| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Max Frederick Settlage |
| Born | (1992-07-01)July 1, 1992 (age 33) |
| Home town | Flagstaff, Arizona |
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft9+1⁄2 in) |
| Figure skating career | |
| Country | United States |
| Skating club | Broadmoor SC |
| Began skating | 2002 |
| Retired | February 13, 2019 |
Max Settlage (born July 1, 1992) is an American formerpair skater. With former partnerMadeline Aaron, he is the2014 CS U.S. Classic bronze medalist, a two-timeU.S. national pewter medalist (2015–2016), and the2014 U.S. national junior champion.
Max Settlage was born on July 1, 1992, inThừa Thiên–Huế Province,Vietnam.[1] After being adopted, he was raised inFlagstaff, Arizona.[2] He is acartoonist, who has done illustrations forU.S. Figure Skating.[3]
Settlage began skating at age ten.[4] His first pair skating partner was Caitlin Fields. In the 2007–08 season, they won the juvenile silver medal at theU.S. Junior Championships and the intermediate silver medal in the 2008–09 season.[5]
Settlage was paired withMadeline Aaron in May 2010 by coachDalilah Sappenfield.[2][6] The pair, both clockwise jumpers, moved from Arizona to Colorado for training.[2]
Aaron/Settlage began competing on theISU Junior Grand Prix series in 2011. They won two JGP medals – bronze in Lake Placid in 2012 and silver in Belarus in 2013. After winning theU.S. national junior title in January 2014, they were sent to theWorld Junior Championships and placed fifth.
Aaron/Settlage moved up to the senior level in the 2014–15 season.[7] They were chosen to compete at the2014 Skate Canada International after Zhang/Bartholomay's withdrawal.[8] They were awarded the pewter medal for fourth place at the2015 U.S. Championships.
After Settlage developed a lower back injury, in August 2015,[9] the pair missed about three months of training.[3] Aaron sustained a mild concussion in the summer when she fell on amohawk turn.[10] The pair decided to withdraw from their Grand Prix event, the2015 Cup of China,[9] and returned to competition at the2015 CS Tallinn Trophy, where they placed fifth. At the2016 U.S. Championships, they won the pewter medal for the second consecutive year.
Interviewed in late June 2016, Aaron/Settlage said that they planned to use a revised version of their 2015–16 short program andScheherazade for their free skate.[3] They were invited to the2016 Skate America[11] but withdrew from the event due to the end of their partnership. They made the announcement on August 10, 2016, with Settlage saying that he wanted to continue competing.[12][13]
Settlage teamed up with Winter Deardorff in late February 2017.[14]
(with Aaron)
| Season | Short program | Free skating | Exhibition |
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| 2016–2017 |
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| 2015–2016 [1][15] |
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| 2014–2015 [7][16] |
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| 2013–2014 [17][6] |
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| 2012–2013 [18][6] | |||
| 2011–2012 [19][6] |
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| 2010–2011 [6] |
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GP:Grand Prix; CS:Challenger Series; JGP:Junior Grand Prix
| International | |||||||
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| Event | 17–18 | 18–19 | |||||
| CSU.S. Classic | 4th | ||||||
| National | |||||||
| U.S. Championships | 12th | 10th | |||||
| International[20] | |||||
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| Event | 11–12 | 12–13 | 13–14 | 14–15 | 15–16 |
| GPSkate America | 5th | ||||
| GPSkate Canada | 4th | ||||
| CSNebelhorn | 6th | ||||
| CSTallinn Trophy | 5th | ||||
| CSU.S. Classic | 3rd | ||||
| International: Junior[20] | |||||
| Junior Worlds | 5th | ||||
| JGPBelarus | 2nd | ||||
| JGPCroatia | 7th | ||||
| JGPEstonia | 4th | ||||
| JGPPoland | 5th | ||||
| JGPUSA | 3rd | ||||
| National[6] | |||||
| U.S. Champ. | 6th J | 3rd J | 1st J | 4th | 4th |
| Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior. WD = Withdrew | |||||