Max Settlage (born July 1, 1992) is an American former 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.
| Max Settlage | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Max Frederick Settlage |
| Born | July 1, 1992 Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, Vietnam |
| Hometown | Flagstaff, Arizona |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | United States |
| Skating club | Broadmoor SC |
| Began skating | 2002 |
| Retired | February 13, 2019 |
Personal life
editMax 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
editSettlage 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 and the intermediate silver medal in the 2008-09 season.[5]
Partnership with Aaron
editSettlage was paired with Madeline Aaron in May 2010 by coach Dalilah Sappenfield.[2][6] 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.[7] They were chosen to compete at the 2014 Skate Canada International after Zhang/Bartholomay's withdrawal.[8] 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,[9] the pair missed about three months of training.[3] Aaron sustained a mild concussion in the summer when she fell on a mohawk turn.[10] The pair decided to withdraw from their Grand Prix event, the 2015 Cup of China,[9] 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[11] 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.[12][13]
Later career
editSettlage teamed up with Winter Deardorff in late February 2017.[14]
Programs
edit(with Aaron)
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2016–2017 |
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| 2014–2015 [7][16] |
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| 2013–2014 [17][6] |
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| 2012–2013 [18][6] |
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| 2011–2012 [19][6] |
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| 2010–2011 [6] |
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Competitive highlights
editGP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Deardorff
edit| International | |||||||
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| Event | 17–18 | 18–19 | |||||
| CS U.S. Classic | 4th | ||||||
| National | |||||||
| U.S. Championships | 12th | 10th | |||||
With Aaron
edit| International[20] | |||||
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| Event | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 |
| GP Skate America | 5th | ||||
| GP Skate Canada | 4th | ||||
| CS Nebelhorn | 6th | ||||
| CS Tallinn Trophy | 5th | ||||
| CS U.S. Classic | 3rd | ||||
| International: Junior[20] | |||||
| Junior Worlds | 5th | ||||
| JGP Belarus | 2nd | ||||
| JGP Croatia | 7th | ||||
| JGP Estonia | 4th | ||||
| JGP Poland | 5th | ||||
| JGP USA | 3rd | ||||
| National[6] | |||||
| U.S. Champ. | 6th J | 3rd J | 1st J | 4th | 4th |
| Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior. WD = Withdrew | |||||
References
edit- ^ a b "Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Max Settlage interview transcript". Arizona Daily Sun. February 23, 2014. Archived from the original on August 11, 2016.
- ^ a b c Thayer, Jacquelyn (July 24, 2016). "Aaron and Settlage Seek to Flourish". twofortheice.com.
- ^ Everson, Michelle Talsma (February 21, 2014). "Gliding to New Heights". AZ Weekly Magazine. Archived from the original on March 4, 2014.
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- ^ a b c d e f "Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on August 11, 2016.
- "Earlier versions: 2012 to 2013". Archived from the original on February 3, 2012.
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- "Earlier versions: 2012 to 2013". Archived from the original on February 3, 2012.
- ^ a b c Slater, Paula (July 1, 2014). "Aaron and Settlage make the jump to Seniors". Golden Skate.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating – Pairs" (PDF). July 22, 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 22, 2014.
- ^ a b "Aaron, Settlage withdraw from 2015 Cup of China". U.S. Figure Skating. IceNetwork.com. October 6, 2015.
- ^ Rutherford, Lynn (February 2, 2016). "Concussions in figure skating: How they happen". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Brannen, Sarah S. (August 10, 2016). "The Inside Edge: Aaron, Settlage announce split". IceNetwork.com.
- ^ "Aaron and Settlage End Partnership". U.S. Figure Skating. August 10, 2016. Archived from the original on October 8, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
- ^ Brannen, Sarah S. (March 3, 2017). "The Inside Edge: Skaters balance training, studies". IceNetwork.com.
- ^ Slater, Paula (August 20, 2015). "Aaron and Settlage find their rhythm". Golden Skate.
- ^ "Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 21, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ a b "Competition Results: Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on July 4, 2016.