Midwest Sectionals Junior Men's Results

Place	Start No.	Name	Short Program		Free Skate		Total Score
			Place	Score	Place	Score
1	8	Jordan Moeller, Northern Ice SC	1	66.64	1	122.06	188.70
2	12	Troy Tomasello, Strongsville SC	2	59.93	3	102.45	162.38
3	10	Brian Krentz, Skokie Valley SC	4	53.88	2	107.12	161.00
4	11	Lukas Kaugars, Broadmoor SC	3	56.27	4	98.24	154.51
5	9	Chase Belmontes, Broadmoor SC	5	50.79	6	89.54	140.33
6	1	Ben Jalovick, FSC of Bloomington	9	42.53	5	90.05	132.58
7	7	Ryan Hartley, Queen City FSC	6	48.04	7	83.00	131.04
8	6	Sebastien Payannet, Rocky Mountain FSC	7	45.18	8	81.57	126.75
9	5	Cale Ambroz, FSC of Bloomington	8	44.26	10	78.74	123.00
10	2	Justin Highgate-Brutman, St. Clair Shores FSC	10	41.15	9	80.90	122.05
11	3	Konstantin Chizhikov, Detroit SC	12	33.86	11	76.08	109.94
12	4	Ryan Santee, Rochester FSC	11	36.14	12	67.85	103.99

Midwestern Sectionals Preview

Saturday, November 10th
2:30-3:40 Novice Pattern Dance
7:30-7:45 Junior Pairs Short Program

Sunday, November 11th
8:00-9:10 Novice Men's Short Program
9:25-10:40 Junior Ladies Short Program
11:00-12:15 Novice Pairs Short Program
3:05-3:55 Senior Men's Short Program
4:10-4:35 Senior Pairs Short Program
4:40-5:20 Senior Short Dance
5:50-6:25 Junior Short Dance
6:40-7:25 Novice Free Dance
7:30-8:55 Senior Ladies Short Program

Monday, November 12th
7:50-8:35 Senior Free Dance
10:25-11:05 Junior Free Dance
11:25-12:55 Novice Pairs Free Skate
1:00-1:20 Junior Pairs Free Skate
2:05-3:25 Novice Men's Free Skate
3:30-4:40 Novice Ladies Short Program
4:55-6:10 Junior Men's Short Program
6:30-6:55 Senior Pairs Free Skate

Tuesday, November 13th
7:30-8:45 Novice Ladies Free Skate
9:00-10:40 Senior Ladies Free Skate
10:55-12:15 Junior Ladies Free Skate
12:30-2:00 Junior Men's Free Skate
2:15-3:15 Senior Men's Free Skate

Senior Ladies
Thirteen ladies are competing for four spots at nationals.  Kiri Baga placed 10th at nationals last season and finished 4th at her JGP assignment.  She has the 4th best short program, 6th best free skate and 5th best total score from regionals.  Nina Jiang placed 11th at nationals and 11th at her JGP assignment.  Morgan Bell placed 18th at nationals last season and has the 6th best regionals short program.

Ashley Cain is the reigning Junior Silver Medalist and placed 5th at her JGP assignment.  She has the best short program, 4th best free skate and 3rd best total score from regionals.  Becky Bereswill is a former national competitor in singles and pairs and is the reigning Collegiate Bronze Medalist.  She has the 5th best free skate and 6th best total score.

Senior Men
Seven men are competing for four spots at nationals.  Max Aaron placed 8th at naitonals last season, won gold at U.S. Figure Skating Classic and silver at Cup of Nice.  Brandon Mroz placed 14th at nationals last season. Alexander Johnson finished 15th and William Brewster finished 18th.

Timothy Koleto finished 6th as a junior last season.

Senior Pairs
There are three teams competing and all will qualify for nationals.  All three teams are new this season.: Baga/Toth, Leng/LeDuc and Scimeca/Knierim.  Scimeca and Knierim won gold at Cup of Nice earlier this season.

Senior Dance
Five teams are competing for four spots at nationals.  Aronow and Brubaker are a new team, but both have been to nationals before with different partners.

Junior Ladies
Twelve ladies are fighting for four spots to nationals.  Barbie Long is the reigning Pewter Medalist and won silver at her JGP assignment.  She has the 3rd best short program, 2nd best free skate and 3rd best total score from regionals.  Mariah Bell finished 5th at nationals and has the best short program, 3rd best free skate and 2nd best total score.

Amber Glenn is the reigning Novice Ladies Silver Medalist and has the 3rd best short program and 8th best total score after regionals.  Avery Kurtz placed 8th at nationals as a novice and Madison DeLuca finished 12th.

Junior Men
Twelve men are looking for four spots to nationals.  Lukas Kaugars finished 5th at nationals and placed 20th at his JGP assignment.  He has the 8th best free skate and 9th best total score from regionals.  Troy Tomasello finished 8th at nationals and has the 4th best short program score.  Ryan Hartley placed 9th at nationals.  

Brian Krentz placed 6th at nationals as a novice.  He has the 7th best short program, 4th best free skate and 3rd best total score from regionals.  Chase Belmontes finished 8th at nationals as a novice and has the 5th best free skate and 6th best total regional score.

Junior Pairs
Two teams are competing and both will qualify to nationals.  Aaron and Settlage placed 6th at nationals last season and won a bronze medal and finished 7th at their two JGP assignments.  De la Mora and Wilson placed 8th at nationals last season and placed 11th at their JGP assignment.

Junior Dance
Four teams are competing and all four will qualify for nationals.  Moore and Klaber are the reigning Novice Champions and finished 8th at their JGP assignment.  Rosinski and Jaffe are the reigning Novice Bronze Medalists.

Hawayek and Baker are a new team and and won a silver medal and finished 5th in their two JGP assignments.

Novice Ladies
There are twelve ladies fighting for four spots to nationals.  Bradie Tennell finished 10th at nationals last season and has the 6th best free skate and 6th best total score from regionals.

Ashley Shin is the reigning Intermediate Ladies Champion and has the 3rd best short program, 4th best free skate and 3rd best total score from regionals.  Morgan Flood placed 7th at nationals as an Intermediate last season and has the 4th best short program, 5th best free skate and 4th best total regional score.  Michelle Hedges finished 15th as an Intermediate last season.

Novice Men
Nicholas Vrdoljak placed 7th at nationals last season and has the 4th best short program, 6th best free skate and 5th best total score from regionals.

Tomoki Hiwatashi is the reigning Intermediate Champion and has the 3rd best short program, best free skate and best total score from regionals.  Jason Cohn placed 6th as an Intermediate last season and Kevin Wu placed 18th.

Novice Pairs
Eleven teams are competing for four spots at nationals.  Zaitsev/Utah Stevens are the reigning Pewter Medalists and placed 11th at their JGP assignment.

Gallagher and Horton are the reigning Intermediate Champions, Dai and Fishman are the reigning Intermediate Silver Medalists, Egbers and Simon finished 5th, the Schneider-Farris siblings placed 7th and LaChance and Anderson placed 9th

Novice Dance
Five teams are competing for four spots at nationals.  Chadwick and Martin placed 8th at nationals last season.  Berkovich and Jaffe are the reigning Intermediate Pewter Medalists

Gardena Trophy Results

Junior Ladies

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Barbie LONG	USA	133.25	1	1
2	Mariah BELL	USA	116.46	2	2
3	Luisa WEBER	GER	101.49	3	3
4	Ioulia CHTCHETININA	SUI	92.47	5	4
5	Silvia LOVISON	ITA	88.54	4	8
6	Emily HAYWARD	GBR	84.17	8	6
7	Leena RISSANEN	FIN	83.59	10	5
8	Alice LUCCISANO	ITA	82.28	9	7
9	Silvia MARTINELLI	ITA	81.91	6	9
10	Laure KOHLER	SUI	77.18	7	11
11	Alice HOPKINSON	GBR	68.94	12	10
12	Anna PLANK	AUT	65.88	11	12
WD	Monika PETERKA	GER
WD	Karolina ABDULKARIMOVA	UKR

Junior Men

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Lukas KAUGARS	USA	138.07	1	1
2	Anton KEMPF	GER	117.92	3	2
3	Alessandro PEZZOLI	ITA	113.51	2	3
4	Francesco BELLOMO	ITA	105.49	4	4
5	Jerry HILGERT	LUX	78.41	5	5

Senior Ladies

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Roberta RODEGHIERO	ITA	127.34	2	1
2	Nishino YUKI	JAP	126.18	1	2
3	Francesca RIO	ITA	121.76	3	3
4	Maria ARTEMYEVA	RUS	109.56	4	8
5	Reyna HAMUI	MEX	105.72	5	7
6	Camilla GJERSEM	NOR	105.13	12	4
7	Anne Line GJERSEM	NOR	104.26	6	9
8	Nicole GRAF	SUI	104.19	8	6
9	Marina SEEH	SRB	103.49	11	5
10	Christina GRILL	AUT	97.30	9	10
11	Caterina ANDERMARCHER	ITA	93.78	10	11
12	Ilaria NOGARO	ITA	92.25	7	12
WD	Carol BRESSANUTTI	ITA
WD	Micol CRISTINI	ITA
WD	Ksenia MAKAROVA	RUS

Senior Men

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Konstantin MENSHOV	RUS	221.40	1	1
2	Vladislav SEZGANOV	RUS	169.22	2	2
3	Yoji TSUBOI	JPN	165.51	3	3
4	Maurizio ZANDRON	ITA	146.84	4	4
5	Antonio PANFILI	ITA	137.07	5	5
6	Cesare BELLOMO	ITA	117.09	6	7
7	Giorgio SETTEMBRINI	ITA	116.02	7	6
WD	Blake ADAMS	AUS

U.S. Nationals: Junior Men's Short Program

Timothy Dolensky: 33.98 TES + 29.22 PCS = 63.20 and into 1st place

• He is 19 years old and skating to Windfall (an original composition)
• Very nice spiral position from him 
• Good triple loop + triple toe
• Nice sit positions with good broken variations
• You can tell he really feels this music, as he should since he composed it
• Great speed into his triple lutz but a little bit of ice spray on the landing
• Good speed on the camel spin but it took a moment to center and he has a really nice position in his catchfoot with an increase in speed
• Nice spread eagle into a double axel with a good ride out of the jump
• He needs to let his upper body go more in this step sequence otherwise he has great expression through his hands and head in time with the steps
• Nice camel spin into a good twisted sit spin position and a nice upright spin with an arch
• Very solid opening to the event

Lukas Kaugars: 29.32 TES + 28.64 PCS = 57.96 and into 2nd place

• He is 17 years old and skating to Duplicity
• He has some really nice jazzy choreography at the top that really fits nicely with the music
• Nice triple toe + triple toe with great height
• Nice fast double axel
• Good position on his camel spin but he could have more flexibility through the catch foot position
• Lands the triple lutz with a huge mile on his face
• A little slow on the sit spin
• Good speed on the step sequence with a nice one foot sequence but it's mostly just his legs and his arms without a lot of changes in the position of his upper body and some of the edge changes are a little rough
• He sickles his foot a bit in the camel spin and a straighter line would be better and he moves a lot through the change of position in this combo spin

Ryan Hartley: 22.35 TES + 22.32 PCS = 44.67 and into 3rd place

• He is 19 years old and is skating to Malaguena
• Nice hydroblade right into his double axel--a little wild in the air but he seems to land it just fine
• Triple flip + double toe was really wild but he hangs on
• Triple lutz and he tried to add an arm variation on the landing but it was a little delayed
• Nice low sit spin position but a loss of speed through the change of position
• He's really struggling with some of these edge changes in the one foot section and is really pushing to get across the ice
• Good speed in the camel spin
• He loses a lot of speed toward the end of the camel spin but picks it up in the sit section
• He finishes after his music

Jay Yostanto: 30.43 TES + 24.29 PCS = 54.72 and into 3rd place

• He is 18 years old and skating to The Untouchables
• Opening triple axel has nice height but a bit on an ice spray on the landing means it might have been a little two footed
• Triple flip + double toe combo was nice
• An interesting variation out of his camel spin that is a cross between a camel and a sit and I'm not sure it's the most attractive position
• A big ice spray on the landing of his triple lutz
• He really loses a lot of speed in the camel spin and his change of foot only seems to slow him down more
• He has a few bobbles here and there on his step sequence and doesn't quite look like he's sure of where his edges are but he is smiling for the first time in this program
• He needs more stretch through his free leg in the sit position

Philip Warren: 28.70 TES + 28.72 PCS = 57.42 and into 3rd place

• He is 18 years old and is skating to Little Wing
• Nice opening choreography that really suits the music
• Big triple toe + triple toe to open his program but also a big ice spray on the landing
• Leg kick into an easy double axel
• Good sit spin position with good speed and a nice broken leg variation
• It looks like he doesn't get a good toe pick in for his lutz and tries to make the rotation but just can't
• Nice catch foot in the camel spin
• I really like the position of his foot in the camel, he's almost winging it to create a better line
• This style of program suits him really well and you can tell he's enjoying skating it
• Nice timing on his step sequence and he uses his upper body a lot more than some of the previous competitors

Emmanuel Savary: 15.62 TES + 22.75 PCS -2.00 = 36.37 and into 6th place

• He is 14 years old and skating to Black Cat, White Cat
• Until you've seen him live, you can't comprehend the full impact his smile has on a crowd
• Such a shame to have a fall on the opening jump
• Really slow going in to the double axel and a little forward on the landing but he hangs on
• Nice camel position but I'd like to see more flexibility and speed in the catchfoot
• He is such a fun skater to watch and has some nice choreography
• And another fall on the lutz...just not his day today
• Nice sit spin
• I like that he uses his whole body in this step sequence, it plays really well to the music and there is a lot of difficulty but he's getting good ice coverage
• A bit of an awkward position in his camel and I'd like to see more stretch through the upright position
• He finishes just a beat behind his music

David Wang: 26.87 TES + 27.75 PCS -2.00 = 52.62 and into 5th place

• He is 18 years old and skating to Tuxedo Junction
• Really like the nuances at the top of his program--he really has a feel for this classic style
• His feet got caught up under him on the second jump of his triple flip + triple toe combo and he fell
• Nice double axel
• Fall on the lutz
• Good sit spin position 
• Really nice camel position and I like the increase in speed through the catch foot
• Nice speed and use of the full body through this step sequence and I really love the choreography
• Good speed in the camel into a nice upright spin and a good broken leg sit position
• Such a shame about the jumps because this is a great program

Timothy Koleto: 30.68 TES + 28.50 PCS = 59.18 and into 2nd place

• He is 20 years old and skating to Dark Secret 
• Nice spread eagle into an easy double axel
• Triple loop + double toe with a one arm variation
• Nice low sit spin with good speed
• Good ride out of the triple lutz
• Nice camel spin with a good catch foot, I just wish he didn't drop his body so much to get into the position
• Really nice one foot section in his step sequence with nice stretched out lines and good timing with the music
• I really like his camel position but he needs a lot more flexibility through the upright spin

Nathan Chen: 34.40 TES + 28.75 PCS = 63.15 and into 2nd place

• I love his robot arms in this step sequence!
• Spread eagle into a nice double axel
• Although he looks so tiny here, I have to admit that when I met him in person he was closer to my height than I thought
• Nice triple flip + triple toe
• Good speed through the sit spin
• It takes a couple rotations to get the camel spin centered but he has great flexibility through the catchfoot and donut variations
• Solid triple lutz
• Really nice speed and positions in his final combination spin

Andrew Nagode: 23.02 TES + 25.89 PCS -1.00 = 47.91 and into 8th place

• He is 16 and skating to Sherlock Holmes
• Fall on his opening triple jump, supposed to be a combination
• Hangs on to the solo triple lutz
• He needs more stretch through this upright spin position
• Really low getting into the camel spin and it looks like his supporting ankle gets bent in a funny way
• Good double axel
• Wobbly on some of these edges in the step sequence and not a lot of full body movement

Harrison Choate: 23.03 TES + 25.15 PCS -3.00 = 45.18 and into 9th place

• He is 18 years old and is skating to the Barber of Seville
• Just can't hang on to the triple flip + triple toe and falls out of the second jump
• Fall on his triple lutz
• Really nice camel spin position and a good catch foot variation
• Great spread eagles including an inside edge spread eagle
• Double axel looked a bit off in the air but he hung on
• Nice positions in his combination spin and good speed in time with the music
• Tough one foot section but he could use a little more power through this step sequence.  He reminds me a lot of Ryan Bradley and I'd like to see him bring a little bit of that lightness to these steps
• Falls going into his flying spin and misses the element completely
• Really off day for Choate.  Such a shame!

Troy Tomasello: 29.15 TES + 25.75 PCS -1.00 = 53.90 and into 7th place

• Triple flip + triple toe was a bit off on the landing but he hangs on to it
• Really nice sit spin position with a great broken leg variation
• This kind of reminds me of Keegan Messing's Robin Hood program
• Lots of height on the triple lutz but he can't hang on to it and falls
• Big bobble on the change of foot in his spin but he's able to keep going
• Good camel position but he needs more stretch through the catchfoot
• Good double axel
• Looked like he didn't have enough choreography at the end of the program and a bit of an awkward smile once the music ended

Place	Start No.	Name	Score
1	1	Timothy Dolensky, Atlanta FSC	63.20
2	9	Nathan Chen, Oval FSC	63.15
3	8	Timothy Koleto, Broadmoor SC	59.18
4	2	Lukas Kaugars, Broadmoor SC	57.96
5	5	Philip Warren, All Year FSC	57.42
6	4	Jay Yostanto, All Year FSC	54.72
7	12	Troy Tomasello, Strongsville SC	53.90
8	7	David Wang, All Year FSC	52.62
9	10	Andrew Nagode, University of DE FSC	47.91
10	11	Harrison Choate, SC Of Boston	45.18
11	3	Ryan Hartley, Queen City FSC	44.67
12	6	Emmanuel Savary, SC of NY	36.37