Max Settlage

Max Settlage
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	July 1, 1992 Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, Vietnam
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in)
Partner	Madeline Aaron
Former partner	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 partner Madeline Aaron, he is the 2014 U.S. national junior champion and placed fifth at the 2014 World Junior Championships.^[1]

Personal life

Max Settlage was born on July 1, 1992 in Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, Vietnam.^[2] After being adopted, he was raised in Flagstaff, Arizona.^[3]

Career

Settlage began skating at age ten.^[4] He was paired with Madeline Aaron in May 2010 by coach Dalilah Sappenfield.^[3][5] The pair, both clockwise jumpers, moved from Arizona to Colorado for training.^[3]

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]

Programs

(with Aaron)

Season	Short program	Free skating	Exhibition
2015–2016 [2][8]	Hymne à l'amour by Édith Piaf choreo. by Julie Marcotte	La bohème by Giacomo Puccini choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2014–2015 [6][9]	Coppélia by Léo Delibes choreo. by Julie Marcotte	The King and I by Richard Rodgers choreo. by Julie Marcotte
2013–2014 [5][10]	The Chairman's Waltz (from Memoirs of a Geisha) by John Williams	Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia (from Spartacus) by Aram Khachaturian choreo. by Julie Marcotte[6]	Ave Maria by Franz Schubert performed by Celine Dion
2012–2013 [5][11]	The Swan (from The Carnival of the Animals) by Camille Saint-Saëns	Carmen Suite by Georges Bizet, Rodion Shchedrin
2011–2012 [5][12]	El Conquistador by Maxime Rodriguez	Romeo and Juliet by Timothy Atack Romeo and Juliet by Sergei Prokofiev
2010–2011 [5]	Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque) by Claude Debussy	The Nutcracker by Pyotr Tchaikovsky

Competitive highlights

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

With Aaron

International[1]
Event	2010–11	2011–12	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16
GP Skate America					5th
GP Skate Canada					4th
GP Cup of China					4th	WD
CS Nebelhorn					6th
CS U.S. Classic					3rd
CS Tallinn Trophy						5th
International: Junior[1]
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

With Fields

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

References

1. "Competition Results: Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE". International Skating Union.
2. "Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 27, 2016.
3. "Max Settlage interview transcript". Arizona Daily Sun. February 23, 2014.
4. Everson, Michelle Talsma (February 21, 2014). "Gliding to New Heights". AZ Weekly Magazine.
5. "Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage". IceNetwork.;
   • Earlier versions: 2012 to 2013 at the Wayback Machine
6. 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. Slater, Paula (August 20, 2015). "Aaron and Settlage find their rhythm". Golden Skate.
9. "Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
10. "Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 21, 2014.
11. "Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on February 26, 2013.
12. "Madeline AARON / Max SETTLAGE: 2011/2012". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012.

External links

• Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage at the International Skating Union
• Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage at IceNetwork.com