2018/19 Junior Grand Prix Announcement, pre-season news & discussion thread

[levineismine]

Re Sam's clips, he's working with the Gadbois teams as always but he had a few weeks break because he has been working with the cirque du Soleil. I believe he was back at Gadbois last week to work more on choreography.

 

[barbarafan]

So I’ve seen that Galiyanova and Lochead have been assigned JPG #3. It’s weird that they have a JGP assignment but were beaten by Makita & Gunara at both Minto and Lake Placid but M&G don’t have one. Can someone explain this?

For the record, I thought Makita & Gunara were the standouts of the junior event at Minto. Their RD was absolutely amazing. So difficult (constantly in a hold and they had the best tango feel). They have Virtue & Moir type of toe point, matching extension/leg line and posture. Their only downside at this point is she looks a bit young.

Re: Fabbri and her new partner, I get that Skate Canada is high on her but their FD looked rough. Tons of open skating and hand-to-hand holds. I guess we’ll see how they do internationally. She has a mature look and maybe Skate Canada thinks that’s an advantage internationally.

Skate Canada has not been high on her...They totally buried her and former partner at nationals and sent a newbie team to Worlds who broke up shortly thereafter. With her former partner she won a bronze on JGP last yr and a 5th at another JGP.
They were very well rec'd by international judges. According to Ted her skating skills and edges are outstanding and her maturity and drama are well beyond her years. That was when she was 14 and she has just turned 15. This is the first time she has competed with her new partner and I was very impressed with him as well. I have no idea when they got together but it had to have been later than March. What i noticed mostly was their speed and power across the ice and their closeness to each other especially in their twizzles. Skate Canada is doing some back pedaling in her case thank God.

I noticed lots of the teams at Minto were really good but I am going to go back and look at Makita and Gunara again . I love all of Wing and Lowe's teams. (by the way do not underestimate the power of Lane's politiking)

 

[Rafter]

Fabbri’s old partner messed up the twizzles badly in one if not both programs at nationals so that’s why they didn’t place well.

She and her new partner do have speed and power but are never in a hold.

 

[barbarafan]

Fabbri’s old partner messed up the twizzles badly in one if not both programs at nationals so that’s why they didn’t place well.

She and her new partner do have speed and power but are never in a hold.

He did NOT mess them up badly....in the short dance he had a slight balance check which Ted said was a tiny mistake which would give them a very slight deduction and praised everything else about the program. Instead they hardly got any marks for the twizzles and were slaughtered on PCS. Forgive me but as Ted with another invented the IJS system I am going to go along with his critique.

 

[wickedwitch]

He did NOT mess them up badly....in the short dance he had a slight balance check which Ted said was a tiny mistake which would give them a very slight deduction and praised everything else about the program. Instead they hardly got any marks for the twizzles and were slaughtered on PCS. Forgive me but as Ted with another invented the IJS system I am going to go along with his critique.

Ted is notoriously positive with his commentary. That’s great for enjoying programs but less so for evaluating them.

 

[barbarafan]

Ted is notoriously positive with his commentary. That’s great for enjoying programs but less so for evaluating them.

Let's just stick with your first comment. It made sense. As far as your opinion of Ted's expertise when you get to the pearly gates that might be the deciding factor of where you end up.

 

[oleada]

Let's just stick with your first comment. It made sense. As far as your opinion of Ted's expertise when you get to the pearly gates that might be the deciding factor of where you end up.

What a totally ridiculous comment, especially when wickedwitch is posting something that's accurate and not offensive

You could actually look at the video, where Pietroantonio falls out of the twizzles before Fabri, or look at the protocol and see that it dropped them to a level 1 with negative GOE from 7 out of 9 judges, or even look at the PBP from FSU where it is mentioned.

But don't let facts get in the way of your wuzrobbing

 

[The Accordion]

As far as your opinion of Ted's expertise when you get to the pearly gates that might be the deciding factor of where you end up.

!!!!!!!!!

 

[Sylvia]

Hey @Frida80, the Chinese pair of Motong LIU / Tianze WANG are listed to make their international debut at the 2nd JGP in Linz!

 

[Frida80]

Hey @Frida80, the Chinese pair of Motong LIU / Tianze WANG are listed to make their international debut at the 2nd JGP in Linz!

I know! I'm totally giddy!

 

[barbarafan]

What a totally ridiculous comment, especially when wickedwitch is posting something that's accurate and not offensive

You could actually look at the video, where Pietroantonio falls out of the twizzles before Fabri, or look at the protocol and see that it dropped them to a level 1 with negative GOE from 7 out of 9 judges, or even look at the PBP from FSU where it is mentioned.

But don't let facts get in the way of your wuzrobbing

Or you can look at the correct year. Your video is of 2017 nationals not 2018.

 

[Moustaffask8r]

He did NOT mess them up badly....in the short dance he had a slight balance check which Ted said was a tiny mistake which would give them a very slight deduction and praised everything else about the program. Instead they hardly got any marks for the twizzles and were slaughtered on PCS. Forgive me but as Ted with another invented the IJS system I am going to go along with his critique.

Agree with you 100% I guess SC didn’t support Alicia and Claudio probably because of age difference and look. I also agree that they weren’t protected at Nationals! It’s a shame! Ayer is good but doesn’t have the quality of skating that Pietrantonio had

 

[barbarafan]

Agree with you 100% I guess SC didn’t support Alicia and Claudio probably because of age difference and look. I also agree that they weren’t protected at Nationals! It’s a shame! Ayer is good but doesn’t have the quality of skating that Pietrantonio had

Claudio is great and his body movement for Latin was so good. I do hope he is able to find a partner. I was pleasantly surprised with Ayer and they are with the same coaches and choreographer so their material should be good and their skills always improving. I will see what Ted says at the grand prix.

 

[oleada]

Or you can look at the correct year. Your video is of 2017 nationals not 2018.

Oh so they had twizzle errors 2 years in a row then?

Valid point, but they still messed up.

 

[Dobre]

Valid point, but they still messed up.

They did.
And the team that finished four spots above them in 3rd took a fall.
And the team that got the second berth to Junior Worlds went on to lose to teams that both of those other teams had defeated head-to-head on the Junior Grand Prix. (And blew their own twizzles at Junior Worlds).

Now here we are the following season with teams #2, 3, 5, 6, 7, & 9 from last year's Canadian Junior Nationals all split up. Not sure this says great things about last year's Canadian Junior Nationals dance event. (I could say that about the JGP, but the three teams listed at the top above appeared pretty happy with their results there).

Ultimately, however, if you can't stick together through one poorly skated competition or disappointing set of results, then you aren't going to last through the transition to seniors anyway.

There were mistakes at Junior Nationals. And while you could kind of see that Canada hadn't selected the strongest possible second team for Junior Worlds, McIsaac & Graham did have a comparable placement on the JGP to make selecting them for the team the likely scenario.

The dancers have moved on. In most cases you can see that the new partnerships have more of a size difference than before. Whether this will result in more competitive teams in the long run remains to be seen. Ultimately, a new partner doesn't resolve the weaknesses of each individual. Those will have to be resolved with old-fashioned hard work. But not a bad start for most of these teams at Lake Placid and Minto, IMO. Some of the new teams probably do have more long-term potential than before.


(Having said all that, the team I most enjoyed was Makita & Gunara, who look more like a team than any of the new ones because they have been together longer).

 

[Sylvia]

3 IFS articles in anticipation of the JGP starting soon!

Stephen Gogolev who is finally old enough to make his JGP debut: https://www.ifsmagazine.com/stephen-gogolev-canadas-nextgen-star/

Artur Danielian who won a medal at 2018 Junior Worlds (silver) after placing 7th in his only previous JGP: https://www.ifsmagazine.com/artur-danielian-zero-to-junior-hero/

Ted Barton: https://www.ifsmagazine.com/ted-barton-the-junior-connection/

There is a way to cover skating — it is important to tell the stories without being negative or critical. You do have to be honest. A bad skate is a bad skate. Call it a tough skate or whatever you want to call it — but you don’t have to be mean. I try to choose the right words and I think that resonates with people.
I have a huge responsibility to be honest and encouraging. The kids get off the ice and they go and watch their video immediately. They hear what I had to say, so I feel a responsibility to support what their coaches are teaching them, the parents who are supporting them and the money being invested in them.
Skaters are not naïve. They know if they had a good skate or not and if they hear from us what their coaches are telling them — ‘don’t give up, here are some little things to improve’ — then there is something for them to build on.

 

[DobrinFan]

Artur Danielian who won a medal at 2018 Junior Worlds (silver) after placing 7th in his only previous JGP: https://www.ifsmagazine.com/artur-danielian-zero-to-junior-hero/

Sigh and where is he? Rhetorical question

 

[Frida80]

3 IFS articles in anticipation of the JGP starting soon!

Stephen Gogolev who is finally old enough to make his JGP debut: https://www.ifsmagazine.com/stephen-gogolev-canadas-nextgen-star/

Artur Danielian who won a medal at 2018 Junior Worlds (silver) after placing 7th in his only previous JGP: https://www.ifsmagazine.com/artur-danielian-zero-to-junior-hero/

Ted Barton: https://www.ifsmagazine.com/ted-barton-the-junior-connection/

And that is why we all love Ted so much! I can’t wait to hear him again!

 

[rfisher]

I love Ted if for no other reason that he is the force behind getting the ISU to live stream the JGP on youtube. Excellent quality streaming and Ted's commentary is always honest, fair and positive. He calls bad skates, bad skates, but isn't critical of the skater. I can't wait for the JGP to start. It's the highlight of the fall skating for me and often times, better skating than what we see from some of the seniors. Just look at what Trusova did in the Russian test skates.

 

[DobrinFan]

Lithuania entries are up
http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent03111599.htm

 

[Debbie S]

Glad to see the Browns (USA) on the dance list!

 

[Sylvia]

Lithuania entries are up
http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent03111599.htm

Copying out for posterity... as of August 6:

Junior Men
1 Edvard TER-GAZARIAN ARM 1
2 Yauhenii PUZANAU BLR 2
Mikalai KAZLOU BLR 2 S
Yakau ZENKO BLR 2 S
3 Eric LIU CAN 3
4 Joseph PHAN CAN 3
Brian CHIEM CAN 3 S
Corey CIRCELLI CAN 3 S
Beresford Louise CLEMENTS CAN 3 S
Stephen GOGOLEV CAN 3 S
Alexei GUINZBOURG CAN 3 S
Iliya KOVLER CAN 3 S
Conrad ORZEL CAN 3 S
Aleksa RAKIC CAN 3 S
5 Radek JAKUBKA CZE 4
Matyas BELOHRADSKY CZE 4 S
Daniel MRAZEK CZE 4 S
Filip SCERBA CZE 4 S
6 Mihhail SELEVKO EST 5
7 Kai JAGODA GER 6
Denis GURDZHI GER 6 S
Jonathan HESS GER 6 S
Florian PASCHKE GER 6 S
Daniel SAPOZNIKOV GER 6 S
Louis WEISSERT GER 6 S
8 Luke DIGBY GBR 7
Josh BROWN GBR 7 S
9 David Igor BIRINBERG ISR 8
10 Gabriele FRANGIPANI ITA 9
Daniel GRASSL ITA 9 S
11 Yuto KISHINA JPN 10
Yuma KAGIYAMA JPN 10 S
Sena MIYAKE JPN 10 S
Shun SATO JPN 10 S
Koshiro SHIMADA JPN 10 S
Mitsuki SUMOTO JPN 10 S
Tatsuya TSUBOI JPN 10 S
12 Nikita MANKO KAZ 11
Mikhail SHAIDOROV KAZ 11 S
13 Kims Georgs PAVLOVS LAT 12
14 Ryszard GURTLER POL 13
Milosz WITKOWSKI POL 13 S
15 Geon Hyeong AN KOR 14
Jaeseok KYEONG KOR 14 S
Sihyeong LEE KOR 14 S
16 Egor MURASHOV RUS 15
17 Egor RUKHIN RUS 15
Petr GUMENNIK RUS 15 S
Kirill IAKOVLEV RUS 15 S
Artem KOVALEV RUS 15 S
Mikhail POLIANSKII RUS 15 S
Evgeni SEMENENKO RUS 15 S
Matvei VETLUGIN RUS 15 S
18 Sinali SANGO RSA 16
Evan WRENSCH RSA 16 S
19 Gaizak MADEJON CAMBRA ESP 17
20 Nikolaj MAJOROV SWE 18
Gabriel FOLKESSON SWE 18 S
Andreas NORDEBÄCK SWE 18 S
Oliver PRAETORIUS SWE 18 S
21 Ivan SHMURATKO UKR 19
Andrey KOKURA UKR 19 S
Mykhailo LEIBA UKR 19 S
Kyrylo LISHENKO UKR 19 S
Mykhailo RUDKOVSKYI UKR 19 S
22 Joseph KANG USA 20
23 Andrew TORGASHEV USA 20
Ryan DUNK USA 20 S
Goku ENDO USA 20 S
Tomoki HIWATASHI USA 20 S
Nicholas HSIEH USA 20 S
Joonsoo KIM USA 20 S
Max LAKE USA 20 S
Peter LIU USA 20 S
Maxim NAUMOV USA 20 S
Camden PULKINEN USA 20 S
Eric SJOBERG USA 20 S
Dinh TRAN USA 20 S
Alex WELLMAN USA 20 S
Jonathan YANG USA 20 S
Paul YEUNG USA 20 S

Junior Ladies
1 Angela CAMP TORRES AND 1
2 Sophia SCHALLER AUT 2
Jasmin ELSEBAIE AUT 2 S
Sophie-Laureen GUENTHER AUT 2 S
Olga MIKUTINA AUT 2 S
Stefanie PESENDORFER AUT 2 S
Lara ROTH AUT 2 S
Alisa STOMAKHINA AUT 2 S
3 Ekaterina RYABOVA AZE 3
4 Aliaksandra CHEPELEVA BLR 4
Lizaveta KHLYPAUKA BLR 4 S
Lizaveta MALINOUSKAYA BLR 4 S
Hanna PAROSHYNA BLR 4 S
Maryia SALDAKAYEVA BLR 4 S
5 Emily BAUSBACK CAN 5
Sarah-Maude BLANCHARD CAN 5 S
Victoria BOCKNEK CAN 5 S
Emma BULAWKA CAN 5 S
Catherine CARLE CAN 5 S
Daria CARR CAN 5 S
Hannah DAWSON CAN 5 S
Olivia GRAN CAN 5 S
Leah LEE CAN 5 S
Amelia ORZEL CAN 5 S
6 Eliana KALOGIROU CYP 6
7 Eva Lotta KIIBUS EST 7
Nataly LANGERBAUR EST 7 S
Niina PETROKINA EST 7 S
Jekaterina RUDNEVA EST 7 S
Kristina SHKULETA-GROMOVA EST 7 S
Annely VAHI EST 7 S
8 Enja RUOKONEN FIN 8
Laura KARHUNEN FIN 8 S
Vera STOLT FIN 8 S
Sofia SULA FIN 8 S
Milania VAANANEN FIN 8 S
Selma VALITALO FIN 8 S
9 Lea Johanna DASTICH GER 9
Elodie EUDINE GER 9 S
Franziska KETTL GER 9 S
Ann-Christin MAROLD GER 9 S
10 Anna LITVINENKO GBR 10
Kristen SPOURS GBR 10 S
Anastasia VAIPAN-LAW GBR 10 S
11 Elisavet VOULGARI GRE 11
12 Tsin Nam Nicole CHAN HKG 12
Joyce Selina CHAN HKG 12 S
Hiu Yau CHOW HKG 12 S
Vinci HO HKG 12 S
13 Marta Maria JOHANNSDOTTIR ISL 13
Herdis Birna HJALTALIN ISL 13 S
14 Alina SOUPIAN ISR 14
15 Lucrezia BECCARI ITA 15
Lara Naki GUTMANN ITA 15 S
Elisabetta LECCARDI ITA 15 S
Marina PIREDDA ITA 15 S
Alessia TORNAGHI ITA 15 S
16 Nana ARAKI JPN 16
17 Moa IWANO JPN 16
Yuna AOKI JPN 16 S
Tomoe KAWABATA JPN 16 S
Sora MAENO JPN 16 S
Rion SUMIYOSHI JPN 16 S
Riko TAKINO JPN 16 S
Kinayu YOKOI JPN 16 S
Yuhana YOKOI JPN 16 S
Shiika YOSHIOKA JPN 16 S
18 Veronika SHEVELEVA KAZ 17
Alana TOKTAROVA KAZ 17 S
Azhar ZHUMAKHANOVA KAZ 17 S
19 Anete LACE LAT 18
Polina ANDREJEVA LAT 18 S
Elizabete JUBKANE LAT 18 S
Jelizaveta MINCENKO LAT 18 S
Valeria PETROVA LAT 18 S
Arina SOMOVA LAT 18 S
20 Selina KANEDA LTU 19
21 Dominyka MOLEVICIUTE LTU 19
22 Paulina RAMANAUSKAITE LTU 19
Valerija KEDA LTU 19 S
23 Kyarha VAN TIEL NED 20
Caya SCHEEPENS NED 20 S
Lenne VAN GORP NED 20 S
24 Oliwia RZEPIEL POL 21
Julia KIERUL POL 21 S
Amelia KONIK POL 21 S
Natalia KOZIEJOWSKA POL 21 S
Nikola WOJTYNSKA POL 21 S
25 Su Been JEON KOR 22
26 Ye Lim KIM KOR 22
Gyo Hee JEON KOR 22 S
Minseung KIM KOR 22 S
Seungbeen YU KOR 22 S
27 Bristena Patricia PRODEA ROU 23
Ana Sofia BESCHEA ROU 23 S
Ana Maria ION ROU 23 S
Amanda STAN ROU 23 S
28 Alena KANYSHEVA RUS 24
29 Alexandra TRUSOVA RUS 24
Ksenia CHISTIAKOVA RUS 24 S
Anastasiia GUBANOVA RUS 24 S
Anastasiia GULIAKOVA RUS 24 S
Alena KOSTORNAIA RUS 24 S
Anastasia KOSTYUK RUS 24 S
Anna SHCHERBAKOVA RUS 24 S
Kseniia SINITSYNA RUS 24 S
Anastasia TARAKANOVA RUS 24 S
Anna TARUSINA RUS 24 S
Viktoria VASILIEVA RUS 24 S
30 Gian-Quen ISAACS RSA 25
Marion PAPKA RSA 25 S
31 Belen ALVAREZ ESP 26
32 Emelie NORDQVIST SWE 27
Cassandra JOHANSSON SWE 27 S
Jelizaveta KOPACA SWE 27 S
Lisa LAGER SWE 27 S
Smilla SZALKAI SWE 27 S
33 Anastasiia ARKHIPOVA UKR 28
Anna RAKOVYCH UKR 28 S
Varvara ROMADINOVA UKR 28 S
Maryna ZHDANOVYCH UKR 28 S
34 Audrey SHIN USA 29
Maxine BAUTISTA USA 29 S
Emma COPPESS USA 29 S
Ting CUI USA 29 S
Hanna HARRELL USA 29 S
Angelina HUANG USA 29 S
Gabriella IZZO USA 29 S
Sarah JUNG USA 29 S
Pooja KALYAN USA 29 S
Ashley LIN USA 29 S
Emilia MURDOCK USA 29 S
Akari NAKAHARA USA 29 S
Kaitlyn NGUYEN USA 29 S
Jenna SHI USA 29 S

Junior Ice Dance
1 Viktoriia AZROIAN / Aleksandr SIROSHTAN ARM 1
2 Yana BUGA / Georgy POKHILYUK AZE 2
3 Karina SIDARENKA / Maksim YALENICH BLR 3
Emiliya KALEHANOVA / Uladzislau PALKHOUSKI BLR 3 S
4 Irina GALIYANOVA / Grayson LOCHHEAD CAN 4
5 Ashlynne STAIRS / Elliott GRAHAM CAN 4
Nadiia BASHYNSKA / Peter BEAUMONT CAN 4 S
Natalie D'ALESSANDRO / Bruce WADDELL CAN 4 S
Miku MAKITA / Tyler GUNARA CAN 4 S
Olivia MCISAAC / Corey CIRCELLI CAN 4 S
6 Natalie TASCHLEROVA / Filip TASCHLER CZE 5
Elisabeta KORINKOVA / Tomas MORAVEC CZE 5 S
7 Viktoria SEMENJUK / Artur GRUZDEV EST 6
Tatjana BUNINA / Ivan KUZNETSOV EST 6 S
Darja NETJAGA / Marko Jevgeni GAIDAJENKO EST 6 S
Gioia PUCCI / Kevin OJALA EST 6 S
8 Lila-Maya SECLET MONCHOT / Renan MANCEAU FRA 7
Loicia DEMOUGEOT / Theo LE MERCIER FRA 7 S
Marie DUPAYAGE / Thomas NABAIS FRA 7 S
Natacha LAGOUGE / Corentin RAHIER FRA 7 S
Lou TERREAU / Noe PERRON FRA 7 S
9 Lara LUFT / Asaf KAZIMOV GER 8
Charise MATTHAEI / Maximilian PFISTERER GER 8 S
10 Sasha FEAR / George WADDELL GBR 9
Emily ROSE BROWN / James HERNANDEZ GBR 9 S
11 Alice ROGATNIK / Yehor BARSHAK ISR 10
12 Francesca RIGHI / Alexei DUBROVIN ITA 11
Sara CAMPANINI / Francesco RIVA ITA 11 S
Giulia TUBA / Andrea TUBA ITA 11 S
13 Mira Isabel POLISHOOK / Deividas KIZALA LTU 12
14 Ekaterina ANDREEVA / Ivan DESYATOV RUS 13
15 Arina USHAKOVA / Maxim NEKRASOV RUS 13
Diana DAVIS / Gleb SMOLKIN RUS 13 S
Polina IVANENKO / Daniil KARPOV RUS 13 S
Elizaveta KHUDAIBERDIEVA / Nikita NAZAROV RUS 13 S
Ksenia KONKINA / Alexander VAKHNOV RUS 13 S
Eva KUTS / Dmitrii MIKHAILOV RUS 13 S
Angelina LAZAREVA / Maksim PROKOFIEV RUS 13 S
Elizaveta SHANAEVA / Devid NARYZHNYY RUS 13 S
Sofia SHEVCHENKO / Igor EREMENKO RUS 13 S
Sofya TYUTYUNINA / Alexander SHUSTITSKIY RUS 13 S
16 Darya POPOVA / Volodymyr BYELIKOV UKR 14
Anna CHERNIAVSKA / Volodymyr HOROVYI UKR 14 S
Maria GOLUBTSOVA / Kirill BELOBROV UKR 14 S
Sofiia LYZOHUB / Danylo YEFREMENKO UKR 14 S
17 Oona BROWN / Gage BROWN USA 15
18 Avonley NGUYEN / Vadym KOLESNIK USA 15
Isabella AMOIA / Luca BECKER USA 15 S
Katarina DELCAMP / Maxwell GART USA 15 S
Alina EFIMOVA / Alexander PETROV USA 15 S
Sophia ELDER / Christopher ELDER USA 15 S
Caroline GREEN / Gordon GREEN USA 15 S
Eliana GROPMAN / Ian SOMERVILLE USA 15 S
Emma GUNTER / Caleb WEIN USA 15 S
Jocelyn HAINES / James KOSZUTA USA 15 S
Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Howard ZHAO USA 15 S

 

[danafan]

I don't know what's going on with the Canadian ladies assignments. The Skate Canada site now lists Cotop for Slovakia, Bulawka for Austria and Bausback for Lithuania. But the ISU site now has Schumacher for Slovakia, Cotop for Austria, and Bausback for Lithuania.

 

[barbarafan]

I don't know what's going on with the Canadian ladies assignments. The Skate Canada site now lists Cotop for Slovakia, Bulawka for Austria and Bausback for Lithuania. But the ISU site now has Schumacher for Slovakia, Cotop for Austria, and Bausback for Lithuania.

Skate Canada has still not changed the entries in ice dance that they did after Minto although ISU has the changes now. I would trust the ISU site based on that or check the skaters instagram.

 

[RoseRed]

Skate Canada has still not changed the entries in ice dance that they did after Minto although ISU has the changes now. I would trust the ISU site based on that or check the skaters instagram.

Except that Emma Bulawka being listed is new. Originally, SC had Aurora for the first one, Alison 2nd and Emily 3rd. And those were the original ISU entries. Then the ISU entries changed. But having Emma listed on the SC is definitely new, not just something that hasn't changed yet.

 

[Dobre]

The U.S. entries for the the third JGP have been confirmed & added to the USFSA assignment page now.
http://www.usfigureskating.org/story?id=84032&menu=TeamUSA

Odd that Torgashev is confirmed for two already, isn't it? Hiwatashi didn't get a second event two years ago, even after medaling at Junior Worlds. I always assumed that was based on his first event scores. And Torgashev didn't make the Junior World team last season. He made the JGPF, and USFS should have enough men's spots for all three of the more experienced & competitive guys from last year's JGP to have two events. But this seems like they've changed their policy, no?

 

[haribobo]

Maybe he requested early events and Tomoki requested late events for one reason or another, school related perhaps. One never knows, but either way, Andrew, Tomoki, and Camden are worth the 2 each.

 

[Sylvia]

The U.S. entries for the the third JGP have been confirmed & added to the USFSA assignment page now.
http://www.usfigureskating.org/story?id=84032&menu=TeamUSA

All the JGP entries for Lithuania have since been removed so we'll just have to wait and see...

 

[euterpe]

Now it's Schumacher, Bulawka and Bausback for Canada---no Cotop for the first three JGPs. From what I have heard, Skate Canada is planning to send her to one Senior B and one JGP, so maybe the JGP will be later in the series.

 

[oleada]

JGP Canada entries are up:

http://www.isuresults.com/events/fsevent03111603.htm

Nice to see Canada use 4 junior pair slots