April 22, 2008

Todd competed for Team North America this past weekend in the Japan Open competititon. For his 2nd ever long program skated under COP, Todd earned a total score of 111.94. Todd skated to a newly revised version of his Lord of the Rings lp from the 2002 season. Team North America came in 3rd.

  April 6, 2008

Once this year's Stars on Ice tour ends in mid-April, Todd will be heading to Japan to compete for Team North America on April 20. The competition will require each skater to have an ISU long program. Todd has revamped his 2002 LP to Lord of the Rings for this year's competition. Good luck Todd and Team North America!

Next on his schedule, Todd will again be participating in Superstars on Ice at the Skokie Skatium. This year's show is on May 13th at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $60 and go on sale April 13th. For more information about tickets or the show, call the Skatium at (847) 674-1510.

  March 6, 2008
Fear not Todd fans, though Todd was unable to skate his solos in Orlando and Tampa, all is well. In the Orlando opening number Todd hurt his back and was unable to take the strain his solos required. He's rested and had treatment and was back to full routines in Fort Lauderdale and Naples. In fact he's better than ever - Todd's been landing triple axels in practice! Given that Todd first started landing triple axels at the age of 16 that adds up to 20 years of triple axels. Wow! Way to go Todd!

  February 28, 2008

Todd will be returning to Japan this April to compete in the 2008 Japan Open. The event will take place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan on April 20th. It will be a team format consisting of Teams from Japan (Honda, Arakawa, Takahashi, Ando, Mai Asada, Mao Asada), North America (Eldredge, Lysacek, Nagasu, TBD) and Europe (Lambiel, Yagudin, Meier, TBD). Team competition starts at 1pm and a gala will follow at 6pm. For more information on the event please visit: http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/japanopen2008/ (Please note that other than Todd, all partipants subject to change)

Todd will also be joined by some new faces on tour as Stars on Ice welcomes new guest stars. Skaters include Belbin & Agusto, Lysacek and Meissner. Performances dates are available on the Stars on Ice website

With his upcominbg relocation to Florida, Todd has a new fanmail address. Fans wishing to write to him can send mail to him at:

  February 17, 2008

Richard Callaghan, Todd's longtime coach, has moved to the Fort Lauderdale area, and will be based at the Incredible Ice facility. Todd has also signed a contract with the rink, which will now be his "official training site". Todd will coach there as well whenever he is not on tour, but will not be moving there until he and wife Meagan can sell their house in Michigan.

Photos from the U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame induction are now posted.

  January 11, 2008

• 01/10/08: "Four to Be Inducted into U.S. Figure Skating Hall of Fame" - United States Figure Skating
  
• 01/07/08: "Janet Carpenter & Paul Wylie Elected to World Figure Skating Hall of Fame" - Hall of Fame Magazine
  

  January 8, 2008 It seems that Todd has a bit of an adventure for his first Stars on Ice performance in Japan. United managed to lose his skates for five days and so he performed the first show in skates borrowed from one of the Japanese guys which is why he only performed one solo. Thankfully the skates made their appearance and Todd performed both "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" and "Nights in White Satin" for the remaining tour stops.

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