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

[Sylvia]

I missed the first part of Michelle's SP - saw her trip & fall going backwards before the nice 2A - what were the triples she landed?

I remember last year Sean Rabbitt put her on at Pacifics for Gambill who is in Warsaw for Elyce. Sandy (Rucker) Straub is there for her this year.

ETA: 49.83 3rd.

GO SONJA!!!

 

[Debbie S]

I missed the first part of Michelle's SP - saw her trip & fall going backwards before the nice 2A - what were the triples she landed?

I remember last year Sean Rabbitt put her on at Pacifics for Gambill who is in Warsaw for Elyce. Sandy (Rucker) Straub is there for her this year.

She landed 3Lz but stepped out, then did 2T. Nice 3Lo.

 

[ptvvibezz]

what were the triples she landed?

Her combo was 3Lz+2T iirc

 

[Sylvia]

Only Sonja should be allowed to skate to The Matrix - I enjoy her instensity in this program and the deep edges in her footwork. 52.60

 

[Debbie S]

Only Sonja should be allowed to skate to The Matrix - I enjoy her instensity in this program and the deep edges in her footwork. 52.60

The 2nd 3T in the combo and 3F were probably < but that score still seems a bit low.

 

[Sylvia]

Alexa Gasparotto ("The Feeling Begins" is ne to me?) - jumps: 3S hands down, 1A argh (too many 3A on the pole harnesswith Chris Knierim lately?), 3Lo+2T good.

 

[Sylvia]

This is by far the best I've seen Maryn skate this season - starts with footwork to Lady Gaga's "I'll Never Love Again" from A Star is Born; landed Ripp3Lz+2T, 3F (also with arms up) & a very good 2A.

ETA: Tom Z. & Stephanie Kuban are in the kiss & cry. 57.45 into 1st!

 

[Sylvia]

61.34 for Clare "Saw" (same pronunciation we heard at SkAm) - jumps: 3Lz+3T (q or <?) ETA - called clean by the tech. panel, 2A nice, 3Lo fall. She looked happy in the k&c with her score; Shipsatd was with her.

Kendall Erne ("Hallelujah" female cover): Opened up on both 3Lz & 3S then landed a good 2A.
ETA: Denise Myers & Tommy Steenberg are with her - 41.00 7th.

 

[Sylvia]

Finley Hawk (“Circles” performed by Greta Svabo Bech) landed 3Lz+2T, 3F & 2A - good for her!

ETA: Jeremy Allen (her coach based in Chicago area) & Julie Berlin (Detroit SC) sat with her - 52.40 6th, right behind Hilmer.

 

[Rukia]

this is just reminding me of the sad lack of Whitney Houston in the rd this year

 

[Sylvia]

McKenzie Edwards (Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance with Somebody”) - jumps: 3Lo, 3S fell out/no combo, confident 2A - skated with a big smile & lots of energy!

 

[Debbie S]

McKenzie wants to skate an 80s RD. And her jumps weren't bad!

Is that Wesley Campbell in the K&C with her?

 

[Rukia]

Amber Barth and her coach making me laugh

 

[Sylvia]

Yes, Wesley Campbell, who is from Nashville and currently is coaching there, was in the k&c with Edwards - 8th place.

Amber Barth (emo female ballad) landed a nice 3S+2T, 1Lz, 2A. Dmytro Palamarchuk (skated with Obertas for UKR) is with her - she goes into 8th place.

Final group starts now.

 

[Rukia]

Ariana Grymski has very nice flow and deep knees in her field moves

 

[Sylvia]

Alyssa Rich (female cover of “Bridge Over Troubled Water” in a green dress) - landed 3Lz+2T, 3F & 2A with very good speed out - 57.49 into 2nd!

ETA: Like Alex Evans who was 2nd at Easterns, Alyssa last qualified for Nationals in 2020 (18th of 18).

 

[Rukia]

I hated that cover that Alyssa Rich skated too and I thought her flip looked a little short maybe, but over all she did a very good job

 

[Sylvia]

Mids Senior Women SP top 8 (protocols link to come):
1 Clare Seo, Broadmoor SC 61.34
2 Alyssa Rich, Dallas FSC 57.49
3 Maryn Pierce, Broadmoor SC 57.45
4 Brooke Gewalt, Wagon Wheel FSC 55.81
5 Wren Warne-Jacobsen, Go4Gold Shakopee Skating Academy 52.92
6 Sonja Hilmer, Centennial SC 52.60 (out of final group - hope she will be on her game tomorrow!!)
7 Finley Hawk, ISC of Indianapolis 52.40
8 Michelle Lee, Broadmoor SC 49.83

ETA link to protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/SEGM017.html

 

[Sylvia]

Junior Women FS is underway - starting order/live results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2023/30617/CAT007SEG014.html

Olivia Flores kept her West Side Story FS from last season (now her older sister's FD this season ).
ETA: Janet Champion is with her in the k&c - 82.47 in FS (she seems pleased), 115.62 total.

Aaand we have another WSS!

 

[Rukia]

got jumpscared by peacock starting in the middle of a MARIIIAAAA

 

[AnnMJensen]

got jumpscared by peacock starting in the middle of a MARIIIAAAA

Same!!!!

 

[AnnMJensen]

Olivia Flores has a real knack for entertainment. Very enjoyable!! ETA: of course - coach Janet Champion -

 

[Rukia]

2nd West Side Story in a row you can't get this kind of entertainment just anywhere

 

[Sarah]

Again?!?!

ETA:

My husband: this repeating music is uninspired.
Me: this is hilarious.

 

[AnnMJensen]

Soooooo - 2 of every song.. is that the new way of things??? Lol

 

[Rukia]

i am officially dead hahahaha i cannot believe this (Young and beautiful for 2 programs in a row)

 

[Evgeniafan]

i am officially dead hahahaha i cannot believe this (Young and beautiful for 2 programs in a row)

I cannot believe we've had 2 songs of Maria in a row , now this song.

 

[Sylvia]

What Japanese anime soundtrack is Willow's music?

There were 9 Mids Junior women who scored 140+ in a NQS this year:

3 M-1 SW-1 *Logan Higase-Chen 175.06 (Glacier Falls)
5 M-2 EGL-1 *Jessica Jurka 173.57 (Skate Detroit)
8 M-3 UGL-1 *Jiaying Ellyse Johnson 166.37 (Skate Detroit)
13 M-4 UGL-2 Alina Bonillo 159.37 (Boston Open)
17 M-5 SW-2 *Kanon Smith 148.67 (Golden West)
18 M-6 SW-3 Suemin Shin 148.09 (Glacier Falls)
20 M-7 EGL-2 *Lilah Gibson 144.77 (Minnesota L'Etoile du Nord) - not sure why she wasn't listed here
22 M-8 SW-4 Ellie Clopp 143.35 Broadmoor Fall Classic
24 M-9 EGL-3 Willow Fedewa 142.81 (Skate Detroit)

* = listed in current ISP

Competed at 2023 Nationals in Junior: Jurka 7th (Mids N1 last year), Higase-Chen 10th, Flores 17th (Mids N2 last year).
Not competing in this event: Gibson 16th, Rinako Oya 19th (#31/M-11/EGL-5), Phoebe Stubblefield (WD after SP & did not compete this season).

Skating in the final group today: NQS #38/M-14/SW-6 Audrey Lee 120.01 (MN L'Etoile du Nord)

 

[Rukia]

Beautiful music from Princess Mononoke for Willow Fedewa

 

[Evgeniafan]

Beautiful music from Princess Mononoke for Willow Fedewa

I love her dress and the skate was lovely.