Ian Somerville
| Ian Somerville | |
|---|---|
 Gropman/Somerville at the 2019 World Junior Championships | |
| Personal information | |
| Country represented |  United States |
| Born | September 1, 2000 Washington, D.C., United States |
| Home town | Cabin John, Maryland |
| Residence | Canton, Michigan |
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7+1⁄2 in) |
| Partner | Emily Bratti |
| Former partner | Katarina DelCamp Eliana Gropman |
| Coach | Greg Zuerlein Charlie White Tanith White Dmytri Ilin |
| Former coach | Alexei Kiliakov Elena Novak Ramil Sarkulov |
| Choreographer | Greg Zuerlein Charlie White |
| Former choreographer | Elena Novak |
| Skating club | Washington FSC |
| Training locations | Canton, Michigan |
| Former training locations | Leesburg, Virginia Rockville, Maryland Wheaton, Maryland |
| Began skating | 2004 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 172.74 2021 CS Golden Spin |
| Short dance | 68.90 2021 CS Golden Spin |
| Free dance | 103.34 2021 CS Golden Spin |
Ian Somerville (born September 1, 2000) is an American ice dancer. With his skating partner, Emily Bratti, he competed in the final segment at the 2022 Four Continents Championships.
With his former skating partner, , he is the 2021 U.S. junior national bronze medalist. With his former skating partner, Eliana Gropman, he is the 2019 U.S. national junior bronze medalist and the 2018 JGP Slovakia bronze medalist. They placed in the top twelve at the 2019 World Junior Championships.
Personal life[]
Ian Somerville was born September 1, 2000 in Washington, D.C. to real estate appraisers Catherine and Scott Somerville. He has an older sister named Lauren.[1] Somerville graduated from Walt Whitman High School in Bethesda, Maryland.[1] He is fluent in French and has attended bilingual English/French schools since preschool.[1] Somerville is a fan of the Washington Football Team and owns two Wheaten Terriers named Hoppy and Coleman.[1]
Career[]
Early career[]
Somerville began skating at age 4 as a recreational activity.[2] Gropman/Somerville announced their partnership in June 2008.[2] They did not compete during the 2010–11 season after Somerville and his family moved to France for nine months.[3] Together, they are the 2012 U.S. national juvenile and 2013 U.S. national intermediate champions, as well as the 2014 U.S. national novice silver medalists. They did not advance to the 2015 U.S. Championships, after placing fifth at 2015 Eastern Sectionals.[2]
2015–2016 season[]
Gropman/Somerville received their first ISU Junior Grand Prix assignment, placing tenth at 2015 JGP United States in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They won bronze at Midwestern Sectionals and finished seventh at the 2016 U.S. Championships. Gropman/Somerville then competed at the 2016 Bavarian Open, where they won silver behind Shevchenko/Eremenko of Russia.[4]
2016–2017 season[]
Gropman/Somerville opened their season with the bronze medal at 2016 Lake Placid Ice Dance International behind U.S. teammates Parsons/Parsons and Lewis/Bye. They finished ninth at 2016 JGP France and fifth at 2016 NRW Trophy. Gropman/Somerville won bronze at Eastern Sectionals and finished sixth at the 2016 U.S. Championships.[4]
2017–2018 season[]
Gropman/Somerville began the season with a pair of fourth-place finishes at 2017 JGP Australia and 2017 JGP Croatia. They won silver at Eastern Sectionals and earned their first junior national medal, pewter, at the 2017 U.S. Championships.[4]
2018–2019 season[]
Gropman/Somerville won their first JGP medal, a bronze, at 2018 JGP Slovakia behind Russians Khudaiberdieva/Nazarov and Shanaeva/Naryzhnyy. They placed fifth at 2018 JGP Canada. Gropman/Somerville won gold at Midwestern Sectionals and bronze at the 2019 U.S. Championships. With their result, they were named to the team for the 2019 World Junior Championships for the first time, alongside Green/Green and Nguyen/Kolesnik.[5]
At 2019 Junior Worlds, Gropman/Somerville were ninth after the rhythm dance, but fell to twelfth overall following a thirteenth-place free dance. Somerville dissolved the partnership via email at the end of the season.[6]
2019–2020 season[]
Somerville teamed up with Katarina DelCamp in 2019. They placed tenth at 2019 JGP Croatia and fourth at 2019 JGP Italy. DelCamp/Somerville won the bronze medal at the inaugural U.S. Ice Dance Final behind Wolfkostin/Chen and Cesanek/Yehorov. They then finished fifth at the 2020 U.S. Championships and as a result, were assigned to Egna Dance Trophy. DelCamp/Somerville won their first international medal, silver, at Egna Trophy behind teammates Cesanek/Yehorov.[1]
2020–2021 season[]
In their lone event of the pandemic-shortened season, DelCamp/Somerville won the bronze medal at the 2021 U.S. junior championships.[1] Somerville dissolved the partnership afterward.[7]
2021–2022 season[]
After ending his partnership with DelCamp, Somerville formed a new partnership with , who he had known for three years while she trained at the same facility with a different partner. They moved to train with Charlie White and Greg Zuerlein at the newly-opened Michigan Ice Dance Academy in Canton, Michigan.[7]
Bratti/Somerville made their international debut on the Challenger series at the 2021 CS Cup of Austria, finishing eighth. They went on to place fifth at the 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb.[8] At their senior national debut at the 2022 U.S. Championships, Bratti/Somerville were fifth.[9] This placement earned them an assignment to the 2022 Four Continents Championships in Tallinn, where they also finished fifth. Somerville said he looked forward to the off-season and having more time to improve the partnership.[10]
Programs[]
With Bratti[]
| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
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| 2021–2022 [11] |
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With DelCamp[]
| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
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| 2019–2020 [12] |
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With Gropman[]
| Season | Rhythm dance | Free dance |
|---|---|---|
| 2018–2019 [13] |
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| Short dance | Free dance | |
| 2017–2018 [14] |
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| 2016–2017 [15] |
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| 2015–2016 [16] |
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| 2014–2015 [2] |
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Competitive highlights[]
JGP: Junior Grand Prix. Pewter medals (4th place) awarded only at U.S. national, sectional, and regional events.
With Bratti[]
| International[8] | |
|---|---|
| Event | 21–22 |
| Four Continents | 5th |
| CS Cup of Austria | 8th |
| CS Golden Spin | 5th |
| National[8] | |
| U.S. Championships | 5th |
| TBD = Assigned | |
With DelCamp[]
| International: Junior[17] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Event | 19–20 | 20–21 |
| JGP Croatia | 10th | |
| JGP Italy | 4th | |
| Egna Trophy | 2nd | |
| National[17] | ||
| U.S. Champ. | 5th J | 3rd J |
| Ice Dance Final | 3rd J | |
| Levels: J = Junior | ||
With Gropman[]
| International: Junior[4] | ||||||||
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| Event | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 | 16–17 | 17–18 | 18–19 |
| Junior Worlds | 12th | |||||||
| JGP Australia | 4th | |||||||
| JGP Canada | 5th | |||||||
| JGP Croatia | 4th | |||||||
| JGP France | 9th | |||||||
| JGP Slovakia | 3rd | |||||||
| JGP United States | 10th | |||||||
| Bavarian Open | 2nd | |||||||
| Lake Placid IDI | 3rd | |||||||
| NRW Trophy | 5th | |||||||
| National[18] | ||||||||
| U.S. Champ. | 1st I | 2nd N | 7th J | 6th J | 4th J | 3rd J | ||
| U.S. Junior | 1st V | |||||||
| Eastern | 1st V | 1st I | 1st N | 5th J | 3rd J | 2nd J | ||
| Midwestern | 3rd J | 1st J | ||||||
| Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate; N = Novice; J = Junior | ||||||||
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f "2019–20 Figure Skating Roster: Katarina DelCamp and Ian Somerville". U.S. Figure Skating.
- ^ a b c d "2018–19 Figure Skating Roster: Eliana Gropman and Ian Somerville". U.S. Figure Skating.
- ^ "Eliana Gropman & Ian Somerville: Our Background". ice-dance.com.
- ^ a b c d "Eliana GROPMAN / Ian SOMERVILLE: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
- ^ "U.S. Figure Skating Announces Pairs and Ice Dance Selections for World, Four Continents and World Junior Teams". U.S. Figure Skating. January 27, 2019.
- ^ Gropman, Eliana (April 5, 2019). "It's with a lot of sadness that I'm announcing the end of my 10-year ice dance partnership with Ian" (Instagram). Archived from the original on 2021-12-25.
- ^ a b "Getting to Know: Emily Bratti & Ian Somerville". ice-dance.com. December 10, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Emily BRATTI / Ian SOMERVILLE: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
- ^ Slater, Paula (January 9, 2022). "Chock and Bates edge out teammates for U.S. title". Golden Skate.
- ^ Slater, Paula (January 21, 2022). "Green and Parsons feel 'incredible' after Four Continents win". Golden Skate.
- ^ "Emily BRATTI / Ian SOMERVILLE: 2021/2022 season". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 28, 2022.
- ^ "Katarina DELCAMP / Ian SOMERVILLE". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Eliana GROPMAN / Ian SOMERVILLE". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Eliana GROPMAN / Ian SOMERVILLE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 29, 2018.
- ^ "Eliana GROPMAN / Ian SOMERVILLE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 25, 2017.
- ^ "Eliana GROPMAN / Ian SOMERVILLE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 26, 2016.
- ^ a b "Katarina DELCAMP / Ian SOMERVILLE: Competition Results". International Skating Union.
- ^ "Eliana Gropman & Ian Somerville". Stats on Ice.
External links[]
- 2000 births
- American male ice dancers
- Living people
- Figure skaters from Washington, D.C.