Entries & Skater info - 2025 US Nationals

[Flip Jump]

Do we know were there start orders draws? Not even a draw amongst groups? They just look like they are in reverse order of world standings.

From the USFS Rulebook:
2720 Draws for Initial Starting Orders – Singles, Pairs and Ice Dance
2721 At the U.S. Figure Skating Championships only, the starting order for the junior and championship (senior) women’s, men’s and pairs short program and junior and championship (senior) rhythm dance events will be established as follows:
A. The competitors who hold an ISU World Standing in their discipline will skate in reverse order of their ISU World Standings, as of the date of the draw, with the highest ranked competitor skating last.
B. Any competitors who don't hold an ISU World Standing in their discipline will skate first in their event. The starting order for these remaining competitors will be by closed, random draw conducted by the chief referee and chief accountant.

 

[Karen-W]

Championship Men Start Order also up -

	1	Emmanuel Savary, University of Delaware FSC
	2	Lucius Kazanecki, Washington FSC
	3	Samuel Mindra, Portland ISC
	4	Kai Kovar, Wasatch FSC
	5	TairaShinohara, Chicago FSC
	6	Joseph Klein, Skokie Valley SC
	7	Goku Endo, Los Angeles FSC
	8	Michael Xie, SC of San Francisco
	9	Beck Strommer, Alpine SC
	10	Tomoki Hiwatashi, DuPage FSC
	11	Liam Kapeikis, Wenatchee FSC
	12	Maxim Naumov, SC of Boston
	13	Daniel Martynov, Great Lakes FSC
	14	Jimmy Ma, SC of Boston
	15	Jacob Sanchez, Hudson Valley FSC
	16	Camden Pulkinen, SC of New York
	17	Andrew Torgashev, Panthers FSC
	18	Ilia Malinin, Washington FSC

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

From the USFS Rulebook:
2720 Draws for Initial Starting Orders – Singles, Pairs and Ice Dance
2721 At the U.S. Figure Skating Championships only, the starting order for the junior and championship (senior) women’s, men’s and pairs short program and junior and championship (senior) rhythm dance events will be established as follows:
A. The competitors who hold an ISU World Standing in their discipline will skate in reverse order of their ISU World Standings, as of the date of the draw, with the highest ranked competitor skating last.
B. Any competitors who don't hold an ISU World Standing in their discipline will skate first in their event. The starting order for these remaining competitors will be by closed, random draw conducted by the chief referee and chief accountant.

It’s the worst it’s ever been IMO. I think these start orders are insulting to all figure skaters even Madison, Evan, Ilia, and Amber.

anybody who is not in the last four slots it’s just basically telling them thanks for showing up here but you will not be getting a medal.

And what an insult to the four I just mentioned that they all have to skate last and here’s your reward for having high ISU points. You have to skate last in your group.

The more they try to fix things the more they dumb things down in my opinion.

Also tells the casual TV audience just come watch the broadcast for the last 15 minutes of each broadcast. No reason to have to watch an unknown… Oh, the horrors. Lol.

OK I hope my rant is over. At least until I have to view that kiss and cry again.