Logan Bye
Eva Pate, Logan Bye, Igor Sphilband, and Adrienne Lenda at the 2020 US Figure Skating Championships
Born (1998-03-02) March 2, 1998
Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
HometownColorado Springs, Colorado
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Figure skating career
CountryUnited States
PartnerEva Pate
CoachIgor Shpilband, Pasquale Camerlengo, Adrienne Lenda, Natalia Deller,[1]
Skating clubSkating Club of NY
Began skating2001
Medal record
Figure skating: Ice dancing
Representing  United States
Winter Youth Olympics
Silver medal – second place 2016 LillehammerIce dance

Logan Bye (born March 2, 1998) is an American ice dancer. With his skating partner and fiancée, Eva Pate, he is the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International champion and a two-time ISU Challenger Series silver medalist.

With former partner Chloe Lewis, he is the 2016 Youth Olympic silver medalist, 2016 JGP Estonia bronze medalist, and 2018 U.S. junior national bronze medalist.

Personal life

Logan Bye was born on March 2, 1998, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[2] He moved to Portland, Oregon in 2012, and then, two years later, to Michigan. He has a younger sister named Jessica.[3] In May 2021, he graduated from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, earning a Master's degree in biomedical engineering.[4][5]

Bye began dating Eva Pate in December 2018 before their becoming on-ice partners.[6] They became engaged in August 2022.[7]

Career

Bye started learning to skate in 2001.[2]

Partnership with Lewis

Early years

Bye and Chloe Lewis met in February 2010 at a rink in Sun Valley, Idaho and began training together in August 2010.[3] Because they lived in different cities, they trained half a month together and half apart during their first two seasons.[8][9] In the 2010–11 season, they qualified to compete on the intermediate level at the U.S. Junior Championships and finished sixth.

Lewis/Bye placed fourth on the novice level at the 2012 U.S. Championships. They began training together regularly after Bye moved to Beaverton, Oregon in the autumn of 2012.[3] They won the novice title at the 2013 U.S. Championships.

During the 2013–14 season, Lewis/Bye were coached by Ikaika Young in Portland, Oregon; by Judy Blumberg in Sun Valley, Idaho; and by Igor Shpilband in Novi, Michigan.[3][10] They were invited to make their international junior debut, appearing twice on the Junior Grand Prix. They finished fifth at the 2013 JGP Mexico in Mexico City, and eleventh at the 2013 JGP Czech Republic in Ostrava. Lewis/Bye ended the season at the 2014 U.S. Junior Championships, where they came sixth.[11]

In 2014–15, Lewis/Bye were coached by Shpilband and Blumberg in Novi, Michigan.[12] Only given one Junior Grand Prix assignment for that season, they were fifth at the 2014 JGP France in Courchevel, and then finished seventh at the 2015 U.S. Junior Championships.[11]

2015–16 season

Lewis/Bye were coached solely by Shpilband going into their third international junior season.[2] Again given two Junior Grand Prix assignments, Lewis/Bye placed fifth at both the 2015 JGP Spain and the 2015 JGP United States.[11]

In January 2016, Lewis/Bye finished sixth at the 2016 U.S. Junior Championships.[11] As a result of this placement, they were selected for Team USA as the lone American entry at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Hamar, Norway.[13] Ranked third in the short dance and second in the free dance, they were awarded the silver medal behind Russians Shpilevaya/Smirnov and ahead of Skoptsova/Aleshin.[14][15] Bye said afterward that "being here is an honor and getting a medal it definitely inspires us quite a bit, knowing that all of our work for the season has paid off, and we’re just going to keep on working."[8]

2016–17 season

Beginning the season on the Junior Grand Prix, Lewis/Bye finished sixth at the 2016 JGP Czech Republic after encountering difficulties on their twizzle elements.[16][11] They then competed at the 2016 JGP Estonia in Tallinn. Despite twizzle difficulties in the short dance again, they won the bronze medal.[16]

At the 2017 U.S. Junior Championships, Lewis/Bye placed fourth and stood on the junior national podium as pewter medalists.[11]

2017–18 season

In their final season on the Junior Grand Prix, Lewis/Bye were fifth at both the 2017 JGP Australia and the 2017 JGP Italy.[11]

Lewis/Bye won the bronze medal at the 2018 U.S. Junior Championships. By virtue of their top three finish, they were assigned to the American team for the 2018 World Junior Championships in Sofia.[17] They placed seventh.[11]

While the team had initially intended to continue and had planned programs for the following season, Lewis had begun to feel "very burnt out" with training and ultimately opted to retire from competitive skating.[18][19]

Partnership with Pate

2019–20 season

Bye had begun dating solo ice dancer Eva Pate in December 2018, and in June 2019, they decided to become an on-ice partnership, her first in competitive ice dance.[6][19] They were coached by Shpilband, Pasquale Camerlengo, Adrienne Lenda and Natalia Deller in Novi.[19]

Pate/Bye made their domestic debut at the Midwestern Sectional Dance Challenge, taking the silver medal.[20] They went on to win the U.S. Ice Dance Final in Hyannis, Massachusetts.[21] This, in turn, qualified them for their debut at the 2020 U.S. Championships, held in Greensboro, where they placed seventh.[22]

2020–21 season

Due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, competition opportunities were limited both domestically and internationally for the 2020–21 season. Pate/Bye were assigned to make their Grand Prix debut at the 2020 Skate America in Las Vegas, attended primarily by American skaters due to travel restrictions pandemic.[23] They finished in seventh place.[24]

At the U.S. national championships later that season, also in Las Vegas, they were seventh as well.[24]

2021–22 season

With the resumption of a more normal international calendar, Pate/Bye made their season debut at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International, where they placed fifth.[24] They were assigned the U.S. Classic where they earned their first international bronze medal. Pate said of the occasion that "we have been training really hard every day and just being able to be out here and put out a clean skate makes me feel really proud of us."[25] Making their debut on the Challenger series, they were seventh at the 2021 ISU Warsaw Cup.[24][26]

At the U.S. Championships, Pate/Bye finished in eighth.[24]

2022–23 season

The new Olympic cycle brought began with the international dance scene considerably altered from the norm, with Russian teams banned as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian War.[27] For their program music, their rhythm dance included soundtrack music from the 2011 film Rio, which Pate had previously used in her solo dance career. Their free dance, to Riverdance, was an acknowledgement of the couple's Irish American heritage.[26][6]

Pate/Bye started their season at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International, where they took the silver medal.[24] They were given two Challenger circuit assignments after that, first winning the silver medal at the 2022 CS U.S Classic, held in Lake Placid. They set new personal bests in the process, with Bye adding that "we wanted to put out what we've been training, so I thought it went well."[28] They went on to win a second silver medal at the 2022 CS Nepela Memorial.[29] The team received their second ever Grand Prix assignment for the 2022 Grand Prix de France. Pate described her reaction to the news "my mom called me, and she was like, ‘You're going to France!’ and I'm like, ‘that’s crazy!’ I was so excited."[26] They finished fifth at the event.[30] Pate/Bye were selected to compete in a third Challenger circuit assignment, 2022 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb, where they earned a seasons best free dance score and finished fourth.[31]

Concluding the season at the 2023 U.S. Championships, Pate/Bye finished eighth for the second consecutive year.[24]

2023–24 season

Pate/Bye at the 2023 Skate Canada International

Pate/Bye won the bronze medal at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International in August, before competing at the 2023 CS Autumn Classic International. They set new personal bests at the competition and won the gold medal.[24] This was the team's first international gold medal.[32] Given two assignments on the Grand Prix assignments, they placed sixth at the 2023 Skate Canada International.[33][34] They came fourth at the 2023 Cup of China, 4.75 points back of bronze medalists Green/Parsons.[35]

Programs

With Pate

Season Rhythm dance Free dance Exhibition
2023–2024
[36]
2022–2023
[37]
2021–2022
[38]

The Hunger Games
2020–2021
[39]
2019–2020
[40]

With Lewis

Season Short dance Free dance
2017–2018
[41]
  • Carino
    by Jennifer Lopez
  • Como Ama Una Mujer
    by Jennifer Lopez
  • On the Floor
    by Jennifer Lopez ft. Pitbull
  • Final Breath
  • Place de République
  • Metal Gleamed in Twilight
    by Cœur de Pirate
2016–2017
[42]
2015–2016
[2]
2014–2015
[12]
  • Samba: Chiqui Chiqui Boom
    by David Civera
  • Mambo: Mambo Jambo
    (Qué rico el mambo)
  • Mambo: It's Mambo Time
2013–2014
[10]

Competitive highlights

GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix

With Pate

International[24]
Event 19–20 20–21 21–22 22–23 23–24
GP Cup of China4th
GP France5th
GP Skate America7th
GP Skate Canada6th
CS Autumn Classic1st
CS Golden Spin4th
CS U.S. Classic2nd
CS Nepela Memorial2nd
CS Warsaw Cup7th
Lake Placid I.D.I.5th2nd3rd
U.S. Classic3rd
National
U.S. Championships7th7th8th8th
U.S. Ice Dance Final1st
USCS Minnesota2nd
TBD = Assigned

With Lewis

Lewis/Bye at the 2018 World Junior Championships
International[11]
Event 11–12 12–13 13–14 14–15 15–16 16–17 17–18
Junior Worlds7th
Youth Olympics2nd
JGP Australia5th
JGP Czech Rep.11th6th
JGP Estonia3rd
JGP France5th
JGP Italy5th
JGP Mexico5th
JGP Spain5th
JGP USA5th
Lake Placid IDI2nd J
National[5]
U.S. Champ.4th N1st N6th J7th J6th J4th J3rd J
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

References

  1. ↑ "On the Ice – Eva Pate & Logan Bye".
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Chloe LEWIS / Logan BYE: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Schnell, Lindsay (February 14, 2014). "Olympic ice dancing, watched by millions, a dream in progress for two teen skaters in Oregon". The Oregonian. Archived from the original on May 11, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Logan Bye Earns Master's Degree in Biomedical Engineering to Give Back to His Community". U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone. 2021-06-02. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  5. 1 2 "Chloe Rose Lewis and Logan Bye". IceNetwork.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2016.
  6. 1 2 3 Walker, Elvin (November 1, 2022). "Pate and Bye Celebrate Engagement, Momentum Heading into Grand Prix de France". U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  7. ↑ @logan_bye1 (August 23, 2022). "Some new exciting news…she said yes!" – via Instagram.
  8. 1 2 Penny, Brandon (February 16, 2016). "Proving That Sacrifices Pay Off, Ice Dancers Lewis And Bye Win Youth Olympic Silver For Team USA". teamusa.org. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016.
  9. ↑ Paisley, Joe (September 3, 2015). "Chance meeting six years ago leads to Olympic hopes for area native Logan Bye and ice dancing partner". gazette.com. Archived from the original on January 2, 2016.
  10. 1 2 "Chloe LEWIS / Logan BYE: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 26, 2014.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Competition Results: Chloe LEWIS / Logan BYE". International Skating Union.
  12. 1 2 "Chloe LEWIS / Logan BYE: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
  13. ↑ Lupano, Emma (February 12, 2016). "SPORT PREVIEW: USA's Lewis and Bye looking to figure skate to Lillehammer 2016 success". lillehammer2016.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2016.
  14. ↑ "Lillehammer 2016 Athletes: BYE Logan". wyog2016.sportresult.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016.
  15. ↑ Lupano, Emma; Bayci, Emily (February 16, 2016). "All smiles for Russian ice dancers Shpilevaya and Smirnov". lillehammer2016.com. Archived from the original on 18 February 2016.
  16. 1 2 Calder, Anne (October 3, 2016). "2016 Junior Grand Prix Tallinn Recap". Ice-Dance.com. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Junior athletes ready for ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships". U.S. Figure Skating. March 5, 2018. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  18. ↑ Wein, Aly Leia. "Meet Chloe Rose Lewis". Edges of Glory. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  19. 1 2 3 "About Eva & Logan". Eva Pate & Logan Bye. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
  20. ↑ "2021 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic". ijs.usfigureskating.org. Sep 15, 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-20.
  21. ↑ "2020 U.S. Ice Dance Final".
  22. ↑ Sabo, Elizabeth (February 26, 2020). "Strongsville native skating her dream". The Strongsville Post. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  23. ↑ "2020 Skate America". International Figure Skating. October 20, 2020.
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  25. ↑ Walker, Elvin (September 18, 2021). "United States earns three medals to close U.S. International Figure Skating Classic". U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  26. 1 2 3 "Pate & Bye focus on improving and pushing everything". Ice-Dance.com. August 17, 2022. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  27. ↑ McCarvel, Nick (October 19, 2022). "Figure skating 2022/23 season preview: New Olympic quad begins with intrigue and plenty of familiar faces". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved November 1, 2022.
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  29. ↑ Sausa, Christie (October 1, 2022). "Team USA Secures Two Medals at Ondrej Nepela Memorial". U.S. Figure Skating.
  30. ↑ Slater, Paula (November 5, 2022). "Guignard and Fabbri golden at Grand Prix de France". Golden Skate.
  31. ↑ "Team USA Wraps up Challenger Series with Seven Medals at Golden Spin of Zagreb". U.S. Figure Skating. December 10, 2022.
  32. ↑ Pate, Eva (September 17, 2023). "Proud of our first international gold at Autumn Classic!!" (Instagram). Archived from the original on September 17, 2023.
  33. ↑ "Browns, Thorngren Earn Career-Best Grand Prix Finishes at Skate Canada International". U.S. Figure Skating. October 28, 2023. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  34. ↑ Slater, Paula (October 29, 2023). "Gilles and Poirier win fourth consecutive Skate Canada title". Golden Skate. Retrieved October 29, 2023.
  35. ↑ "Gilles/Poirier (CAN) dance their way to glory taking Cup of China gold in Chongqing". International Skating Union. November 11, 2023. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  36. ↑ "Eva PATE / Logan BYE: 2023/2024". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 17, 2023.
  37. ↑ "Eva PATE / Logan BYE: 2022/2023". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on November 1, 2022.
  38. ↑ "Eva PATE / Logan BYE: 2021/2022". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 14, 2022.
  39. ↑ "Eva PATE / Logan BYE: 2020/2021". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on January 25, 2021.
  40. ↑ "2022–23 Figure Skating Roster: Eva Pate / Logan Bye". U.S. Figure Skating. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  41. ↑ "Chloe LEWIS / Logan BYE: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 2018-11-01.
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