PROFILE: PROGRAM INFO: RESULTS: SEASON'S BESTS: TEAM NOTES: Mélissande Dumas & David Mackay Perry. D.O.B.: January 24, 1992 / November 12, 1989

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1 Mélissande Dumas & David Mackay Perry PROFILE: D.O.B.: January 24, 1992 / November 12, 1989 Granby, QC / Ottawa, ON CPA Laval / CPA des Deux-Rives Pierrefonds, QC Élise Hamel, Shawn Winter Mylène Lamoreux Short Dance: Free Dance: "Historia de un Amor" + "Gopher Mambo" + "Vida es un Carnaval" "Solace" by Vanessa Mae 7th Skate Canada Challenge 3rd Québec Sectionals 6th/2nd Autumn Skate (SD/FD) 4th/4th Québec Summer Championships 7th Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships Short Dance A 15th Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships Free Dance SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 41.39, Québec Sectionals Free Dance: 61.27, Autumn Skate Total Score: 97.68, Autumn Skate TEAM NOTES:

2 Dumas & Mackay Perry teamed up in Dumas previously skated with Anthony Quintal and Yoan Breton. Dumas & Breton finished 10th at 2010 Skate Canada Junior Nationals. Mackay Perry previously skated with Lauren Sears and Kathryn Leak. Leak & Mackay Perry were 15th at 2010 Skate Canada Junior Nationals. This is the first year of senior-level competition for both Dumas and Mackay Perry. Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier

3 PROFILE: D.O.B.: January 16, 1992 / November 6, 1991 Colorado Springs, CO (USA) / Unionville, ON Scarboro FSC / Scarboro FSC Scarborough, ON Carol Lane, Juris Razgulajevs Carol Lane, Juris Razgulajevs (SD) Christopher Dean (FD) Short Dance: Free Dance: "Put it in a Love Song" + "Magalenha" "Pure Imagination" + "Sweet Dreams" 1st Skate Canada Challenge 1st Central Ontario Sectionals 1st Octoberfest (FD only) SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 60.49, Central Ontario Sectionals Free Dance: 94.66, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: , Skate Canada Challenge

4 Gilles & Poirier teamed up in summer Gilles grew up in the United States and competed internationally with Timothy McKernan and Zachary Donohue. At the junior level in the U.S., she won a pewter medal (4th place) with McKernan, a bronze medal with Donohue, and two silver medals (one with each partner). Poirier competed for ten years with Vanessa Crone, winning the Canadian title in Crone & Poirier finished as high as seventh at the World Championships (in 2010) and won the bronze medal at the 2011 Grand Prix Final. They were also on the 2010 Olympic Team. Gilles did not compete in the season, leaving figure skating training to focus on acting. When she decided to return to the sport, she considered several options, but did not find a perfect fit until the tryout with Poirier. Poirier is a student in linguistics at the University of Toronto. Tarrah Harvey & Keith Gagnon

5 PROFILE: D.O.B.: December 20, 1989 / December 31, 1987 Vancouver, BC / Vancouver, BC White Rock South Surrey SC Burnaby, BC Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe Short Dance: Free Dance: "Straight to Number One" + "Locamente Enamorado" Rolling Stones Medley: "Miss You," "Angie," and "Paint it Black" 7th Skate Canada 8th Nebelhorn Trophy 1st/1st BC Summer Skate (SD/FD) 1st/1st Minto Summer Skate 5th Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships Short Dance A 4th Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships Free Dance 5th Canadian Championships 2nd Skate Canada Challenge 9th Nebelhorn Trophy 6th Canadian Championships 2nd Skate Canada Challenge 1st BC/Yukon Sectionals 12th World Junior Championships 2nd Canadian Championships (Jr) 2nd Western Challenge (Jr) 5th Golden Lynx JGP 4th JGP Merano 4th Canadian Championships (Jr) 4th Western Challenge (Jr)

6 13th Canadian Championships (Jr) 2nd BC/Yukon Sectionals (Jr) 13th Canadian Championships (Jr) 4th Western Challenge (Jr) 2nd BC/Yukon Sectionals (Jr) 10th Skate Canada Junior Nationals (Nov) 5th Western Challenge (Nov) 1st BC/Yukon Sectionals (Nov) SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 53.22, BC Summer Skate Free Dance: 79.39, BC Summer Skate Total Score: , BC Summer Skate TEAM NOTES: Together since April 1998, Harvey & Gagnon have the second-longest-running partnership in Canada. They reached two career milestones in 2011 making the national team and competing in their first Grand Prix event. Harvey's mother owns a skate shop, Cyclone Taylor Figure Skating. Gagnon is also an accomplished dancer off the ice, with extensive study in ballet.

7 Hélène Létourneau & Kevin Boczar PROFILE: D.O.B.: August 23, 1991 / April 19, 1988 Ottawa, ON / Petawawa, ON Minto SC / Minto SC Ottawa, ON Darryl Van Luven, Siobhan Karam Darryl Van Luven, Patrice Lauzon Short Dance: Free Dance: "Suavemente" + "Mulatica Mia" "Que Viyera" + "Aestus Calor" from Cirque du Soleil's "Totem" 1st Eastern Ontario Sectionals 1st/1st Autumn Skate (SD/FD) 4th/1st Thornhill Summer Skate (SD/FD) 6th/5th Minto Summer Skate (SD/FD) 9th Canadian Championships 3rd Skate Canada Challenge 13th Canadian Championships 6th Skate Canada Challenge 12th Eastern Challenge (Jr) 1st Eastern Ontario Sectionals (Jr) 7th Skate Canada Junior Nationals (Nov) 4th Eastern Challenge (Nov) 2nd Eastern Ontario Sectionals (Nov) 12th Eastern Challenge (Nov) 1st Eastern Ontario Sectionals (Nov) SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 48.75, Autumn Skate Free Dance: 66.77, Autumn Skate Total Score: , Autumn Skate

8 TEAM NOTES: Létourneau & Boczar have been skating together since Boczar is currently in his second year of medical school.

9 Olga Lioudvinevitch & Benjamin Mulder PROFILE: D.O.B.: January 3, 1992 / January 24, 1993 Kitchener, ON / Waterloo, ON Kitchener-Waterloo SC Waterloo, ON Paul MacIntosh, Rebecca Babb Rebecca Babb Short Dance: Free Dance: "Yo Voy" + "Bolero" by Novalima "Adios Nonino" by Astor Piazzolla, perf. by Tango for Four 6th Skate Canada Challenge 1st Western Ontario Sectionals 4th/3rd Octoberfest (SD/FD) 1st Isabella Henderson Memorial 5th/5th Autumn Skate (SD/FD) 12th Skate Canada Junior Nationals (Jr) 12th Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 2nd Western Ontario Sectionals (Jr) 12th Skate Canada Junior Nationals (Nov) 6th Western Challenge (Nov) 3rd Western Ontario Sectionals (Nov) SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 45.83, Isabella Henderson Memorial Free Dance: 63.54, Isabella Henderson Memorial Total Score: , Isabella Henderson Memorial

10 TEAM NOTES: Lioudvinevitch & Mulder skated together when they were younger, then split for two years, and re-teamed in From , Lioudvinevitch skated on the junior level with Thomas Williams and Mulder skated on the novice level with Kylie Knight. Lioudvinevitch was born in Stary Oskol, Russia. She is a full-time student at the University of Waterloo. Mulder will complete Grade 12 this June and is a Level 1 skating coach.

11 Nicole Orford & Thomas Williams PROFILE: D.O.B.: October 10, 1992 / April 20, 1991 Burnaby, BC / Vancouver, BC Inlet SC / Calalta FSC Burnaby, BC Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe Short Dance: Free Dance: "Mambo con Dancehall" + "Baila Baila" Music from Gone with the Wind 2nd Skate Canada Challenge 1st BC/Yukon Sectionals 6th Cup of Austria JGP 1st JGP Brisbane 1st BC Summer Skate (Jr) (SD) 1st/1st Minto Summer Skate (Jr) (SD/FD) 8th World Junior Championships 1st Skate Canada Junior Nationals 1st Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 5th Czech Skate JGP 3rd John Curry Memorial JGP SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 54.87, BC/Yukon Sectionals Free Dance: 89.94, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: , Skate Canada Challenge (senior programs only)

12 TEAM NOTES: Orford & Williams began skating together in May Since they won the Canadian junior title in 2011, they had to move up to the senior level within Canada, although they competed on the junior international level this fall. This is a greater challenge in ice dance than in the other disciplines, since a different short dance is required. Orford previously skated with Malcolm Rohon-O'Halloran, finishing seventh at 2010 Skate Canada Junior Nationals. She has only been ice dancing since Williams previously skated with Olga Lioudvinevitch and Alicia Williams, his sister. Williams had decided to take a year off from skating and had moved back home to Alberta when Orford contacted him for a tryout. He had to quickly decide to move to Vancouver to team up with her. Orford & Williams have the highest score attained by a Canadian junior dance team since the compulsory dance was removed from the competitive format.

13 Alexandra Paul & Mitchell Islam PROFILE: D.O.B.: September 16, 1991 / January 24, 1990 Midhurst, ON / Barrie, ON Barrie SC / Barrie SC Barrie, ON David Islam, Kelly Johnson, Tyler Myles Romain Haguenauer (SD), David Wilson & Kelly Johnson (FD) Short Dance: 2046 Main Theme (rhumba version) + "The Havana Slide" Free Dance: "Tonight" by Bernie Taupin and Elton John WD NHK Trophy 8th Skate America 1st Octoberfest (SD) 3rd Canadian Championships WD Cup of Russia 4th Skate Canada 2nd World Junior Championships 1st Skate Canada Junior Nationals 1st Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 5th Bosphorus Cup JGP 4th Torun Cup JGP SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 55.99, Octoberfest Free Dance: 74.20, Skate America Total Score: , Skate America

14 TEAM NOTES: Paul & Islam teamed up in January Paul previously skated with Jason Cheperdak, winning the 2009 Canadian junior bronze medal. Islam previously skated with Joanna Lenko, winning the 2007 Canadian silver medal on the junior level. Islam's father, David, is part of their coaching team and his mother, Debbie, is a judge. Paul has been fighting injury all season, and was getting back on track when a collision during practice at NHK Trophy forced them out of that competition. She had surgery on her leg to repair the damage sustained from the impact.

15 Kharis Ralph & Asher Hill PROFILE: D.O.B.: April 22, 1992 / March 19, 1991 Toronto, ON / Pickering, ON Scarboro FSC / Scarboro FSC Scarborough, ON Carol Lane, Juris Razgulajevs, Jon Lane, Donna Ijima Carol Lane, Juris Razgulajevs Short Dance: Free Dance: "Wanna Be Startin' Something'" + "Harlem Nocturne" + "Do You Only Wanna Dance" Tango: "La Cosa Pequena" + "El Cholulio" 2nd Central Ontario Sectionals 5th Skate America 3rd Nebelhorn Trophy 1st Thornhill Summer Skate (SD) 3rd Minto Summer Skate (FD) 4th Canadian Championships 1st Skate Canada Challenge 6th Trophée Eric Bompard 7th Cup of China 6th Four Continents Championships 4th Canadian Championships 4th Junior Grand Prix Final 2nd Croatia Cup JGP 2nd JGP Lake Placid 5th World Junior Championships 6th Junior Grand Prix Final 2nd Mexico Cup JGP 2nd JGP Courchevel 8th World Junior Championships 1st Canadian Championships (Jr) 2nd Eastern Challenge (Jr) 1st Central Ontario Sectionals (Jr) 7th John Curry Memorial JGP 4th JGP Lake Placid 1st Skate Canada Junior Nationals (Nov) 1st Eastern Challenge (Nov) 1st Central Ontario Sectionals (Nov) 1st North American Challenge Skate - Vancouver (Nov)

16 SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 56.81, Central Ontario Sectionals Free Dance: 81.91, Nebelhorn Trophy Total Score: , Nebelhorn Trophy TEAM NOTES: Ralph & Hill have been skating together for almost a decade. Ralph & Hill won three consecutive national titles at the pre-novice (2006), novice (2007), and junior (2008) levels. Ralph studies history and political science at the University of Toronto, and Hill is an occupational health & safety student at Ryerson University.

17 Shanna René de Cotret-Laporte & Alexandre Laliberté PROFILE: D.O.B.: February 3, 1993 / August 1, 1994 Boucherville, QC / Montréal, QC CPA Boucherville / CPA Pointe aux Trembles Montréal, QC Bruno Yvars, Simon Roberge Bruno Yvars Short Dance: "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad Mambo" + "Maria" + "La Copa de la Vida" Free Dance: "Pointant Le Nord" + "L'amour Solaire" - Pierre Lapointe SEASON'S BESTS: 5th Skate Canada Challenge 2nd Québec Sectionals 4th/7th Autumn Skate (SD/FD) 2nd/3rd Québec Summer Championships (SD/FD) 5th/6th Minto Summer Skate (SD/FD) Short Dance: 39.90, Skate Canada Challenge Free Dance: 66.19, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: , Skate Canada Challenge TEAM NOTES: René de Cotret-Laporte & Laliberté began their partnership in April Neither partner competed on the junior level. René de Cotret-Laporte did not compete in the season and previously skated with Simon Tanguay. Laliberté previously skated with Judith Jean-Lachapelle and Carolane Soucisse. He finished 11th on the novice level at the 2011 Skate Canada Junior Nationals with Jean-Lachapelle and won the Canadian pre-novice bronze medal in 2010 with Soucisse. Laliberté is the youngest competitor in senior dance this year.

18 Anoushka Ritchie-Hervieux & Philippe Massé PROFILE: D.O.B.: September 13, 1993 / May 10, 1990 Montréal, QC / Montréal QC Goulbourn SC / CPA Pointe aux Trembles Montréal, QC Pascal Denis, Patrice Lauzon Pascal Denis Short Dance: "Ran Kan Kan" + "Manana de Carnaval" + "En Barranquilla me Quedo" Free Dance: "Sentimientos" + "Tango Alternativo" 4th Skate Canada Challenge 1st Québec Sectionals 3rd/4th Octoberfest (SD/FD) 3rd/3rd Autumn Skate (SD/FD) 3rd/2nd Québec Summer Championships (SD/FD) 8th Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships Short Dance A 11th Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships Free Dance 21st Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 4th Eastern Ontario Sectionals (Jr) 19th Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 6th Québec Sectionals (Jr) 11th Québec Sectionals (Nov) SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 45.49, Québec Sectionals Free Dance: 64.68, Québec Summer Championships Total Score: , Québec Sectionals

19 TEAM NOTES: Ritchie-Hervieux & Massé teamed up in Richie-Hervieux previously skated with Michael Bilodeau. Massé previously skated with Annie Lauzon. This is Ritchie-Hervieux & Massé's first trip to the Canadian Championships.

20 Jazz Smyl Joly & Nicholas Jesionek PROFILE: D.O.B.: April 17, 1992 / September 14, 1989 St. Paul, AB / Wadsworth, OH (USA) St. Paul FSC / Royal Glenora Club Plano, TX (USA) Pierre Panayi Nick Traxler Short Dance: Free Dance: "Oye Como Va" + "Do You Only Wanna Dance" "Someone Like You" + "Rumor Has It" by Adele 8th Skate Canada Challenge 1st AB/NWT/NU Sectionals 6th Autumn Skate (FD) SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 35.06, Skate Canada Challenge Free Dance: 58.14, Autumn Skate Total Score: 87.56, Skate Canada Challenge TEAM NOTES: Smyl Joly & Jesionek have only been skating together since September 2011, when Smyl Joly moved to Texas to team up with Jesionek. Smyl Joly previously skated with Ryan Behnia and Jessie Smyth. With Behnia, she was 15th at the 2011 Skate Canada Junior Nationals. Jesionek is from the U.S. and previously skated with Hannah Hunt and Brittany Schmucker. This is the first senior-level season for both partners. Jesionek jumped from novice to senior this year.

21 Larissa Van As & Troy Shindle PROFILE: D.O.B.: April 21, 1992 / December 17, 1992 Vancouver, BC / Burnaby, BC Inlet SC / Inlet SC Burnaby, BC Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe Short Dance: "Sway" + "Mambo Italiano" Free Dance: "Proud Mary" + "Daydream Believer" + "Spirit in the Sky" 3rd Skate Canada Challenge 2nd BC/YT Sectionals 2nd BC Summer Skate 4th/7th Minto Summer Skate (SD/FD) 7th Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships Short Dance A 10th Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships Free Dance 8th Skate Canada Junior Nationals 13th Skate Canada Challenge (Jr) 2nd BC/YT Sectionals (Jr) SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 49.72, BC/YT Sectionals Free Dance: 74.13, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: , BC/YT Sectionals TEAM NOTES: Van As & Shindle teamed up in April Van As previously skated with Taylor Dilley and Shindle skated with Chloe Hill. Both partners competed in singles through the novice level. Van As began dancing in 2009, when injuries kept her from jumping.

22 Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir PROFILE: D.O.B.: May 17, 1989 / September 2, 1987 London, ON / Ilderton, ON Ilderton SC / Ilderton SC Canton, MI (USA) Marina Zoueva, Igor Shpilband, Johnny Johns Marina Zoueva, Igor Shpilband, Johnny Johns Short Dance: "Hip Hip Chin Chin" + "Temptation" + "Mujer Latina" Free Dance: Music from Funny Face 2nd Grand Prix Final 1st Trophée Eric Bompard 1st Skate Canada 1st Finlandia Trophy 2nd World Championships WD Four Continents Championships 1st World Championships 1st Olympic Games 1st Canadian Championships 2nd Grand Prix Final 1st Skate Canada 1st Trophée Eric Bompard 3rd World Championships 2nd Four Continents Championships 1st Canadian Championships 2nd World Championships SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 71.61, Skate Canada Free Dance: , Grand Prix Final Total Score: , Grand Prix Final

23 1st Canadian Championships 4th Grand Prix Final 2nd NHK Trophy 1st Skate Canada 6th World Championships 3rd Four Continents Championships 2nd Canadian Championships 4th Trophée Eric Bompard 2nd Skate Canada 1st Campbell's Cup (Team Event) 1st World Junior Championships 3rd Four Continents Championships 3rd Canadian Championships 1st Junior Grand Prix Final 1st JGP Montréal 1st Andorra Cup JGP 2nd World Junior Championships 4th Canadian Championships 1st Junior Grand Prix Final 1st Western Ontario Sectionals 1st JGP Harbin 2nd JGP Courchevel 11th World Junior Championships 1st Canadian Championships (Jr) 4th JGP Zagreb 6th Skate Slovakia JGP 7th Canadian Championships (Jr) 1st Western Ontario Sectionals (Jr) 4th Helmut Seibt Memorial (Nov) 3rd Canadian Championships (Nov) 4th Western Challenge (Nov) TEAM NOTES: Virtue & Moir began skating together in October 1997, making them the longest-running active partnership in Canada. Virtue & Moir are the first Canadian ice dancers to win the Olympic title and the second to win the World title. They have national titles at every level except novice, and they are the only Canadian dance team to have national titles at four of the five levels. They hold the Canadian records for total score in senior dance (both the CD/OD/FD and SD/FD formats) and junior dance (CD/OD/FD format). Virtue underwent surgery on her legs in fall 2008 and fall Both operations were done to relieve pressure caused by chronic exertional compartment syndrome.

24 Kaitlyn Weaver & Andrew Poje PROFILE: D.O.B.: April 12, 1989 / February 25, 1987 Toronto, ON / Toronto, ON Sault FSC / Kitchener-Waterloo SC Bloomfield Hills, MI (USA) Pasquale Camerlengo, Anjelika Krylova, Shae-Lynn Bourne Shae-Lynn Bourne, Pasquale Camerlengo Short Dance: Free Dance: "Historia de un Amor" + "Batacuda" "Je Suis Malade" 4th Grand Prix Final 2nd Rostelecom Cup 2nd NHK Trophy 2nd Skate Canada 5th World Championships 4th Four Continents Championships 2nd Canadian Championships 5th Grand Prix Final 4th Skate America 2nd NHK Trophy 1st Four Continents Championships 3rd Canadian Championships 3rd Skate Canada 6th Cup of China 5th Four Continents Championships 3rd Canadian Championships 7th NHK Trophy 6th Cup of China 17th World Championships 5th Four Continents Championships 2nd Canadian Championships 7th Trophée Eric Bompard 6th Skate Canada 20th World Championships 3rd World Junior Championships 3rd Canadian Championships 3rd JGP Liberec 3rd Chinese Taipei Cup JGP

25 SEASON'S BESTS: Short Dance: 66.24, Grand Prix Final Free Dance: 99.83, Grand Prix Final Total Score: , Grand Prix Final TEAM NOTES: Weaver & Poje began their partnership in July Weaver is from the U.S. and competed on the JGP with Charles Clavey before moving to Canada to skate with Poje. Poje previously skated with Alice Graham and Alexandra Nino. Weaver & Poje won bronze medals at their first four competitions together. Weaver became a Canadian citizen in 2009.

Mélissande Dumas & David Mackay Perry

Mélissande Dumas & David Mackay Perry PROFILE: D.O.B.: January 24, 1992 / November 12, 1989 Hometowns: Granby, QC / Ottawa, ON Home Clubs: CPA Laval / CPA Des Deux-Rives Training Town: Pierrefonds, QC