Four Continents Pairs Free Skate Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH	CAN	130.45	68.14		63.31	7.75	7.61	7.93	8.14	8.14	1.00	#7
2	Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD	CAN	128.74	68.06		60.68	7.54	7.43	7.50	7.82	7.64	0.00	#4
3	Marissa CASTELLI / Simon SHNAPIR	USA	117.04	59.03		58.01	7.21	7.11	7.14	7.36	7.43	0.00	#6
4	Felicia ZHANG / Nathan BARTHOLOMAY	USA	114.32	61.27		54.05	6.64	6.43	6.75	6.96	7.00	1.00	#5
5	Paige LAWRENCE / Rudi SWIEGERS	CAN	113.54	61.15		52.39	6.61	6.39	6.57	6.71	6.46	0.00	#1
6	Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG	CHN	112.36	62.67		50.69	6.46	6.11	6.32	6.54	6.25	1.00	#3
7	Wenting WANG / Yan ZHANG	CHN	94.30	51.96		42.34	5.54	5.14	5.21	5.36	5.21	0.00	#2

Total

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD	CAN	199.18	1	2
2	Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH	CAN	196.78	2	1
3	Marissa CASTELLI / Simon SHNAPIR	USA	170.10	3	3
4	Felicia ZHANG / Nathan BARTHOLOMAY	USA	167.30	4	4
5	Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG	CHN	164.82	5	6
6	Paige LAWRENCE / Rudi SWIEGERS	CAN	162.30	7	5
7	Wenting WANG / Yan ZHANG	CHN	145.56	6	7
WD	Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM	USA

Four Continents Pairs Short Program Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD	CAN	70.44	40.33		30.11	7.50	7.14	7.71	7.57	7.71	0.00	#6
2	Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH	CAN	66.33	36.47		29.86	7.32	7.11	7.50	7.64	7.75	0.00	#8
3	Marissa CASTELLI / Simon SHNAPIR	USA	53.06	28.06		26.00	6.46	6.36	6.43	6.54	6.71	1.00	#5
4	Felicia ZHANG / Nathan BARTHOLOMAY	USA	52.98	29.60		24.38	6.07	5.86	6.11	6.25	6.18	1.00	#4
5	Cheng PENG / Hao ZHANG	CHN	52.46	27.95		24.51	6.39	5.93	5.96	6.29	6.07	0.00	#1
6	Wenting WANG / Yan ZHANG	CHN	51.26	28.87		22.39	5.68	5.43	5.54	5.68	5.68	0.00	#2
7	Paige LAWRENCE / Rudi SWIEGERS	CAN	48.76	25.13		25.63	6.61	6.25	6.18	6.54	6.46	2.00	#7
WD	Alexa SCIMECA / Chris KNIERIM	USA											#3

US Nationals Pairs Short Program Results

Place	Start No.	Name	Score
1	6	Marissa Castelli, SC Of Boston Simon Shnapir, SC Of Boston	62.27
2	4	Felicia Zhang, SC of New York Nathan Bartholomay, University of Delaware FSC	53.19
3	9	Alexa Scimeca, DuPage FSC Christopher Knierim, Broadmoor SC	52.79
4	10	Haven Denney, Broadmoor SC Brandon Frazier, All Year FSC	52.48
5	1	Lindsay Davis, All Year FSC Mark Ladwig, Red River Valley FSC	51.65
6	5	DeeDee Leng, DuPage FSC Timothy LeDuc, Eastern Iowa FSC	50.84
7	7	Gretchen Donlan, SC Of Boston Andrew Speroff, SC Of Boston	49.81
8	3	Kiri Baga, FSC of Bloomington Taylor Toth, DuPage FSC	48.13
9	2	Tarah Kayne, Southwest Florida FSC Daniel O'Shea, Skokie Valley SC	47.74
10	8	Tiffany Vise, Coyotes SC of Arizona Don Baldwin, Los Angeles FSC	44.41
EW		Caydee Denney, Broadmoor SC John Coughlin, Kansas City FSC
EW		Caitlin Yankowskas, Colonial FSC Joshua Reagan, Stars FSC of Texas

US Nationals Senior Pairs Preview

Donlan and Speroff are the highest ranked team returning to U.S. Nationals this season.  They claimed the pewter medal at nationals this season and received acclaim for their Sleeping Beauty free skate.  She has a balletic quality and a Russian pairs look to her skating that this team uses to their advantage but they have struggled with their side by side jumps.  They have kept their free skate from last season but have struggled in their short program at their international events this season.  They have not yet met the short program minimum for Worlds so if they are named to the team they will have to meet the minimum at Four Continents.

Castelli and Shnapir have never stood on a national podium and finished 5th the last two seasons.  In the off season, they focused on their whole package and have traveled to Canada for their programs.  They won a bronze medal at NHK Trophy this season and are entering nationals as the favorites.   They have a throw triple axel and a throw quad salchow in their arsenal but will be going for clean programs here.  The spotlight will be on them in a way they haven't experienced before but if they stay focused and hit their programs like they have all season, they should be able to not only land on the podium for the first time but claim the top spot.

Scimeca and Knierim are a brand new team that are experiencing quick success this season.  They both competed at nationals last season with other partners and finished 10th and 7th respectively.  After teaming up this summer, they found chemistry both on and off the ice and were able to win gold at Cup of Nice over reigning European Bronze Medalists Stolbova and Klimov.  That win earned them a trip to NHK Trophy as a substitute where they finished 4th.

Zhang and Bartholomay had a great showing at nationals last season and despite skating a day before the top teams in the early groups they had a standout performance that was still being talked about the next day.  She was injured at Sectionals so they skated through most of their elements but if she is healthy they have a good shot at challenging for the podium.

Also in the mix are veteran team Vise/Baldwin, new team Kayne/O'Shea and the new pairing of Davis/Ladwig.  Reigning Junior Champions Denney and Frazier will also make their senior debut after competing as juniors internationally this fall.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Castelli/Shnapir
Silver: Scimeca/Knierim
Bronze: Donlan/Speroff
Pewter: Zhang/Bartholomay

Bios of the competitors:
Baga/Toth: She represents the Figure Skating Club of Bloomington and he represents the DuPage Figure Skating Club.  They won bronze at Midwestern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.  Nationally, they have the 3rd best short program, 4th best free skate and 4th best total scores.

Castelli/Shnapir: She is 22 and he is 25 and they represent the Skating Club of Boston.  They placed 5th at Skate America and won bronze at NHK Trophy.  They are the 2009 World Junior bronze medalists.  They placed 9th in Novice in 2007, are the 2008 Novice bronze medalists, the 2009 Junior bronze medalists, placed 10th in Seniors in 2010, 5th in 2011 and 5th in 2012.  Internationally, they have the 8th best short program, 10th best free skate and 9th best total scores.

Davis/Ladwig: He is 32 and represents the Red River Valley Figure Skating Club.  They finished 7th at Skate Canada and 6th at NHK Trophy.

Denney/Frazier: She is 17 and he is 20.  She represents the Broadmoor Skating Club and he represents the All Year Figure Skating Club.  They placed 4th at JGP USA.  They are the 2008 Intermediate Pairs bronze medalists and reigning Junior Champions.

Donlan/Speroff: She is 19 and he is 24 and they represent the Skating Club of Boston.  They placed 6th at Skate America.  They finished 8th in Juniors in 2010 and 8th as Seniors in 2011.  They are the reigning pewter medalists.

Kayne/O'Shea: She represents the Southwest Florida Figure Skating Club and he represents the Skokie Valley Skating Club.  They won gold at Eastern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.  Nationally, they have the 4th best short program, 2nd best free skate and 2nd best total scores.

Leng/LeDuc: She represents the DuPage Figure Skating Club.  He is 22 and represents the Eastern Iowa Figure Skating Club.  They won silver at Midwestern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.  Nationally, they have the 2nd best short program, 3rd best free skate and 3rd best total scores.

Scimeca/Knierim: She is 21 and represents the DuPage Figure Skating Club.  They placed 4th at NHK Trophy.  He is 25 and represents the Broadmoor Skating Club.  They won gold at Midwestern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.  Nationally, they have the best short program, free skate and total scores.

Vise/Baldwin: She is 26 and represents the Broadmoor Skating Club.  He is 35 and represents the Los Angeles Figure Skating Club.  They finished 6th at Skate Canada and 6th at Rostelecom Cup.  They placed 8th in 2011 and 9th in 2011.

Zhang/Bartholomay: She is 19 and represents the Skating Club of New York.  He is 23.  They finished 8th at nationals last season.  They won silver at Eastern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.  Nationally, they have the 5th best short program, free skate and total scores.

Eastern Sectionals Senior Pairs Results

Place	Start No.	Name	Short Program		Free Skate		Total Score
			Place	Score	Place	Score
1	2	Tarah Kayne, Southwest Florida FSC Daniel O'Shea, Skokie Valley SC	1	43.68	1	94.04	137.72
2	1	Felicia Zhang, SC of New York Nathan Bartholomay, University of Delaware FSC	2	9.40	2	25.25	34.65

Note: Due to an inury to Zhang they did not complete elements in their programs.

Eastern Sectionals Preview

Friday, November 9th
9:20-10:40 Novice Ladies Short Program
2:35-3:40 Novice Pattern Dance
7:55-9:15 Novice Men's Short Program

Saturday, November 10th
11:45-1:05 Junior Ladies Short Program
1:20-2:10 Novice Free Dance
2:25-4:10 Junior Men's Short Program
5:55-7:15 Novice Men's Free Skate
7:30-8:50 Novice Ladies Free Skate

Sunday, November 11th
9:15-10:00 Novice Ladies Free Skate
10:15-1:45 Novice Short Dance
11:00-12:00 Junior Pairs Short Program
12:15-1:45 Senior Men's Short Program
2:00-3:45 Junior Ladies Free Skate
4:00-4:55 Senior Short Dance
5:10-6:30 Junior Men's Free Skate
6:45-7:15 Senior Pairs Short Program
7:30-9:20 Senior Ladies Short Program

Monday, November 12th
10:00-1:45 Novice Pairs Free Skate
11:00-11:35 Junior Free Dance
11:50-12:50 Junior Pairs Free Skate
1:05-2:05 Senior Free Dance
2:20-4:10 Senior Men's Free Skate
4:25-4:55 Senior Pairs Free Skate
5:10-7:00 Senior Ladies Free Skate


Senior Ladies

Fourteen ladies are competing in this event for four spots to nationals.  Yasmin Siraj is the reigning Sectional Champion and placed 15th at nationals last year.  She has the second best short program, third best free skate and second best total score from regionals.  Haley Dunne finished 16th at nationals last season and has the 7th best short program, 2nd best free skate and 4th best total score.  Joelle Forte placed 14th at nationals last season and has the 10th best short program.  Aimee Buchanan finished 19th at nationals last year.

Lauren Dinh is the 2011 Junior Silver Medalist but did not make it out of regionals last season.  She has the 5th best short program, 9th best free skate and 8th best total score from regionals.  Jordan Bauth did not qualify for nationals last season but was assigned to the Youth Olympic Games where she finished 7th.  Jenelle Herman finished 8th as a junior at nationals last season.  Alexandria Shaughnessy is the reigning Novice Pairs Bronze Medalist.  Jessica Hu has the 10th best free skate and total score from regionals.

Samantha Cesario won bronze medals at her last three Junior Grand Prix assignments but has struggled with injuries over the last few years and had to withdraw from nationals the last two seasons.  She withdrew from her second JGP assignment earlier this season due to injury after her short program.

Senior Men
There are twelve men competing for four spots to nationals.  Stephen Carriere finished 6th at nationals last season and finished 4th at Nebelhorn Trophy earlier this season.  Grant Hochstein finished 12 at nationals, Wesley Campbell finished 17th, Alexander Akin placed 19th and Daniel Raad placed 20th.

Timothy Dolensky is the reigning Junior Men's Silver Medalist and placed 4th at the U.S. Figure Skating Classic.  Harrison Choate is the reigning Junior Men's Pewter Medalist and won a bronze medal on the Junior Grand Prix.  Emmanuel Savary finished 12th in juniors last season.

Senior Pairs
Two teams are competing and both will qualify for nationals.  Zhang and Bartholomay finished 8th at nationals last season and 4th at the U.S. Figure Skating Classic.  Kayne and O'Shea are a new team.

Senior Dance
Seven teams are competing and four will qualify for nationals.  Cannuscio and McManus placed 6th at nationals and finished 7th at Skate America.  Hoptman and Filchenkov placed 11th at nationals.  Cannuscio and Bramante both competed at nationals last season but with different partners.  The Gamelin siblings placed 12th as juniors at nationals.

Junior Ladies
Twelve ladies are competing for four spots at nationals.  Madison Vinci is the reigning Novice Pewter Medalist.  She has the 8th best short program, 4th best free skate and 4th best total score from regionals.  Olivia Serafini finished 5th, Brianna Laxson finished 6th and Morgan Sewall finished 11th as a novice last season.  Serafini has the 8th best free skate; Sewall has the 7tb best free skate and 9th best total score from regionals.

Junior Men
Eleven men are competing for four slots at nationals.  Jay Yostanto finished 7th at nationals and placed 6th at his Junior Grand Prix assignments.

James Schetelich is the reigning Novice Men's Silver Medalist and has the 6th best short program score from regionals.  Jimmy Ma placed 5th at nationals last season as a novice and has the 10th best short program, 4th best free skate and 5th best total score from regionals.  Joseph Dolkiewicz placed 10th in Junior Pairs last season.

Junior Pairs
Seven teams are competing for four places at nationals.  Oltmanns and Santillan finished 9th at nationals last season and placed 12th at their JGP assignment earlier this season.  Goldberg/Dolkiewiecz placed 10th at nationals and Fujimoto/Barsi-Rhyne finished 11th.  

Shaughnessy and Morgan are the reigning Novice Bronze Medalists.  Belt and Johnson did not qualify for nationals last season but competed at the Youth Olympic Games.

Junior Dance
Four teams are competing and all four will qualify for nationals.  McNamara and Carpenter are the reigning Junior Bronze Medalists, the Parsons siblings are the reigning Junior Pewter medalists and Pogrebinksy and Gudis finished 8th at nationals.  Miller and MacMillan are the reigning Novice Silver Medalists.  McNamara/Carpenter finished 4th and 6th in their JGP assignments, the Parsons finished 3rd and 6th, Pogrebinsky/Gudis placed 6th and 11th and Miller/MacMillan placed 10th.

Novice Ladies
Twelve ladies are competing for four spots at nationals.  Dalia Rivkin is the reigning Intermediate Ladies Pewter Medalist.  She has the 10th best short program, 7th best free skate and 5th best total score from regionals.  Selin Kang finished 6th in Intermediate Ladies last season and Elise Romola finished 17th.  Kang has the 10th best free skate score from regionals.

Novice Men
There are twelve men competing for four spots at nationals.  Tony Lu placed 10th at nationals last season and Oleksiy Melnyk finished 11th.  Lu has the 6th best short program, 10th best free skate and 7th best total score from regionals.  Melnyk has the best short program, 3rd best free skate and 3rd best total score.  

Sean Conlon is the reigning Intermediate Silver Medalist.  Bennett Gottlieb finished 5th, Jonah Barrett finished 7th and Yamato Rowe finished 15th in Intermediate last season.

Novice Pairs
Five teams are competing for four spots to nationals.  Donahoe/Rappold finished 10th at nationals last season.  Knopp/Chinault finished 8th in Intermediate at nationals last season.

Novice Dance
Four teams are competing and all four will qualify for nationals.  Lucas/Kazaksny finished 10th at nationals last season.  The Becker siblings are the reigning Intermediate Champions and Wren/Shchepetov are the reigning Intermediate Bronze Medalists.

US Figure Skating Classic Pairs Short Program Results

Place	Start No.	Name	Score
1	5	Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS Dylan MOSCOVITCH, CAN	63.34
2	1	Paige LAWRENCE Rudi SWIEGERS, CAN	54.43
3	4	Felicia ZHANG Nathan BARTHOLOMAY, USA	47.44
4	3	Lindsay DAVIS Mark LADWIG, USA	45.58
5	6	Tiffany VISE Don BALDWIN, USA	40.99
6	2	Danielle MONTALBANO Evgeni KRASNOPOLSKY, ISR	38.76

Eastern Sectional Championships

Wednesday, November 16th
2:23-3:05 Novice Pattern Dance
3:20-4:30 Novice Men's Short Program
5:05-5:50 Novice Pairs Short Program
6:05-7:15 Junior Pairs Short Program

Thursday, November 17th
9:10-10:15 Novice Ladies Short Program
12:00-1:30 Novice Men's Free Skate
2:35-3:35 Novice Pairs Free Skate
3:50-5:00 Junior Pairs Free Skate
5:15-5:45 Novice Free Dance

Friday, November 18th
9:25-10:45 Novice Ladies Free Skate
11:00-12:20 Junior Ladies Short Program
12:35-1:20 Junior Short Dance
1:35-2:10 Senior Short Dance
2:25-3:50 Junior Men's Short Program
4:05-4:35 Senior Pairs Short Program
4:50-6:00 Senior Men's Short Program
6:15-7:50 Senior Ladies Short Program

Saturday, November 19th
9:25-11:10 Junior Men's Free Skate
11:25-12:15 Junior Free Dance
12:30-1:05 Senior Free Dance
1:20-2:55 Junior Ladies Free Skate
3:10-5:05 Senior Ladies Free Skate
5:20-5:55 Senior Pairs Free Skate
6:10-7:40 Senior Men's Free Skate

Skaters to Watch:

Novice Ladies: Brianna Laxon won a medal at the intermediate level this year and had the highest score at regionals from this section and the 4th highest total regional score.

Junior Ladies: Katia Shpilband is the daughter of famed ice dancing coach Igor Shpilband.  She won a medal at the intermediate level but failed to qualify for nationals last year as a novice.  Jessica Hu set the 3rd highest total regional score.

Senior Ladies: Yasmin Siraj put up a huge score at her regional event and has a 60 point lead over the next best finisher in this section.  She declined an invitation to a second JGP event to focus on training for nationals.  Samantha Cesario and Joelle Forte had byes through their regional events due to international competitions.  Cesario won two medals on the JGP and Forte competed at Nebelhorn Trophy and Skate America.

Novice Men: Tony Lu had the 3rd highest total regional score.

Junior Men: Emmanuel Savary had his Grand Prix debut earlier this season and competed as a junior last season at nationals.  He had the 5th highest total regional score.  Harrison Choate and Timothy Dolensky had byes through regionals due to their JGP assignments where they had good results.

Senior Men: Stephen Carriere received a bye through regionals due to international competition.  He has received two international assignments this season and won gold at Ice Challenge where he landed a quad.

Junior Pairs: Duarte and Grafton compete here after receiving JGP assignments earlier this season.  Belt and Johnson have skipped the novice level after winning a medal at intermediates and are aiming for a Youth Olympic Games slot.

Senior Pairs: Donlan and Speroff bring their ballet style to this event and will face off against the new team of Zhang and Bartholomay.  All 4 teams competing will qualify for nationals.

Senior Dance: The Cannuscio siblings face off with their partners after receiving international assignments already this season.  All 4 teams competing will qualify for nationals.