2019-20 Figure Skating Roster

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1   Ella Ales and Daniel Tsarik

  • Level/Discipline Junior/Ice Dance
  • Training Town Novi, Mich.
  • Club Los Angeles FSC | Skating Club of Novi
  • Birth Date Oct. 30, 2001 | Feb. 11, 2001
  • Coach(es) Igor Shpilband, Pasquale Camerlengo, Adrienne Lenda, Natalia Deller
  • Birthplace Glendale, Calif. | Grodno, Belarus
  • Choreographer(s) Igor Shpilband, Pasquale Camerlengo
  • Hometown Glendale, Calif. | Philadelphia
  • Connect Ella: Twitter | Instagram
    Daniel: Twitter | Instagram

Biography

2019-20 SEASON NOTES
RD Music: "If You Could See Her" by Joyce Chittick and Alan Cumming, and "Cabaret" by Liza Minnelli
FD Music: "I'll Take Care of You" by Beth Hart and Joe Bonamassa

IJS PERSONAL BESTS
International Competition
RD – 57.73 (2019 Junior Grand Prix, USA)
FD – 86.46 (2019 Junior Grand Prix, Poland)
Final Score – 141.51 (2019 Junior Grand Prix, Poland)

U.S. Qualifying Competition
RD – 56.99 (2019 U.S. Championships, Junior)
FD – 84.28 (2019 Midwestern Sectional, Junior)
Final Score – 140.14 (2019 Midwestern Sectional, Junior)

SKATING NOTES
Teamed up in 2018.

Tsarik became an ice dancer by combining his skills as a ballroom dancer and a hockey player at age 14.

PERSONAL NOTES
Ales has a Terrier mutt named Doodles and a Golden Retriever-German Shepherd mix named Delilah ... Loves to dance.

Tsarik has a younger sister named Sofia ... Former ballroom dancer and won two national titles ... Enjoys watching sunsets, listening to music, watching moving and hanging out with friends.

COMPETITIVE HISTORY
  • 2020 U.S. Championships, Junior – 8th
  • 2020 U.S. Ice Dance Final, Junior – 8th
  • 2019 Junior Grand Prix (Poland) – 6th
  • 2019 Junior Grand Prix (USA) – 5th
  • 2019 Bavarian Open, Junior – 5th
  • 2019 U.S. Championships, Junior – 7th
  • 2019 Midwestern Sectionals, Junior – 2nd