2022 U.S. Sectionals, Pairs & Ice Dance Finals - Nov 7-13 in Norwood MA, East Lansing MI, & San Francisco CA

[Sylvia]

Torgashev (Carmina Burana+Muse, choreo. by Misha Ge): 4T fell out, 3A off balance landing/step, 3T, 2A, 3Lz+1Eu+3S solid, 3F+3T landed on toe so small step backwards, 3F+2A - his best showing of the season - 143.05 FS, 210.31.

His father Artem (based in Florida) is with him here.

 

[Karen-W]

Some messy landings/turnouts for Torgashev on about half of his jumping passes, but this is easily going to qualify him for Nats.

 

[Karen-W]

Oh, Max... Popping your opening quad into a double - this time you have no boot strap to blame. And not when you pop your next jump either. Nice 3A+2A to come back with, and starting to get your legs under you with the next jump.

 

[Sylvia]

Naumov (Woodkid medley) - jumps: 2S, 1S oops, 3A landing off balance to 2A, 3Lo, 3A held on, 3F+1Eu+3S, 3Lz.

ETA: His dad & Garrett Lucash are with him in k&c - 141.63 2nd in FS, 213.41 1st overall.

 

[mtnskater]

Naumov could be so great if he can get consistency.

 

[Karen-W]

I'm really glad that both Naumov and Torgashev qualified for Nats with scores above 200! Now, the Pac Coast guys know what they need to book their tickets!

 

[mtnskater]

Rewound and watched Torgashev. Same comment about him as Naumov...give him consistency! And stay injury free please.

 

[Wyliefan]

Mia Kalin coming up in a minute at Pacific.

 

[Wyliefan]

One fall for Mia. Into 3rd with 50.41. The next group is warming up, with Elyce Lin-Gracey going first.

 

[Sylvia]

Mia Kalin only 50.41 3rd - 2A, 3Lo fall, 3Lz+3T<?

(Kam/O'Shea are skating their FS in Graz now.)

 

[Sylvia]

Lin-Gracey (The Prayer): 3Lo, 2A not her best, 3Lz+2T fall (was thinking about 3T?).

Current top 5 (Hannah Herrera will be the final skater):
Sherry Zhang, Glacier Falls FSC 58.40
Soho Lee, Glacier Falls FSC 58.37
Elyce Lin-Gracey, Pasadena FSC 53.82
Mia Kalin, St. Moritz ISC 50.41
Kanon Smith, All Year FSC 48.79

 

[Wyliefan]

Ooh, Isobel Morrow is skating to the Age of Innocence soundtrack! Nice! (I recognized it instantly but had a brain freeze and had to Shazam it to figure out what it was. )

 

[livetoskate]

Naumov could be so great if he can get consistency.

Totally. There's a quality to his skating that is word-class! What a treat to see him skate even though he didn't land his quad. I remember seeing him skating (on a youtube video) years ago and thinking he was very stiff and mediocre, but he has really improved a lot.

 

[Sylvia]

Ooh, Isobel Morrow is skating to the Age of Innocence soundtrack! Nice!

I raved about her music selection when I first heard it in a NQS comp. - have always wanted to see someone skate to it!

ETA link to my post in Sept.: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/2022-u-s-club-nqs-competitions.109696/page-9#post-6297269

 

[Wyliefan]

Strange that it's not used more often. It's so beautiful.

 

[Sylvia]

Hannah Herrera landed 3Lz+3T (looked <<), 3Lo & 2A - 53.23 in 4th. Jozef Sabovchik was with her.

ETA link to Pacs Junior Women SP results/link to protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2022/30618/CAT003SEG011.html

 

[Sylvia]

Pacific Coast Junior Men SP is underway: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2022/30618/CAT004SEG013.html

1 Berenger MarcAurele, Alaska Assoc of Figure Skaters
2 Daniil Murzin, SC of San Francisco
3 Allan Fisher, All Year FSC
4 Willie Sun, Peninsula SC
5 Sergei Evseev, All Year FSC
6 Andriy Kratyuk, Portland ISC
7 Michael Chapa, St. Moritz ISC
8 Michael Xie, All Year FSC

 

[Sylvia]

Daniil Murzin (coached by Laura Lipetsky, music is from "Le temps des cathédrales" from the Notre-Dame de Paris musical): 3A fell out, 3F fall no combo, OSE to 3Lo. 56.63 in 1st.

 

[Sylvia]

Senior Women FS is the final event at Easterns, underway: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2022/30614/CAT014SEG017.html

Michael Xie is the final junior man to skate his SP at Pacifics (ETA): 3A looked good, 3Lz(pitched forward)+3T(wrong foot landing), 3Lo - 67.47 easily 1st.

 

[Karen-W]

I missed most of Lara Annunziata's program and she's in the lead by 20 points right now with 3 skaters left. Ting was good on her first three jumping passes then popped one, and then the rest was hit-and-miss with a popped axel as the last jump. I have no idea where this will place compared to the rest.

 

[Debbie S]

Ting 1st!

 

[tony]

Yeah, I'd say Cui has made Nationals. Fabulous!

Too bad for Heiner (huge jumps) and I really want Hilmer to make it.

 

[Karen-W]

Oh boy... Gwen Bloesch just took an awful fall. She also looks like she shares a costume designer with Isabeau Levito. I'm pretty sure that Ting just booked her ticket to Nationals. And none of the Eastern women 3rd or lower are going - the Mids women in 3rd-5th all have higher scores, so now they hold their breath until tomorrow with Pac Coasts.

 

[Debbie S]

Ting made Nats!!!!!

 

[Karen-W]

Yeesh, Ava... Just because you had an 11 point advantage from the SP doesn't mean you need to blow it here...

 

[tony]

Ziegler

2A+1Eu+3S< fall | 3F+2T | 1F | 3Lo(q?) fall | 3Lz+2T | 3Lz fall | 2A

Such refreshing quality but not her day at all. Thankfully she has that huge SP cushion. Huge, huge, huge Lutzes.

 

[Debbie S]

Yikes, I hope Ava isn't injured.

At this rate, Ting might just win this.

ETA: Not quite but good thing she had the lead in the SP. 2nd in the FS.

 

[Karen-W]

Yikes, I hope Ava isn't injured.

At this rate, Ting might just win this.

ETA: Not quite but good thing she had the lead in the SP. 2nd in the FS.

LOL - I was just going to say, well, she won the FS, but you edited your post!

 

[Wyliefan]

Ava really lucked out there. I hope she can learn to get those nerves under control. Ting skated beautifully despite her mistakes -- so glad she made Nationals!

 

[Sylvia]

SO HAPPY FOR TING! Easterns Senior Women final standings/link to protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2022/30614/CAT014SEG017.html
Top 7:

1	20	Ava Ziegler, SC of New York	1	62.61	2	107.23	169.84
2	18	Ting Cui, Baltimore FSC	4	48.35	1	108.76	157.11
3	16	Lara Annunziata, IceWorks SC	2	51.49	3	97.11	148.60
4	13	Jill Heiner, Annapolis SC	8	39.50	4	89.12	128.62
5	19	Gwen Bloesch, SC Of Southern New Jersey	3	49.08	9	75.18	124.26
6	11	Sydney Cooke, Elite Edge SC	7	40.89	6	80.81	121.70
7	12	Lillie Nye, SC of New York	6	42.06	7	78.36	120.42