Ernie Utah Stevens

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.

Ernie Utah Stevens
Personal information
Full nameErnest Utah Stevens
Country representedUnited States
Born (1993-12-31) December 31, 1993
Louisville, Kentucky
Height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Former partnerCaitlin Fields, Christina Zaitsev
CoachSerguei Zaitsev
ChoreographerSerguei Zaitsev, Shanetta Folle
Skating clubIndiana World Figure Skating Academy
Training locationsCarmel, Indiana
Began skating2003

Personal life

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

Early years

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
Ernie Utah Stevens (right) with his skating partner, Caitlin Fields (left)

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

With Fields
Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2017–2018
[9]
2016–2017
[9]
  • Piano et voix rythmiques
    by Hugues Le Bars
    choreo. by Shanetta Folle, Serguei Zaitsev
  • Spartacus
    by Aram Khachaturian
    choreo. by Pasquale Camerlengo
2015–2016
[9][3]
2014–2015
[1]
  • Nostradamus
    by Maksim Mrvica
    choreo. by Serguei Zaitsev, Shanetta Folle
  • Don Quixote
    by Ludwig Minkus
    choreo. by Shanetta Folle

With Zaitsev
Season Short program Free skating
2013–2014
[5]
2012–2013
[10]
  • Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)
    by ABBA

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Fields
International[11]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
CS Golden Spin8th
International: Junior[11]
World Junior Champ.5th
Toruń Cup1st J
National[12]
U.S. Championships1st J11thWD13th
Midwestern Sectionals1st J1st2nd1st
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

With Zaitsev
International[13]
Event 09–10 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14
JGP Belarus7th
JGP Croatia11th
JGP Latvia8th
National[4]
U.S. Championships1st V4th I4th N1st N
Midwestern Sectionals1st V1st I3rd N
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice

References
  1. "Caitlin FIELDS / Ernie Utah STEVENS: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. Woods, David (January 28, 2015). "Another Butler long shot? Skating pair aims at 2018 Olympics". The Indianapolis Star.
  3. Slater, Paula (September 13, 2015). "Fields and Stevens: 'This is a learning year'". goldenskate.com.
  4. "Christina Zaitsev and Ernie Utah Stevens". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017.
  5. "Christina ZAITSEV / Ernie Utah STEVENS: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 21, 2014.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  6. Rutherford, Lynn (January 20, 2015). "Fields, Stevens lead Liu, Johnson in junior pairs". IceNetwork.com.
  7. Rutherford, Lynn (January 22, 2015). "GOEs, components carry Fields, Stevens to title". IceNetwork.com.
  8. Moody, Isobel (January 12, 2017). "Four Pairs, Three American, One German, Give Us Bad News". culturess.com.
  9. "Skating". Official website of Fields and Stevens. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  10. "Christina ZAITSEV / Ernie Utah STEVENS: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  11. "Competition Results: Caitlin FIELDS / Ernie Utah STEVENS". International Skating Union.
  12. "Caitlin Fields and Ernie Utah Stevens". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on November 15, 2017.
  13. "Competition Results: Christina ZAITSEV / Ernie Utah STEVENS". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 18, 2017.
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