2022-23 Figure Skating Roster

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87   Vanessa Pham and Jonathan Rogers

  • Level/Discipline Junior/Ice Dance
  • Training Town Houston
  • Pronouns She/Her | He/Him
  • Club SC of Houston | Texas Gulf FSC
  • Birth Date Nov. 5, 2003 | Nov. 8, 2002
  • Coach(es) Roman Zaretsky, Val Prudsky
  • Birthplace Houston | Humble, Texas
  • Choreographer(s) Igor Shpilband, Pasquale Camerlengo, Roman Zaretsky
  • Hometown Pearland, Texas | Missouri City, Texas
  • Connect Vanessa: Instagram
    Jonathan: Instagram
    Team: Instagram

Biography

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
U.S. junior pewter medalist (2022)
U.S. juvenile bronze medalist (2019)

2022-23 SEASON NOTES
RD Music: “To Ostatnia Niedziela” by Jerzy Petersburski and “Uccen (DWTS Remix)” by The Taalbi Brothers
FD Music: “Scheherazade” by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

IJS PERSONAL BESTS
International Competition
RD – 58.36 (2022 Junior Grand Prix, Latvia)
FD – 89.88 (2022 Junior Grand Prix, Latvia)
Final Score – 148.24 (2022 Junior Grand Prix, Latvia)

U.S. Qualifying Competition
RD – 59.19 (2023 U.S. Ice Dance Final, Junior)
FD – 91.32 (2023 U.S. Championships, Junior)
Final Score – 150.29 (2023 U.S. Ice Dance Final, Junior)

SKATING NOTES
Began partnership in December 2017.

Pham loves skating because it's where she feels the most free ... is inspired by Michelle Kwan and Sasha Cohen and started skating because she tried to copy their spirals and moves off the ice, so she began Learn to Skate classes.

Rogers began skating because his sister was a skater. 

PERSONAL NOTES
Pham's parents are Chieu Foo (family medicine physician) and Hoang Pham (trauma and general surgeon) ... Has two sisters and one brother, Sophia, Maddy and Nicky ... Has one dog, Mochi ... Currently attending the University of Texas at Austin ... Graduated from Glenda Dawson High School in 2022 ... Coaches for Skate Therapy, a non-profit that teaches those with disabilities to figure skate ... Enjoys baking, going to museums, hanging out with friends, watching movies, painting and drawing.

Has one sister, Sarah ... Currently attends the University of Houston and plans to major in accounting ... Graduated from Strake Jesuit College Preparatory in 2021 ... Coaches and is the leadership board president for Skate Therapy, a non-profit that teaches those with disabilities to figure skate ... Enjoys attending car shows, hip hop and hanging out with friends ... Loves corgis.

COMPETITIVE HISTORY
  • 2023 U.S. Championships, Junior – 5th
  • 2023 U.S. Ice Dance Final, Junior – 4th
  • 2022 Junior Grand Prix (Latvia) – 4th
  • 2022 Junior Grand Prix (France) – 3rd
  • 2022 Lake Placid Ice Dance International, Junior – 2nd
  • 2022 U.S. Championships, Junior – 4th
  • 2022 U.S. Championship Series, Junior (Alpharetta, Ga.) – 6th
  • 2022 U.S. Championship Series, Junior (Blaine, Minn.) – 3rd
  • 2021 U.S. Championships, Junior – 9th
  • 2021 U.S. Championship Series, Junior – 10th
  • 2020 U.S. Ice Dance Final, Novice – 8th
  • 2020 Midwestern Sectional, Novice – 3rd
  • 2019 U.S. Championships, Juvenile – 3rd
  • 2019 Midwestern Sectional, Juvenile – 2nd