OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will send 12 entries for a total of 18 skaters to the 2021 Skate Canada International (#SCI21) in Vancouver, B.C. Skate Canada will have three entries in men, women, pairs and ice dance. The 2021 Skate Canada International is the second event in the 2021/2022 ISU Grand Prix of figure skating Series. The ISU Grand Prix Series allows senior skaters to compete at an international level. Each skater/team can be assigned a maximum of two events. Skaters are awarded points based on their placements at their events. The top six from each discipline (men, women, pair and ice dance) qualify for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final to be held in Osaka, Japan on December 9-12, 2021.
CANADIAN ENTRIES AT ISU GRAND PRIX SKATE CANADA INTERNATIONAL – VANCOUVER, B.C
Men
Keegan Messing (29) / Girdwood, Alaska, USA / Ice Palace FSC / Coached by Ralph Burghart
Roman Sadovsky (22) / Vaughan, Ont. / York Region Skating Centre / Coached by Tracey Wainman and Grzegorz Filipowski
Conrad Orzel (21) / Woodbridge, Ont. / Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club / Coached by Brian Orser and Tracy Wilson
Women
Madeline Schizas (18) / Oakville, Ont. / Milton Skating Club / Coached by Nancy Lemaire and Derek Schmid
Emily Bausback (19) / Vancouver, B.C / Champs International Skating Centre of BC / Coached by Joanne McLeod and Neil Wilson
Alison Schumacher (18) / Tecumseh, Ont. / Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club / Coached by Joey Russell, Tracy Wilson and Ghislain Briand
Pairs
Kirsten Moore-Towers (29) and Michael Marinaro (29) / St. Catharines, Ont. and Sarnia, Ont. / Skate Oakville / Coached by Bruno Marcotte, Alison Purkiss and Brian Shales
Vanessa James (34) and Eric Radford (36) / Scarborough, Ont. and Balmertown, Ont. / EPJM and C.P.A Saint Leonard / Coached by Julie Marcotte
Lori-Ann Matte (22) and Thierry Ferland (25) / Levis, Que.and Levis, Que. / CPA St. Romuald and St. Jean Levis / Coached by Ian Connolly
Ice Dance
Piper Gilles (29) and Paul Poirier (30) / Toronto, Ont. and Unionville, Ont. / Ice Dance Elite-Scarboro FSC / Coached by Carol Lane, Juris Razgulajevs and Jon Lane
Marjorie Lajoie (19) and Zachary Lagha (19) / Boucherville, Que. and Saint-Hubert, Que. / CPA Boucherville and CPA Saint-Lambert / Coached by Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon and Romain Haguenauer
Haley Sales (24) and Nikolas Wamsteeker (25) / Kelowna, B.C and Langley, B.C / Kelowna SC and Champs International Skating Centre of BC / Coached by Scott Moir
Manon Perron, Skate Canada High Performance Advisor and Cynthia Ullmark of Canmore, Alta., will be the Canadian team leaders at the event. Dr. Tatiana Jevremovic of London, Ont., and Physiotherapist Agnes Makowski of Toronto, Ont., will be the Canadian medical staff on site. Karen Howard of Regina, Sask., Glenn Fortin of Aurora, Ont., Nicole LeBlanc-Richard of Dieppe, N.B., and Andrea Derby of Uxbridge, Ont., will be the Canadian officials at the event.
For information:
Amanda Speroni, Communications Manager
+1(613) 747-1007 ext. 759
asperoni@skatecanada.ca