2026 CDN Jr./Sr. Sectionals/Challenge & Skate Canada Trophy

[danafan]

Standing O in my living room for Wesley! Does he have his minimums for the Olys?

I believe so yes, but not for worlds.

 

[danafan]

Behind Messing

 

[danafan]

Sigh....John Kim down on both quads. Such a talented skater who continues to struggle in competition. A good triple axel though.

 

[danafan]

Kim was with Brian Orser in the kiss and cry. Has he made a coaching change?

 

[shutterbug]

Behind Messing

I'm having a tough time digesting the nearly 4 point difference in their PCS.....

 

[4rkidz]

To be fair Messings spins are better than Wesley and his speed and his performance level. I find Wesley a bit of a bland skater, I keep waiting for him to develop more performance qualities in his skating, but great job technically.

 

[victorskid]

Coming up next on Rink 2 - the Junior Men SP:

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Meanwhile, happening on Rink 1 - the Junior Women FS:

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[shutterbug]

Kim was with Brian Orser in the kiss and cry. Has he made a coaching change?

John's current ISU bio lists Jonathan Mills and Myke Gillman from the Thornhill FSC as his coaches, so maybe there has been a change (?).

 

[puglover]

Lia Cho is certainly an exciting skater. In general, I really enjoyed junior ladies.

 

[sk8girl]

I admit this is the first time I watched him this season. But I think I did hear that lyric in the background?

(Regarding Keegan) That part of the music is still there, but it's like they edited it somehow so that the particular "R.O.C.K. in the USA" words are no longer comprehensible like they were before.

 

[Desperado]

Anyone watch the two pairs?

Miyu Yunoki / Tristan Taylor were new to me and they had a great 3LTh and good lifts. Individual jumps seem to be their weakness but Miyu was so happy with her performance and their score, I can’t help but root for them from now on.

 

[4rkidz]

Lia Cho is certainly an exciting skater. In general, I really enjoyed junior ladies.

The young women on the podium were all exceptional and yes Lia is exceptional. What really stood out for me was the maturity and elegance of their skates for being so young.

 

[Wyliefan]

Junior RD is about to get underway in Rink 1.

 

[victorskid]

Junior RD is about to get underway in Rink 1.

Start order/results:

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[Alilou]

(Regarding Keegan) That part of the music is still there, but it's like they edited it somehow so that the particular "R.O.C.K. in the USA" words are no longer comprehensible like they were before.

I actually left a message about it on Keegan's insta way back after his first comp (that one down in Florida?), and no doubt other people did too, so I guess he got the memo.

 

[Wyliefan]

Homick/Buelow a couple of points ahead of Anderson/Dawson. Interesting.

 

[victorskid]

Results after the Jr RD:
1 Summer Homick / Nicholas Buelow ON 62.18
2 Charlie Anderson / Cayden Dawson ON 60.32
3 Auréa Cincon-Debout / Earl Jesse Celestino QC 58.31
4 Victoria Carandiuc / Andrei Carandiuc QC 56.24
5 Olympia Kalaganis / Émile Deveau QC 50.09
6 Madelaine Breau / Kurtis Che BC/YT 49.02
7 Olivia Corneil / Alexandre Emery ON 48.38
8 Annabelle Théroux / Rafael Gossard QC 48.17
9 Anjou Karino / Andrew Song AB/NT/NU 47.96
10 Émilie Proulx / Corentin Cincon-Debout QC 46.55
11 Laurence Brière / Julien Lévesque QC 44.32
12 Madison Tong / Michael Boutsan ON 43.49
13 Rilee Eby / Jacob Stark ON 42.98
14 Hannah Li / Nathan Feng BC/YT 41.24
15 Jessy Gagnon / Anthony MacDonald QC 36.15


Up next on this rink - the Sr. RD:

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[danafan]

Fabbri/Ayer are withdrawn from senior dance. I guess we'll have to wait for nationals for the head to head versus Lauriault/LeGac.

 

[danafan]

Wow Urban and Beaumount with no value for their choreo sequence. !! in the live scoring. I have no idea why but considering recent events in ice dance judging....I wonder if that's what Carol Lane is looking at on her phone in the kiss and cry.

 

[Wyliefan]

Oh crap, I missed them! Got the time zones screwed up again.

 

[Wyliefan]

Pretty good outing for Bash/Perr, though it looked like they almost drifted into each other on the second set of twizzles. Air drums and air guitar are a nice touch. Into 3rd with 61.06.

 

[victorskid]

Wow Urban and Beaumount with no value for their choreo sequence. !! in the live scoring. I have no idea why but considering recent events in ice dance judging....I wonder if that's what Carol Lane is looking at on her phone in the kiss and cry.

It appears to have been changed on review:

1	MiStA2+MiStB1			7.21	2.29	9.50
2	PSt2			7.95	0.90	8.85
3	SqTwA3+SqTwB3			6.60	-0.80	5.80
4	ChRS1		!	2.00	-0.24	1.76
5	RoLi4			5.45	0.77	6.22

 

[Wyliefan]

Kor/Mac have the first Mambo No. 5 of the season, to the best of my knowledge. Again, it seems like the lesser-known teams were the ones who got the most creative!

 

[Wyliefan]

And Foroglou-Gadoury/Anderson have "Man, I Feel Like a Woman"/"Achy Breaky Heart"/"Cotton-Eyed Joe."

 

[Karen-W]

And Foroglou-Gadoury/Anderson have "Man, I Feel Like a Woman"/"Achy Breaky Heart"/"Cotton-Eyed Joe."

Replace Cotton-Eyed Joe with a true '90s country song like Watermelon Crawl or Chattahoochee and we'd be in business.

 

[victorskid]

After the Sr RD:
1 Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac QC 75.81
2 Lily Hensen / Nathan Lickers ON 68.61
3 Jamie Fournier / Everest Zhu QC 67.54
4 Chloe Nguyen / Brendan Giang BC/YT 66.26
5 Alyssa Robinson / Jacob Portz AB/NT/NU 64.42
6 Sandrine Gauthier / Quentin Thieren QC 64.16
7 Nadiia Bashynska / Noé Perron ON 61.06
8 Amanda Urban / Peter Beaumont ON 59.53
9 Éliane Foroglou-Gadoury / Luke Anderson QC 58.83
10 Alisa Korneva / Kieran MacDonald ON 58.45
11 Lucy Hancockl / Aiden Dotzert ON 48.43
12 Addison Pehl / Daniel Yu AB/NT/NU 46.49
WD Alicia Fabbri / Paul Ayer Club de patinage artistique de Terrebonne inc. & Club de patinage artistique de Terrebonne inc. QC

 

[victorskid]

Coming up on this rink - the Sr Women SP:

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* 6 warm-up groups/34 women

Happening now on Rink 2 - Jr Men FS:

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* 4 warm-up groups/23 men - they are close to the end of Group 1

 

[danafan]

The senior women's challenge is absolutely one of my favourite competitions of the year! Every warmup group has at least one skater with international experience. Let's go!

 

[danafan]

Shiryaeva should have a bye due to her SCI assignment but is choosing to skate here. So there should be 14 spots for nationals.
Interesting she went for the combo in the second half, I'm not sure if that was planned. Did did fall on the triple flip triple toe but still has a strong tech score in the box, 34.03. We'll see about reviews.

 

[danafan]

Yikes Brezen opened with a surely downgraded triple flip, then had a wonky double axel. But she eked out a triple lutz double toe combo later. Still skating with her trademark smile though! A nice program though to we've only just begun. The lutz is showing up as under rotated. She has probably dug herself a huge hole here. Hopefully she can rebound in the free tomorrow.