Recent content by Capt. DeSoto

I noticed that Nicholas Brooks is no longer listed for Tayside. His name wasn’t added to the USFS page with the others, and now he’s gone from the ISU entries list. Any news out there as to why? I hope he’s not injured with only a month to go until Sectionals.

Oh boy, so this vague document is only part of of the story? They could really use one unified document, this is too much to follow.

Can anyone help me decipher this... I'm trying to calculate the leader board for Jr. Worlds, but I've run into what looks like a contradiction between the USFS Championship Event Selection Process and their proposed Excel document linked within. The question I have came up for discussion on...

I believe so. I've read the rules for JGP, and GP is likely the same in that if they withdraw late, that uses up their personal allocation. So according to all of the rules and regulations in place, he needs a USFS-funded international competition to get a bye to nats (and there are no medical...

No. Not according to the advancement criteria document. It says they must compete (emphasis theirs): Athletes who are assigned to and compete at three (3) international competitions from the approved list included in subsequent sections of this document. The U.S. Figure Skating High Performance...

Oh, I didn't noticed that he hadn't skated all season (or pre-season -- nothing since nats). I hope he's back to near-full strength and can hit his ISP minimums. What is that for Senior, do we know? I know it's 145 for Novice and 165 for Junior, is it 185 for Senior or something higher like 200...

🎉 I was keeping an eye on the page and missed it. I didn't bother scrolling all the way down to Gdansk because I didn't yet see scores posted for Baku. Silly me.

That's what I figure as well. I wonder if they'd send him for a 4th place finish? At this point, going from Bronze to JGP final is a statistical improbability with the upcoming fields. 4th place to finals would be a statistical long shot (lots of excellent skaters would need to have very bad...

Thanks. I'm a little more focused on the junior worlds calculations, but I'm having a little trouble deciphering the calculations. The linked Excel spreadsheet doesn't clear it up. My biggest hangup is that It appears to count current and previous years US Championships, but it seems as if it...

I just read through that, thank you. To be precise the NQS score (of any rank) is a small factor, and the scores of a top two sectional finish is a factor. It’s a very small distinction, but it’s not the NQS score of the top two sectional finishers but the sectional competition score of those...

Oh, that is news to me, thanks. Does that even apply to junior worlds selection though? I sounds like just senior, otherwise I don’t see how they would handle junior international skaters who are domestic seniors.

That's right, I didn't bother tracking JGP participants and totally forgot about Gao.

It's wild that all 31 junior men qualify for sectionals. There needs to be more boys in skating. By my count, there are only three notably missing junior men who have yet to put up an NQS score: Zachary LoPinto (E/NE, PB: 186.44, ISP) Thomas Chen (M/UGL, PB: 165.91, ISP) Alvin Luu (M/SW, PB...

Van Pierson (Junior Men) isn't registered for NQS and is thus ineligible for sectionals. As far as I can see he skates mostly collegiality. There are no other South Atlantic NQS-registered skaters other than the top 3.

Well, there might not be a full contingent, but I'm sure there's a number of ISP skaters who could use some international experience that won't make the cut for Nationals. For example, Nicholas Brooks is a high-level skater (the top-ranked NQS Junior in fact) who had an uncharacteristically...