Wilbur Ji:
Oleksiy Melnyk:
Chase Belmontes:
Brian Krentz:
Kyle Shropshire: 37.69 TES + 39.35 PCS = 77.04 Total: 116.16 and into 3rd place
- Nice double axel + triple toe to open the program
- Step out of the triple flip
- Nice solid triple toe
- Good camel spin position but it takes him a bit to make the transition into the sit portion of the spin
- Step out of the triple salchow
- Not a very attractive broken leg position in the camel but a nice broken leg in the sit position
- Good double flip
- Triple lutz + double toe + single loop
- Interesting hydroblade with his free leg up in the air
- He doesn't seem to have enough umph behind this step sequence and there isn't a lot of use of his upper body
- Good double axel but his free leg was really low on the landing
- I love how excited he was to see himself on the jumbotron!
- Nice solid opening triple lutz with a good ride out on the landing
- Good triple flip
- Double axel + triple toe
- Nice stretched out positions in his spin and while he doesn't have a lot of speed it remains constant
- A little forward on the trople loop but he hangs on
- Nice camel position but he needs a little more stretch through the catch foot
- Nice triple flip + double toe
- Good speed and ice coverage through this footwork into his triple lutz + double toe + double loop
- He rotates so quickly
- Nice use of his upper body throughout this step sequence and he really gets across the ice quickly
- Triple salchow with a one arm variation on the landing
- Really nice sit spin position with a twist and good speed
- WOW! He nailed it and got people on their feet.
- He opens with a triple + double toe + double loop
- I'm not sold on his jump technique as he gets hunched over and clenches his hands before takeoff but it seems to be working for him for now
- Another beautiful triple flip
- Triple toe + double toe combo right on the music with great height
- Another nice triple
- Pops open his double axel into a single axel + single toe combo
- Triple flip and he hangs on to the landing
- The thing I really like about novice events is that the crowd is quieter and you can hear the coach's reaction
- Double axel was a struggle, probably only a single
- Lots of turns in this step sequence and a few difficult stops of rotation
- Nice twisted sit position
- Triple toe + triple toe to open his program
- Triple flip a little forward on the landing
- Fall on the triple lutz
- Very nice camel position but he could be lower on his sit spin
- Pops open the flip into a single + double toe
- Single axel + double toe
- Good twisted camel position with nice speed into a nice broken leg sit spin
- He seems to be wobbling on a few of these edge changes in the one foot section of his footwork but I really like how the movement flows through his whole body
- Double salchow
- Double axel with a really low landing but he hangs on to it
- Nice speed in the twisted sit spin
- Pops his opening jump into a single
- Single lutz
- He has a wonderful arabesque position and it really shows in the camel and I even like his triangle position
- I like that he still has a pleasant expression on his face after two big mistakes
- Single loop
- Triple flip
- Really close to the boards in a section of his footwork but he keeps pushing through it
- I'd really like to see him stretch through this footwork and really over emphasize the lyrical quality
- Triple lutz + double toe + double loop with a one arm variation
- Really good twisted sit position
- Triple loop + double toe with a little bit of a step back on the second jump
- Double axel + single toe
- I really like that he never gave up on this program despite the problems in the beginning. That says A LOT about him as a competitor that he fought through and came back with a strong finish.
- Triple lutz + double toe to open his program
- Double loop and he never got his body fully pulled in for the rotation
- Triple flip + double toe
- Triple lutz
- Nice position in his camel spin with a nice transition into the catch foot and good speed
- Double axel and he catches his free leg on the landing and stumbles a bit
- He could use more stretch through his free leg in the sit position and his working leg in the upright position
- A lot of twists and turns in the step sequence but not much in his upper body
- Triple flip
- Triple salchow
- Nice transitions between positions in his final spin
- Triple lutz and he squeezes out the landing
- Triple toe
- Triple loop was close to the boards but he lands it
- Good camel spin position into a really nice sit spin position with great speed
- Really nice twisted sit spin position
- Triple salchow + double toe with no speed at the end of either jump
- Really hard fall on the triple toe and he lands almost on his back
- Nice triple salchow to recover
- Solid double axel into another double axel for the sequence
- Lots of difficulty in these steps but not much ice coverage of speed
- Really close to the boards on this final spin...he looked like he was going to hit it on a few of the position changes
| Place | Start No. | Name | Short Program | Free Skate | Total Score | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Place | Score | Place | Score | |||||
| 1 | 7 | Vincent Zhou, Peninsula SC | 1 | 52.45 | 1 | 112.51 | 164.96 | |
| 2 | 11 | James Schetelich, SC of NY | 4 | 46.45 | 2 | 93.32 | 139.77 | |
| 3 | 12 | Spencer Howe, Los Angeles FSC | 5 | 46.06 | 3 | 88.16 | 134.22 | |
| 4 | 10 | Kevin Shum, St. Moritz ISC | 2 | 50.85 | 7 | 81.83 | 132.68 | |
| 5 | 8 | Jimmy Ma, SC of NY | 6 | 43.88 | 4 | 85.41 | 129.29 | |
| 6 | 5 | Brian Krentz, Skokie Valley SC | 7 | 42.06 | 6 | 81.99 | 124.05 | |
| 7 | 9 | Nicholas Vrdoljak, DuPage FSC | 3 | 46.60 | 8 | 77.22 | 123.82 | |
| 8 | 4 | Chase Belmontes, Broadmoor SC | 10 | 40.24 | 5 | 82.86 | 123.10 | |
| 9 | 6 | Kyle Shropshire, Wagon Wheel FSC | 11 | 39.12 | 9 | 77.04 | 116.16 | |
| 10 | 1 | Tony Lu, SC of Wilmington | 9 | 41.07 | 10 | 73.03 | 114.10 | |
| 11 | 3 | Oleksiy Melnyk, WA FSC | 8 | 41.97 | 11 | 71.93 | 113.90 | |
| 12 | 2 | Wilbur Ji, SC of San Francisco | 12 | 38.24 | 12 | 70.20 | 108.44 | |
