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Skate Canada – OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will have 13 entries, for a total of 15 skaters competing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for the 2018 Skate Milwaukee. The event, hosted by the Wisconsin Figure Skating Club, takes place July 11-15, 2018. Canada will have five entries in novice men, six entries in novice women and two novice pairs.

The event is the first in a series of three competitions on the 2018 North American Series. The novice-level series was developed by U.S. Figure Skating and Skate Canada’s Athlete Development and High-Performance Development Departments to provide international development competition opportunities for athletes that competed at the sectional or national level, to simulate an international competition, and compete against top athletes from both the U.S. and Canada.

The 2018 North American Series will be comprised of three events: Skate Milwaukee in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, from July 11-15, 2018, Lake Placid Ice Dance Competition in Lake Placid, New York, from July 24-27, 2018 and the Skate Ontario Summer Skate in Toronto (North York), Ontario, from August 16-19, 2018.

Wesley Chiu, 13, Vancouver, B.C., is one of five Canadian novice men entries. Chiu placed ninth in novice at the 2018 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships. He is coached by Keegan Murphy and trains in Richmond, B.C.

Tim Pomares, 15, Okotoks, Alta., is the second Canadian novice men entry at the event. He placed 10th in novice at the 2018 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships. Pomares is coached by Kerri Roberts in Okotoks, Alta.

Shuma Mugii, 15, Vancouver, B.C., will also represent Canada in the novice men category. Mugii finished 11th at the 2018 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships in novice. He is coached by Joanne McLeod in Burnaby, B.C.

Also representing Canada in novice men is Rio Morita, 13, Thornhill, Ont. Morita placed 13th at the 2018 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships in novice. He is coached by Karen Preston in Toronto, Ont.

Canadian pre-novice bronze medallist, Jake Ellis, 12, Essex, Ont., rounds out the Canadian novice men entries. Ellis trains in Windsor, Ont., with coach Lori Lafferty-Vilnef.

Mélaurie Boivin, 14, Alma, Que., is one of six Canadian representatives in novice women. Last season, Boivin placed seventh in novice women at the 2018 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships and won the silver medal in novice women at the 2018 Egna Spring Trophy. She trains in Chicoutimi, Que., with coach Marlène Picard.

Vienna Harwood, 13, West Kelowna, B.C., is the second Canadian novice women entry. Harwood placed 10th among novice women at the 2018 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships. She is coached by Karen Mongrain and Jason Mongrain in Kelowna, B.C.

Canadian pre-novice champion, Melody Zhu, 13, Vancouver, B.C., will be the third Canadian entry in the novice women category. Zhou trains in Burnaby, B.C., with coach Joanne McLeod.

Canadian pre-novice silver medallist, Alexa Matveev, 11, Thornhill, Ont., will also represent Canada in the novice women category. Matveev trains in Toronto, Ont., with coach Jamie Forsythe.

Also representing Canada in the novice women’s category is Lia Pereira, 14, Milton, Ont. Pereira placed 11th in Canada in the pre-novice women category last season. She is coached by Nancy Lemaire in Milton, Ont.

Emma Szeto, 13, Vancouver, B.C., completes the Canadian novice women entries at this event. Szeto placed fourteenth in Canada in the pre-novice women category last season. She is coached by Joanne McLeod in Burnaby, B.C.

Mackenzie Ripley, 16, St. Thomas, Ont., and Owen Brawley, 18, Waterloo, Ont., are the first of two Canadian novice pair entries at the event. Last season, they placed sixth in novice at the 2018 Canadian Tire National Skating Championships. Ripley and Brawley are coached by Kris Wirtz in Waterloo, Ont.

Canadian pre-novice silver medallists Jamie Fournier, 13, Brossard, Que., and Gabriel Farand, 17, Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Que., will be the second Canadian novice pair entry at the event. Fournier and Farand are coached by Bruno Marcotte in Saint-Leonard, Que.

Manon Perron of Boucherville, Que., will act as the Canadian team representative at the event. Stephanie Lafleur Morin of Ignace, Ont., and Karen Butcher of Greely, Ont., will be the Canadian officials at the event.

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CANADIAN ENTRIES AT 2018 SKATE MILWAUKEE

DISCIPLINE

NAME

AGE

HOMETOWN

CLUB

COACH

Novice Men

Wesley Chiu

13

Vancouver, B.C.

Connaught SC

Keegan Murphy

Novice Men

Tim Pomares

15

Okotoks, Alta.

Okotoks FSC

Kerri Roberts

Novice Men

Shuma Mugii

15

Vancouver, B.C.

Champs International Skating Centre of B.C.

Joanne McLeod

Novice Men

Rio Morita

13

Thornhill, Ont.

Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club

Karen Preston

Novice Men

Jake Ellis

12

Essex, Ont.

South Windsor FSC

Lori Lafferty-Vilnef

Novice Women

Mélaurie Boivin

14

Desbiens, Que.

CPA Chicoutimi

Marlène Picard

Novice Women

Vienna Harwood

13

West Kelowna, B.C.

Kelowna FSC

Jason Mongrain/ Karen Mongrain

Novice Women

Melody Zhou

13

Vancouver, B.C.

Champs International Skating Centre of B.C.

Joanne McLeod

Novice Women

Alexa Matveev

11

Thornhill, Ont.

Greater Toronto Skating Academy

Jamie Forsythe

Novice Women

Lia Pereira

14

Milton, Ont.

Milton SC

Nancy Lemaire

Novice Women

Emma Szeto

13

Vancouver, B.C.

Champs International Skating Centre of B.C.

Joanne McLeod

Novice Pairs

Mackenzie Ripley/ Owen Brawley

16/18

St. Thomas, Ont./ Waterloo, Ont.

St. Thomas FSC/ Kitchener-Waterloo SC

Kris Wirtz

Novice Pairs

Jamie Fournier/ Gabriel Farand

13/17

Brossard, Que./ Saint-Antoine-sur-Richelieu, Que.

CPA Brossard/ CPA Beloeil

Bruno Marcotte

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