2024 U.S. Sectional Singles & Pairs/Ice Dance Finals - Coral Springs FL; Tacoma WA; Bloomington MN

[Sylvia]

The top 2 Intermediate men in NQS from Mids -- Louis Mallane (#1 in country) & Mikhail Mokhov (#4; younger brother of the Mohkov pair team) -- are warming up now in the 2nd group.

ETA:

Mallane (Spider-Man by Michael Buble) landed 3Lz, 2A, 3S hand down/no combo - leads with 40.94. Eddie Shipstad was with him in k&c.

Mokhov (upbeat techno music; his mom is coaching him here) eked out a 3T & landed 3S+2T (falls on a twizzle IIRC & hard on 2A ) and is in 2nd.

 

[Sylvia]

Midwestern Sectional Singles Final / U.S. Ice Dance Final starting orders/results are up (events run Tuesday-Saturday): https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/index.asp

Intermediate Men SP/link to protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT001SEG001.html
Louis Mallane won the SP (40.94) skating a fun program to Buble's Spider-Man and landed a clean 3Lz, 2A & 3S (hand down)+1T.

Intermediate Pattern Dance #1 (Rocker Foxtrot) starting order/results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT011SEG026.html

Livestreams for Novice/Intermediate/Juvenile: https://www.youtube.com/@USFigureSkating/streams

 

[Sylvia]

Intermediate Men SP/link to protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT001SEG001.html
Louis Mallane won the SP (40.94) skating a fun program to Buble's Spider-Man and landed a clean 3Lz, 2A & 3S (hand down)+1T.

USFS is uploading individual videos to their YT channel today - here's Louis Mallane's 1st place SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blrg7nYSRlA

Videos are not likely to stay up beyond this competition (the few from Pacific Coasts last week are no longer there), so watch while you can! https://www.youtube.com/@USFigureSkating/videos

 

[Sylvia]

Novice Men SP is underway - starting order/results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT002SEG003.html
Top 6 in NQS competing here: Marlo Rosen, Ryedin Rudedenman (from SWP, also doing Intermediate Dance here), Thomas Chen, Zenith Chen [a fave of mine], Evan Neuhaus, Zitong Wang

Novice Pattern Dance #1 (Starlight Waltz) is nearing the end: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT012SEG029.html

ETA - remaining events today (all start times Central):

3:00 PM Juvenile Dance / P2: U.S. Tango Fiesta
4:10 PM Novice Women / Short Program
4:15 PM Intermediate Dance / P2: European Waltz
5:20 PM Novice Dance / P2: Rocker Foxtrot

 

[Sylvia]

Marlo Rosen's 1st place Novice Men's Tango SP ('Rippon' 3Lz+2T, 3F! with arms up as well, 2A) can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxfPCKN7NvA
Top 2 Novice men will advance to Nationals in Junior.

I was hoping to re-watch Zenith Chen's 2nd place SP - he landed 3S, 2T(planned 3)+2T, 2A + level 4 steps! - but I don't see his video on USFS' YT channel (maybe a music issue with his cover of "What A Wonderful World"?). ETA the timestamped link to watch his program in the livestream replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0hQayHdA-U&t=3775s
Mary Beth Marley is one of his coaches in the Chicago area.
Update - this was posted by USFS in the Juvenile PD #2 live chat: "Zenith Chen's Novice Men skate was uploaded but must've been restricted by youtube's copyright policy. We're doing the best we can to make as much content available as possible!"

More SP & PD individual videos from today are being uploaded here: https://www.youtube.com/@USFigureSkating/videos

 

[Sylvia]

Mids Novice Women SP starting order/results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT003SEG005.html
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTHY-4BKZdM
Top 8 in NQS standings from Mids: Angela Shao, Emilia Nemirovsky, Cayla Smith (YOG age-eligible Junior pair skater with her new partner but not sure about their current status), Tiffany Bunce, Jolena Grohne (qualified for Nationals in Novice Pairs), Yi-Chen Kong, Katie Holling & Allie Peterson.

Starting 5 mins. later in the other rink - Intermediate Pattern Dance #2 (European Waltz) - starting order/results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT011SEG027.html
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-0h2EOOceE

ETA:

Novice Pattern Dance #2 (Rocker Foxtrot) wll start at 6:20 pm ET - starting order/results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT012SEG030.html
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KCM2u5cc2E

 

[mtnskater]

Love Cayla Smith! Such energy and personality. Please get her an equally good pair partner

 

[Rukia]

I agree. Cayla was so fun and clearly very talented.

 

[Sylvia]

Love Cayla Smith! Such energy and personality.

I agree. Cayla was so fun and clearly very talented.

Cayla's 1st place SP (45.98) can be watched (for now) as an individual video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay_7ZDpcjNI

 

[Sylvia]

Novice Women SP videos, 2nd-4th place:
Allie Peterson (45.41): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xg5RyzRPEGc
Katie Holling (44.07): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM1gOIAYKlY
Yi-Chen Kong (44.05): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggAkIoa-7zs (she has a Black Panther FS in a bodysuit that I'm looking forward to watching again later today)

I was hoping to re-watch Zenith Chen's 2nd place SP - he landed 3S, 2T(planned 3)+2T, 2A + level 4 steps! - but I don't see his video on USFS' YT channel (maybe a music issue with his cover of "What A Wonderful World"?). [...]
Mary Beth Marley is one of his coaches in the Chicago area.

Zenith Chen's Novice Men SP video has appeared! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmqLRFz5O2M

ETA that I also enjoyed Thomas Chen's 3rd place Novice SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfDKNrRjDQY
Benjamin Miller & Molly Oberstar are the coaches with him in his home state of MN.

Ryedin Rudedenman's "Born This Way" Novice SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6LZ02ol7rU
Landed solo 3Lz cleanly in SP at LA Autumn Classic but doubled it yesterday. Ryedin is also competing with his sister in Intermediate Dance here and his older siblings are competing together in Novice Dance! All of them are coached by their older sister.

ETA #2:

Louis Mallane won the [Intermediate Men] SP (40.94) skating a fun program to Buble's Spider-Man and landed a clean 3Lz, 2A & 3S (hand down)+1T.

Mallane's fun "Spider-Man" SP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Blrg7nYSRlA

 

[Sylvia]

Two events livestreaming at the same time to start Wednesday's long day!

Novice Men FS starting order/results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT002SEG004.html
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Chj5M12YNAk

Intermediate Women SP starting order/results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT013SEG019.html
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOigJw2CUMA
ETA: Tom Z. & Josh Farris were sitting with the 1st skater Jordyn McNeill (think she stood up on her opening 3F?).

 

[Sylvia]

Alvin Luu scored a personal best (109.43) in his Novice FS to Holst's The Planets (one of my favorites) and landed the 3Lz that he had missed yesterday and vowed (in the SP livestream chat) he would land today : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_Y_76kR5XE

Kudos to USFS for uploading these videos as quickly as ISU does in the JGP series! (even if they will not stay up for too long)

 

[Sylvia]

Zenith Chen, coming up next in Novice Men (first in final group), has a Beauty & the Beast FS that I really enjoy!

 

[sk9tingfan]

Marlo Rosen's 1st place Novice Men's Tango SP ('Rippon' 3Lz+2T, 3F! with arms up as well, 2A) can be viewed here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxfPCKN7NvA
Top 2 Novice men will advance to Nationals in Junior.

I was hoping to re-watch Zenith Chen's 2nd place SP - he landed 3S, 2T(planned 3)+2T, 2A + level 4 steps! - but I don't see his video on USFS' YT channel (maybe a music issue with his cover of "What A Wonderful World"?). ETA the timestamped link to watch his program in the livestream replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0hQayHdA-U&t=3775s
Mary Beth Marley is one of his coaches in the Chicago area.
Update - this was posted by USFS in the Juvenile PD #2 live chat: "Zenith Chen's Novice Men skate was uploaded but must've been restricted by youtube's copyright policy. We're doing the best we can to make as much content available as possible!"

More SP & PD individual videos from today are being uploaded here: https://www.youtube.com/@USFigureSkating/videos

Lots of promise for Rosen!

 

[Sylvia]

Novice Men FS starting order/results [protocols are linked from here]: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT002SEG004.html

Top 6 (top 2 THREE here get to compete in Junior at Nationals; top 4 FIVE here qualify for the National High Performance Development Team & Camp):

1	12	Marlo Rosen, DuPage FSC	1	44.77	1	92.88	137.65
2	6	Ryedin Rudedenman, All Year FSC	10	34.19	2	82.52	116.71
3	4	Alvin Luu, Broadmoor SC	11	33.50	3	75.93	109.43
4	10	Zenith Chen, DuPage FSC	2	39.58	5	67.52	107.10
5	9	Evan Neuhaus, Skokie Valley SC	6	37.12	4	69.46	106.58
6	13	Thomas Chen, St. Paul FSC	3	38.56	6	63.71	102.27

Marlo Rosen's winning FS to Samson & Delilah with 6 triples landed (3Lz+2T, 3F+2T, 3F, 3Lo, 3T in seq. with 2 singled axels, 3S): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_N7UrJ4xIYT

Edited the above because I forgot that Ryedin from SoCal competed out of section here (due to also competing in ice dance) and so the 3rd & 5th place men are not displaced when it comes to qualifying for Nationals in Junior and the NHPD Camp, respectively.

Intermediate Women SP starting order/results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT013SEG019.html

Annabel Wilkins' 1st place SP (3T+2T, 3S, 2A): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IwWT7qS2P4c

Intermediate Men FS is underway now - starting order/results (protocols will be linked from here afterwards): https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT001SEG002.html
Livestream (& replay afterwards): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_2mecgIaHM

Juvenile Free Dance is coming up in under an hour (livestream & replay): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu0CNvrCTlg
Starting order/results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT010SEG025.html
ETA top 5:

1	12	Mia Aisin, Connecticut Skating Academy Ken Chen, All Year FSC	2	37.11	1	44.00	81.11
2	15	Vasilisa Serova, SC of New York Adam Esfandiari, All Year FSC	1	37.99	6	40.64	78.63
3	11	Grace Wang, Crossroads FSC Matthew Jacoby, Philadelphia SC & HS	3	35.69	5	40.95	76.64
4	14	Karen Li, Ice Line FSC James Zhu, Ice Line FSC	5	30.97	3	43.53	74.50
5	10	Isabella Chang, Blue Edge FSC of Connecticut Dylan Chang, Blue Edge FSC of Connecticut	6	30.41	4	42.17	72.58

 

[Sylvia]

Intermediate Free Dance is live: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW8hPRvlN2w
Starting order/results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT011SEG028.html

Juvenile Ice Dance final top 5 finishers have been edited in above.

Midwestern Singles & U.S. Ice Dance Finals playlist of videos from the first 2 days so far: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-CheZaoFWwTG1HSTUPKK4NiDpGzgMpYu

 

[mtnskater]

Annabelle Wilkins 1st place short program in Intermediate women was really unique with the futuristic robot theme. Loved it. Worth watching.

I also liked Scarlett Sherlock’s program to tribal sounding music and her costume and hair were pretty amazing in addition to her skating.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

Is Rylen Lukanin the daughter of Kristin Fraser and Igor Lukanin?

Very cool to see two sisters skating together earlier in this event!

 

[Sylvia]

Is Rylen Lukanin the daughter of Kristin Fraser and Igor Lukanin?

Yes. IIRC, they won the Juvenile title last year (eta) they won the silver medal at the Final.

Novice Women FS starting order/results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT003SEG006.html

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se2jrQzvwk0

 

[Karen-W]

Is Rylen Lukanin the daughter of Kristin Fraser and Igor Lukanin?

Yes, she is.

 

[Sylvia]

Intermediate Dance final standings/link to protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT011SEG028.html

1	9	Noelle Thackeray, Centennial Park FSC Chase Rohner, All Year FSC	1	46.66	2	55.66	102.32
2	10	Marian Carhart, Florida Everblades FSC Denis Bledsoe, Florida Everblades FSC	3	41.89	1	57.56	99.45
3	7	Anna Waugh, Carolinas FSC Nikolai Balabardin, Carolinas FSC	7	36.22	3	55.22	91.44
4	8	Rylen Lukanin, All Year FSC Patrick OBrien, North Jersey FSC	4	40.93	4	50.27	91.20
5	11	Natalie Leitan, Washington FSC Nathan Leitan, Washington FSC	2	41.95	8	44.17	86.12
6	4	Reece Hamilton, SC of San Francisco Ethan Darnell, Peninsula SC	6	36.64	5	47.31	83.95
7	5	Caitlin Kim, Washington FSC Daniel Dehart, Frederick FSC	8	35.11	7	44.52	79.63
8	6	Sophia Kartashov, North Jersey FSC Nicholas Kartashov, North Jersey FSC	5	38.39	10	40.52	78.91
9	3	Bryndolin Rudedenman, All Year FSC Ryedin Rudedenman, All Year FSC (Novice Men silver today)	10	26.73	6	47.22	73.95
10	1	Megan Ashcroft, Los Angeles FSC Adam Ashcroft, Los Angeles FSC	9	27.14	9	42.42	69.56
11	2	Vanessa Hollis, Skokie Valley SC Evan Hollis, Skokie Valley SC	11	22.49	11	26.84	49.33

Novice Free Dance starting order/results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT012SEG031.html

Livestream (6:40 pm Eastern time start in less than 20 mins.): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEOaiZ0PGPw
ETA: "This video is not available" (music copyright issue? Robertson/Cornell's FD music maybe??)

 

[Sylvia]

Novice FD protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/SEGM031.html

Final standings (top 5 teams qualify for a Novice event at Nationals):

1	12	Jasmine Robertson, Scott Hamilton SC Cooper Cornwell, FSC of Southern California	1	47.59	1	64.72	112.31
2	10	Anaelle Kouevi, ION FSC Yann Homawoo, ION FSC	3	44.78	2	62.60	107.38
3	11	Michelle Deych, Detroit SC Ryan Hu, Philadelphia SC & HS	2	45.06	3	61.60	106.66
4	13	Ja Yi Kirwan, SC of Boston Drake Tong, Hickory Hill FSC	4	43.52	6	57.84	101.36
5	7	Clara Fugate, Arctic FSC Warren Fugate, Arctic FSC	7	38.65	5	59.68	98.33
6	6	Sarah Yoo, SC of Boston Nicholas Ying, SC of Boston	6	40.91	8	56.42	97.33
7	5	Grace Fischer, Broadmoor SC Luke Fischer, Broadmoor SC	8	35.48	4	61.17	96.65
8	9	Lianne Fan, Arctic FSC Wiles Middlekauff, Arctic FSC	5	41.31	10	52.07	93.38
9	3	Celine Chen, All Year FSC Nathan Chen, All Year FSC	10	32.77	7	56.43	89.20
10	2	Evelynn Jones, Peaks FSC Dmitrii Jones, Peaks FSC	11	32.21	9	52.73	84.94
11	4	Molli Taylorson, Carolinas FSC Kejin Peng, Carolinas FSC	12	31.48	11	51.57	83.05
12	8	Cianin Rudedenman, All Year FSC Brysin Rudedenman, All Year FSC	9	33.09	12	48.33	81.42
13	1	Cassandra Cowen, Skokie Valley SC Matthew Soifer, Skokie Valley SC	13	21.32	13	34.55	55.87

Top 6 free dances:
Robertson/Cornwell (don't yet see a link - ETA - could be a music copyright issue since the FD livestream replay is not available)
Kouevi/Homawoo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHAlOBMZ89Y
Deych/Hu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFYWYdu1WZo
Fischer/Fischer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRjSWc9F4ZI
Fugate/Fugate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FYaxz_buWw
Kirwan/Tong: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq-5bKGK224

 

[Sylvia]

Novice Women final standings/link to protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT003SEG006.html

1	17	Emilia Nemirovsky, Detroit SC	7	40.27	1	104.41	144.68
2	24	Angela Shao, Ann Arbor FSC	5	41.37	2	94.07	135.44
3	19	Katie Holling, Broadmoor SC	3	44.07	3	89.17	133.24
4	20	Cayla Smith, Fort Wayne ISC	1	45.98	4	85.63	131.61
5	23	Allie Peterson, Broadmoor SC	2	45.41	5	85.41	130.82
6	14	Jolena Grohne, Broadmoor SC	10	36.23	6	79.32	115.55
7	21	Yi-Chen Kong, Broadmoor SC	4	44.05	11	68.93	112.98
8	22	Cara Wong, Ann Arbor FSC	6	40.61	8	70.44	111.05
9	16	Chloe Levine, Chicago FSC	8	37.59	7	72.49	110.08
10	15	Alexis Snyder, Silver Blades FSC of Greater KC	11	36.17	10	69.63	105.80
11	18	Erika Gerstenslager, Winterhurst FSC	9	36.42	16	65.92	102.34
12	13	Addyson McDanold, Go4Gold Shakopee Skating Academy	12	33.43	12	68.31	101.74
13	7	Allison Duan, Alpine SC	17	31.23	13	68.25	99.48
14	8	Autumn Kirk, Memorial FSC Of Houston	13	32.90	15	66.27	99.17
15	1	Tiffany Bunce, Rocky Mountain FSC	24	28.28	9	69.95	98.23
16	10	Chloe Stickel, Arctic FSC	14	32.77	17	64.84	97.61
17	12	Polina Madalli, Great Lakes FSC	15	32.66	18	64.27	96.93
18	6	Rosemary Jensen, DuPage FSC	23	29.29	14	67.16	96.45
19	9	Rebecca Lichtman, Skokie Valley SC	18	31.08	19	63.05	94.13
20	11	Madeline Manion, Duluth FSC	16	32.42	21	61.17	93.59
21	5	Anna Bagamanova, Skokie Valley SC	21	29.89	20	62.23	92.12
22	2	Madison Xaphakdy, Go4Gold Shakopee Skating Academy	20	29.94	22	59.27	89.21
23	4	Alyssa Hees, Northern Ice SC	22	29.89	23	58.46	88.35
24	3	Olivia Appel, Broadmoor SC	19	30.91	24	55.77	86.68

FS protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/SEGM006.html

Emilia's powerful jumps in her Love Story FS: 3Lz+2T, 3F, 3Lo+2A fell out/hand, 3S+2T, 3Lo, 2A pitched forward, 3Lz!

Top 5 free skates:
Emilia Nemirovsky: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOEitYMFlas
Angela Shao: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjNxQfRsfHI
Katie Holling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2e4cGORrCg
Cayla Smith: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufmtNHwGsME
Allie Peterson: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-eu4Sh52fs

Yi-Chen Kong ... (she has a Black Panther FS in a bodysuit that I'm looking forward to watching again later today)

I'm SO Yi-Chen's FS did not go well today but check out her fierce bodysuit as well as the creative entry into her final spin (her fellow skaters in the livestream chat were really impressed!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DXb3_f_5Wg&t=220s

 

[Sylvia]

Juvenile Girls FS starting order/results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT014SEG021.html
Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wIZZ3vgz7g

Junior Rhythm Dance will livestream today on Peacock starting at 9:30 Central/10:30 am Eastern time.
Starting order/Results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT004SEG007.html

 

[Sk8fun]

No sound for Juvenile girls or is that just me?

 

[her grace]

Junior Rhythm Dance

Hauer/Starr

So nice to see them back on the ice. Neat feet and strong edges Would like to see them "let go" more. Off sync on twizzles until third set. Great basics.

 

[Sylvia]

"The Best" by Tina Turner was Hauer/Starr's music. Svetlana Kulikova is with them in the k&c.

@Sk8fun is the Juvenile Girls livestream audio working now for you now?

 

[just tuned in]

Loved Hauer/Starr. They look so much better now that he is not wearing a bulky jacket. Their personas in the KnC are just as fun and cool as I expected.

 

[her grace]

Pederson/Chen

She wobbled out of second set of twizzles, third set completed out of sync. Dynamic and crisp movement. Spacing is inconsistent, which is a telltale sign of a new partnership, but otherwise, they looked quite comfortable together.

 

[just tuned in]

Tanith with Pederson/Chen. Tight-lipped.