JGP Belarus Men's Free Skate Results

Free Skate

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Nathan CHEN	USA	141.15	71.79		69.36	6.68	6.79	7.04	6.96	7.21	0.00	#19
2	Ryuju HINO	JPN	131.65	74.29		57.36	6.25	5.46	5.79	5.64	5.54	0.00	#18
3	Murad KURBANOV	RUS	122.20	61.28		60.92	6.21	5.89	6.25	6.07	6.04	0.00	#20
4	Alexander SAMARIN	RUS	122.14	64.48		57.66	6.04	5.43	5.82	5.75	5.79	0.00	#17
5	June Hyoung LEE	KOR	113.90	59.34		54.56	5.75	5.21	5.43	5.46	5.43	0.00	#16
6	Chih-I TSAO	TPE	106.49	49.65		56.84	5.96	5.50	5.64	5.68	5.64	0.00	#21
7	Peter James HALLAM	GBR	100.89	52.49		49.40	5.00	4.82	4.96	4.96	4.96	1.00	#12
8	Roman SADOVSKY	CAN	96.48	47.78		50.70	5.25	4.71	4.96	5.25	5.18	2.00	#13
9	Yaroslav PANIOT	UKR	96.19	49.57		46.62	4.96	4.39	4.61	4.71	4.64	0.00	#8
10	Taichi HONDA	JPN	95.17	48.81		48.36	5.18	4.61	4.82	4.82	4.75	2.00	#15
11	Matthias VERSLUIS	FIN	94.37	44.65		50.72	5.46	4.86	4.93	5.07	5.04	1.00	#14
12	Charles TETAR	FRA	94.37	50.37		45.00	4.75	4.14	4.57	4.54	4.50	1.00	#6
13	Anton KEMPF	GER	87.20	44.34		42.86	4.39	4.11	4.29	4.39	4.25	0.00	#9
14	Anton KARPUK	BLR	85.20	41.34		43.86	4.50	4.18	4.50	4.32	4.43	0.00	#11
15	Osman AKGUN	TUR	83.71	47.37		36.34	4.25	3.14	3.75	3.46	3.57	0.00	#1
16	Marcus BJORK	SWE	82.55	41.91		41.64	4.32	3.96	4.25	4.18	4.11	1.00	#4
17	Spencer HOWE	USA	78.88	35.76		44.12	4.57	4.18	4.39	4.46	4.46	1.00	#10
18	Mattia DALLA TORRE	ITA	62.51	29.31		36.20	3.96	3.61	3.21	3.75	3.57	3.00	#7
19	Artsiom TSELUIKO	BLR	61.35	26.49		36.86	3.75	3.43	3.71	3.86	3.68	2.00	#2
20	Kristof BREZAR	SLO	56.57	26.57		32.00	3.36	3.21	3.18	3.29	2.96	2.00	#3
21	Ivan PROKOPOVICH	BLR	54.94	25.38		29.56	3.14	2.71	2.96	3.11	2.86	0.00	#5

Total

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Nathan CHEN	USA	211.11	1	1
2	Ryuju HINO	JPN	198.12	2	2
3	Murad KURBANOV	RUS	183.48	4	3
4	Alexander SAMARIN	RUS	181.54	6	4
5	June Hyoung LEE	KOR	174.41	5	5
6	Chih-I TSAO	TPE	168.01	3	6
7	Peter James HALLAM	GBR	151.71	8	7
8	Roman SADOVSKY	CAN	146.88	10	8
9	Matthias VERSLUIS	FIN	146.28	7	11
10	Taichi HONDA	JPN	145.59	9	10
11	Yaroslav PANIOT	UKR	143.46	12	9
12	Charles TETAR	FRA	137.11	16	12
13	Anton KEMPF	GER	134.17	13	13
14	Anton KARPUK	BLR	133.21	11	14
15	Spencer HOWE	USA	123.54	14	17
16	Osman AKGUN	TUR	123.45	18	15
17	Marcus BJORK	SWE	122.46	17	16
18	Mattia DALLA TORRE	ITA	105.37	15	18
19	Artsiom TSELUIKO	BLR	91.85	19	19
20	Kristof BREZAR	SLO	86.26	20	20
21	Ivan PROKOPOVICH	BLR	80.34	21	21

JGP Belarus Men's Short Program Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Nathan CHEN	USA	69.96	36.81		33.15	6.54	6.25	6.79	6.68	6.89	0.00	#14
2	Ryuju HINO	JPN	66.47	39.00		27.47	6.04	5.36	5.32	5.46	5.29	0.00	#4
3	Chih-I TSAO	TPE	61.52	32.77		28.75	6.07	5.43	5.86	5.75	5.64	0.00	#7
4	Murad KURBANOV	RUS	61.28	32.06		29.22	6.04	5.50	5.93	5.86	5.89	0.00	#21
5	June Hyoung LEE	KOR	60.51	33.55		26.96	5.57	5.21	5.32	5.43	5.43	0.00	#15
6	Alexander SAMARIN	RUS	59.40	32.84		27.56	5.82	5.25	5.46	5.57	5.46	1.00	#12
7	Matthias VERSLUIS	FIN	51.91	26.66		26.25	5.32	5.00	5.14	5.29	5.50	1.00	#17
8	Peter James HALLAM	GBR	50.82	25.68		25.14	4.86	4.79	5.14	5.14	5.21	0.00	#6
9	Taichi HONDA	JPN	50.42	25.87		24.55	4.96	4.71	4.96	4.96	4.96	0.00	#1
10	Roman SADOVSKY	CAN	50.40	24.80		25.60	5.21	4.82	5.18	5.25	5.14	0.00	#8
11	Anton KARPUK	BLR	48.01	24.73		23.28	4.96	4.36	4.68	4.64	4.64	0.00	#20
12	Yaroslav PANIOT	UKR	47.27	21.16		26.11	5.21	4.89	5.29	5.36	5.36	0.00	#18
13	Anton KEMPF	GER	46.97	24.23		23.74	4.61	4.46	4.82	4.96	4.89	1.00	#3
14	Spencer HOWE	USA	44.66	23.01		22.65	4.54	4.32	4.57	4.61	4.61	1.00	#11
15	Mattia DALLA TORRE	ITA	42.86	22.26		21.60	4.46	4.04	4.25	4.39	4.46	1.00	#10
16	Charles TETAR	FRA	42.74	19.12		23.62	4.82	4.36	4.79	4.86	4.79	0.00	#9
17	Marcus BJORK	SWE	39.91	17.94		22.97	4.61	4.39	4.61	4.68	4.68	1.00	#19
18	Osman AKGUN	TUR	39.74	19.07		20.67	4.21	3.96	4.18	4.11	4.21	0.00	#5
19	Artsiom TSELUIKO	BLR	30.50	14.07		17.43	3.61	3.18	3.46	3.64	3.54	1.00	#16
20	Kristof BREZAR	SLO	29.69	12.29		17.40	3.54	3.29	3.43	3.68	3.46	0.00	#13
21	Ivan PROKOPOVICH	BLR	25.40	11.19		15.21	3.18	2.89	2.96	3.18	3.00	1.00	#2

JGP Belarus Men's Preview

Two medal winners from this season are competing for spots in the Final at this event.  Nathan Chen won gold at his first assignment this season and although he didn't put out the triple axel, he holds the highest short program, free skate and total scores this season on the junior circuit.  He has an extremely backloaded free skate with the bulk of his jumps coming in the 2nd half.  He was still shy of his personal best and can put even more space between him and the other competitors.  He needs a medal of any color to qualify for the Final while a 4th place finish would keep him in the running.

Ryuju Hino won the silver at JGP Mexico behind Nathan Chen but was nearly 20 points behind.  He does have a triple axel but a lot of the other elements of his programs are inconsistent.  He did set a personal best in Mexico and could do so again.  He needs a gold medal to qualify for the Final while a silver or bronze will keep him in the running.

Alexander Samarin is making his season debut after taking home two bronze medals from the JGP last season.  His scores were very consistent last season but he'll need a big improvement in his personal best to contend for the top of the podium.

Also in the mix are June Hyong Lee who finished 6th at JGP Mexico and Chih-I Tsao who finished 7th las week in Poland.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Nathan Chen
Silver: Ryuju Hino
Bronze: Alexander Samarin

Bios of the competitors:
Anton Kapruk, BLR: He finished 17th at JGP Slovakia.  His personal best is 130.74.  He is 16 years old.

Ivan Prokopovich, BLR: This is his international debut.

Artsiom Tseluiko, BLR: This is his international debut.  He is 13 years old.

Roman Sadovsky, CAN: He placed 14th at JGP Latvia.  His personal best is 158.77.  He is 14 years old.

Chih-I Tsao, TPE: He placed 23rd at Junior Worlds.  He finished 7th at JGP Poland.  His personal best is 165.70.  He is 15 years old.

Matthias Versluis, FIN: He placed 19th at Junior Worlds.  He finished 13th at JGP Austria and 11th at JGP Germany last season.  His personal best is 149.66.  He is 19 years old.

Charles Tetar, FRA: He placed 8th at JGP Mexico.  His personal best is 160.00.  He is 18 years old.

Alexander Betke, GER: This is his JGP debut.  He is 18 years old.

Anton Kempf, GER: This is his JGP debut.  He is 17 years old.

Peter James Hallam, GBR: He finished 13th at JGP France and 19th at JGP Slovenia last season.  His personal best is 130.55.  He is 18 years old.

Mattia Dalla Torre, ITA: This is his JGP debut.  He is 16 years old.

Ryuju Hino, JPN: He placed 10th at Junior Worlds.  He won silver at JGP Mexico.  His personal best is 199.64.  He is 18 years old.  

Taichi Honda, JPN: He finished 7th at JGP USA and 10th at JGP Turkey last season.  His personal best is 154.65.  He is 15 years old.

June Hyoung Lee, KOR: He finished 17th at Four Continents and 13th at Junior Worlds.  He placed 6th at JGP Mexico.  His personal best is 176.48.  He is 16 years old.

Murad Kurbanov, RUS: This is his international debut.  He is 16 years old.

Alexander Samarin, RUS: He finished 8th at Junior Worlds.  He won bronze at JGP Slovenia and at JGP Germany last season.  His personal best is 186.96.  He is 15 years old.

Kristof Brezar, SLO: He finished 20th at JGP Austria and 28th at JGP Slovenia last season.  His personal best is 85.93.  He is 16 years old.

Marcus Bjork, SWE: He finished 16th at JGP France 19th at JGP Turkey last seaon.  His personal best is 123.33.  He is 19 years old.

Osman Akgun, TUR: He finished 13th at JGP Turkey and 13th at JGP Croatia last season.  His personal best is 138.24.  He is 17 years old.

Yaroslav Paniot, UKR: He placed 16th at JGP USA and 18th at JGP Slovenia.  His personal best is 132.55.  He is 15 years old.

Nathan Chen, USA: He won gold at JGP Mexico.  His personal best is 222.00.  He is 14 years old.

Spencer Howe, USA: This is his international debut.  He is 17 years old.

JGP Mexico Men's Results

Short Program

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Nathan CHEN	USA	74.22	40.48		33.74	6.46	6.71	6.89	6.86	6.82	0.00	#19
2	Ryuju HINO	JPN	67.30	38.48		28.82	6.07	5.54	5.82	5.93	5.46	0.00	#3
3	Andrei LAZUKIN	RUS	66.28	35.74		30.54	6.32	5.86	5.96	6.29	6.11	0.00	#15
4	Nam NGUYEN	CAN	64.38	34.88		29.50	5.82	5.71	6.04	5.93	6.00	0.00	#14
5	June Hyoung LEE	KOR	62.27	34.02		28.25	5.93	5.46	5.75	5.57	5.54	0.00	#13
6	Daniel SAMOHIN	ISR	59.36	30.47		28.89	5.57	5.61	5.86	5.96	5.89	0.00	#12
7	Sei KAWAHARA	JPN	57.64	30.28		27.36	5.54	5.21	5.61	5.46	5.54	0.00	#5
8	Charles TETAR	FRA	53.24	28.53		24.71	5.14	4.57	5.04	4.96	5.00	0.00	#9
9	Alexei GENIA	RUS	51.20	25.77		26.43	5.14	5.04	5.21	5.43	5.61	1.00	#6
10	Graham NEWBERRY	GBR	49.48	26.31		24.17	4.89	4.68	4.89	5.00	4.71	1.00	#16
11	Vincent CUEREL	SUI	43.13	22.14		20.99	4.46	3.96	4.25	4.21	4.11	0.00	#10
12	Meng Ju LEE	TPE	37.54	17.81		20.73	4.61	4.04	4.04	4.11	3.93	1.00	#2
13	Ancio VAN TONDER	RSA	34.96	14.20		21.76	4.43	4.07	4.29	4.36	4.61	1.00	#11
14	John-Olof HALLMAN	SWE	32.72	14.33		18.39	3.96	3.61	3.46	3.82	3.54	0.00	#1
15	Donavan CARRILLO	MEX	31.52	14.51		19.01	3.43	3.50	4.04	3.93	4.11	2.00	#7
16	Zhen Feng CHAN	MAS	27.70	12.89		15.81	3.46	2.96	3.14	3.29	2.96	1.00	#17
17	Lap Kan YUEN	HKG	27.38	9.86		18.52	4.46	3.39	3.50	3.71	3.46	1.00	#18
18	Eduardo LUNA	MEX	21.12	8.45		12.67	2.57	2.29	2.46	2.71	2.64	0.00	#4
WD	Tomoki HIWATASHI	USA											#8

Free Skate

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Nathan CHEN	USA	144.40	74.20		70.20	6.71	6.96	7.18	7.18	7.07	0.00	#18
2	Ryuju HINO	JPN	132.34	74.18		59.16	6.54	5.61	5.89	6.04	5.50	1.00	#14
3	Daniel SAMOHIN	ISR	123.53	60.51		63.02	6.11	6.04	6.54	6.36	6.46	0.00	#17
4	Nam NGUYEN	CAN	116.66	59.46		58.20	5.75	5.57	5.82	6.07	5.89	1.00	#13
5	Sei KAWAHARA	JPN	109.31	54.09		55.22	5.61	5.21	5.61	5.68	5.50	0.00	#7
6	June Hyoung LEE	KOR	108.12	49.78		58.34	6.07	5.71	5.64	6.00	5.75	0.00	#15
7	Andrei LAZUKIN	RUS	107.21	50.27		57.94	6.29	5.61	5.50	5.93	5.64	1.00	#16
8	Charles TETAR	FRA	106.76	57.32		50.44	5.36	4.68	5.25	5.04	4.89	1.00	#10
9	Graham NEWBERRY	GBR	105.80	56.74		49.06	4.82	4.64	5.00	5.07	5.00	0.00	#11
10	Alexei GENIA	RUS	104.34	51.34		54.00	5.36	5.00	5.54	5.39	5.71	1.00	#8
11	Vincent CUEREL	SUI	84.33	38.75		46.58	4.68	4.43	4.61	4.89	4.68	1.00	#12
12	Meng Ju LEE	TPE	77.37	34.01		45.36	5.11	4.39	4.29	4.57	4.32	2.00	#9
13	John-Olof HALLMAN	SWE	73.89	36.03		37.86	4.18	3.61	3.64	3.96	3.54	0.00	#2
14	Ancio VAN TONDER	RSA	61.88	23.44		39.44	4.11	3.64	3.86	4.07	4.04	1.00	#5
15	Zhen Feng CHAN	MAS	56.28	29.20		31.08	3.61	2.96	2.82	3.29	2.86	4.00	#3
16	Lap Kan YUEN	HKG	55.14	22.76		32.38	4.29	2.79	3.07	3.18	2.86	0.00	#4
17	Donavan CARRILLO	MEX	53.65	23.03		31.62	3.21	2.96	3.21	3.25	3.18	1.00	#1
18	Eduardo LUNA	MEX	35.35	11.77		23.58	2.61	2.11	2.39	2.43	2.25	0.00	#6

Total

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Nathan CHEN	USA	218.62	1	1
2	Ryuju HINO	JPN	199.64	2	2
3	Daniel SAMOHIN	ISR	182.89	6	3
4	Nam NGUYEN	CAN	181.04	4	4
5	Andrei LAZUKIN	RUS	173.49	3	7
6	June Hyoung LEE	KOR	170.39	5	6
7	Sei KAWAHARA	JPN	166.95	7	5
8	Charles TETAR	FRA	160.00	8	8
9	Alexei GENIA	RUS	155.54	9	10
10	Graham NEWBERRY	GBR	155.28	10	9
11	Vincent CUEREL	SUI	127.46	11	11
12	Meng Ju LEE	TPE	114.91	12	12
13	John-Olof HALLMAN	SWE	106.61	14	13
14	Ancio VAN TONDER	RSA	96.84	13	14
15	Donavan CARRILLO	MEX	85.17	15	17
16	Zhen Feng CHAN	MAS	83.98	16	15
17	Lap Kan YUEN	HKG	82.52	17	16
18	Eduardo LUNA	MEX	56.47	18	18
WD	Tomoki HIWATASHI	USA

JGP Mexico Men's Preview

This is an inexperienced field of skaters with six making their international debut and an additional five making their JGP debut.  Of the remaining 9 skaters, only three have won medals on the JGP circuit.  

Nathan Chen has had a storied career already at the young age of 14.  He has won three national titles and medaled at nationals over six consecutive seasons in four levels.  He made his much anticipated JGP debut last season and won gold at his first event with a score that was still in the top 24 season's best by the end of the season.  However, he had to withdraw from his 2nd event due to injury after the short program and struggled for the rest of the season and even failed to defend his junior national title.  Still, he has a 20 point advantage over this field and can afford to make a few mistakes and still land on top of the podium.  He had been working on a triple axel prior to his injuries and if he includes that here it could give him a huge edge.

Challenging him for the top spot will be Ryuju Hino of Japan.  He won two medals on the JGP circuit last season and went on to medal at the JGPF.  His score at the Final was impressive, nearly topping the 200 point mark, but he scored nearly 30 points lower at Junior Worlds and managed only a 10th place finish.  

Nam Nguyen is training with Brian Orser alongside some of the top skaters in the world, including Javier Fernandez and Yuzuru Hanyu.  He's long been touted as one of Canada's up and coming talents but hasn't quite lived up to the hype yet.  He had trouble getting started last season but rebounded to win a bronze medal at his second JGP event.  He did show some improvement at Junior Worlds, but still managed only a 12th place finish.  

Other skaters to watch for are Andrei Lazukin who finished 7th in Austria last season and Sei Kawahara who placed 5th and 8th at his two assignments.

Tomoki Hiwatshi could make a run for the podium here.  He has won three US national titles at three different levels and at just 13, is eligible for international competition for the first time.  When he won the novice men's title last year, he completed four triple jumps in his free skate but only attempted triple toes and salchows.  He'll need a bigger arsenal to compete with the top talent here but his artistry might keep him in the mix.  Another young name to keep an eye on is Daniel Samohin who won the pewter medal at US Nationals as a novice but is now competing for Israel.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Nathan Chen
Silver: Ryuju Hino
Bronze: Nam Nguyen

Bios of the competitors:
Nam Nguyen, CAN: He placed 12th at Junior Worlds.  He finished 9th at JGP France and won bronze at JGP Turkey last season.  His personal best is 172.58.  He is 15 years old.

Meng Ju Lee, TPE: This is his JGP debut.  He is 17 years old.

Charles Tetar, FRA: He placed 7th at JGP France and 7th at JGP Slovenia last season.  His personal best is 156.43.  He is 18 years old.

Graham Newberry, GBR: This is his JGP debut.  He is 15 years old.

Lap Kan Yuen, HKG: He placed 20th at JGP Croatia last season.  His personal best is 84.93.  He is 17 years old.

Daniel Samohin, ISR: This is his international debut.  He is 15 years old.

Ryuju Hino, JPN: He placed 10th at Junior Worlds.  He won bronze at JGP France and silver at JGP Austria last season to qualify for the JGP Final where he won bronze.  His personal best is 198.92.  He is 18 years old.  

Sei Kawahara, JPN: He placed 5th at JGP Austria and 8th at JGP Croatia last season.  His personal best is 170.41.  He is 17 years old.

Zhen Feng Chan, MAS: This is his JGP debut.  He is 18 years old.

David Bosquez, MEX: This is his international debut.  He is 18 years old.

Donavan Carillo, MEX: This is his international debut.  He is 13 years old.

Eduardo Luna, MEX: This is his international debut.  He is 18 years old.

June Hyoung Lee, KOR: He finished 17th at Four Continents and 13th at Junior Worlds.  He placed 5th at JGP USA and 9th at JGP Turkey last season.  His personal best is 176.48.  He is 16 years old.

Alexei Genia, RUS: This is his international debut.  He is 13 years old.

Andrei Lazukin, RUS: He placed 7th at JGP Austria last season.  His personal best is 163.27.  He is 15 years old.

Ancio Van Tonder, RSA: This is his JGP debut.  He is 15 years old.

John-Olof Hallman, SWE: This is his JGP debut.  His personal best is 120.12.  He is 16 years old.

Vincent Cuerel, SUI: He placed 20th at JGP France last season.  His personal best is 102.15.  He is 17 years old.

Nathan Chen, USA: He won gold at JGP Austria last season.  His personal best is 222.00.  He is 14 years old.

Tomoki Hiwatshi, USA: This is his international debut.  He is 13 years old.

US Nationals Junior Men's Free Skate

Group 1

Marcus Mimidis: 56.84 TES + 47.42 PCS = 104.26 Total: 150.11

• Nice opening triple loop
• Triple lutz a bit wild in the air but he hung on to it
• Nice triple flip
• Good double axel + triple toe
• He needs more flexibility through the catchfoot positions of his spins 
• A little slow and lacking connection with his music in the music change into his step sequence; seems very labored and not a lot of performance
• Triple flip + triple toe
• Triple salchow
• Double salchow + double toe + double toe
• Double axel
• He seems like a completely different skater tonight and is lacking the beauty he had in his short program; almost seems like a mark through rather than a performance
• He's got a huge smile in the kiss and cry and I would have loved to see more of this in his program

Troy Tomasello: 47.64 TES + 46.70 PCS -1.00 = 93.34 Total: 147.11 and into 2nd place

• Missed the beginning of the program because of the feed
• Fall on a triple flip
• Good stretched out sit spin position with a good change of foot into a back tuck position
• Ina Bauer into a nice double loop with both arms overhead
• Missed some things in the middle
• Good triple toe
• Not a good illusion spin 
• Unfortunately missed a lot of this program so I can't really comment on how it went

Brian Krentz: 53.98 TES + 47.56 PCS -1.00 = 100.54 Total: 151.44 and into 1st place

• Nice triple loop
• Really fought for that triple lutz + double toe + double loop
• Triple flip + double toe
• Missed most of that program too

Nix Phengsy: 55.55 TES + 46.88 PCS -1.00 = 101.43 Total: 152.73 and into 1st place

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Lukas Kaugars: 40.86 TES + 51.30 PCS = 92.16 Total: 145.20 and into 5th place

• From what I've seen of the 2nd half this is a great program for him, with a nice easy feel and then a high energy section
• Nice double axel with good footwork out of it
• Decent camel spin with a flying entry to a sit spin; nice change of foot with ok positions

James Schetelich: 34.82 TES + 45.68 PCS -1.00 = 79.50 Total: 122.64 and into 6th place

• Good opening double lutz + triple toe
• Nice triple flip
• Good triple loop
• Seems to be lacking energy at the end of his step sequence and going through the motions
• Really nice camel spin positions
• Double lutz (opened up) super close to the boards and he has to fight for the landing
• Single axel and really far forward on hte landing
• Nice twisted sit position with a good transition into the back tuck position
• Triple flip + double toe a little wild and really fights to hang on to it
• Single axel + single toe + double toe--he seems very hesitant of the axel and can't seem to get off the ice and rotate it
• Double salchow really rough landing and ends up falling backwards
• Speeds through his final spin to get there before the music ends after he loses time on the fall

Group 2

Jay Yostanto: 56.00 TES + 49.20 PCS -1.00 = 104.20 Total: 159.25 and into 1st place

• Really nice opening triple axel + double toe + double loop
• Hand down on the triple loop
• He could use more stretch through the catchfoot position in teh camel spin but the other positions in his combo spin are nice
• Forward on the takeoff of the triple lutz and couldn't correct in the air so he falls
• Two little bobbles on some transition steps
• Clean triple axel + double toe
• He could use more stretch through some of these spin positions as well
• Good triple salchow right on the music
• Double lutz and off in the air again
• Popped that flip into a single
• A little bobbly and choppy in his step sequence and it seems that there is a disconnect between his upper body and lower body as well as with his music
• Triple toe + double toe
• Decent final sit spin

Jimmy Ma: 60.05 TES + 58.16 PCS = 118.21 Total: 176.09 and into 1st place

• Triple lutz + double toe
• Triple flip + double toe
• Double axel
• Nice freedom of movement in his step sequence but I'd like to see that translate to his expression as well
• Nice camel position but he could have his hip behind him more in the broken leg variation
• Triple lutz + double toe + double toe
• Triple flip step out
• Double flip with both arms overhead
• Triple toe
• Double axel
• He could clean up some of the in between movements and work on really finishing everything off but he seems to have all the pieces
• Losing speed through his final spin

Shotaro Omori: 61.10 TES + 59.28 PCS -1.00 = 119.38 Total: 189.25 and into 1st place

• Nice opening triple flip
• Triple axel got a way from him a bit and a fall; little bobble on a step right after he got up
• Nice triple lutz
• He could use a bit more power and speed in the step sequence and there are a few places his shoulders are hunched but overall nicely done
• Good camel spin into a nice sit spin and a good back upright spin
• Big kick up but he couldn't pull in fast enough to rotate the triple axel
• You got to hand it to the kid, he had a good lead and none of his top competition had the triple axel so he could have played it safe and gone for a clean sure program but he went for two triple axels and took the risk
• Triple loop + double toe
• Triple lutz a little forward but he tacks on the double toe and double loop 
• Triple salchow + triple toe 
• Good double axel
• He could be a bit lower in the first sit spin but better after the change of foot 

Nathan Chen: 56.41 TES + 62.30 PCS -1.00 = 117.71 Total: 181.31 and into 2nd place

• Double axel
• Spread eagle into a double axel
• Really nice sit spin with a good twisted position
• Good flying entry to his camel spin
• Nice step sequence with good choreography and lots of edge changes but a bit choppy in places
• He must still be feeling a bit under the weather as he doesn't have the same energy we're used to seeing from him on the ice but he's still pushing through his program
• Double flip + double toe + double loop
• Gorgeous outside to inside edge spread eagles
• Tight on the landing of his triple flip + triple toe and puts a hand down
• Triple loop + double toe
• Double salchow
• Triple flip
• Triple loop
• I think his injury has effected him more than his team has let on this season because this is not the same kid who landed every jump for the last three years at nationals and scored 222 on the Junior Grand Prix plus he's been sick with a stomach virus to boot 

Vincent Zhou: 71.73 TES + 67.22 PCS = 138.95 Total: 205.26 and into 1st place

• Gorgeous opening triple salchow out of a spread eagle
• Good triple Rippon lutz
• Nice double axel with excellent ride out
• Not a lot of speed at the end of his combination spin
• Good triple loop
• Good triple flip
• Nice position on the camel spin into a good catchfoot
• Good double axel + double toe with both arms overhead
• This program is really well put together and everything flows from one element to the other
• Triple flip + double toe + double loop
• Triple lutz + triple toe
• Really nice camel position but an awkward flying change of foot into a sit position
• And he gets a partial standing ovation

Jordan Moeller: 46.97 TES + 57.84 PCS = 103.81 Total: 161.02 and into 5th place

• Triple flip a bit back on the landing but he hangs on to it
• Solid double axel
• Good camel spin and a nice catchfoot position
• Flying sit spin with a flying change and nice positions throughout
• Really nice step sequence with good edge changes
• This music will always belong to Jeremy Abbott but he's doing a great job with it
• Nice triple loop
• Triple lutz two footed + triple toe; fall
• Triple flip awkward take off and a hand down and a bit of a slide--not sure if it will count as a full fall
• Good triple lutz but a little two footed on the landing
• Nice serpentine spread eagle
• Good triple salchow + double toe
• Spiral into a double axel + double toe + single loop
• Camel spin into a nice sit spin and ending with an upright spin 

Place	Start No.	Name	Short Program		Free Skate		Total Score
			Place	Score	Place	Score
1	11	Vincent Zhou, All Year FSC	2	66.31	1	138.95	205.26
2	9	Shotaro Omori, Los Angeles FSC	1	69.87	2	119.38	189.25
3	10	Nathan Chen, Salt Lake Figure Skating	3	63.60	4	117.71	181.31
4	8	Jimmy Ma, SC of New York	4	57.88	3	118.21	176.09
5	12	Jordan Moeller, Northern Ice SC	5	57.21	7	103.81	161.02
6	7	Jay Yostanto, SC of New York	6	55.05	6	104.20	159.25
7	4	Nix Phengsy, All Year FSC	9	51.30	8	101.43	152.73
8	3	Brian Krentz, Skokie Valley SC	10	50.90	9	100.54	151.44
9	1	Marcus Mimidis, SC of Wilmington	11	45.85	5	104.26	150.11
10	2	Troy Tomasello, Strongsville SC	7	53.77	10	93.34	147.11
11	5	Lukas Kaugars, Broadmoor SC	8	53.04	11	92.16	145.20
12	6	James Schetelich, SC of New York	12	43.14	12	79.50	122.64