ISU Grand Prix is heading to Vancouver, B.C for the Skate Canada International

OTTAWA, ON: Skate Canada will send 12 entries for a total of 18 skaters to the 2021 Skate Canada International (#SCI21) in Vancouver, B.C. Skate Canada will have three entries in men, women, pairs and ice dance. The 2021 Skate Canada International is the second event in the 2021/2022 ISU Grand Prix of figure skating Series. The ISU Grand Prix Series allows senior skaters to compete at an international level. Each skater/team can be assigned a maximum of two events. Skaters are awarded points based on their placements at their events. The top six from each discipline (men, women, pair and ice dance) qualify for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final to be held in Osaka, Japan on December 9-12, 2021.

CANADIAN ENTRIES AT ISU GRAND PRIX SKATE CANADA INTERNATIONAL – VANCOUVER, B.C

DISICIPLINE	NAME	AGE	HOMETOWN	CLUB	COACH
Men	Keegan Messing	29	Girdwood, Alaska, USA	Ice Palace FSC	Ralph Burghart
Men	Roman Sadovsky	22	Vaughan, Ont.	York Region Skating Centre	Tracey Wainman, Grzegorz Filipowski
Men	Conrad Orzel	21	Woodbridge, Ont.	Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club	Brian Orser, Tracy Wilson
Women	Madeline Schizas	18	Oakville, Ont.	Milton Skating Club	Nancy Lemaire, Derek Schmid
Women	Emily Bausback	19	Vancouver, B.C	Champs International Skating Centre of BC	Joanne McLeod, Neil Wilson
Women	Alison Schumacher	18	Tecumseh, Ont.	Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club	Joey Russell, Tracy Wilson, Ghislain Briand
Pairs	Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro	29/29	St. Catharines, Ont. / Sarnia, Ont.	Skate Oakville	Bruno Marcotte, Alison Purkiss, Brian Shales
Pairs	Vanessa James / Eric Radford	34/36	Scarborough, Ont. / Balmertown, Ont.	EPJM / C.P.A Saint Leonard	Julie Marcotte
Pairs	Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland	22/25	Levis, Que. / Levis, Que.	CPA St. Romuald / St. Jean Levis	Ian Connolly
Ice Dance	Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier	29/30	Toronto, Ont. / Unionville, Ont.	Ice Dance Elite-Scarboro FSC	Carol Lane, Juris Razgulajevs, Jon Lane
Ice Dance	Marjorie Lajoie / Zachary Lagha	19/19	Boucherville, Que. / Saint-Hubert, Que.	CPA Boucherville / CPA Saint-Lambert	Marie-France Dubreuil, Patrice Lauzon, Romain Haguenauer
Ice Dance	Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker	24/25	Kelowna, B.C / Langley, B.C	Kelowna SC / Champs International Skating Centre of BC	Scott Moir

Manon Perron, Skate Canada High Performance Advisor and Cynthia Ullmark of Canmore, Alta., will be the Canadian team leaders at the event. Dr. Tatiana Jevremovic of London, Ont., and Physiotherapist Agnes Makowski of Toronto, Ont., will be the Canadian medical staff on site. Karen Howard of Regina, Sask., Glenn Fortin of Aurora, Ont., Nicole LeBlanc-Richard of Dieppe, N.B., and Andrea Derby of Uxbridge, Ont., will be the Canadian officials at the event.