P. Gilles/Donohue and Wingle/McKernan were named as the U.S. dance teams for the Ostrava, Czech JGP and 2 new JGP ladies' alternates were also added for Ostrava -- Kirsten Olson (J7) and Ellie Kawamura (J8).The USA JGP men's alternates (of those currently without a JGP assignment listed as substitutes for Courchevel and Merano) are William Brewster (J9), Austin Kanallakan (J10), Grant Hochstein (J11) and Ross Miner (N2).
Based on their Lake Placid performances/results this past week, Piper Gilles/Zachary Donohue (new team), Elyse Matsumoto/Patrick Mays (N7) and Shannon Wingle/Timothy McKernan (new team) are the 3 USA dance substitutes newly listed for Merano.