U.S. Women [#8]: Meet Me in St. Louis

Just caught the final group of novice women from PAC Sectionals on YouTube. I am loving Rachel Samari. She is such a unique stylist already. And her spins are eye popping….including some of the positions she gets in, as well as the continuous speed. She caught my eye on the Junior Grand Prix this fall for sure. She needs some jump technique help…and I hope USFS high performance will focus on making sure she gets it. She looks like a competitor too…she was clearly not happy with her skate in the K&C, even though it was first place.😅

Do we have a thread talking about sectionals….i couldn’t find it?
 
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mtnskater said:
Just caught the final group of novice women from PAC Sectionals on YouTube. I am loving Rachel Samari. She is such a unique stylist already. And her spins are eye popping….including some of the positions she gets in, as well as the continuous speed. She caught my eye on the Junior Grand Prix this fall for sure. She needs some jump technique help…and I hope USFS high performance will focus on making sure she gets it. She looks like a competitor too…she was clearly not happy with her skte in the K&C, even though it was first place.😅

Do we have a thread talking about sectionals….i couldn’t find it?
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It’s in the Kiss and Cry subforum.
 
mtnskater said:
Just caught the final group of novice women from PAC Sectionals on YouTube. I am loving Rachel Samari. She is such a unique stylist already. And her spins are eye popping….including some of the positions she gets in, as well as the continuous speed. She caught my eye on the Junior Grand Prix this fall for sure. She needs some jump technique help…and I hope USFS high performance will focus on making sure she gets it. She looks like a competitor too…she was clearly not happy with her skte in the K&C, even though it was first place.😅

Do we have a thread talking about sectionals….i couldn’t find it?
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Do Rachel Samiri and Candice Leung get to go to US Nationals as Juniors, due to the top 2 Novice in each section skate-up to Junior?
 
PRlady said:
But it also shows how close the three women are: who goes to Milan as national champ will come down to who’s best on that day at Nats. They’re really a talented crew and so different from each other, it’s a pleasure to watch them.
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Isabeau underrotated 3 jumps and lost @10 points. Had she jumped cleanly, she would have finished just barely ahead of Chiba.
 
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Isabeau underrotated 3 jumps and lost @10 points. Had she jumped cleanly, she would have finished just barely ahead of Chiba.
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It was really weird how they weren't even reviewing some of Mone Chiba's jumps. Maybe that's a benefit of being a Worlds medalist? They were tough with virtually everyone else. (But not in China; I wish they would at least be consistent.) I'm glad I wasn't playing a drinking game during Skate Canada where you had to do a shot every time someone got a q or <. I would have ended up with alcohol poisoning.
 
Junior Women Sectionals scores so far, with Mids next week - top contendors should be Jessica Jurka, Jiaying Ellyse Johnson, and Angela Shao

Annika Chao 193
Madison Chong 176
Alayna Coats 175
Kaya Tiernan 174
Mia Iwase 170
Hannah Kim 166
Deborah Liu 162 (Novice)
Sofia Bezkorovainaya 158
Rachel Samiri 152 (Novice)
Penelope Ogorelkoff 150 (Novice)
Cleo Park 149
Candice Leung 141 (Novice)
 
SENIOR WOMEN INTL and SECTIONAL Scores so far (with Mids upcoming)

INTL with Byes to Nationals
Amber Glenn 214 (Finlandia to come)
Isabeau Levito 212
Alysa Liu 212 (Skate Am to come)
Sarah Everhardt 199 (Tallinn to come)
Bradie Tennell 195 (Finlandia to come)
Elyce Lin-Gracey 172
Starr Andrews 167 (Skat Am and Tallinn to come)
Sherry Zhang 163
Josephine Lee 160 (Skat Am to come)

*Alina Bonillo is also listed for Tallinn and should be at Mids next week first, I believe.

SECTIONALS (top 2 each from E and P)
Sophie Joline Von Felten 192 (190 @ JGP)
Ava Ziegler 171 (161 @ Trialeti)
Katie Shen 153 (154 @ Cranberry)
Anabel Wallace 142

Next 3 Best scores currently
Erica Machida 165
Michelle Lee 147
Jasmine Clarke 143
 
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AngieNikodinovLove (ANL) said:
Alysa is one of a kind! Love she did that

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Alysa is great, but someone should tell whoever is running the ISU account that that’s not how POV works and they don’t sound hip.
 
Byes to 2026 U.S. Nationals (9): Glenn, Liu, Everhardt, Tennell, S. Zhang, Levito, J. Lee, Andrews, Lin-Gracey

9 more qualify via Sectionals:
M1 Emilia Nemirovsky, Detroit SC 67.88 (1) 132.74 (1) 200.62
E1 Sophie Joline von Felten, SC of Boston 70.22 (1) 122.09 (1) 192.31
M2 Logan Higase-Chen, Broadmoor SC 64.08 (2) 114.24 (2) 178.32
M3 Sonja Hilmer, Centennial SC 59.24 (3) 114.11 (3) 173.35 (next best score #1)
E2 Ava Ziegler, SC of New York 50.94 (4) 120.59 (2) 171.53
M4 Brooke Gewalt, Wagon Wheel FSC 57.52 (4) 109.11 (4) 166.63 (next best score #2)
E3 Erica (YN) Machida, University of Delaware FSC 58.83 (2) 106.57 (3) 165.40 (next best score #3)
P1 Katie Shen, Glacier Falls FSC 54.48 (4) 99.21 (1) 153.69
P2 Anabel Wallace, Glacier Falls FSC 50.44 (5) 92.35 (2) 142.79

Alternates 1-4:
M5 Alina Bonillo, DuPage FSC 56.70 (5) 95.54 (7) 152.24
M6 Kendall Erne, Winter Club of Indianapolis 48.83 (7) 102.83 (5) 151.66
E4 Michelle Lee, SC of New York 55.10 (3) 92.38 (5) 147.48
M7 Alexa Gasparotto, Arctic FSC 47.00 (8) 100.21 (6) 147.21

JUNIOR WOMEN (top 4 from each Sectional):
P1 Annika Chao, Glacier Falls FSC 65.65 (1) 127.76 (1) 193.41
E1 Madison Chong, Washington FSC 57.94 (1) 118.72 (3) 176.66
P2 Alayna Coats, Glacier Falls FSC 55.61 (3) 120.29 (2) 175.90
E2 Kaya Tiernan, IceWorks SC 51.91 (3) 122.55 (1) 174.46
E3 Mia Iwase, SC of New York 51.13 (4) 119.31 (2) 170.44
M1 Angela Shao, Broadmoor SC 53.60 (2) 112.67 (1) 166.27
P3 Hannah Kim, Glacier Falls FSC 64.07 (2) 101.98 (3) 166.05
M2 Jessica Jurka, Denver Colorado FSC 57.26 (1) 108.03 (2) 165.29
E4 Sofia Bezkorovainaya, Washington FSC 54.64 (2) 103.71 (4) 158.35
P4 Cleo Park, Glacier Falls FSC 50.55 (4) 99.24 (4) 149.79
M3 Annabelle Wilkins, Ann Arbor FSC 51.88 (3) 88.60 (4) 140.48
M4 Jiaying Ellyse Johnson, DuPage FSC 42.41 (7) 93.13 (3) 135.54

NOVICE WOMEN (top 2 in each Sectional qualify to compete in Junior at Nationals):
E1 Deborah Liu, SC of Boston 48.08 (2) 113.93 (1) 162.01
M1 Mia Smith, Detroit SC 48.93 (1) 103.75 (1) 152.68
P1 Rachel Samiri, All Year FSC 47.86 (2) 104.73 (1) 152.59
E2 Penelope Ogorelkoff, Palm Beach FSC 47.06 (3) 103.03 (2) 150.09
P2 Candice Leung, Peninsula SC 50.92 (1) 90.19 (3) 141.11
M2 Stella Vajda, Detroit SC 41.86 (3) 86.63 (2) 128.49

DNQ :( E5 Skylar Lautowa-Peguero, SC of New York 48.35 (7) 102.71 (5) 151.06
 
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Sylvia said:
Alternates 1-4:
M5 Alina Bonillo, DuPage FSC 56.70 (5) 95.54 (7) 152.24
M6 Kendall Erne, Winter Club of Indianapolis 48.83 (7) 102.83 (5) 151.66
E4 Michelle Lee, SC of New York 55.10 (3) 92.38 (5) 147.48
M7 Alexa Gasparotto, Arctic FSC 47.00 (8) 100.21 (6) 147.21
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No Alexa? Was she at nationals last year?
 
7 Senior women competed at Nationals last year who will not be there this year - 4 of them competed at Sectionals this month:

Alexa Gasparotto (13th in Wichita), Alina Bonillo (15th), Michelle Lee (16th), Alex Evans (18th) - had to WD before Easterns FS due to injury

Did not compete this season: Mia Kalin (11th in Wichita)-taking time off, Lindsay Thorngren (12th), Ting Cui (17th)-recovering from right ankle surgery (her June 27 post): https://www.instagram.com/p/DLaVJjjRLm9/
ETA that Ting is at Middlebury College in VT and just worked in Lake Placid with the NBC research staff at Skate America. :)

Moved up from Junior: Emilia Nemirovsky (4th in Wichita & Columbus), Sophie Joline von Felten (Junior champ in Wichita)
First time at Nationals: Erica Machida, Anabel Wallace
Missed last year's Nationals: Isabeau Levito, Ava Ziegler, Katie Shen (DNQ; 14th in Columbus)

Reposting here what I had posted in another thread:

First time Nationals qualifiers Erica "YN" Machida uses they/them pronouns. Their post-Sectionals Instagram post ended: "Excited to represent my country, my coaching team, and my community of support as a nonbinary athlete!"
Clip of Machida's Sectionals FS: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DROBJiBEr9l/
 
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