JGP Czech Republic Ice Dance Results

Short Dance

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS	USA	59.54	33.29		27.25	6.79	6.71	6.96	6.79	6.82	1.00	#15
2	Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG	CAN	54.10	27.57		27.53	6.75	6.75	6.75	7.04	7.04	1.00	#3
3	Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN	RUS	53.74	28.72		25.02	6.36	6.21	6.29	6.25	6.18	0.00	#13
4	Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO	RUS	53.48	27.21		26.27	6.46	6.36	6.64	6.61	6.71	0.00	#10
5	Danielle WU / Spencer SOO	CAN	51.68	29.14		22.54	5.64	5.50	5.75	5.64	5.64	0.00	#11
6	Daria KOROTITSKAIA / Maksim SPODIREV	UKR	49.30	25.71		23.59	5.93	5.82	6.00	5.86	5.89	0.00	#6
7	Carolina MOSCHENI / Adam LUKACS	HUN	48.19	25.65		22.54	5.68	5.50	5.57	5.71	5.68	0.00	#1
8	Ria SCHIFFNER / Julian SALATZKI	GER	47.35	26.72		21.63	5.39	5.36	5.36	5.54	5.39	1.00	#2
9	Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND	GBR	46.33	25.08		22.25	5.54	5.39	5.64	5.61	5.61	1.00	#8
10	Cortney MANSOUR / Michal CESKA	CZE	44.61	24.00		20.61	5.18	5.07	5.14	5.18	5.18	0.00	#14
11	Katerina KONICKOVA / Matej LANG	CZE	41.21	23.29		17.92	4.64	4.46	4.43	4.50	4.39	0.00	#4
12	Chloe LEWIS / Logan BYE	USA	41.16	20.93		20.23	4.89	4.89	5.21	5.18	5.11	0.00	#16
13	Anna BOLSHEM / Ronald ZILBERBERG	ISR	38.61	18.51		20.10	5.04	4.96	5.00	5.21	4.93	0.00	#9
14	Natalia KALISZEK / Yaroslav KURBAKOV	POL	34.38	16.36		19.02	4.93	4.82	4.64	5.00	4.46	1.00	#5
15	Christine SMITH / Simon EISENBAUER	AUT	34.32	18.71		15.61	3.93	3.79	3.96	4.04	3.82	0.00	#7
16	Sarah VADSKJAER GRAPEK / Malcolm JONES	DEN	32.72	17.50		15.22	3.79	3.71	3.82	3.96	3.75	0.00	#12

Free Dance

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO	RUS	81.68	41.92		39.76	6.50	6.46	6.79	6.71	6.82	0.00	#15
2	Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG	CAN	79.29	37.59		42.70	7.07	6.96	7.29	7.21	7.18	1.00	#16
3	Carolina MOSCHENI / Adam LUKACS	HUN	76.26	39.23		37.03	6.11	5.96	6.25	6.32	6.39	0.00	#12
4	Danielle WU / Spencer SOO	CAN	76.10	40.95		35.15	5.82	5.68	5.96	6.04	5.93	0.00	#9
5	Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN	RUS	76.08	38.15		37.93	6.39	6.21	6.36	6.39	6.32	0.00	#13
6	Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS	USA	75.19	33.94		41.25	6.93	6.75	6.96	6.96	6.86	0.00	#14
7	Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND	GBR	71.16	37.37		33.79	5.68	5.43	5.61	5.79	5.79	0.00	#5
8	Ria SCHIFFNER / Julian SALATZKI	GER	69.03	34.75		34.28	5.71	5.57	5.82	5.82	5.75	0.00	#10
9	Cortney MANSOUR / Michal CESKA	CZE	68.42	35.61		32.81	5.61	5.32	5.57	5.46	5.46	0.00	#8
10	Daria KOROTITSKAIA / Maksim SPODIREV	UKR	67.37	32.54		34.83	5.82	5.64	5.93	5.93	5.82	0.00	#11
11	Chloe LEWIS / Logan BYE	USA	61.93	29.26		32.67	5.21	5.21	5.61	5.68	5.75	0.00	#7
12	Natalia KALISZEK / Yaroslav KURBAKOV	POL	59.42	29.29		30.13	5.18	4.86	4.93	5.32	4.89	0.00	#2
13	Anna BOLSHEM / Ronald ZILBERBERG	ISR	59.09	29.42		29.67	5.04	4.82	4.89	5.11	4.93	0.00	#1
14	Christine SMITH / Simon EISENBAUER	AUT	51.18	26.49		24.69	4.18	4.04	4.14	4.29	3.96	0.00	#3
15	Katerina KONICKOVA / Matej LANG	CZE	50.32	22.86		27.46	4.75	4.50	4.46	4.64	4.54	0.00	#6
16	Sarah VADSKJAER GRAPEK / Malcolm JONES	DEN	44.42	21.15		23.27	3.96	3.79	3.86	4.04	3.79	0.00	#4

Total

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SD	FD
1	Betina POPOVA / Yuri VLASENKO	RUS	135.16	4	1
2	Rachel PARSONS / Michael PARSONS	USA	134.73	1	6
3	Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG	CAN	133.39	2	2
4	Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN	RUS	129.82	3	5
5	Danielle WU / Spencer SOO	CAN	127.78	5	4
6	Carolina MOSCHENI / Adam LUKACS	HUN	124.45	7	3
7	Olivia SMART / Joseph BUCKLAND	GBR	117.49	9	7
8	Daria KOROTITSKAIA / Maksim SPODIREV	UKR	116.67	6	10
9	Ria SCHIFFNER / Julian SALATZKI	GER	116.38	8	8
10	Cortney MANSOUR / Michal CESKA	CZE	113.03	10	9
11	Chloe LEWIS / Logan BYE	USA	103.09	12	11
12	Anna BOLSHEM / Ronald ZILBERBERG	ISR	97.70	13	13
13	Natalia KALISZEK / Yaroslav KURBAKOV	POL	93.80	14	12
14	Katerina KONICKOVA / Matej LANG	CZE	91.53	11	15
15	Christine SMITH / Simon EISENBAUER	AUT	85.50	15	14
16	Sarah VADSKJAER GRAPEK / Malcolm JONES	DEN	77.14	16	16

JGP Czech Republic Dance Preview

There are four teams competing here that are still in the running for the Final.  Edwards and Pang started their season with a silver medal at JGP Mexico.  They won the free skate at that event and nearly claimed the gold with one of the best free skate scores of the season.  The Parsons siblings also claimed a silver medal this season at JGP Slovakia.  Popova and Vlasenko just took home the silver medal from Belarus last week after pulling up from a 3rd place short dance.  They come in with the biggest disadvantage as they won't have time to tinker with their levels, especially in the short dance.  All three teams need a gold medal to guarantee a spot int he Final, while a silver or bronze would keep them in the running.

Evdokimova and Bazin won the bronze medal earlier this season at JGP Mexico after a 4th place short dance and a 3rd place free dance but they finished more than 20 points behind Edwards and Pang.  They'll have quite an uphill battle to catch the other three top teams here.  They need a gold medal to qualify for the Final while a silver will keep them in contention.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Edwards/Pang
Silver: Parsons/Parsons
Bronze: Popova/Vlasenko

Bios of the competitors:
Smith/Eisenbauer, AUT: They placed 32nd at Junior Worlds.  They finished 17th at JGP Slovakia.  Their personal best is 83.49.  She is 16 and he is 15.

Edwards/Pang, CAN: They placed 12th at Junior Worlds.  They won silver at JGP Mexico.  Their personal best is 135.01.  She is 17 and he is 18.

Wu/Soo, CAN: This is their international debut.  She is 15 and he is 16.

Konickova/Lang, CZE: They finished 16th at JGP Slovakia.  Their personal best is 87.94.  She is 17 and he is 18.

Mansour/Ceska, CZE: They placed 12th at JGP Poland.  Their personal best is 103.21.  She is 18 and he is 21.

Vadskjaer Grapek/Jones, DEN: They placed 18th at JGP Slovakia.  Their personal best is 76.08.  She is 17 and he is 19.

Schiffner/Salatzki, GER: They finished 19th at Junior Worlds.  They placed 8th at JGP Slovakia.  Their personal best is 113.11.  She is 17 and he is 19.

Smart/Buckland, GBR: They placed 22nd at Junior Worlds.  They finished 7th at JGP Poland.  Their personal best is 116.70.  She is 16 and he is 20.

Moscheni/Lukacs, HUN: They finished 6th at JGP Slovakia.  Their personal best is 119.49.  She is 18 and he is 17.

Bolshem/Zilberberg, ISR: They placed 30th at Junior Worlds.  They finished 15th at JGP Turkey and 11th at JGP Croatia last season.  Their personal best is 97.39.  She is 14 and he is 17.

Kaliszek/Kurbakov, POL: They placed 9th at JGP Poland.  Their personal best is 109.24.  She is 17 and he is 17.

Evdokimova/Bazin, RUS: They won bronze at JGP Mexico.  Their personal best is 116.81.  She is 16 and he is 18.

Popova/Vlasenko, RUS: They won silver at JGP Belarus.  Their personal best is 128.71.  She is 16 and he is 18.

Korotitskaia/Spodirev, UKR: They finished 6th at JGP Latvia.  Their personal best is 114.47.  She is 16 and he is 19.

Lewis/Bye, USA: They placed 5th at JGP Mexico.  Their personal best is 104.32.  She is 13 and he is 15.

Parsons/Parsons, USA: They won silver at JGP Slovakia.  Their personal best is 134.09.  She is 15 and he is 18.

JGP Mexico Free Dance Results

Free Dance

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG	CAN	80.56	41.00		40.56	6.58	6.67	6.83	6.83	7.00	1.00	#4
2	Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER	USA	80.34	38.00		42.34	6.92	6.92	7.08	7.33	7.17	0.00	#6
3	Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN	RUS	70.07	37.17		32.90	5.58	5.33	5.50	5.67	5.42	0.00	#5
4	Sofia SFORZA / Francesco FIORETTI	ITA	64.43	30.29		34.14	5.92	5.33	5.58	6.00	5.83	0.00	#7
5	Chloe LEWIS / Logan BYE	USA	61.82	31.57		31.25	4.83	5.17	5.25	5.58	5.33	1.00	#3
6	Carina GLASTRIS / Nicholas LETTNER	GRE	56.71	30.34		26.37	4.58	4.17	4.42	4.42	4.50	0.00	#2
7	Mina ZDRAVKOVA / Henry AIKEN	GBR	35.74	20.53		18.21	3.08	2.92	3.00	3.08	3.17	3.00	#1

Total

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SD	FD
1	Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER	USA	136.45	1	2
2	Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG	CAN	134.02	2	1
3	Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN	RUS	112.78	4	3
4	Sofia SFORZA / Francesco FIORETTI	ITA	108.40	3	4
5	Chloe LEWIS / Logan BYE	USA	104.32	5	5
6	Carina GLASTRIS / Nicholas LETTNER	GRE	95.29	6	6
7	Mina ZDRAVKOVA / Henry AIKEN	GBR	65.45	7	7

JGP Mexico Short Dance Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER	USA	56.11	29.50		26.61	6.50	6.58	6.67	6.83	6.67	0.00	#7
2	Madeline EDWARDS / Zhao Kai PANG	CAN	53.46	27.66		25.80	6.33	6.42	6.42	6.58	6.50	0.00	#3
3	Sofia SFORZA / Francesco FIORETTI	ITA	43.97	21.83		22.14	5.50	5.42	5.50	5.75	5.50	0.00	#6
4	Sofia EVDOKIMOVA / Egor BAZIN	RUS	42.71	21.99		21.72	5.67	5.58	5.17	5.50	5.25	1.00	#2
5	Chloe LEWIS / Logan BYE	USA	42.50	23.49		19.01	4.50	4.75	4.75	5.00	4.75	0.00	#5
6	Carina GLASTRIS / Nicholas LETTNER	GRE	38.58	20.83		17.75	4.58	4.17	4.58	4.42	4.42	0.00	#1
7	Mina ZDRAVKOVA / Henry AIKEN	GBR	29.71	16.67		13.04	3.33	3.08	3.42	3.33	3.17	0.00	#4

JGP Mexico Dance Preview

Despite this being a relatively small field, only two of the teams are making their international debuts and two of these teams took home medals from the JGP last season.

Hawayek and Baker were a new team last season and took home a silver medal from JGP Germany.  They finished in the top 10 in their first trip to Junior Worlds.  They train at the Detroit Skating Club home to some of the top ice dance teams in the World and with the renowned coaches Krylova and Camerlengo.  They have a very nice style together on the ice and she has a ton of personality in their programs.  They won both their segments at the Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships and set themselves up to be one of the top US junior teams this season.  However, their Junior Worlds score was their lowest score of the season and they'll need to keep their levels up and be more consistent in their scores.

Edwards and Pang won bronze medals at both of their JGP events last season and just missed qualifying for the Final.  They went on to finish just outside the top 10 at Junior Worlds.  They also won both of their segments at Lake Placid earlier this summer but were a few points behind Edwards and Pang.  They also had some inconsistency last season with a nearly 22 point spread between events.

Sforza and Fioretti finished just .01 points behind Hawayek and Baker at their first JGP assignment last year and were only a point behind Edwards and Pang at Junior Worlds.  They seem poised to claim the first JGP medal of their careers if they can continue to keep pace with the top two teams here.

Evdokimova and Bazin also finished off the podium at their two events last season but finished solidly within the top 10.  They're also chasing their first JGP medal here.

One young team to keep an eye on is Lewis and Bye.  They are the reigning US novice champions and at just 13 and 15 have several years of JGP eligibility ahead of them.  They finished in the top 3 in both of their segments at the Lake Placid Ice Dance Championships.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Hawayek/Baker
Silver: Edwards/Pang
Bronze: Sforza/Fioretti

Bios of the competitors:
Desveaux/Razgulajevs, CAN: This is their international debut.  She is 16 and he is 16.

Edwards/Pang, CAN: They placed 12th at Junior Worlds.  They won bronze at JGP France and bronze at JGP Turkey last season.  Their personal best is 135.01.  She is 17 and he is 18.

Zdrakova/Aiken, GBR: They placed 17th at JGP Slovenia last season.  Their personal best is 65.60.  She is 14 and he is 17.

Glastris/Lettner, GRE: They placed 26th at Junior Worlds.  They finished 16th at JGP Turkey and 13th at JGP Croatia last season.  Their personal best is 92.15.  She is 18 and he is 20.

Sforza/Fioretti, ITA: They finished 13th at Junior Worlds.  They placed 6th at JGP Turkey last season.  Their personal best is 127.98.  She is 18 and he is 20.

Evdokimova/Bazin, RUS: They placed 5th at JGP France and 7th at JGP Slovenia last season.  Their personal best is 116.81.  She is 16 and he is 17.

Hawayek/Baker, USA: They placed 7th at Junior Worlds.  They finished 5th at JGP Turkey and won silver at JGP Germany last season.  Their personal best is 138.61.  She is 16 and he is 19.

Lewis/Bye, USA: This is their international debut.  She is 13 and he is 15.