By: Ciara Downey
U.S. Figure Skating continues its 2026 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series campaign with its second competition, Skate Canada International. The event will take place Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2026, in Kelowna, British Columbia, and the U.S. will be represented in all four disciplines.
Isabeau Levito will make her 2026-27 competition season debut in the women's event.
Levito captured the silver medal at 2025 Skate Canada international and placed fourth at Grand Prix de France last season. In addition to her 12th-place finish at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games, she heads into the new quad with four U.S. Championships medals to her name.
Also making their season debut are the two-time U.S. and reigning Four Continents champions Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov, who will be the sole competitors for the U.S. in the pairs event.
The team, who trains in Norwood, Massachusetts, heads to Kelowna with their sights set on winning their first Grand Prix gold. Efimova and Mitrofanov secured their highest Grand Prix podium finish last season with a silver medal at 2025 Finlandia Trophy before winning gold at the 2026 Four Continents Championships.
Liam Kapeikis will represent the stars and stripes in the men's event, competing at Skate Canada International for the first time since 2023.
Kapeikis, who trains in Richmond, British Columbia, will look to build on his early season results in the Challenger Series. He placed 12th at the CS Kinoshita Group Cup and fifth at the CS Nebelhorn Trophy this fall.
The U.S. will have the bulk of its skaters competing in the ice dance event.
Caroline Green and Michael Parsons, the 2026 Four Continents silver medalists, will vie for their fourth career Grand Prix medal in Canada this weekend. The Michigan-based team secured bronze at the 2026 CS Denis Ten Memorial and a top-five placement at the CS Nepela Memorial last month.
The sibling duo of Oona and Gage Brown will compete at their third Skate Canada International. The team hailing from Long Island, New York, earned a career-high accolade after taking home bronze at Four Continents in 2026 They recently stood on the podium at Nepela Memorial with the bronze medal.
Rounding out the ice dance event are
Katarina Wolfkostin and Dimitry Tsarevski. The 2025 World Junior silver medalists started the 2026-27 season with a sixth-place finish at the CS Nebelhorn Trophy and an 11th-place finish at the CS Kinoshita Group Cup. It will be their first time competing at Skate Canada International and second season competing on the Grand Prix circuit.
Competition kicks off Friday, Oct. 30 at 9 p.m. ET with the men's short program, followed by the pairs short. The women's short program opens a jam-packed Halloween at 3:30 p.m. ET, followed by the rhythm dance, men's free, and pairs free. The final day of competition kicks off at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 1, with the women's free skate followed by the free dance.
Peacock will livestream every skater with all events available for 72 hours following their conclusion. Stay tuned for announcements from U.S. Figure Skating and NBC on the full TV schedule later this week.
The Grand Prix Series, which started in 1995, consists of six international events in a cumulative point-scoring format. Each athlete or team is eligible to score points in up to two of the six scheduled events. The top six point-earners in each discipline qualify for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2026, set for Dec. 10-13 in Chongqing, China.
For a full schedule, results, news and more, visit the
2026 Grand Prix Series Competition Central.
U.S. ENTRIES AT 2026 SKATE CANADA INTERNATIONAL
Athlete | Hometown | Training Town
Women
Isabeau Levito | Mount Laurel, N.J. | Mount Holly, N.J.
Men
Liam Kapeikis | Blaine, Wash. | Richmond, Canada
Pairs
Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov | Norwood, Mass.; Houston, Texas | Norwood, Mass.
Ice Dance
Caroline Green and Michael Parsons | Rockville, Md.; Derwood, Md. | Canton, Mich.
Oona Brown and Gage Brown | Long Island, N.Y. | Long Island, N.Y. and Montreal
Katarina Wolfkostin and Dimitry Tsarevski | Ann Arbor, Mich.; Denver, Colo. | Canton, Mich.