Caroline Green & Michael Parsons
Madison Chock & Evan Bates
Home cookin’ Team USA looking forward to Texas hospitality
BY TROY SCHWINDT The ice dance team of Caroline Green and Mi- chael Parsons kicked off their careers together in 2019 at Skate America in Las Vegas, where they placed seventh. Since then, the Canton, Michigan-based duo has methodically climbed the ranks of the most dominant ice dance program in the world. Last season, they claimed the silver medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships before finishing a resounding sixth at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2023. The Maryland natives, coached by U.S. bronze medalist Greg Zuerlein and Olympians Tanith White and Charlie White, return to 2023 Hu- mana Skate America this week in Allen, Texas, determined to resume their upward trajectory.
“From that first Skate America to this Skate America, it’s been quite the journey,” Parsons said. “I think we’ve grown so much as a team, as people, and our entire lives have moved to a different place. I think we are a completely dif- ferent team than we were then, for the better, of course.” “I think the confidence in ourselves has only grown with our confidence level in our new en- vironment,” Green said. “Now that we feel like we’ve built trust with our new coaching staff, we feel like so much more of a team and I think that’s going to show in our skates this season.” Green, 20, and Parsons, 28, who share an Oct. 3 birthday, will be joined by U.S. and World champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates, who are the event’s defending titlists. Chock and Bates train in Montreal; they earned the
silver medal at the 2022 ISU Grand Prix Final. “We are excited for the new season and have set many goals but are also focused on staying grounded and taking things one day at a time,” Chock said. “We can’t wait to share our new programs with everyone at Skate America.” Chock and Bates have won Skate America three times (2022, 2015, 2014); the U.S. has claimed the event title in 14 consecutive years dating back to 2008. New York natives Oona Brown and Gage Brown, the 2022 World Junior champions, round out the U.S. ice dance contingent in Allen. Canada’s Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha, the 2023 Four Continents bronze medalists, top a strong international field.
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