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

[Sylvia]

Thanks @AnnMJensen for the music ID help!

2nd Juvenile boy onwards:

Minh Nguyen - Star Wars music (violin)
George Hanson - Happy Feet
Derek Tseng - Confutatis by David Garrett
Kyler Nguyen - Pirates of the Caribbean and he was very happy with his 2nd place score of 45.32 (now 3rd)
Alan Shao - Popeye in a sailor suite 45.11 3rd, now 4th
Elijah Darr - Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves OST
Evan Zhou - Tied Up & The Race by Yello
Rowan Jernigan - Mask of Zorro
Nicolas Grohne - Czardas (little brother of Jolena Grohne who competed in Novice Pairs with Reede Lunt at 2024 Nationals but they did not compete in the Pairs Final in Junior last week; Natalia M. is one of his coaches)
Leon Pan - James Bond theme/music
Koki Okada - another James Bond - 46.32 into 2nd

 

[sk8nlizard]

I’m trying to catch up but Emilia N reminds me so much of Gracie Gold as a Junior…taller with huge jumps. She sure is a talent, those jumps are textbook!

 

[Sylvia]

Final group of Juv. Boys:

Thomas Castrovillari - Believer by Imagine Dragons
Anden Barantsev - Transformers: The Score by Steve Jablonsky - dad Daniil is in the kiss & cry with Vivian Le!!
Into 3rd place with 4 to go.

ETA final 2 boys (I missed Jeffrey Liu & Lucien Guo):

Caleb Wang - Piano Fantasy by William Joseph
Cameron Coronado - Experience by Ludovico Einaudi

ETA 2 - thanks, Ann!:

Jeffrey: Journey to the Front
Lucien: Avatar

FS protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34290/SEGM001.html

GOLD Christopher Chapa, Austin FSC 49.66
SILVER Koki Okada, Detroit SC 46.32
BRONZE Anden Barantsev, Dallas FSC 45.47
PEWTER Kyler Nguyen, Dallas FSC 45.32
5 Alan Shao, Ann Arbor FSC 45.11
6 Derek Tseng, Dallas FSC 42.41
7 Jeffrey Liu, Detroit SC 40.90
8 Caleb Wang, Nashville FSC 39.74
9 Lucien Guo, Texas Gulf Coast FSC 38.79
10 George Hanson, St. Paul FSC 38.41
11 Elijah Darr, Denver Colorado FSC 37.94
12 Nicolas Grohne, Broadmoor SC 37.76
13 Evan Zhou, Duluth FSC 37.65
14 Thomas Castrovillari, Great Lakes FSC 35.24
15 Leo Pan, DuPage FSC 33.54
16 Rowan Jernigan, Denver Colorado FSC 30.67
17 Cameron Coronado, San Antonio FSC 26.38
18 Minh Nguyen, Texas Gulf Coast FSC 26.34

 

[Sylvia]

Junior Rhythm Dance is starting soon on Peacock - starting order/live results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34290/CAT011SEG023.html

1 Hana Maria Aboian, Peninsula SC / Daniil Veselukhin, SC of New York (JGP silver & bronze; 2nd alternates to JGPF)
2 Annelise Stapert, ION FSC / Maxim Korotcov, ION FSC (debuted RD only at their Junior B in Nice)
3 Yahli Pedersen, Ann Arbor FSC / Benjamin Starr, Charter Oak FSC (2 JGPs)

4 Anaelle Kouevi, ION FSC / Yann Homawoo, ION FSC
5 Olivia Ilin, Washington FSC / Dylan Cain, Washington FSC (2 JGPs)
6 Ja Yi Kirwan, SC of Boston / Rowan Le Coq, SC of New York
7 Julia Epps, IceWorks SC / Blake Gilman, Peninsula SC

8 Effie Chen, SC of Boston / Kenny Eckert, IceWorks SC
9 Emily Renzi, SC of New York / William Lissauer, All Year FSC (1 JGP; RD only in Nice)
10 Michelle Deych, Detroit SC / Ryan Hu, Detroit SC (1 JGP & back together again)
11 Caroline Mullen, Washington FSC / Brendan Mullen, Washington FSC (JGP silver & bronze; 1st alternates to JGPF)

 

[her grace]

Aboian/V have new costumes, she’s in purple!

 

[Wyliefan]

Should be able to fit it in fairly comfortably between my webinar on A Christmas Carol and my Zoom piano lesson.

It's possible that I spend a little too much time on screens.

 

[Wyliefan]

Aboian/V have new costumes, she’s in purple!

I was so relieved to hear that they got her out of that costume with the nude undies -- and then they put her in one that has nude undies and a skirt that's slit all the way up both thighs? What is WRONG with that team??

 

[her grace]

A/V

Lovely flow across the ice, her edges are particularly deep for a skater of her size, confident start

 

[mtnskater]

Just finished top 6 groups in junior men and women.

Lorenzo Elano What style and quality. How old is he and does he have the triple axel or any quads yet?

Emilia Nemirovsky. Love her talent. Nerves are a bit of an issue. I want her with Ilia’s parents to develop that jumping talent!

Also Jiyang was great in the free. Needs to rotate the combos. Very regal presence but I want more style and personality.

Now here for the dance!

 

[toddlj]

Someone needs to clean the lens...

ETA looks better now

ETA now back to blurry

 

[mtnskater]

I was so relieved to hear that they got her out of that costume with the nude undies -- and then they put her in one that has nude undies and a skirt that's slit all the way up both thighs? What is WRONG with that team??

I was With her costume here. Not age appropriate and too distracting. And I’m nuts about this team.

 

[TanithandBenFan]

A/V are so fast that they’re almost too fast sometimes. Just need to refine it a tad. But what superstars they are!

 

[Wyliefan]

I NEVER do this, but I have a very strong urge to message her team on Instagram and protest. When she made certain moves you could see everything she owned. It'd be one thing if she were an adult, but she's very much not.

 

[Sylvia]

I can try to pass along your concerns.

 

[Wyliefan]

I can try to pass along your concerns.

I'd appreciate it.

 

[her grace]

Stapert/K

Nice spacing throughout and look comfortable in hold, twizzles didn’t cover much ice so something to work on

 

[AnnMJensen]

I'd appreciate it.

I assume the judges didn’t give a costume deduction??

 

[AnnMJensen]

The camera focus is definitely struggling

 

[Wyliefan]

Twizzles a little rough for Yahli and Ben. But they look like they're having a lot of fun out there.

 

[Karen-W]

Pedersen/Starr - It's a choice for a team to do their twizzles to the lyrics "I just can't control my feet."

 

[her grace]

Pedersen/Starr

So nice to see him in costumes that fit properly. there’s a visible difference in skating skills quality between partners, her second set of twizzles spun in place, drifted apart at times. So still look new together, she’s spunky, though, and he seems to be coming out of his shell so improvement there

 

[her grace]

Well, based on judging so far, looks like my suggestion that Stapert/K should’ve been sent to one JGP over Petersen/S’s two wasn’t such a far-fetched idea

 

[Karen-W]

Kouevi/Homawoo - I've seen a lot of questionable ID costumes over the years. These ones are up near the top.

 

[Wyliefan]

Ooh, I thought Yann was going to wipe out on that twizzle. Good save. ETA: Aww, and then she falls.

 

[her grace]

Kouevi/H

Nice lift and good spacing between partners, will want to work on making glide more effortless and efficient, unfortunate fall at end, good potential

 

[Wyliefan]

He has nice extension; she could match it a little better. But I agree, they have promise.

 

[Wyliefan]

I think Olivia hit a growth spurt. Dylan had better hurry up and grow some more!

 

[AnnMJensen]

I did not expect 2 “Heart of Glass” dance segments here……

 

[AnnMJensen]

Kouevi/Homawoo - I've seen a lot of questionable ID costumes over the years. These ones are up near the top.

Sorry - I loved them.

 

[her grace]

Ilin/Cain

Nice skate, got through twizzles, think they could extend and finish the lines