Anastasia Cannuscio

Anastasia Cannuscio
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (1992-07-01) July 1, 1992
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Residence Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey[1]
Height 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in)
Partner Colin McManus
Former partner Ian Lorello
Geoffry Varner
Dean Copely
Coach Karen Ludington, Christie Moxley
Former coach Alexandr Kirsanov
Choreographer Karen Ludington
Former choreographer Alexandr Kirsanov
Skating club UDFSC Newark
Training locations Newark, Delaware
Began skating 1995
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 143.67
2015 Skate America
Short dance 55.72
2016 CS Ondrej Nepela Memorial
Free dance 90.75
2015 Skate America

Anastasia Cannuscio (born July 1, 1992) is an American ice dancer who competes with Colin McManus. They are the 2013 Ice Challenge champions and 2011 U.S. Junior bronze medalists.

Personal life

Anastasia Cannuscio was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She is the younger sister of Isabella Cannuscio, who is also a competitive ice dancer and who is engaged to be married to her partner, Colin McManus.[2]

Career

Cannuscio teamed up with Colin McManus in March 2008.[3] They debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in autumn 2009.

Cannuscio/McManus won a silver medal at the 2010 Junior Grand Prix event in France and bronze on the junior level at the 2011 U.S. Championships.[4] They were sent to the 2011 World Junior Championships and finished 7th.

Cannuscio/McManus debuted on the senior level at the 2011 Ondrej Nepela Memorial. They finished seventh at their first Grand Prix event, the 2012 Skate America. The following season, they won gold at the 2013 Ice Challenge.

For the 2014-15 season ,[5] Cannuscio and McManus took bronze in both their ISU Challenger Series events at 2014 Finlandia Trophy and the U.S. International Figure Skating Classic. They later placed fifth in their Grand Prix event at 2014 Skate America, as well as the 2015 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

Programs

(with McManus)

Season Short dance Free dance Exhibition
2015–2016
[6][7]		 Cinderella
by Sergei Prokofiev
  • Waltz: No 37 Waltz-Coda
  • March: No 18 The Clock
    choreo. by Karen Ludington
2014–2015
[3][8]
2013–2014
[3]
2012–2013
[2][3]
2011–2012
[9]
2010–2011
[10]
Original dance
2009–2010
[3][11]
  • Love Story
    by Francis Lai
    performed by the BBC Orchestra
2008–2009
[3]
  • I Want to Be Loved By You
    by Marilyn Monroe
  • Five Foot Two, Eyes of Blue
    by Spike Jones and His City Slickers

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series (began in the 2014–15 season); JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With McManus

International[12]
Event 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
GP Cup of China 7th
GP NHK Trophy 6th 8th
GP Skate America 7th 5th 5th
CS Finlandia 3rd
CS Nebelhorn 3rd
CS Ondrej Nepela 7th
CS U.S. Classic 6th 8th 3rd
Ice Challenge 1st
Ondrej Nepela 5th
International: Junior[12]
Junior Worlds 7th
JGP Belarus 7th
JGP France 2nd
JGP Japan 4th
JGP Turkey 7th
National[3]
U.S. Champ. 3rd J. 6th 6th 7th 5th 4th
Eastern Sect. 2nd
J. = Junior level

With Copely

Event 2007
U.S. Championships 3rd N.
N. = Novice level

References

  1. ↑ Ashe, Kelly (February 1, 2011). "Egg Harbor Township's Anastasia Cannuscio earns a berth in a world championship ice dancing event". The Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved September 21, 2013. But Egg Harbor Township's Anastasia Cannuscio and her partner, Colin McManus, will get one more opportunity to perform at the 2011 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, Feb. 28-March 6.
  2. 1 2 "Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 24, 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus". IceNetwork.
  4. ↑ Walker, Elvin (January 26, 2011). "Copely takes Lichtman to the dark side and to a gold medal". GoldenSkate.com. Retrieved April 9, 2011.
  5. ↑ Slater, Paula (4 October 2014). "Rejuvenated, Cannuscio and McManus push ahead". Golden Skate.
  6. ↑ Backman, Daphne (April 8, 2015). "Ludington & Moxley rebuilding UD ice dance program". ice-dance.com.
  7. ↑ "Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 27, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 12, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on August 3, 2010.
  12. 1 2 "Competition Results: Anastasia CANNUSCIO / Colin MCMANUS". International Skating Union.

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