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Burnaby ice dancers winners at Lake Placid competition

Burnaby ice dancers came away with podium finishes at the Lake Placid figure skating championships last week.

Burnaby ice dancers came away with podium finishes at the Lake Placid figure skating championships last week.

Moscrop high school grad Nicole Orford and partner Thomas Williams won the Group A senior free dance over Lynn Kriengkrairut and Logan Giulietti-Schmitt of the United States with a 78.77 score.

The B.C. Centre of Excellence pair also placed second in the Group B short dance to Americans Madison Chock and Evan Bates following a 50.57 score.

Centre of excellence junior dance teams also did well at the Lake Placid dance competition.

Madeline Edwards and Burnaby's Zhao Kai Pang won the Group B junior free dance with a total score of 70.19 over Caelen Dalmer of Burnaby and her partner Shane Firus. Timothy Lum of Burnaby and partner Noa Bruser placed fourth B final.

In the junior short dance competition, Pang and Edwards finished second behind a pair from Detroit in Group A, while Lum and Bruser won the Group B short program. Dalmer and Firus placed third in the B short dance.