Eastern Sectionals Senior Ladies Results

Place	Start No.	Name	Short Program		Free Skate		Total Score
			Place	Score	Place	Score
1	11	Samantha Cesario, SC of New York	2	57.80	1	105.73	163.53
2	10	Yasmin Siraj, SC Of Boston	3	48.88	2	102.47	151.35
3	14	Haley Dunne, University of Delaware FSC	1	58.20	5	81.49	139.69
4	13	Joelle Forte, SC of New York	4	48.18	4	88.29	136.47
5	12	Lauren Dinh, SC of New York	5	47.13	3	88.55	135.68
6	7	Jenelle Herman, SC Of Boston	8	41.40	6	80.18	121.58
7	8	Aimee Buchanan, Colonial FSC	9	40.72	7	78.63	119.35
8	5	Jordan Bauth, Amherst SC	7	44.28	8	74.16	118.44
9	9	Jessica Hu, SC of North Carolina	6	47.00	12	66.06	113.06
10	1	Katie McBeath, Westminster FSC of Erie	11	35.39	9	72.98	108.37
11	6	Alexandria Shaughnessy, SC Of Boston	10	36.09	11	66.62	102.71
12	2	Maria Kalina, SC Of Boston	12	34.55	10	67.85	102.40
13	4	Tianna Gallinaro, Panthers FSC	13	33.75	13	63.23	96.98
14	3	Ann Marie Mateya, Ice World FSC	14	29.58	14	62.49	92.07

North Atlantic Regional Results

Novice Ladies

Place	Start No.	Name	Short Program		Free Skate		Total Score
			Place	Score	Place	Score
1	11	Dalia Rivkin, North Jersey FSC	2	38.49	1	70.73	109.22
2	12	Selin Kang, Ice House Of New Jersey FSC	3	36.48	2	69.66	106.14
3	7	Brianna Brazee, SC of New York	6	31.41	3	68.62	100.03
4	10	Kirstyn Nanista, Ice House Of New Jersey FSC	9	30.82	4	63.30	94.12
5	14	Lyra Katzman, SC of New York	1	39.73	9	54.05	93.78
6	13	Kim Cheremsky, SC of New York	5	32.26	5	61.27	93.53
7	15	Hannah Peterson, SC of New York	4	34.59	6	58.36	92.95
8	6	Fiona Kim, North Jersey FSC	10	28.52	7	58.36	86.88
9	8	Whitney Garden, Rye FSC	8	30.95	10	53.31	84.26
10	2	Nadine Wang, SC of New York	14	25.00	8	54.36	79.36
11	5	Brigid Hans, Rye FSC	11	27.05	11	52.30	79.35
12	9	Dominique Rajic, SC of New York	7	30.96	15	47.60	78.56
13	3	Elena Gonzalez-Molinos, SC of Lake Placid	12	26.89	12	51.53	78.42
14	4	Ivonne Lemeshev, Ice House Of New Jersey FSC	13	25.92	13	51.25	77.17
15	1	Melinda Hu, North Jersey FSC	15	24.34	14	50.73	75.07

Junior Ladies

Place	Start No.	Name	Short Program		Free Skate		Total Score
			Place	Score	Place	Score
1	13	Olivia Serafini, SC of New York	3	40.26	1	85.87	126.13
2	14	Adrianna Gonera, SC of New York	2	41.30	2	74.50	115.80
3	12	Sydney Jones, SC of New York	1	41.79	4	69.80	111.59
4	15	Eve Agler, SC of New York	4	36.39	3	70.23	106.62
5	11	Brooke Sinatra, Amherst SC	5	31.82	5	63.62	95.44
6	7	Madison Olivieri, SC of New York	7	30.38	6	58.35	88.73
7	16	Samantha Scarpa, Ice House Of New Jersey FSC	6	30.83	7	54.78	85.61
8	8	Jennifer Hsu, SC of New York	10	28.22	8	51.37	79.59
9	3	Katrina Anderson, Amherst SC	12	26.45	9	50.88	77.33
10	9	Alexandra Fakhroutdinov, Ice House Of New Jersey FSC	8	29.68	11	46.15	75.83
11	10	Montana Browne, SC of New York	9	29.16	13	44.15	73.31
12	6	Christine Merolla, SC of New York	11	26.75	12	44.66	71.41
13	2	Brittni Svanberg, SC of New York	14	24.72	10	46.23	70.95
14	4	Spring Yu, SC of New York	13	25.20	15	40.39	65.59
15	1	Madelaine Geary, Jamestown SC	16	22.98	14	42.44	65.42
WD		Jillian Moossmann, SC of New York	15	24.16
WD		Mariko Miyashita, North Jersey FSC
WD		Tracee Smith, Genesee FSC
WD		Cynthia Yang, Essex SC of NJ

Senior Ladies

Place	Start No.	Name	Short Program		Free Skate		Total Score
			Place	Score	Place	Score
1	12	Lauren Dinh, SC of New York	1	52.60	1	92.00	144.60
2	13	Jordan Bauth, Amherst SC	3	47.51	2	83.03	130.54
3	14	Joelle Forte, SC of New York	2	49.36	3	75.12	124.48
4	15	Katie McBeath, Westminster FSC of Erie	4	45.01	5	65.47	110.48
5	11	Courtney Taylor, SC of New York	5	42.50	4	67.65	110.15
6	16	Raina Narita, SC of New York	6	35.40	9	55.82	91.22
7	9	Helen Serafini, SC of New York	8	28.15	7	63.04	91.19
8	8	Camille Menendez, Ice House Of New Jersey FSC	11	24.97	6	65.06	90.03
9	6	Brittney Skarulis, SC of New York	7	29.52	8	57.03	86.55
10	10	Kaitlyn Castelli, North Jersey FSC	10	25.62	10	50.32	75.94
11	7	Kaitlyn DeBardelaben, SC of New York	9	26.92	11	44.71	71.63
12	1	Gabrielle Newman, SC of New York	12	24.77	13	42.74	67.51
13	3	Monica Koch, SC of New York	13	23.26	12	43.72	66.98
14	2	Nicolette Tomasini, North Jersey FSC	15	20.33	15	37.27	57.60
15	4	Kelly Walsh, North Jersey FSC	16	18.49	14	38.41	56.90
16	5	Candace Coleman, Ice House Of New Jersey FSC	14	21.47	16	32.66	54.13
WD		Kristiene Gong, SC of New York
WD		Michelle Panagakos, Ice House Of New Jersey FSC
WD		Vida Weisblum, SC of New York
WD		Jessica Weltz, SC of New York
WD		Jennifer Zhang, Amherst SC

Novice Men

Place	Start No.	Name	Short Program		Free Skate		Total Score
			Place	Score	Place	Score
1	3	Sean Conlon, SC of New York	2	34.68	1	62.40	97.08
2	4	Aaron Gunderson-Smith, SC of Lake Placid	1	38.42	3	53.74	92.16
3	2	Yamato Rowe, Ice House Of New Jersey FSC	4	26.81	2	62.19	89.00
4	5	Lawrence Lung, North Jersey FSC	3	27.19	4	53.07	80.26
5	1	Griffin Schwab, SC of New York	5	24.50	5	38.16	62.66

Junior Men

Place	Start No.	Name	Short Program		Free Skate		Total Score
			Place	Score	Place	Score
1	6	Jimmy Ma, SC of New York	3	48.92	1	105.93	154.85
2	4	Matej Silecky, SC of New York	1	53.95	3	88.37	142.32
3	5	James Schetelich, SC of New York	2	52.93	2	88.64	141.57
4	2	Trevor Bergqvist, Amherst SC	4	42.49	4	87.65	130.14
5	3	Joseph Dolkiewicz, SC Of Southern New Jersey	5	38.61	5	68.09	106.70
6	1	Matthew Essigmann, Ithaca FSA	6	24.83	6	43.22	68.05
WD		Jay Yostanto, SC of New York

JGP Poland Ladies Short Program Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Julia LIPNITSKAIA	RUS	60.37	34.42		25.95	6.57	6.36	6.46	6.54	6.50	0.00	#24
2	Satoko MIYAHARA	JPN	56.46	32.80		23.66	5.86	5.82	5.96	6.00	5.93	0.00	#8
3	Samantha CESARIO	USA	52.22	29.00		23.22	5.89	5.54	5.89	5.82	5.89	0.00	#12
4	Kate CHARBONNEAU	CAN	48.91	27.43		21.48	5.43	5.07	5.46	5.39	5.50	0.00	#16
5	Miu SATO	JPN	47.20	25.34		22.86	6.11	5.64	5.46	5.75	5.61	1.00	#11
6	Lauren DINH	USA	46.93	26.02		20.91	5.39	5.00	5.21	5.29	5.25	0.00	#3
7	Anais VENTARD	FRA	45.06	24.64		20.42	5.07	4.93	5.14	5.25	5.14	0.00	#2
8	Kristina ZASEEVA	RUS	45.00	23.58		21.42	5.46	5.18	5.29	5.43	5.43	0.00	#17
9	Alina MILEVSKAIA	UKR	41.41	21.61		19.80	4.89	4.82	4.96	5.04	5.04	0.00	#14
10	Alina FJODOROVA	LAT	40.11	22.14		17.97	4.68	4.21	4.54	4.54	4.50	0.00	#9
11	Rebecka EMANUELSSON	SWE	39.37	21.69		17.68	4.43	4.29	4.39	4.46	4.54	0.00	#5
12	Agata KRYGER	POL	37.61	19.44		18.17	4.68	4.36	4.64	4.54	4.50	0.00	#21
13	Monika SIMANCIKOVA	SVK	37.28	18.87		18.41	4.75	4.36	4.57	4.61	4.71	0.00	#4
14	Romy BUEHLER	SUI	35.98	18.24		17.74	4.50	4.14	4.46	4.54	4.54	0.00	#6
15	Juulia TURKKILA	FIN	34.71	17.72		17.99	4.64	4.39	4.46	4.54	4.46	1.00	#15
16	Elizaveta UKOLOVA	CZE	32.89	17.86		16.03	4.04	3.96	4.04	4.00	4.00	1.00	#18
17	Carol BRESSANUTTI	ITA	32.88	17.02		17.86	4.54	4.39	4.36	4.54	4.50	2.00	#22
18	Jasmine Alexandra COSTA	EST	31.72	15.55		17.17	4.57	4.14	4.18	4.36	4.21	1.00	#25
19	Ksenia BAKUSHEVA	BLR	29.23	13.46		15.77	4.11	3.75	3.93	4.00	3.93	0.00	#23
20	Stephanie RIGLEY	GBR	28.28	13.13		16.15	4.04	3.93	4.11	4.04	4.07	1.00	#10
21	Michelle COUWENBERG	NED	28.21	12.59		16.62	4.21	4.00	4.14	4.18	4.25	1.00	#13
22	Beatrice MEILUNAITE	LTU	27.98	15.01		13.97	3.68	3.32	3.43	3.54	3.50	1.00	#20
23	Brittany LAU	SIN	25.03	11.08		13.95	3.61	3.29	3.46	3.61	3.46	0.00	#19
24	Ema LIPOVSCAK	CRO	24.72	12.20		13.52	3.50	3.18	3.36	3.50	3.36	1.00	#1
25	Maral-Erdene GANSUKH	MGL	19.11	8.59		11.52	3.11	2.68	2.79	2.96	2.86	1.00	#7

JGP Poland Ladies Preview

None of the girls here medaled at a JGP event last season and there are several girls looking to make a breakthrough.

Kate Charbonneau of Canada has had an up and down couple of years.  She won a silver medal on the JGP in 2009 and placed 6th at Junior Worlds.  Last season she placed outside the top 10 at both of her events and didn't qualify for Junior Worlds at Canadian nationals.  She has the ability to put up good scores and if she goes clean, she could take the top spot here.

Monika Siminckova of Slovakia has been to 4 JGP events and has come close to the medal stand at several of them.  She is a very consistent skater and can easily make the medal stand, especially if other ladies don't perform their best.  Juulia Turkilla of Finland has a lot of international experience, but only one JGP event on her resume.  With Laura Lepisto returning to competition this season, Turkilla will be looking to take home her first medal and make a name for herself back home.

Samantha Cesario of the United States finished just off the podium at her lone event last season.  Lauren Dinh also from the United States is making her JGP debut.  Both have won the Gardena Trophy, Cesario in 2010 and Dinh in 2011.  Cesario has won acclaim for her Black Swan program in her summer competitions and has put up impressive scores.  Dinh had some struggles in her summer competitions, but is working on an impressive jump arsenal and improving her program components.  Both these ladies should be very competitive.

Julia Lipnitskaia of Russia is the next generation of "wonderbabies" and hopes to follow in the footsteps of Adelina Sotnikova and Elizaveta Tuktamisheva.  She has triple-triples (and even a double axel+triple toe+double toe in her free) and amazing flexiblity and spins to go with a commanding presence on the ice.  Especially look for her Biellman which she performs with her leg completely straight behind her.  She is just 13 and will be age eligible for Sochi.  If she wants one of those spots she'll have to start proving herself here.  She'll also be looking for a spot on the Junior Worlds team this season and with Sotnikova and Tuktamisheva not old enough to compete at Worlds, they'll be taking two of those three spots.

My podium predictions
Gold: Julia Lipnitskaia
Silver: Samantha Cesario
Bronze: Monika Siminckova

Bios of the competitors:

Ksenia Bakusheva, BLR: She finished 14th at JGP Romania last season.  Her personal best is 94.88.  She is 16 years old.

Kate Charbonneau, CAN: She finished 15th at JGP Austria and 13th at JGP Germany.  Her personal best is 147.46.  She is 18 years old.

Ema Lipovscak, CRO: Her personal best is 76.21.  She is 16 years old.

Elizaveta Ukolova, CZE: This is her international debut.  She is 13 years old.

Jasmine Alexandra Costa, EST: She finished 13th at JGP Great Britain and 15th at JGP Czech Republic last season.  Her personal best is 120.56.  She is 17 years old.

Juulia Turkkila, FIN: She finished 20th at Worlds, 15th at Europeans and 16th at Junior Worlds.  She placed 10th at JGP Germany last season.  Her personal best is 136.68.  She is 16 years old.

Anais Ventard, FRA:

Stephanie Rigley, GBR: She finished 19th at JGP Great Britain last season.  Her personal best is 95.13.  She is 18 years old.

Carol Bressanutti, ITA: This is her JGP debut.  She is 18 years old.

Satoko Miyahara, JPN: This is her international debut.  She is 13 years old.

Miu Sato, JPN: This is her international debut.  She is 14 years old.

Alina Fjodorova, LAT: She placed 28th at Junior Worlds.  She finished 13th at JGP Latvia.  Her personal best is 113.95.  She is 16 years old.
  

Beatrice Meilunaite, LTU:

Maral-Erdene Gansukh, MGL: She finished 35th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds.  This is her JGP debut.  She is 15 years old.

Michelle Couwenberg, NED: This is her JGP debut.  She is 18 years old.

Agata Krygier, POL

Julia Lipnitskaia, RUS: This is her international debut.  She is 13 years old.

Kristina Zaseeva, RUS: She finished 14th at JGP Great Britain last season.  Her personal best is 99.61.  She is 14 years old.

Brittany Lau, SIN: She finished 26th at Four Continents and 29th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds.  She placed 18th at JGP Japan last season.  Her personal best is 87.10.  She is 17 years old.

Monika Simancikova, SVK: She finished 18th at Junior Worlds.  She placed 5th at JGP Austria and 6th at JGP Czech Republic last season.  Her personal best is 125.64.  She is 16 years old.

Rebecka Emanuelsson, SWE: She finished 30th at Junior Worlds.  She placed 16th at JGP Austria last season.  Her personal best is 119.89.  She is 16 years old.

Romy Buhler, SUI: She finished 16th at Europeans and 14th at Junior Worlds.  She placed 10th at JGP Japan last season.  Her personal best is 122.33.  She is 16 years old.

Alina Milevskaia, UKR: She finished 16th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds.  She placed 11th at JGP Romania and 9th at JGP Austria last season.  Her personal best is 120.19.  She is 16 years old.

Samantha Cesario, USA: She finished 4th at JGP Romania last season.  Her personal best is 122.39.  She is 18 years old.

Lauren Dinh, USA: This is her JGP debut.  She is 15 years old.

Lauren Dinh aims to become ‘total package’

I recently had the opportunity to interview Lauren Dinh for Figure Skaters Online.  She is the 2011 US National Silver Medalist and is preparing for her Junior Grand Prix debut in Poland.

Lauren Dinh burst onto the U.S. figure skating scene last season, winning the silver medal at the 2011 U.S. Championships in the junior ladies event. But many skating fans are not  familiar with this humble 15-year-old high school sophomore as she relies on her quiet determination.


For the full story, visit http://figureskatersonline.com/news/2011/09/07/lauren-dinh-aims-to-become-total-package/

Broadmoor Open

The Broadmoor Open runs June 22nd-25th in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Competitors in the International Skating Pool and a few other competitors of note include:

Senior Men
Alexander Johnson
SP Score: 20, 29.4 48.4 Music: O mio babbino caro


Senior Men SP Only
Joshua Farris
Score: 34.82, 31.05 64.87 Music: Clair de Lune
3A, 3F+3T, 3Lz

Max Aaron
Score: 32.22 29.7 61.92 Music: Tango medley of Oblivion by Piazzolla & Mr. & Mrs. Smith 
4S, 3A, 3Lz+2T



Senior Ladies
Lauren Dinh
SP Score:  43.70
McKinzie Daniels
SP Score: 40.36
Angela Wang
SP Score: 53.14


Senior Ladies SP Only
Melissa Bulanhagui
Score: 17.5 20.2 37.7
3A attempt, Popped lutz, 2a.
 
Junior Men
Timothy Dolensky
SP Score: 52.05 
3Lo+3Lo turnout, 3Lz, 2A


David Wang
SP score: 49.70
2A, 3F+2T, 3Lz


Junior Ladies
Hannah Miller
SP Score: 45.60 Music: Danse Macabre
3F+1T, 3Lz, 2A
FS score:  87.76 Music: Masquerade Waltz
2A, 3F, 3Lo, 3S+2T+2Lo, 3T+2T, 3S, 3T+'tano 2T
Barbie Long (not on ISP, finished 2nd in novice last season)
SP Score: 50.44 Music: Swan Lake
3Lz, 3F+2T, 2A
FS score: 93.13 Music: 42nd Street
3Lz+2T+2Lo, 3F+2A seq., 3Lo, 3F, 3S, 1Lz, 2A+3T fall.
Mariah Bell (not on ISP, finished 3rd in novice last season)
SP Score: 44.76 Music: Mack & Mabel
2A, 2Lz, 3F+2T
FS Score: 84.73
2A+2A seq., 3F, 3Lz, 3S, 3T, 3F, 3T

Junior Pairs SP
Madeline Aaron/Max Settlage
SP Score: 40.24
Haven Denney/Brandon Frazier (not on ISP, but new junior team)
SP Score: 43.29
Kylie Duarte/Colin Grafton
SP Score: 46.55 Music: Meditation from Thais
Britney Simpson/Matt Blackmer (not on ISP, but new junior team, she competed on Sr Grand Prix)
SP Score: 39.16
Olivia Oltmanns/Josh Santillan
SP Score: 40.13

Junior Dance SD & FD
Jessica Mancini/Tyler Brooks

For a full list of competitors, see http://unseenskaters.wordpress.com/

Liberty Summer Competition

The Liberty Summer Competition will take place at the IceWorks complex in Aston, PA.

July 13th
Junior Ladies Short
Junior Mens Short

July 14th
Junior Ladies Free Skate
Junior Men Free Skate
Junior Pair Short
Senior Pair Short

July 15th
Junior Ladies Free Skate
Junior Pairs Free Skate
Senior Ladies Short
Senior Men Short
Senior Pair Free Skate

July 16th
Junior Ladies Free Skate
Junior Men Free Skate
Senior Ladies Free Skate
Senior Men Free Skate

A complete list of notable entrants can be found at : http://unseenskaters.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/2011-liberty-summer-competition-preliminary-roster/

Entrants on international skating pool roster:

Senior Ladies
Ashley Wagner--SP only, eligible for senior events 
Melissa Bulanhagui--eligible for senior events
Samantha Cesario--eligible for senior events
Lauren Dinh--eligible for junior and senior events
Haley Dunne--eligible for senior events
Joelle Forte--eligible for senior events
Yasmin Siraj--eligible for junior and senior events
Angela Wang--eligible for junior and senior events
Felicia Zhang--eligible for senior events
Marissa Castelli (eligible for pairs events)

Junior Ladies
Ashley Cain--eligible for junior and senior events
Polina Edmunds--eligible for junior events

Senior Men
Stephen Carriere--SP only, eligible for senior events
Emmanuel Savary--SP only, eligible for junior events
Alexander Aiken--eligible for senior events
Wesley Campbell--eligible for senior events
Armin Mahbanoozadeh--eligible for senior events
Keegan Messing--eligible for senior events
Alexander Zahradnicek--eligible for senior events

Junior Men
Harrison Choate--eligible for junior and senior event
Timothy Dolensky--eligible for senior events
Emmanuel Savary--eligible for junior events
Nathan Chen (not on ISP, too young for JGP, 2 time Novice National Champ)

Senior Pairs
Marissa Castelli & Simon Shnapir--eligible for senior events
Gretchen Donlan & Andrew Speroff--eligible for senior events

Junior Pairs
Madeline Aaron & Max Settlage--eligible for junior and senior events
Kylie Duarte & Colin Grafton--eligible for junior and senior events
Audrey Goldberg & Joseph Dolkiewicz--eligible for junior and senior events
Olivia Oltmanns & Joshua Santillan--eligible for junior events

Cynthia Phaneuf of Canada will also debut her short program as will new pairs teams of Caydee Denney/John Coughlin, Felicia Zhang/Nate Bartholomay and Haven Denney/Brandon Frazier.  Jessica Dube/Sebastian Wolfe of Canada will debut their free skate.

NOTE: Eligibility is determined here by age only.