2019 Skate Detroit, July 25-27

[Sylvia]

Club's event page: https://dscclub.com/figure-skating/skate-detroit/

Thursday to Saturday schedule for Rinks B & C (main): https://dscclub.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SCHEDULE.2019.pdf

Live streaming has 2 options for paying customers (new company this year): https://828studios.com/skatedetroit/

Entries are not publicly available online, as usual, but I am trying to compile an unofficial/hearsay list from various private as well as social media sources and this is what I have so far:

Senior Pairs (12 teams registered): Cain/LeDuc (?), Lu/Mitrofanov, Calalang/Johnson, Feng/Nyman, Digerness/Neudecker, Timlen/Highgate-Brutman, Serafini/Tran, Emily Chan/Spencer Howe (new), Laiken Lockley/Keenan Prochnow J1

Junior Pairs (10 teams? * = ISU Junior age-eligible this season): *Kate Finster/Balazs Nagy J2, *Isabelle Martins/Ryan Bedard J3, Maria Mokhova/Ivan Mokhov J4, *Cate Fleming/Jedidiah Isbell N2, *Anastasiia Smirnova/Danil Siianytsia N3, *Sarah Burden/Jake Pagano N5, *Analise Gonzalez/Franz-Peter Jerosch (new), *Winter Deardorff/Mikhail Gumba (new; his current name may be different), Ellie McClellan/Matthew Rounis (new), *Crafoord twins, Greta & John, representing Sweden

Note: Pairs are being assessed for potential international assignments (Challenger/JGP/maybe the Skate America TBA spot?) and there is a high performance pairs camp scheduled at DSC afterwards.

Junior Ladies: Kate Wang

 

[Sylvia]

Side note: Minto Summer Skate in Ontario CAN dates are Thursday through Sunday, July 25-28, and free live streaming again is anticipated (ETA link to the competition thread): https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/2019-minto-summer-skate-ontario-can-july-25-28.105813/

 

[HeatherC]

Rooting hard for Calalang and Johnson to do well this weekend so they can hopefully get that SA spot this fall! I'd LOVE to see them in Vegas!

 

[Sylvia]

Tonight:

Junior Ladies FS A is starting now and includes Kate Wang and Alyssa Chan WD.

Junior Ladies FS B includes Jessica Lin, Maya Gorodnitsky (ISR), Emilea Zingas.


Friday's events in Rink C (main):

Novice Pairs SP starting order:
Reed/Gillette (new)
Kropf/Lunin
[WD: Schwab/Schwab]
Prudsky/Chen

Novice Men SP starting order (3): Lai, Mori, Deng

Junior Men SP starting order (12 in 2 groups):
Luke Ferrante
Dylan Wajda
Misha Mogilen (Skate Canada)
Payton Winkler
William Annis N1
Jacob DeWolfe //
Nathan Chapple
Mark Gorodnitsky (ISR)
Chase Finster
Daniel Argueta
[WD Matthew Kennedy]
Matthew Nielsen N2 (assigned to JGP FRA)

Junior Pairs SP starting order (9 teams in 3 groups):
Smirnova/Siianytsia
Martins/Bedard
Gonzalez/Jerosch (new) //
Finster/Nagy
Burden/Pagano
Crafoord twins (Los Angeles FSC & SWE) //
Fleming/Isbell
Deardorff/(formerly Gumba) Johnson (new)
McClellan/Rounis (new)

Junior Ladies SP BR
Junior Ladies SP CR (12 will qualify for final/combined round)

Senior Pairs SP starting order (11 teams in 3 groups):
Chan/Howe (new)
Calalang/Johnson
Serafini/Tran //
Lu/Mitrofanov
Feng/Nyman
Mokhova/Mokhov J4
Cain/LeDuc //
Digerness/Neudecker
Timlen/Highgate-Brutman
Lockley/Prochnow J1
Cassie Andrews/Dustin Sierk (new; blast from the past!)

Senior Men SP starting order:
Roman Sadovsky (CAN)
Aleksei Krasnozhon
Dinh Tran
Jimmy Ma
Andrew Austin

Senior Ladies SP starting order (18 in 3 groups):
Eve Agler
Delaney Ratliff
Sydni Nikolai
Alison Neumann
Jocelyn Jones
Linzy Fitzpatrick //
Chloe Mitchell
Hanna Harrell (assigned to JGP FRA; ETA on 7/26 that she likely is WD)
Anastassiya Khvan (KAZ)
Maxine Marie Bautista
Eliana Biggers
Amber Glenn //
Alexandra Polega
Akane Eguchi
Molly Schelosky
Katie McBeath
Dasha Chalenko
Ashley Lin (listed as Dallas FSC)

Note: Withdrawals are not uncommon in summer competitions.

 

[haribobo]

Thanks!!!! What does // mean?

 

[Sylvia]

I used // to indicate the end of each group.

Kate Wang skated to Dr. Zhivago and went for 7 triples in her Jr. FS, including 3Lz+3Lo at the start! Her unofficial score was announced as 99.88.

ETA:

Kate Wang's score was corrected/raised afterwards to 105.61. Her 7 triples were 3Lz+3Lo (both jumps looked good!), 3F, 2A, 3Lz, 3F+1Eu+3S (off balance landing), 3T, 2A+2T. She had the highest Junior FS qualifying score tonight, followed by Jessica Lin 96.13 (skated to a piano medley by Joe Hisaishi that, IIRC, was her last season's FS music) and Emilea Zingas 92.39 (very expressive program to the Chicago soundtrack) who were the top 2 in group B.

 

[Wyliefan]

Go Hanna and go L/P!

 

[Sylvia]

According to their respective Instagram stories, Hanna Harrell was working with Misha Ge in Los Angeles yesterday so I rather doubt that she will be competing here (SP is tonight).

Junior Ladies CR SP starting order for this afternoon (last night's group qualifying placements included):

A5 Eugenia Garza Martinez (MEX)
A3 Lily Yu
B3 Maya Gorodnitsky (ISR)
B6 Sophie Paradi
A4 McKenzie Edwards
B4 Saskia Oudejans

B5 Grace VanZanten
B7 Anne Jordan
A2 Anna Maria Bella
A1 Kate Wang
B2 Emilea Zingas
B1 Jessica Lin

 

[haribobo]

Today's (FRI) schedule for junior and senior- all rink C

Junior Men SP 9:40am
Junior Pair SP 11:15am
Junior Ladies SP 12:45pm BR, 3:05pm CR
Senior Pairs SP 4:40pm
Senior Men SP 6:25pm
Senior Ladies SP 7:05pm-9:40pm'

JUNIOR MEN SP (thanks Sarah R)
Mark Gorodnitsky 65
William Annis 61
Matthew Nielsen 59
Luke Ferrante 53
Chase Finster 49
Nathan Chapple 48
missing some.....

JUNIOR PAIRS SP (thanks Sylvia)
Finster/Nagy 52
Martins/Bedard 51
Crafoords 47
Deardorff/Johnson 46
McClellan/Rounis
Gonzalez/Jerosch
Burden/Pagano

Junior Ladies SP (thanks Sarah)
Jessica Lin 57 (96 QFS, 153 total)
Kate Wang 57 (105 QFS, 162 total)
Emilea Zingas 48 (92 QFS, 140 total)

 

[Dobre]

Sarah Rasher's play-by-play:
https://twitter.com/pas_deChat

Thanks @natsulian.

 

[haribobo]

Emilea Zingas is phenomenal! What an awesome dancer!

Alexei K's artistic improvement is massive and noteworthy, found his SP really fun with moments of beauty also.

Amber Glenn was wonderful- although I do prefer the original version of that song. Hope her FS goes well.

Calalang/Johnson have developed a regal quality and impressive speed. This match just feels right, and their SP had me excited. Also really thrilled with Feng/Nyman, and that twist was outrageous! Lu/Mitrofanov have improved a lot as well, enjoyed them. Loved Chan/Howe even though not as technically proficient as the others.

 

[Sylvia]

Videos recorded from the live stream, with scores added:

Senior Pairs SP, 1st to 7th (of 8 teams):
Calalang/Johnson (65.27): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXyTm2ER9Zo
Cain/LeDuc (63.28): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nui6w8PEx3U
Lu/Mitrofanov (62.19): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4FgGF-bie8
Feng/Nyman (61.78): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZ0J5lNqB8o
Digerness/Neudecker (59.88): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvYpyY082mc
Chan/Howe (53.99): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYF6q3rbuMs
Serafini/Tran (52.84): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzAbZ7rKX7c
Mokhova/Mohkov (45.60)

ETA: I think Chan/Howe's SP music is "Je crois entendre encore" (possibly played by violinist Joshua Bell?) from Bizet's The Pearl Fishers. Lovely, expressive performance in the footwork sequence!

Senior Men SP top 4 (of 5):
Jimmy Ma (75.32): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZPtc0Ql2oxU
Alex Krasnozhon (75.31): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv7eMi_13sc
Roman Sadovsky (65.45): skated to last year's "Fly Me to the Moon" by Chris Mann & landed a 4S+3T(++), fell on 3A, 2Lz (no points)
Dinh Tran (61.80): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOwJ6LvCqtE
Andrew Austin (46.39)

Senior Ladies SP top 2:
Amber Glenn (65.73): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znrGXmIfMLk
Akane Eguchi (49.63): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEkvDTJgsMg

Junior Ladies SP top 3:
Jessica Lin (57.46): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9mtIoZ5koY
Kate Wang (57.15): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mZkgkAJv8tQ
Emilea Zingas (48.36): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4C7kzGr1pc

Junior Men SP top 5:
Mark Gorodnitsky (65.76): no video
William Annis (61.57): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxOXmoQ12Hc
Matthew Nielsen (59.56): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEJPb3EpTbw
Daniel Argueta (54.15): no video
Luke Ferrante (53.13): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fCSczcN_sk

Sarah Rasher's channel (she uploaded 20 videos from Friday & I linked to 18 above): https://www.youtube.com/user/rashershakespeare/videos
"Please note: 1) I know the sound quality is not great. I've been trying to fix that for weeks and am happy it's okayish. 2) If I don't post it, I didn't capture it, sorry!"
Sarah tweeted on Saturday morning: "Any videos I manage to record today will go up tomorrow night."

 

[jkl]

Rockne and Stefania have a four week old son, Sebastian. They want him to skate but will not push him into Pairs.

 

[Frau Muller]

LeDuc deserves a medal for fortitude. What he accomplishes in lifting Cain as if she were a feather, is extraordinary...not to mention her positioning to make the lifts happen...the physics involved...reminds me of Tai & Randy’s lift miracles. Wishing them well in the FP.

 

[haribobo]

Saturday schedule for Jr and Sr

9:30am Jr Men FS
11:20am Jr Ladies FS
1:05pm Jr Pairs FS
2:50pm Sr Pairs FS
4:50pm Sr Men FS
5:35pm Sr Ladies FS

 

[Sylvia]

Junior Men final standings (ETA that scores are official now):
Matthew Nielsen 169.99 (announced) 170.05 published (110.49 FS 1st) - "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith; jumps: 3Lz+3T, 3Lz, 2A+3T, 3F held on, 3Lo fall, 3S bit off balance, 2A+1T.
Daniel Argueta 157.57 (103.42 FS 2nd) - expressive performance to selections from La Strada
Mark Gorodnitsky (ISR) 157.29 (91.53 FS 6th) - "Burnt by the Sun" (male vocal)
William Annis 153.70 (92.13 FS 3rd) - Hugo soundtrack, according to Sarah R.
Luke Ferrante 144.91 (91.78 FS 4th) - "Your Song" from Moulin Rouge
Chase Finster 140.65 (91.65 FS 5th) - "Lay Me Down" by Sam Smith
Jacob DeWolfe 137.36 (89.73 FS 7th) - "Feeling Good"
Payton Winkler 124.47 - The Man in the Iron Mask soundtrack
Nathan Chapple 123.85 - music includes Einaudi's "Experience"
Dylan Wajda 90.30
WD after 6th place SP (51.02): Misha Mogilen (Skate Canada)

 

[Sylvia]

Kate Wang 164.94 (107.79 FS) - Dr. Zhivago (her programs are choreographed by Rudy Galindo).
Jumps: 3Lz off balance so no combo, 3F, 2A, 3Lz+3Lo / 3F+1Eu+3S, 3T, 2A+2T.

Jessica Lin 155.64 (98.18 FS) - "View of Silence" (and another piece) by Joe Hisaishi.
Jumps: 3T+2T+2Lo, 3Lo+2T, 3T, 2A / 3F, 2A, 3Lo.

3-12:
Emilea Zingas 130.32
Lily Yu 116.64
Maya Gorodnitsky (ISR) 112.13
Eugenia Garza Martinez (MEX) 110.71
McKenzie Edwards 103.73
Grace VanZanten 100.75
Sophie Paradi 100.45
Saskia Oudejans 99.24
Anna Maria Bella 96.86
Anne Jordan 87.53

 

[Sylvia]

Junior Pairs final standings with FS music:
Finster/Nagy 139.11 (87.06 FS) - To Build a Home/Rain, In Your Black Eyes
Martins/Bedard 126.67 (75.62) - Never Enough duet cover
Crafoord twins (SWE) 117.49 (69.92) violin folk music (can't recall title)
Deardorff/Johnson 102.78 (56.72) - Requiem for a Dream
Burden/Pagano 101.97 (66.33) - I Feel Like I'm Drowning by Two Feet
McClellan/Rounis 100.37 (61.63) - Song for the Little Sparrow by Abel Korzeniowski
Gonzalez/Jerosch 98.43 (60.08) - Pas de Deux from The Nutcracker

 

[jkl]

Todd Sands youngest son(12 years old) is with him at Skate Detroit. He plays baseball.

 

[Sylvia]

Senior Pairs final standings:

Calalang/Johnson 178.21 1 1 (112.94 FS) - "You Are The Reason" duet by Calum Scott & Leona Lewis
Feng/Nyman 160.68 4 3 (98.90 FS) - Adagio in G Minor by Albinoni (orchestral/choral/techno versions)
Serafini/Tran 158.72 7 2 (105.88 FS) - last season's Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol
Lu/Mitrofanov 156.25 3 5 (94.06 FS) - Notre Dame de Paris musical (Refugees/Live for the One I Love/Dance My Esmeralda)
Digerness/Neudecker 148.09 5 6 (88.21 FS) - last season's Arrival of the Birds/Let it Go
Mokhova/Mohkov 143.77 8 4 (98.17 FS) - Spanish ballet music

WD after SP: Cain/LeDuc, Chan/Howe

(Will edit in more info later)

 

[Sylvia]

Senior Men final standings & FS music:

Jimmy Ma 219.95 1 1 (144.63 FS) - "Blues for Klook"
Alex Krasnozhon 208.16 2 3 (132.85 FS) - Dracula theme
Dinh Tran 197.26 4 2 (135.46 FS) - Sherlock Holmes OST
Roman Sadovsky 196.67 3 4 (131.21 FS) - skated to last year's Schindler's List/Bells of Moscow music
Andrew Austin 144.03 5 5 - Sunset Boulevard

ETA some notes for the top 4:

Ma: 4T fall, 3A+3T step out, 3Lo, 3Lz+2T / 3A-half loop-2S, 3Lz, 3F, then really turned on the expression in footwork. I like this program for him!

Krasnozhon: 3A landed then suddenly fell, 4Lo didn't look rotated/fall (his SP attempt looked better), 3A(pitched forward on landing)+2T step, 3S / 3F+3Lo, 3Lz+3T, 3Lz, showed good energy in his footwork at the end. After a rough start jump-wise, he finished strongly. Had moments where he looked like he was thinking through the program but it has potential, IMO.

Tran: 3Lz+3T, 2A (planned triple? opened up), 3F, 3Lz high / 3Lo, 3F+2T+2Lo, 3S+2T.

Sadovsky: 4S step out, 3F, 3A good! 1Lo / 4S hand down/fell out to ? jump, 3A+2T, 3Lz too low/fall, ended with 2 quality spins. Encouraging to see him land two 3A solidly in the same program.

 

[Sylvia]

Senior Ladies final standings (only know top 6):

Amber Glenn 170.00 (104.27 FS) - her new FS is expanded from last year's lovely SP to "Gravity" by Sara Bareilles
Akane Eguchi 142.04 (92.41 FS) - Turandot by violinist Vanessa Mae & "Nessun Dorma" (female vocal/choral version)
Alison Neumann 110.02 - "I Will Always Love You" (not by Whitney Houston)
Eve Agler 107.47 - West Side Story incl. "I Feel Pretty"/"There's a Place for Us" duet
Eliana Biggers 96.31 - "Way Down We Go" by KALEO
Chloe Mitchell 93.07 - Spartacus by Khachaturian

 

[Enchanted]

Junior Pairs final standings with FS music:
Finster/Nagy 139.11 (87.06 FS) - To Build a Home/Rain, In Your Black Eyes
Martins/Bedard 126.67 (75.62) - Never Enough duet cover
Crafoord twins (SWE) 117.49 (69.92) violin folk music (can't recall title)
Deardorff/Johnson 102.78 (56.72) - Requiem for a Dream
Burden/Pagano 101.97 (66.33) - I Feel Like I'm Drowning by Two Feet
McClellan/Rounis 100.37 (61.63) - Song for the Little Sparrow by Abel Korzeniowski
Gonzalez/Jerosch 98.43 (60.08) - Pas de Deux from The Nutcracker

The music selection Finster/Nagy have chosen is identical to what P/C used in 2016.

 

[Jeschke]

So Sadovsky is keeping his FS? Hell yeah

 

[Theoreticalgirl]

I can't stop marveling at Eve Agler's back catchfoot camel into a back layback—it is a thing of beauty: https://www.instagram.com/p/B0ZndS9nVsi/

 

[jkl]

I enjoyed my time at Skate Detroit even with the many withdrawals. There were lots of highlights. I was so impressed with Calalang and Johnson. Brian is just so strong and their triple twist is just breathtaking. They truly made a strong case for the Skate America TBD spot. Both programs showed a lot of hard work. One of the nicest surprises was the strong comeback from Olivia Serafini and Mervin Tran. There is a likeability about this team. You can tell they like skating with each other and it makes their programs very successful. I hope they get a Senior B this season. Chan and Howe made a great first impression on me. It’s all there and when they get more time together they should make a big impact. I’ve always liked Feng and Nyman. Sara really made a big step up in her presentation which was so nice to see. She had a big smile during the programs. TJ presents her very well. Lots of good Junior Pairs teams looking to represent Team USA on the JGP.
Senior Men only had 5 competitors but who doesn’t love seeing Jimmy Ma skate two such technically strong and very entertaining programs? It was so nice to see Amber Glenn do so well. She’s such a sweetheart and deserved this moment.
And watch out for Kate Wang in Junior Ladies. She is certainly one to watch.

 

[Sylvia]

Thanks for sharing your first hand impressions, @jkl!

Results and protocols are published on the DSC's website : https://dscclub.com/figure-skating/skate-detroit/

 

[Sylvia]

Sarah Rasher's playlist of 30 videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZKxHbhdPFF7VLc7GhNtwCWuFpN6JtQon

Top 3 Junior Ladies FS videos:

Kate Wang 164.94 (107.79 FS) - Dr. Zhivago (her programs are choreographed by Rudy Galindo).
Jumps: 3Lz off balance so no combo, 3F, 2A, 3Lz+3Lo / 3F+1Eu+3S, 3T, 2A+2T.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQUlvjOK0ek

Jessica Lin 155.64 (98.18 FS) - "View of Silence" (and another piece) by Joe Hisaishi.
Jumps: 3T+2T+2Lo, 3Lo+2T, 3T, 2A / 3F, 2A, 3Lo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVWGhGYlKAo

Emilea Zingas' Chicago FS (3rd): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqNSsy7pTe4

Junior Men free skates:

Matthew Nielsen (110.49 FS 1st) - "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" by Aerosmith; jumps: 3Lz+3T, 3Lz, 2A+3T, 3F held on, 3Lo fall, 3S bit off balance, 2A+1T: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsDKdCZBs48

Daniel Argueta 157.57 (103.42 FS 2nd) - expressive performance to selections from La Strada: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwEP49AkiSQ

Mark Gorodnitsky (ISR) 157.29 (91.53 FS 6th) - "Burnt by the Sun" (male vocal): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pZ5s7ttReA

William Annis 153.70 (92.13 FS 3rd) - Hugo soundtrack, according to Sarah R.: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7u-NMTGRiIo

Luke Ferrante 144.91 (91.78 FS 4th) - "Your Song" from Moulin Rouge: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3qZfaZ2bvk