2026 U.S. Sectional Singles & Pairs/Dance Finals

[Flip Jump]

Awwww. Mixed bag for Skylar. Looks like she’s growing and adjusting. Not sure if it will be enough to make nationals. So much to like though. She surely has a bright future. Is she eligible for the JR Grand Prix next year?

Yes, she will be! She turns 13 in December. Deborah Liu (1st novice) will also be eligible next year. She turns 13 in April. Excited for the future!

 

[her grace]

Erhard

Som nice musicality to start, 3t-2t, 3s, 2z-2a spin out; nice program composition making use of transitions, several intentional doubles

Lautowa-Peguero

3z-2t with small delay between jumps, popped flip, 3s, fall on loop, 3f, 3r-1a-1?a, nice comeback

 

[her grace]

Tiernan

3t-2t, 3z, 3r, 3z-2a-2a, 3f-2t, she seems like such a steady competitor!

 

[Debbie S]

Ah, figured out how to get one window to mute w/o the other. Great skate by Kaya!

 

[her grace]

Iwase

I missed quite a lot of her program, nice delicate presence and landed the jumps at the end of the program

ETA: if I heard her correctly, she said, “I was proud about everything” in k-n-c

 

[Flip Jump]

Iwase

I missed quite a lot of her program, nice delicate presence and landed the jumps at the end of the program

ETA: if I heard her correctly, she said, “I was proud about everything” in k-n-c

I believe she said “I fought for everything”
Either way, she has a lot to be proud of!

 

[her grace]

Sharpe

3z-1r-2s stepout, solo triples and having to dig deep on landings, and the wheels are coming off, 3 falls

 

[Wyliefan]

Shoutout to the announcer, who made a truly valiant effort to pronounce "Bezkorovainaya."

Rough outing for Sofia, but she's still selling the program as hard as she can.

 

[her grace]

Bezkorovainaya

3z fall, 2a-3t fall , 3f-2t, 3r, 3z turns out 2t—I feel like there were too many steps between but maybe it was just turns and she kept the free leg up; gotta give her credit—she’s still expressing the program

 

[Debbie S]

It's been a difficult year for Sofia. Losing her coach and good friends/training mates, changing coaches and rinks....she should be proud of all she has accomplished this season.

And 3rd....she makes Nats!

 

[Wyliefan]

Madison is very expressionless in comparison, but she does have some nice arm movements. And she's landing stuff!

 

[her grace]

Chong

2a-3t, 3z, 3f telegraphs her jumps, 3z-2a-2t, 3f-2t, 3s, looking very calm, handled the pressure of being first fantastically

 

[Wyliefan]

Totally stonefaced until she saw 1st place come up, and now she has the biggest grin! That was quite the transformation!

 

[Debbie S]

Awesome skate by Madison Chong! Not the same level of presentation as Sofia, but incredible technical display.

Congrats to her!

 

[Sarah]

The top 3 were all fantastic (and Sofia sold that program despite having a tough skate). I think Kaya winning the free was fair too.

 

[Sylvia]

Junior Women final standings: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2025/34252/CAT007SEG015.html
FS protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2025/34252/SEGM015.html

5th place is always so hard ( for Skylar) but Madison Chong, Kaya Tiernan, Mia Iwase & Sofia Bezkorovainaya are deserving of their final placement/scores and their trip to St. Louis!

Senior Men SP starting order/live scores: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2025/34252/CAT009SEG009.html

 

[YukiNieve]

Skylar

 

[TanithandBenFan]

I don’t remember seeing Emmanuel try a 3A in years!

 

[Karen-W]

Lucius - popped his opening quad; clean 3a; and down on his last jumping pass so no combo at all.

 

[Debbie S]

Glad Lucius has nothing to lose here, b/c yikes.

 

[Sylvia]

Lucius is trying a 2 quad SP here since he has nothing to lose.

ETA: 2S, big 3A, 4T fall. In 3rd.

 

[Debbie S]

Mikawa wants to skate a 90s RD?

 

[Sylvia]

Easterns Senior Men SP protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2025/34252/SEGM009.html

Senior Women SP starting order/live scores: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2025/34252/CAT010SEG010.html
Ava Ziegler is in the 1st group.

 

[jlai]

That's it for Ziegler

 

[Karen-W]

That's it for Ziegler

Total complete disaster. Popped her opening jump & did a single on the end of it, so no combo, then wiped out on her solo 3 a few seconds later.

 

[Sylvia]

After group 1:
Michelle Lee: 3Lz+2T, 2A, 3S - 55.10
Ava Ziegler: 1Lz+2T, 3F fall, 2A - 50.94

 

[Capt. DeSoto]

Lucius is trying a 2 quad SP here since he has nothing to lose.

ETA: 2S, big 3A, 4T fall. In 3rd.

I believe that would have been the debut of a 4S for him.

 

[tangerine dream]

I'm curious what layout von Felten will go with for this SP. She could play it safe without the 3A and qualify easily in this field but she's not known for doing that.

 

[Sylvia]

Erica "YN" Machida: 3Lz+2T, 2A, 3Lo - all jumps with both arms clasped overhead - and some really cool movements to her music!

58.83 - she and Jonathan Cassar are delighted! Into 1st with 2 groups left after the resurfacing break.

ETA: She had the free skate of her career at LA Autumn Classic NQS in early October, landing 7 triples/121.38 in FS, 170.66 total.

 

[Sylvia]

Jasmine Clarke had the top NQS score (180.08) in the Eastern section of the Senior women competing here, ahead of Machida and Ziegler. Jasmine is a first year Sr. and coached by Malinina/Skorniakov.

Next 2 in the NQS rankings are Juliana Barshay (149.37) and Jessica Choy (146.59).

Sophie Joline von Felten did not compete in the NQS series -- she had a bye to Easterns due to her JGP season.