Christina Carreira & Simon-Pierre Malette-Paquette PROFILE: CPA Laval / CPA Lorraine Montréal, QC and Novi, MI, USA Julie Marcotte, Sylvie Fullum, Igor Shpilband "Umbrellas of Cherbourg" + "I Will Wait For You" [Buddy Greco] RESULTS: 2nd - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 1st - 2013 Québec Sectionals (Nov) 1st - 2012 Souvenir Georges-Éthier (Nov) 1st/1st - 2012 Québec Summer Championships (PD/FD) (Nov) 1st - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Nov FD 4th - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Open Blues 7th - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Open Quickstep 1st - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov) 1st - 2012 Québec Sectionals (Pre-Nov) 1st - 2011 Jeux du Québec (Juv) 1st - 2011 Québec Sectionals (Juv) 3rd - 2010 Québec Sectionals (Pre-Juv A) 2nd - 2009 STAR Provincials (Pre-Juv A) 1st - 2009 Québec Sectionals (Pre-Juv B)
SEASON'S BESTS: 63.77, Québec Sectionals Total Score: 89.51, Québec Sectionals Carreira & Malette-Paquette began skating together in 2006, making them one of the longest-running partnerships at the novice level in Canada. They are the 2012 Canadian pre-novice dance champions. Carreira & Malette-Paquette made a coaching change in fall 2012. Heading into the Canadian Championships, Carreira & Malette-Paquette hold the highest novice total score in Canada for the 2012-13 season.
Jaimie Clarke & Matthew Webb PROFILE: January 4, 1998 / November 7, 1993 Elmvale, ON / Upper Tantallon, NS Elmvale SC / St. Margaret's Bay SC Barrie, ON David Islam, Kelly Johnson, Tyler Myles Pavol Porac "Noche de Tango" + "Electroqtango" + "Tanguera" RESULTS: 4th - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 1st - 2013 Central Ontario Sectionals (as guests) (Nov) 2nd - 2012 Octoberfest (Nov) 2nd/1st - 2012 Central Ontario Summer Skate (PD/FD) (Nov) 1st/2nd - 2012 Minto Summer Skate (PD/FD) (Nov) 13th - 2012 Canadian Championships (Nov) 16th - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 4th - 2012 Central Ontario Sectionals (as guests) (Nov) 5th - 2011 Octoberfest (Nov) 7th/8th - 2011 Central Ontario Summer Skate (PD/FD) (Nov) 5th - 2011 Canada Winter Games (Pre-Nov) 17th - 2011 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov) SEASON'S BESTS: 52.80, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: 80.83, Skate Canada Challenge
Clarke & Webb teamed up in 2010. Webb previously skated with Paige Elliott. Clarke & Webb represent Nova Scotia, Webb's home province.
Catherine Daigle-Roy & Alexis St-Louis PROFILE: July 15, 1998 / June 6, 1995 St-Hubert, QC / Windsor, QC CPA St-Hubert / CPA Sherbrooke St-Hubert, QC / LMK International Julien Lalonde, Mylène Girard, Valérie Allard, Lynn McKay Mylène Girard "Caviar & Chittlins" + "Lover Lies" + "Man with the Hex" [The Atomic Fireballs] RESULTS: 5th - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 3th - 2013 Québec Sectionals (Nov) 8th - 2012 Souvenir Georges-Éthier (Nov) 4th - 2012 Autumn Skate (Nov) 8th - 2012 Québec Summer Championships (PD only) (Nov) 14th - 2012 Canadian Championships (Nov) 9th - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 6th - 2012 Québec Sectionals (Nov) 6th - 2011 Souvenir Georges-Éthier (Nov) 4th/5th - 2011 Québec Summer Championships (PD/FD) (Nov) SEASON'S BESTS: 53.51, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: 80.78, Skate Canada Challenge
Daigle-Roy & St-Louis began skating together in July 2011. They are each other's first dance partner. Daigle-Roy & St-Louis had a slow start to this season, but have steadily improved. Both partners competed in singles, Daigle-Roy in the competitive track and St-Louis in the STARSkate track.
Brianna Delmaestro & Graeme Gordon PROFILE:?? / February 19, 1993?? / Osoyoos, BC Coquitlam SC Burnaby, BC Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe "Lily" + "Donde Estas, Yolanda?" [Pink Martini] RESULTS: 6th - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 2nd - 2012 BC Summer Skate (Nov) 6th - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Nov FD 2nd - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Open Blues 3rd - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Open Quickstep SEASON'S BESTS: 54.81, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: 81.10, BC Summer Skate Delmaestro & Gordon began skating together in April 2012. Delmaestro is new to competitive dance this year. Gordon previously skated with Desiree Bortolussi, but took a year off from competitive dance.
Gordon has also qualified for the 2013 Canadian Championships in the senior men's event. Delmaestro previously qualified for 2011 Skate Canada Junior Nationals in novice ladies. She finished tenth. Delmaestro's father, Bruno, is a national-level skating coach from the Coquitlam FSC. He is part of Gordon's coaching team for singles.
Caroline Falardeau & Simon Dazé PROFILE:?? / September 16, 1995?? / Montréal, QC CPA Sainte-Foy / CPA Rosemont Montréal, QC Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon Selections from Don Juan De Marco RESULTS: 15th - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 6th - 2013 Québec Sectionals (Nov) 7th - 2012 Souvenir Georges-Éthier (Nov) 2nd - 2012 Québec Summer Championships (PD only) (Nov) SEASON'S BESTS: 47.97, Québec Sectionals Total Score: 66.77, Skate Canada Challenge Falardeau & Dazé began skating together in summer 2012. Falardeau previously skated with Samuel Deschênes, but had not competed in dance for several seasons before teaming up with Dazé. Dazé previously skated with Amélie Campeau and Bianka Gadosy. Campeau & Dazé were the 2009 Canadian juvenile bronze medalists.
Ekaterina Fedyushchenko & Jean-Luc Jackson PROFILE: November 4, 1997 / September 25, 1993 Barrie, ON / Hamilton, ON Mariposa FSC / Hamilton SC Barrie, ON David Islam, Tyler Myles Kelly Johnson "For Me and My Girl" [Judy Garland & Gene Kelly] + "I Got Rhythm" RESULTS: 10th - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 1st - 2013 Western Ontario Sectionals (Nov) 1st - 2012 Octoberfest (Nov) 1st/2nd - 2012 Central Ontario Summer Skate (PD/FD) (Nov) 3rd/1st - 2012 Minto Summer Skate (PD/FD) (Nov) 11th - 2012 Canadian Championships (Nov) 12th - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 1st - 2012 Western Ontario Sectionals (Nov) 6th - 2011 Octoberfest (Nov) 3rd - 2011 Isabella Henderson Memorial (Nov) 5th/7th - 2011 Central Ontario Summer Skate (PD/FD) (Nov) SEASON'S BESTS: 55.06, Octoberfest Total Score: 77.32, Octoberfest Fedyushchenko & Jackson teamed up in spring 2011. Jackson previously skated with Katrina Jeromkin.
Andie-Lynn Gingrich & Liam Kinrade PROFILE: Raquet Club of Victoria Victoria, BC Matthew Willis "Adios Nonino" [Sexteto Mayor] RESULTS: 7th - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 3rd - 2013 BC/YT Sectionals (Nov) 1st - 2012 Sask Skate (Nov) 3rd - 2012 BC Summer Skate (Nov) 13th - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov) 2nd - 2012 BC/YT Sectionals (Pre-Nov) SEASON'S BESTS: 53.01, Sask Skate Total Score: 76.93, Skate Canada Challenge Gingrich & Kinrade teamed up in 2011. Gingrich previously skated with Kyle Lemna. She moved from Alberta to Victoria, BC, to skate with Kinrade. Kinrade previously skated with Hanna Vincent. Gingrich & Kinrade won the Westminster Waltz patter dance at 2013 Skate Canada Challenge.
Marie-Jade Lauriault & Pierre-Richard Chiasson PROFILE: CPA Ste-Anne des Plaines Pascal Denis, Josée Piché "Eres Todo En Mi" [Ana Gabriel] + "Let's Get Loud" [Jennifer Lopez] RESULTS: 9th - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 2nd - 2013 Québec Sectionals (Nov) 3rd - 2012 Octoberfest (Nov) 3rd - 2012 Souvenir Georges-Éthier (Nov) 3rd/3rd - 2012 Québec Summer Championships (PD/FD) (Nov) 13th - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 3rd - 2012 Québec Sectionals (Nov) 4th - 2011 Souvenir Georges-Éthier (Nov) 7th/4th - 2011 Autumn Skate (PD/FD) (Nov) 6th/4th - 2011 Québec Summer Championships (PD/FD) (Nov) 25th - 2011 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov) 7th - 2011 Québec Sectionals (Pre-Nov) 3rd - 2010 Québec Sectionals (Juv) 4th - 2009 Jeux du Québec (Juv) 3rd - 2009 Québec Sectionals (Pre-Juv A) SEASON'S BESTS: 53.46, Québec Sectionals Total Score: 78.65, Québec Sectionals Lauriault & Chiasson qualified for the 2012 Canadian Championships, but withdrew before the event.
Jocelyn Leblanc & Wyatt Cowell PROFILE: Tisdale FSC "Oh Darlin" + "Can't Buy Me Love" [The Beatles] RESULTS: 11th - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 1st - 2013 Saskatchewan Sectionals (Nov) 2nd - 2012 Sask Skate (Nov) 4th - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov) 1st - 2012 Saskatchewan Sectionals (Pre-Nov) 7th - 2011 Canada Winter Games (Pre-Nov) 27th - 2011 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov) SEASON'S BESTS: 46.78, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: 71.01, Skate Canada Challenge Leblanc & Cowell teamed up in 2010.
Alexa Linden & Tyler Miller PROFILE: Inlet SC / Abbotsford SC Burnaby, BC Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe "Hey Jude" [Joe Anderson] + Oh Darlin" [Dana Fuchs & Martin Luther] RESULTS: 3rd - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 2nd - 2013 BC/YT Sectionals (Nov) 4th - 2012 BC Summer Skate Skate (Nov) SEASON'S BESTS: 58.76, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: 83.92, Skate Canada Challenge Linden & Miller teamed up in April 2012. Linden previously skated with Shane Garland. They were 10th at 2012 Skate Canada Challenge on the pre-novice level. Miller was 13th at the 2012 Canadian Championships in novice men. He is new to ice dance this year.
Camille Mondor & Stéfan Dyck PROFILE: CPA Boucherville Montréal, QC Mylène Girard, Aimé Leblanc "Happiness" [Tones on Tail] + "You're the Boss" [Brian Setzer Orchestra] RESULTS: 14th - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 7th - 2013 Québec Sectionals (Nov) 5th - 2012 Souvenir Georges-Éthier (Nov) 4th/5th - 2012 Québec Summer Championships (PD/FD) (Nov) 6th - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov) 2nd - 2012 Québec Sectionals (Pre-Nov) 22nd - 2011 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov) 6th - 2011 Québec Sectionals (Pre-Nov) 1st - 2010 Jeux de la Participation (Juv) 1st - 2010 Québec Sectionals (Juv) 2nd - 2009 Québec Sectionals (Pre-Juv A) SEASON'S BESTS: 47.31, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: 67.20, Skate Canada Challenge Mondor & Dyck are among the longest partnerships in Canadian novice ice dance.
Abigail Seewald & Jared Fell PROFILE: Royal Glenora Club Edmonton, AB Selections from The Phantom of the Opera RESULTS: 12th - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 1st - 2013 AB/NT/NU Sectionals (Nov) 6th - 2012 BC Summer Skate (Nov) 1st - 2012 Wild Rose (Nov) 5th - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov) 3rd - 2012 AB/NT/NU Sectionals (Pre-Nov) SEASON'S BESTS: 48.72, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: 69.21, AB/NT/NU Sectionals
Valérie Taillefer & Jason Chan PROFILE: CPA Des Deux-Rives / CPA St-Laurent Pierrefonds, QC Élise Hamel, Shawn Winter Tango RESULTS: 13th - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 3rd - 2013 Québec Sectionals (Nov) 4th - 2012 Octoberfest (Nov) 2nd - 2012 Souvenir Georges-Éthier (Nov) 7th/2nd - 2012 Québec Summer Championships (PD/FD) (Nov) 20th - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov) 3rd - 2012 Québec Sectionals (Pre-Nov) SEASON'S BESTS: 54.60, Québec Sectionals Total Score: 78.31, Québec Sectionals
Emily Valentine & Simon Desrochers PROFILE: October 25, 1994 / March 20, 1995 Ottawa, ON / Ste-Julie, QC Rideau SC / CPA Ste-Julie Ste-Julie, QC Aimé Leblanc, Joselle Hemond Mylène Girard "The Sky is Crying" + "Pride and Joy" [Stevie Ray Vaughan] RESULTS: 8th - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 8th - 2013 Québec Sectionals (Nov) 6th - 2012 Souvenir Georges-Éthier (Nov) 2nd - 2012 Autumn Skate (Nov) 5th/7th - 2012 Québec Summer Championships (PD/FD) (Nov) 2nd - 2012 Minto Summer Skate (PD only) (Nov) SEASON'S BESTS: 49.67, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: 76.53, Skate Canada Challenge Valentine & Desrochers started skating together in July 2012. Valentine previously skated with Tanner White and Malcolm Jones. Desrochers previously skated with Geneviève Girard-Provost, Cynthia Desrochers, and Mélissa Roy-Marchand. Valentine & Desrochers smashed their 2012-13 season's best at Skate Canada Challenge, eclipsing their past mark by over 14 points.
Danielle Wu & Spencer Soo PROFILE: Burnaby FSC Burnaby, BC Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe Megan Wing, Aaron Lowe "Solace" + "The Entertainer/Rag Time Dance" [Scott Joplin] RESULTS: 1st - 2013 Skate Canada Challenge (Nov) 1st - 2013 BC/YT Sectionals (Nov) 1st - 2012 BC Summer Skate (Nov) 2nd - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Nov FD 1st - 2012 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships, Open Blues 1st - 2012 Lake Placie Ice Dance Championships, Open Quickstep 3rd - 2012 Skate Canada Challenge (Pre-Nov) 3rd - 2012 BC/YT Sectionals (Pre-Nov) SEASON'S BESTS: 61.00, Skate Canada Challenge Total Score: 88.83, Skate Canada Challenge Wu & Soo began their partnership in May 2011.