CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
World Junior champions (2020)
Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalists (2019)
U.S. junior champion (2020)
U.S. junior silver medalists (2019)
2019-20 SEASON NOTES
RD Music: “A Friend Like Me” and “A Whole New World” from the
Aladdin soundtrack
FD Music: "Piano Concerto No. 2" by Sergei Rachmaninoff
IJS PERSONAL BESTS
International Competition
RD – 69.20 (2019 Junior Grand Prix, Poland)
FD – 108.91 (2020 World Junior Championships)
Final Score – 177.18 (2020 World Junior Championships)
U.S. Qualifying Competition
RD – 74.49 (2020 U.S. Championships, Junior)
FD – 109.89 (2020 U.S. Championships, Junior)
Final Score – 184.38 (2020 U.S. Championships, Junior)
HISTORICAL PERSONAL BESTS (pre 2018-19 season)
International Competition
SD – 52.84 (2017 Junior Grand Prix, Italy)
FD – 72.46 (2017 Junior Grand Prix, Italy)
Final Score – 125.30 (2017 Junior Grand Prix, Italy)
U.S. Qualifying Competition
SD – 55.18 (2018 Midwestern Sectional, Junior)
FD – 72.46 (2018 U.S. Championships, Junior)
Final Score – 125.30 (2018 Midwestern Sectional, Junior)
SKATING NOTES
Began partnership in 2017 ... Previously coached by Greg Zuerlein and Fabian Bourzat.
Nguyen previously skated with Maxwell Gart in the 2015-16 season … Formerly coached by Matthew Gates and Svetlana Kulikova.
Kolesnik began skating at age 4 when his grandmother took him to the rink.
PERSONAL NOTES
Nguyen’s favorite subjects in school are biology, literature, and civics ... Is an avid butterfly enthusiast and loves Japanese cuisine.
Kolenik enjoyed playing chess and card games.
PREVIOUS SEASON NOTES
- 2018-19 Season Notes
RD Music: “Vuelvo al Sur” performed by Amelita Baltar, “Building the Bullet” by Luis Bacalov
FD Music: “Demons” by Imagine Dragons, cover by Jasmine Thompson and Boyce Ave, “Experience” by Ludovico Einaudi
- 2017-18 Season Notes
SD Music: “Ereds Todo En Mi” by Ana Gabriel, “Mambo Jambo” by Perez Prado
FD Music: Music from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
- 2020 World Junior Championships – 1st
- 2020 Bavarian Open, Junior – 1st
- 2020 U.S. Championships, Junior – 1st
- 2019 Junior Grand Prix Final – 2nd
- 2019 Junior Grand Prix (Poland) – 1st
- 2019 Junior Grand Prix (USA) – 1st
- 2019 World Junior Championships – 4th
- 2019 U.S. Championships, Junior – 2nd
- 2018 Junior Grand Prix Final – 5th
- 2018 Junior Grand Prix (Slovenia) – 1st
- 2018 Junior Grand Prix (Lithuania) – 2nd
- 2018 U.S. Championships, Junior – 5th
- 2018 Midwestern Sectionals, Junior – 1st
- 2017 Junior Grand Prix (Italy) – 6th
- 2017 Junior Grand Prix (Belarus) – 5th