Junior Pairs - SP & FS

[just tuned in]

Alexa giving advice on sleep scheduling.

 

[ChillSkate]

I miss Margaret Church

 

[Wyliefan]

Yeah, white T-shirt and black pants really scream "charming little French song." At least stick a scarf on him or something.

 

[BittyBug]

This is painful.

 

[Karen-W]

Williams/Lewer - season debut. Not bad on the 3tw. Good SBS 2As! Bit pitched forward on the throw. Spin disaster for her. Even with that error and her time off for injury & surgery, they're still clearly a cut above the rest of the teams so far.

 

[Aceon6]

WilLew. Somebody buy him a performance shirt. Nice start then she biffed the change of foot on the spin. Best lift so far.

 

[just tuned in]

She is visibly upset.

 

[Karen-W]

Danny's their coach here. Interesting. That's got to be at least an equal flex - coaching AND competing at the same event - as the Knierims & LeDuc coaching trio.

 

[just tuned in]

Wow, that is a good score considering the missed element.

 

[Rukia]

Danny's their coach here. Interesting. That's got to be at least an equal flex - coaching AND competing at the same event - as the Knierims & LeDuc coaching trio.

going to nats doesn't pay for itself

 

[Sarah]

F/W spins were GORGEOUS!

 

[just tuned in]

Okay, so I was going to do a dance test to this song (Once upon a December). I did not end up with this music, but at least I know it is a waltz.

 

[Karen-W]

Flores/Wang - bit crashy on the 3tw landing but pretty good for juniors. She two-footed her throw landing. Their international experience is really showing. Well, just a step-out from him on the 2A is pretty good. Nice synch for the most part on the spins. Beautiful leaps in their step sequence!

 

[Wyliefan]

Nice expression and energy there.

 

[Aceon6]

FloWang. Twist a little crashy and flaws in the jumps and throw, but not a disaster. Best spin by a mile as is the footwork. Should lead easily.

 

[Rukia]

Yeah they were clearly the class of this short program

 

[Wyliefan]

Scores came almost before they could sit down.

 

[MacMadame]

I swear her head was on the ice in the DS, not just grazing but resting on it. Doesn't that make it an invalid element?

 

[Sarah]

F/W have improved so much this season in terms of presentation and expression. They have a lot of potential. Time in juniors is serving them well.

 

[ChillSkate]

Flores and Wang were really good!

 

[BittyBug]

Flores / Wang were the only team who looked like they might credibly skate up to Senior next year.

 

[Wyliefan]

I swear her head was on the ice in the DS, not just grazing but resting on it.

I didn't notice, but she did have a lot of snow in her hair, so you're probably right.

 

[AYS]

Flores/Wang have improved so much in this past year. Nice job! The judges ranged from -2 up to +3 on the death spiral, so they seem to be split on whether the head was too far down or just right.

That was a pretty unscary competition as. junior pairs go and very entertaining K&C.

 

[Karen-W]

Short Program results - https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/33688/SEGM003.html

1	9	Olivia Flores, Thunderbirds FSC Luke Wang, Los Angeles FSC	59.83
2	4	Sydney Cooke, Elite Edge SC Matthew Kennedy, Patriot FSC	50.24
3	8	Naomi Williams, SC of Boston Lachlan Lewer, Broadmoor SC	48.64
4	6	Reagan Moss, SC of New York Jakub Galbavy, SC of New York	45.64
5	2	Saya Carpenter, Detroit SC Jon Maravilla, Detroit SC	45.50
6	7	Adele Zheng, DuPage FSC Andy Deng, Fort Wayne ISC	43.99
7	3	Audrey Park, All Year FSC Carter Griffin, All Year FSC	43.19
8	1	Ashley Fletcher, Orange County FSC Aaron Felberbaum, DuPage FSC	36.91
9	5	Melania Delis, All Year FSC Jaden Schwab, St. Paul FSC	35.89

 

[Aceon6]

Hi, everyone! For those following my chicken soup saga, I may have gone a bit overboard with the salt. Time to drop a raw potato in!

I’m most looking forward to seeing how Williams/Lewer are coming along. I hope she feels confident that her foot is healing well and they can skate well given the amount of training they lost.

 

[Karen-W]

Delis/Schwab - he is just not very good, IMO. She has potential, though. Maybe she should have a tryout with Danylo Siianytsia since she's old enough for seniors.

 

[Aceon6]

DelisSch up first. Love her aqua dress. Don’t love the music. Other than his fall on the SBS, they did the elements they do pretty much to the best of their ability. Good job.

 

[Spikefan]

Done with work.

 

[Karen-W]

Jaden always looks like he's wearing a small amount of guyliner. I don't think he is but rather its just the way his eyes are set in his face.

 

[ChillSkate]

Jaden again in an all-black costume that has nothing to with his partner's full-out beaded up costume. Maybe his costumes were lost in transit?