U.S. ice dance and pairs teams finished strong on Day 2 of Cup of China, maintaining their short program placements.

Twelve U.S. skaters are competing in Shenzhen, China, this weekend at the Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre. The event marks the halfway point of the Series.

Veteran ice dance teams Emily Bratti and Ian Somerville, and Eva Pate and Logan Bye finished sixth and seventh, respectively, with overall scores of 167.97 and 161.04.

Bratti and Somerville, performing to "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen, finished sixth in the free dance with 102.93 points. They earned Level 4 credit for their curve lift, which generated a program-high 12.96 points, as well as for their dance spin and rotational lift.

Pate and Bye posted a free dance score of 96.20, performing to "Roses" by Jean-Michel Blais. They received Level 4s for their two lifts, including a program-high 12.82 points for their stationary-rotational lift combination.

In pairs, Chelsea Liu and Ryan Bedard placed fifth with 163.02 points, while Valentina Plazas and Maximiliano Fernandez took sixth with 158.19.

Liu and Bedard, competing in their first Grand Prix Series event, achieved a Level 4 lift that produced a program element high 8.50 points. They skated to "Who Wants to Live Forever" by Queen.

Plazas and Fernandez posted a free skate score of 98.71 to place seventh in the segment. Performing to "Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor" by Sergei Rachmaninov, they earned Level 4s for their opening triple twist lift and for two subsequent lifts. They experienced three falls.

Sophie Joline von Felten delivered season-best scores for her free skate, 129.02, and overall, 189.21.

Her free skate to "The Power of Mind" by Anne Sophie Versnaeyen, Gabriel Saban, Philippe Briand and "Motion III" by Rone, Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth, Vanessa Wagner received all but one positive GOEs.

She opened with a triple Lutz-triple toe loop combination and garnered 11.11 points. She received Level 4 credit for two spins and achieved a program element high score of 13.35 for her triple loop-double Axel-double Axel sequence.

She finished sixth in the segment after placing ninth in the short program.

Alina Bonillo, who with von Felten made her Grand Prix Series debut, placed 12th in the free skate and 12th overall. She posted a free skate score of 91.02 and total score of 150.32.

Competition resumes Sunday, Nov. 8 at 12 a.m. ET. with the men's free skate.

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