USFS' Championship Series: 2022 US Nationals qualifying competitions, Oct. 5-Nov. 20, 2021

[Sylvia]

There are 8 Championship Series qualifying competitions (same locations as last year before they were cancelled):

Competition Information | U.S. Figure Skating

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Blaine, Minnesota — Oct. 4-8, 2021
Hosted by Northern Blades NSC FSC, National Sports Center
Disciplines: Singles, Ice Dance

Henderson, Nevada — Oct. 12-16, 2021
Hosted by Vegas Golden Knights Center of Excellence, Lifeguard Arena
Disciplines: Singles, Pairs

Allen, Texas — Oct. 13-17, 2021
Hosted by Dallas FSC, Allen Event Center
Discipline: Singles

Leesburg, Virginia — Oct. 27-30, 2021
Hosted by Ion FSC & SC of Northern Virginia, Ion International Training Center
Discipline: Singles

Fort Wayne, Indiana — Nov. 2-5, 2021
Hosted by Fort Wayne ISC, SportONE/Parkview Ice House
Discipline: Singles

Norwood, Massachusetts — Nov. 9-13, 2021
Hosted by The Skating Club of Boston
Discipline: Singles, Pairs

Spokane, Washington — Nov. 17-20, 2021
Hosted by Lilac City FSC, Eagles Ice Arena
Discipline: Singles

Alpharetta, Georgia — Nov. 17-20, 2021
Hosted by the Atlanta FSC, The Cooler
Disciplines: Singles, Ice Dance

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2022 U.S. Championship Series Athlete & Coach Handbook: https://www.usfigureskating.org/sit...ChampionshipSeries_Handbook_September2021.pdf
Excerpt:
At the end of each Championship Series competition, all competition results will be uploaded to
EMS by the chief accountant as soon as possible following the competition’s conclusion. Each
skater’s total score (see above) is transmitted to the Series Standings. Only a skater’s current
highest total score is officially recorded. If a skater finishes a competition and beats their
previous high score, the score will be updated. If a skater competes but does not beat their
current high score, the previous score stands.
Athletes may compete a maximum of two times in the series, with only their highest score
counting toward the series ranking and advancement.
The Championship Series standings will be available for viewing in EMS. The standings will
display a national rank for all disciplines. Singles events will also display a sectional ranking.

USFS' press release (Oct. 4):

2021-22 U.S. Figure Skating Qualifying Season Begins This Week | U.S. Figure Skating

www.usfigureskating.org

 

[Sylvia]

The first competition in Blaine, Minnesota starts tomorrow, Tuesday, October 5 and runs through Friday, Oct. 8, 2021 (singles/ice dance): https://www.usfigureskating.org/event/championship-series-blaine-minnesota
Event schedule in Central time in both rinks (Sheet 3 has the Senior & Junior events as well as all the dance events): https://www.usfigureskating.org/sit.../Schedule_ChampionshipSeries_BlaineMN.pdf.pdf

Starting orders/Results (event start times are listed in Central time): https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/30101/index.asp

Women in ISP: Starr Andrews, Maxine Marie Bautista, Finley Hawk, Pooja Kalyan; Elsa Cheng & Adele Zhang (junior)
Ice dance teams in ISP: Pate/Bye; Carhart/Horovyi & Peal/Peal (junior)

Peacock Premium subscribers can watch the livestreaming of the Senior & Junior events (on demand viewing available afterwards).
Junior Rhythm Dance will be the first event to be streamed via Peacock at 7 pm Eastern time tomorrow (Tuesday).

USFS' Fan Zone platform will livestream the Novice, Intermediate & Juvenile level events (on demand viewing available afterwards): https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/watch/
Intermediate Ladies SP Grp A and Juvenile Pattern Dance 1 both start tomorrow at 10 am Eastern time.

ETA that 6 of the 8 Senior dance teams are new this season: Emily Bratti/Ian Somerville, Sophia Domonoske/Thomas Schwappach, Cayla Cottrell/Uladzislau Palkhouski (link to his ISU bio for BLR), Riona Harris/Tyler Vollmer, Raffaella Koncius/Alexey Shchepetov, Livvy Shilling/Ryan O'Donnell.

 

[Sylvia]

USFS' Championship Series Competition Central page with links to all 8 qualifying competitions:

2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series presented by Toyota | Competition Central

2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series presented by Toyota | Competition Central

usfigureskatingfanzone.com

 

[Sylvia]

Event schedule in Central time in both rinks (Sheet 3 has the Senior & Junior events as well as all the dance events): https://www.usfigureskating.org/sit.../Schedule_ChampionshipSeries_BlaineMN.pdf.pdf

Starting orders/Results (event start times are listed in Central time): https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/30101/index.asp
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Peacock Premium subscribers can watch the livestreaming of the Senior & Junior events (on demand viewing available afterwards).
Junior Rhythm Dance will be the first event to be streamed via Peacock at 7 pm Eastern time tomorrow (Tuesday).

Top 3 in Junior RD last night were Elliana & Ethan Peal, Helena Carhart/Volodymyr Horovyi, Vanessa Pham/Jonathan Rogers and the FD will be streamed on Peacock starting at 3:50 ET later today - FD starting order: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/30101/CAT006SEG034.html

Ben Agosto coached the winning Juvenile dance team (Fischer siblings) who were jumping up and down just now after their scores were announced. Link to watch Juvenile FD on demand: https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/watch/?Archive=2620

Intermediate FD is underway (ETA) - won by Jasmine Robertson/Hayden Wood - link to the FD replay video: https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/watch/?Archive=2621

Novice FD is scheduled to start at 2 pm Eastern (looking forward to watching Olivia Ilin/Dylan Cain's Joker-themed program) - livestream/replay links are here: https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/watch/

 

[meggonzo]

Women in ISP: Starr Andrews, Maxine Marie Bautista, Finley Hawk, Pooja Kalyan; Elsa Cheng & Adele Zhang (junior)

Yesterday in the start order, Pooja was listed as WD, but now today she is back in the starting order.

 

[Sylvia]

Pooja Kalyan recently started her freshman year at Brown University (on campus): https://www.instagram.com/p/CTgA9ZeLXrk/
So we'll see if she competes in MN tomorrow.

 

[meggonzo]

Maybe I should DM her and ask because if she's there, that will help me make my decision to go watch in person.

 

[annie720]

For those planning to watch Ice Dance from Blaine on Peacock, here's a head's up. I'm currently watching the Jr free dance on Peacock and that appears to be live, having started at the time given on the event schedule. This evening's Senior RD, however, is listed on Peacock to start at 10:30 pm Mtn Time, but the event schedule has it starting at 5:30 pm Central. Don't know if Peacock isn't airing that live or if I'm not understanding something.

ETA: I'm hoping it's just an error on the Peacock site and it will really start at the right time (4:30 Mtn).

 

[Frau Muller]

Looking forward to Starr Andrews tomorrow and Friday. I’m guessing that this is her big prep for Sr G-P France in late-Nov, as I don’t see her listed yet on a Challenger or Sr-B. (Of course we already saw her at the Autumn Classic in Canada, where she tried her 3-axel!)

 

[maureenfarone]

For those planning to watch Ice Dance from Blaine on Peacock, here's a head's up. I'm currently watching the Jr free dance on Peacock and that appears to be live, having started at the time given on the event schedule. This evening's Senior RD, however, is listed on Peacock to start at 10:30 pm Mtn Time but the event schedule has it starting at 5:30 pm Central. Don't know if Peacock isn't airing that live or if I'm not understanding something.

Well that makes no sense since 5:30 central should be 4:30 Mtn. I'm in ET so I'm tuning in about 6:25 p.m. I've generally found the streaming on Peacock to be ok but the website and times are very confusing. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[maureenfarone]

Peacock+ is showing the Senior RD warmup starting at 6:30 p.m. It is on now!

 

[wickedwitch]

I haven't been paying attention. Do skaters still need to hit a minimum score to qualify?

 

[Sylvia]

Senior Rhythm Dance results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/30101/CAT017SEG035.html
RD protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/30101/SEGM035.html
Top 4:
1 Emily Bratti, Washington FSC / Ian Somerville, Washington FSC 69.41 - think I saw Dmytri Ilin with them here?
2 Eva Pate, Strongsville SC / Logan Bye, SC of New York 68.51
3 Livvy Shilling, Columbus FSC / Ryan ODonnell, SC of Houston 57.60
4 Raffaella Koncius, Los Angeles FSC / Alexey Shchepetov, Florida Everblades FSC 55.76

Junior Dance final standings/link to protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/30101/CAT006SEG034.html
Top 4:
1 Helena Carhart, Florida Everblades FSC / Volodymyr Horovyi, Florida Everblades FSC 2 59.40 1 88.37 147.77
2 Elliana Peal, Scott Hamilton SC / Ethan Peal, Scott Hamilton SC 1 60.76 2 83.99 144.75
3 Vanessa Pham, SC of Houston / Jonathan Rogers, Texas Gulf Coast FSC 3 55.83 3 83.83 139.66
4 Jenna Hauer, All Year FSC / Benjamin Starr, Charter Oak FSC 4 54.81 4 80.19 135.00

Novice Dance final standings/link to protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/30101/CAT013SEG033.html
Top 3:
1 Olivia Ilin, Washington FSC / Dylan Cain, Washington FSC 1 50.99 1 62.22 113.21
2 Julia Epps, IceWorks SC / Blake Gilman, Peninsula SC 2 48.98 3 58.05 107.03
3 Sylvia Li, North Jersey FSC / Rowan Le Coq, SC of New York 3 43.78 2 61.24 105.02
FD replay: https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/watch/?Archive=2624

Intermediate Dance won by Jasmine Robertson/Hayden Wood (95.33) - final standings: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/30101/CAT001SEG032.html
FD replay: https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/watch/?Archive=2621

Juvenile Dance top 2 were Grace & Luke Fischer (72.18) and Sarah Yoo/Nicholas Ying (71.79) - final standings: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/30101/CAT010SEG031.html
FD replay: https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/watch/?Archive=2620

 

[vu2019]

I haven't been paying attention. Do skaters still need to hit a minimum score to qualify?

Per Technical Notification 266 (dated 8/12/2021), here are the TES scores needed (from either a Championship Series event or an ISU event) to qualify for the 2022 U.S. Championships:

Senior Men
SP TES: 23.0
FS TES: 50.0

Senior Ladies/Women
SP TES: 20.0
FS TES: 38.0

Senior Pairs
SP TES: 20.0
FS TES: 37.0

Senior Dance
RD TES: 22.0
FD TES: 43.0

 

[Sylvia]

Thanks, @vu2019 - I just found out that technical notifications are in the Members Only section of USFS' website so I appreciate you sharing the info.

From the link in post #3 above:
"Advancement to the 2022 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships (senior, junior and select novices) will be based on each skaters' highest score earned rather than placement at each competition and the approved advancement criteria can be found here" (this document is dated June 12): https://www.usfigureskating.org/sit...022QualifyingByeAdvancementCriteria_Final.pdf

Maximum # of spots at 2022 Nationals in Senior & Junior:
Singles: 18
Pairs: 12
Ice Dance: 15

Byes to 2022 Nationals based on top 5 finish in Senior in 2021:
N. Chen, Zhou, Brown, Paniot, Naumov;
Tennell, Glenn, K. Chen, Liu, Bell;
Knierim/Frazier, Calalang/Johnson, Cain-Gribble/LeDuc, Lu/Mitrofanov, Chan/Howe;
Hubbell/Donohue, Chock/Bates, Hawayek/Baker, Green/Parsons, Cesanek/Yehorov.

Eligible for a bye to Nationals if they are assigned to and compete at 3 international assignments classified as an ISU Grand Prix, ISU JGP and/or Challenger Series event (as of 10/6):
Carreira/Ponomarenko (2 GPs, 2 Challengers), Hiwatashi (2 GPs, 1 Challenger), Pulkinen (2 GPs, 1 Challenger)

Eligible for a bye to Nationals if qualified for the same event at the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final:
Ilia Malinin (this would be his Sr. national debut);
Isabeau Levito (this would be her Sr. national debut), Lindsay Thorngren;
Wolfkostin/Chen & Brown/Brown (both returning in junior this season).

 

[Sylvia]

Yesterday in the start order, Pooja was listed as WD, but now today she is back in the starting order.

Pooja Kalyan is listed as WD in the Senior SP starting order as of today (Wednesday evening): https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/30101/CAT018SEG020.html

Senior FD is scheduled to start at 10 am (!) Eastern on Thursday: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/30101/CAT017SEG036.html

 

[Sylvia]

Senior FD protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/30101/SEGM036.html
Top 4:
1 Emily Bratti, Washington FSC / Ian Somerville, Washington FSC 1 69.41 1 105.39 174.80 (Rocketman FD)
2 Eva Pate, Strongsville SC / Logan Bye, SC of New York 2 68.51 2 103.03 171.54
3 Raffaella Koncius, Los Angeles FSC / Alexey Shchepetov, Florida Everblades FSC 4 55.76 3 80.04 135.80
4 Livvy Shilling, Columbus FSC /Ryan ODonnell, SC of Houston 3 57.60 4 73.35 130.95

Elsa Cheng won the Junior Women SP (61.70), landing 3Lz+3T<, 2A & 3F: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/30101/CAT007SEG019.html

Pooja Kalyan is listed as WD in the Senior SP starting order as of today (Wednesday evening): https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/30101/CAT018SEG020.html

Senior Women SP is starting now.

 

[Sylvia]

Senior Women SP protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/30101/SEGM020.html
Top 4:
1 Starr Andrews, Los Angeles FSC 70.10 (3T+3T, 2A, 3Lo, L4 on all spins) - looked very relaxed today; pretty sure this was her personal best (domestic) score
2 Maxine Marie Bautista, DuPage FSC 58.84 (3T+2T, 2A, 3Loq, L4 on steps & 2 spins)
3 Finley Hawk, ISC of Indianapolis 58.13 (3Lz+2T, 3F, 2A, L4 on all spins)
4 Wren Warne-Jacobsen, Go4Gold Shakopee Skating Academy 50.47 (3S, 3T+2T, 1A, all L4s)

 

[Frau Muller]

Starr won with total score 177+ ! Tried the 3-axel but marked as 2-axel.

2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series

Event Results for 2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series

ijs.usfigureskating.org

 

[Sylvia]

Starr won with total score 177+ ! Tried the 3-axel but marked as 2-axel.

Andrews landed 2 very good double Axels in her FS and 3S+2T at the end but had a rough jumping day otherwise (ditto for Bautista, whose FS I really like, who finished 4th overall).

Wren Warne-Jacobsen won the bronze & skated/performed VERY well to (IIRC) Saint-Saens' Samson & Delilah and deserved to win the FS.

Finley Hawk won the silver (haven't watched her FS yet).

ETA that I also want to make the time to watch the top 2 Junior women (Elsa Cheng 92.37 FS/154.07 & Hannah Lofton 94.20 FS/150.58) and definitely the Junior man, Taira Shinohara (121.03 FS with 6 of 7 triples clean/175.84), who qualified for the ISP last season as a Novice.

 

[meggonzo]

I think Wren's music was Scheherazade.

Alex Johnson was there coaching several skaters.

 

[Coco]

Is there a place to see who has registered for each of these comps or is that info available on a comp by comp basis, when they put up start orders?

 

[Debbie S]

Is there a place to see who has registered for each of these comps or is that info available on a comp by comp basis, when they put up start orders?

Comp by comp basis, when start orders go up. If you go to the individual event pages (via Fan Zone), some may have a list of practice groups, which would list skaters' names.

 

[Sylvia]

Starting orders are posted for Henderson, Nevada (competition runs from Tuesday, Oct. 12-Saturday, Oct. 16): https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/30105/index.asp

International Selection Pool (ISP) skaters listed in Senior: Mariah Bell (she already has a bye to Nationals), Hanna Harrell; Eric Sjoberg, Andrew Torgashev, Dinh Tran, Liam Kapeikis (JGP alternate this fall); McBeath/Bartholomay in pairs.

JGP singles competitors listed in Junior: Clare Seo, Mia Kalin, Josephine Lee, Matthew Nielsen, Kai Kovar.
ISP junior pairs listed are Rivers/Chapman & Wong/Weirens; Baram/Tioumentsev have the highest club comp. scores in Jr. this season.

ETA that starting orders for the singles only qualifying competition in Allen, Texas (Oct. 13-17) will be posted at this link (not yet updated as of now): https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/30106/index.asp

 

[haribobo]

Just for reference-

How skaters get to Nationals-

https://www.usfigureskating.org/sites/default/files/media-files/2022QualifyingByeAdvancementCriteria_Final.pdf

Series standings- (nothing here yet)

Sign In - U.S. Figure Skating EMS

m.usfigureskating.org

 

[Sylvia]

Series standings- (nothing here yet)

The standings are there from Blaine, MN but you have to have a USFS membership to see this section, AFAIK. I was thinking about reviving my blog and compiling the top skaters/scores at each level (will post a link here if I do).

Today in Henderson, NV: Juvenile Girls Groups A-C, Intermediate Men SP, Juvenile Boys FS, Novice Men SP - streaming for free here (on demand available afterwards): https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/watch/

 

[Sylvia]

Starting orders for the singles only qualifying competition in Allen, Texas (Thursday to Sunday, Oct. 14-17) are up: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2021/30106/index.asp

ISP skaters listed to compete are Gabriella Izzo, Paige Rydberg, Sierra Venetta, Maryn Pierce (had her JGP debut in Krasnoyarsk), Jessica Lin (JGP 2 years ago), and Sonja Hilmer in Senior (along with Courtney Hicks who is coming back after injury/hip surgery earlier this year and Julia Biechler, now training in CO Springs);
Will Annis (JGP SVK bronze), Maxim Zharkov (JGP FRA #2), Joseph Klein (JGP alternate who's been recovering from injury), Goku Endo, Philip Baker, and Tamnhi Huynh in Junior.

A student of Todd Eldredge's skated a Pirates of the Caribbean program to win Juvenile Boys in Henderson, NV.

Novice Men SP is the final event of today: https://usfigureskatingfanzone.com/watch/

 

[crzesk8dad]

Dinh Tran and Andrew Torgashev withdrew from Senior Men at Henderson.

 

[Sylvia]

Alpharetta, Georgia — Nov. 17-20, 2021
Hosted by the Atlanta FSC, The Cooler
Disciplines: Singles, Ice Dance

Atlanta FSC has posted the skater groups & schedule on their website: https://atlantafsc.com/22cs/
Groups: https://atlantafsc.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/AlpharettaGroups-1.pdf
Copying out the Senior entries:

Senior Dance (12)
Hilary Asher / Dmitriy Bogomol
Cayla Cottrell / Uladzislau Palkhouski
Sophia Domonoske / Thomas Schwappach
Sophia Eowyn Hsu / Vadym Kolesnik
Raffaella Koncius / Alexey Shchepetov
Klara Kowar / TJ Carey
Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov
Cara Murphy / Joshua Levitt
Avonley Nguyen / Grigory Smirnov
Livvy Shilling / Ryan O'Donnell
Tyler Vollmer / Riona Harris
Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen (have a bye to Nationals due to qualifying for JGPF but may want to compete their senior programs here?)

Senior Ladies (25)
Annunziata Lara
Beavers Haley
Bolocan Georgia
Budko Alena
Chong Nicole
Cui Ting
Dockum Kacey
Gasparotto Alexa
Goins Callie
Gold Gracie
Heiner Jill
Ignacio Aubrey
Jordan Madelyn
Jung Sarah
Kearns Alexandra (Lexi)
Levitina Kristine
Mattenson Lindsay
Morris Maggie
Munger Heidi
Murdock Emilia
Nelson Cierra
Nguyen Kimmie
Rich Alyssa
Ross Katie
Ushakova Violeta

Senior Men (7):
DeWolfe Jacob
Dmitriev Artur
Hubbart William
Malinin Ilia (has a bye to Nationals due to qualifying for JGPF)
Prober Eric
Savary Emmanuel
Torgashev Andrew

ETA:

Junior Dance (17):
Kristina Bland / Matthew Sperry
Oona Brown / Gage Brown (have a bye to Nationals due to having qualified for the JGPF)
Helena Carhart / Volodymyr Horovyi (ISP)
Olivia Dietrich / Eduard Pylypenko
Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski (JGP)
Madeline Freeman / Christian Bennett
Madeleine Gans / Jim Wang
Mila Guberman / Joshua Soto
Jenna Hauer / Benjamin Starr
Rebecca Kerscher / Davis Ortonward
Anabelle Larson / Lucas Appel
Angela Ling / Caleb Wein (JGP)
Romy Malcolm / Noah Lafornara
Caroline Mullen / Brendan Mullen
Leah Neset / Artem Markelov (JGP)
Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal (ISP)
Vanessa Pham / Jonathan Rogers

Junior Men (8):
Borisov Daniel
Liu Alexander
Martynov Daniel (had to WD from his JGP assignment)
Nguyen Nhat-Viet
Nielsen Matthew (JGP)
Stalker Stefan
Yaninek Zachary
Zharkov Maxim (JGP)

Alpharetta, GA is the 2nd qualifying comp. for juniors Mia Kalin & Josephine Lee, both of whom are scheduled to compete in Henderson, NV this week (Friday & Saturday).

 

[sk8nlizard]

Just watched Wong/Weirens in Junior pairs. They are a mirror pair and I thought it was neat that their side by side spins went both ways. I know that’s a level feature in IJS but it was interesting to see them both spin both directions.