2025 Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships - Lake Placid NY, USA - July 27-31

[kwanfan1818]

Bandoneon. I’ll take that curse.

 

[clairecloutier]

Must feel nice to the Peals to come out strong like that after missing out on Junior Worlds!

 

[Dobre]

Thanks for all the commentary, @PRlady. Men in Black seems like a fun choice for T/K.

 

[Rukia]

What was the Browns' music? I know they have a Godfather FD but can't remember if I heard what their RD was.

Sunskate on tumblr says "Browns: DJ Tronic - Sucka Free, DJ Play Jump Around"

 

[BlueRidge]

Sunskate on tumblr says "Browns: DJ Tronic - Sucka Free, DJ Play Jump Around"

I guess I didn't need to ask...

 

[PRlady]

LeGacs, Peals overscored. Tka/Kil robbed. Everyone else about right. I like Pate/Bye better in person, they do have nice performance quality.

 

[PRlady]

Thanks for all the commentary, @PRlady. Men in Black seems like a fun choice for T/K.

It worked better for them than the Koreans, IMO. She’s got a tough beyotch quality that works for it, plus the post-makeover Sandy hair from Grease. He looked like he was having a ball.

 

[Tinycities]

Peals and Mullens having essentially the same music is not going to help them stand out as new senior sibling teams.

 

[Dobre]

Well, you don't skate to MC Hammer (for an RD theme about the 90s) if you're looking to be the only team using something.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Sunskate on tumblr says "Browns: DJ Tronic - Sucka Free, DJ Play Jump Around"

These RDs are all taking me back to attending basketball games in college 1994-1998.

Also I had no idea tumblr still was a thing lol.

 

[Rukia]

Also I had no idea tumblr still was a thing lol.

it's pretty active depending on what you are into. There is a small but dedicated group of skating fans and it's been fun to chat with them.

 

[ginsengtea]

I don’t see any official footage out yet but here’s a fancam of Lim/Quan’s RD

https://twitter.com/x/status/1950666151588937898

 

[Rob]

2 Men in Black programs wasn’t on my bingo card. Liked ISR version better than KOR, but KOR are very good skaters. I’d have KOR 2nd place.
Agree with PR Lady about overscorings and wuz robbings
I can’t remember Browns’ first song but second was this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIjyCXlV9O8&pp=0gcJCfwAo7VqN5tD THEY WERE SO GOOD!
I want better posture from Pate/Bye.
Bella Flores looked good, partner is not as good as she is.
Saw my first solo dance, top 3 were good. If this had existed (or if I’d known about it) when I was a youngun, it would have been right up my alley.
There must be a free downloadable 2:40 -2:50 cut of ABBA Gimme a Man after midnight with Voulez Vous out there somewhere.

 

[Impromptu]

it's pretty active depending on what you are into. There is a small but dedicated group of skating fans and it's been fun to chat with them.

Quietly adds Sunskate to my tumblr feed.... There are also some users who are doing a lot of heavy lifting when it comes to archiving and organizing videos.

 

[kwanfan1818]

Thank you @PRlady

 

[Karen-W]

Music list from sunskate on Tumblr via X -

https://twitter.com/x/status/1950661540807381186

 

[Belsornia]

Thanks for the reports @PRlady and @Rob !

 

[Karen-W]

Jr NQS Final Results -
Place Start Name Rhythm Dance Free Dance Total Score
1 10 Jasmine Robertson, Scott Hamilton SC / Chase Rohner, All Year FSC 1 58.24 1 83.06 141.30
2 9 Anaelle Kouevi, Shenandoah FSC / Yann Homawoo, Shenandoah FSC 2 55.83 3 78.17 134.00
3 8 Aneta Vaclavikova, SC of New York / William Lissauer, All Year FSC 3 51.74 6 77.12 128.86
4 11 Grace Fischer, Broadmoor SC / Luke Fischer, Broadmoor SC 4 50.80 5 77.84 128.64
5 6 Sophia Feige, Panthers FSC / Wiles Middlekauff, Arctic FSC 5 50.05 2 78.25 128.30
6 5 Marian Carhart, SC of New York / Denis Bledsoe, Florida Everblades FSC 7 45.79 4 78.04 123.83
7 4 Clara Fugate, Arctic FSC / Warren Fugate, Arctic FSC 6 49.86 7 68.51 118.37
8 7 Nicole Kirsanov, University of Delaware FSC / Kejin Peng, All Year FSC 8 42.24 8 67.40 109.64
9 3 Annie Huang, SC of Boston / Simon Mintz, Colonial FSC 9 41.48 9 63.66 105.14
10 2 Mia Aisin, Connecticut Skating Academy / Steven Moore, Connecticut Skating Academy 10 37.29 10 60.61 97.90 11 1 Lilian Wheelahan, Washington FSC / Wolfe Jin, Washington FSC 11 29.64 11 49.12 78.76
WD Gabriella Rodriguez, SC of Boston / Aaron Gutman, SC of Boston
WD Effie Chen, SC of Boston / Gordei Chitipakhovian, Broadmoor SC

Judges Protocols - https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2025/35672/SEGM042.html

 

[her grace]

The total score needed for ISP was reported as

Junior Ice Dance:
• 126.00 in a junior event at a 2024-25 Junior Grand Prix event, 2025 U.S. Championships, an approved 2025-26 competition* or the 2025 National Qualifying Series

So that should mean Fischer/Fischer and Feige/Middlekauf are now eligible.

 

[Karen-W]

The total score needed for ISP was reported as

Junior Ice Dance:
• 126.00 in a junior event at a 2024-25 Junior Grand Prix event, 2025 U.S. Championships, an approved 2025-26 competition* or the 2025 National Qualifying Series

So that should mean Fischer/Fischer and Feige/Middlekauf are now eligible.

Yeah, but I'm not sure I think they're going to get a JGP assignment this season, unless Ilin/Cain are injured and out for the entire JGP season, but they may be assigned to Bolero Cup, with a chance of a JGP if the other teams underperform at their first JGP.

 

[PRlady]

Cincon-Debout/Celestino of Canada skating to weirdest music mashup of the day, someone tell me what it is! They’re good.

 

[PRlady]

Deych/Hu 4 Seasons: very pretty, light footed dance, great costumes.

 

[PRlady]

Newbies Calhoun/zheltyshev. Rob and I agree there’s potential there, it’s challenging choreo and storytelling (Hunger Games.) He is a strong partner and she has nice flexibility and positions.

 

[PRlady]

Stapert/Korotcov, where the hell did they come from? Blew a difficult lift but the rest was really good. Well-matched couple with much potential.

 

[Debbie S]

Stapert/Korotcov, where the hell did they come from?

WISA/ION (Leesburg). They were 7th in Junior at Nats last season.

 

[PRlady]

Abo/Ves: freak fall that barely detracted from mesmerizing performance. That girl was born to do this. And she will be the Mao Shimada of ice dance, ready for senior and waiting and waiting…

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Stapert/Korotcov, where the hell did they come from? Blew a difficult lift but the rest was really good. Well-matched couple with much potential.

They sat behind me and my sister at Dallas Classic after they skated, and Annelise was being so hard on herself for messing up. Her partner was being so encouraging and supportive that it made me an instant fan of theirs.

 

[Karen-W]

Jr Int'l Final Results -
FPl. Name Nation Points RD FD
1 Hana Maria ABOIAN / Daniil VESELUKHIN USA 149.90 1 1
2 Annelise STAPERT / Maxim KOROTCOV USA 136.33 2 3
3 Alexia KRUK / Jan EISENHABER GER 132.04 4 5
4 Michelle DEYCH / Ryan HU USA 131.50 5 4
5 Jane CALHOUN / Mark ZHELTYSHEV USA 129.51 3 8
6 Sofiia BEZNOSIKOVA / Max LELEU BEL 126.43 9 2
7 Aurea CINCON-DEBOUT / Earl Jesse CELESTINO CAN 126.20 7 6
8 Victoria CARANDIUC / Andrei CARANDIUC CAN 125.50 6 7
9 Mariia NEKHAEVA / Dmytriy KRAVCHENKO ISR 122.32 8 9
10 Lauren Audrey BATKA / Jacob YANG CZE 114.54 10 10
11 Anna MACKENZIE / Wesley LOCKWOOD SWE 105.10 12 11
12 Madison TONG / Michael BOUTSAN CAN 104.88 11 12
13 Charlotte CHUNG / Axel MACKENZIE SWE 102.64 13 13
14 Anna OBRIEN / Drake TONG AZE 91.03 14 14

FD Results -
Pl. Name Nation TSS = TES + PCS + CO PR SK Ded. - StN.
1 Hana Maria ABOIAN / Daniil VESELUKHIN USA 85.48 44.88 41.60 7.00 6.90 6.90 1.00 #14
2 Sofiia BEZNOSIKOVA / Max LELEU BEL 80.81 44.21 36.60 6.20 6.20 5.90 0.00 #6
3 Annelise STAPERT / Maxim KOROTCOV USA 80.51 42.41 38.10 6.55 6.30 6.20 0.00 #13
4 Michelle DEYCH / Ryan HU USA 80.43 42.33 38.10 6.35 6.35 6.35 0.00 #10
5 Alexia KRUK / Jan EISENHABER GER 79.50 41.80 37.70 6.25 6.35 6.25 0.00 #11
6 Aurea CINCON-DEBOUT / Earl Jesse CELESTINO CAN 77.59 42.79 35.80 6.10 6.00 5.80 1.00 #8
7 Victoria CARANDIUC / Andrei CARANDIUC CAN 76.36 40.16 37.20 6.30 6.25 6.05 1.00 #9
8 Jane CALHOUN / Mark ZHELTYSHEV USA 76.10 38.90 37.20 6.20 6.30 6.10 0.00 #12
9 Mariia NEKHAEVA / Dmytriy KRAVCHENKO ISR 74.18 39.98 34.20 5.85 5.65 5.60 0.00 #7
10 Lauren Audrey BATKA / Jacob YANG CZE 70.66 39.56 31.10 5.35 5.00 5.20 0.00 #5
11 Anna MACKENZIE / Wesley LOCKWOOD SWE 63.27 35.17 29.10 4.90 4.85 4.80 1.00 #3
12 Madison TONG / Michael BOUTSAN CAN 63.02 34.62 28.40 4.80 4.75 4.65 0.00 #4
13 Charlotte CHUNG / Axel MACKENZIE SWE 60.87 33.67 27.20 4.70 4.60 4.30 0.00 #2
14 Anna OBRIEN / Drake TONG AZE 52.79 27.69 26.10 4.60 4.30 4.15 1.00 #1

Judges Protocols - https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/lea...OR----FNL-000100--_JudgesDetailsperSkater.pdf

 

[Braulio]

From Venga Boys to La Vida Loca, to Depeche Mode, oh my what waits for us this season!

 

[Dobre]

Stapert/Korotcov, where the hell did they come from?

They've been around forever. Together since at least 2018. You see this is what you miss when you don't come to see the munchkins at Lake Placid every year.