Jessica Calalang

Jessica Calalang
Personal information
Full name Jessica Noelle Calalang
Country represented United States
Born (1995-02-24) February 24, 1995
Elk Grove Village, Illinois
Height 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in)
Partner Zack Sidhu
Former partner Daniel O'Shea
Coach Todd Sand, Jenni Meno, Christine Binder, John Nicks
Choreographer Pasquale Camerlengo
Skating club DuPage FSC Buffalo Grove
Training locations Aliso Viejo, California
Began skating 2000
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 157.45
2014 Rostelecom Cup
Short program 59.02
2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic
Free skate 106.58
2014 Rostelecom Cup

Jessica Noelle Calalang (born February 24, 1995) is an American pair skater. With partner Zack Sidhu, she has won two ISU Challenger Series medals.

Personal life

Jessica Noelle Calalang[1] was born on February 24, 1995 in Elk Grove Village, Illinois.[2] After graduating in 2013 from Glenbrook South High School in Glenview, Illinois, she enrolled at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California.[1]

Career

In the 2009–10 season, Calalang competed with Daniel O'Shea on the novice level.[1]

Calalang teamed up with Zack Sidhu in August 2010.[1] They made their ISU Junior Grand Prix debut at the 2010 JGP event in Ostrava, Czech Republic. The following season, they won a bronze medal at the 2011 JGP competition in Tallinn, Estonia. After winning the junior silver medal at the 2013 U.S. Championships, they were assigned to the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy, where they finished ninth.

Calalang/Sidhu moved up to the senior level in the 2013–14 season. They won silver at the 2013 International Cup of Nice but finished 11th at the 2014 U.S. Championships. The pair began the following season on the ISU Challenger Series, winning silver at the 2014 U.S. International Classic and bronze at the 2014 Skate Canada Autumn Classic, before making their Grand Prix debut at the 2014 Cup of China.

Programs

(with Sidhu)

Season Short program Free skating
2014–2015
[2]
2013–2014
[1]
2012–2013
[3]
2011–2012
[4]
  • Elite Syncopations
    by Scott Joplin
2010–2011
[1]

Competitive highlights

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

With Sidhu

International[5]
Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
GP Cup of China 7th
GP Rostel. Cup 5th
GP NHK Trophy 7th
CS Autumn Classic 3rd
CS U.S. Classic 2nd 2nd
CS Ice Challenge 4th
Cup of Nice 2nd
International: Junior[5]
Junior Worlds 9th
JGP Austria 6th
JGP Croatia 8th
JGP Czech Rep. 10th
JGP Estonia 3rd
JGP Poland 4th
National[1]
U.S. Champ. 8th J 4th J 2nd J 11th 5th 5th
Pacific Coast 2nd J 1st J 1st
J: Junior level

With O'Shea

National[6]
Event 2009–10
U.S. Championships 5th N
Midwestern Sectionals 4th N
N: Novice level

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Jessica Noelle Calalang / Zack Sidhu". IceNetwork.
  2. 1 2 "Jessica CALALANG / Zack SIDHU: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Jessica CALALANG / Zack SIDHU: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Jessica CALALANG / Zack SIDHU: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.
  5. 1 2 "Competition Results: Jessica CALALANG / Zack SIDHU". International Skating Union.
  6. ↑ "Jessica Calalang / Daniel O'Shea". Tracings.net. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
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