2023-24 Figure Skating Roster

37   Jenna Hauer and Benjamin Starr

  • Level/Discipline Junior/Ice Dance
  • Training Town Simsbury, Conn.
  • Club All Year FSC | Charter Oak FSC
  • Birth Date Dec. 1, 2005 | Nov. 10, 2004
  • Coach(es) Svetlana Kulikova, Dmitri Boundoukin
  • Birthplace Leesburg, Va. | Hartford, Conn.
  • Choreographer(s) Svetlana Kulikova
  • Hometown Ashburn, Va. | Avon, Conn.
  • Connect Jenna: Instagram
    Benjamin: Instagram

Biography

CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
U.S. junior bronze medalists (2023)
U.S. junior pewter medalists (2024)
U.S. intermediate pewter medalists (2019)
U.S. juvenile gold medalists (2018)

2023-24 SEASON NOTES
RD Music: "The Best" by Tina Turner
FD Music: Music from Notre-Dame de Paris

IJS PERSONAL BESTS
International Competition
RD – 62.05 (2023 World Junior Championships)
FD – 92.07 (2023 World Junior Championships)
Final Score – 154.12 (2023 World Junior Championships)

U.S. Qualifying Competition
RD – 65.47 (2023 U.S. Championships, Junior)
FD – 92.26 (2023 U.S. Championships, Junior)
Final Score – 157.73 (2023 U.S. Championships, Junior)

SKATING NOTES
Began partnership in April 2017.

Hauer started skating when she was 4 years old ... Began skating after her older sister started in the sport.

Starr began skating when he was 4 after he found a VCR tap of "Nutcracker on Ice" in his parent's basement and he fell in love immidiately. The Nutcracker was played by Vladimir Petrenko and when his mom took him to the local rink, Petrenko was there, tied his first-ever pair of skates and became his first coach.

PERSONAL NOTES
Hauer's parents are Julie (nonprofit management) and Matthew (computer engineer) ... has one older sister, Amanda ... Has a dog named Leia ... Attends Laurel Springs School ... Earned the President's Award for Educational Excellence and is a member of the National Honor Society ... Hobbies include baking, running, working out, photography, doing puzzles and playing with her dog ... Teaches Learn to Skate ... Has been to 44 of the 50 states.

Starr's parents are Alexander and Svetlana Staroselsky ... Has two brothers, Maxim and Michael ... Has one dog named Zara ... Currently attends Brandeis University ... Graduated from Avon High School ... Has played the piano since he was 7 ... Has five years of pre-professional ballet training at the University of Hartford and six years of experience in competitive ballroom dancing ... Enjoys playing chess, reading, hiking, race skiing, and science fiction.

SEASON NOTES
  • 2022-23 Season Notes
    SP Music: "East of Eden" by London Symphony Orchestra
    FS Music: "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini" by Sergei Rachmaninoff

COMPETITIVE HISTORY
  • 2024 Egna Dance Trophy, Junior – 3rd
  • 2024 U.S. Championships, Junior – 4th
  • 2024 U.S. Ice Dance Final, Junior – 1st
  • 2023 World Junior Championships – 8th
  • 2023 U.S. Championships, Junior – 3rd
  • 2023 U.S. Ice Dance Final, Junior – 3rd
  • 2022 Junior Grand Prix (Italy) – 4th
  • 2022 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) – 5th
  • 2022 U.S. Championships, junior – 6th
  • 2022 U.S. Championship Series (Blaine, Minn.), Junior – 4th
  • 2021 U.S. Championship Series, Novice – 6th
  • 2019 U.S. Championships, Intermediate – 4th
  • 2019 Eastern Sectional Championships, Intermediate – 2nd
  • 2018 U.S. Championships, Juvenile – 1st
  • 2018 Eastern Sectional Championships, Juvenile – 1st

Historical Player Information

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