Caitlin Fields

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Caitlin Fields
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Fields at the 2015 World Junior Championships
Born (1995-09-25) September 25, 1995 (age 28)
Scottsdale, Arizona
Height1.47 m (4 ft 10 in)
Figure skating career
Country United States
CoachSerguei Zaitsev
Skating clubIndiana World Figure Skating Academy
Began skating1998

Caitlin Fields (born September 25, 1995) is an American former pair skater. With her skating partner, Ernie Utah Stevens, she is the 2015 U.S. national junior champion and placed fifth at the 2015 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

The eldest child of Terry and Steve Fields, [1] Caitlin Fields was born September 25, 1995, in Scottsdale, Arizona. [2] She has a younger sister, Emily. [1]

Career

Early career

Fields skated with Max Settlage early in her career. They won the U.S. juvenile silver medal in the 2007–2008 season and silver on the intermediate level the following year.

Fields teamed up with Jason Pacini in May 2010. [1] They won the novice silver medal at the 2012 U.S. Championships and placed seventh on the junior level at the 2013 U.S. Championships.

In 2013, Fields formed a partnership with Canadian skater Sébastian Arcieri. Coached by Richard Gauthier and Bruno Marcotte in Montreal, they intended to represent Canada but made no competitive appearances together, [3] due to an injury to Arcieri. [4]

Partnership with Stevens

Caitlin Fields (left) with her skating partner, Ernie Utah Stevens (right) Fields&Stevens.IMG 5871.JPG
Caitlin Fields (left) with her skating partner, Ernie Utah Stevens (right)

Fields teamed up with Ernie Utah Stevens in late August 2014. [5] [4] Making their international debut, they won the junior pairs' title at the Toruń Cup in January 2015 in Toruń, Poland. At the 2015 U.S. Championships, held later that month in Greensboro, North Carolina, Fields/Stevens ranked first in both segments of the junior pairs' competition and won gold by a margin of 4.57 points over the silver medalists, Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson. [6] In March, they placed 7th in the short program, 4th in the free skate, and fifth overall at the World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Serguei Zaitsev coached the pair at the Carmel Ice Skadium in Carmel, Indiana. [2] [5]

Fields/Stevens moved up to the senior level for the 2015–2016 season. They placed 8th at the 2015 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, held in December in Croatia, and 11th at the 2016 U.S. Championships, held in January in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Fields sustained a concussion in November 2016, resulting in the pair's withdrawal from the 2017 U.S. Championships. [7]

Programs

With Stevens

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2017–2018
[8]
2016–2017
[8]
  • Piano et voix rythmiques
    by Hugues Le Bars
    choreo. by Shanetta Folle, Serguei Zaitsev
2015–2016
[8] [9]
2014–2015
[2]
  • Nostradamus
    by Maksim Mrvica
    choreo. by Serguei Zaitsev, Shanetta Folle

With Arcieri

Season Short program Free skating
2013–2014
[3]
  • Beauty and the Beast

With Pacini

Season Short program Free skating
2012–2013
[1]
2011–2012
[1]
  • Cutthroat Island
    by Erich Kunzel, Cincinnati Pops Orchestra

Competitive highlights

CS: Challenger Series

With Stevens

International [10]
Event 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
CS Golden Spin 8th
International: Junior [10]
World Junior Champ. 5th
Toruń Cup 1st J
National [11]
U.S. Championships 1st J11thWD13th
J = Junior level; WD = Withdrew

With Pacini

National [1]
Event 12–13
U.S. Championships 7th J

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Caitlin Fields & Jason Pacini". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on March 29, 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. 1 2 3 "Caitlin FIELDS / Ernie Utah STEVENS: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. 1 2 "Caitlin FIELDS / Sebastian ARCIERI: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 6, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Rutherford, Lynn (January 20, 2015). "Fields, Stevens lead Liu, Johnson in junior pairs". IceNetwork.com .
  5. 1 2 Woods, David (January 28, 2015). "Another Butler long shot? Skating pair aims at 2018 Olympics". The Indianapolis Star .
  6. ↑ Rutherford, Lynn (January 22, 2015). "GOEs, components carry Fields, Stevens to title". IceNetwork.com .
  7. ↑ Moody, Isobel (January 12, 2017). "Four Pairs, Three American, One German, Give Us Bad News". culturess.com.
  8. 1 2 3 "Skating". Official website of Fields and Stevens. Archived from the original on November 16, 2017. Retrieved November 17, 2017.
  9. ↑ Slater, Paula (September 13, 2015). "Fields and Stevens: 'This is a learning year'". goldenskate.com.
  10. 1 2 "Competition Results: Caitlin FIELDS / Ernie Utah STEVENS". International Skating Union.
  11. ↑ "Caitlin Fields and Ernie Utah Stevens". IceNetwork.com . Archived from the original on November 15, 2017.

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