2025 US Club & NQS Competitions

[Karen-W]

And we have the starting orders for Dallas Classic finally!
Senior RD - https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2025/36275/CAT025SEG045.html
1 Grace Yi, SC of New York / Danila Savelev, SC of New York
2 Caroline Mullen, Washington FSC / Brendan Mullen, Washington FSC
3 Klara Kowar, Aspen SC / Thomas Schwappach, Denver Colorado FSC
4 Raffaella Koncius, Los Angeles FSC / Alexey Shchepetov, Los Angeles FSC
5 Amy Cui, SC of Boston / Jonathan Rogers, Texas Gulf Coast FSC
6 Daniela Ivanitskiy, Finnish Figure Skating Associaiton / Matthew Sperry, Finnish Figure Skating Associaiton
7 Zoe Larson, Ukranian Figure Skating Federation / Andrii Kapran, Florida Everblades FSC
8 Shira Ichilov, Israel Ice Skating Federation / Michael Nosovitsky, Israel Ice Skating Federation

Very international! Finland, Ukraine, Israel & USA!

Junior RD - https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2025/36275/CAT024SEG043.html
1 Annelise Stapert, ION FSC / Maxim Korotcov, ION FSC
2 Aneta Vaclavikova, SC of New York / William Lissauer, All Year FSC
3 Jasmine Robertson, Scott Hamilton SC / Chase Rohner, All Year FSC
4 Lily Wheelahan, Washington FSC / Wolfe Jin, Washington FSC
5 Michelle Deych, Detroit SC / Ryan Hu, Detroit SC
6 Hana Maria Aboian, Peninsula SC / Daniil Veselukhin, SC of New York
7 Sophia Feige, Panthers FSC / Wiles Middlekauff, Arctic FSC
8 Grace Fischer, Broadmoor SC / Luke Fischer, Broadmoor SC
9 Clara Fugate, Arctic FSC / Warren Fugate, Arctic FSC
10 Marian Carhart, SC of New York / Denis Bledsoe, Florida Everblades FSC
11 Tallulah Belle Neary, National Ice Skating Association of UK Ltd / Jonathan Young, National Ice Skating Association of UK Ltd
12 Anaelle Kouevi, ION FSC / Yann Homawoo, ION FSC

Note that Carhart/Bledsoe aren't junior age-eligible and Vaclavikova/Lissauer won't be able to compete internationally until early March 2026, so the race for the JGP spots is between the other 9 teams.

 

[YukiNieve]

So is this Lucius' 3rd comp already this summer?

He said he also wants to do Cranberry.

 

[YukiNieve]

2025 U.S. Junior Team Cup (7/10-7/12) Milwaukee, MI
https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2025/36278/index.asp

Starting orders for SP are up!

Junior Men

	1	Lucius Kazanecki, Washington FSC
	2	Louis Mallane, Broadmoor SC
	3	Alek Tankovic, Broadmoor SC
	4	Patrick Blackwell, SC of Boston
	5	Henry Gao, SC of Boston
	6	Zachary LoPinto, SC of Boston
	7	Nicholas Brooks, All Year FSC
	8	Caleb Farrington, IceWorks SC
	9	Evan Neuhaus, Skokie Valley SC
	10	Brendan Man, SC of Boston
	11	Ryan William Azadpour, Carousel FSC
	12	Lorenzo Elano, Skokie Valley SC
	13	Marlo Rosen, DuPage FSC
	14	Aleksandr Fegan, SC of New York
	15	Ryedin Rudedenman, Glacier Falls FSC
	16	Vaclav Vasquez, Glacier Falls FSC
WD		Thomas Chen, St. Paul FSC
WD		Sergei Evseev, All Year FSC

Junior Women

	1	Alayna Coats, Glacier Falls FSC
	2	Madison Chong, Washington FSC
	3	Leah Sharpe, North Jersey FSC
	4	Teryn Kim, Glacier Falls FSC
	5	Hannah Kim, Glacier Falls FSC
	6	Logan Higase-Chen, Broadmoor SC
	7	Allison Brooks, All Year FSC
	8	Kaya Tiernan, IceWorks SC
	9	Emilia Nemirovsky, Detroit SC
	10	Angela Shao, Broadmoor SC
	11	Annabelle Wilkins, Ann Arbor FSC
	12	Jessica Jurka, Denver Colorado FSC
	13	Sherry Zhang, Glacier Falls FSC
	14	Sophie Joline von Felten, SC of Boston
	15	Sofia Bezkorovainaya, Washington FSC
	16	Rachel Samiri, All Year FSC
	17	Anabel Wallace, Glacier Falls FSC
	18	Annika Chao, Glacier Falls FSC
	19	Cleo Park, Glacier Falls FSC
	20	Jiaying Ellyse Johnson, DuPage FSC

ETA Oh I didn't see that this has already been posted.

 

[Debbie S]

He said he also wants to do Cranberry.

He needs to do at least one NQS comp to qualify for Easterns. Cardinal and Chesapeake aren't NQS, Cranberry is. He could also do Philly or Potomac, but I guess he wanted to travel.

 

[Karen-W]

He needs to do at least one NQS comp to qualify for Easterns. Cardinal and Chesapeake aren't NQS, Cranberry is. He could also do Philly or Potomac, but I guess he wanted to travel.

Seeing as Cranberry Jr was basically the second chance/redemption opportunity for anyone hoping to get a JGP assignment, I think he's wise to plan on doing both. I expect there will be quite a few skaters who plan on doing both. The two comps are spaced ideally, especially for anyone who wants to pace themselves & is hoping for an early JGP assignment.

 

[Debbie S]

Seeing as Cranberry Jr was basically the second chance/redemption opportunity for anyone hoping to get a JGP assignment, I think he's wise to plan on doing both. I expect there will be quite a few skaters who plan on doing both. The two comps are spaced ideally, especially for anyone who wants to pace themselves & is hoping for an early JGP assignment.

I assume he will compete Senior at Cranberry, since that's the score he needs for Easterns.

 

[Karen-W]

I assume he will compete Senior at Cranberry, since that's the score he needs for Easterns.

I wouldn't assume that. I'd have to do some research, but I'm pretty sure Jacob Sanchez didn't compete at any NQS events last season. There was a question floating around here as to whether he would stay in Jrs or move up to Srs until we saw the Nats entry lists and saw he'd chosen to move up. Lucius could decide to compete Jr at Cranberry and I'm going to guess he'll get a bye to Easterns for whichever level he wants, especially if he's able to match or improve upon his early summer scores internationally.

 

[Stephanie]

If Lucius gets a JGP assignment, which seems reasonably likely, he’ll get a bye to Easterns.

 

[Karen-W]

I'm not paying for the stream given there is no sound, but it looks like Lucius wasn't fully successful in his SP, though his score is still quite good - 69.57 - gonna search X to see if there are any reports from someone who paid for the stream.

 

[Karen-W]

Blackwell, on the other hand, did VERY well - 78.61 - most certainly clean with a score like that.

 

[Karen-W]

Brooks did alright for himself today - 72.43 - guessing he only attempted a 2a because that score is probably the limit for most junior men who have a clean SP without a 3a.

 

[marshallpond]

Would love to see Nicolas land his 3A, just like he did in the Broadmoor Open this year. I was truly shocked he didn't make it to Nationals last year, and would love to see him do better this year.

Elano might have tried 3A but he has never landed it, and his score now seems to indicate that might be the case again

 

[Karen-W]

Would love to see Nicolas land his 3A, just like he did in the Broadmoor Open this year. I was truly shocked he didn't make it to Nationals last year, and would love to see him do better this year.

Elano might have tried 3A but he has never landed it, and his score now seems to indicate that might be the case again

Rough day for Fegan as well. And LoPinto.

I'm very curious about Azadpour, whose score is far higher than I expected based on previous competition results.

 

[Karen-W]

Men's SP Final Results -
Place Start Name Score
1 4 Patrick Blackwell, SC of Boston 78.61
2 7 Nicholas Brooks, All Year FSC 72.43
3 1 Lucius Kazanecki, Washington FSC 69.57
4 11 Ryan William Azadpour, Carousel FSC 65.82
5 12 Lorenzo Elano, Skokie Valley SC 63.83
6 2 Louis Mallane, Broadmoor SC 63.61
7 8 Caleb Farrington, IceWorks SC 62.37
8 14 Aleksandr Fegan, SC of New York 60.96
9 5 Henry Gao, SC of Boston 60.69
10 6 Zachary LoPinto, SC of Boston 59.69
11 16 Vaclav Vasquez, Glacier Falls FSC 59.13
12 9 Evan Neuhaus, Skokie Valley SC 51.39
13 15 Ryedin Rudedenman, Glacier Falls FSC 50.85
14 10 Brendan Man, SC of Boston 50.85
15 13 Marlo Rosen, DuPage FSC 50.22
16 3 Alek Tankovic, Broadmoor SC 49.05
WD Thomas Chen, St. Paul FSC
WD Sergei Evseev, All Year FSC

protocols - https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2025/36278/SEGM001.html

Blackwell was clean with a 3A that had +2.29 GOE; Brooks fell on his 3A attempt; Kazanecki had a messy 3A - not sure I see the rationale of his PCS being a good 4 pts lower than either Blackwell or Brooks; though maybe that was just 1st skater judging bias.

REALLY rough skate for Elano - < on his 3A and fell on his combo. Fegan missed his combo and only a 2A. LoPinto fell on his combo.

 

[Debbie S]

Sorry if this was already answered somewhere but do we know why Kirk Haugeto is not competing?

 

[Karen-W]

Sorry if this was already answered somewhere but do we know why Kirk Haugeto is not competing?

I saw a rumor on X that he's injured.

 

[Rukia]

I saw a rumor on X that he's injured.

he posted on insta skating with an arm in a cast lol

 

[Karen-W]

he posted on insta skating with an arm in a cast lol

Well, then, yeah, I'd say he's injured! I didn't see a link or screenshot to support the "broken arm" comment, which is why I refrained from being specific.

 

[Rukia]

Well, then, yeah, I'd say he's injured! I didn't see a link or screenshot to support the "broken arm" comment, which is why I refrained from being specific.

oh yeah idk what's going on on twitter anymore, but I saw the post somewhere else

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[her grace]

I was a bit surprised that Vasquez wasn’t higher until I looked at protocols and saw he struggled on both his solo triple and his 2a.

 

[her grace]

Men's SP Final Results -
Place Start Name Score
1 4 Patrick Blackwell, SC of Boston 78.61
2 7 Nicholas Brooks, All Year FSC 72.43
3 1 Lucius Kazanecki, Washington FSC

Blackwell was clean with a 3A that had +2.29 GOE; Brooks fell on his 3A attempt; Kazanecki had a messy 3A - not sure I see the rationale of his PCS being a good 4 pts lower than either Blackwell or Brooks; though maybe that was just 1st skater judging bias.

Kazanecki is more introverted in performance than Blackwell or Brooks. He also has the look of a typical Malinina skater who is working on jumps and planning to polish the basics later. Blackwell is like that, too, but he has a dynamic performance quality that can boost the non-SS components and drag the SS one up, too. And, of course, he’s also the bigger name with some international success. Brooks has an engaging performance style and better basics than either the other two IMO based on last season; I haven’t seen them yet this season.

 

[Karen-W]

Oh, dear. Logan Higase-Chen is listed as WD on the start order now.

 

[Karen-W]

FYI - this thread is giving live updates from the stream.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1943740118038086143

 

[Stephanie]

Anyone know who Rachel Samiri’s coach is?

 

[YukiNieve]

Zachary LoPinto has a very expressive and interesting program; I'd like to see how it will develop.

 

[Wyliefan]

I'm having trouble copying and pasting the women's results, but here are the protocols:

2025 Junior Cup

Event Results for 2025 Junior Cup

ijs.usfigureskating.org

Current top 3 are Hannah Kim, Annika Chao, and Angela Shao. (Rachel Samiri went from 3rd to 4th as I was typing this, so there must have been some sort of adjustment.) Looks like Sophie Joline got her 3A combo and then fell on her 2A!

 

[Karen-W]

I'm having trouble copying and pasting the women's results, but here are the protocols:

2025 Junior Cup

Event Results for 2025 Junior Cup

ijs.usfigureskating.org

Current top 3 are Hannah Kim, Annika Chao, and Angela Shao. (Rachel Samiri went from 3rd to 4th as I was typing this, so there must have been some sort of adjustment.) Looks like Sophie Joline got her 3A combo and then fell on her 2A!

Samiri's score dropped from 61.88 to 61.14 before the results were finalized.

Place Start Name Score
1 5 Hannah Kim, Glacier Falls FSC 65.83
2 18 Annika Chao, Glacier Falls FSC 62.86
3 10 Angela Shao, Broadmoor SC 61.59
4 16 Rachel Samiri, All Year FSC 61.14
5 13 Sherry Zhang, Glacier Falls FSC 60.96
6 14 Sophie Joline von Felten, SC of Boston 60.78
7 15 Sofia Bezkorovainaya, Washington FSC 58.43
8 8 Kaya Tiernan, IceWorks SC 58.33
9 9 Emilia Nemirovsky, Detroit SC 55.71
10 12 Jessica Jurka, Denver Colorado FSC 52.87
11 20 Jiaying Ellyse Johnson, DuPage FSC 52.24
12 19 Cleo Park, Glacier Falls FSC 52.05
13 2 Madison Chong, Washington FSC 50.29
14 1 Alayna Coats, Glacier Falls FSC 49.79
15 4 Teryn Kim, Glacier Falls FSC 47.91
16 7 Allison Brooks, All Year FSC 47.00
17 11 Annabelle Wilkins, Ann Arbor FSC 46.73
18 3 Leah Sharpe, North Jersey FSC 43.03
19 17 Anabel Wallace, Glacier Falls FSC 42.78
WD Logan Higase-Chen, Broadmoor SC

ETA - reviewing the protocols for rotation calls -

Chao - 3Loq with negative GOE, so it was probably clearly suspect on the landing.
Zhang - 3Lzq+3T< - yikes; her 3Lo also had negative GOE.
Bezkorovainaya - fell on her step sequence, otherwise she may have beaten Sophie Joline in the SP.
Nemirovsky - as noted in the X thread - she fell on her 3Lz, so no combo.
Jurka - 3Lz+3T<< - ouch, may as well have gone for a 2T and put herself in the medal hunt the way Rachel Samiri did with a 3F+2T.
Johnson - 3Lo<< and a fall too - ouch.
Park - 3S+3Tq and popped then fell on the Lo - rough program.

 

[YukiNieve]

Rachel Samiri seems to be a really good spinner. She got 4 or 5 for the final spin. She was skating at the intermediate level (she won Pacific Coast Sectionals) last season. I am looking forward to seeing her skate!

 

[YukiNieve]

2025 U.S. Junior Team Cup

Videos with no-audio for junior women SP have been posted:

1st and 2nd groups: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNjlP15kBhE
3rd group: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1ap2ZgHxn4

 

[Karen-W]

Sounds like Nicholas Brooks had a really rough FS -

https://twitter.com/x/status/1944075104889016799