Canada had a Championship

by LauraS on Jan 21, 2009 7:37 AM EST Comment 0 comments

So, while I was sleeping, Canada had a national figure skating championship. I have not had a chance to try tofind any of the performances online, but below are the top finishers. Some big news is the strength of Patrick Chan's win, about 50 points! I have to go see his skates because I wonder if he was cleaner than he has been the rest of the season. No surprise that Joannie Rochette won the ladies title again. Virtue and Moir made a nice comeback with a more than 20 point win over next pair Crone and Poirier. And Dube and Davison started out rough, losing the short to Duhamel and Buntin, but they came back to grab the gold at the end. Another observation: I had no idea how popular the name Vanessa is in Canada (or among Canadian figure skaters)! Three out of the 18 ladies competitors were named Vanessa. Just thought I'd point that out. Maybe Malcolm Gladwell will write something about it in his next book.

Ice Dancing:

Rank	Competitor(s)	Section	CD - VW	OD	FD	Points
1	Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir	WO	39.33	63.76	94.68	197.77
2	Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier	CO	35.62	55.56	84.40	175.58
3	Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje	NO	31.89	52.92	85.42	170.23
4	Andrea Chong / Guillaume Gfeller	QC	31.92	50.93	84.65	167.50
5	Kharis Ralph / Asher Hill	CO	27.39	51.82	81.78	160.99
6	Allie Hann-McCurdy / Michael Coreno	BC/YT	30.95	50.00	79.41	160.36

Pairs:

Rank	Competitor(s)	Section	SP	FP	Points
1	Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison	QC	62.22	126.21	188.43
2	Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin	QC	65.74	116.76	182.50
3	Mylène Brodeur / John Mattatall	NS	55.63	104.22	159.85
4	Paige Lawrence / Rudi Swiegers	SK	49.52	89.40	138.92
5	Monica Pisotta / Michael Stewart	CO	48.98	87.39	136.37
6	Brooke Paulin / Brian Shales	WO	46.67	88.37	135.04

Ladies:

Rank	Competitor(s)	Section	SP	FP	Points
1	Joannie Rochette	QC	53.58	131.77	185.35
2	Cynthia Phaneuf	QC	55.16	96.26	151.42
3	Amélie Lacoste	QC	53.55	89.46	143.01
4	Diane Szmiett	WO	51.99	83.85	135.84
5	Kathryn Kang	BC/YT	46.10	86.38	132.48
6	Mira Leung	BC/YT	48.76	81.67	130.43

Mens:

1	Patrick Chan	CO	88.89	165.93	254.82
2	Vaughn Chipeur	AB/NT/NU	71.89	134.41	206.30
3	Jeremy Ten	BC/YT	69.06	134.97	204.03
4	Kevin Reynolds	BC/YT	70.00	131.97	201.97
5	Shawn Sawyer	QC	66.88	134.36	201.24
6	Joey Russell	NL	68.27	127.57	195.84

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