2021 US Nationals Junior Men

[Debbie S]

I miss smiling and happy Joseph. Who gave him this awful male emo version of Gwen Stefani?

 

[Sylvia]

SP protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/27989/SEGM011.html

Zharkov, Prober & Martynov each landed solo 3A cleanly and Yampolsky fell out of his with hand down.

1 Jacob Sanchez, Hudson Valley FSC 66.91 [35.31 (TES 1)/31.60 (PCS 3)] - what a charming, fun performance to "Footloose"!
2 Maxim Zharkov, Dallas FSC 65.51 [34.91 (TES 2)/30.60]
3 Eric Prober, Panthers FSC 65.04 [33.49 (TES 3)/31.55 (PCS 4)]
4 Joseph Klein, Skokie Valley SC 63.60 [32.05 (TES 6)/32.55 (PCS 2) -1]
5 Matthew Nielsen, Winterhurst FSC 62.31 [31.06/31.25 (PCS 6)]
6 Daniel Martynov, Great Lakes FSC 62.06 [33.16 (TES 4)/29.90 -1]
7 Robert Yampolsky, North Jersey FSC 61.60 [32.50 (TES 5)/29.10]
8 Samuel Mindra, Portland ISC 60.37 [28.22/33.15 PCS 1) -1]
9 Liam Kapeikis, Wenatchee FSC 58.37 [29.17/29.20]
10 Nicholas Hsieh, SC of Wilmington 57.93 [29.73/29.20 -1]
11 Michael Xie, All Year FSC 57.89 [30.74/27.15]
12 Lucas Broussard, Highland SC 55.06 [23.61/31.45 (PCS 5)]

 

[Amy L]

Congratulations to Eric Prober. The things he can accomplish when he doesn't have to jump into a crowd of public skaters

 

[Tinami Amori]

4 guys out of 12 went for 3A. good. I hope to see quads in the FS.

 

[missing]

Jacob Sanchez is a local boy so I'm delighted to see how well he skated. I hope he has a great free skate as well.

 

[Frau Muller]

Just watched this. That Jacob Sanchez is quite the talent! The youngest leads.

 

[just tuned in]

Scores all so close! What an exceptional group of young men.

 

[Sylvia]

I like Broussard’s music. It was a little fast for a junior, but I could see Patrick Chan skating to it...

I first posted about Lucas Broussard's original music choice last season when he used it as his Intermediate & Novice SP: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...ason-news-updates.105723/page-10#post-5645295

Broussard has a beautiful FS program to Rachmaninov (landed 7 triples cleanly to win the virtual qualifying event over the guys with triple Axels). I hope he can showcase his best skating qualities tonight!

Jacob Sanchez always has been a crowd pleaser - I remember how he entertained the audience last year in Greensboro with his "Reel Around the Sun" (Riverdance) SP. Jacob kept his last season's FS to "Seize the Day"/"King of New York" (from the Newsies musical) for this season. I'll post the music for all the men before tonight's FS - starting order is posted: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/27989/CAT006SEG012.html

ETA Sanchez's quotes after his 1st place SP last night:

"I felt really good," Sanchez said. "That was one of the best short programs I've done in a while, because I do struggle with consistency sometimes and Lutz is my trouble jump sometimes. I was happy I was going for it, and I did the best I could."
...
"Last year I went to junior nationals in North Carolina, I was very nervous," he said. "But this year coming into it I'm more prepared, I'm not nervous. I'm just here to just put out two clean programs that I can, and I'm just going to stick to that goal."

Link to the Day 1 recap article is posted here: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...m-las-vegas-2021-us-nats.107964/#post-5943147

 

[aliceanne]

I first posted about Lucas Broussard's original music choice last season when he used it as his Intermediate & Novice SP: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...ason-news-updates.105723/page-10#post-5645295

Broussard has a beautiful FS program to Rachmaninov (landed 7 triples cleanly to win the virtual qualifying event over the guys with triple Axels). I hope he can showcase his best skating qualities tonight!

Jacob Sanchez always has been a crowd pleaser - I remember how he entertained the audience last year in Greensboro with his "Reel Around the Sun" (Riverdance) SP. Jacob kept his last season's FS to "Seize the Day"/"King of New York" (from the Newsies musical) for this season. I'll post the music for all the men before tonight's FS - starting order is posted: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/27989/CAT006SEG012.html

ETA Sanchez's quotes after his 1st place SP last night:

Link to the Day 1 recap article is posted here: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...m-las-vegas-2021-us-nats.107964/#post-5943147

I’ve been checking out Oliver Davis. My niece plays cello, I am going to send some of his music to her.

 

[Sylvia]

Ages and previous Nationals placements/international experience are listed in post #1 of this thread.

Men's profiles are published online in the Event Program book (3 pages): https://online.flippingbook.com/view/205019/41/

Junior Men FS starting order (6:30-8:11 pm local / 9:30-11:11 pm ET):

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Team USA bios (USFS' current ISP skaters) are linked in names below for 10 of the 12 men.

1 Robert Yampolsky, North Jersey FSC - "Nuvole Bianche" by Ludovico Einaudi; choreo. by Anton Nimenko and/or Nina Petrenko
2 Liam Kapeikis, Wenatchee FSC - "Red and Black"/"Empty Chairs At Empty Tables"/"Do You Hear the People Sing" from the Les Miserables; choreo. by Keegan Murphy
3 Samuel Mindra, Portland ISC - "Pale Green Ghosts" by John Grant; choreo. by Mari Malama and/or Daisuke Murakami
4 Nicholas Hsieh, SC of Wilmington - Carmina Burana by Carl Orff; choreo. by Irina Romanova
5 Michael Xie, All Year FSC - Il Postino OST by Luis Bacalov & "Mi Mancherai" by Josh Groban; choreo. by Alex Chang
6 Lucas Broussard, Highland SC - Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor & Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; choreo. by Corrie Martin

7 Daniel Martynov, Great Lakes FSC - "Phantasia" (based on The Phantom of the Opera); choreo. by Nikolai Morozov
8 Joseph Klein, Skokie Valley SC - "The Big Smoke" & "The Gallows" by Audiomachine; choreo. by Cordero Zuckerman
9 Jacob Sanchez, Hudson Valley FSC - "Seize the Day" & "King of New York" (from Newsies) by Alan Menken
10 Eric Prober, Panthers FSC - "You Are The Reason" by Calum Scott; choreo. by Silvia Fontana and/or John Kerr; coach is listed as Laura Pizzelanti
11 Matthew Nielsen, Winterhurst FSC - "Found" & "Bernini’s Angels" by Kerry Muzzey / "Only The Winds" by Olafur Arnalds; choreo. by Tom Dickson (assuming Nadia Kanaeva did his SP)
12 Maxim Zharkov, Dallas FSC - "Une Vie d'Amour" by Charles Aznavour; choreo. by Svetlana Serkeli; coaches are listed as Andrei Zharkov, Artem Torgashev (Andrew's dad), Adrian Schultheiss (Sweden)

 

[jlai]

Robert is like a male Hanna Harrell.

 

[Sylvia]

Liam's mom, Louise Kapeikis, is coaching him here since Keegan Murphy couldn't make it from Vancouver (Murphy was in Greensboro for Liam last year). 3A is a new jump for Liam this year (he landed one with negative GOE in his virtual qualifying FS).

Robert Yampolsky (3A< fall, landed 3A+2T in FS tonight), Daniel Martynov, Eric Prober, and Maxim Zharkov are the others who will go for two 3A in their free skates.

 

[BittyBug]

Who thought this music would be good for a free skate?

 

[mjb52]

I like this song.

"The title refers to the Russian olive trees that stand along the I-25highway near Grant's family home in the small town of Parker, Colorado."

 

[Sylvia]

Dice Murakami also works with Mindra - I really like his power, attack & flow!

 

[Tinami Amori]

Dice Murakami also works with Mindra - I really like his power, attack & flow!

Mindra was just speaking Russian in K'n'cry..... Never would have guessed, judging by his last name...

 

[Karen-W]

Mindra was just speaking Russian in K'n'cry..... Never would have guessed, judging by his last name...

There are quite a few Russian skaters and coaches in Portland so this doesn't surprise me. I wonder if he has family in the Russian community here.

 

[Tinami Amori]

There are quite a few Russian skaters and coaches in Portland so this doesn't surprise me. I wonder if he has family in the Russian community here.

He certainly has family somewhere near. He was calling out russian names of parents/relatives(?).

 

[Karen-W]

He certainly has family somewhere near. He was calling out russian names of parents/relatives(?).

Yes, I heard that. Could be on his mother's side given that his surname isn't Russian or Slavic. We have a pretty decent-sized Russian community in the metro area as well as an Old Orthodox Russian community between Portland and Salem.

 

[Rukia]

Broussard is so musical

 

[BittyBug]

I like this kid.

 

[mjb52]

US Nationals is always such an enjoyable competition.

 

[dinakt]

Joining in... Broussard is quite expressive. Nice!

 

[mjb52]

Is that three redheads in a row?

 

[just tuned in]

Someone hand me a scissors, please.

 

[Sylvia]

Current top 2 with 6 to go:

Samuel Mindra 121.12 (FS 1) 181.49
Lucas Broussard 120.43 (FS 2) 175.49 - not his best skate today, but good experience for someone who competed at the Intermediate level last season

ETA:

3A+2T landed by Matthew Nielsen in the warmup - he switched to Arutunian & Co. last year.

 

[BittyBug]

I think Martynov had trouble controlling his adrenaline. He started off like a rocket, but then ran out of gas. Lots of potential, but he needs to work on his spins.

 

[BittyBug]

Klein is such a well-rounded skater. I hope he can keep progressing with his jumps (3A, quads) because he seems to have the right build / frame for long-term success.

 

[dinakt]

Joseph K seems to have enough spring in his jumps to hope for harder jumps soon. I agree- good all-around skater

 

[aliceanne]

Joseph is very light on his feet - nice jumps