Madeline Schizas holds off 16-year-old Ruiter to win Canadian figure skating title

Madeline Schizas captured her second consecutive Canadian figure skating title Saturday.

Skating to music from "West Side Story," the 19-year-old from Oakville, Ont., scored 128.15 points for her free program, and 196.47 overall.

Kaiya Ruiter, a 16-year-old from Calgary, had the highest free-skate score of 129.82, climbing from sixth place after the short program to capture silver.

Fiona Bombardier, the daughter of two-time Olympian Josee Chouinard, claimed the bronze (180.54).

"She was ready" <a href="https://twitter.com/kaetlyn_23?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@kaetlyn_23</a> after Maddie Schizas free program<br><br>Scores are up next: <a href="https://t.co/4hq9QD5KOS">https://t.co/4hq9QD5KOS</a> <a href="https://t.co/KeARx0FrYh">pic.twitter.com/KeARx0FrYh</a>

The national event determines Canada's team for the world championships in March in Saitama, Japan. Canada has just one berth in women's singles.

The world junior championships are in Calgary.