U.S. Team Announced For Junior Grand Prix Series Event In Budapest, Hungary
Scottie Bibb - U. S. Figure Skating Association July 27, 2009
Colorado Springs, Colo. (July 27, 2009) - U.S. Figure Skating announced today the skaters that will compete in the first event of the 2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) of Figure Skating Series, which takes place Aug. 26-30 in Budapest, Hungary.
The event will be held at the Budapest Practice Rink and will begin Thursday, Aug. 27 with the compulsory dance and the ladies and men's short programs. Official practice will be held Wednesday, Aug. 26.
Eight athletes will represent the United States at the event in three disciplines: ladies, men's and ice dancing. No pairs competition is being held at the JGP Hungary; pairs is being skated at only four of the seven JGP events this season. The U.S. team hails from six states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan and New Jersey.
In addition to Budapest, Hungary, the Junior Grand Prix Series consists of the following events:
- JGP United States: Lake Placid, N.Y. - Sept. 2-6
- JGP Poland: Torun, Poland - Sept. 9-13
- JGP Belarus: Minsk, Belarus - Sept. 23-27
- JGP Germany: Dresden, Germany - Sept. 30-Oct. 4
- JGP Croatia: Zagreb, Croatia - Oct. 7-11
- JGP Turkey: Istanbul, Turkey - Oct. 14-18
- JGP Final: Tokyo, Japan - Dec. 3-6
U.S. ENTRIES AT JGP HUNGARY
Ladies
Ellie Kawamura
Hacienda Heights, Calif.
Angela Maxwell
Hackensack, N.J.
Men's
Richard Dornbush
Corona, Calif.
Grant Hochstein
Allenton, Mich.
Ice Dancing
Piper Gilles (Colorado Springs, Colo.)and Zach Donohue (Madison, Conn.)
Charlotte Lichtman (Northville, Mich.)and Dean Copely (Newark, Del.)
- U.S. Figure Skating -
U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating in the United States as recognized by the United States Olympic Committee and the International Skating Union. U.S. Figure Skating is comprised of more than 700 member clubs, collegiate clubs, and school-affiliated clubs and more than 900 registered Basic Skills skating schools representing approximately 170,000 members. U.S. Figure Skating is charged with the development of the sport on all levels within the United States including athletes, officials, sanctioning of events and exhibitions, and establishing the rules and guidelines by which the sport is governed.
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