JGP Australia Recap

Men

The men had another outstanding event, putting up several new personal bests.  Jason Brown of the United States took home his first gold medal from the JGP and increased his personal best by 12 points.  He has still not added a triple axel to his programs, but is showing that he can be very competitive without it.  Keiji Tanaka of Japan took home his first silver medal and Liam Firus of Canada took home the bronze with an increase of 12 points to his personal best score.

Mikhail Kolyada of Russia finished 4th in his first international event.  Yoji Tsuboi of Japan increased his personal best by 10 points.  The biggest mover was Michael Christian Martinez of the Philippines who made the jump from 17th last season to 8th and increased his personal best by 30 points.

Ladies

The ladies free skate was a splatfest, as 15 of the 22 skaters had deductions and 8 skaters had 2 deductions or more.  Courtney Hicks of the United States managed to win the free skate, even with 2 falls, to take home the gold medal from her JGP debut.  Her total score was only 2 points below the mark Polina Shelepen set at Latvia, showing Hicks has the goods to be competitive even in a larger field.  Vanessa Lam, also of the United States, took home home her 2nd medal, a bronze.

Risa Shoji of Japan won the silver medal, but was hit by several under-rotation calls.  If she can get those triples fully rotated, she could be a contender for the Worlds podium.

Polina Korobeynikova of Russia was 4th in her debut and showed just how deep the Russian ladies field is.  With only 1 spot on the Junior Worlds team likely up for grabs (with Adelina Sotnikova and Elizaveta Tuktamisheva not eligible for senior worlds) it's going to be a tough fight at Russian nationals.

Hae-Jin Kim of Korea finished 28th at her lone event last season.  She skated an impressive short program to land in 1st but it appears nerves got the best of her in her free skate as she had 4 deductions.  Despite this, she finished 5th overall and increased her personal best by 51 points.  She is definitely one to watch this season, especially if she can go clean in her free.

Brooklee Han of Australia was a bright spot for the home team.  She finished 10th and 17th in her events last season and climbed to 8th here and increased her personal best by 8 points.

Several ladies didn't have their best outing.  Alexandra Najarro finished 32 points below her personal best, Chaochih Liu finished 24 points below her personal best and Bahai Taleb finished 24 points below her personal best.

Dance

Despite the small field, the medalists earned their placements and all increased their personal best.  Orford and Williams of Canada took home their first gold medal and increased their personal best by 5 points.  They also currently hold the top score for the season.

Bonacorsi and Mager of the United States took home their first silver medal and increased their personal best by 6 points and hold the 3rd best score of the season so far.  Zenkova and Sinitsin of Russia won bronze and increased their personal best score by 11 points and set the bar higher than their Russian teammates at Latvia.

JGP Australia Mens Free Skate Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Jason BROWN	USA	129.03	62.53		66.50	6.64	6.61	6.64	6.68	6.68	0.00	#15
2	Keiji TANAKA	JPN	127.71	65.45		62.26	6.46	5.96	6.32	6.25	6.14	0.00	#19
3	Mikhail KOLYADA	RUS	123.60	65.40		58.20	5.96	5.46	5.93	5.86	5.89	0.00	#13
4	Liam FIRUS	CAN	122.91	59.69		63.22	6.36	6.04	6.46	6.39	6.36	0.00	#16
5	Dong-Won LEE	KOR	113.16	57.76		55.40	5.89	5.21	5.57	5.57	5.46	0.00	#14
6	Philip WARREN	USA	111.87	53.57		59.30	5.86	5.75	6.11	5.93	6.00	1.00	#18
7	Yoji TSUBOI	JPN	100.99	47.91		54.08	5.86	5.18	5.32	5.43	5.25	1.00	#17
8	Simon HOCQUAUX	FRA	98.36	49.82		48.54	4.96	4.64	4.96	4.89	4.82	0.00	#9
9	Christopher BERNECK	GER	96.98	46.46		51.52	5.29	4.68	5.18	5.29	5.32	1.00	#11
10	Michael Christian MARTINEZ	PHI	95.44	46.96		49.48	5.00	4.71	5.07	5.07	4.89	1.00	#10
11	Chih-I TSAO	TPE	87.64	43.26		46.38	4.79	4.61	4.57	4.68	4.54	2.00	#12
12	David KRANJEC	AUS	86.89	39.41		47.48	4.89	4.57	4.75	4.89	4.64	0.00	#7
13	Bela PAPP	FIN	84.04	40.20		43.84	4.57	4.14	4.46	4.39	4.36	0.00	#6
14	Brendan KERRY	AUS	81.13	41.27		41.86	4.61	3.96	4.04	4.36	3.96	2.00	#8
15	Marco ZAKOURIL	CZE	76.56	37.54		41.02	4.25	3.93	4.04	4.18	4.11	2.00	#5
16	Oliver PORTER	AUS	66.75	27.75		39.00	4.21	3.68	4.04	3.86	3.71	0.00	#4
17	Suchet KONGCHIM	THA	66.09	31.65		34.44	3.75	3.11	3.54	3.50	3.32	0.00	#1
18	Wayne Wing Yin CHUNG	HKG	63.74	30.32		33.42	3.64	3.11	3.39	3.39	3.18	0.00	#3
WD	Ryan Zhi Jwen YEE	MAS											#2

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Jason BROWN	USA	197.23	1	1
2	Keiji TANAKA	JPN	192.36	2	2
3	Liam FIRUS	CAN	180.00	3	4
4	Mikhail KOLYADA	RUS	177.55	6	3
5	Dong-Won LEE	KOR	166.47	7	5
6	Philip WARREN	USA	166.42	5	6
7	Yoji TSUBOI	JPN	157.64	4	7
8	Michael Christian MARTINEZ	PHI	148.13	8	10
9	Christopher BERNECK	GER	142.35	10	9
10	Simon HOCQUAUX	FRA	140.76	11	8
11	Chih-I TSAO	TPE	133.24	9	11
12	David KRANJEC	AUS	128.93	13	12
13	Bela PAPP	FIN	123.86	14	13
14	Brendan KERRY	AUS	123.48	12	14
15	Marco ZAKOURIL	CZE	113.15	15	15
16	Oliver PORTER	AUS	102.03	17	16
17	Wayne Wing Yin CHUNG	HKG	99.44	16	18
18	Suchet KONGCHIM	THA	88.61	19	17
WD	Ryan Zhi Jwen YEE	MAS		18

JGP Australia Free Dance Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CC	IT	Ded. -	StN.
1	Nicole ORFORD / Thomas WILLIAMS	CAN	76.32	37.60		38.72	6.50	6.25	6.55	6.55	6.55	0.00	#6
2	Lauri BONACORSI / Travis MAGER	USA	71.13	34.30		36.83	6.20	5.90	6.30	6.15	6.30	0.00	#9
3	Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN	RUS	71.12	36.40		35.72	6.10	5.85	5.90	6.15	5.80	1.00	#5
4	Valeria LOSEVA / Denis LUNIN	RUS	66.24	32.90		33.34	5.70	5.35	5.70	5.50	5.65	0.00	#8
5	Madeline HERITAGE / Nathaniel FAST	USA	62.09	29.10		32.99	5.60	5.25	5.60	5.60	5.60	0.00	#7
6	Sara AGHAI / Jussiville PARTANEN	FIN	58.54	30.90		28.64	4.85	4.70	4.80	4.80	4.75	1.00	#1
7	Sarah COWARD / Avidan BROWN	GBR	53.63	26.96		27.67	4.70	4.45	4.60	4.80	4.60	1.00	#2
8	Natalia JANCOSEK / Petr SEKNICKA	SVK	39.90	24.50		16.40	2.85	2.65	2.65	2.90	2.65	1.00	#3
9	Ayesha YIGIT / Shane SPEDEN	NZL	36.22	17.82		19.40	3.45	3.05	3.15	3.55	3.05	1.00	#4

1	Nicole ORFORD / Thomas WILLIAMS	CAN	127.21	3	1
2	Lauri BONACORSI / Travis MAGER	USA	123.62	1	2
3	Valeria ZENKOVA / Valerie SINITSIN	RUS	122.35	2	3
4	Valeria LOSEVA / Denis LUNIN	RUS	111.13	4	4
5	Madeline HERITAGE / Nathaniel FAST	USA	104.72	5	5
6	Sara AGHAI / Jussiville PARTANEN	FIN	95.88	7	6
7	Sarah COWARD / Avidan BROWN	GBR	92.66	6	7
8	Natalia JANCOSEK / Petr SEKNICKA	SVK	67.76	9	8
9	Ayesha YIGIT / Shane SPEDEN	NZL	64.57	8	9

JGP Australia Ladies Free Skate Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Courtney HICKS	USA	101.72	55.04		48.68	6.14	6.04	6.04	6.25	5.96	2.00	#17
2	Risa SHOJI	JPN	100.21	52.55		47.66	5.96	5.68	6.04	6.04	6.07	0.00	#19
3	Polina KOROBEYNIKOVA	RUS	96.28	50.95		46.33	5.86	5.50	5.89	5.82	5.89	1.00	#18
4	Vanessa LAM	USA	96.20	51.90		45.30	5.64	5.46	5.64	5.86	5.71	1.00	#20
5	Haruna SUZUKI	JPN	83.65	40.93		43.72	5.68	5.21	5.43	5.50	5.50	1.00	#21
6	Hae-Jin KIM	KOR	78.76	39.11		43.65	5.75	5.29	5.32	5.54	5.39	4.00	#22
7	Brooklee HAN	AUS	77.96	42.21		37.75	4.89	4.50	4.82	4.75	4.64	2.00	#11
8	Beata PAPP	FIN	76.08	41.27		36.81	4.82	4.46	4.61	4.61	4.50	2.00	#14
9	Victoria HUEBLER	AUT	75.77	41.22		34.55	4.64	3.96	4.46	4.32	4.21	0.00	#10
10	Chantelle KERRY	AUS	66.55	31.93		34.62	4.43	4.14	4.25	4.50	4.32	0.00	#12
11	Alexandra DEEVA	RUS	65.47	30.02		37.45	4.82	4.61	4.36	4.86	4.75	2.00	#15
12	Sandra KOPHON	THA	65.35	34.46		31.89	4.21	3.57	4.18	4.04	3.93	1.00	#9
13	Alexandra NAJARRO	CAN	64.18	29.94		37.24	5.04	4.39	4.46	4.75	4.64	3.00	#13
14	Anita MADSEN	DEN	63.15	28.69		34.46	4.57	4.11	4.21	4.43	4.21	0.00	#16
15	Reyna HAMUI	MEX	61.45	31.63		31.82	4.25	3.68	3.89	4.14	3.93	2.00	#3
16	Sindra KRIISA	EST	57.47	26.34		32.13	4.11	3.71	3.96	4.18	4.11	1.00	#8
17	Madelaine PARKER	NZL	56.20	27.13		29.07	3.75	3.46	3.68	3.64	3.64	0.00	#5
18	Jaimee NOBBS	AUS	54.62	26.04		28.58	3.86	3.46	3.54	3.64	3.36	0.00	#1
19	Bahia TALEB	FRA	54.16	23.74		31.42	4.00	3.82	3.82	4.11	3.89	1.00	#6
20	Yi Ching NG	SIN	52.30	25.89		26.41	3.39	3.11	3.29	3.43	3.29	0.00	#4
21	Chaochih LIU	TPE	51.34	23.25		30.09	3.75	3.64	3.82	3.89	3.71	2.00	#7
22	Sumika YAMADA	HKG	48.85	21.22		28.63	3.82	3.57	3.54	3.54	3.43	1.00	#2

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Courtney HICKS	USA	151.91	2	1
2	Risa SHOJI	JPN	147.49	4	2
3	Vanessa LAM	USA	145.48	3	4
4	Polina KOROBEYNIKOVA	RUS	139.62	6	3
5	Hae-Jin KIM	KOR	131.02	1	6
6	Haruna SUZUKI	JPN	129.50	5	5
7	Beata PAPP	FIN	117.37	8	8
8	Brooklee HAN	AUS	115.49	11	7
9	Victoria HUEBLER	AUT	110.16	13	9
10	Alexandra DEEVA	RUS	106.90	7	11
11	Alexandra NAJARRO	CAN	104.89	9	13
12	Anita MADSEN	DEN	103.79	10	14
13	Chantelle KERRY	AUS	103.05	12	10
14	Sandra KOPHON	THA	96.66	17	12
15	Sindra KRIISA	EST	90.18	15	16
16	Reyna HAMUI	MEX	89.63	18	15
17	Bahia TALEB	FRA	87.34	14	19
18	Chaochih LIU	TPE	82.86	16	21
19	Madelaine PARKER	NZL	82.84	20	17
20	Jaimee NOBBS	AUS	82.40	19	18
21	Yi Ching NG	SIN	77.79	22	20
22	Sumika YAMADA	HKG	75.29	21	22