2007-08 U.S. Developmental Team Announced
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| Ellie Kawamura Photo by Michelle Harvath |
(7/16/2007) - U.S. Figure Skating is pleased to announce the members of the 2007-08 Developmental Team. Each Developmental Team athlete will receive supplemental funding in the amount of $1,000 to enhance his or her training and development.
For the first time, the Athlete Development Committee (ADC) has expanded the funding to include some novice competitors from the 2007 State Farm U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Developmental team athletes are chosen based on the following criteria:
- Athletes are chosen each year solely by their placement at the 2007 U.S. Championships or the 2007 U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships.
- Athletes placing fourth, fifth or sixth in novice ladies, novice men, novice pairs or novice ice dancing at the 2007 U.S. Championships are automatically placed in the Developmental Team Envelope.
- Athletes placing in the top three of all disciplines in the juvenile and intermediate levels at the 2007 U.S. Junior Championships are automatically placed in the Developmental Team Envelope.
- All athletes must be planning to compete in the 2008 qualifying season, and pairs and dance teams must remain together in order to remain in the Developmental Team Envelope and receive funding.
- In the event that a team splits or an athlete quits, the ADC decides on a replacement in order of their placement at the championships. (For example, if the second-place intermediate pairs team is no longer skating together, the ADC may select the fourth-place intermediate pairs team as a replacement provided that that team fulfills the other criteria mentioned above.) A replacement is not mandatory.
N=Novice
I=Intermediate
J=Juvenile
The number represents placement in the respective division at the 2007 U.S. Championships or the 2007 U.S. Junior Championships.
2007-08 Developmental Team
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LADIES |
MEN |
PAIRS |
ICE DANCING |
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Deedee Leng (N4) |
Scott Dyer (N4) |
Brynn Carman/Christopher Knierim (N4) |
Isabella Cannuscio/Ian Lorello (N4) |
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Ellie Kawamura (N5) |
Max Aaron (N5) |
Marissa Castelli/Simon Shnapir (N9) |
Madison Chock/Greg Zuerlein (N5) |
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Ksenia Makarova (N7) |
Alexander Zahradnicek (N6) |
Megan Evans/Nathan Truesdell (N6)
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Gretchen Donlan (I1) |
Alexander Aiken (N7) |
Cassie Andrews/Nicholas Anderson (I1) |
Una Donegan/Andrew Korda (I1)
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Agnes Zawadzki (I2) |
David Wang (I1) |
Taylor Hermerding/James MaMoody (I3) |
Kate McDermott/Colin McManus (I2) |
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Bryna Oi (I3) |
Joshua Santillan (I3) |
Jennifer Tingley/Michael Donovan (I4) |
Lauren Ely/Travis Mager (I4) |
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Nina Jiang (J1) |
Jason Brown (J1) |
Carly Powers/David Powers (J1) |
Joylyn Yang/Jean-Luc Baker (J1) |
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Jasmin Siraj (J2) |
Jay Yostanto (J2) |
Kylie Duarte/Colin Grafton (J2) |
Elicia Reynolds/Stephen Reynolds (J2) |
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Viviana Mathis (J3) |
Troy Tomasello (J3) |
Rebecca Du/Steven Evans (J3) |
Laura Perry/Joshua Leggett (J3) |
