2021 US Nationals Junior Pairs

[Sylvia]

Wednesday, Jan. 20 - Short Program starting order/live results (protocols will be linked from here afterwards): https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/27989/CAT007SEG013.html

Junior Pairs profiles in the Event Program (2 pages) here: https://online.flippingbook.com/view/205019/44/

Junior Pairs SP starting order (12:55-1:43 pm local / 3:55-4:43 pm ET) streaming as Jr. Pairs Short on Peacock:

1 Aleksandra Prudsky / Daniel Tioumentsev, SC of Houston / Dallas FSC (new) - "Unstoppable" by E.S. Posthumus; choreo. by Elena Prudsky and/or Roman Zaretsky
2 Valentina Plazas, Panthers FSC / Maximiliano Fernandez, Arctic FSC (new) - "Steppin' Out With My Baby" by Tony Bennett; choreo. by Jim Peterson
3 Juliette Reed, Skokie Valley SC / Jordan Gillette, Skokie Valley SC (N4 at Pairs Final in Nov. 2019; mirror team - she rotates clockwise & he the other way) - Life is Beautiful OST; choreo. by Collin Brubaker
4 Haley Conrad, Dallas FSC / Kristofer Ogren, Kansas City FSC (new) - "Within" by William Joseph; choreo. by Ilona Melnichenko

5 Sydney Cooke, Elite Edge SC / Keyton Bearinger, Detroit SC (new) - "Fall on Me" by Christina Aguilera; choreo. by Zuzanna Parchem and/or Joseph Buckland
6 Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia, Yarmouth Ice Club / All Year FSC (J2) - "Dixie Biscuit" by Tape Five; choreo. by Trudy Oltmanns, Randi Strong [link to read Claire Cloutier's recent article]
7 Catherine Rivers / Timmy Chapman, Knoxville FSC / Central Florida FSC (new) - "The Way You Make Me Feel"; choreo. by Rohene Ward
8 Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard, Chicago FSC / Northern Ice SC (J5 at 2020) - Music from James Bond; choreo. by Rohene Ward

NOTES:
-Two pairs have had JGP experience - Smirnova/Siianytsia, who placed 10th at 2020 Junior Worlds (ISU bio: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00107271.htm), and Martins/Bedard (http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00108108.htm).
-Maximiliano Fernandez previously won Junior Pairs gold at 2016 Nationals with Joy Weinberg (their ISU bio: http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00035038.htm) and he returned to competition last year after three seasons away.
-Rockne Brubaker and Rohene Ward are in Las Vegas coaching 3 teams (Martins/Bedard, Rivers/Chapman, Reed/Gillette).
-In the 2019 Nationals Novice Pairs event, Keyton Bearinger won the gold with his previous partner, Smirnova/Siianytsia won bronze, and Timmy Chapman won pewter with his former partner.
-Daniel Tioumentsev competed at 2018 Nationals (Juvenile Pairs gold), 2019 Nationals (Intermediate Pairs silver) & the 2020 Pairs Final (Novice gold) with Natasha Mishkutionok (daughter of Natalia) who, I'm told, decided last year to take a break from skating.

ETA:

Thursday's FS starting order/music info is posted on page 2 of this thread: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/2021-us-nationals-junior-pairs.108000/page-2#post-5943284

 

[Rukia]

More skating

 

[Frau Muller]

Who’s there coaching Conrad/Ogren? Dalilah S...or Mishkutenok? Those two are listed as that team’s coaches at Monument.

 

[Karen-W]

Those darn cardboard cutouts, still not standing for the national anthem! Lol.

 

[Rukia]

These costumes are...interesting

 

[Rukia]

That lift was not attractive, but I thought they were pretty good, especially for a relatively new pair.

 

[mjb52]

Turn the music down! No one can hear their thank yous!

 

[Rukia]

The beginning piano is exactly the muzak that was played when I worked at Macy's in Honolulu

 

[mjb52]

oh my gosh this team is definitely struggling with their timing

 

[Karen-W]

oh my gosh this team is definitely struggling with their timing

Yes, but I liked her - She has good extension. Too bad she didn't land the SBS 2A.

 

[Rukia]

Mirror pair!

 

[mjb52]

This program has some nice choreographic moments although they are a little "unfinished" as a team I think.

 

[mjb52]

wow, incredible crowd for Junior Pairs this year!

 

[Karen-W]

Oh, Reed/Gillette are mirror skaters. And their SBS jumps weren't even close on the timing, and she fell. And this yellow of her costume is not good. It's like it's trying to be spring green/yellow from the crayon box and that's just not a good color for an ice skating dress. Like ever.

 

[Frau Muller]

Dalilah is in da house...

Conrad/Ogren - tentative but very pretty Team. Love her deep purple dress.

 

[mjb52]

I was just thinking how much I liked the color of her dress... classic FSU

 

[Karen-W]

I was just thinking how much I liked the color of her dress... classic FSU

I wanted to like it more than I actually did like it.

 

[Karen-W]

Conrad looks like she is thinking through her entire skate. Which given the probable lack of training time most of these teams have had is only reasonable and understandable.

 

[Rukia]

She looks almost as tall as him. Maybe it's just an illusion.

 

[Frau Muller]

Peggy Fleming approved!

 

[my3sons]

The music they are playing between skates is loud and annoying.

 

[mjb52]

So are those upper compartments where they had the other competitors during senior Nationals?

 

[mjb52]

The music they are playing between skates is loud and annoying.

The stuff at seniors was so good too I thought! Get whoever was in charge of that back!

 

[rfisher]

Sorry to hear that about Mishkutionov. She was really promising.

 

[Karen-W]

Which team is inspired by Boikova/Kozlovski's 007 program?

ETA - I see it's Martins/Bedard.

 

[mjb52]

I was just thinking that you could tell which senior teams were influencing some of these teams! (with B/K and the Bond program in mind specifically).

 

[mjb52]

Does she have duct tape on her skates or bandaged something?

 

[Rukia]

Trying to steal some of the K/F magic

 

[mjb52]

Maybe I'm just unusually superstitious but I would not be that person/team that skates to a song with the word "fall" on it under ANY circumstances if I was a skater.

 

[Karen-W]

Trying to steal some of the K/F magic

Nice 2tw to start. SBS 2As, not so much. And she popped her throw.