2025 U.S. Sectional Singles & Pairs/Ice Dance Finals - Ogden UT; Norwood MA; Plano TX

I’m cooking dinner, so I’m sure I missed a an element or two, but I really liked Alec Tanković skating. I just listened to a podcast about the song Wind of Change. There’s a theory that the CIA had a hand in The Scorpions writing that song and encouraging the breakdown of the Soviet Union.
 
What a great way to end the night - Lorenzo Elano skated to "Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (Lez Miz), sung by Eddie Redmayne, and really emoted well to the music - jumps: Rippon 3Lz+3T, 2A, 3F all confidently landed! Tommy Steenberg choreographed both of his programs.

73.04 !!! He and his coaches - Denise Myers, Jeremy Allen & Steenberg - are delighted! :)

Mids Junior Men SP protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34290/SEGM006.html

1 Lorenzo Elano, Skokie Valley SC 73.04 (must be a new personal best!!)
2 Alek Tankovic, Broadmoor SC 59.47 (Wind of Change by The Scorpions); Tammy Gambill (was with Aren Nielsen when he qualified as a Novice for 2024 Nationals)
3 Isaac Fulton, Memorial FSC Of Houston 58.07 (I Won't Complain by Benjamin Clementine)
4 Zitong Wang, SC of Houston 56.43 (Beggin’ by Måneskin)
5 Thomas Chen, St. Paul FSC 54.27 (Sing Sing Sing); Benjamin Miller & Molly Oberstar were in k&c
6 Marlo Rosen, DuPage FSC 51.63 (Je dors sur des roses by Mikelangelo Loconte)
7 Nhat-Viet Nguyen, Dallas FSC 51.18 (Spanish guitar)
8 Collin Motley, Detroit SC 48.85 (Who Wants to Live Forever by The Tenors) - think his sister Natalie, who used to compete, was with him? ETA link to their joint account (he's a very successful inline & roller skater! also competed in Novice Pairs a few years ago): https://www.instagram.com/skate4joy
9 Sam Tomczik, Braemar-City of Lakes FSC 40.86 (Writing's on the Wall by Sam Smith); Caryn Kadavy was in k&c
10 Anton Yakunin, Eastern Iowa FSC 39.45 (Sing Sing Sing)
WD Peter Malakhov, Dallas FSC
 
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Playlist of Mids videos (Novice/Intermediate/Juvenile so far): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-CheZaoFWwRgvaVwysTiW6vVpvCs4i6X

Mids starting orders/results page: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34290/index.asp

Thursday, Nov. 21 - all start times are Eastern:
9:30 AM Intermediate Women Free Skate (World rink)
10:00 AM Juvenile Free Dance (U.S. rink)
11:10 AM Intermediate Free Dance (U.S. rink)
12:40 PM Junior Women Free Skate (World rink)
1:00 PM Novice Free Dance (U.S. rink)
3:05 PM Juvenile Boys Free Skate (U.S. rink)
5:35 PM Junior Rhythm Dance (World rink)
7:25 PM Senior Rhythm Dance (World rink)
 
Juvenile Free Dance starting order/live results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34290/CAT001SEG010.html

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjq2Bi4L70g

First team is skating to music from Kiki's Delvery Service. They are coached by Bryna Oi (sister of Curran).

ETA Juvenile Dance final standings:

GOLD Angela Yang, University of Delaware FSC / Sean Kay, University of Delaware FSC 1 43.43 1 52.21 (Charlie Chaplin themed FD) 95.64 - coached by Alexandr Kirsanov
SILVER Ava Reinkensmeyer, New Edge FSC / Aiden Shen, Onyx-Suburban Skating Academy 2 36.41 2 44.75 (FD to The Artist OST) 81.16
BRONZE Lucy Brooks, Rye FSC / Jeffrey Li, Hickory Hill FSC 4 29.47 4 41.18 (Newsies FD!) 70.65
PEWTER Hilda Qin, All Year FSC / George Qin, Essex SC of NJ 3 33.41 6 36.19 (FD to The Race by Yello) 69.60 - coached by Igor Lukanin & Kristin Fraser
5 Rivkah Chavez Herrera, Broadmoor SC / Nikolai Laptev, Broadmoor SC 6 23.52 3 44.22 67.74
6 Finley Young, Thunderbirds FSC / Daniel Matsiuk, Thunderbirds FSC 7 22.13 5 40.38 62.51
7 Isabella Fan, SC of Boston / Eliy Ribaudo, SC of Boston 5 26.48 7 34.46 60.94
8 Aasha Sisaudia, Coyotes SC of Arizona / Van Eric Johnson, Coyotes SC of Arizona 8 19.85 8 30.72 50.57
WD Kira Dalkiewicz, Heart of Texas FSC / Caeden Yacktman, Heart of Texas FSC

FD protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34290/SEGM010.html
 
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I've edited in the Juvenile Dance final standings above (and FD music that I was able to watch/ID).

Intermediate Free Dance starting order/live results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34290/CAT002SEG013.html

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGqVTvB-jjQ

The Peal siblings' parents are coaching the TN team (3rd to skate).

ETA Intermediate Dance final standings:

GOLD Karen Li, IceWorks SC / James Zhu, IceWorks SC 2 43.70 1 59.49 103.19
SILVER Sophia Kartashov, Florida Everblades FSC / Nicholas Kartashov, Florida Everblades FSC 1 45.94 2 55.21 101.15
BRONZE Isabella Chang, Blue Edge FSC of Connecticut / Ken Chen, All Year FSC 3 38.58 3 52.06 90.64
PEWTER Megan Ashcroft, Los Angeles FSC / Adam Ashcroft, Los Angeles FSC 7 33.76 5 48.35 82.11
5 Maggie Blackstone, Nashville FSC / Tait Light, Knoxville FSC 10 30.90 4 50.78 81.68
6 Bryndolin Rudedenman, All Year FSC / Ryedin Rudedenman, All Year FSC 5 34.53 6 46.43 80.96
7 Zoe Stone, University of Delaware FSC / Jerry Stone, University of Delaware FSC 4 36.57 9 44.02 80.59
8 Grace Wang, Philadelphia SC & HS / Matthew Jacoby, Philadelphia SC & HS 6 34.15 8 44.45 78.60
9 Rebecca Lichtman, Skokie Valley SC / Juan Carlos Maravilla, Detroit SC 8 31.69 7 45.45 77.14
10 Brielle Backer, Onyx-Suburban Skating Academy / Aidan Whitaker, Onyx-Suburban Skating Academy 9 31.21 10 42.30 73.51
11 Aubryn Sago, Individual Member / Colson Sago, Individual Member 11 29.96 11 39.97 69.93

ETA:

The top 8 teams at Intermediate & all 8 Juvenile teams will qualify for USFS’ National High Performance Development Team & Camp (to be held Jan. 27-28, 2025, in Wichita, KS).
 
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Mids Intermediate Women just finished in the World rink - final standings (protocols link will appear here): https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34290/CAT008SEG003.html

ETA link to FS protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34290/SEGM003.html

GOLD Mia Smith, Detroit SC 6 35.92 1 78.80 (FS to Les Miz medley by violinist Lindsey Stirling) 114.72
SILVER Baylen Taich, DuPage FSC 1 38.76 2 72.80 (FS to Flying by Cody Fry) 111.56
BRONZE Sally Li, Columbus FSC 3 36.48 3 68.80 (FS to the Sabrina 1995 film soundtrack) 105.28
PEWTER Cora Carrothers, SC of Novi 5 36.23 4 68.63 (FS to Harry Potter music) 104.86
5 Lucy Dau, Braemar-City of Lakes FSC 9 34.89 5 67.01 101.90
6 Crystal Yi, DuPage FSC 2 37.22 7 63.78 101.00
7 Violet Beckman, Rocky Mountain FSC 11 33.43 6 64.44 97.87
8 Stella Vajda, Detroit SC 7 35.25 9 62.61 97.86
9 Tiffany Krieger, Arctic FSC 4 36.40 12 60.41 96.81
10 Lilas Metro, Braemar-City of Lakes FSC 13 32.55 8 63.20 95.75
11 Klia Drivas, Skokie Valley SC 12 33.08 10 62.05 95.13
12 Maiya Land, Ann Arbor FSC 8 35.09 13 59.04 94.13
13 Cindy Guo, Skokie Valley SC 14 31.77 11 61.31 93.08
14 Lola Hagbo, Memorial FSC Of Houston 10 33.48 14 57.62 91.10
15 Sophia Mackessy, Columbus FSC 18 29.28 15 56.77 86.05
16 Riley Roquet, Skokie Valley SC 15 30.88 21 52.45 83.33
17 Isabella Bowman, Duluth FSC 16 30.67 22 52.39 83.06
18 Adia Phillips, Dallas FSC 17 29.82 20 53.22 83.04
19 Eliana Andrews, DuPage FSC 24 25.84 16 56.29 82.13
20 Nara Helfrey, Heartland FSC 23 26.41 17 55.72 82.13
21 Isadora Alvelo-Malina, Detroit SC 20 27.60 18 54.09 81.69
22 Shannon Yu, Chicago FSC 21 27.41 19 53.64 81.05
23 Annabel Butler, Columbus FSC 19 28.95 24 51.95 80.90
24 Aryana Sanandaji, Individual Member 22 27.15 23 52.05 79.20

(will try and edit in more FS music later)
 
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Jr. Women's FS has an 11:40 a.m. CT start time which is 12:40 ET but all Peacock is showing is "coverage will begin shortly". Kind of strange that Peacock hasn't gone live yet.

Running about 8 minutes behind schedule but the first group is on the ice now.
 
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Kind of strange that Peacock hasn't gone live yet.

Running about 8 minutes behind schedule but the first group is on the ice now.
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The Intermediate Women's FS (results now edited in above) finished a bit late.

"The competition here is crazy!" says a smiling Milana Gasnikova in the kiss & cry (first skater).
 
Megha Siripurapu is skating to a piano version of the Interstellar film's main theme - a very popular music choice among skaters this season!

ETA: Yesterday Kori Ade (looking good! :)) and Rob Peal were with Isabel Cooper (R&J FS musci mashup by Korzeniowski/Prokofiev/"O Verona" to end) - and again today.
 
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Madeline Benson skated to the 2 most popular songs ("Young & Beautiful" and "A Little Party Never Killed Nobody") from The Great Gatsby OST while Mathew Gates was with his Novice dance team in the other rink.
 
Let's go Grace & Luke Fischer! Coached by Ben Agosto - music begins with disco "Hot Stuff... then Bee Gees' "You Should Be Dancing" to end. Katherine Hill joins them today in the k&c. Adrienna Lenda was also there so Natalia Annenko-Deller was the one who sat with Ben yesterday (wasn't sure). Into 1st! 67.42 FD, 112.72 total.

ETA: Estelle Schwab (former pair skater with her brother) skated to "Le Jazz Hot" (Julie Andrews), coached by Benjamin Miller & Molly Oberstar.
 
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Cianin & Brysin Rudedenman are skating to "Numb (Slowdown Mix)" by HiNa & Concert Pine. Their sister Caylin is not with the 4 siblings here - Russ Scott is (was also with Ryedin for the Junior Men's event at Pacific Coasts last week).
 
Leitans are skating to "Ticket to the Moon" and "Mr. Blue Sky" by ELO while Alexa Webb is skating to songs from Moulin Rouge.

Before that, Aisin/Moore's FD song was "Stand by Me" by Florence + the Machine while Tiffany Bunce skated to that popular female cover of "Paint it Black" - she's in 1st (80.55 FS, 123.48), ahead of Webb.
 
Pearl Rojas, coached by Julie Berlin & Steve Hartsell, skated to "Yumeji's Theme" by Shigeru Umebayashi & Tchaikovsky's Valse Sentimentale Op. 51, No. 6, played by Josef Sakonov.

Alexis Snyder is skating to "Only Hope" by Mandy Moore. ETA: I believe her coach is Wendy David. Into 2nd 122.91 behind Bunce.

The Fischers still lead in Novice with 5 teams left after the ice resurfacing.
 
Lejla Begicevic started with classical Moonlight Sonata but the 2nd half was the "Trailerized" version by Wall of Noise - 120.25 into 3rd place.

Final group of Junior women are warming up! Top 4 will qualify for Nationals:
15 Ela Cui, Broadmoor SC 2 62.47
16 Jiaying Ellyse Johnson, DuPage FSC 5 45.36
17 Willow Fedewa, Winterhurst FSC 4 46.32
18 Emilia Nemirovsky, Detroit SC 1 66.88
19 Jessica Jurka, Denver Colorado FSC 3 53.30
 
Greg Zuerlein was with the Fugates who skated to the Rio OST - into 2nd behind the Fischers.

Ela Cui opened with 2 falls, recovered well, then doubled her final planned 3T - skated to Cinema Paradiso/Italian female vocal - 95.52 in Fs, 157.99 into 1st.
 
Sophia Feige/Wiles Middlekauff skated to a very familar Cirque du Soleil piece. Natalia Annenko Deller and Adrienne Lenda are with them - into 2nd.

Jiaying Ellyse Johnson skated to "Old Momney" by Lana Del Rey (based on Rota's R&J theme) and landed everything she planned, I think! Denise Myers is her Chicago coach - 119.99 in FS! 165.35 well into 1st! :)
 
Marian Carhart/Denis Bledsoe (with Zueva) skated to a famous classical piece - Hungarian folk? Can someone confirm? ETA: 67.61 in FD, 117.05 1st.

Willow Fedewa skated to the Maleficent OST - into 3rd place with 2 to go.
 
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Emilia Nemirovsky (music from the Succession OST) - her impressive jumps: 3Lz+2T, 3F crisp, 3S, 3Lo with great speed/flow out, 3Lz fall, 3F step out (+rep), 2A+2T. Julie Berlin & Garrett Lucash are with her.

ETA: 108.61 2nd in FS, 175.49 in 1st!
 
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I think Carhart FD is Czardas?

I saw Lukanin FD at Chesapeake Open. Thought it was bizarre then. My feelings haven't changed. They are both talented skaters and have a lot of potential, but this FD is a no.

ETA: And as I said then, they needed to significantly change or replace the FD. Their scores here suggest they should have.
 
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Jessica Jurka (Opening Title and Three Card Switch by David Arnold): 3Lz+2T, 3T, 3S, 3F, 3Lo? (screen blurred), 3Lz+2A+2A & 3Lo+2T - 117.26 2nd in FS, 170.56 2nd overall!

ETA Mids Junior Women final standings:

GOLD Emilia Nemirovsky, Detroit SC 1 66.88 3 108.61 175.49
SILVER Jessica Jurka, Denver Colorado FSC 3 53.30 2 117.26 170.56
BRONZE Jiaying Ellyse Johnson, DuPage FSC 5 45.36 1 119.99 165.35
PEWTER Ela Cui, Broadmoor SC 2 62.47 4 95.52 157.99
5 Willow Fedewa, Winterhurst FSC 4 46.32 5 91.25 137.57
6 Tiffany Bunce, Rocky Mountain FSC 8 42.93 6 80.55 123.48
7 Alexis Snyder, Silver Blades FSC of Greater KC 7 42.96 7 79.95 122.91
8 Lejla Begicevic, Northern Ice SC 6 43.21 8 77.04 120.25
9 Alexa Webb, Scott Hamilton SC 9 42.87 10 74.15 117.02
10 Chloe Stickel, Arctic FSC 14 36.11 9 74.34 110.45
11 Estelle Schwab, St. Paul FSC 13 36.83 11 70.24 107.07
12 Madeline Benson, Skokie Valley SC 11 39.08 14 66.68 105.76
13 Pearl Rojas, Detroit SC 10 39.43 15 66.29 105.72
14 Sydney Struss, FSC of the Quad-Cities 12 36.84 16 65.05 101.89
15 Megha Siripurapu, Dallas FSC 17 33.69 13 66.79 100.48
16 Milana Gasnikova, Northern Ice SC 16 33.99 18 63.08 97.07
17 Ellie Clopp, Broadmoor SC 18 31.80 17 63.54 95.34
18 Isabel Cooper, Scott Hamilton SC 19 26.79 12 67.88 94.67
WD Katie Holling, Broadmoor SC 15 35.88

FS protocols (ETA link): https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34290/SEGM005.html

Johnson's jumps in her 1st place FS were 3S, 3Lz+3T<, 3F+2T, 3Lo, 3F, 3Lz+2A+2T+SEQ, 2A; all level 4 spins.
 
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Going great for Huang/Mintz until the twizzles. I wonder if they did enough to stay in top 5.

They are a new team and skate well together. Simon has improved a lot over the past few years...I remember him competing in Int at Chesapeake in 2021.

And they do stay in top 5! On to Nats!
 
Novice Dance final standings (FD protocols link to come) - top 5 qualify for the Novice event at Nationals:

GOLD Marian Carhart, SC of New York / Denis Bledsoe, Florida Everblades FSC 1 49.44 1 67.61 117.05
SILVER Grace Fischer, Broadmoor SC / Luke Fischer, Broadmoor SC 6 45.30 2 67.42 112.72
BRONZE Sophia Feige, Panthers FSC / Wiles Middlekauff, Arctic FSC 5 45.37 3 64.88 110.25
PEWTER Clara Fugate, Arctic FSC / Warren Fugate, Arctic FSC 3 45.89 4 59.74 105.63
5 Annie Huang, SC of Boston / Simon Mintz, Hayden Recreation Centre FSC 4 45.54 5 59.65 105.19
6 Rylen Lukanin, All Year FSC / Patrick OBrien, SC of New York 2 46.48 6 56.76 103.24
7 Campbell Urban, Washington FSC / Daniel Dehart, All Year FSC 8 37.45 8 55.17 92.62
8 Natalie Leitan, Washington FSC / Nathan Leitan, Washington FSC 7 38.10 10 51.91 90.01
9 Celine Chen, All Year FSC / Nathan Chen, All Year FSC 11 33.46 7 56.47 89.93
10 Cianin Rudedenman, All Year FSC / Brysin Rudedenman, Glacier Falls FSC 9 37.01 11 49.82 86.83
11 Reece Hamilton, SC of San Francisco / Ethan Darnell, Peninsula SC 13 31.72 9 53.08 84.80
12 Mia Aisin, Connecticut Skating Academy / Steven Moore, Connecticut Skating Academy 10 36.10 12 46.48 82.58
13 Molli Taylorson, Carolinas FSC / Roman Wyzik, Carolinas FSC 12 31.88 13 46.06 77.94
14 Vanessa Hollis, Skokie Valley SC / Evan Hollis, Skokie Valley SC 14 22.97 14 36.85 59.82

ETA: Just noticed that the results still says "Unofficial" & the original FD protocols link is gone...

ETA 2 - FD protocols link is back and revised: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34290/SEGM016.html

The element in question that was recalculated for all the teams was the Se/Di/Ci/Mi StW+StM step sequence (element score went up for almost every team). The 8th & 9th placed teams switched places (compare the initial results above to the revised ones below). The only total scores that did not change were the Leitans' and Taylorson/Wyzik's.

REVISED NOVICE DANCE FINAL STANDINGS:
112Marian Carhart, SC of New York
Denis Bledsoe, Florida Everblades FSC		149.44168.65118.09
25Grace Fischer, Broadmoor SC
Luke Fischer, Broadmoor SC		645.30268.20113.50
311Sophia Feige, Panthers FSC
Wiles Middlekauff, Arctic FSC		545.37365.40110.77
410Clara Fugate, Arctic FSC
Warren Fugate, Arctic FSC		345.89560.26106.15
514Annie Huang, SC of Boston
Simon Mintz, Hayden Recreation Centre FSC		445.54460.43105.97
613Rylen Lukanin, All Year FSC
Patrick OBrien, SC of New York		246.48657.28103.76
79Campbell Urban, Washington FSC
Daniel Dehart, All Year FSC		837.45855.9593.40
82Celine Chen, All Year FSC
Nathan Chen, All Year FSC		1133.46756.9990.45
98Natalie Leitan, Washington FSC
Nathan Leitan, Washington FSC		738.101051.9190.01
106Cianin Rudedenman, All Year FSC
Brysin Rudedenman, Glacier Falls FSC		937.011150.0887.09
111Reece Hamilton, SC of San Francisco
Ethan Darnell, Peninsula SC		1331.72953.3485.06
127Mia Aisin, Connecticut Skating Academy
Steven Moore, Connecticut Skating Academy		1036.101246.6182.71
133Molli Taylorson, Carolinas FSC
Roman Wyzik, Carolinas FSC		1231.881346.0677.94
144Vanessa Hollis, Skokie Valley SC
Evan Hollis, Skokie Valley SC		1422.971436.1759.14


ETA: Also. the 6th-13th place teams qualify for USFS’ National High Performance Development Team & Camp (Jan. 27-28, 2025 in Wichita).
 
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Following the Novice FD in the U.S. rink (after the ice resurfacing) will be Mids Juvenile Boys FS - starting order/live results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34290/CAT004SEG001.html

Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCUxicR1hfc

I always enjoy watching this event! :)

ETA the top 8 Juvenile Boys NQS scores in this section:

Koki Okada 50.32
Alan Shao 44.13 - Angela's little brother
Elijah Darr 40.37
Anden Barantsev 39.42 (son of Daniil Barantsev & Jennifer Wester)
Rowan Jernigan 39.27
Caleb Wang 38.48
Christopher Chapa 38.20 (ETA) 49.66 skating 1st is a big improvement! "Tick Tock Goes the Clock" by Jo Blankenburg
Jeffrey Liu 37.04
 
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