Kirsten Moore-Towers

Kirsten Moore-Towers

Moore-Towers and Moscovitch in 2010
Personal information
Country represented Canada
Born (1992-07-01) July 1, 1992
St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Home town Waterloo, Ontario
Height 1.49 m (4 ft 10 1⁄2 in)
Partner Michael Marinaro
Former partner Dylan Moscovitch, Andrew Evans
Coach Bruno Marcotte, Richard Gauthier, Sylvie Fullum
Former coach Kristy Wirtz, Kris Wirtz
Choreographer Julie Marcotte
Former choreographer Mark Pillay
Skating club CPA St-Leonard
Former skating club Kitchener-Waterloo SC
Training locations Montreal
Former training locations Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
Began skating 1995
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 160.70
2015 Four Continents
Short program 59.30
2015 Four Continents
Free skate 108.06
2014 Trophée Bompard
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Pair skating
Olympic Games
2014 Sochi Team
Four Continents Championships
2013 Osaka Pairs
Canadian Championships
2011 Victoria Pairs
2013 Mississauga Pairs
2014 Ottawa Pairs

Kirsten Moore-Towers (born July 1, 1992) is a Canadian pair skater. In May 2014, she formed a partnership with Michael Marinaro. With former partner Dylan Moscovitch, she is the 2013 Four Continents silver medalist, 2014 Olympic team event silver medalist, and 2011 Canadian national champion.

Personal life

Kirsten Moore-Towers was born on July 1, 1992 in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.[1] She is the daughter of a steel company employee and an accounting manager, and has a sister, Katie, who is eight years younger.[2]

Early years in skating

Moore-Towers was introduced to skating at age two and a half by her mother.[3] She began pair skating around April 2008, teaming up with Andrew Evans.[4] They appeared at one ISU Junior Grand Prix event and placed fourth on the junior level at the Canadian Championships. The pair split after ten months together.[4]

Partnership with Moscovitch

Moore-Towers and Moscovitch at the 2010 Skate Canada
Moore-Towers/Moscovitch at the 2013 Canadian Championships

In February 2009,[5] Moore-Towers teamed up with Dylan Moscovitch, who had trained at the same rink for several years.[2] Kris Wirtz and Kristy Sargeant-Wirtz coached the pair at the Kitchener-Waterloo Skating Club in Waterloo, Ontario.[6][7]

Moore-Towers/Moscovitch debuted on the Grand Prix series at the 2009 Skate Canada International, placing sixth. In the 2010–11 season, the pair initially received one Grand Prix assignment, the 2010 Skate America, but received a second, the 2010 Skate Canada International, after Jessica Dube / Bryce Davison withdrew.[4] They won silver at both events and qualified for the Grand Prix Final, where they finished sixth. They then won the Canadian national title.

At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Moore-Towers/Moscovitch were part of the Canadian team for the team event. They performed the pair's free skate and Canada won the silver medal.[8]

Moore-Towers and Moscovitch announced the end of their partnership on April 30, 2014, stating that they had different goals.[9]

Partnership with Marinaro

Moore-Towers tried out with Michael Marinaro and Mervin Tran.[10] On June 3, 2014, Skate Canada announced that she and Marinaro had formed a partnership, coached by Kris Wirtz and Kristy Wirtz at the Kitchener Waterloo Skating Club in southern Ontario.[11] Moore-Towers said that they were adjusting their technique on lifts, stating: "Mike's former partner is much taller than I am, so the technique is a bit different; he has to work in a different way."[10]

Having received two 2014–15 Grand Prix assignments,[12] Moore-Towers/Marinaro placed sixth at the 2014 Skate Canada International and seventh at the 2014 Trophée Éric Bompard. They were fourth at the 2015 Canadian Championships and ninth at the 2015 Four Continents.

Moore-Towers/Marinaro began the 2015–16 season with a bronze medal at the 2015 U.S. International Classic – their first Challenger Series event. Competing in the Grand Prix series, they won bronze at the 2015 Skate Canada International and placed 7th at the 2015 Rostelecom Cup. During the short program at the Canadian Nationals, the two clipped blades as they began the twist lift, resulting in a hard fall.[13] They finished fourth for the second year in a row. On March 11, they were added to Canada's team for the 2016 World Championships after Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau withdrew due to injury.[14]

Programs

With Marinaro

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–16
[1][15]
  • If I Can't Have You
    by Etta James
    choreo. by Julie Marcote
2014–15
[10][16]
  • It's a Man's Man's Man's World
    performed by Joshua Ledet

With Moscovitch

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2013–14
[5][17][18]
  • A Motley Crew
    (from Micmacs)
    by Raphael Beau, Max Steiner
2012–13
[19]
  • Micmacs
    by Raphael Beau, Max Steiner
2011–12
[20]
2010–11
[2][21]
2009–10
[22]
  • Leyenda
    performed by Vanessa-Mae
  • Romanza Concertino in A minor
  • Malaguena
    performed by Brian Setzer

Results

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Marinaro

International[23]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17
World Champ. 8th
Four Continents 9th
GP NHK Trophy TBD
GP Rostelecom Cup 7th TBD
GP Skate Canada 6th 3rd
GP Trophée Bompard 7th
CS U.S. Classic 3rd TBD
National[24]
Canadian Champ. 4th 4th
TBD: Assigned

With Moscovitch

International[25]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14
Olympics 5th
Worlds 8th 4th 4th
Four Continents 9th 5th 2nd
GP Final 6th 5th 6th
GP Cup of China 3rd 4th
GP NHK Trophy 2nd
GP Rostelecom Cup 3rd
GP Skate America 2nd 3rd 2nd
GP Skate Canada 6th 2nd
U.S. Classic 1st 1st
National[5]
Canadian Champ. 5th 1st 4th 2nd 2nd
Team events
Olympics 2nd
WD: Withdrew

With Evans

International[26]
Event 2008–09
JGP Mexico 10th
National
Canadian Championships 4th J
J: Junior level

References

  1. 1 2 "Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 9, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Walker, Elvin (December 5, 2010). "Moore-Towers and Moscovitch jump into spotlight". Golden Skate.
  3. ↑ "Road to Sochi: Kirsten Moore-Towers & Dylan Moscovitch". Off The Map Webzine. October 23, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 Smith, Beverley (January 24, 2014). "Olympian Profile: Kirsten Moore-Towers & Dylan Moscovitch". Skate Canada.
  5. 1 2 3 "Kirsten Moore-Towers / Dylan Moscovitch: 2013/2014". Skate Canada. Archived from the original on May 1, 2014.
  6. ↑ Rivet, Christine (January 26, 2011). "Great times for Kitchener-Waterloo Skating Club". therecord.com. Archived from the original on September 2, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Waterloo skaters competing at World Championships". waterloochronicle.com. April 19, 2011. Archived from the original on March 31, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS". sochi2014.com. Archived from the original on April 1, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Canadian Pair Team of Moore-Towers and Moscovitch end skating partnership". Skate Canada. April 30, 2014. Archived from the original on May 1, 2014.
  10. 1 2 3 Rutherford, Lynn (July 26, 2014). "Detroit postcards: More pair action off ice than on". IceNetwork.
  11. ↑ "Canada's newest pair team – Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro". Skate Canada. June 3, 2014.
  12. ↑ "2014-15 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Pairs" (PDF). July 22, 2014.
  13. ↑ Wright, Barry (February 12, 2016). "Tumble costs local skater shot at Worlds". The Sarnia Journal. Archived from the original on February 13, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Liam Firus, Julianne Séguin and Charlie Bilodeau withdraw from 2016 ISU World Figure Skating Championships". Skate Canada. March 11, 2016.
  15. ↑ Slater, Paula (July 15, 2015). "Moore-Towers and Marinaro: 'No stone unturned'". Golden Skate.
  16. ↑ "Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
  17. ↑ Golinsky, Reut (December 6, 2013). "Catching up with Kirsten Moore-Towers and Dylan Moscovitch". Absolute Skating.
  18. ↑ "Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 1, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 25, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012.
  21. ↑ "Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 15, 2011.
  22. ↑ "Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 23, 2009.
  23. ↑ "Competition Results: Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Michael MARINARO". International Skating Union.
  24. ↑ "Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro". Skate Canada.
  25. ↑ "Competition Results: Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 1, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Competition Results: Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Andrew EVANS". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 30, 2012.
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