Eastern Sectionals Senior Men's Results

Place	Start No.	Name	Short Program		Free Skate		Total Score
			Place	Score	Place	Score
1	10	Stephen Carriere, SC Of Boston	1	67.87	1	137.05	204.92
2	9	Harrison Choate, SC Of Boston	3	64.08	2	126.76	190.84
3	8	Wesley Campbell, Colonial FSC	4	63.12	3	126.56	189.68
4	7	Grant Hochstein, SC of New York	2	67.63	5	118.85	186.48
5	1	Alexander Aiken, First Coast FSC	7	52.18	4	120.27	172.45
6	6	Timothy Dolensky, Atlanta FSC	5	60.06	6	111.16	171.22
7	3	Daniel Raad, Florida Everblades FSC	9	41.74	7	105.88	147.62
8	4	Brad Vigorito, Colonial FSC	6	52.35	9	94.58	146.93
9	5	Michael Chau, Southwest Florida FSC	8	50.05	8	95.48	145.53
10	2	Kevin Coppola, SC Of Boston	10	33.66	10	83.33	116.99
WD		Emmanuel Savary, SC of New York
WD		Christopher Wan, North Jersey FSC

JGP Croatia Men's Free Skate Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Maxim KOVTUN	RUS	149.72	80.00		69.72	7.11	6.57	7.11	7.00	7.07	0.00	#20
2	Han YAN	CHN	141.63	71.57		70.06	7.25	6.71	7.18	6.93	6.96	0.00	#23
3	Jin Seo KIM	KOR	125.06	68.34		56.72	5.93	5.25	5.82	5.61	5.75	0.00	#15
4	Harrison CHOATE	USA	121.34	60.28		61.06	5.96	5.89	6.18	6.29	6.21	0.00	#24
5	Andrei ZUBER	RUS	116.36	62.36		54.00	5.32	5.14	5.43	5.57	5.54	0.00	#11
6	Michael Christian MARTINEZ	PHI	111.73	58.59		53.14	5.29	5.07	5.43	5.32	5.46	0.00	#18
7	Petr COUFAL	CZE	110.85	57.63		53.22	5.54	4.96	5.39	5.36	5.36	0.00	#14
8	Sei KAWAHARA	JPN	107.89	56.55		52.34	5.46	4.71	5.32	5.32	5.36	1.00	#13
9	Chih-I TSAO	TPE	101.36	47.24		54.12	5.61	5.14	5.46	5.46	5.39	0.00	#22
10	David KRANJEC	AUS	98.22	46.72		52.50	5.39	5.04	5.32	5.32	5.18	1.00	#17
11	Pavel IGNATENKO	BLR	95.62	47.54		50.08	5.36	4.68	4.93	5.11	4.96	2.00	#16
12	Ondrej SPIEGL	SWE	92.13	45.27		46.86	4.79	4.21	4.79	4.82	4.82	0.00	#10
13	Osman AKGÜN	TUR	90.68	47.46		43.22	4.64	4.00	4.36	4.36	4.25	0.00	#12
14	Kristof FORGO	HUN	87.34	41.48		45.86	4.71	4.32	4.68	4.61	4.61	0.00	#8
15	Panagiotis POLIZOAKIS	GER	86.18	39.48		48.70	5.04	4.46	4.96	5.07	4.82	2.00	#9
16	Tino OLENIUS	FIN	86.06	44.64		41.42	4.39	3.93	4.18	4.21	4.00	0.00	#7
17	Mitchell GORDON	CAN	85.41	37.19		51.22	5.36	4.93	4.86	5.32	5.14	3.00	#19
18	Iassen PETKOV	BUL	80.86	42.26		38.60	4.25	3.61	3.79	3.86	3.79	0.00	#1
19	Carlo Vittorio PALERMO	ITA	75.00	35.50		41.50	4.25	3.86	4.14	4.29	4.21	2.00	#2
20	Mislav BLAGOJEVIC	CRO	50.94	24.08		26.86	3.00	2.46	2.61	2.79	2.57	0.00	#6
21	Lap Kan YUEN	HKG	50.58	22.44		30.14	3.75	2.61	2.89	3.11	2.71	2.00	#3
22	Steven Spencer BAKER	CRO	45.88	20.82		26.06	2.82	2.46	2.50	2.71	2.54	1.00	#4
23	Petar CETINIC	CRO	35.75	12.89		23.86	2.68	2.25	2.29	2.46	2.25	1.00	#5
WD	Nathan CHEN	USA											#21

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Maxim KOVTUN	RUS	219.19	2	1
2	Han YAN	CHN	212.10	1	2
3	Harrison CHOATE	USA	185.39	3	4
4	Jin Seo KIM	KOR	176.43	8	3
5	Andrei ZUBER	RUS	162.88	15	5
6	Michael Christian MARTINEZ	PHI	162.40	11	6
7	Petr COUFAL	CZE	160.30	12	7
8	Sei KAWAHARA	JPN	158.80	10	8
9	Chih-I TSAO	TPE	155.30	5	9
10	David KRANJEC	AUS	150.20	7	10
11	Pavel IGNATENKO	BLR	146.55	9	11
12	Mitchell GORDON	CAN	139.33	6	17
13	Osman AKGÜN	TUR	138.24	13	13
14	Panagiotis POLIZOAKIS	GER	133.46	14	15
15	Ondrej SPIEGL	SWE	131.30	18	12
16	Kristof FORGO	HUN	131.02	16	14
17	Tino OLENIUS	FIN	126.17	17	16
18	Iassen PETKOV	BUL	118.10	20	18
19	Carlo Vittorio PALERMO	ITA	112.37	19	19
20	Lap Kan YUEN	HKG	78.32	21	21
21	Mislav BLAGOJEVIC	CRO	75.48	22	20
22	Steven Spencer BAKER	CRO	67.47	23	22
23	Petar CETINIC	CRO	53.25	24	23
WD	Nathan CHEN	USA		4
WD	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM

JGP Croatia Men's Short Program Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Han YAN	CHN	70.47	38.73		31.74	6.64	5.96	6.39	6.43	6.32	0.00	#22
2	Maxim KOVTUN	RUS	69.47	38.90		30.57	6.25	5.71	6.21	6.11	6.29	0.00	#16
3	Harrison CHOATE	USA	64.05	34.26		29.79	5.86	5.71	6.04	6.14	6.04	0.00	#21
4	Nathan CHEN	USA	55.85	27.50		29.35	5.96	5.71	5.82	6.00	5.86	1.00	#24
5	Chih-I TSAO	TPE	53.94	28.19		25.75	5.36	4.86	5.25	5.21	5.07	0.00	#18
6	Mitchell GORDON	CAN	53.92	26.89		27.03	5.64	5.07	5.50	5.39	5.43	0.00	#15
7	David KRANJEC	AUS	51.98	26.83		25.15	5.29	4.75	5.18	5.00	4.93	0.00	#23
8	Jin Seo KIM	KOR	51.37	25.52		26.85	5.46	5.00	5.32	5.57	5.50	1.00	#11
9	Pavel IGNATENKO	BLR	50.93	26.93		24.00	5.04	4.50	4.82	4.82	4.82	0.00	#6
10	Sei KAWAHARA	JPN	50.91	28.38		24.53	5.25	4.57	4.96	4.89	4.86	2.00	#12
11	Michael Christian MARTINEZ	PHI	50.67	28.10		22.57	4.61	4.46	4.54	4.46	4.50	0.00	#1
12	Petr COUFAL	CZE	49.45	24.41		25.04	5.14	4.79	5.07	5.04	5.00	0.00	#19
13	Osman AKGÜN	TUR	47.56	26.56		21.00	4.50	3.93	4.25	4.21	4.11	0.00	#10
14	Panagiotis POLIZOAKIS	GER	47.28	24.06		23.22	4.71	4.18	4.79	4.79	4.75	0.00	#5
15	Andrei ZUBER	RUS	46.52	24.24		22.28	4.46	4.25	4.39	4.68	4.50	0.00	#7
16	Kristof FORGO	HUN	43.68	21.51		22.17	4.46	4.21	4.57	4.43	4.50	0.00	#9
17	Tino OLENIUS	FIN	40.11	20.39		19.72	4.14	3.75	3.93	4.11	3.79	0.00	#14
18	Ondrej SPIEGL	SWE	39.17	18.82		20.35	4.32	3.71	4.14	4.14	4.04	0.00	#2
19	Carlo Vittorio PALERMO	ITA	37.37	18.90		19.47	4.04	3.82	3.79	4.00	3.82	1.00	#3
20	Iassen PETKOV	BUL	37.24	18.03		20.21	4.29	3.75	4.07	4.14	3.96	1.00	#13
21	Lap Kan YUEN	HKG	27.74	11.42		17.32	4.00	3.21	3.36	3.50	3.25	1.00	#8
22	Mislav BLAGOJEVIC	CRO	24.54	10.62		13.92	3.04	2.64	2.71	2.96	2.57	0.00	#17
23	Steven Spencer BAKER	CRO	21.59	9.16		12.43	2.64	2.36	2.32	2.68	2.43	0.00	#20
24	Petar CETINIC	CRO	17.50	6.14		12.36	2.61	2.43	2.39	2.54	2.39	1.00	#25
WD	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM											#4

JGP Croatia Men's Preview

This is the big event for qualifying for the Junior Grand Prix Final with 9 skaters vying for spots.

Nathan Chen holds the highest scores of the season in the short program, free skate and total score, without two triple axels or a quad like some of the other top men have been landing.  Despite his young age, he has lots of competitive experience and nerves don't seem to be a factor for him.  He's remarkably consistent and if he repeats his performance from Austria, he should easily repeat for gold here.  A 4th or 5th place finish will keep him in the running for the Final but he needs at least a bronze to guarantee himself a spot.

Alexander Samarain and Jin Seo Kim both won bronze medals in their JGP debuts.  They need a gold medal to guarantee a spot in the Final but would need a major mistake by Chen or a drastic increase in their personal bests to challenge him.  For Samarin, a silver medal with a score of at least 184.43 will keep him in the running while a bronze medal will likely not be enough.  Kim needs a silver with a score of 191.59 to give himself the best possible chance of making the Final.

Petr Coufal, Harrison Choate and Michael Christian Martinez all have 4th place finished this season and a gold medal finish here could punch their ticket to the Final but it's likely to be a tall order for them to accomplish in this field.

Han Yan and Sei Kawahara can put themselves on the bubble with a gold medal and Han Yan has the best chance of doing so if he can recover from his disappointing showing in Slovenia and regain the form that won him the World Junior title.

The wild card in this event is Maxim Kovtun of Russia who won two medals on the JGP last season to qualify for the Final where he finished just off the podium.  He kicks off his season here and will compete again next week in Germany.  Two silver medals or a gold and bronze will guarantee him a spot in the Final.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Nathan Chen
Silver: Maxim Kovtun
Bronze: Alexander Samarin

Bios of the competitors:
Slavik Hayrapetyan, ARM: He placed 18th in the preliminary round at Worlds, 28th at Europeans and 26th at Junior Worlds.  He finished 18th at JGP Latvia and 14th at JGP Romania last season.  His personal best is 128.97.  He is 16 years old.

David Kranjec, AUS: He placed 12th at JGP Croatia.   His personal best is 138.41.  He is 18 years old.

Pavel Ignatenko, BLR: He placed 30th at Junior Worlds.  He finished 7th at JGP Turkey.  His personal best is 155.08.  He is 17 years old.

Luiz Manella, BRA: He placed 22nd at Four Continents and 16th at Junior Worlds.  He finished 7th at JGP Italy last season.  His personal best is 162.53.  He is 17 years old.

Iassen Petkov, BUL: He placed 11th at JGP Turkey.  His personal best is 136.61.  He is 18 years old.

Mitchell Gordon, CAN: He placed 8th at JGP Austria.  His personal best is 162.62.  He is 16 years old.

Han Yan, CHN: He is the reigning Junior World Champion.  He placed 5th at JGP Croatia.  His personal best is 222.45.  He is 16 years old.


Petr Coufal, CZE: He placed 17th at Junior Worlds.  He finished 4th at JGP Austria.  His personal best is 175.72.  He is 17 years old.

Panagiotis Polizoakis, GER: He placed 11th at JGP France.  His personal best is 135.08.  He is 17 years old.

Sei Kawahara, JPN: He placed 5th at JGP Austria.  His personal best is 170.41.  He is 16 years old.

Michael Christian Martinez, PHI: He placed 15th at Junior Worlds.  He finished 4th at JGP USA.  His personal best is 165.10.  He is 15 years old.


Chih-I Tsao, TPE: He finished 23rd at Junior Worlds.  He placed 11th at JGP USA.  His 
personal best is 133.24.  He is 14 years old.

Steven Spencer Baker, CRO: This is his international debut.

Mislav Blagojevic, CRO: This is his JGP debut.

Petar Cetinic, CRO: This is his international debut.

Tino Olenius, FIN: This is his JGP debut.  His personal best is 127.12.  He is 16 years old.

Lap Kan Yuen, HKG: He placed 24th at JGP Italy last season.  His personal best is 84.93.  He is 16 years old.

Kristof Forgo, HUN: His personal best is 98.55.  He is 18 years old.

Carlo Vittorio Palermo, ITA: This is his JGP debut.  His personal best is 125.55.  He is 16 years old.

Jin Seo Kim, KOR: He won bronze at JGP Slovenia.  His personal best is 175.87.  He is 15 years old.

Maxim Kovtun, RUS: He won gold at JGP Romania and silver at JGP Estonia last season to qualify for the JGPF where he placed 4th.  His personal best is 193.76.  He is 17 years old.

Alexander Samarin, RUS: He won bronze at JGP Croatia.  His personal best is 183.03.

Nicky Obreykov, SWE: This is his JGP debut.  He is 16 years old.

Osman Akgun, TUR: He placed 16th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds.  He finished 13th at JGP Turkey.  His personal best is 131.15.  He is 16 years old.

Nathan Chen, USA: He won gold at JGP Austria.  His personal best is 222.00.  He is 13 years old.

Harrison Choate, USA: He placed 4th at JGP France.  His personal best is 169.70.  He is 18 years old.

JGP France Men's Free Skate Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Boyang JIN	CHN	131.15	74.65		56.50	6.21	5.11	5.79	5.64	5.50	0.00	#21
2	Jason BROWN	USA	126.48	59.62		66.86	6.64	6.57	6.68	6.68	6.86	0.00	#18
3	Ryuju HINO	JPN	121.91	67.49		55.42	6.07	5.14	5.54	5.64	5.32	1.00	#17
4	Harrison CHOATE	USA	112.03	55.27		57.76	5.71	5.82	5.68	5.96	5.71	1.00	#16
5	Mikhail KOLAYDA	RUS	108.71	55.79		54.92	5.68	5.32	5.46	5.54	5.46	2.00	#11
6	Alexander PETROV	RUS	107.94	55.66		54.28	5.57	5.11	5.46	5.61	5.39	2.00	#20
7	Charles TETAR	FRA	105.06	52.78		52.28	5.18	4.89	5.50	5.43	5.14	0.00	#13
8	Nam NGUYEN	CAN	102.39	54.11		50.28	5.21	4.82	5.00	5.04	5.07	2.00	#15
9	Ivan PAVLOV	UKR	97.14	48.64		48.50	5.18	4.57	4.82	4.89	4.79	0.00	#19
10	Simon HOCQUAUX	FRA	92.69	46.47		50.22	5.00	5.04	4.75	5.25	5.07	4.00	#14
11	Peter James HALLAM	GBR	91.12	48.20		42.92	4.43	4.18	4.25	4.39	4.21	0.00	#8
12	Panagiotis POLIZOAKIS	GER	89.90	43.40		46.50	4.75	4.57	4.68	4.71	4.54	0.00	#7
13	Victor BUSTAMANTE	ESP	83.41	35.77		48.64	4.86	4.86	4.71	5.00	4.89	1.00	#12
14	Alessandro PEZZOLI	ITA	79.92	38.84		43.08	4.46	4.04	4.43	4.36	4.25	2.00	#9
15	Marcus BJORK	SWE	76.20	40.08		37.12	4.07	3.39	3.75	3.71	3.64	1.00	#1
16	Sondre ODDVOLL BOE	NOR	73.42	36.92		38.50	4.11	3.75	3.75	3.96	3.68	2.00	#6
17	Julian LAGUS	FIN	70.09	29.67		42.42	4.25	4.39	4.11	4.32	4.14	2.00	#4
18	Vincent CUEREL	SUI	69.37	30.81		38.56	4.00	3.64	3.86	3.96	3.82	0.00	#2
19	Vlad IONESCU	ROU	69.09	32.31		37.78	3.93	3.64	3.75	3.86	3.71	1.00	#5
20	Jui-Shu CHEN	TPE	64.49	31.13		35.36	3.79	3.61	3.39	3.57	3.32	2.00	#10
21	Pavel STRAKACH	BLR	58.76	26.18		33.58	3.61	3.25	3.29	3.50	3.14	1.00	#3

Pl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Boyang JIN	CHN	194.13	1	1
2	Jason BROWN	USA	185.81	3	2
3	Ryuju HINO	JPN	181.61	2	3
4	Harrison CHOATE	USA	169.70	4	4
5	Alexander PETROV	RUS	159.68	6	6
6	Mikhail KOLAYDA	RUS	159.22	8	5
7	Charles TETAR	FRA	154.29	10	7
8	Ivan PAVLOV	UKR	149.87	5	9
9	Nam NGUYEN	CAN	148.45	11	8
10	Simon HOCQUAUX	FRA	143.71	7	10
11	Panagiotis POLIZOAKIS	GER	135.58	12	12
12	Victor BUSTAMANTE	ESP	132.83	9	13
13	Peter James HALLAM	GBR	130.55	15	11
14	Alessandro PEZZOLI	ITA	122.49	13	14
15	Sondre ODDVOLL BOE	NOR	114.49	14	16
16	Marcus BJORK	SWE	112.81	18	15
17	Vlad IONESCU	ROU	105.80	17	19
18	Jui-Shu CHEN	TPE	103.88	16	20
19	Julian LAGUS	FIN	102.55	20	17
20	Vincent CUEREL	SUI	102.15	19	18
21	Pavel STRAKACH	BLR	90.33	21	21