Junior Men SP & FS

[Sylvia]

Starting orders/Live results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2026/36273/CAT006SEG012.html

1 Joshua Snyder, Onyx-Suburban Skating Academy
2 Michael Khavin, Hudson Valley FSC
3 Thomas Chen, St. Paul FSC
4 Jesse Zhong, Glacier Falls FSC
5 Mike Weng, SC of Houston
6 Louis Mallane, Broadmoor SC

7 Michael Jin, All Year FSC
8 Alek Tankovic, Broadmoor SC
9 Hitonari Tani, SC of Boston
10 Ryedin Rudedenman, Glacier Falls FSC
11 Zenith Chen, DuPage FSC
12 Henry Gao, SC of Boston

13 Ryan William Azadpour, Carousel FSC
14 Kirk Haugeto, All Year FSC
15 Zachary LoPinto, SC of Boston
16 Nicholas Brooks, All Year FSC
17 Caleb Farrington, IceWorks SC
18 Patrick Blackwell, SC of Boston

Info copied from the program book (listed from oldest to youngest); ISU bio links included for this season's international competitors:

[18] Alek Tankovic DOB | Aug. 10, 2007 HOMETOWN | Lawrenceville, Ga. TRAINING TOWN | Colorado Springs, Colo. CLUB | Broadmoor SC COACHES | Tammy Gambill, Damon Allen CHOREOGRAPHER | Robert Mauti SP MUSIC | “Wind of Change” by Scorpions FS MUSIC | “TRON: Legacy” by Daft Punk
Midwestern Sectional Singles Final, 2nd

[18] Thomas Chen DOB | Sept. 3, 2007 HOMETOWN | St. Paul, Minn. TRAINING TOWN | St. Paul, Minn. CLUB | St Paul FSC COACHES | Benjamin Miller Reisman, Molly Oberstar CHOREOGRAPHERS | Molly Oberstar, Jamie Isley SP MUSIC | “Swan Lake” by Tchaikovsky FS MUSIC | “Spartacus” by Aram Khatchatourian
Midwestern Sectional Singles Final, 3rd

[18] Ryan William Azadpour DOB |Sept. 30, 2007 HOMETOWN | Wilsonville, Ore. TRAINING TOWN | Sherwood, Ore. CLUB | Carousel FSC COACHES | Mari Malama, Nani Tanaka CHOREOGRAPHER | Mari Malama SP MUSIC | “Clair de Lune” and “Photograph” by Cody Fry FS MUSIC | “He Lives In You” and “Music from the Lion King soundtrack” by Lebo M
Pacific Coast Sectional Singles Final, 2nd; https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00120831.htm

[18] Nicholas Brooks DOB | Dec. 15, 2007 HOMETOWN | Phoenix, Ariz. TRAINING TOWN | Colorado Springs, Colo. CLUB | All Year FSC COACHES | Tammy Gambill, Damon Allen, Jill Watson CHOREOGRAPHER | Steven Cousins SP MUSIC | “Suit and Tie,” “SexyBack” by Justin Timberlake FS MUSIC | “Reverie” by Ivan Torrent
Pacific Coast Sectional Singles Final, 1st; https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00116594.htm (JGP)

[17] Patrick Blackwell DOB | March 30, 2008 HOMETOWN Norwood, Mass. TRAINING TOWN | Norwood, Mass. CLUB | SC of Boston COACHES | Annette Blackwell, Aleksey Letov, Olga Ganicheva CHOREOGRAPHERS | Ivan Righini, Adam Blake SP MUSIC | “Uprising” by Muse FS MUSIC | “Silent Guardian” by Fringe Element and “Warriors” by league of legends music, 2wei and Edda Hayes
Eastern Sectional Singles Final, 1st; https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00120824.htm (2 JGPs, 1 silver)

[17] Zachary LoPinto DOB | Aug. 18, 2008 HOMETOWN | Canton, Mass. TRAINING TOWN | Norwood, Mass. CLUB | SC of Boston COACHES | Olga Ganicheva, Aleksey Letov, Sergei Mineav, Boyko Aleksiev CHOREOGRAPHER | Benoit Richaud SP MUSIC | “Dark Times” by The Weeknd, Ed Sheeran; and “False Alarm” by The Weeknd FS MUSIC | “Raining” by Kai Engel, “Guardians at the Gate” by Audiomachine; “Storm” by Rusanda Panfili
Eastern Sectional Singles Final, 4th; https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00117079.htm

[17] Caleb Farrington DOB | Sept. 4, 2008 HOMETOWN | Newark, Del. TRAINING TOWN | Newburgh, N.Y. CLUB | IceWorks SC COACHES | Oleg Makarov, Larisa Selezeva, Patch David, CHOREOGRAPHER | Nick Buckland SP MUSIC | “Otoño Porteño” by Ástor Piazzolla FS MUSIC | Music from the Fantastic Beasts Series by James Howard Newton
Eastern Sectional Singles Final, 2nd; https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00120825.htm (2 JGPs, 1 bronze)

[17] Michael Khavin DOB | Oct. 4, 2008 HOMETOWN | Franklin Lakes, N.J. TRAINING TOWN | Newburgh, N.Y. CLUB | Hudson Valley FSC COACHES | Oleg Makarov, Larisa Selezneva, Patch David CHOREOGRAPHER | Sebastian Arango SP MUSIC | “Human” by Rag ‘n’ Bone Man FS MUSIC | “Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word” and “I’m Still Standing” by Taron Egerton
Eastern Sectional Singles Final, Novice 2nd

[17] Joshua Snyder DOB | Sept. 14, 2008 HOMETOWN | Lake Orion, Mich. TRAINING TOWN | Rochester, Mich. CLUB | Onyx Suburban Skating Academy COACHES | Daniel Palmeri, Alena Neverovich CHOREOGRAPHER | Jessica Joseph SP MUSIC | “Untamed” by Lindsey Stirling FS MUSIC | “Empire of Angels” by Thomas Bergersen, “Modigliani” by Guy Farley
Midwestern Sectional Singles Final, 4th

[16] Kirk Haugeto DOB | Feb. 23, 2009 HOMETOWN | Anaheim, Calif. TRAINING TOWN | Mount Laurel, N.J. CLUB | All Year FSC COACH | Rafael Arutyunyan CHOREOGRAPHER | Alina Milevska SP MUSIC | “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone FS MUSIC | “The Magician” AI generated
Pacific Coast Sectional Singles Final, 3rd; https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00113881.htm

[16] Ryedin Rudedenman DOB | March 19, 2009 HOMETOWN | Orange County, Calif. TRAINING TOWN | Orange County, Calif. CLUB | Glacier Falls FSC COACHES | Caylin Rudedenman, Junichi Takemara CHOREOGRAPHERS | Ryedin Rudedenman, Caylin Rudedenman SP MUSIC | “The Village” by Wrabel FS MUSIC | “Battle Cry” by Imagine Dragons
Pacific Coast Sectional Singles Final, 4th

[16] Mike Weng DOB | April 22, 2009 HOMETOWN | Houston, Texas TRAINING TOWN | Houston, Texas CLUB | SC of Houston COACHES | Val Prudsky, Elena Prudsky CHOREOGRAPHERS | Evgeniy Nemirovskiy, Roman Zaretsky SP MUSIC | “American in Paris” by G. Gershwin FS MUSIC | “Sherlock Homes” by H. Zimmer
Midwestern Sectional Singles Final, Novice 1st

[16] Louis Mallane DOB | Sept. 20, 2009 HOMETOWN | Boise, Idaho TRAINING TOWN | Lakewood, Calif. CLUB | Broadmoor SC COACHES | Amy Evidente, Jonathan Cassar CHOREOGRAPHERS | Derrick Delmore, Cindy Stuart, Tara La Ferriere Yano SP MUSIC | “The Best is Yet to Come” by Michael Bublé, “Main Theme” from Johnny English by Marc Reift and Philharmonic Wind Orchestra FS MUSIC | “Flying” and “What If” by Cody Fry
Midwestern Sectional Singles Final, 1st; https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00120826.htm (JGP)

[16] Jesse Zhong DOB | Oct. 28, 2009 HOMETOWN | San Diego, Calif. TRAINING TOWN | Lakewood, Calif. CLUB | Glacier Falls FSC COACHES | Amy Evidente, Derrick Delmore
Pacific Coast Sectional Singles Final, Novice 1st

[16] Michael Jin DOB | Nov. 12, 2009 HOMETOWN | Irvine, Calif. TRAINING TOWN | Irvine, Calif. CLUB | All Year FSC COACHES | Hov Mkrtchian, Daisuke Murakami CHOREOGRAPHER | Scott Brown SP MUSIC | “Don’t Stop the Music” by Jamie Cullum FS MUSIC | “What a Wonderful World” by Joseph William Morgan
Pacific Coast Sectional Singles Final, Novice 2nd

[16] Henry Gao DOB | November 21, 2009 HOMETOWN | Lexington, Mass. TRAINING TOWN | Irvine, Calif. CLUB | SC of New York COACH | Olga Ganicheva, Aleksey Letov, Sergey Minaev, Boiko Aleksiev CHOREOGRAPHER | Adam Blake, Olga Ganicheva SP MUSIC | Man of La Mancha - Overture by Mitch Leigh / “The Impossible Dream” performed by Josh Groban FS MUSIC | Romeo and Juliet by Nino Rota (The Ride to Mantua & Love theme) and Sergei Prokofiev (Dance of the Knights)
Eastern Sectional Singles Final, 5th; https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00123882.htm (JGP)

[15] Zenith Chen DOB | April 6, 2010 HOMETOWN | Naperville, Ill. TRAINING TOWN | Willowbrook, Ill. CLUB | DuPage FSC COACH | Kendra Pottenger CHOREOGRAPHER | Eliot Halverson SP MUSIC | “Clair de Lune” by Claude Debussy FS MUSIC | “In The Mood (Reimagined)” by OH1
Midwestern Sectional Singles Final, Novice 2nd

[15] Hitonari Tani DOB | Dec. 13, 2010 HOMETOWN | Weston, Mass. TRAINING TOWN | Norwood, Mass. CLUB | SC of Boston COACH | Junichi Takemura CHOREOGRAPHERS | Kaitlyn Weaver, Lori Nichol SP MUSIC | “Disintegration” by Ryuichi Sakamoto; “Smooth Criminal,” “This is Brass,” “Beat It” by Michael Jackson FS MUSIC | “Sogno di Volare” (The Dream of Flight) and “Power of the Spirit” by Christopher Tin
Eastern Sectional Singles Final, Novice 1st

 

[her grace]

Snyder

2a and Irish step dancing—Jason Brown tribute, 3z-3t with not a lot of flow, nice basics, 3r and he guts it out

 

[peibeck]

Josh Snyder has lovely musical quality for a 15 year old junior. Well done. Excellent 3z/3t.

 

[her grace]

Chen, T.

3t-3t first landing was off balance but kept it going, 3r, 2a, nice skate

 

[peibeck]

The timbre of Gracie's voice isn't the best but I don't mind her commentary too much. Insightful with a bit of deadpan humor.

 

[her grace]

Zhong

3z fall, 3r, 2a, could look up and project more

 

[peibeck]

Incredible height on Weng's 2A. I wonder if he's working on the 3A?

 

[Wyliefan]

I was half-watching while I got some work done. Nice first group of guys.

 

[peibeck]

Mallane did a nice job, another very musical teen.

 

[Capt. DeSoto]

The timbre of Gracie's voice isn't the best but I don't mind her commentary too much. Insightful with a bit of deadpan humor.

Yeah, she's got a mild vocal fry that rubs the me the wrong way a little. But not driving me crazy or anything.

 

[peibeck]

Jonathan Cassar looking handsome in the KnC.

 

[peibeck]

Yeah, she's got a mild vocal fry that rubs the me the wrong way a little. But not driving me crazy or anything.

Midwest nasal quality. I know (and speak it) well.

 

[floridaice]

Gracie is right -- Jin gives Jun-hwan vibes

 

[peibeck]

Tankovic really excellent quality to his jumps. Although at 18 already not sure he will get more difficult jumps.

 

[peibeck]

Tani giving me Hiwatashi vibes, both good and bad.

 

[manleywoman]

Happy to see the LGBTQ flags and support for Ryedin.

 

[peibeck]

Too bad about the jumps for Zenith Chen, the rest of his skating was lovely.

 

[floridaice]

Loved Henry's reaction

 

[peibeck]

Wow, nice to see last minute replacement Goa skate so well and his excitement at the end. Good for him.

 

[floridaice]

Happy to see the LGBTQ flags and support for Ryedin.

And Gracie using 'they' in her commentary

 

[peibeck]

Azadpour beautiful skating. Seems like a shame he wasted the bonus on the 2A though.

 

[floridaice]

are the dimensions on this rink smaller than what most of the skaters are used to? Several skaters have almost hit the wall, like Kirk.

 

[kwanfan1818]

Haugeto had little besides cross-overs. 3/1 combo.

ETA: very gracious remarks in KnC.

 

[beckab81]

Kirk is such a fun skater, but this music isn't a great match for him, and the technique continues to be a miss. Unfortunate .

 

[peibeck]

Haugeto: such a great personality on ice, but really stalking the jumps and running out of space on that combo. Sigh.

 

[Wyliefan]

Can't believe Kirk is 16! Wonderful movement quality, but the jumps are still a work in progress. He spent so much time setting up the 3A, I wondered if he was going to do it at all.

So many stuffies!

 

[peibeck]

are the dimensions on this rink smaller than what most of the skaters are used to? Several skaters have almost hit the wall, like Kirk.

It's NFL size. The St Louis Blues train on the ice sheets here. College hockey also played on this ice sheet.

 

[peibeck]

LoPinto a very good skate, really great audience connection. Not my favorite music but well done.

 

[floridaice]

Ben's trying to manifest a standing ovation.

 

[peibeck]

Nick Brooks doing a tribute to Cathy and Salius?