Ernie Utah Stevens
| Ernie Utah Stevens | |
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_-_Errnie_Utah_Stevens.JPG) Stevens at the 2015 World Junior Championships | |
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Ernest Utah Stevens |
| Country represented | United States |
| Born | December 31, 1993 Louisville, Kentucky |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Former partner | Caitlin Fields, Christina Zaitsev |
| Coach | Serguei Zaitsev |
| Choreographer | Serguei Zaitsev, Shanetta Folle |
| Skating club | Indiana World Figure Skating Academy |
| Training locations | Carmel, Indiana |
| Began skating | 2003 |
Ernest Utah "Ernie" Stevens (born December 31, 1993) is an American former pair skater. With his skating partner, Caitlin Fields, he is the 2015 U.S. national junior champion and placed fifth at the 2015 World Junior Championships.
Personal life[edit]
Stevens was born on December 31, 1993, in Louisville, Kentucky.[1] After graduating from Trinity High School,[2] he studied strategic communications and advertising at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.[3]
Career[edit]
Early years[edit]
Stevens began learning to skate in Louisville, as a seven-year-old interested in hockey, and began training in Indiana at age 13.[2] He teamed up with Christina Zaitsev in 2009.[4] The pair won the novice title at the 2013 U.S. Championships and competed at three ISU Junior Grand Prix events. They were coached by her father, Serguei Zaitsev, in Carmel, Indiana.[5][4]
Partnership with Fields[edit]
Stevens teamed up with Caitlin Fields in late August 2014.[2][6] Making their international debut, they won the junior pairs' title at the Toruń Cup in January 2015 in Toruń, Poland. At the 2015 U.S. Championships, held later that month in Greensboro, North Carolina, Fields/Stevens ranked first in both segments of the junior pairs' competition and won gold by a margin of 4.57 points over the silver medalists, Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson.[7] In March, they placed 7th in the short program, 4th in the free skate, and fifth overall at the World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Serguei Zaitsev coached the pair at the Carmel Ice Skadium in Carmel, Indiana.[1][2]
Fields/Stevens moved up to the senior level for the 2015–2016 season. They placed 8th at the 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, held in December in Croatia, and 11th at the 2016 U.S. Championships, held in January in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Fields sustained a concussion in November 2016, resulting in the pair's withdrawal from the 2017 U.S. Championships.[8]
Programs[edit]
With Fields[edit]
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2017–2018 [9] |
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| 2016–2017 [9] |
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| 2015–2016 [9][3] |
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| 2014–2015 [1] |
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With Zaitsev[edit]
| Season | Short program | Free skating |
|---|---|---|
| 2013–2014 [5] |
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| 2012–2013 [10] |
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Competitive highlights[edit]
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Fields[edit]
| International[11] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 |
| CS Golden Spin | 8th | |||
| International: Junior[11] | ||||
| World Junior Champ. | 5th | |||
| Toruń Cup | 1st J | |||
| National[12] | ||||
| U.S. Championships | 1st J | 11th | WD | 13th |
| J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew | ||||
With Zaitsev[edit]
| International[13] | |
|---|---|
| Event | 13–14 |
| JGP Belarus | 7th |
| JGP Croatia | |
| JGP Latvia | 8th |
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Caitlin FIELDS / Ernie Utah STEVENS: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Woods, David (January 28, 2015). "Another Butler long shot? Skating pair aims at 2018 Olympics". The Indianapolis Star.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Slater, Paula (September 13, 2015). "Fields and Stevens: 'This is a learning year'". goldenskate.com.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Christina Zaitsev and Ernie Utah Stevens". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Christina ZAITSEV / Ernie Utah STEVENS: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 21, 2014. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Rutherford, Lynn (January 20, 2015). "Fields, Stevens lead Liu, Johnson in junior pairs". IceNetwork.com.
- ↑ Rutherford, Lynn (January 22, 2015). "GOEs, components carry Fields, Stevens to title". IceNetwork.com.
- ↑ Moody, Isobel (January 12, 2017). "Four Pairs, Three American, One German, Give Us Bad News". culturess.com.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 "Skating". Official website of Fields and Stevens. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Christina ZAITSEV / Ernie Utah STEVENS: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Competition Results: Caitlin FIELDS / Ernie Utah STEVENS". International Skating Union.
- ↑ "Caitlin Fields and Ernie Utah Stevens". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Competition Results: Christina ZAITSEV / Ernie Utah STEVENS". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 18, 2017. Unknown parameter
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External links[edit]
- Caitlin Fields / Ernie Utah Stevens at the International Skating UnionLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 23: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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