2024-25 Challenger Series

[Karen-W]

Since the entries by name for the season's first Challenger were due yesterday and the next three Challengers have Announcements available on their ISU event pages, it seems like we need a new thread! Entries are usually updated in the early part of the week following their due date.

August 8-11 - Cranberry Cup International - Norwood MA, USA (Singles Only) - Announcement - Entries - due July 19, 2024
September 3-4 - John Nicks International Pairs Competition - New York NY, USA (Pairs Only) - Announcement - Entries - due Aug 2, 2024
September 13-15 - Lombardia Trophy - Bergamo ITA (Singles, Pairs, Dance) - Announcement - Entries - due Aug 16, 2024
September 19-21 - Nebelhorn Trophy - Oberstdorf GER (Singles, Pairs, Dance) - Announcement - Entries - due Aug 23, 2024
October 3-6 - Denis Ten Memorial - Astana KAZ (Singles & Dance) - Entries - Due Sept 6, 2024
October 11-13 - Budapest Trophy - Budapest HUN (Singles & Dance) - Entries - Due Sept 13, 2024
October 16-20 - Trophy Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur - Nice FRA (Singles & Dance) - Entries - Due Sept 20, 2024
October 24-26 - Nepela Memorial - Bratislava SVK (Singles & Dance) - Entries - Due Sept 27, 2024
November 12-17 - Tallinn Trophy - Tallinn EST (Singles & Dance) - Entries - Due Oct 18, 2024
November 20-24 - Warsaw Cup - Warsaw POL (Singles, Pairs & Dance) - Entries - Due Oct 25, 2024
December 4-7 - Golden Spin of Zagreb - Zagreb CRO (Singles, Pairs & Dance) - Entries - Due Nov 8, 2024

 

[Karen-W]

Entries for Cranberry Cup International are up!

Men -
No. Name Nation
1 Semen DANILIANTS ARM 1
2 Roman SADOVSKY CAN 2
3 Luc ECONOMIDES FRA 3
4 Tao MACRAE GBR 4
5 Mark GORODNITSKY ISR 5
6 Hyungyeom KIM KOR 6
7 Lucas BROUSSARD USA 7
8 Tomoki HIWATASHI USA 7
9 Liam KAPEIKIS USA 7
10 Jimmy MA USA 7
11 Yaroslav PANIOT USA 7
12 Camden PULKINEN USA 7
13 Andrew TORGASHEV USA 7
14 Michael XIE USA 7
Goku ENDO USA 7 S
Daniil MURZIN USA 7 S

Women -
No. Name Nation
1 Sophia Natalie DAYAN ARG 1
2 Michelle DICICCO ARG 1
3 Gayane STEPANYAN ARM 2
4 Madeline SCHIZAS CAN 3
5 Eliska BREZINOVA CZE 4
6 Barbora VRANKOVA CZE 4
7 Emilia MURDOCK ESP 5
8 Mariia SENIUK ISR 6
9 Ahsun YUN KOR 7
10 Katherine ONG PUI KUAN MAS 8
11 Andrea ASTRAIN MAYNEZ MEX 9
12 Eugenia GARZA MEX 9
13 Andrea MONTESINOS CANTU MEX 9
14 Starr ANDREWS USA 10
15 Sarah EVERHARDT USA 10
16 Sonja HILMER USA 10
17 Isabeau LEVITO USA 10
18 Elyce LIN-GRACEY USA 10
19 Clare SEO USA 10
20 Lindsay THORNGREN USA 10
21 Wren WARNE-JACOBSEN USA 10

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Is the Cran going to be available on the Cock? Or are we gonna be regulated to hunting for YouTube videos again?

 

[Karen-W]

Is the Cran going to be available on the Cock? Or are we gonna be regulated to hunting for YouTube videos again?

Probably need to contact the USFS about that since they're the host fed.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

With cranberry international starting in one week, here is the updated list….as expected a few withdrawls have been trickling in.

No.	Name	Nation
1	Roman SADOVSKY	CAN	1
2	Luc ECONOMIDES	FRA	2
3	Tao MACRAE	GBR	3
4	Mark GORODNITSKY	ISR	4
5	Hyungyeom KIM	KOR	5
6	Lucas BROUSSARD	USA	6
7	Tomoki HIWATASHI	USA	6
8	Liam KAPEIKIS	USA	6
9	Jimmy MA	USA	6
10	Yaroslav PANIOT	USA	6
11	Camden PULKINEN	USA	6
12	Andrew TORGASHEV	USA	6
13	Michael XIE	USA	6

No.	Name	Nation
1	Sophia Natalie DAYAN	ARG	1
2	Michelle DICICCO	ARG	1
3	Madeline SCHIZAS	CAN	2
4	Eliska BREZINOVA	CZE	3
5	Barbora VRANKOVA	CZE	3
6	Emilia MURDOCK	ESP	4
7	Ahsun YUN	KOR	5
8	Katherine ONG PUI KUAN	MAS	6
9	Andrea ASTRAIN MAYNEZ	MEX	7
10	Eugenia GARZA	MEX	7
11	Andrea MONTESINOS CANTU	MEX	7
12	Starr ANDREWS	USA	8
13	Sarah EVERHARDT	USA	8
14	Sonja HILMER	USA	8
15	Isabeau LEVITO	USA	8
16	Elyce LIN-GRACEY	USA	8
17	Clare SEO	USA	8
18	Lindsay THORNGREN	USA	8
19	Wren WARNE-JACOBSEN	USA	8

 

[Stephanie]

Lindsay Thorngren has withdrawn per the USFS international assignments page.

 

[Frau Muller]

Lindsay Thorngren has withdrawn per the USFS international assignments page.

Sorry to hear that. The event site is still listing her, though (Friday, Aug 2):

https://results.isu.org/events/csusa12024_Women.htm

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Well ANL did his homework. This is the response I got for cranberry cup international from USFSA, but if this is the response, doesn’t that mean that there will be no broadcast of anything due to the music licenses?

Due to the music license changes, we are not offering a livestream for the Cranberry Cup International. If you're local, we'd love to have you attend in-person. Information on tickets can be found here: https://scboston.universitytickets.com/

Thank you!

 

[Karen-W]

Well ANL did his homework. This is the response I got for cranberry cup international from USFSA, but if this is the response, doesn’t that mean that there will be no broadcast of anything due to the music licenses?

Due to the music license changes, we are not offering a livestream for the Cranberry Cup International. If you're local, we'd love to have you attend in-person. Information on tickets can be found here: https://scboston.universitytickets.com/

Thank you!

No, it just means that the USFS contract with NBC/Peacock only covers SkAm and Nats, and the ISu contract with NBC/Peacock only covers 4CCs and Worlds. So, because the USFS was cheap-a$$e$ with the streaming license rights they did pay for, they're not able to provide a stream for Cranberry. They could pony up for the Challenger they're hosting and provide a paid livestream but they're cheap and won't.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I have a feeling the changes now in music licenses is going to shrink the sport’s popularity and be such a bummer. I wonder how international events are going to go? Life streams or nothing?

 

[Karen-W]

I have a feeling the changes now in music licenses is going to shrink the sport’s popularity and be such a bummer. I wonder how international events are going to go? Life streams or nothing?

Every competition will be different - depends on the country and copyright/licensing laws.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

They could pony up for the Challenger they're hosting and provide a paid livestream but they're cheap and won't.

SO AGREEEEEEEE if you’re going to host a challenger, you have to provide a feed at the very basic and a functional working results page, listen up Croatia… Give me a break.

 

[Evgeniafan]

Its very upsetting that there is not a stream for Cranberry Open. But if you can attend live, its free on Thursday and only $25.00 for all day on either Fri, Sat or Sun. I'm going on Thursday to watch the junior practices. I might go Saturday.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Its very upsetting that there is not a stream for Cranberry Open. But if you can attend live, its free on Thursday and only $25.00 for all day on either Fri, Sat or Sun. I'm going on Thursday to watch the junior practices. I might go Saturday.

As I mentioned before, I so agree, then don’t host. Clear and simple.

I mean, I probably even shell off the 15 bucks or 20 bucks to watch the live feed, which they can’t even bother to set that up.

 

[Karen-W]

Hah - USFS' tweet about Cranberry Cup today has a bunch of responses asking why they aren't streaming it.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1821939359450591458

 

[Wyliefan]

Good. They need to keep hearing about how stupid this whole thing is.

 

[Karen-W]

Finally have the John Nicks IPC Entries!

https://results.isu.org/events/csusa22024_Pairs.htm

No. Name Nation
1 Sophia SCHALLER / Livio MAYR AUT 1
2 Kelly Ann LAURIN / Loucas ETHIER CAN 2
3 Milania VAANANEN / Filippo CLERICI FIN 3
4 Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI ITA 4
5 Yuna NAGAOKA / Sumitada MORIGUCHI JPN 5
6 Isabella GAMEZ / Aleksandr KOROVIN PHI 6
7 Greta CRAFOORD / John CRAFOORD SWE 7
8 Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE USA 8
9 Nica DIGERNESS / Mark SADUSKY USA 8
10 Alisa EFIMOVA / Misha MITROFANOV USA 8
11 Meghan FREDETTE / Danylo SIIANYTSIA USA 8
12 Evelyn Grace HANNS / Danny NEUDECKER USA 8
13 Ellie KAM / Danny O'SHEA USA 8
14 Isabelle MARTINS / Ryan BEDARD USA 8
15 Katie MCBEATH / Daniil PARKMAN USA 8
16 Naomi WILLIAMS / Lachlan LEWER USA 8
Linzy FITZPATRICK / Keyton BEARINGER USA 8 S
17 Ekaterina GEYNISH / Dmitrii CHIGIREV UZB 9

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

I’m surprised number six is still together, and having said that the same for number seven

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Number 14 for the win

 

[skatingguy]

I’m surprised number six is still together, and having said that the same for number seven

I don't have a twin, but I would imagine it's difficult to break up with them.

 

[Karen-W]

Number 14 for the win

Excuse me, sir, but the team your energy needs to be directed toward is Number 8 on the entries list!

 

[Karen-W]

We have Lombardia Trophy entries!!!!

Ilia-Yuma showdown!!!

Pairs is stacked! HocKun, PavSvia, ConMac, GhiAmbr, MiuKih, and ChanHowe!

https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00120580.htm

Men -
No. Name Nation
1 Douglas GERBER AUS 1
2 Vladimir LITVINTSEV AZE 2
3 Filip KAYMAKCHIEV BUL 3
4 Aleksandr SELEVKO EST 4
5 Makar SUNTSEV FIN 5
6 Francois PITOT FRA 6
7 Corentin SPINAR FRA 6
8 Xavier VAUCLIN FRA 6
9 Connor BRAY GBR 7
10 Nika EGADZE GEO 8
11 Chiu Hei CHEUNG HKG 9
12 Aleksandr VLASENKO HUN 10
13 Mark GORODNITSKY ISR 11
14 Lev VINOKUR ISR 11
15 Yuma KAGIYAMA JPN 12
16 Kao MIURA JPN 12
17 Shun SATO JPN 12
18 Juheon LIM KOR 13
19 Daniels KOCKERS LTU 14
20 Ju Won RI PRK 15
21 Yong Myong RO PRK 15
22 Jonathan EGYPTSON SWE 16
23 Gabriel FOLKESSON SWE 16
24 Alp Eren OZKAN TUR 17
25 Jimmy MA USA 18
26 Ilia MALININ USA 18
27 Daniel MARTYNOV USA 18

Women -
No. Name Nation
1 Eliska BREZINOVA CZE 1
2 Barbora VRANKOVA CZE 1
3 Emilia MURDOCK ESP 2
4 Niina PETROKINA EST 3
5 Oona OUNASVUORI FIN 4
6 Selma VALITALO FIN 4
7 Clemence MAYINDU FRA 5
8 Maia MAZZARA FRA 5
9 Kristen SPOURS GBR 6
10 Anastasiia GUBANOVA GEO 7
11 Regina SCHERMANN HUN 8
12 Elena AGOSTINELLI ITA 9
13 Lara Naki GUTMANN ITA 9
14 Anna PEZZETTA ITA 9
15 Marina PIREDDA ITA 9
16 Kaori SAKAMOTO JPN 10
17 Rinka WATANABE JPN 10
18 Seoyoung KIM KOR 11
19 Anastasija KONGA LAT 12
20 Katherine ONG PUI KUAN MAS 13
21 Gian-Quen ISAACS RSA 14
22 Ema DOBOSZOVA SVK 15
23 Tzu-Han TING TPE 16
24 Tetiana FIRSOVA UKR 17
25 Anastasia GOZHVA UKR 17
26 Sarah EVERHARDT USA 18
27 Amber GLENN USA 18

Pairs -
No. Name Nation
1 Barbora KUCIANOVA / Martin BIDAR CZE 1
2 Aurelie FAULA / Theo BELLE FRA 2
3 Annika HOCKE / Robert KUNKEL GER 3
4 Maria PAVLOVA / Alexei SVIATCHENKO HUN 4
5 Irma CALDARA / Riccardo MAGLIO ITA 5
6 Sara CONTI / Niccolo MACII ITA 5
7 Rebecca GHILARDI / Filippo AMBROSINI ITA 5
8 Riku MIURA / Ryuichi KIHARA JPN 6
9 Tae Ok RYOM / Kum Chol HAN PRK 7
10 Julia MAUDER / Johannes WILKINSON RSA 8
11 Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE USA 9

Dance -
No. Name Nation
1 Samantha RITTER / Daniel BRYKALOV AZE 1
2 Athena Faith ROBERTS / Eric ALIS ESP 2
3 Natacha LAGOUGE / Arnaud CAFFA FRA 3
4 Lou TERREAUX / Noe PERRON FRA 3
5 Karla Maria KARL / Kai HOFERICHTER GER 4
6 Charise MATTHAEI / Max LIEBERS GER 4
7 Mariia IGNATEVA / Danijil Leonyidovics SZEMKO HUN 5
8 Carolane SOUCISSE / Shane FIRUS IRL 6
9 Carlotta ARGENTIERI / Francesco RIVA ITA 7
10 Leia DOZZI / Pietro PAPETTI ITA 7
11 Charlene GUIGNARD / Marco FABBRI ITA 7
12 Giulia Isabella PAOLINO / Andrea TUBA ITA 7
13 Olivia OLIVER / Filip BOJANOWSKI POL 8
14 Anastasia POLIBINA / Pavel GOLOVISHNIKOV POL 8
15 Annabelle MOROZOV / Jeffrey CHEN USA 9
16 Leah NESET / Artem MARKELOV USA 9
Isabella FLORES / Ivan DESYATOV USA 9 S

 

[On My Own]

It's so stacked in singles.

 

[Karen-W]

It's so stacked in singles.

Yeah - there are some good fields for both the men & women. Ice Dance is really the only field that is "meh", IMO. It's a good opportunity for Soucisse/Firus, Ignateva/Szemko, Neset/Markelov and Morozov/Chen to set themselves up for a strong season.

 

[On My Own]

Yeah - there are some good fields for both the men & women.

Makes me think it's all trying to "woo" the Italian crowds and get some favours in with the country's fed and judges, right in time for Milano. The ice shows and training camps from Japan indicate it too, as does Kagiyama's coach being Kostner.

 

[Karen-W]

Makes me think it's all trying to "woo" the Italian crowds and get some favours in with the country's fed and judges, right in time for Milano. The ice shows and training camps from Japan indicate it too, as does Kagiyama's coach being Kostner.

Uh... It's going to take more than "wooing" the Italian crowds or currying favor with the Italian fed & judges to help them win in Milano. Just sayin'...

 

[kates1014]

Yeah - there are some good fields for both the men & women. Ice Dance is really the only field that is "meh", IMO. It's a good opportunity for Soucisse/Firus, Ignateva/Szemko, Neset/Markelov and Morozov/Chen to set themselves up for a strong season.

 

[kates1014]

Do you think Flores/Desyatov will get an assignment?

 

[On My Own]

It's going to take more than "wooing" the Italian crowds or currying favor with the Italian fed & judges to help them win in Milano.

May the best Nessun Dorma win.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Pairs is stacked! HocKun, PavSvia, ConMac, GhiAmbr, MiuKih, and ChanHowe

Gürlllll you know it would only be truly stacked if MarBed was there