Ontario skaters named to the teams include:

ISU World Figure Skating Championships, Nice, France – March 26 – April 1, 2012

Men
Patrick Chan, 21, Toronto, Ont.

Ice Dance
Tessa Virtue, 22, London, Ont. / Scott Moir, 24, Ilderton, Ont.
Kaitlyn Weaver, 22, Waterloo, Ont. – Houston, TX / Andrew Poje, 24, Waterloo, Ont.
Kharis Ralph, 19, Toronto, Ontario / Asher Hill, 20, Pickering, Ontario

Pair
Meagan Duhamel, 26, Lively, Ont. / Eric Radford, 26, Balmerton, Ont.

ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Colorado Springs, USA – February 6 – 12, 2012

Men
Patrick Chan, 21, Toronto, Ont.

Ice Dance
Tessa Virtue, 22, London, Ont. / Scott Moir, 24, Ilderton, Ont.
Kaitlyn Weaver, 22, Waterloo, Ont. – Houston, TX / Andrew Poje, 24, Waterloo, Ont.
Alexandra Paul, 20, Barrie, Ont. / Mitchell Islam, 21, Barrie, Ont.

Pair
Meagan Duhamel, 26, Lively, Ont. / Eric Radford, 26, Balmerton, Ont.

Ladies
Alexandra Najarro, 18, Richmond Hill, Ont.

ISU Junior World Figure Skating Championships, Minsk, Belarus, February 27 – March 4, 2012

Pair
Katherine Bobak, 17, Guelph, Ont. / Ian Beharry, 20, Guelph, Ont.

Margaret Purdy, 16, Strathroy, Ont. / Michael Marinaro, 19, Sarnia, Ont.

Hayleigh Bell, 15, Acton, Ont. / Alistair Sylvester, 17, Stratford, Ont.

The third-placed senior ice dance team, Piper Gilles, 19, Colorado Springs, CO and Paul Poirier, 20, Unionville, Ont. are currently unable to represent Canada internationally until her eligibility release from US Figure Skating is confirmed this spring. They will be eligible to represent Canada next season.

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Winning their fourth Canadian Championship were Tessa Virtue & Scott Moir of Western Ontario.  Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje, from Northern Ontario, won silver.  In their first season together, Paul Poirier & Piper Gilles of Central Ontario won bronze.

Kharis Ralph & Asher Hill (CO) were 4th, Alexandra Paul & Mitchell Islam (CO) were 5th, Olga Lioudvinevitch & Benjamin Mulder (WO) were 12th, and Helene Letourneau & Kevin Boczar (EO) were 13th.  Full results available on the Skate Canada website.

Katherine Bobak and Ian Beharry of Western Ontario captured the Canadian Championship Title in the Pairs event, while Mary Orr & Anthony Furiano, also of Western Ontario, won bronze.

In Women, Gabrielle Daleman of Central Ontario was named the Canadian Champion.

In the Junior Men’s event, Peter O’Brien of Eastern Ontario won the silver medal while Joel Bond of Northern Ontario won bronze.

In a closely-fought Dance event, Mackenzie Bent & Garrett MacKeen of Eastern Ontario placed fourth – only 0.27 points behind the bronze medal spot.

Junior Pairs Medalists (L-R: Krystel Desjardins / Charlie Bilodeau, Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry, Mary Orr / Anthony Furiano)

Gabrielle Daleman, Junior Women's Champion

Junior Men Medalists (L-R: Peter O'Brien, Mitchell Gordon, Joel Bond)

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High-resolution photos of all Ontario athletes at the 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships are available to media outlets upon request.

Also winning medals were Roman Sadovsky of Central Ontario with the men’s silver medal, Dylan Conway & Dustin Sherriff-Clayton of Central Ontario won the silver in pairs, Samantha Glavine & Jeff Hough of Eastern Ontario take home bronze in dance.

Novice Pair Medalists (L-R: Dylan Conway / Dustin Sherriff-Clayton, Hayleigh Bell / Alistair Sylvester, Marie-Laurence Bradette / Felix-Antoine Garneau-Picard)

Novice Men Medalists (L-R: Roman Sadovsky, Anthony Kan, Nicolas Nadeau)

Novice Dance Medalists (L-R: Melinda Meng / Andrew Meng, Lauren Collins / Danny Seymour, Samantha Glavine / Jeff Hough)

Novice Women Medalists (L-R: Larkyn Austman, Madelyn Dunley, Haley Sales)

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2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships general info:
Event Website

To know when the broadcasts will take place, click here to download the event schedule. Miss some of the live action? Performances will also be archived.

MONCTON, NB: Skaters from across Ontario will be competing in Moncton this week as they vie for a national title at the 2012 Canadian Figure Skating Championships.

Skaters representing Ontario and the division in which they will compete include:

Novice Men

• Trennt Michaud    Eastern Ontario (EO)
• Jeff Hough    EO
• Anthony Kan    Central Ontario (CO)
• Roman Sadovsky    CO
• Jarret Melanson    Northern Ontario (NO)
• Leslie Ip    CO

Novice Women

• Hayleigh Bell    CO
• Zoe Gong    EO
• Lisa Nasu-Yu    EO
• Madelyn Dunley    CO

Novice Pair

• Dylan Conway / Dustin Sherriff-Clayton    CO
• Madelyn Dunley / Wesley Killing    Western Ontario (WO)
• Jordyn Harper / Shaquille Davis    CO
• Hayleigh Bell / Alistair Sylvester    CO
• Elizabeth Swenor / Rocky Swenor   CO

Novice Dance

• Abby Savoie / Dennis Romanenko    CO
• Ekaterina Fedyushchenko / Jean-Luc Jackson    WO
• Samantha Glavine / Jeff Hough    EO
• Katie Desveaux / Dmitre Razgulajevs    CO
• Haili Moyer / Aaron Chapplain    CO
• Lauren Collins / Danny Seymour    CO

Junior Men

• Denis Margalik    CO
• Joel Bond    NO
• Peter O Brien    EO
• Iassen Petkov    CO
• Dustin Sherriff-Clayton    CO
• Alexander Zahariev    CO
• Alistair Sylvester    WO

Junior Women

• Brittany Jones    WO
• Cassandra McDonnell    WO
• Rachel Greben    CO
• Jennifer Pettem    EO
• Brianna Clarkson    WO
• Olivia Houston    CO
• Elizabeth Comeau    EO
• Gabrielle Daleman    CO
• Samantha Tsui    CO

Junior Pair

• Shalena Rau / Phelan Simpson    WO
• Katherine Bobak / Ian Beharry    WO
• Mary Orr / Anthony Furiano    WO
• Leah Hyslop / Bob Goodwin    WO

Junior Dance

• Rebecca Nelles / Nicholas Lettner    EO
• Mackenzie Bent / Garrett MacKeen    EO
• Rachel Kirkland / Christopher Lettner    CO
• Sarah Clarke / Steven Clarke    EO
• Nicole Kuzmich / Jordan Hockley    CO

Senior Men

• Benjamin Guthrie    NO
• Shaquille Davis    CO
• Raphael Yacobi-Harris    CO
• Andrei Rogozine    CO
• Patrick Chan    CO

Senior Women

• Christina Yan    CO
• Alexandra Najarro    CO
• Alaine Chartrand    EO
• Adriana DeSanctis    CO

Senior Pair

• Andrea Tou / Matthew Penasse    CO
• Margaret Purdy / Michael Marinaro    WO
• Taylor Steele / Rob Schultz    WO
• Brittany Jones / Kurtis Gaskell    WO
• Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch    WO

Senior Dance

• Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier    CO
• Olga Lioudvinevitch / Benjamin Mulder    WO
• Helene Letourneau / Kevin Boczar    EO
• Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir     WO
• Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill    CO
• Alexandra Paul / Mitchell Islam    CO
• Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje    NO

For event information, including schedules, results, and ticket information, visit the 2012 Canadians website.

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Tickets are still available for this unique opportunity to see some amazing skating this holiday season.  Full details below:

With 11 countries represented, an elite field will showcase numerous Olympic and World Championship veterans alongside exciting newcomers. Many of the athletes at the Pavillon de la Jeunesse at ExpoCité will contend for the podium in two years’ time at the next Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia in 2014.

All of Canada’s entries at the event have roots in Ontario.

In the men’s competition defending gold medalist and 2011 World Champion Patrick Chan will represent Canada.

Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford will represent Canada in pair skating, having earned bronze at both of their ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating assignments, Skate Canada International and Trophée Eric Bompard.

Canada has earned two entries in the ice dance category. 2010 Olympic and World Champions Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won gold at both Skate Canada International and Trophée Eric Bompard, and Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje won silver at Skate Canada International and silver at the Rostelecom Cup in order to qualify.

In the junior category, the Canadian pair team of Katherine Bobak and Ian Beharry qualified for the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final with a silver medal at the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Poland and gold medal in Estonia.

Tickets are still available for the event and can be purchased online at www.billetech.com or by phone at 1.800.900.SHOW (7469) or 418.691.7211.

For results and full entries please visit www.isu.org.

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The Junior and Senior Grand Prix Final events take place in Quebec City from December 8th to 11th. Bobak & Beharry are the only Canadians to qualify for the Junior final. Fellow Ontarians Margaret Purdy & Michael Marinaro were named alternates for the pairs event and may be called to participate should other pairs withdraw.

Mackenzie Bent and Garrett MacKeen also had a strong finish to their Junior Grand Prix season in Tallinn. They finished 5th in the dance event.

Katie & Ian earned a personal best 49.73 points in their short program:

They earned another personal best with 97.99 points in their free program:

Mackenzie and Garrett earned a personal best 51.25 for their short dance:

Their free dance earned them 66.98 points:

Related Links:

• Event Results
• Event Videos: Dance | Pairs
• Junior Grand Prix Final Entries
• Junior Grand Prix Final Event Information