Medal Dance?

Will the Nepean Skating Club be in the medals again at the Skate Canada Junior Nationals?
Young ice dancers Sarah and Steven Clarke are certainly in position to challenge for the podium heading into today’s juvenile free dance final at the Powerade Centre in Brampton, Ont.
The Eastern Ontario Sectional champions stand fourth after Wednesday’s compulsory dances, but it’s a close, close fourth. After finishing fifth and third in the two compulsories, the brother and sister team posted an overall score of 21.98 points. That’s a mere 0.17 behind Jayden Rau of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ont., and Tyler Grant of Ingersoll, Ont., who currently hold down the bronze-medal position.
Alberta’s Elisabeth Dyer and Taylor Dilley hold a commanding lead with 25.43 points. Currently in second are Edna and Edberg Khong of Ajax, Ont. (22.57).
If the Clarkes climb onto the podium, they’ll follow in the footsteps of Nepean clubmates Brooke Paulin and Nathan Last, who were silver medallists in novice pairs at the 2006 junior nationals in Moncton, N.B.
All the juvenile medals will be handed out today. Here are the times for the free skate finals: pairs, 1:25 p.m.; men, 2:40 p.m.; ice dance, 4:25 p.m., and women, 5:40 p.m.