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Ten finishes fourth at ISU Junior Grand Prix event in The Hague

Canadian champion and team manager Petra Burka (third from left) at the ISU Junior Grand Prix banquet in The Hague celebrating with Canadian skaters Kevin Darwish, Michell Islam, Jeremy Ten, Amélie Lacoste, Sabrina Rettino, Joanna Lenko and Dominique Dupuis (left to right).

(October 10, 2006 - Ottawa, ON) - Vancouver’s Jeremy Ten placed fourth at the 2006 International Skating Union (ISU) Junior Grand Prix event, which was held Oct. 5-8 in The Hague, Netherlands.

Ten, 17, was third in the short program and fourth in the free skate to place fourth overall with a total score of 155.72. This was Ten’s second competition this season on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit. He won bronze at the ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Courchevel, France.

Placing eighth overall was Kevin Darwish. Darwish, 19, of Laval, Que., finished sixth in the short program and 10th in the free skate to place eighth overall. He earned a total score of 142.30.

Joanna Lenko and Mitchell Islam finished fifth overall in the ice dance event. Lenko, 14, and Islam, 16, both of Barrie, Ont., were fifth in the compulsory dance, sixth in the original dance and fourth in the free dance. They earned a total of 137.13 points, placing them fifth overall. It was also Lenko and Islam’s second time competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix circuit this season. They captured the silver medal at the ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Budapest, Hungary, earlier this season.

Sabrina Rettino, 18, of St-Hubert, Que., and Dominique Dupuis, 20, of Montreal, were 11th in the compulsory dance, 11th in the original dance and eighth in the free dance to place 10th overall with a total score of 121.30.

Finishing 12th overall in the ladies event was 17-year-old Amélie Lacoste. Lacoste, of Delson, Que., was ninth in the short program and 15th in the free skate to place 12th overall with a total of 103.53 points.

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