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Starting the New Year with a new thread and an article about the Junior Pairs medalists with quotes from the top 3 teams (Audrey Lu/Misha Mitrofanov, Sarah Feng/TJ Nyman, Laiken Lockley/Keenan Prochnow): http://web.icenetwork.com/news/2018/01/02/264188160/lu-mitrofanov-set-new-standard-in-winning-pairs
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Senior Pairs SP starting order for Thursday was posted last night: http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2018/26192/CAT019SEG033.html
1 Alexandria Yao, Peninsula SC / Jacob Simon, Skokie Valley SC
2 Alexa Scimeca-Knierim, DuPage FSC / Christopher Knierim, Broadmoor SC
3 Erika Choi Smith, SC of New York / AJ Reiss, Los Angeles FSC
4 Chelsea Liu, Orange County FSC / Brian Johnson, Detroit SC
5 Tarah Kayne, Southwest Florida FSC / Danny O'Shea, Southwest Florida FSC
6 Jessica Calalang, DuPage FSC / Zack Sidhu, Las Vegas FSC
7 Allison Timlen, Columbia FSC (MD) / Justin Highgate-Brutman, St. Clair Shores FSC
8 Deanna Stellato-Dudek, Southwest Florida FSC / Nathan Bartholomay, Southwest Florida FSC
9 Caitlin Fields, Indiana World Sk Acad FSC / Ernie Utah Stevens, Indiana World Sk Acad FSC
10 Jessica Pfund, Southwest Florida FSC / Joshua Santillan, All Year FSC
11 Winter Deardorff, Northern Kentucky SC / Max Settlage, Broadmoor SC
12 Haven Denney, SC of New York / Brandon Frazier, All Year FSC
13 Marissa Castelli, SC of Boston / Mervin Tran, SC of Boston
14 Nica Digerness, Broadmoor SC / Danny Neudecker, Seattle SC
15 Ashley Cain, SC of New York / Timothy LeDuc, Los Angeles FSC
ETA: Top 5 finishers from last year's Senior event (D/F, C/T, C/L, S/B, P/S) drew for spots in the final 2 groups; everyone else then drew spots at random.
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Skating to selections from Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lu and Mitrofanov hit a fine triple twist, side-by-side triple salchow combinations and triple toes, an impressive lasso lift and other strong elements. Their only flaw was Lu's fall on a throw triple loop. Their free skate earned 112.51 points, and they won the crown with 173.31 total points, a new U.S. championships junior pairs record.
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"We both used to do singles, so we're pretty confident with the jumps," Lu said. "Now I also like the lifts a lot."
Mitrofanov is an experienced pairs skater, but this is Lu's first partnership.
The 4th place pewter medalists are the new team of Nadine Wang/Spencer Howe, who train in Montreal. Both competed up to the Junior level in singles (Howe on the JGP) and they attempted sbs 3Lz (called <) and landed 3S+2T with positive GOE in their free skate.The top two junior pairs bring solid triple jumps to the table, a valuable commodity. Two U.S. pairs spots are available for the 2018 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, in March, and both teams are anxious to leave their respective marks.
"[Sarah] and I are both very strong singles skaters," Nyman said. "We are here to change the impression of U.S. pairs, the whole 'Oh, they will never be able to jump' thing. We want to do that for the rest of our career."
Senior Pairs SP starting order for Thursday was posted last night: http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2018/26192/CAT019SEG033.html
1 Alexandria Yao, Peninsula SC / Jacob Simon, Skokie Valley SC
2 Alexa Scimeca-Knierim, DuPage FSC / Christopher Knierim, Broadmoor SC
3 Erika Choi Smith, SC of New York / AJ Reiss, Los Angeles FSC
4 Chelsea Liu, Orange County FSC / Brian Johnson, Detroit SC
5 Tarah Kayne, Southwest Florida FSC / Danny O'Shea, Southwest Florida FSC
6 Jessica Calalang, DuPage FSC / Zack Sidhu, Las Vegas FSC
7 Allison Timlen, Columbia FSC (MD) / Justin Highgate-Brutman, St. Clair Shores FSC
8 Deanna Stellato-Dudek, Southwest Florida FSC / Nathan Bartholomay, Southwest Florida FSC
9 Caitlin Fields, Indiana World Sk Acad FSC / Ernie Utah Stevens, Indiana World Sk Acad FSC
10 Jessica Pfund, Southwest Florida FSC / Joshua Santillan, All Year FSC
11 Winter Deardorff, Northern Kentucky SC / Max Settlage, Broadmoor SC
12 Haven Denney, SC of New York / Brandon Frazier, All Year FSC
13 Marissa Castelli, SC of Boston / Mervin Tran, SC of Boston
14 Nica Digerness, Broadmoor SC / Danny Neudecker, Seattle SC
15 Ashley Cain, SC of New York / Timothy LeDuc, Los Angeles FSC
ETA: Top 5 finishers from last year's Senior event (D/F, C/T, C/L, S/B, P/S) drew for spots in the final 2 groups; everyone else then drew spots at random.
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