Aneta Vaclavikova and William Lissauer earned the United States their highest finish of the competition with a bronze medal in the ice dance event at the sixth of seven ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating events in Ljubljana, Slovenia, this past weekend.  

The Connecticut-based team headed into the event coming off a strong showing in Latvia, where they earned a silver medal. A new team as of March 2025, this marks their second career JGP podium finish.  

Their rhythm dance, performed to "Young and Beautiful" by Lana Del Ray and "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody" from the Great Gatsby (2013) soundtrack, placed third. Their sequential twizzles and rotational lift earned Level 4 marks, contributing to an international personal best score of 64.73.  

The team headed into the final day of competition in third place. Vaclavikova and Lissauer's free dance, set to "Moonlight Sonata" by Ludwig van Beethoven, also finished third with 94.32 points. Their Level 4 combination lift earned them 13.54 points, an improvement of .58 since Riga. Their total score of 159.05 secured them a bronze medal and a second straight podium finish in the Junior Grand Prix Series.  

Grace and Luke Fischer, the second ice dance team competing for U.S. Figure Skating at JGP Slovenia, finished eighth overall with 133.49 points. The sibling duo took on their first JGP assignment of the season. Their rhythm dance, a program set to a medley of popular Beatles songs, concluded with a Level 4 rotating lift that scored 6.05 points for a segment score of 52.34. 

Their combination lift in the free dance, set to music from the Sherlock Holmes soundtrack composed by Hans Zimmer, earned them 11.83 points towards a score of 81.15. It was the 2025 U.S. novice silver medalist's highest-scoring element of the competition.  

Emilia Nemirovsky, the sole entrant for U.S. Figure Skating in the women's event, placed fifth overall at her first Junior Grand Prix of the season. Her short program, themed to the 2020 movie Birds of Prey opened with a double Axel that netted the highest grade of execution of her program and ended with two Level 4 spins. With a total segment score of 57.83, she headed into the free skate in fourth place.  

Her triple Salchow-double Axel-double toe loop sequence in the second half of the program earned her 10.47 points in the free skate, contributing to a total segment score of 113.32. She finished fourth overall with a score of 171.15, a career-best at any Junior Grand Prix.  

Kirk Haugeto, who finished fourth at JGP Turkey earlier this season, had the highest finish for U.S. Figure Skating in the men's event. His short program placed eighth in the segment, collecting a score of 62.48. His free skate, themed to The Godfather (1972), included two Level 4 spins for 122.48 points. Haugeto placed eighth overall with 184.45 points.  

Vaclav Vasquez made his Junior Grand Prix debut in Slovenia this past weekend. His short program, set to "Musetta's Waltz," earned an international personal best score of 62.48.  

Vasquez headed into the second day of competition in 13th place. His triple Salchow-double Axel-double Axel sequence secured him 12.30 points. His free skate, performed to "Le di a la caza alcance" by Michael Nyman and "Modigliani Suite/Modigliani" by Guy Farley, scored 108.61 points for a total score of 171.09, moving him to 12th overall.  

U.S. Figure Skating will return to the Junior Grand Prix Series in Poland on October 8 for the final event of the Grand Prix Series. For more information on the Junior Grand Prix Series, including full results, news and more, visit the Junior Grand Prix Competition Central on the U.S. Figure Skating website.