Six Canadian Skaters Headed to U.S. for 2019 Skate America

October 15, 2019
 

Skate Canada - OTTAWA, ON: Team Canada will be competing at the first event of the 2019 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., from October 18-20, 2019.

In the men’s discipline, Keegan Messing will be representing Canada. Messing is coming off a third-place finish at Autumn Classic International, which took place earlier this season in Oakville, Ont.

In the women’s field, Véronik Mallet will be representing Canada. At her first competition of the season, Mallet placed 12th at the ISU Autumn Classic International.

In pairs, Camille Ruest and Drew Wolfe will be competing for Canada. The team is coming off a seventh-place finish at the ISU Challenger Series event U.S. International Figure Skating Classic earlier this season.

Laurence Fournier-Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen will be the ice dancers representing Canada at the event. Earlier this season, the two won gold at Nebelhorn Trophy and silver at Lombardia Trophy, two ISU Challenger events.

Mike Slipchuk, Skate Canada High Performance Director and Marie Bowness of Chester, N.S., will be the team leaders at the event. Physiotherapist Siobhan Karam of Toronto, Ont., will be the Canadian medical staff onsite. Jerome Poulin of Montreal, Que., and Ron Conacher of Toronto, Ont., will be the Canadian officials attending the event.

For more information, please visit www.isu.org.

CANADIAN ENTRIES AT SKATE AMERICA – LAS VEGAS, USA

DISCIPLINE

NAME

AGE

HOMETOWN

CLUB

COACH

Men

Keegan Messing

27

Sherwood Park, Alta. / Brantford, Ont.

Ice Palace FSC

Ralph Burghart

Women

Véronik Mallet

25

Sept-Îles, Que.

CPA Sept-Îles

Annie Barabé / Sophie Richard

Pairs

Camille Ruest / Drew Wolfe

25 / 24

Rimouski, Que. / Calgary, Alta.

CPA De Rimouski / Glencoe Club

Richard Gauthier

Ice Dance

Laurence Fournier-Beaudry / Nikolaj Sorensen

27 / 30

Lasalle, Que. / Copenhagen, DEN

Town of Mount Royal FSC / Town of Mount Royal FSC

Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon / Romain Haguenauer

 

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