Elite skaters ready to compete at the 2018 Autumn Classic International

OTTAWA, ON: Top Canadian and international skaters are headed to Oakville, Ont., for the 2018 Autumn Classic International (#ACI18). The fifth edition of the event will take place from September 20-22, 2018, at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex. The event is the fifth event on the International Skating Union’s (ISU) 2018 Challenger Series.

The 2018 Autumn Classic International will feature senior events in men, women, pair and ice dance. Canada will have two entries in women and pair, and three entries in men and ice dance. The event will be live streamed on Skate Canada’s Dailymotion page to viewers worldwide.

CANADIAN ENTRIES AT 2018 AUTUMN CLASSIC INTERNATIONAL

Discipline	Name	Age	Hometown	Club	Coach
Men	Kevin Reynolds	28	Coquitliam, BC	Champs International Skating Centre of BC	Joanne McLeod
Men	Roman Sadovsky	19	Vaughan, ON	York Region Skating Academy	Tracey Wainman, Grzegorz Filipowski
Men	Bennet Toman	21	Brampton, Ont.	Skate Oakville	Michelle Leigh
Women	Larkyn Austman	20	Coquitlam, B.C.	Coquitlam SC	Zdenek Pazdirek/ Liz Putnam
Women	Alicia Pineault	19	Varennes, Que.	CPA Varennes	Stéphane Yvars
Pair	Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro	26/26	St. Catharines, Ont. / Sarnia, Ont.	St. Catharines SC / Point Edward SC Inc.	Bruno Marcotte / Richard Gauthier / Sylvie Fullum
Pairs	Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland	19/21	Lévis, Que. / Lévis, Que.,	CPA St. Romuald – St. Jean / CPA St. Romuald – St. Jean	Richard Gauthier / Bruno Marcotte
Ice Dance	Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje	29/31	Toronto, Ont. / Waterloo, Ont.	Granite Skating Club / Kitchener-Waterloo SC	Nikolai Morozov / Igor Shpilband / Pasquale Camerlengo
Ice Dance	Carolane Soucisse / Shane Firus	23/24	Châteauguay, Que. / North Vancouver, B.C.	CPA Repentigny / CPA Repentigny	Marie-France Dubreuil / Patrice Lauzon
Ice Dance	Molly Lanaghan / Dmitre Razgulajevs	19/21	Doncaster, England / Ajax, Ont.	Scarboro FSC / Scarboro FSC	Carol Lane / Jon Lane / Juris Razgulajevs

Carolyn Allwright of Kitchener, Ont., and Alexandra Paul of Midhurst, Ont., will be the Canadian team leaders at the event. Dr. Erika Persson of Edmonton, Alta., and physiotherapist Meghan Buttle of Toronto, Ont., will be the Canadian medical staff at the event. Officials from Canada at the event include Lorna Schroder of Georgetown, Ont., Janice Hunter of West Vancouver, B.C., Jérôme Poulin of Montreal, Que., and Jacqueline Wickett Warren of Manotick, Ont.

For more information and full entries please visit the www.skatecanada.ca.