News

January 2018

Elliana and Alex were featured in a KVEO (NBC affiliate) news feature on January 19th.

Elliana and Alex skated two superb performances at the U.S. Championships in San Jose.  They have been named first alternates for the U.S. team at Four Continents.

November 2017
Elliana and Alex won the bronze medal at Tallinn Trophy.    

Elliana and Alex finished seventh at Internationaux de France. 

Elliana and Alex started their second Grand Prix season with a seventh place finish at Audi Cup of China in Beijing.  

September 2017

Elliana and Alex competed at Lombardia Trophy and wrote a blog for ice-dance.com detailing their experiences.  

August 2017
Elliana and Alex were featured on a U.S. Figure Skating ‘Catching up with Team USA’ feature.

July 2017
Elliana and Alex won the bronze medal at the 2017 Lake Placid Ice Dance International.

May 2017
Elliana and Alex have been assigned to two ISU Grand Prix events – Audi Cup of China and Internationaux de France.  For more information, visit the schedule section of the results page.

February 2017
Clips of Elliana and Alex are included in U.S. Figure Skating’s ‘Championship Moments‘ video.

January 2017
Elliana and Alex won the pewter medal at the 2017 U.S. Championships – in their debut as a senior team. 

November 2016
Elliana and Alex won their first medal on the ISU Challenger Series – a bronze – at the 2016 Tallinn Cup in Tallinn, Estonia.

Elliana and Alex finished sixth at their second Grand Prix event – Rostelecom Cup – in Moscow, Russia. 

October 2016
Elliana and Alex debuted on the Grand Prix Series at Skate America, held from October 21-23, in Chicago, IL.  They finished eighth in the short dance and seventh in the free dance and overall.

September 2016
In their ISU Challenger Series debut at Nebelhorn Trophy, Elliana and Alex finished in fourth place in the short dance, free dance and overall.  

U.S. Figure Skating announced on September 9th that Elliana and Alex are the final U.S. ice dance entry for Skate America, the first event on the 2016-17 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series.

August 2016
Elliana and Alex were mentioned in Icenetwork.com’s “Who will be ice dance’s breakout stars in 2016-17?” article on August 19.

July 2016
Elliana and Alex made their senior international debut at the 2016 Lake Placid Ice Dance International from July 27-29, where they finished second in the short dance and first in the free dance in route to winning the gold medal.  

June 2016
Elliana and Alex were interviewed by ice-dance.com in June. 

March 2016

Elliana and Alex finished fourth at the World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. 

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January 2016

Elliana and Alex repeated as U.S. bronze medalists at the 2016 U.S. National Championships.

Articles about U.S. Nationals:

November 2015
Elliana and Alex reached their highest scores to-date at the 2016 Midwestern Sectional Championships, winning their second consecutive sectional crown.

October 2015
Elliana and Alex won their first international medal, a bronze, at the JGP Logrono.  They also set new personal bests in the short and free dances, as well as overall score.

Articles about JGP Logrono:

September 2015
Elliana and Alex finished fourth at the Cup of Austria Junior Grand Prix event.  They set personal bests in the short and free dances, as well as overall score.

Articles about JGP Austria:

August 2015
Elliana and Alex will compete at the Junior Grand Prix event in Linz, Austria.

Elliana and Alex were mentioned in the Icenetwork.com article, “Who will be ice dance’s breakout stars in 2015-16?”.

July 2015
Elliana and Alex continued their success this season by winning their short and free dance groups at the Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships in Lake Placid, NY. 

June 2015
Elliana and Alex had a successful season’s debut at Chesapeake Open, winning their short and free dance groups.

March 2015
In their first trip to the World Junior Championships, Elliana and Alex finished 13th, setting a new personal best score in the short and free dances as well as total score.

January 2015
At their first U.S. National Championships as a team, Elliana and Alex won the junior ice dancing bronze medal. They achieved a season’s best total score of 141.55 and will represent Team USA at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia!

An excerpt from an article on MercuryNews.com:  “Ice dancer Elliana Pogrebinsky of Campbell and partner Alex Benoit made the [world] junior team.”

Articles from Nationals:

November 2014
Elliana and Alex finished first at Midwestern Sectionals with a season’s best in short (51.06) and free dance(81.62), which totaled 132.68 and qualifies them for the upcoming U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Greensboro, NC!

October 2014
Elliana and Alex finished eighth at the Junior Grand Prix Croatia Cup in Zagreb, Croatia.  They set a new personal best of 70.51 in the free dance.  Next up – Sectionals!

September 2014
Elliana and Alex finished fifth at the Junior Grand Prix Nagoya TV Cup in Aichi, Japan. Since this was their first international competition, they set their first personal best of 112.60.

An excerpt from a recap on AbsoluteSkating.com:  “The performance which impressed us the most was delivered by Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit (USA). Their elegance and musicality were really notable as they took on another famous ballet, Swan Lake. Eliana was stunning in a black and white dress, and luckily she didn’t die in the end, but smiled as they skated well.”

They have been selected to compete at a second Junior Grand Prix event, Croatia Cup, in October.

August 2014
Elliana and Alex competed at the 2014 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships from July 30-August 2.  They finished second in the short dance, scoring 45.72 and third in the free dance, scoring 66.20.  They have been chosen to debut internationally as members of Team USA at the Junior Grand Prix event in Japan.

June 2014
Debuting at the Chesapeake Open, Elliana and Alex won the short dance event, posting a score of 43.88. 



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