United States hosts JGP competition for second time in three years -
Colorado Springs, Colo. – U.S. Figure Skating announced today the skaters that will compete in the second event of the 2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) of Figure Skating Series, which takes place Sept. 2-5 in Lake Placid, N.Y.
The event will be held at the 1980 Rink – Herb Brooks Arena and will begin Thursday, Sept. 3, with the compulsory dance and the men’s and pairs short programs. Official practice will be held Wednesday, Sept. 2 at the USA Rink – Jack Shea Arena. This is the second time in three years a JGP event has been held in Lake Placid, as the town played host to the first event in the 2007 JGP Series.
Eighteen athletes will represent the United States at the event in four disciplines: ladies, men’s, pairs and ice dancing. The U.S. team hails from 10 states: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont.
In addition to Lake Placid, N.Y., the Junior Grand Prix Series consists of the following events:
U.S. ENTRIES AT 2009 JGP UNITED STATES
| DISCIPLINE | NAME | HOMETOWN | TRAINING TOWN |
| Ladies | Taylor Firth | Grand Island, N.Y. | Jamestown, N.Y. |
| DeeDee Leng | Naperville, Ill. | Bolingbrook, Ill./ Northbrook, Ill. | |
| Kristine Musademba | Silver Spring, Md. | Reston, Va. | |
| Pairs | Kylie Duarte Colin Grafton | Cumberland, R.I. North Attleboro, Mass. | Acton, Mass. |
| Meredith Pipkin Brett Dunie-Neustadt | Stevensville, Md./Elkton, Md. Potomac, Md. | Newark, Del. | |
| Brittney Simpson Nathan Miller | Golden, Colo. Colorado Springs, Colo. | Colorado Springs, Colo. | |
| Ice Dancing | Isabella Cannuscio Ian Lorello | Bear, Del. Gambrills, Md. | Newark, Del. |
| Maia Shibutani Alex Shibutani | Greenwich, Conn. Greenwich, Conn. | Canton, Mich. | |
| Rachel Tibbetts Colin Brubaker | Colorado Springs, Colo. Chicago, Ill. | Colorado Springs, Colo. |
