Monday, June 3, 2013

2013 Grand Prix Assigments


Skate America (Oct 18-20)
Ladies
Mae Berenice Meite, FRA
Elene Gedevanishvili, GEO
Valentina Marchei, ITA
Mao Asada, JPN
Elena Radionova, RUS
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, RUS
Viktoria Helgesson, SWE
Samantha Cesario, USA
Ashley Wagner, USA
Caroline Zhang, USA

Men 
Brian Joubert, FRA
Takahiko Kozuka, JPN
Tatsuki Machida, JPN
Daisuke Takahashi, JPN
Denis Ten, KAZ
Artur Gachinski, RUS
Alexander Majorov, SWE
Max Aaron, USA
Evan Lysacek, USA
Adam Rippon, USA

Pairs
Moore-Towers/Moscovitch, CAN
Berton/Hotarek, ITA
Stolbova/Klimov, RUS
Volosozhar/Trankov, RUS
Castelli/Shnapir, USA
Denney/Coughlin, USA
Zhang/Bartholomay, USA
TBA, TBA

Dance
Zlobina/Sitnikov, AZE
Carron/Jones, FRA
Cappellini/Lanotte, ITA
Reed/Reed, JPN
Tobias/Stagniunas, LTU
Davis/White, USA
Hubbell/Donohue, USA
Shibutani/Shibutani, USA
Skate Canada (Oct 25-27)
Ladies
Amelie Lacoste, CAN
Veronik Mallett, CAN
Kaetlyn Osmond, CAN
Akiko Suzuki, JPN
Alena Leonova, RUS
Julia Lipnitskaia, RUS
Natalia Popova, UKR
Christina Gao, USA
Gracie Gold, USA
TBA, TBA

Mens 
Elladj Balde, CAN
Patrick Chan, CAN
Andrei Rogozine, CAN
Michal Brezina, CZE
Yuzuru Hanyu, JPN
Takahito Mura, JPN
Nobunari Oda, JPN
Jeremy Abbott, USA
Joshua Farris, USA
Ross Miner, USA

Pairs
Duhamel/Radford, CAN
Lawrence/Swiegers, CAN
Purdy/Marinaro, CAN
Sui/Han, CHN
Vartmann/Van Cleave, GER
Berton/Hotarek, ITA
Kavaguti/Smirnov, RUS
Davis/Brubaker, USA

Dance
Paul/Islam, CAN
Virtue/Moir, CAN
Weaver/Poje, CAN
Zhiganshina/Gazsi, GER
Guignard/Fabbri, ITA
Riazanova/Tkachenko, RUS
Stepanova/Bukin, RUS
Hubbell/Donohue, USA

Cup of China (Nov 1-3)
Ladies
Bingwa Geng, CHN
Zijun Li, CHN
Kexin Zhang, CHN
Carolina Kostner, ITA
Kanako Murakami, JPN
Polina Korobeynikova, RUS
Anna Pogorilaya, RUS
Adelina Sotnikova, RUS
Joshi Helgesson, SWE
Agnes Zawadzki, USA

Mens 
Kevin Reynolds, CAN
Nan Song, CHN
Yi Wang, CHN
Han Yan, CHN
Florent Amodio, FRA
Peter Liebers, GER
Takahiko Kozuka, JPN
Denis Ten, KAZ
Maxim Kovtun, RUS
Richard Dornbush, USA

Pairs
Pang/Tong, CHN
Peng/Zhang, CHN
Wang/Wang, CHN
Popova/Massot, FRA
Savchenko/Szolkowy, GER
Martiusheva/Rogonov, RUS
Scimeca/Knierim, USA
Zhang/Bartholomay, USA

Dance
Huang/Zheng, CHN
Yu/Wang, CHN
Zhang/Wu, CHN
Carron/Jones, FRA
Pechalat/Bourzat, FRA
Bobrova/Soloviev, RUS
Aldridge/Eaton, USA
Chock/Bates, USA

NHK Trophy (Nov 8-10)
Ladies
Zijun Li, CHN
Elene Gedevanishvili, GEO
Valentina Marchei, ITA
Mao Asada, JPN
Akiko Suzuki, JPN
Satoko Miyahara, JPN
Alena Leonova, RUS
Elena Radionova, RUS
Gracie Gold, USA
Mirai Nagasu, USA

Men
Chafik Besseghier, FRA
Takahito Mura, JPN
Nobunari Oda, JPN
Daisuke Takahashi, JPN
Konstantin Menshov, RUS
Sergei Voronov, RUS
Javier Fernandez, ESP
Max Aaron, USA
Jeremy Abbott, USA
Adam Rippon, USA

Pairs
Lawrence/Swiegers, CAN
Peng/Zhang, CHN
Sui/Han, CHN
Takahashi/Kihara, JPN
Kavaguti/Smirnov, RUS
Volosozhar/Trankov, RUS
Castelli/Shnapir, USA
Denney/Frazier, USA

Dance
Gilles/Poirier, CAN
Kolbe/Caruso, GER
Cappellini/Lanotte, ITA
Reed/Reed, JPN
Ilinykh/Katsalapov, RUS
Sinitsina/Zhiganshin, RUS
Davis/White, USA
Shibutani/Shibutani, USA

Trophee Eric Bompard (Nov 15-17)
Ladies
Lenaelle Gilleron-Gorry, FRA
Mae Berenice Meite, FRA
Anna Pogorilaya, RUS
Adelina Sotnikova, RUS
Viktoria Helgesson, SWE
Natalia Popova, UKR
Samantha Cesario, USA
Christina Gao, USA
Ashley Wagner, USA
TBA, TBA

Mens 
Patrick Chan, CAN
Nan Song, CHN
Han Yan, CHN
Michal Brezina, CZE
Florent Amodio, FRA
Chafik Besseghier, FRA
Romain Ponsart, FRA
Yuzuru Hanyu, JPN
Jason Brown, USA
Ross Miner, USA

Pairs
Duhamel/Radford, CAN
Purich/Tran, CAN
Pang/Tong, CHN
James/Cipres, FRA
Popova/Massot, FRA
Della Monica/Guarise, ITA
Bazarova/Larionov, RUS
Denney/Coughlin, USA

Dance
Orford/Williams, CAN
Virtue/Moir, CAN
Papadakis/Cizeron, FRA
Pechalat/Bourzat, FRA
Zhiganshina/Gazsi, GER
Coomes/Buchland, GBR
Ilinykh/Katsalapov, RUS
Monko/Khaliavin, RUS


Rostelecom Cup (Nov 22-24)
Ladies
Kaetlyn Osmond, CAN
Carolina Kostner, ITA
Haruka Imai, JPN
Satoko Miyahara, JPN
Kanako Murakami, JPN
Nikol Gosviani, RUS
Julia Lipnitskaia, RUS
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva, RUS
Mirai Nagasui, USA
Agnes Zawadzki, USA

Men
Kevin Reynolds, CAN
Brian Joubert, FRA
Peter Liebers, GER
Tatsuki Machida, JPN
Maxim Kovtun, RUS
Evgeni Plushenko, RUS
Artur Gachinski, RUS
Javier Fernandez, ESP
Richard Dornbush, USA
Joshua Farris, USA

Pairs
Moore-Towers/Moscovitch, CAN
Savchenko/Szolkowy, GER
Takahashi/Kihara, JPN
Antipova/Maisuradze, RUS
Bazarova/Larionov, RUS
Stolbova/Klimov, RUS
Scimeca/Knierim, USA
Simpson/Blackmer, USA

Dance
Gilles/Poirier, CAN
Weaver/Poje, CAN
Papadakis/Cizeron, FRA
Bobrova/Soloviev, RUS
Monko/Khaliavin, RUS
Riazanova/Tkachenko, RUS
Heekin-Canedy/Dun, UKR
Chock/Bates, USA

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Potential Grand Prix Dance


There are 27 teams on this list, including several teams that competed junior this season. 

There are 48 Grand Prix slots (including host picks) with 39 of the 48 slots filled from this list.  Stepanova and Bukin have medaled at Junior Worlds twice and won gold this past year so likely will make the jump to senior.  Aldridge and Eaton have aged out of juniors and Papadakis and Cizeron have competed four seasons on the Junior Grand Prix so they will likely both be on the Senior Grand Prix as well.

The assignments will be released on June 1st.   

Top 12 finishers at Worlds (guaranteed 2 GP spots, top 6 are seeded)
1 Davis/White
2 Virtue/Moir
3 Bobrova/Soloviev
4 Cappellini/Lanotte
5 Weaver/Poje
6 Pechalat/Bourzat
7 Chock/Bates
8 Shibutani/Shibutani
9 Ilinykh/Katsalapov
10 Zhiganshina/Gazsi
11 Riazanova/Tkachenko
12 Carron/Jones

Top 24 Seasons Best (guaranteed 1 spot)
10 Gilles/Poirier
13 Coomes/Buckland
14 Stepanova/Bukin (Junior)
15 Monko/Khaliavin
17 Hubbell/Donohue
18 Sinitsina/Zhiganshin
19 Zlobina/Sitnikov
20 Papadakis/Cizeron (Junior)
21 Kolbe/Caruso
22 Guignard/Fabbri
23 Heekin-Canedy/Dun
24 Reed/Reed

Top 24 World Standings (guaranteed 1 assignment)
18 Aldridge/Eaton (Junior)
21 Orford/Williams
22 Tobias/Stagniunas


Top 3 at Junior Worlds and JGPF Gold Medalist (considered for 1 spot)
All meet one of the criteria above.


Number of skaters eligible by country (not including host picks):
Russia: 6
United States: 5
Canada: 4
France: 3
Germany: 2
Italy: 2
Azerbaijan: 1
Great Britain: 1
Japan: 1
Lithuania: 1
Ukraine: 1

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Potential Grand Prix Pairs

There are 28 pairs on the list including several junior teams.  This list was compiled using previous criteria for determining Grand Prix assignments. 

There are 48 Grand Prix slots (including host picks) with 39 of the 48 slots filled from this list.  Some of these teams may elect to remain junior, opening more opportunities for second assignments.  Purdy and Marinaro and Simpson and Blackmer have aged out of juniors so will be on the Senior Grand Prix next season.  There are several new pairings that could also receive assignments based on the placements of the partners at previous Worlds, such as Purich/Tran, Davis/Brubaker and Takahashi/Kihara.  Japan only has one pair so there will two additional slots for foreign skaters at NHK Trophy.

The assignments will be released on June 1st.   

Top 12 finishers at Worlds (guaranteed 2 GP spots, top 6 are seeded)
1 Volosozhar/Trankov
2 Savchenko/Szolkowy
3 Duhamel/Radford
4 Moore-Towers/Moscovitch
5 Pang/Tong
6 Kavaguti/Smirnov
7 Bazarova/Larionov
8 James/Cipres
9 Scimeca/Knierim
10 Berton/Hotarek
11 Peng/Zhang
12 Sui/Han
Top 24 Seasons Best (guaranteed 1 spot)
10 Denney/Coughlin
11 Castelli/Shnapir
14 Stolbova/Klimov
15 Zhang/Bartholomay
17 Lawrence/Swiegers
18 Martiusheva/Rogonov
19 Fedorova/Miroshkin (Junior)
20 Popova/Massot
21 Davankova/Deputat (Junior)
22 Denney/Frazier (Junior)
23 Purdy/Marinaro (Junior)
24 Vigalova/Zakroev (Junior)

Top 24 World Standings (guaranteed 1 assignment)
15 Vartmann/Van Cleave
17 Yu/Jin (Junior)
19 Della Monica/Guarise
24 Simpson/Blackmer (Junior)


Top 3 at Junior Worlds and JGPF Gold Medalist (considered for 1 spot)
All meet one of the criteria above


Number of skaters eligible by country (not including host picks):
Russia: 8
United States:6
China: 4
Canada: 3
France: 2
Germany: 2
Italy: 2

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Potential Grand Prix Ladies


There are 30 ladies on the list including several skaters that competed as juniors and may choose to move up to seniors or return to the Junior Grand Prix.  This list was compiled using previous criteria for determining Grand Prix assignments.

There are 60 Grand Prix slots (including host picks) with 41 of the 60 slots filled from this list.  Angela Wang has confirmed she's remaining junior this season.  Hannah Miller and Satoko Miyahara will likely be returning to the Junior Grand Prix.  Given the history of Russian ladies the last few seasons, Elena Radionova is likely to move up to seniors as she swept all of the junior events last season.  Anna Pogorilaya is a toss up as she is still age eligible but medaled at the Junior Grand Prix Final and at Junior Worlds. 

The assignments will be released on June 1st. 

Top 12 finishers at Worlds (guaranteed 2 GP spots, top 6 are seeded)
1 Yuna Kim
2 Carolina Kostner
3 Mao Asada
4 Kanako Murakami
5 Ashley Wagner
6 Gracie Gold
7 Zijun Li
8 Kaetlyn Osmond
9 Adelina Sotnikova
10 Elizaveta Tuktamysheva
11 Mae Berenice Meite
12 Akiko Suzuki

Top 24 Seasons Best (guaranteed 1 spot)
11 Elena Radionova (Junior)
12 Julia Lipnitskaia
13 Kiira Korpi
15 Mirai Nagasu
16 Christina Gao
17 Valentina Marchei
18 Hannah Miller (Junior)
19 Anna Pogorilaya (Junior)
20 Agnes Zawadzki
22 Angela Wang (Junior)
23 Satoko Miyahara (Junior)
24 Elene Gedevanishvili

Top 24 World Standings (guaranteed 1 assignment)
5 Viktoria Helgesson
9 Alena Leonova
19 Joshi Helgesson
20 Amelie Lacoste
21 Haruka Imai
22 Polina Korobeynikova


Top 3 at Junior Worlds and JGPF Gold Medalist (considered for 1 spot)
All meet one of the criteria above


Number of skaters eligible by country (not including host picks):
Russia: 7
United States: 7
Japan: 5
Canada: 2
Italy: 2
Sweden: 2
China: 1
Finland: 1
France: 1
Georgia: 1
Korea: 1

Saturday, May 4, 2013

Potential Grand Prix Men


There are 28 men on the list including several skaters that competed as juniors and may choose to move up to seniors or return to the Junior Grand Prix.  This list was compiled using previous criteria for determining Grand Prix assignments.

There are 60 Grand Prix slots (including host picks) with 39 of the 60 slots filled from this list, giving the skaters a good probability of receiving a second assignment.  Joshua Farris and Jason Brown are likely to move to the senior ranks this season while Nathan Chen and Shotaro Omori may stay in juniors for another season, making additional spots available.

The assignments will be released on June 1st.   

Top 12 finishers at Worlds (guaranteed 2 GP spots, top 6 are seeded)
1 Patrick Chan
2 Denis Ten
3 Javier Fernandez
4 Yuzuru Hanyu
5 Kevin Reynolds
6 Daisuke Takahashi
7 Max Aaron
8 Takahito Mura
9 Brian Joubert
10 Michal Brezina
11 Peter Liebers
12 Florent Amodio

Top 24 Seasons Best (guaranteed 1 spot)
6 Takahiko Kozuka
11 Nobunari Oda
12 Tatsuki Machida
13 Ross Miner
14 Han Yan
16 Richard Dornbush
18 Jeremy Abbott
19 Nan Song
20 Joshua Farris (Junior)
21 Maxim Kovtun
22 Jason Brown (Junior)
23 Konstantin Menshov
24 Nathan Chen (Junior)

Top 24 World Standings (guaranteed 1 assignment)
18 Alexander Majorov
20 Adam Rippon
24 Chafik Besseghier

Top 3 at Junior Worlds and JGPF Gold Medalist (considered for 1 spot)
Shotaro Omori (Junior)
All others meet one of the criteria above


Number of skaters eligible by country (not including host picks):
United States: 8
Japan:6
France: 3
Canada: 2
China: 2
Czech Republic: 1
Germany: 1
Kazakhstan: 1
Russia: 2
Spain: 1
Sweden: 1

2013-2014 US International Selection Pool

Men
Max Aaron (Senior only)
Jeremy Abbott (Senior only)
Jason Brown
Stephen Carriere (Senior only)
Nathan Chen 
Timothy Dolensky (Senior only)
Richard Dornbush (Senior only)
Joshua Farris
Tomoki Hiwatashi (Junior only)
Grant Hochstein (Senior only)
Spencer Howe
Brian Krentz
Alexander Johnson (Senior only)
Evan Lysacek (Senior only)
Jimmy Ma
Armin Mahbanoozadeh (Senior only)
Oleksiy Melnyk
Keegan Messing (Senior only)
Ross Miner (Senior only)
Jordan Moeller
Brandon Mroz (Senior only)
Shotaro Omori
Nix Phengsy 
Douglas Razzano (Senior only)
Adam Rippon (Senior only)
Daniel Samohin (Junior only)
Nicholas Vrdoljak
Johnny Weir (Senior only)
Vincent Zhou (Novice only)


Ladies
Kiri Baga
Mariah Bell
Ashley Cain
Samantha Cesario (Senior only)
Karen Chen (Junior only)
Alissa Czisny (Senior only)
Polina Edmunds
Morgan Flood
Rachael Flatt (Senior only)
Christina Gao (Senior only)
Amber Glenn (Junior only)
Gracie Gold (Senior only)
Courtney Hicks
Leah Keiser
Vanessa Lam
Brianna Laxson (Junior only)
Amy Lin
Barbie Long
Dyllan McIntee
Hannah Miller
Mirai Nagasu (Senior only)
Elizabeth Nguyen 
Tyler Pierce 
Yasmin Siraj
Bradie Tennell
Madison Vinci
Ashley Wagner (Senior only)
Angela Wang
Agnes Zawadzki (Senior only)
Caroline Zhang (Senior only)


Pairs
Aaron/Settlage
Baga/Toth (Senior only)
Budd/Cheban
Calalang/Sidhu (Senior only)
Castelli/Shnapir (Senior only)
Dai/Fishman
Davis/Brubaker (Senior only)
De la Mora/Wilson (Senior only)
Denney/Coughlin (Senior only)
Denney/Frazier
Donlan/Speroff (Senior only)
Kayne/O'Shea (Senior only)
Leng/LeDuc  (Senior only)
Liu/Perini (Junior only)
Pfund/Reiss (Senior only)
Scimeca/Knierim (Senior only)
Simpson/Blackmer (Senior only)
Takai/Johnson 
Zaitsev/Utah Stevens (Junior only)
Zhang/Bartholomay (Senior only)


Ice Dance
Aldridge/Eaton (Senior only)
Aronow/Brubaker (Senior only)
Biechler/Dodge
Cannuscio/McManus (Senior only)
Chock/Bates (Senior only)
Davis/White (Senior only)
Hawayek/Baker
Hubbell/Donohue (Senior only)
Kriengkrairut/Giuletti-Schmitt (Senior only)
Lewis/Bye (Junior only)
McNamara/Carpenter (Junior only)
Moore/Klaber
Parsons/Parsons
Patsis/Johnson
Pogrebinsky/Gudis
Shibutani/Shibutani (Senior only)
Wren/Shchepetov

Gardena Spring Trophy Senior Men's Results

Pl.NameNationTSS
=
TES
+
PCS
+
SSTRPECHINDeduction
-
StN.
1Takahiko KOZUKAJPN81.1843.4338.758.177.677.587.837.501.00#12
2Brandon MROZUSA68.8434.2636.587.257.177.337.507.332.00#6
3Adam RIPPONUSA63.6429.3936.257.337.177.007.337.422.00#3
4Stèphane WALKERSUI62.7533.2630.496.336.086.176.085.831.00#11
5Abzal RAKIMGALIYEVKAZ58.7128.3830.336.005.676.336.086.250.00#14
6Maurizio ZANDRONITA55.9528.2028.755.925.425.755.835.831.00#4
7Antonio PANFILIITA54.4625.3029.165.835.585.755.926.080.00#1
8Kevin ALVESBRA54.1526.0728.085.505.425.835.505.830.00#15
9Maverick Clint EGUIAPHI51.9523.9528.005.755.425.755.585.500.00#8
10Sargis HAYRAPETYANARM50.9524.2026.755.505.335.505.255.170.00#10
11Slavik HAYRAPETYANARM48.7523.5027.255.585.175.675.505.332.00#7
12Osman AKGUNTUR47.0823.0025.085.504.505.085.005.001.00#2
13Alessandro PEZZOLIITA41.3718.2924.084.754.584.925.084.751.00#5


Free Skate

Pl.NameNationTSS
=
TES
+
PCS
+
SSTRPECHINDeduction
-
StN.
1Adam RIPPONUSA155.5274.1881.348.087.928.258.178.250.00#10
2Takahiko KOZUKAJPN147.4570.4579.008.007.677.838.177.832.00#9
3Stèphane WALKERSUI130.9662.9668.007.006.507.086.756.670.00#11
4Abzal RAKIMGALIYEVKAZ125.7457.5668.186.756.426.927.086.920.00#13
5Brandon MROZUSA121.4251.4271.007.086.927.087.257.171.00#12
6Maurizio ZANDRONITA108.7149.3760.346.425.835.926.006.001.00#7
7Kevin ALVESBRA103.8947.8956.005.835.255.925.585.420.00#6
8Antonio PANFILIITA102.8346.6757.165.755.585.755.755.751.00#8
9Osman AKGUNTUR100.4951.6548.845.424.584.924.754.750.00#4
10Maverick Clint EGUIAPHI95.0340.2155.825.755.175.835.835.331.00#5
11Alessandro PEZZOLIITA91.2743.7548.525.084.674.924.924.671.00#3
12Sargis HAYRAPETYANARM84.1537.8147.345.254.255.084.674.421.00#2
13Slavik HAYRAPETYANARM72.6231.6245.004.754.254.334.924.254.00#1


Total

FPl.NameNationPointsSPFS
1Takahiko KOZUKAJPN228.6312
2Adam RIPPONUSA219.1631
3Stèphane WALKERSUI193.7143
4Brandon MROZUSA190.2625
5Abzal RAKIMGALIYEVKAZ184.4554
6Maurizio ZANDRONITA164.6666
7Kevin ALVESBRA158.0487
8Antonio PANFILIITA157.2978
9Osman AKGUNTUR147.57129
10Maverick Clint EGUIAPHI146.98910
11Sargis HAYRAPETYANARM135.101012
12Alessandro PEZZOLIITA132.641311
13Slavik HAYRAPETYANARM121.371113
WDPaolo BACCHINIITA
WDPatrick MYZYKPOL