And who wants to go to Regina?!???? Haha I'm excited for my first challenge there!
2:50 AM - 5 Nov 12
Gilles placed second in the SP; apparently did not skate her FP. [** Out-of-date information; see below.]
ETA:
Sorry, I spoke too soon. Turns out that as of Monday morning, the results sheet available online was not yet the final version. Thanks to geoskate for making note below.
Gilles placed fourth in the FP and fourth overall.
The link for Senior Women results remains the same:
It's interesting to see Peter O'Brien back competing, since as far as I know he hasn't skated in any competitions this season. He was entered in Liberty and the Quebec Summer competition, but didn't compete. That sounds like injury came into play; does anyone know?
Alaine Chartrand must have skated well, since the protocols show seven triples attempted and six landed. Only her second lutz apparently gave her problems.
Newfoundland results are also posted, but they only had competitors up to the novice level. They also list the byed junior competitors (Julia Mercer, Ashley Morgan, and the junior pair team of Alexandra Young/Matthew Young.
Do pre-novice champions at challenge have to move up to novice the next year? I was kind of surprised to see the NFLD pre-novice pair team byed to challenge....that team won challenge at that same level last year. Typo maybe?
The NFLD Pre-Novice Pair team is skating Novice this year. They had a Bye through NFLD Sectionals as the only team. But I believe they have to move up to Novice regardless due to winning Pre-Novice Challenge (which is Pre-Novice Nationals). Why would they stay back, they won it last year.
I didn't see a list of entrants at the Skate Canada site , and I've been shunted right out of my normal obsessive attention , recently. Can anyone tell me who we're likely to see in Sr. Dance ... besides Paul and Islam ? My brain has totally gone to mush.
Among the competitors are national team members Paige Lawrence, 22, Kennedy, Sask., and Rudi Swiegers, 25, Kipling, Sask., who will compete in the senior pair discipline. They are the current Canadian bronze medalists. Canadian bronze medalist and recent winner of the 2012 Skate Canada International, Kaetlyn Osmond, 16, Marystown, Nfld., will compete in the senior ladies discipline which she won for the first time in 2012.
Other notable contenders are national team members, Elladj Baldé, 21, Pierrefonds, Que., in senior men, Adriana DeSanctis, 24, Barrie, Ont., in senior ladies, and Alexandra Paul, 21, Barrie, Ont., and Mitchell Islam, 22, Barrie, Ont., in senior ice dance. In addition three-time Canadian Champion Emanuel Sandhu, 32, Vancouver, B.C., will compete in Regina for the first time since the 2006-2007 season.