Caydee Denney/John Coughlin, Wenjing Sui/Cong Han, Mary Beth Marley/Rockne Brubaker Despite being together less than
one year, Caydee Denney and John Coughlin are rock-solid together. The U.S. pairs champs show their consistency and big tricks en route to a silver medal.
Meryl Davis/Charlie White, Tessa Virtue/ Scott Moir, Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje
alists Mary Beth Marley and Rockne Brubaker carted home the silver and bronze medals, respectively. Te teenage team of Wenjing Sui and Cong Han,
two-time World Junior champions from China, won their first-ever senior event with a score of 201.83 points. For both American teams, their performances in
Colorado Springs will serve as building blocks heading into the World Championships. “We still left points on the table,” Coughlin said.
“We don’t want to lose what I call ‘foolproof’ points. We will get to work on our levels and performing to- gether. We had fun and are happy with how it turned out.”
“We’ve come a long way since last year,” Brubaker
said. “Mary Beth jokingly said our (international) sea- son best was 88 at Skate America (for free skate) and today it was 116. Tere are some points we know we can easily get back. Our jumps and throws are usually pretty solid. We’re ready to get to work for Worlds.” Denney and Coughlin’s personal-best free skate
was rewarded with positive grades of execution across the board, except for Denney singling the first of two double Axels in sequence. Te team, which trains in Colorado Springs, finished with 185.42 points. Marley and Brubaker started slow with Marley falling on the opening triple toe and turning out of the landing of a double Axel. Te second-year team rallied to finish the rest of their program on a strong note. Tey ended with 178.89 points.
Mary Beth Marley and Rockne Brubaker show that they’ve put some traction on their short careers together, winning the bronze medal in Colorado Springs.
Te podium finish of two U.S. pairs teams in an international competition is the start of the U.S. be- coming a regular contender in that discipline, Brubak- er hopes. “We have to keep coming out every time and
proving to the world we are taking this seriously,” he said. “We are trying to take a stand and be a world power as far as pairs goes.” Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig, the U.S. bronze medalists, finished sixth with 167.99 points. “It had some good and some bad,” Evora said of
the team’s free skate. “What’s interesting is some of the things we usually don’t do so well we did well this time, and some of the things we usually do well we didn’t do so well.”
Men In an event dominated by Canadian Patrick
Chan, Ross Miner couldn’t help but be thrilled with the bronze medal, his second as a senior on the inter- national scene.
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Ross Miner was elated after learning he had won the bronze medal. Miner, the two-time reigning U.S. bronze medalist, rallied in the free skate to secure his podium position.
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