Brittany Jones

Brittany Jones
Jones/Beharry in December 2012
Personal information
Country represented	Canada
Born	(1996-01-18) January 18, 1996 Toronto, Ontario
Height	1.58 m (5 ft 2 in)
Partner	Joshua Reagan
Former partner	Ian Beharry, Kurtis Gaskell, Paul Messner
Coach	Bryce Davison
Former coach	Kristy Wirtz, Lee Barkell, Kris Wirtz, Paul Wirtz
Choreographer	Mark Pillay
Former choreographer	Marina Zueva, David Wilson
Skating club	Kitchener Waterloo SC
Training locations	Kitchener-Waterloo
Former training locations	Barrie
Began skating	2004

Brittany Jones (born January 18, 1996) is a Canadian pair skater. With Joshua Reagan, she is the 2016 U.S. International Classic champion. She finished in the top six at three World Junior Championships with earlier partners.

Career

Jones teamed up with Kurtis Gaskell around 2008. They placed sixth at the 2011 World Junior Championships. They split after the 2012 Canadian Championships. Jones then had a one-year partnership with Ian Beharry. The two finished sixth at the 2013 World Junior Championships.

In October 2013,^[1] Jones was paired with U.S. skater Joshua Reagan by Kristy Wirtz and Kris Wirtz, who coached the pair in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario.^[2] Jones/Reagan decided to compete for Canada and placed seventh at the 2014 Canadian Championships. They changed coaches in spring 2015, moving to Bryce Davison.^[3]

Jones/Reagan won gold at the 2016 U.S. International Classic after placing second in the short and first in the free.^[4]^[5]

Programs

With Reagan

Season	Short program	Free skating
2016–17	Under The Bridge by Red Hot Chili Peppers	Violin Fantasy on Puccini's Turandot by Vanessa-Mae Nessun Dorma performed by Josh Groban
2015–16	Come Together by The Beatles choreo. by Shawn Sawyer	Sentimental Journey Stardust by Nat King Cole choreo. by David Wilson
2014–15 ^[2]^[6]	W.E. by Abel Korzeniowski choreo. by Mark Pillay	Young and Beautiful by Lana Del Rey choreo. by Mark Pillay

With Beharry

Season	Short program	Free skating
2012–13 ^[7]^[8]	Black Magic Woman by Santana Bombay Dreams by Andrew Lloyd Webber	Winter and Summer (from Four Seasons) by Antonio Vivaldi

With Gaskell

Season	Short program	Free skating
2011–12 ^[9]	Music From a Farther Room by Paul Swartz Nocturne performed by Lucia Micarelli Bohemian Rhapsody performed by Lucia Micarelli	Tosca by Giacomo Puccini Lucevan Le stelle (from Tosca) by Giacomo Puccini
2010–11 ^[10]	The Day Will Dawn by Richard Addinsell	My Fair Lady by Frederick Loewe
2009–10 ^[11]^[12]	The Ukraine	Toccata and Fugue by Johann Sebastian Bach performed by Vanessa-Mae Winter by Antonio Vivaldi performed by Vanessa-Mae Spring by Antonio Vivaldi performed by Vanessa-Mae

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Pair skating with Reagan

International^[13]
Event	13–14	14–15	15–16	16–17
GP Skate Canada		7th		7th
CS Autumn Classic		7th
CS U.S. Classic		4th		1st
Autumn Classic			4th
National^[1]
Canadian Champ.	7th	7th	6th
SC Challenge	2nd
TBD: Assigned

Pair skating with Beharry

International^[14]
Event	2012–13
World Junior Champ.	6th
JGP Final	6th
JGP Austria	1st
JGP Germany	3rd
National^[14]
Canadian Champ.	4th

Pair skating with Gaskell

International^[15]
Event	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12
GP Cup of Russia				7th
International: Junior^[15]
World Junior Champ.		7th	6th
JGP Final			6th
JGP Austria			6th
JGP Germany		8th	4th
JGP Poland		3rd
National^[15]
Canadian Champ.	1st J	9th	6th	7th
J: Junior level

Single skating

Event	2011–12
Canadian Championships	17th J
J: Junior level

References

1 2
"Brittany Jones / Joshua Reagan". Skate Canada. Archived from the original on September 14, 2014. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
- "Earlier version". Archived from the original on July 23, 2014. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
1 2 Rutherford, Lynn (July 26, 2014). "Detroit postcards: More pair action off ice than on". IceNetwork.
↑ Lam, Earene (December 1, 2015). "Hamilton Skating Club members off to Skate Canada Challenge". Hamilton Scores.
↑ Brown, Mickey (September 15, 2016). "Prayer answered: Calalang, Sidhu win short in SLC". IceNetwork.com.
↑ Donaldson-Brass, Amy (September 16, 2016). "Jones, Reagan temper expectations, rally for gold". IceNetwork.com.
↑ "Brittany JONES / Joshua REAGAN: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
↑ "Brittany JONES / Ian BEHARRY: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
↑ "Brittany JONES / Ian BEHARRY: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
↑ "Brittany JONES / Kurtis GASKELL: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012.
↑ "Brittany JONES / Kurtis GASKELL: 2010/2011". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 21, 2011. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
↑ "Brittany JONES / Kurtis GASKELL: 2009/2010". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 15, 2010. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
↑ Mittan, Barry (January 10, 2010). "Canada's Jones and Gaskell Have Strong Foundation". Skate Today.
↑ "Competition Results: Brittany JONES / Joshua REAGAN". International Skating Union.
1 2 "Competition Results: Brittany JONES / Ian BEHARRY". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 18, 2016. CS1 maint: Unfit url (link)
1 2 3 "Competition Results: Brittany JONES / Kurtis GASKELL". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 14, 2016.

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