U.S. Figure Skating Announces 2009-10 Reserve Team Envelope

(5/13/09) - U.S. Figure Skating announced today the individuals and teams that will compose the Reserve Team envelope for the 2009-10 season.

The envelope level is primarily determined by the athlete's performance in international and U.S. Figure Skating competitions during the previous season, and is used to determine funding levels. It is not used as a strict guideline for selections to international competitions.

Further information about the criteria and funding for athletes on the Reserve Team envelope can be found here.

2009-10 U.S. Figure Skating Reserve Team

Ladies
Samantha Cesario
Laney Diggs
Taylor Firth
Joelle Forte
Emily Hughes
Nina Jiang
Molly Oberstar
Tenile Victorsen
Karen Zhou

Men
Alexander Aiken
Michael Chau
Andrew Gonzales
Eliot Halverson
Parker Pennington
Dennis Phan
Douglas Razzano
Scott Smith
Tommy Steenberg
Jay Yostanto

Pairs
Kylie Duarte & Colin Grafton
Cali Fujimoto & Nicholas Barsi-Rhyne
Laura Lepzinski & Ethan Burgess
Jessica Rose Paetsch & Drew Meekins
Meredith Pipkin & Brett Dunie-Neustadt
Tori Vollmer & Zack Sidhu

Ice Dancing
Anastasia Cannuscio & Colin McManus
Gabrielle Friedenberg & Benjamin Nykiel
Charlotte Lichtman & Dean Copely
Rachel Tibbetts & Collin Brubaker
Jennifer Wester & Daniil Baranstev