2024 U.S. Sectional Singles & Pairs/Ice Dance Finals - Coral Springs FL; Tacoma WA; Bloomington MN

[jlai]

I don’t get F/D score but I am no tech

 

[Sylvia]

Senior Ice Dance final standings: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT005SEG010.html
Free Dance protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/SEGM010.html

1	5	Katarina Wolfkostin, Peninsula SC Dimitry Tsarevski, Peninsula SC	1	73.71	1	111.83	185.54
2	6	Isabella Flores, Thunderbirds FSC Ivan Desyatov, Thunderbirds FSC	2	70.03	2	108.33	178.36
3	7	Angela Ling, Peninsula SC Caleb Wein, Washington FSC	3	67.46	3	98.92	166.38
4	4	Raffaella Koncius, Los Angeles FSC Alexey Shchepetov, FSC of Southern California	4	62.50	4	93.48	155.98
5	3	Klara Kowar, Aspen SC Thomas Schwappach, Denver Colorado FSC	5	50.09	5	82.50	132.59
6	1	Cara Murphy, Arctic FSC Joshua Levitt, Pittsburgh FSC	6	45.49	6	75.18	120.67
7	2	Riona Harris, Georgia FSC Tyler Vollmer, Los Angeles FSC	7	37.27	7	62.86	100.13

ETA:

• Ice Dance minimum TES requirements for Nationals in Senior (can't recall if all 7 teams competing here already have the minimums?):
o Rhythm Dance: 23.00
o Free Dance: 42.00

All 6 teams that have qualified for Nationals got the required TES minimums in this competition.

 

[Frau Muller]

Who are the strongest of the MW Sr women? I know of Wren W-J, Maxine B, Sonja Hilmer (the mighty), Alexa G, Maryn P, Clare Seo & Finley H. Any other standouts?

 

[toddlj]

I'm entertained that parents named their child "Grace Golden" and then got her to skate classes.

 

[Sylvia]

Senior Women competing at Mids - total scores (140+) of the top 8 in the NQS standings this summer/fall:

7 M-1 SW-1 *Clare Seo 177.37 (Glacier Falls) - 7th at 2023 Nationals (senior debut)
9 M-2 SW-2 *Sonja Hilmer 174.14 (Glacier Falls) - 10th at Nationals (debut)
11 M-3 UGL-1 *Wren Warne-Jacobsen 171.87 (Minnesota L'Etoile du Nord)

17 M-4 EGL-1 Kendall Erne 151.92 (Skate Detroit)
18 M-5 EGL-2 *Alexa Gasparotto 151.72 (Glacier Falls) - 17th at Nationals (debut)
20 M-6 SW-3 *Michelle Lee 149.51 (Atlanta Open) - 15th at Nationals (senior debut; qualified out of Pacific Coast last year)
22 M-7 SW-4 *Maryn Pierce 147.35 (Broadmoor Fall Classic)
23 M-8 EGL-3 Finley Hawk 146.26 (Battle of the Blades) - competed in 2023 Winter University Games

* = listed in USFS' ISP for this season

Senior Women SP starting order: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT009SEG017.html

ETA:

FRIDAY's event order at Mids (all start times are Eastern) all streaming on Peacock:
2:50 pm Junior Men FS
4:35 pm Senior Women SP
7:15 pm Junior Women FS

MIDS results page: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/index.asp

 

[Sylvia]

Bradie's withdrawal from Nationals/announced end of her season opens up a 4th TBD spot to Nationals - the next 5 4 highest total scores are all from last week's Pacific Coast Sectional:

Mia Kalin 174.29 (eta: yes she qualified outright, as Debbie posted below)
Soho Lee 170.76
Lindsay Wang 159.15
Sonia Baram 154.34
Alena Budko 154.19

 

[Debbie S]

Bradie's withdrawal from Nationals/announced end of her season opens up a 4th TBD spot to Nationals - the next 5 highest total scores are all from last week's Pacific Coast Sectional:

Mia Kalin 174.29
Soho Lee 170.76
Lindsay Wang 159.15
Sonia Baram 154.34
Alena Budko 154.19

Didn't Mia qualify outright, b/c Josephine Lee has a bye to Nats?

 

[Sylvia]

Didn't Mia qualify outright, b/c Josephine Lee has a bye to Nats?

Yes, thanks. It's been a grueling week for me.

Next 4 after Budko:

E3 Ting Cui 147.02
P8 Hannah Herrera 145.91
E4 Courtney Hicks 143.12
E5 Jill Heiner 140.83 - eta link to her Easterns photos, including a nice one with Ting (#2): https://www.instagram.com/p/CzScvo7rEZ8/

 

[Sylvia]

Junior Men FS is live on Peacock - starting order/results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT006SEG012.html

1 Solomon Bristol, Wagon Wheel FSC 7 51.94 (I'm looking forward to his Madonna tribute!)
2 Gabriel Martinez, Skokie Valley SC 9 46.66
3 Peter Malakhov, Dallas FSC 6 52.04
4 Collin Motley, Detroit SC 8 48.31

5 Antonio Monaco, Scott Hamilton SC 3 60.16
6 Taira Shinohara, Chicago FSC 1 74.60
7 Alexander Liu, Dallas FSC 4 59.77
8 Lorenzo Elano, Skokie Valley SC 5 58.27
9 Beck Strommer, Alpine SC 2 66.10

 

[Rukia]

Solomon Bristol yessssss this program is everything that sliding split i mean

 

[YukiNieve]

Solomon is such a fun skater!

OK I misspelled

 

[Sylvia]

^^^ Fan or Fun ... or both? Loved seeing his smile throughout as well!

 

[YukiNieve]

Is the gentleman sitting next Peter his father?

 

[Rukia]

Skating to my favorite part of Rach 3 will always win me over but Monaco is managing to do it with great grace and skating skills too

 

[Rukia]

YOUR NAME!!!!! brb crying over this movie once again

watch me sing along with the end of the program I am 100% going to go have a your name/suzume double feather later lol

 

[Sylvia]

I was happy to see Antonio happy in the kiss&cry with Kori Ade & Rob Peal.

Taira Shinohara’s jumps: 3A+2A+2A, 3A, 3F+2T, 3Lo, 3F+2T, 3Lz, 3S step out.

ETA: 141.00 wow 215.60 !!!

 

[Rukia]

Not too bad for Alex! He's always been very expressive and is just a really nice person in general.

 

[Sylvia]

Not too bad for Alex! He's always been very expressive and is just a really nice person in general.

I wish the 5 in this group could all make it.

ETA:

Liu scored 109.57 in FS, 169.34 in 3rd with 2 left.

 

[Sylvia]

Elano (qualified for Nationals as a Novice last year): 3F, 3Lz nice flow out, 3Lo light hand down, 3S+2T, 3T+2A step, 3T+2T+2Lo fell out, 3S. Philip Glass music?

Same 3 coaches as Taira’s.

ETA - he said quietly in k&c “Subscribe!” (trying to help promote USFS’ YT channel before he realized this is Peacock. )

113.56 in FS, 171.23 in 3rd!

 

[Sylvia]

Beck Strommer: 3Lz+3T, 2A step out, 3S fall , 3Lo fell out uh-oh…

ETA: … 3F+2T, Ripp3Lz yay, 3F+2A turnout (breathe!)

 

[Sylvia]

Cindy Sullivan (with Beck) has been one of the more -- maybe the most? -- supportive, calm, constructive coaches I’ve seen in the kiss&cry at Mids.

Beck received 127.39 in FS, 193.49 2nd overall.

Liu was just 2.5 points from 4th.

 

[Rukia]

That was a really great final group and I wish they could all go to nats

 

[Sylvia]

Mids Junior Men final standings: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT006SEG012.html
FS protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/SEGM012.html

Taira's opening 3A+2A+2A & 3A with positive GOEs = 27.64 points! (2 bonus points included)

1	6	Taira Shinohara, Chicago FSC	1	74.60	1	141.00	215.60
2	9	Beck Strommer, Alpine SC	2	66.10	2	127.39	193.49
3	5	Antonio Monaco, Scott Hamilton SC	3	60.16	3	114.17	174.33
4	8	Lorenzo Elano, Skokie Valley SC	5	58.27	4	113.56	171.83
5	7	Alexander Liu, Dallas FSC	4	59.77	5	109.57	169.34
6	3	Peter Malakhov, Dallas FSC	6	52.04	6	97.79	149.83
7	1	Solomon Bristol, Wagon Wheel FSC	7	51.94	7	97.51	149.45
8	4	Collin Motley, Detroit SC	8	48.31	8	92.27	140.58
9	2	Gabriel Martinez, Skokie Valley SC	9	46.66	9	75.83	122.49
WD		Matthew Soifer, Skokie Valley SC

 

[Debbie S]

Glad to see Beck and Antonio make Nats!

 

[Sylvia]

MIDS Senior Women SP starting order/results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT009SEG017.html

* = listed in current ISP & ranked in NQS top 7 from Mids; + = not in ISP/scored 140+ in a NQS

1 Brooke Gewalt, Wagon Wheel FSC
2 Faith Olczak, DuPage FSC
3 *Wren Warne-Jacobsen, Go4Gold Shakopee Skating Academy (represented Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities at the 2023 Winter University Games in Lake Placid 2023)
4 Maxine Marie Bautista, DuPage FSC (previously in ISP; returned to qualifying competition this year, IIRC)
5 Lianna OGrady, Skokie Valley SC

6 *Michelle Lee, Broadmoor SC
7 *Sonja Hilmer, Centennial SC
8 *Alexa Gasparotto, Arctic FSC
9 *Maryn Pierce, Broadmoor SC
10 Grace Golden, Scott Hamilton SC

11 *Clare Seo, Broadmoor SC
12 +Kendall Erne, Winter Club of Indianapolis
13 +Finley Hawk, ISC of Indianapolis (previously in ISP; represented Purdue University Northwest in Lake Placid 2023)
14 McKenzie Edwards, Scott Hamilton SC
15 Amber Barth, Dallas FSC

16 Ariana Grymski, DuPage FSC
17 Alyssa Rich, Dallas FSC
18 Molly Schelosky, St. Clair Shores FSC
19 Josephine Billings, Lansing SC
20 Lily Podgorak, Go4Gold Shakopee Skating Academy

 

[AnnMJensen]

Is this Carmen Jones????? Amazing.

 

[Sylvia]

Brooke Gewalt landed everything (eta) 3T+2T, 3S, 2A (choreographed by Rohene Ward, IIRC). She, Maxine Bautista and Alyssa Rich scored 130+ in a NQS.

55.81 - very good score!

 

[Debbie S]

Chris Knierim in the K&C.

 

[Sylvia]

Chris Knierim in the K&C.

With Faith Olczak.

Wren W-J (kept the Beatles medley SP from last season that I enjoyed - choreo. by Alex Johnson last year): fell out of opening triple (loop?), 3T+2T, 2A.52.92 in 2nd.

ETA:

Maxine's longtime coach is Alex Ouriashev.

 

[Debbie S]

Maxine was on the podium (3rd, I think) in Int Ladies in 2015 (and Ting was 4th ). It's good to see her still enjoying skating. Too bad the jumps weren't working for her today.