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Les Suprêmes place fifth at French Cup

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ROUEN, France – Les Suprêmes from St-Léonard, Que., took fifth spot on Saturday at the French Cup synchronized skating competition.

Paradise from Russia held onto first for the gold with 230.53 points, ahead of three teams from Finland. Marigold Ice Unity was second at 229.56, Helsinki Rockettes third at 227.11 and Team Unique fourth at 226.27.

Les Suprêmes, also fifth after the short program, earned 221.30. That was nearly 12 points better than their score last week in Sweden where they placed fourth.

Skating for Les Suprêmes are Jessica Allaire, Rebecca Allaire, Karianne Bégin, Julia Bernardo, Laurie Désilets. Olivia Di Giandomenico, Molly Katherine Farber, Lisanne Foley, Laurie Raphaelle Gauthier, Peter Gerome, Giulia Hart-Lewis, Sora Hatano, Grace Carol LeTouzel, Dana Malowany, Agathe Sigrid Merlier, Andréanne Paradis, Martha Maria Pietrasik, Alessia Malissa Pollletta, Florene Poulin and Édouard Tremblay.

“We are very happy with the way we skated today,” said Malowany, the team captain. “We had a great improvement over our score in Sweden. However there are still mistakes we have to fix when we get home.”

In junior competition, Team Junost from Russia was first, Skyliners from the U.S. second and Dream Edges from Finland third.

Gold Ice Juniors from Brampton, Ont., in its international debut, took seventh spot.

Gold Ice Junior

Skating for Gold Ice were: Nethma Aluthge, Allison Brandt, Evangeline Liao, Lora Puliz, Emiko Arshad, Reeya Chahal, Anna Drob, Denika Ellis-Dawson, Gabrielle Emery, Jasmine Gagnon, Rachel Humphrey, Alessia Moreno, Marissa Nadeau, Isabelle Pawlowski, Halle Priester, Olivia Tworzyanski, Emily Vanderberg and Brynn Wilkinson.

“We had to portray a lot of emotion in our long program,” said Ellis-Dawson. “We wanted to show there is a different side to Gold Ice. This was a good preparation for nationals where we hope to be on the podium.”

Full results: https://www.frenchcup.fr/resultat-2019

Les Suprêmes in medal hunt at French Cup

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ROUEN, France – Les Suprêmes from St-Léonard, Que., still have sights on the podium after placing fifth in Friday’s short program at the French Cup synchronized skating competition.

Less than three points separate the top-five.

Paradise from Russia is first at 84.99 followed by three teams from Finland: the Helsinki Rockettes are second at 84.74, Team Unique third at 84.53 and Marigold Ice Unity fourth at 83.75.

Les Suprêmes earned 82.48 which was almost fourth points better than their short program score last week in a fourth place finish in Sweden.

Skating for Les Suprêmes are: Jessica Allaire, Rebecca Allaire, Karianne Bégin, Julia Bernardo, Laurie Désilets. Olivia Di Giandomenico, Molly Katherine Farber, Lisanne Foley, Laurie Raphaelle Gauthier, Peter Gerome, Giulia Hart-Lewis, Sora Hatano, Grace Carol LeTouzel, Dana Malowany, Agathe Sigrid Merlier, Andréanne Paradis, Martha Maria Pietrasik, Alessia Malissa Pollletta, Florene Poulin and Édouard Tremblay.

“It felt just so good, exactly like we did it at home,” said Malowany, the team captain. “When we stepped on the ice we had such confidence and we improved a lot from last week which was our goal.”

Gold Ice Junior

In junior competition, Dream Edges from Finland are first, Team Junost of Russia second and Skyliners from the U.S. third.

Gold Ice Juniors from Brampton, Ont., in its international debut, is sixth out of 13 entries.

Skating for Gold Ice are: Nethma Aluthge, Allison Brandt, Evangeline Liao, Lora Puliz, Emiko Arshad, Reeya Chahal, Anna Drob, Denika Ellis Dawson, Gabrielle Emery, Jasmine Gagnon, Rachel Humphrey, Alessia Moreno, Marissa Nadeau, Isabelle Pawlowski, Halle Priester, Olivia Tworzyanski, Emily Vanderberg and Brynn Wilkinson.

“We felt really great about the skate today,” said Gagnon. “We were confident and comfortable and coming off the ice everyone was super happy. We really pushed through and worked together as a team.”

The free skates are on Saturday.

Full results: https://www.frenchcup.fr/resultat-2019

Two Canadian Synchronized Skating teams head to 2019 French Cup

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OTTAWA, ON: Canada will be sending two synchronized skating teams to the 25th annual 2019 French Cup in Rouen, France from February 1-3. This event is an ISU (International Skating Union) sanctioned synchronized skating event and will see teams competing in three categories novice, junior and senior.

Les Suprêmes Seniors, of Saint Leonard, Que., will be the senior team representing Canada. Last weekend they placed fourth at the Leon Lurje Trophy. The team is coached by Marilyn Langlois, Pascal Denis and Amelie Brochu.

Gold Ice, of the Brampton-Chingacousy skating club, will be the junior team representing Canada in France. The team finished third at 2018 Skate Canada Synchronized Skating Championships and they are coached by Jessica Brown, Ashley Greenhalgh and Andrea Nesbitt.

Mary Ellen McDonald, Skate Canada Senior Director, Operations, Carmen Perron of Trois-Rivières, Que., Verjai Gagnon of Brampton, Ont., and Kim Nadeau of Brampton, Ont., will be the team leaders at the event. Andrew Bosco of Thorold, Ont., will be the Canadian official at the event.

For more information, please visit isu.org.