Max Settlage

Max Settlage
Personal information
Country represented United States
Born (1992-07-01) July 1, 1992
Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, Vietnam
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)
Former partner Madeline Aaron, Caitlin Fields
Coach Dalilah Sappenfield, Larry Ibarra, Eddie Shipstad, Damon Allen, Janet Champion, Elena Dostatni
Choreographer Julie Marcotte, Catarina Lindgren
Skating club Broadmoor SC
Training locations Colorado Springs, Colorado
Began skating 2002
ISU personal best scores
Combined total 165.91
2014 Skate Canada International
Short program 58.41
2014 Skate America
Free skate 108.71
2014 Skate Canada International

Max Settlage (born July 1, 1992) is an American pair skater. With former partner Madeline Aaron, he is the 2014 CS U.S. Classic bronze medalist, a two-time U.S. national pewter medalist (2015–2016), and the 2014 U.S. national junior champion.

Personal life

Max Settlage was born on July 1, 1992 in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, Vietnam.[1] After being adopted, he was raised in Flagstaff, Arizona.[2] He is a cartoonist, who has done illustrations for U.S. Figure Skating.[3]

Career

Settlage began skating at age ten.[4] His first pair skating partner was Caitlin Fields. In the 2007–08 season, they won the juvenile silver medal at the U.S. Junior Championships.

Partnership with Aaron

Settlage was paired with Madeline Aaron in May 2010 by coach Dalilah Sappenfield.[2][5] The pair, both clockwise jumpers, moved from Arizona to Colorado for training.[2]

Aaron/Settlage began competing on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2011. They won two JGP medals — bronze in Lake Placid in 2012 and silver in Belarus in 2013. After winning the U.S. national junior title in January 2014, they were sent to the World Junior Championships and placed fifth.

Aaron/Settlage moved up to the senior level in the 2014–15 season.[6] They were chosen to compete at the 2014 Skate Canada International after Zhang/Bartholomay's withdrawal.[7] They were awarded the pewter medal for fourth place at the 2015 U.S. Championships.

After Settlage developed a lower back injury, in August 2015,[8] the pair missed about three months of training.[3] Aaron sustained a mild concussion in the summer when she fell on a mohawk turn.[9] The pair decided to withdraw from their Grand Prix event, the 2015 Cup of China,[8] and returned to competition at the 2015 CS Tallinn Trophy, where they placed fifth. At the 2016 U.S. Championships, they won the pewter medal for the second consecutive year.

Interviewed in late June 2016, Aaron/Settlage said that they planned to use a revised version of their 2015–16 short program and Scheherazade for their free skate.[3] They were invited to the 2016 Skate America[10] but withdrew from the event due to the end of their partnership. They made the announcement on August 10, 2016, with Settlage saying that he wanted to continue competing.[11][12]

Programs

(with Aaron)

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2015–16
[1][13]
2014–15
[6][14]
    2013–14
    [15][5]
    2012–13
    [16][5]
    2011–12
    [17][5]
    2010–11
    [5]

    Competitive highlights

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

    With Aaron

    International[18]
    Event 10–11 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17
    GP Cup of China 4th WD
    GP Skate America 5th WD
    GP Skate Canada 4th
    CS Nebelhorn 6th
    CS Tallinn Trophy 5th
    CS U.S. Classic 3rd
    International: Junior[18]
    Junior Worlds 5th
    JGP Belarus 2nd
    JGP Croatia 7th
    JGP Estonia 4th
    JGP Poland 5th
    JGP USA 3rd
    National[5]
    U.S. Champ. 1st N 6th J 3rd J 1st J 4th 4th
    Midwestern 1st J 1st J 1st J
    Pacific Coast 1st N
    Levels – N: Novice; J: Junior. WD: Withdrew

    With Fields

    National
    Event 2007–08
    U.S. Junior Championships 2nd Jv.
    Jv: Juvenile level

    References

    1. 1 2 "Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
    2. 1 2 3 "Max Settlage interview transcript". Arizona Daily Sun. February 23, 2014. Archived from the original on August 11, 2016.
    3. 1 2 3 Thayer, Jacquelyn (July 24, 2016). "Aaron and Settlage Seek to Flourish". twofortheice.com.
    4. ↑ Everson, Michelle Talsma (February 21, 2014). "Gliding to New Heights". AZ Weekly Magazine. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014.
    5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on August 11, 2016.
    6. 1 2 3 Slater, Paula (July 1, 2014). "Aaron and Settlage make the jump to Seniors". Golden Skate.
    7. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Pairs" (PDF). July 22, 2014.
    8. 1 2 "Aaron, Settlage withdraw from 2015 Cup of China". U.S. Figure Skating. IceNetwork.com. October 6, 2015.
    9. ↑ Rutherford, Lynn (February 2, 2016). "Concussions in figure skating: How they happen". IceNetwork.com. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
    10. ↑ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2016/17: Pair Skating" (PDF). International Skating Union. June 30, 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 8, 2016.
    11. ↑ Brannen, Sarah S. (August 10, 2016). "The Inside Edge: Aaron, Settlage announce split". IceNetwork.com.
    12. ↑ "Aaron and Settlage End Partnership". U.S. Figure Skating. August 10, 2016.
    13. ↑ Slater, Paula (August 20, 2015). "Aaron and Settlage find their rhythm". Golden Skate.
    14. ↑ "Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
    15. ↑ "Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 21, 2014.
    16. ↑ "Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013.
    17. ↑ "Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.
    18. 1 2 "Competition Results: Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 4, 2016.
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