2025 Canadian Jr. & Sr. Sectionals/Challenge

[Sylvia]

All the Senior men who competed at Challenge will qualify for Canadian Nationals?

1 Aleksa Rakic Champs ISC of BC BC/YK 69.60 (5) 154.29 (1) 223.89 (already had a BYE)
2 Anthony Paradis Mille-Îles QC 76.06 (2) 142.91 (2) 218.97 (already had a BYE)
3 Roman Sadovsky York Region Skating Centre ON 79.62 (1) 138.26 (3) 217.88
4 Matthew Newnham Ice Palace FSC AB/NT/NU 71.48 (4) 127.19 (4) 198.67
5 Rio Morita Toronto CS & CC ON 72.08 (3) 116.87 (7) 188.95
6 Edrian Paul Celestino Saint-Laurent QC 65.87 (8) 119.69 (5) 185.56
7 David Li Sunset FSC BC/YK 63.65 (9) 117.66 (6) 181.31
8 Shohei Law Champs ISC of BC BC/YK 67.17 (7) 112.21 (9) 179.38
9 Bruce Waddell Granite Club ON 60.16 (10) 113.02 (8) 173.18
10 John Kim Thornhill FSC ON 67.29 (6) 105.11 (11) 172.40
11 Alec Guinzbourg Granite Club ON 53.55 (12) 105.30 (10) 158.85
12 Brian Chiem Glencoe Club AB/NT/NU 59.73 (11) 90.37 (12) 150.10
13 Antoine Goyette St-Bruno QC 49.37 (13) 88.30 (13) 137.67

FP protocols: https://skatecanada.ca/results/CHA24SeniorMenFP2DRO.pdf

Yes, there should be 15 senior men there (the 13 who competed here plus Chiu and Gogolev).
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There should be 13 additional qualifiers (top 14 not including Hetty Shi). They will join Medland-Spence, Dupuis, Schizas and Ruiter at nationals.

1 Amy Shao Ning Yang BC/YK 55.72 (3) 114.30 (1) 170.02
2 Uliana Shiryaeva BC/YK 55.98 (2) 111.91 (2) 167.89
3 Kara Yun ON 54.48 (7) 110.24 (3) 164.72
4 Fée-Ann Landry QC 51.56 (10) 104.86 (4) 156.42
5 Megan Woodley ON 55.13 (5) 100.93 (6) 156.06
6 Marie-Maude Pomerleau QC 55.34 (4) 100.57 (7) 155.91
7 Breken Brezden MB 50.73 (11) 104.06 (5) 154.79
8 Hetty Shi ON 58.28 (1) 91.83 (11) 150.11
9 Marie-Raphaële Savoie QC 52.84 (9) 96.90 (8) 149.74
10 Justine Miclette QC 54.94 (6) 94.21 (9) 149.15
11 Grace Johnson AB/NT/NU 46.99 (15) 91.90 (10) 138.89
12 Marie-France D Amour QC 47.61 (13) 90.66 (13) 138.27
13 Julianne Lussier QC 47.30 (14) 88.45 (15) 135.75
14 Uma Zagele AB/NT/NU 49.73 (12) 84.80 (19) 134.53

(Top 14 advance to nationals along with Medland-Spence, Dupuis, Schizas and Ruiter)

15 Jade Bouchard QC 45.55 (18) 88.03 (16) 133.58
16 Emily Sales BC/YK 45.45 (19) 87.57 (17) 133.02
17 Natalie Roccatani ON 40.72 (20) 90.78 (12) 131.50
18 Bella Jia ON 45.65 (17) 85.53 (18) 131.18
19 Mia Clarke QC 53.19 (8) 77.66 (21) 130.85
20 Elise Dawson ON 46.79 (16) 82.79 (20) 129.58
21 Camille Perreault QC 39.34 (22) 88.98 (14) 128.32
22 Alexandra Sarmiento Diaz AB/NT/NU 40.46 (21) 75.43 (22) 115.89
23 Maya Isabelle ON 37.00 (24) 72.12 (23) 109.12
24 Angelina YinLin Guan BC/YK 38.16 (23) 65.85 (24) 104.01
25 Monica Finlay ON 34.40 (25) 64.16 (25) 98.56

Senior Women FP protocols: https://skatecanada.ca/results/CHA24SeniorWomenFP2DRO.pdf

Medal ceremony starting: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x99i5hu

Junior Ice Dance final standings:
1 Chloe Nguyen / Brendan Giang BC/YK 67.66 (1) 97.95 (1) 165.61
2 Sandrine Gauthier / Quentin Thieren QC 64.35 (2) 96.90 (2) 161.25
3 Layla Veillon / Alexander Brandys ON 59.96 (3) 90.28 (3) 150.24
4 Auréa Cinçon-Debout / Earl Jesse Celestino QC 59.09 (4) 86.37 (4) 145.46
5 Summer Homick / Nicholas Buelow ON 56.82 (5) 83.50 (5) 140.32
6 Laurence Brière / Julien Lévesque QC 52.87 (6) 81.76 (6) 134.63
7 Victoria Carandiuc / Andrei Carandiuc QC 51.09 (8) 81.25 (7) 132.34
8 Caroline Kravets / Aiden Dotzert ON 49.92 (10) 74.34 (10) 124.26
9 Charlie Anderson / Cayden Dawson ON 47.04 (13) 75.64 (9) 122.68
10 Audra Gans / Gabriel Liu QC 49.96 (9) 72.21 (11) 122.17
11 Rachel Martins / Juel Kowalczyk ON 41.21 (16) 76.00 (8) 117.21
12 Anjou Karino / Andrew Song AB/NT/NU 47.97 (11) 69.06 (13) 117.03
13 Olympia Kalaganis / Émile Deveau QC 47.08 (12) 69.81 (12) 116.89
14 Sophia Gover / Billy Wilson-French ON 51.98 (7) 63.39 (17) 115.37
15 Nelly-Anne Chao / Thierry Caron QC 46.76 (14) 67.84 (14) 114.60
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16 Chaïma Ben Khelifa / Nikita Sosnenko QC 40.53 (18) 67.76 (15) 108.29
17 Olivia Corneil / Alexandre Emery ON 40.51 (19) 65.03 (16) 105.54
18 Madison Tong / Michael Boutsan ON 41.66 (15) 62.59 (18) 104.25
19 Amélia Dufour-Saysourinho / Anthony MacDonal QC 40.79 (17) 58.91 (19) 99.70
WD Rilee Eby / Jacob Stark ON
WD Alyson Lacombe / Morgan Laliberté-Laurent QC

FD protocols: https://skatecanada.ca/results/CHA24JuniorDanceFD2DRO.pdf

Senior FD is just ending in Rink A.

 

[Sylvia]

Ted Barton brought up in his interview with Amy Shao Ning Yang that she had won the 2020 Canadian Novice national title (she was with a different coaching team back then) and has had to overcome challenges to come back in her skating journey to win the gold at Challenge today. I'm very happy for her!

Senior Ice Dance final standings:
1 Lily Hensen / Nathan Lickers ON 69.98 (1) 100.28 (2) 170.26
2 Alyssa Robinson / Jacob Portz AB/NT/NU 59.59 (4) 102.32 (1) 161.91
3 Jamie Fournier / Everest Zhu QC 61.16 (2) 100.05 (3) 161.21
4 Alisa Korneva / Kieran MacDonald ON 59.96 (3) 91.47 (4) 151.43
5 Éliane Foroglou-Gadoury / Luke Anderson QC 52.84 (5) 78.04 (5) 130.88

FD protocols: https://skatecanada.ca/results/CHA24SeniorDanceFD2DRO.pdf

 

[sk8nlizard]

I am a bit confused on how skaters qualify to Canadian Nationals. Is it just from Challenge and Byes? Is there more than one Challenger? Is it similar to US Sectionals?

 

[Sylvia]

I am a bit confused on how skaters qualify to Canadian Nationals. Is it just from Challenge and Byes? Is there more than one Challenger? Is it similar to US Sectionals?

Skate Canada Challenge is the only competition to qualify for Nationals (Senior & Junior levels). Skaters qualify for Challenge via their respective Sectional Championships (what used to be USFS' 9 Regional Championships) - there are 10 sections in Canada.

ETA:

Competitions

info.skatecanada.ca

ETA 2: https://skatecanada.ca/2024/05/skate-canada-releases-2024-2025-domestic-events-calendar/

For the third consecutive year, Skate Canada Challenge will take place at Seven Oaks Arena at Garden City Community Centre, in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Held from November 28 to December 1, 2024, the competition will serve as a qualifying event for the National Championships.
The new year will start in exciting fashion as the country’s best junior and senior figure skaters converge in Laval, Quebec for the 2025 Canadian National Skating Championships. The competition will take place from January 14-19, 2025, and will be held at Place Bell for the first time in the event’s history.
From February 6-9, 2025, Canada’s up-and-coming skaters will compete in Edmonton, Alberta at the first edition of the Skate Canada Trophy. Held at Terwillegar Community Recreation Centre, the new national competition will bring together the former Novice Canadian Championships and Skate Canada Challenge – Pre-Novice/Novice events under one umbrella.
The season will wrap up with the 2025 Skate Canada Cup at Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex in Waterloo, Ontario from February 28 to March 2, 2025. New for this season, the Skate Canada Cup will now encompass the novice level of synchronized skating, as well as gold and open categories.

 

[puglover]

Skate Canada Challenge is the only competition to qualify for Nationals (Senior & Junior levels). Skaters qualify for Challenge via their respective Sectional Championships (what used to be USFS' 9 Regional Championships) - there are 10 sections in Canada.

ETA:

Competitions

info.skatecanada.ca

ETA 2: https://skatecanada.ca/2024/05/skate-canada-releases-2024-2025-domestic-events-calendar/

When my kids skated, they competed at sectionals (against those in their province) and the top finishers then skated at a divisional competition to qualify for "Canadians" as we called it. This relatively newer system is much fairer as some divisions were considerably tougher than others. This way the judges get a real look at the talent across the country. This local rink complex is nice and there was no charge for spectators so a great way to spend a day but I was sad to see not many there who did not seem to be connected to the skaters participating.

 

[Skate Talker]

Not sure if anyone can access this but here's a link to a Laurie Nealin article about the 4 Manitoba skaters who qualified for the Canadian Championships.

Manitoba quartet qualifies for skating championships

Manitoba’s representation for the 2025 Canadian figure skating championships doubled over the weekend when Winnipeg’s David Howes and Dauphin’s Breken Brezden delivered on their considerable potential...

www.winnipegfreepress.com

ETA: That article focuses mostly on Howes & Bresden. Nealin's earlier article is about Kemp & Elizarov

Winnipeg pair captures junior title at Skate Canada Challenge

Friday proved to be a day full of smiles for Winnipeg’s most skilled figure skaters at Skate Canada Challenge, the national championships qualifier unfolding this week at Seven Oaks Arena. First, Ava...

www.winnipegfreepress.com

 

[shutterbug]

Not sure if anyone can access this but here's a link to a Laurie Nealin article about the 4 Manitoba skaters who qualified for the Canadian Championships.

Manitoba quartet qualifies for skating championships

Manitoba’s representation for the 2025 Canadian figure skating championships doubled over the weekend when Winnipeg’s David Howes and Dauphin’s Breken Brezden delivered on their considerable potential...

www.winnipegfreepress.com

ETA: That article focuses mostly on Howes & Bresden. Nealin's earlier article is about Kemp & Elizarov

Winnipeg pair captures junior title at Skate Canada Challenge

Friday proved to be a day full of smiles for Winnipeg’s most skilled figure skaters at Skate Canada Challenge, the national championships qualifier unfolding this week at Seven Oaks Arena. First, Ava...

www.winnipegfreepress.com

Thanks for getting this one posted @Skate Talker ! Unfortunately, an email is required to access the full article, so I will post excerpts in the Canadian men's and women's news threads.

 

[Sylvia]

Unfortunately, an email is required to access the full article, so I will post excerpts in the Canadian men's and women's news threads.

Thank you @Skate Talker & @shutterbug. Do you mind also posting excerpts from the latest Kemp/Elizarov article in the Canadian Pairs news thread again?

ETA link to Skate Canada's recap article (Dec. 1):

Lia Cho Sets New Junior Women’s Canadian Record at Skate Canada Challenge

Winnipeg, MB (December 1, 2024) – Lia Cho continued her [...]

skatecanada.ca

ETA 2 - and highlights video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDFMJdHpO7e/

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[Sylvia]

This YT account has uploaded my favorite Junior men's performances as well as the top 3 Senior women's free programs: https://www.youtube.com/@saine9/videos