 2007 U.S. Championships SKATING NOTES Began skating at the age of 2 because his sister skated ... Participated in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program (1985-88) ... His sister and parents were also figure skaters ... His sister, Becky, is now a figure skating coach. PERSONAL NOTES Bradley is studying business at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs ... Volunteers at the Broadmoor Skating Club and coaches at the World Arena ... Hobbies include reading, tennis and video games ... Would one day like to go to graduate school at Kansas University ... Has had multiple surgeries on his knees ... Would like to meet Michael Jordan. s e n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s wesley campbell Born: December 12, 1985 Height: 6’2” Home Club: Nashville FSC Hometown: Brentwood, Tenn. Training Town: Ashburn, Va. Coach: Laura Sanders Short Program Music: “Violin Concerto #9” by Mendelssohn Free Skate Music: “New World Symphony” by Dvorak COMPETITIVE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14th 2005 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25th 2005 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd 2005 Eastern Great Lakes Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2004 Junior Grand Prix (China). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th 2008 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2007 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th 2007 Eastern Great Lakes Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2006 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th 2006 North Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION PROGRAM U.S. SCORE EVENT Short Prog. 69.49 2008 Midwestern Sectionals Free Skate 135.69 2008 Midwestern Sectionals Final Score 205.18 2008 Midwestern Sectionals SKATING NOTES Started skating at age 5 after watching the 1988 Olympic Winter Games PERSONAL NOTES Wesley attended Hillsboro High School in Nashville and graduated third in his class in 2004...Was a winner of the Presidential Award for Academic Excellence..Hobbies include writing, driving, listening to loud music with his friend Morgan Matthews, thrift store shopping with Morgan (in hopes of random vintage finds), traveling and concerts. s e n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s STEPHEN CARRIERE Born: June 15, 1989 – Melrose, Mass. Height: 5’7” Home Club: The Skating Club of Boston Hometown: Wakefield, Mass. Training Town: Boston, Mass. School: Boston College Coaches: Peter Johansson & Mark Mitchell Choreographers: Jamie Isley & Mark Mitchell Short Program Music: “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin Free Skate Music: “Zoot Suit” medley COMPETITIVE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2006 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2006 Junior Grand Prix (Netherlands). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2006 Junior Grand Prix (Hungary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2005 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th 2005 Junior Grand Prix (Bulgaria) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2005 Junior Grand Prix (Slovakia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2005 Eastern Sectional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2004 2004 2004 2004 Junior Grand Prix (Ukraine). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Triglav Trophy-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st New England Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2003 NACS (Ohio)-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th 2003 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th 2003 New England Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2002 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th 2002 New England Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2001 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14th 2001 New England Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION PROGRAM U.S. SCORE EVENT Short Prog. 64.34 2007 U.S. Championships Free Skate 126.88 2006 U.S. Championships Final Score 189.04 2007 U.S. Championships SKATING NOTES Goals include making a good debut on the senior level ... Began skating at age 5 after seeing the 1994 Olympic Winter Games with Nancy Kerrigan, who was from his local area in Massachusetts ... His mom put him in hockey skates to learn and soon discovered that he had a talent for figure skating ... Began in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program in Stoneham, Mass. ... Has skated in shows with Kerrigan. PERSONAL NOTES Achieved a 5:40 mile for an annual one-mile competition ... Has been on high honor roll from grades 7-11 ... Works at the Skater’s Landing shop at The Skating Club of Boston ... Also participates with the Junior Activities Committee at the club ... Hobbies include working out, running, going to the beach and playing tennis ... Says he has a solid dedication to school and grades ... Biggest life-defining moment was his clean free skate at the 2006 U.S. Championships and earning a spot on the World Junior team ... Wants to be a sports medicine doctor, physical therapist and coach ... Most prized possession is his iPod ... His cousin Caroline Hallisey was a U.S. speed skater who competed at the 1998 and 2002 Olympic Winter Games, and he has an aunt who competed with the Haydenettes synchronized skating team ... Would like to meet Ellen DeGeneres because she is “amazingly funny” ... Music on his iPod includes Imogen Heap, Duncan Sheik, Foo Fighters, John Legend and Kanye West. s e n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s DERRICK DELMORE Born: Dec. 12, 1978 – Andrews AFB, Md. Height: 5’8” Home Club: Washington FSC Hometown: Ft. Washington, Md. Training Towns: Alexandria, Va., and Los Angeles, Calif. Coach: Shirley Hughes Choreographers: Derrick Delmore, Shirley Hughes & Jill Shipstad Thomas Short Program Music: “Malaguena” Free Skate Music: “Harlem Nocturne” by Earl Hagen, “Puttin on the Ritz” by Capital Lounge Series, “Blues in the Night” by Arlen and Mercer and “Whacked Out Conspiracy” by James Dooley. COMPETITIVE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th 2005 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th 2003 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WD 2002 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th 2001 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th 2000 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th 1999 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th 1998 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th 1997 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th 1996 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WD 1995 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th 1994 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th 1993 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th 1992 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 1998 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 1995 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th 2007 2007 2006 2006 2005 2005 2005 2005 2004 2004 2003 2002 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st South Atlantic Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Nebelhorn Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Golden Spin of Zagreb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating Challenge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Four Continents Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Nebelhorn Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Finlandia Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th 2002 2002 2002 2001 2000 2000 2000 2000 1999 1999 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1997 1997 1996 1996 1996 1996 1995 1994 1994 1994 1993 1993 1992 1992 1991 1991 1991 Smart Ones Skate America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th Four Continents Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Nebelhorn Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Vienna Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Nebelhorn Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd South Atlantic Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Finlandia Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th U.S. Collegiate Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Nebelhorn Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th World Junior Selections Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Junior Grand Prix (Hungary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th Junior Grand Prix (Sofia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th World Junior Selections Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Vienna Cup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th Junior Grand Prix (St. Gervais). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st World Junior Selections Competition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd U.S. Olympic Festival. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Pokal Der Blauen Schwerter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17th U.S. Olympic Festival. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Eastern Sectional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Eastern Sectional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd South Atlantic Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st South Atlantic Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st J/I Nationals-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Eastern Sectional (figures)-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Eastern Sectional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION PROGRAM U.S. SCORE EVENT Short Prog. 64.28 2007 Eastern Sectional Free Skate 132.60 2007 U.S. Championships Final Score 195.09 2007 U.S. Championships SKATING NOTES Began skating at age 8 because he didn’t have anything active to do during the winter months, and he wasn’t good at other sports ... Was named to U.S. Figure Skating’s 1996 Scholastic Honors Team. PERSONAL NOTES Declared that last year would be his final year of competitive singles skating but reconsidered after the 2007 State U.S. Championships ... Hopes to secure a pairs partner for the 2008-09 season ... Skated in an off-Broadway musical starring Oksana Baiul titled “Cold as Ice” ... Was a classical pianist and earned the Paderewski medal in 1995 for 10 years of playing at the national level ... Graduated from Stanford University in June 2000, with a double major in communications and psychology ... Future plans include coaching and choreography, and going back to school to become a psychologist. s e n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s ELIOT HALVERSON Born: Nov. 8, 1990 – Bogota, Colombia Height: 5’7” Home Club: Saint Paul FSC Hometown: Saint Paul, Minn. Training Town: Saint Paul, Minn. School: Home school Coaches: Ted Engelking & Ann Eidson Choreographer: Svetlana Kulikova Short Program Music: “Libertango” by Bond Free Skate Music: “2046 Main Theme” by Shigeru Umebayashi and “Nostradamu” by Maksim Mrvica COMPETITIVE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th 2007 Midwestern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2007 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2006 Junior Grand Prix (Netherlands). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd 2006 Junior Grand Prix (Hungary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd 2006 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2005 Triglav Trophy-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2005 Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd 2005 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2004 NACS (Waterloo)-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2004 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2004 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2003 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd 2003 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1st JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION PROGRAM U.S. SCORE EVENT Short Prog. 68.07 2007 UGL Regional-Jr. Free Skate 123.38 2008 Midwestern Sectionals Final Score 189.59 2007 U.S. Championships-Jr. SKATING NOTES Goals are to skate well in the Junior Grand Prix Series and make the JGP Final ... Wants to place in the top six at the U.S. Championships and medal at the World Junior Championships ... Also wants to grow as a person off the ice and as a skater on the ice ... Began skating at age 6 because his house was next to a pond ... He would copy all the moves he saw on TV ... When the 1998 World Championships were held in in Minneapolis, his mom took him out of first grade all week and they watched every event ... Began in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program in 1996-97 ... His first memory was seeing Olympian Jill Trenary’s display in the rink lobby - he couldn’t believe someone from Minnesota was in the Olympics ... Selected to be on a nationally-televised PBS television show, “DragonFly-TV,” for a special segment on the scientific effects that figure skating spins have on balance/eye movement ... Part-time learn-to-skate instructor. PERSONAL NOTES Halverson’s family has been a foster family for displaced dogs until a “forever home” can be found ... He and his brother, Ian, 17, were born in Bogota, Colombia, while his sister was born in Asuncion, Paraguay ... All three were adopted separately as infants, and his mother spent nine weeks in Colombia awaiting a judge’s signature for his adoption papers ... He came home to the United States on Mother’s Day...Most prized possession is his baby blanket ... Hobbies include reading, listening to new music and hanging out with friends ... Favorite foreign city he has traveled to is The Hague, Netherlands ... While in Slovenia for the 2005 Triglav Trophy, he traveled to Venice, where he watched an artist paint his own watercolor of San Marco Square ... Biggest life-defining moment was moving to the Saint Paul Figure Skating Club ... Says not many people know that he is afraid of needles ... Has a passion for trying new food ... Says he writes with his left hand but jumps to the right ... Would like to meet J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, because she has an amazing imagination and talent for creating brilliant stories ... After skating, would like to go into design, advertising or marketing. s e n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s EVAN LYSACEK Born: June 4, 1985 – Chicago, Ill. Height: 6’1” Home Club: DuPage FSC Hometown: Naperville, Ill. Training Town: El Segundo, Calif. Coach: Frank Carroll Choreographers: Lori Nichol & Kurt Browning Short Program Music: Selections from the“Zorro” soundtracks Free Skate Music: Selections from “Tosca” by Giacomo Puccini COMPETITIVE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships................ 1st 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships.............. 2nd 2005 State Farm U.S. Championships............... 3rd 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships............... 5th 2003 State Farm U.S. Championships............... 7th 2002 State Farm U.S. Championships............. 12th 2001 State Farm U.S. Championships............. 12th 2000 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior..... 1st 1999 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice... 1st WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS & OLYMPICS 2007 World Championships............................... 5th 2006 World Championships............................... 3rd 2006 Olympic Winter Games............................. 4th 2005 World Championships............................... 3rd 2004 World Junior Championships................... 2nd 2003 World Junior Championships................... 2nd 2001 World Junior Championships................... 2nd 2007 Four Continents Championships............... 1st 2006 Cup of China............................................... 1st 2006 Skate America........................................... 2nd 2006 Campbell’s Cup (Team USA Men)........... 1st 2005 NHK Trophy................................................ 2nd 2005 Smart Ones Skate America..................... 2nd 2005 Campbell’s Classic.................................... 6th 2005 Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating Challenge.. 1st 2005 Four Continents Championships............... 1st 2004 Cup Of Russia............................................. 5th 2004 Marshalls World Skating Challenge......... 5th 2004 Four Continents Championships.............. 3rd 2003 Junior Grand Prix Final................................ 1st 2003 Junior Grand Prix (Croatia)........................ 1st 2003 Junior Grand Prix (Japan).......................... 1st 2003 Four Continents Championships............ 10th 2003 Midwestern Sectional................................. 1st 2003 Upper Great Lakes Regional..................... 1st 2002 Junior Grand Prix Final............................... 5th 2002 Junior Grand Prix (Canada).................... 2nd 2002 Junior Grand Prix (France)....................... 2nd 2002 Triglav Trophy-Junior................................... 1st 2002 Midwestern Sectional............................... 2nd 2000 Junior Grand Prix Final............................... 8th 2001 Midwestern Sectional................................ 3rd 2000 Junior Grand Prix (Norway)...................... 2nd 2000 Junior Grand Prix (Germany).................. 2nd 2000 Midwestern Sectional-Novice................. 2nd 1999 Junior Grand Prix (Stockholm)................... 1st 1999 Junior Grand Prix (Montreal).................... 7th 1999 NACS (Toronto)-Junior . ............................. 1st 1999 Midwestern Sectional-Novice................. 2nd 1999 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Novice..... 2nd 1998 Midwestern Sectional-Novice.................. 5th 1998 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Novice..... 2nd 1997 NACS (Edmonton)-Novice........................ 5th 1997 Junior Olympics-Intermediate.................. 4th 1997 Midwestern Sectional-Intermediate......... 1st 1997 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Intermediate.... 1st 1996 Junior Olympics-Juvenile........................... 1st 1996 Upper Great Lakes Regional-Juvenile... 2nd JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION PROGRAM U.S. SCORE EVENT Short Prog. 78.99 2007 U.S. Championships Free Skate 169.89 2007 U.S. Championships Final Score 248.88 2007 U.S. Championships SKATING NOTES Goal for this season is to improve on his personal best scores ... Lysacek’s first Grand Prix win came at the 2006 Cup of China ... Injured his hip during practice while at the 2006 Grand Prix Final in St. Petersburg and had to withdraw ... Is the winningest U.S. man in Four Continents history with three medals ... Began skating at age 8 after his grandmother bought him skates ... “My grandmother aspired to be in the Ice Capades. She bought us skates for Christmas, and my mother signed my older sister and me up for group lessons. After that, I learned fast.” ... He started in group lessons wanting to play hockey but began succeeding in figure skating ... He has claimed U.S. titles on the juvenile, novice and junior levels ... Overcame a left hip stress fracture in the latter half of 2004 ... Formerly coached by Viktor Kudriaftsev. PERSONAL NOTES Graduated from Neuqua Valley High School in 2003 ... Member of his high school senior prom court ... Earned a number of aca- demic achievement awards including the 1999 Presidential Award for Academic Excellence ... Honor roll throughout his high school career ... He has two sisters — the younger plays on a nationally ranked volleyball club ... Lysacek participated in Target - A Time For Heroes, a celebrity charity event for the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation ... He also supports the Dana Farber Cancer Research Institute (Jimmy Fund) ... Most prized possessions are his truck, his favorite Rogan hoodie and an orthodox cross ... Hobbies include golf, cars, music and surfing... Has a passion for music, going out, SportsCenter and MTV ... Says he’s “really chill,” and he “keeps it real” ... Says most people might not know he has always wanted to be a lead singer in a rock band ... If he could be on any reality show, it would be “The Surreal Life” because they “always have crazy people on it” ... Biggest life-defining moment has been moving to L.A. and living away from home ... Interested in modeling and acting ... Would like to meet Donald Trump - wait, he already has - because of his determination and ambition ... Music on his iPod includes Bloc Party, The Format, The Thrilles, New Found Glory and David Banner ... Besides Christmas, favorite holiday is Earth Day “because planet Earth rocks” ... His biggest accomplishment out- s e n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s braden overett Born: Nov. 17, 1983 – St. Joseph, Mo. Height: 5’11” Home Club: Broadmoor SC Hometown: St. Joseph, Mo. Training Town: Colorado Springs, Colo. School: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Coaches: Tom Zakrajsek & Becky Calvin Choreographers: Nikoli Morozov & Braden Overett Short Program Music: “The Godfather” Free Skate Music: “Charlie Chaplin” COMPETITIVE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th 2005 U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th 2008 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd 2008 Southwestern Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2007 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th 2007 Southwestern Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2006 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION PROGRAM U.S. SCORE EVENT Short Prog. 67.51 2008 Midwestern Sectionals Free Skate 132.75 2007 Southwestern Regionals Final Score 198.48 2007 Southwestern Regionals SKATING NOTES Began skating at age 9 because he watched figure skating on TV and wanted to be able to perform the same moves PERSONAL NOTES Favorite TV shows are Seinfeld, Frasier, M*A*S*H, Friends, Will and Grace South Park and The Family Guy...Supports the charity Coach Art...Loves sushi...Hobbies include poker, having coffee with friends, philosophical conversations with my parents, chess, mountain and road biking, camping and making things from furniture to clothing...If he could be on any reality TV show it would be The Amazing Race...Listens to “everything” on his iPod...has “the best dog I would ask for; a lab-border collie mix named Bentley” s e n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s parker pennington Born: Sept. 13, 1984 – Hartford, Conn. Height: 5’7” Home Club: Broadmoor SC Hometown: Windsor, Conn. Training Town: Fairfax, Va. School: George Mason University Coaches: Audrey Weisiger, Ross Lansel, Chris Conte & Nick Perna Choreographers: Nikoli Morozov, Pasquale Camerlengo, Parker Pennington Short Program Music: “Flamenco Mix” Free Skate Music: “Xotika” & “Journey of Man” by Cirque Du Soleil COMPETITIVE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th 2005 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WD 2003 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th 2002 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th 2001 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2000 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 1999 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd 1998 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2003 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . WD 1999 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th 2007 2006 2006 2005 2004 2003 2003 2003 2003 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2002 2001 2001 Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Nebelhorn Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Finlandia Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th Junior Grand Prix (Bratislava). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th Junior Grand Prix (Poland). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st North Atlantic Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Junior Grand Prix (Italy). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Junior Grand Prix (Arizona). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Gardena Spring Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Midwestern Sectional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Eastern Great Lakes Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th SKATING NOTES Pennington is the only man to claim U.S. titles on each of the juvenile, intermediate, novice and junior levels ... Began skating at age 3 because he was so active ... Participated in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program in 1989. PERSONAL NOTES Pennington won several academic awards at Lakewood High School ... Plans to attend George Mason University ... Supports finding a cure for Muscular Dystrophy, because his father was 2001 2001 2000 2000 1999 1999 1998 1998 1998 1999 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1996 1996 1996 1995 1995 Junior Grand Prix (Ukraine). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Triglav Trophy-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Midwestern Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Junior Grand Prix (Japan). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Junior Grand Prix (Netherlands). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th China Junior International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th Junior Grand Prix (China). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th Junior Grand Prix (Bulgaria) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th World Junior Team Selection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Sofia Cup-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Triglav Trophy-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Midwestern Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Junior Olympics-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Midwestern Sectional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Junior Olympics-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Eastern Great Lakes Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION PROGRAM U.S. SCORE EVENT Short Prog. 68.56 2007 U.S. Championships Free Skate 132.17 2006 U.S. Championships Final Score 197.03 2006 U.S. Championships diagnosed with the disease several years ago, and breast cancer, because he is close with several survivors ... Most prized possession is his pug Mocha ... Hobbies include tennis, ping pong, movies, shopping, hanging out with friends and cooking ... Says not many people know he wants to learn how to play the guitar and paint ... If he could be on any reality show, it would be “So You Think You Can Dance?” ... He’d like to teach skating and travel the world after his competitive career ... Younger brother, Colin, also figure skates and won the 2003 U.S. novice title ... Listens to Deathcab for Cutie, Nada Surf, Keane, Coldplay, Snow Patrol and 3 Doors Down ... Favorite foods are Greek, Thai, Indian and Italian cuisine. s e n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s dennis phan Born: September 8, 1985 Height: 5’4” Home Club: All Year FSC Hometown: Indio, Calif.. Training Town: Riverside, Calif. School: xxx Coach: Tammy Gambill Choreographer: David Wilson Short Program Music: “Summertime” by George Gershwin Free Skate Music: “Piano Concerto No. 1” by Peter llyich COMPETITIVE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th 2008 2007 2006 2006 2005 2006 2004 2004 Pacific Coast Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Pacific Coast Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Karl Schafer Memorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th Pacific Coast Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Southwest Pacific Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Junior Grand Prix (Ukraine). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION PROGRAM U.S. SCORE EVENT Short Prog. 59.54 2007 U.S. Championships Free Skate 121.73 2008 Pacific Coast Sectionals Final Score 180.62 2008 Pacific Coast Sectionals SKATING NOTES Started skating at age 8 when his mom took he and his brother to the ice skating rink to escape the heat and to get us doing an active sport PERSONAL NOTES Enjoys hang out with hi friends, movies, going to the beach, going to concerts and cars...Hopes to become an optometrist s e n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s DOUG RAZZANO Born: Oct. 22, 1988 – Mineola, N.Y. Height: 5’6” Home Club: Coyotes SC of Arizona Hometown: Chandler, Ariz. Training Town: Scottsdale, Ariz. School: Marcos de Niza High School Coaches: Doug Ladret, Lara Ladret & Grant Rorvick Choreographer: Doug Ladret Short Program Music: “Warsaw Concerto” by Richard Addinsell Free Skate Music: “Tosca” by Giacomo Puccini COMPETITIVE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th 2005 Southwest Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2004 Triglav Trophy-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th 2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th 2004 Pacific Coast Sectional-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd 2004 Southwest Pacific Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th 2003 NACS (Ohio)-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2003 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th 2007 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2003 Southwest Pacific Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 2002 2002 2001 2001 2000 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Southwest Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Junior Grand Prix (Slovakia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st U.S. Junior Champs. (Grp 1A)-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . 9th Southwest Pacific Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd U.S. Junior Championships (Grp 1A)-Juv. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12th Southwest Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Southwest Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION PROGRAM U.S. SCORE EVENT Short Prog. 67.86 2008 Pacific Coast Sectionals Free Skate 112.69 2007 Pacific Coast Sectionals Final Score 176.01 2008 Pacific Coast Sectionals SKATING NOTES Goals are to make a strong senior debut and have a successful international season ... Razzano began skating at the age of 9 after watching the 1998 Olympic Winter Games ... Was formerly coached by Lynne Petta (1998-2000). PERSONAL NOTES Razzano attends Marcos de Niza High School ... Won the school spelling bee at Fees Middle School in 2003 and later placed second in the district ... Most prized possession is his gold medal from the 2004 Triglav Trophy ... Hobbies include traveling and spending time with friends and family ... Favorite foreign city to travel to is Vienna, Austria ... Says he is a loyal friend and values all of his friendships ... If he could be on any reality TV show, it would be “American Idol” because he would be one of the bad auditions ... Used to be a gymnast before he started skating ... After his skating career he would like to be a coach ... Has one dog, Lucy ... Likes to watch baseball on TV ... Describes himself as determined, strong-willed and focused ... Would like to meet Lance Armstrong because he fought through many obstacles and still came out a champion ... Favorite holiday is his birthday because “I like receiving lots of presents from my friends and family.” s e n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s SHAUN ROGERS Born: July 22, 1985 – Baltimore, Md. Height: 5’8” Home Club: University of Delaware FSC Hometown: Millersville, Md. Training Town: Newark, Del. Coaches: Pam Gregory & Ron Ludington Choreographers: Vitali Popkov & Braden Overrett Short Program Music: “Battle on the Ice” from Alexander Nevsky by Prokofiev Free Skate Music: Music from the “Grindhouse” movie soundtrack COMPETITIVE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th 006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15th 2005 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th 2003 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th 2002 State Farm U.S. Championships, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2001 State Farm U.S. Championships, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th 2000 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 1999 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th 2008 2007 2007 2007 2006 2005 2005 2005 2005 2000 2004 2004 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th South Atlantic Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Nebelhorn Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Nebelhorn Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating Challenge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Eastern Sectional, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Junior Grand Prix (Serbia and Montenegro) . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Junior Grand Prix (Romania) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th 2004 2004 2003 2003 2002 2002 2002 2002 2001 2001 2001 2000 2000 2000 2000 1999 1999 1998 1998 1998 1997 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th South Atlantic Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd South Atlantic Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Junior Grand Prix (Belgrade) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th Eastern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st South Atlantic Regional, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Junior Grand Prix (Sofia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Gardena Spring Trophy, Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Eastern Sectional, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Junior Grand Prix (Germany). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th Junior Grand Prix (Mexico). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Triglav Trophy, Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th South Atlantic Regional, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Eastern Sectional, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th South Atlantic Regional, Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Junior Olympics, Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Eastern Sectional, Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd South Atlantic Regional, Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION PROGRAM U.S. SCORE EVENT Short Prog. 67.01 2007 U.S. Championships Free Skate 141.78 2006 U.S. Championships Final Score 208.03 2006 U.S. Championships SKATING NOTES Goals are to make the World Team and medal at his Grand Prix events ... Began skating at age 8 during a school skating function ... Formerly coached by Kathy Hiett (1993) and Patricia Sylva (1993-96) ... Skated through a hip injury before and during 2005 World Junior Championships. PERSONAL NOTES Rogers graduated from Old Mill High School in 2003 ... Received the Presidential Academic Excellence Award in 1998 and John Hopkins Award for Academic Excellence in Mathematics in 1999 ... Works part time at Red Robin ... Has skated in fundraisers for juvenile diabetes (Skate for the Cure) and Winterskate, which benefits inner-city children in Baltimore ... Hobbies include playing the guitar, playing poker with friends and singing ... Favorite foreign country to travel to is Germany ... Has a passion for playing his guitar ... Not many people know that he sings in a band ... After his skating career he would like to coach and attend college ... Most prized possessions are his national medals, especially his 2000 U.S. novice gold medal ... Likes science-fiction books ... Has a passion for music ... Describes himself as “kind, competitive and smart” ... Has more than 7,000 songs on his iPod s e n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s SCOTT SMITH Born: Oct. 19, 1981 – Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. Height: 5’8” Home Club: The SC of Boston Hometown: Sandy Spring, Md. Training Town: Boston, Mass. Coaches: Stephanie Grosscup Choreographers: Nikoli Morozov & Jamie Isly Short Program Music: “Night Train” Free Skate Music: TBD COMPETITIVE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th 2005 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th 2003 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th 2002 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th 2001 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18th 1999 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14th 1998 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 1997 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th 1995 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th 2006 2006 2006 2006 2006 2005 2004 2003 Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Skate America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th Campbell’s Cup (Team USA Men) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Four Continents Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Ondrej Nepela Memorial Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Finlandia Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Cup of China. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th 2003 2003 2003 2003 2002 2002 2001 2000 1999 1999 1999 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 1995 1995 1994 1994 Smart Ones Skate America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Nebelhorn Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Campbell’s Classic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Four Continents Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th Golden Spin of Zagreb. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Junior Grand Prix (SBC Cup). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Junior Grand Prix (Czech Skate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Gardena Spring Trophy-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Eastern Sectional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st South Atlantic Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st South Atlantic Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st South Atlantic Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st J/I Nationals-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd South Atlantic Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION PROGRAM U.S. SCORE EVENT Short Prog. 67.01 2007 U.S. Championships Free Skate 141.78 2006 U.S. Championships Final Score 208.03 2006 U.S. Championships SKATING NOTES Goals are to make the World Team and medal at his Grand Prix events ... Smith began skating at age 7 after trying it at a friend’s birthday party ... Participated in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program (1989-1991) ... Was also a member of the U.S. Figure Skating Scholastic Honors Team in 2000 ... Formerly coached by Pam Gregory (1994-2000) and Michael O’Rourke (2000-2002). PERSONAL NOTES Graduated in 2000 from Glasgow High School in Newark, Del. ... Works as a coach part time ... Father was a nationally ranked tennis player for Trinity University ... Most prized possession is his 2000 VW silver beetle ... Hobbies include tennis, Ping Pong, movies and dining out ... Is a dog lover ... Motto is “The will to win means nothing without the will to prepare.” ... Biggest life-defining moment is placing fourth at the 2003 State Farm U.S. Championships .. After his skating career he would like to skate in shows, teach and do skating commentary on television ... Smith supports the Skating Club of Boston and the Make -A-Wish foundation ... Skates in fundraising shows for autism, leukemia and The Jimmy Fund ... Would like to meet Oprah Winfrey because she has done so much to help others. s e n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s TOMMY STEENBERG Born: Nov. 23, 1988 – Honolulu, Hawaii Height: 5’7” Home Club: SC of Northern Virginia Hometown: Annandale, Va. Training Town: Fairfax, Va. Coaches: Audrey Weisiger & Chris Conte Choreographers: Pasquale Camerlango & Chris Conte Short Program Music: “Le Corsaire” by Riccardo Drigo Free Skate Music: “Bolero” by Maurice Ravel COMPETITIVE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14th 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13th 2004 Junior Grand Prix (France). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th 2004 Junior Grand Prix (Budapest). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th 2004 Eastern Sectional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th 2003 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd 2004 South Atlantic Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd 2003 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15th 2003 NACS (Lake Placid)-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th 2003 Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2003 South Atlantic Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2006 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2006 Junior Grand Prix (Romania) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2002 NACS (Thunder Bay)-Novice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2002 U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2006 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th 2005 Junior Grand Prix (Poland). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th 2005 Junior Grand Prix (Estonia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2002 South Atlantic Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2001 U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th 2001 South Atlantic Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2005 Eastern Sectional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION PROGRAM U.S. SCORE EVENT Short Prog. 66.05 2008 Eastern Sectional Free Skate 128.25 2008 Eastern Sectional Final Score 194.30 2008 Eastern Sectional SKATING NOTES Goal for the 2007-08 season is to train his hardest for the entire season ... Will compete internationally as a junior ... Began skating at age 6 because, after watching the sport on TV, he practiced “jumps” in the living room until his parents took him to a rink ... Overcame sprained ankle right before the 2003 U.S. Championships - his first where he placed third and landed his first triple Lutz. PERSONAL NOTES Not many people know that Steenberg is half-Sicilian and eats biscotti nearly every day; says “It’s my small cultural tie” ... Member of the 2006 State Farm U.S. Figure Skating Scholastic Honors Team, the National Honor Society and the Spanish Honor Society ... Won the 2006 Champions in Life Award from the Youth Fitness and Education Association ... Placed third in the 2004 county Spanish poetry contest ... Coaches part time ... Skates in charity shows and assists in Grassroots to Champions as a demonstrator ... Loves ice cream ... Is known for his knock-knock jokes ... Hobbies include coaching, reading and the Internet ... Favorite foreign city he has traveled to is Liberec, Czech Republic, because he would not change a thing about the trip ... Has a passion for family ... Most prized possession is his room, though he says it’s messy ... Father is a colonel in the U.S. Army ... Would like to be on “So You Think You Can Dance” because he likes dancing and music a lot ... After skating would like to pursue studies in English and possibly math ... Has two siblings ... Listens to All-American Rejects, Keane, and Justin Timberlake on his iPod ... Has lived in five different states because his dad’s military duties required frequent relocations... Motto is “No excuses,” inspired by the autobiography of Kyle Maynard, a congenital amputee who became a top state wrestler, made his school’s football team and never let any setbacks stop him. s e n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s GEOFFRY VARNER Born: March 2, 1987 – Palo Alto, Calif. Height: 5’8” Home Club: Peninsula SC Hometown: Newark, Del. Training Town: Newark, Del. Coach: Barbara Roles-Williams Choreographers: Natalia Romanova & Marina Zoueva Short Program Music: TBD Free Skate Music: TBD COMPETITIVE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17th 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd 2005 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th 2003 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th 2006 2006 2005 2006 2005 2005 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11th Junior Grand Prix Final. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Central Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Junior Grand Prix (Croatia). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Junior Grand Prix (Andorra). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd 2005 2005 2004 2003 2003 2002 2002 2001 2001 2000 2000 1999 1998 1998 Pacific Coast Sectional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Central Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Central Pacific Regional-Junior. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th Pacific Coast Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Central Pacific Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Pacific Coast Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Central Pacific Regional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd U.S. Junior Championships-Intermediate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Central Pacific Regional-Intermediate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st U.S. Junior Championships-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th Central Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Central Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th Junior Olympics-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17th Central Pacific Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION PROGRAM U.S. SCORE EVENT Short Prog. 61.29 2008 Pacific Coast Sectional Free Skate 115.41 2008 Pacific Coast Sectional Final Score 176.70 2008 Pacific Coast Sectional SKATING NOTES Goal is to skate like a world-class skater ... Started to skate at age 8 because hockey didn’t keep his interest, but he loved being on the ice. PERSONAL NOTES Varner has two brothers who used to skate ... Survived five kidney surgeries and a broken foot ... Has a passion for sports and competing ... Biggest life-defining moments were moving to Delaware from California and figuring out how to deal with life issues ... Graduated from James Madison High School in Georgia in 2006 ... Hobbies include computers, video games, reading, anything sports-related and hanging out with friends ... Favorite foreign city to travel to is Nagano, Japan ... Wants to join the military and teach skating once his skating career ends ... Can sing “Irreplaceable” by Beyoncé in Spanish ... Would like to meet Bernard Hopkins, a middleweight boxer, because he wants to know “how he had that drive for so long knowing he was the best without the fame” ... If he could be on any reality TV show, it would be “Real World” ... His father played baseball in college ... His most prized possession is his family ... Listens to Keith Urban, Eminem, T.I., 2Pac, The Fray, Fall Out Boy and Beyoncé in Spanish on his iPod. s e n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s michael vilLarreal Born: April 26, 1986 Height: 5’7” Home Club: Broadmoor SC Hometown: St. Joseph, Mo. Training Town: Paramount, Calif. Coaches: Sashi Kuchiki, Sondra Holmes, Jim Short Choreographer: Tom Dickson Short Program Music: “Icarus Dream Fanfare” by Yngwie Malmsteen Free Skate Music: “Ports Of Call” by Jacques Ibert COMPETITIVE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19th 2008 2007 2006 2006 2006 2005 2005 Pacific Coast Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Pacific Coast Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Karl Schafer Memorial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Pacific Coast Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Southwest Pacific Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Pacific Coast Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9th Southwest Pacific Regional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION PROGRAM U.S. SCORE EVENT Short Prog. 60.32 2008 Pacific Coast Sectionals Free Skate 116.57 2008 Pacific Coast Sectionals Final Score 176.89 2008 Pacific Coast Sectionals SKATING NOTES Began skating at age 2 because he “had way toomuch energy and when a Park and Recreation catalog came in the mail desribing ice skating for all ages, my mom thought it would be fun to see a 2-yearold skate. I ended up loving it!” PERSONAL NOTES Favorite TV show is Planet Earth...Hobbies include jet-skiing, ping-pong, video games, movies and listening to music...Says he has a passion for “every sport known to man”...If he could be on any reality TV show it would be The Amazing Race...Has close to 11,000 songs on his iPod, but mainly listens to hip-hop and rock...loves beef jerky...Favorite book is The I Chong - Meditations From The Joint s e n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s rohene ward Born: June 28, 1983 Height: 5’8” Home Club: Starlight Ice Dance Club Hometown: Minneapolis, Minn. Training Town: Minneapolis, Minn. Coach: Paige Lipe Choreographer: Robin Wagner Short Program Music: “The Messiah Will Come Again” by Roy Buchanan Free Skate Music: “Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story” by Randy Edelman COMPETITIVE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2006 U.S. Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17th 2004 U.S. Championships . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16th 2008 Midwestern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2008 Upper Great Lakes Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2007 Midwestern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th 2007 2006 2005 2004 Upper Great Lakes Regional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Midwestern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd Midwestern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th Midwestern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION PROGRAM U.S. SCORE EVENT Short Prog. 66.11 2006 U.S. Championships Free Skate 131.74 2008 Midwestern Sectional Final Score 196.77 2008 Midwestern Sectional s e n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s JOHNNY WEIR Born: July 2, 1984 – Coatesville, Pa. Height: 5’9” Home Club: SC of New York Hometown: Quarryville, Pa. Training Towns: Wayne, N.J. and Anaheim, Calif. Coaches: Galina Zmievskaya & Nina Petrenko Choreographers: Faye Kitarieva & Denis Petukhov Short Program Music: “Yunona i Avos” by Svetlana Pikous Free Skate Music: “Love is War” by Yoav Goren COMPETITIVE U.S. CHAMPIONSHIPS 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . 3rd 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . 1st 2005 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . 1st 2004 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . . 1st 2003 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . WD 2002 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . 5th 2001 State Farm U.S. Championships. . . . . . 6th 2000 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior.5th 1999 State Farm U.S. Championships-Junior.4th 1998 State Farm U.S. Championships-Novice. . . . 3rd WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS & OLYMPICS 2007 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8th 2006 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th 2006 Olympic Winter Games. . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th 2005 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th 2004 World Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5th 2001 World Junior Championships. . . . . . . . . 1st 2006 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2006 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd 2006 Campbell’s Cup (Team USA Men) . . . . 1st 2005 Cup of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3rd 2005 Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th 2005 Campbell’s Classic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th 2005 Marshalls U.S. Figure Skating Challenge. . . 2nd 2004 Cup Of Russia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2004 Trophée Eric Bompard Cachemire. . . . 1st 2004 NHK Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2004 Marshalls Int’l Figure Skating Challenge. . 3rd 2004 Eastern Sectional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st 2003 Finlandia Trophy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2nd 2002 Hershey’s Kisses Challenge (team). . . . 1st 2002 Four Continents Championships . . . . . 4th 2001 2001 2001 2001 2000 2000 2000 1999 1999 1999 1999 1998 1998 1998 1998 1997 1997 Trophée Lalique. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4th Skate Canada. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7th Goodwill Games . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10th Eastern Championships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Junior Grand Prix (China). . . . . . . . . . . 2nd Junior Grand Prix (France) . . . . . . . . . . 6th Eastern Championships-Junior. . . . . . . . 1st Junior Grand Prix (Norway). . . . . . . . . . 2nd Junior Grand Prix (Czech Skate) . . . . . 7th Gardena Winter Trophy . . . . . . . . . . . . 6th Eastern Sectional-Junior . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Grand Prize SNP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st NACS (Winnipeg)-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Eastern Sectional-Novice. . . . . . . . . . . . 1st South Atlantic Regional-Novice. . . . . . . 1st Junior Olympics-Juvenile . . . . . . . . . . . 4th South Atlantic Regional-Juvenile. . . . . . 1st JUDGING SYSTEM PERSONAL BESTS U.S. QUALIFYING COMPETITION PROGRAM U.S. SCORE EVENT Short Prog. 83.28 2006 U.S. Championships Free Skate 142.06 2006 U.S. Championships Final Score 225.34 2006 U.S. Championships SKATING NOTES Goal for the season is to be the World champion ... Weir began skating at age 12 after watching Oksana Baiul on television ... He tried out the jumps himself on roller skates in his family’s basement ... His first venture onto the ice occurred one harsh winter when the corn field behind his house froze over and he skated between the frozen corn stalks ... Participated in the U.S. Figure Skating Basic Skills Program in 1996 ... Skated with coach Priscilla Hill for 10 years... Recently changed coaches to Ukrainian Galina Zmievskaya who also coached 1992 Olympic champion Victor Petrenko ... In his first year of skating, he made the Junior Olympics in both freestyle and pairs (with Jodi Rudden) on the juvenile level ... Was in first place following the short program of the 2003 State Farm U.S. Figure Skating Championships but injury forced him to stop skating in the middle of the free skate and withdraw from the event ... Qualified for the 2004 Grand Prix Final but withdrew due to a sprained foot ... The same injury caused him problems during the 2005 World Championships, but he was able to compete, ending in fourth ... Qualified for the 2006 Grand Prix Final but withdrew due to a hip injury sustained in the short program. PERSONAL NOTES Hobbies are shopping, music and travel ... Closest friends in skating are Marina Anissina, Denis Petukhov, Melissa Gregory, Rudy Galindo, Tatiana Totmianina and Irina Slutskaya ... Favorite foreign city is Moscow ... Has a passion for fashion ... Biggest life-defining moments were walking in the Opening Ceremonies of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games, and the winning his first U.S. championship in 2004 ... Wants to be a fashion designer ... Has been filming his own reality show ... Says not many people know his middle name ... Weir was a high school Honor Roll student ... Younger brother is a soccer player ... For his 21st birthday, Weir received a miniature long-haired Chihuahua puppy ... The puppy, named Vanya (Russian version of Johnny), was born the day Weir performed his free skate at the World Championships ... Supports the Fur Council of America, Fur Council of Canada, Fur Council of Russia, Figure Skating in Harlem, Quarryville Elementary School, Will Sears Memorial, Elton John Aids Foundation, Elie Weisel Foundation for Humanity, UNICEF, Cool Kids and Heatherette Human Rights Campaign ... Would like to meet his idol Christina Aguilera ... Listens to a variety of music, including Aguilera, Sergey Lazarev, Yulia Savicheva, Maksim, Dima Bilan, Amy Winehouse, Justin Timberlake, Edvin Marton, Beyonce, Madonna, Etta James and Goldfrapp ... Has good knowledge of French and Russian and has worked as a model on the runway and in fashion spreads. j u n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s Max Aaron DOB | 2/25/92 Hometown | Scottsdale, Ariz. Club | Coyotes SC of Arizona Coaches | Doug Ladret, Lara Ladret, Grant Rorvick Choreographers | Doug Ladret, Grant Rorvick SP Music | “In the Stone” and music from the movie “Drumline” by Maurice White, David Foster, Allee Willis FS Music | “Godfather Love Theme” by Evan Martin and Nino Rota Recent Competitions: 2008 Pacific Coast Sectional 1st; 2008 Southwest Pacific Regional 2nd; 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 5th; 2007 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2007 Southwest Pacific Regional, Novice Men, 1st; 2006 North American Challenge Skate, Novice Men, 8th; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 3rd; 2006 Southwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate Men, 1st; 2005 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Boys, 1st; 2005 Southwest Pacific Regional, Juvenile Boys, 1st William Brewster DOB | 3/3/90 Hometown | Novi, Mich. Club | Detroit SC Coaches | Rebecca Dever, Linda Johns Choreographers | Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova SP Music | “Hungarian Dances” by Johannes Brahms FS Music | “Tristan and Isolde” by Wagner Recent Competitions: 2008 Midwestern Sectional 3rd; 2008 Eastern Great Lakes Regional 2nd; 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships 13th; 2007 Midwestern Sectional 4th; 2007 Eastern Great Lakes Regional 3rd; 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships 14th; 2006 Midwestern Sectional 3rd; 2006 Eastern Great Lakes Regional 3rd; 2005 Triglav Trophy 2nd Zachary DeWulf DOB | 5/30/91 Hometown | Springfield, Va. Club | University of Delaware FSC Coaches | Jeff Schneider, Pam Gregory Choreographers | Nikoli Morozov, Shanetta Folle SP Music | “Rise” by Safri Duo FS Music | “Pirates of the Caribbean” by Hans Zimmer Recent Competitions: 2008 Eastern Sectional 2nd; 2008 South Atlantic Regional 2nd; 2007 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 7th; 2006 State Farm U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Novice Men, 11th; 2006 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 4th; 2006 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 3rd, 2005 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 18th; 2005 South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Men, 3rd Richard Dornbush DOB | 8/27/91 Hometown | Corona, Calif. Club | All Year FSC Coach | Tammy Gambill Choreographer | Wendy Burge SP Music | “La Virgen de la Macarena” by Genaro Nunez FS Music | Celtic medley Recent Competitions: 2008 Pacific Coast Sectional 3rd; 2008 Southwest Pacific Regional 1st; 2007 Junior Grand Prix (Austria), 6th; 2007 Gardena Spring Trophy 1st; 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships 8th; 2007 Pacific Coast Sectional 3rd; 2007 Southwest Pacific Regional 3rd; 2006 North American Challenge Skate 3rd; 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 6th j u n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s Andrew Gonzales DOB | 8/13/90 Hometown | Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. Club | All Year FSC Coaches | Scott Wendland, John Nicks Choreographer | Phillip Mills SP Music | “Malaguena” by Esquivel FS Music | “Schindler’s List” by John Williams Recent Competitions: 2008 Pacific Coast Sectional, Juinior Men, 4th; 2008 Southwest Pacific Regional 4th; 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships 11th; 2007 Pacific Coast Sectional4th; 2007 Southwest Pacific Regional 1st; 2006 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Men, 7th; 2006 Southwest Pacific Regional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2005 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Men, 5th Grant Hochstein DOB | 7/16/90 Hometown | Allenton, Mich. Club | St. Clair Shores FSC Coaches | Lindsay Page-O’Donoghue, Maria Moscato Choreographers | Ryan Jahnke, Simone Grigorescu SP Music | “Europa” and “Black Magic Woman” by Santana FS Music | “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” by Rachmaninoff Recent Competitions: 2008 Midwestern Sectional 2nd; 2008 Eastern Great Lakes 1st; 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships 12th; 2007 Midwestern Sectional 2nd; 2007 Eastern Great Lakes Regional 1st; 2006 Midwestern Sectional 6th; 2006 Eastern Great Lakes Regional 2nd; 2005 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 8th; 2005 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 1st Osadolo Irowa DOB | 10/20/86 Hometown | Bolingbrook, Ill. Club | DuPage FSC Coaches | David Santee, Josh Fischel, Jordan Mann, Jeremy Lieb Choreographer | Maggie Leski SP Music | “Played-A-Live” by Safri Duo FS Music | “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest”, by Hans Zimmer and “The 13th Warrior” by Jerry Goldsmith Recent Competitions: 2008 Midwestern Sectional 4th; 2008 Upper Great Lakes Regional 1st; 2007 Midwestern Sectional 6th; 2007 Upper Great Lakes Regional 2nd; 2006 North American Challenge Skate 5th; 2006 Midwestern Sectional 5th; 2006 Upper Great Lakes Regional 1st; 2005 Miderstern Sectional 6th Theron James DOB | 6/16/88 Hometown | Middletown, Conn. Club | SC of New Haven Coach | Susan Dee Choreographer | Susan Dee SP Music | “Summertime” by Rick Wakeman FS Music | “Malaguena” by Stanley Black Recent Competitions: 2008 Eastern Sectional 5th; 2008 New England Regional 2nd; 2007 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 11th; 2007 New England Regional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2006 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 10th; 2006 New England Regional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2005 New England Regional, Intermediate Men, 6th j u n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s Alexander Johnson DOB | 5/15/90 Hometown | Minnetonka, Minn. Club | Braemar-City of Lakes FSC Coach | Joan Orvis Choreographers | Joan Orvis, Sebastien Britten SP Music | “Cello Concerto No. 1 in A Minor” by Camille Saint-Saens FS Music | “Introduction” and “Rondo Capriccioso” by Camille Saint-Saens and “Meditation” by Massenet Recent Competitions: 2008 Midwestern Sectional 1st; 2007 Junior Grand Prix (Bulgaria), 4th; 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 2nd; 2007 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2007 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2006 North American Challenge Skate, Novice Men, 2nd; 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 9th; 2006 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2006 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Novice Men, 2nd Austin Kanallakan DOB | 5/23/91 Hometown | Colorado Springs, Colo. Club | Broadmoor SC, Inc. Coach | Damon Allen Choreographer | Nikoli Morozov SP Music | “Beethoven’s Last Night” by TransSiberian Orchestra FS Music | “Tocata In Fog” by Deviations Project Recent Competitions: 2008 Midwestern Sectional 1st; 2007 Junior Grand Prix (Bulgaria), 4th; 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 2nd; 2007 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2007 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2006 North American Challenge Skate, Novice Men, 2nd; 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 9th; 2006 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2006 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Novice Men, 2nd Armin Mahbanoozadeh DOB | 8/15/91 Hometown | Fairfax, Va. Club | Washington FSC Coach | Traci Coleman Choreographer | Nathan Birch SP Music | “Symphonic Dances” by Sergei Rachmaninoff FS Music | “Spartacus” soundtrack by Khachaturian Recent Competitions: 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final, 3rd; 2007 Junior Grand Prix (Croatia), 3rd; 2007 Junior Grand Prix (Lake Placid), 1st; 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 1st; 2007 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 1st; 2007 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2006 North American Challenge Skate, Novice Men, 1st; 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 7th; 2006 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2006 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 2nd Keegan Messing DOB | 1/23/92 Hometown | Girdwood, Alaska Club | Anchorage FSC Coaches | Ralph Burghart, Rory Burghart Choreographer | Rory Burghart SP Music | “Fundamentum” by Lesiem FS Music | “Gremlis” soundtrack by Jerry Goldsmith Recent Competitions: 2008 Pacific Coast Sectional 2nd; 2007 Junior Grand Prix (Great Britain), 13th; 2007 Gardena Spring Trophy 6th; 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 3rd; 2007 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Men, 1st; 2007 Northwest Pacific Regional, Novice Men, 1st; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 9th; 2006 Northwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate Men, 1st j u n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s Adam Rippon DOB | 11/11/89 Hometown | Clarks Summit, Pa. Club | The SC of New York, Inc. Coach | Yelena Sergeeva Choreographer | Yelena Sergeeva SP Music | “Toccata” and “Fugue in D minor” by Bach FS Music | “Moonlight Sonata” by Beethoven Recent Competitions: 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final, 1st; 2007 Junior Grand Prix (Bulgagria), 2nd; 2007 Junior Grand Prix (Romania), 1st; 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships 6th; 2007 Eastern Sectional 1st; 2007 South Atlantic Regional 1st; 2006 State Farm U.S. Championships 11th; 2006 Eastern Sectional 3rd; 2006 South Atlantic Regional 1st; 2005 Junior Grand Prix (Croatia), 6th; 2005 Triglav Trophy 1st n o vice me n 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s Alexander Aiken DOB | 6/26/90 Hometown | Atlanta, Ga. Club | Atlanta FSC Coach | Herbert Wiesinger Choreographer | Almut Peyper SP Music | “Love for Sale” by Dr. John FS Music | “South American Getaway” Recent Competitions: 2008 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2008 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 7th; 2007 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2007 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 1st; 2006 North American Challenge Skate, Novice Men, 5th; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 2nd; 2006 South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Men, 1st Peter Max Dion DOB | 6/18/91 Hometown | Lexington, Mass. Club | Jamestown SC Coaches | Lenel van den Berg, Kirk Wyse, Joyce Winship Choreographer | Josh Babb SP Music | “Piano Player” by Maskim Mrvica FS Music | Music from the movie “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” by John Powell Recent Competitions: 2008 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 4th; 2008 North Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2007 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 7th; 2007 North Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 7th; 2006 North Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Men, 1st; 2005 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 10th; 2005 New England Regional, Intermdiate Men, 2nd Ryan Hartley DOB | 5/11/93 Hometown | Cincinnati, Ohio Club | Queen City FSC Coaches | Richard Hartley, Heidi Hartley Choreographers | Richard Hartley, Heidi Hartley SP Music | “Les Paitnuers” (The Skaters) by Giacomo Meyerbeer FS Music | “Toccata and Fugue in D minor” by Bach Recent Competitions: 2008 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2008 Eastern Great Lakes Regional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 12th; 2007 Eastern Great Lakes Regional, Intermediate Men, 1st; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Boys, 3rd; 2006 Eastern Great Lakes Regional, Juvenile Boys, 1st; 2005 U.S. Junior Championship, Juvenile Boys, 14th Michael Helgren DOB | 1/21/89 Hometown | Santa Rosa, Calif. Club | Santa Rosa FSC Coach | Colleen Phillips Choreographer | Lisa Navarro SP Music | Techno mix FS Music | Music from the “Zorro” soundtrack Recent Competitions: 2008 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2008 Central Pacific Regional, Novice Men, 1st; 2007 Central Pacific Regional, Novice Men, 7th; 2006 Central Pacific Regional, Intermediate Men, 4th; 2005 Central Pacific Regional, Intermediate Men, 8th j u n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s William Knop DOB | 1/19/91 Hometown | Aliso Viejo, Calif. Club | All Year FSC Coaches | Scott Wendland, Phillip Mills, John Nicks Choreographer | Philip Mills SP Music | Music from the movie “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” by John Powell FS Music | Music from the movie “Casino Royale” by David Arnold Recent Competitions: 2008 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2008 Southwest Pacific Regional, Novice Men, 5th; 2007 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Men, 5th; 2007 Southwest Pacific Regional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2006 Southwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate Men, 5th; 2004 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Boys, 15th; 2004 Southwest Pacific Regional, Juvenile Boys, 1st Sam Koch DOB | 4/26/91 Hometown | Portola Valley, Calif. Club | Peninsula SC Coaches | Sergei Ponomarenko, Alexandre Fadeev Choreographer | Sergei Ponomarenko SP Music | Music from “Requiem for a Dream” by Clint Mansell FS Music | “Xotika” by Rene Depere Recent Competitions: 2008 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Men, 4th; 2008 Central Pacific Regional, Novice Men, 4th; 2007 Central Pacific Regional, Novice Men, 6th; 2006 Central Pacific Regional, Intermediate Men, 3rd; 2005 Central Pacific Regional, 3rd; 2004 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Boys, 4th; 2004 Central Pacific Regional, Juvenile Boys, 2nd; 2004 Central Pacific Regional, Juvenile Boys, 2nd Timothy LeDuc DOB | 5/4/90 Hometown | Cedar Rapids, Iowa Club | Eastern Iowa FSC Coaches | Tanya Street-Burgess, Andy Seitz Choreographer | Amy Blades SP Music | “Freda” by Kenny Baker, “Fred” by Tony Williams and “Oz” by Russel Ferrante FS Music | “Spidy Suite” by Danny Elfman, “Requiem For a Dream” by Clint Mansell and “New Born” by Muse Recent Competitions: 2008 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 4th; 2008 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Novice Men, 4th; 2006 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Intermediate Men, 14th; 2005 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Intermediate Men, 14th Ross Miner DOB | 1/24/91 Hometown | Watertown, Mass. and Williston, Vt. Club | The SC of Boston Coaches | Mark Mitchell, Peter Johansson Choreographer | Mark Mitchell SP Music | “Hawaii 5-0” by The Ventures and “Wipeout” by The Sufaris FS Music | Gershwin medley Recent Competitions: 2008 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 1st; 2007 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 5th; 2007 New England Regional, Novice Men, 1st; 2006 North American Challenge Skate, Novice Men, 3rd; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 1st; 2006 New England Regional, Intermediate Men, 2nd; 2005 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men 8th; 2005 New England Regional, Intermediate Men, 3rd j u n ior men 8 9 th U . S . F i g u r e S k a t i n g C h a m p i o n s h i p s Daniel O’Shea DOB | 2/13/91 Hometown | Gurnee, Ill. Club | Skokie Valley SC Coach | Sandra Delfs Choreographer | Susie Wynne Barth SP Music | “Spanish Caravan” by George Winston FS Music | “JFK” soundtrack and “Summon the Heroes” by John Williams Recent Competitions: 2008 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 1st; 2008 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Novice Men, 2nd; 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 8th; 2007 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 1st; 2007 Upper Great Lakes Regional, Novice Men, 1st; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 4th Victor Travis DOB | 3/31/90 Hometown | Cleveland Heights, Ohio Club | Pavilion SC of Cleveland Heights Coaches | Michelle Leigh, Doug Leigh, Paul Matheson, Paige Aistrop Choreographer | Oleg Epstein SP Music | “Montserrat- Orquesta Del Plata” by Bajofondo Tango Club FS Music | “The Ring” soundtrack by Hans Zimmer, Henning Lohner and Martin Tillman; “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” by Hans Ziommer Recent Competitions: 2008 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2008 Eastern Great Lakes Regional, Novice Men, 1st; 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 9th; 2007 Midwestern Sectional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2007 Eastern Great Lakes Regional, Novice Men, 1st; 2005 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 15th; 2005 Eastern Great Lakes Regional, Intermediate Men, 2nd David Wang DOB | 7/28/92 Hometown | Hurst, Texas Club | Dallas FSC Coach | Natalia Mishkutionok Choreographers | Nick Traxler, Angela Maxwell SP Music | “Fever” and “Take Five” by Dave Brubeck FS Music | “Finding Nemo” soundtrack by Thomas Newman Recent Competitions: 2008 Pacific Coast Sectional, Novice Men, 1st; 2008 Southwest Pacific Regional, Novice Men, 1st; 2007 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 1st; 2007 Southwest Pacific Regional, Intermediate Men, 4th; 2006 U.S. Junior Championships, Juvenile Boys, 4th; 2006 Southwest Pacific Regional, Juvenile Boys, 1st; 2005 Southwest Pacific Regional, Juvenile Boys, 5th Alexander Zahradnicek DOB | 12/3/92 Hometown | Silver Spring, Md. Club | Washington FSC Coach | Nina Stark-Slapnik Choreographers | Uschi Keszler, Simone Grigorescu, Kristine Musademba SP Music | “Exodus” by Ernest Gold FS Music | “Caravan” by Duke Ellington Recent Competitions: 2008 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 3rd; 2008 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 1st; 2007 State Farm U.S. Championships, Novice Men, 6th; 2007 Eastern Sectional, Novice Men, 4th; 2007 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 4th; 2006 South Atlantic Regional, Novice Men, 5th; 2005 U.S. Junior Championships, Intermediate Men, 3rd; 2005 South Atlantic Regional, Intermediate Men, 2nd