Haven has been battling a severe knee injury for the past year, so this win is huge!
But who are Haven and Brandon? Check out our Five Fast Facts about the team below:
Haven is 21 and Brandon is 24. They’ve been partners since 2002, when they were a roller skating team.
Haven’s older sister is Caydee Denney. She and Caydee (with partner John Coughlin) shared the title of US Champions in 2012. Caydee was at the senior level, while Haven and Brandon won the junior title that year
They were also the 2013 World Junior Pair Champions
Brandon and Haven took most of 2016 off, because of her injury. She had torn the anterior cruciate ligament, lateral collateral ligament, and bilateral and lateral meniscus in her right knee
They’re perfectionists. Brandon shared, “Haven and I, we’re perfectionists. You should see us training. Today was all about going out and doing what we can. We had to fight. The result is always a bonus for us. We’re excited to be out here again. We’re back. This whole season has been a comeback season.”
Ashley and Tim, who both came from different partnerships and a singles career, earned 69.33 for their short program — ahead of champs Tarah Kayne and Daniel O’Shea, who took 5th place.
Maia and Alex Shibutani show off their strong skills on the ice at 2016 Progressive Skate America held at Sears Centre Arena over the weekend in Chicago, Ill.
“It’s not a choice a lot of other teams are making, but it really allows us to show our leg lines and movement and really just skate freely,” Maiashared of wearing pants for their short dance.
She added, “It was a collective thought from the group that created the program, and it’s one thing to have the idea, but it takes confidence to wear pants out there, and I have that now! So it’s just fun.”
The engaged figure skaters stunned the crowd and broke records to capture gold and the title.
Alexa and Chris placed first in the short program with 74.01 — the highest pairs short score ever and then upped it with a height-defying quad twist, giving them a total of 210.49, 10 points over second place finishers Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier.
Madison Chock and Evan Bates show off their best ‘come at us’ looks during their free program during the 2014 ISU Rostelecom Cup of Figure Skating on Friday night (November 14) in Moscow, Russia.
The Team USA ice dancers claimed the title, topping the leaderboard with 174.28, ahead of team mates Alexandra Aldridge and Daniel Eaton, who placed 7th and Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker, who were 6th.
Also pictured are pairs skaters Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier and Jessica Calalang and Zack Sidhu. The teams placed 4th and 5th, respectively.
Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier wow the crowd with during the Pairs Free Skate during 2014 Hilton HHonors Skate America held at the Sears Centre Arena on Sunday evening (October 26) in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
The Team USA pairs skaters took home the silver medal, the highest finish for a U.S. pair at Skate America since 2008.
“I would have to say that when I first got out there to skate for warmups I was a little shaky in the knees and I was a little nervous,” Brandon shared with press afterwards. “I told myself when they called our names out, ‘Don’t think too much; just give everything you have and let your training take over.’
He added, “When we got done, the feeling of, ‘Wow, I can’t believe that happened.’ That was probably the best long we’ve ran and to do that at a competition I always wanted to compete at was just an astounding feeling.”
