{"id":14755,"date":"2019-02-25T08:59:37","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T13:59:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/?p=14755"},"modified":"2019-03-19T16:23:12","modified_gmt":"2019-03-19T20:23:12","slug":"evelyn-walsh-and-trennt-michaud-our-partnership-has-grown-a-lot-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/2019\/02\/25\/evelyn-walsh-and-trennt-michaud-our-partnership-has-grown-a-lot-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Evelyn Walsh and Trennt Michaud: “Our partnership has grown a lot this year”"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Claire Cloutier,\u00a0\u00a0Team FSO contributing writer
\nPhotos by Robin Ritoss, Claire Cloutier and Getty Images<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>ANAHEIM, CALIF.–Despite being just 17 and 22, Canadian skaters Evelyn Walsh and Trennt Michaud are already in the third year of their pairs partnership. What fans may not know is that their friendship and connection as teammates goes back even further than that!<\/span><\/p>\n

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It was five years ago when Trennt Michaud, an aspiring pairs skater, came to a skating rink in Brantford, Ontario, looking for new coaches and a potential new partner. Coaches Alison Purkiss and Scott Rachuk were running a training group in Brantford. In their group was 12-year-old Evelyn Walsh, a singles skater. Michaud found himself doing pairs tryouts with both Walsh and Hope McLean on the same day. <\/span><\/p>\n

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Although McLean became his partner, Walsh continued training alongside them in the Purkiss\/Rachuk group as a singles skater. \u201cWe were always good friends, even when he first came to the club,\u201d Walsh said. \u201cIt was kind of like a big brother\/sister relationship. It was a lot of fun.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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