Nardozzi/Traxler: 36.54 TES + 35.77 PCS = 71.31 Total: 113.18
- Flip around his head to a spread eagle with her standing on his leg, a bit of a clunky position change
- Nice unison on the twizzles
- She's on top of her edges through the first step sequence and loses her edge on a transition move and has to step out of it
- Good positions in the dance spin but they could have more speed
- Backflip into a lift over his shoulder
- A little bit of a lack of unison on their second step sequence and a bit choppy in some of the changes of holds
- Ina Bauer with a flip up into a nice one foot lift with her in a catchfoot
- Twizzles were far apart, slightly off and a little slow
- She catches an edge and falls on the step sequence
- Rotational lift with a change of position but a little slow
- She needs more stretch through her upright catchfoot spin and they could use more speed in this dance spin
- Spread eagle carthwheel into a curve lift
- Everything seems to be a little bit rushed and they don't seem to be finishing off their movements and really living in the moment
- Straight line lift with him in a tuck position and her standing on his legs
- Flip over into a one foot straight line lift with him skating backwards
- Slightly off on their twizzles unison and she puts her foot down on the second set and doesn't get all the rotations in
- Straightline lift with him in a tuck and a difficult transition with him standing up and flipping over his shoulder to a one foot curve lift
- Rotational lift in a haircutter position
- Good ease in unison in their first step sequence but they could get deeper in their edges and get more power across the ice
- Spread eagle lift and she moves through three position variations but doesn't seem to have time to really hold and show off any of them
- Good positions in the dance spin
- They seem a bit slow through this end section and I'd like to see them kick up the performance a notch and really get that passionate Latin feel
- Very slow on the twizzles but good unison
- Lots of bobbles and choppiness on the turns and changes in hold in the first step sequence
- Fetal position rotational turn
- Good speed in their dance spin but she could work on flexibility and not sickling her foot in some of the positions
- One leg straight line lift with him in an arabesque and she's arched back over the ice and wrapped around his leg
- Spread eagle lift with her arched back over the ice
- She falls back into the hold in a few places after the turns in the 2nd step sequence and also hikes her shoulders up
- Finishing a few beats after their music ends
- Good unison, matching lines and nice speed and ice coverage in their first step sequence
- Interesting pattern on the twizzles, he might have come down a little bit early
- Nice change of positions in the spread eagle lift
- Rotational one arm lift and she could have a bit more of a split position
- Pretty positions in the dance spin but I'd love to see her smile a bit through this element
- Hydroblade with her standing on his leg in a Biellman position
- Nice extension with her standing on his leg in an arched split right on the music
- Nice use of her free arm in the 2nd step sequence, he bobbles one of the turns but gets right back into it
- Overall a really nice program and a team with lots of potential
Groups 2 and 3 compete beginning at 4:15 EST.
Aronow/Brubaker: 40.49 TES + 39.71 PCS = 80.20 Total: 130.55 and into 1st place
- Nice twist around the his body to a hold with him skating backwards on one leg
- For being together such a short time they have good matching leg lines but they don't seem very secure on the turns coming back into hold; they need more speed and power as well
- A tad bit choppy on the twizzles but good unision
- Spread eagle lift with her standing on his leg
- Nice tango feel with the interlocked legs in some of their transition movements
- Gorgeous spread eagle curve lift with her standing on his foot and arched over the ice
- Nice positions in the dance spin, good connection, but they could have more speed
- Nice rotational lift starting in a tango hold with a change of position
- Bobble on their final transitional lift but they still make it to the ending pose
- Lots of personality and performance on this opening choreography
- Good use of the free arm; changes of hold and nice edges and lines in the step sequence
- I feel like they tried to do too many positions and hit too many accents in this first lift and they never really get the chance to show off a position
- Nice one leg lift with him skating backwards with a change of position
- Nice ease and flow in the 2nd step sequence, clean changes of edge and good unison
- Nice speed in the dance spin with a difficult change of hold
- Difficult twizzles with the free leg straight and crossing each others tracings
- They're having a ball out on the ice and are really performing
- Cool up and down rotational lift at the end
- Great choreography at the top of their program; really capturing the MJ feel and nicely timed together
- I like the little touches they added between the twizzles to keep the feel of the program
- One arm rotational lift with her held away from his body
- Nice speed through the step sequence but maybe not as much difficulty as the top teams
- She really moves like a ballroom dancer on the ice even in a more contemporary piece like this
- Think they might have botched that lift as he flipped her over and then held her just above the ice with no leg or arm positions and she looked a little confused
- Nice positions in their dance spin but they could have a bit more speed
- She is such a performer and he could bring his performance skills up a bit to match her
- Neat hydroblade with her laying on his leg pulling straight up into a rotational lift
- I feel like she's trying a bit too hard to hit the accents here and it's making the second step sequence look choppy; they also seem to have trouble getting back into hold after some of the turns
- Flip rotational lift neat highlight at the end of their program
- Nice three sets of twizzles, she might have come down a hair early on the 2nd step; nice choreographic touches in between twizzles to keep the theme
- Nice rotational lift but a bit of difficulty putting her down and then he bobbles on a transitional step
- Nice positions in the dance spin but no speed by the end
- He has a bobble on a turn in the step sequence and has trouble getting back into hold
- Nice curve spread eagle lift with her standing on his legs
- Slide into a one arm rotational lift but you can see that it's dfficult
- With a lot of these new teams, they have senior national and international experience but for Bramante this is his first time competing as a senior so they've really had a lot to get used to in their new partnership and will only get better with time
- Good rotational speed in their final lift
- Great edges, ease and flow through their first step sequence but not as difficult as some of the top teams
- Beautiful rotational lift with great changes of position and timed with a musical highlight
- She loses her blade on the first set of twizzles and bobbles through the second as well
- Really nice positions in their rotational lift
- Good speed and matching lines in their step sequence but not a lot of turns into and out of holds
- Nice dance spin with good speed
- Split curve lift with him in a spread eagle
- Back flip up to a really nice arabesque rotational lift
Kriengkrairut/Giuletti-Schmitt: 47.71 TES + 47.61 PCS = 95.32 Total: 160.01 and into 1st place
- I love this color on her and think it's a superb design as well
- Gorgeous hydroblade with her standing on his foot and arching back right on the music
- Their transitions are always so interesting and really add to the program
- Great connection between them in the second half of the step sequence; nice flow and speed across the ice
- Spread eagle, she's laying on his feet and he pulls her up into an upside down lift--super innovative and very smooth
- Nice performance from both of them on this second step sequence; good edges, turns look clean
- Nice twizzles with a jump into the first set right on the music
- One arm rotational lift--looked like she was trying to go for her blade for a catchfoot but couldn't quite get to it
- Gorgeous camel position from her in the dance spin with a nice transition out of it
- Jump twist up into a stationary rotational spin with him on one leg
- Great twizzles with their free legs out and an arm variation; three sets all in unison and all with good speed
- Kick up to a lift standing on his leg and a twist down
- Good variety in their holds and turns in the first step sequence but there are a few places she could stretch through her free leg more
- Good speed in the dance spin and nice tap of their free legs against each other in the change of foot
- Heel stretch standing on his foot
- Curve lift with her arching back while standing on his foot
- A bit of a bobble on one of the turns getting back into hold; nice job carrying the theme throughout
- Rotational lift with nice speed and her in a haircutter position
- Great ending section with good performance and choreography
- Good speed in the dance spin with a bit of tucking on the change of positions but otherwise very nice
- Great speed and position in the rotational lift with her in a haircutter
- A little slow for them on their 2nd set of twizzles but very nice with good unison throughout all 3 sets
- Spread eagle lift with her standing on his legs and arching over the ice
- Good turns and edges in the step sequence with nice stretch through their lines
- Really difficult one armed handstand lift with him in a spread eagle
- Nice unison and matching leg line in their 2nd step sequence
- Good speed in the split rotational lift
- Nice jump twist into the dance spin with good speed and nice ease in the change of foot and positions
- Really difficult lunge entry into the rotational spin with great speed and connection between them in the final position
- Such deep edges and knees in the step sequence with difficult turns and changes of hold and nice matching lines
- Great distance between them and super fast speed through the twizzles
- This curve lift in the middle perfectly hits the accents in the music on every position change
- Love this little choreographic moment for Charlie in the music change
- Really nice moment with them both in arabesque and skating across the ice staring at each other for several seconds--not enough teams take the time to really create a moment and tell the story
- Great performance from them in the step sequence and wonderful quality of movement--doesn't feel like an element at all
- Great straightline lift stepping right up into a split rotational lift
- Arabesque stepping over his head into a final rotational lift
- I love this last moment when they are whipping around on the ice around each other into the ending pose
- I also love how long they stay in character making the dance go on beyond the music
- Standing ovation and well deserved
- Apparently they were only a point off of a perfect score in the free dance
- Now they have the unenviable position of skating after Davis and White and are trying to earn their first trip to Worlds together.
- Nice lasso entry to their first lift with really difficult position changes going from behind his back to in front wrapped around his leg
- Really nice transition moments from them really showing off their connection
- Catchfoot front twizzles nice and good unison through all three sets but slow compared to the other top teams
- Nice edges in the first step sequence and good flow across the ice maintaining their speed
- A bit choppy in their change of direction and slow in the dance spin but nice changes of position
- Nice flip around to a good lift right on the music and a great twist flip from standing on his legs behind him and landing in his arms
- Good unison and matching lines in their second step sequence
- Interesting stationary rotational lift with her balancing on his foot
