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

Junior Worlds Men's Preview

In what promises to be a tough event, two of the three medalists from last season have returned along with four of the six competitors from the Junior Grand Prix Final.  To land on the podium, these skaters will need a triple axel and possibly even a quad.  

As competitive as this event promises to be, there are several notable absences.  Maxim Kovtun won the Junior Grand Prix Final and holds the top junior score for the season but will be heading to Senior Worlds instead.  Nathan Chen set the 2nd highest junior score of the season at his lone JGP event but injury and illness kept him from qualifying for the team.  Harrison Choate has the 9th best junior score of the season but also did not qualify for one of the three US men's slots.  

Joshua Farris settled for silver by the slimmest of margins at last year's Junior Worlds.  He has come back stronger this season, adding a quad to his free skate and showcasing consistent triple axels.  In addition to his jumping capability, he has good artistic skills, musicality and a nice style on the ice.  He recently won the pewter medal at the US Championships.  Since he competed as a senior at nationals, he also is reverting to a junior program.  His biggest competition would have come from Han Yan and Maxim Kovtun but as both of them are making the trip to senior worlds, this is his event to lose.

Jason Brown won the bronze medal last season.  While he has added a triple axel to his programs it is not always consistent and a pop could cost him points.  He did land a triple axel + triple toe at nationals.  Unfortunately for him, he's still a bit behind the technical curve as the other top men have mastered the triple axel and moved on to quads.  He'll need to land all of his jumps and then rely on his PCS if he wants to keep pace with Yan and Farris.  

Boyang Jin burst onto the scene this season, winning gold at JGP France and silver at JGP Slovenia.  He has already Jason Brown in head to head competition.  However, he slipped to 5th at the Junior Grand Prix Final.  His scores have been fairly consistent all season and he'll need to improve if he wants a shot at the podium here.  He has quads in his repertoire and likely just needs more experience to develop everything else.  

Ryuju Hino won two medals on the Junior Grand Prix to qualify for the JGP Final and just edged out Jason Brown for the final spot on the podium.  His performance at the Final was a personal best and 13 points higher than his best JGP performance this season.  If he can repeat or improve on that, he'll be in the running for a medal.

Alexander Samarin is only fourteen years old but his two JGP bronze medals make him a dark horse for this event.  He hasn't competed internationally since JGP Germany and I'd expect to see a big improvement in his scores at this event.  However, he is a young skater at his first ISU Championship with little competitive experience.  If he can handle the nerves and fly under the radar, he should have a strong showing.

Shoma Uno has show improvement this season going from 6th at his first JGP assignment to the silver medal at JGP Germany.  He competed at the same events as Samarin and they flip-flopped results.  He also hasn't competed internationally since Germany and was a late replacement for this event but should be able to improve on his 10th place finish last year.

He Zhang is the third Chinese skater at this event and has sat out this season due to injury.  He finished 6th at Junior Worlds last season.  If he is back to last season's form, he could give China three skaters in the top 10.  

My podium predictions:

Gold: Joshua Farris

Silver: Jason Brown

Bronze: Boyang Jin

Bios of the competitors:

Slavik Hayrapetyan, ARM: He placed 18th in the preliminary round at Worlds and 26th at Junior Worlds last season.  His personal best is 128.97.  He is 16 years old.

David Kranjec, AUS: He finished 23rd at Four Continents.  He placed 12th at JGP Slovenia and 10th at JGP Croatia.   His personal best is 150.20.  He is 18 years old.

Pavel Ignatenko, BLR: He placed 30th at Junior Worlds last season.  He finished 13th at Europeans.  He finished 7th at JGP Turkey and 11th at JGP Croatia.  His personal best is 171.18.  He is 17 years old.

Luiz Manella, BRA: He placed 16th at Junior Worlds last season.  His personal best is 162.53.  He is 18 years old.

Iassen Petkov, BUL: He placed 11th at JGP Turkey and 18th at JGP Croatia.  His personal best is 136.61.  He is 19 years old.

Mitchell Gordon, CAN: He placed 8th at JGP Austria and 12th at JGP Croatia.  His personal best is 162.62.  He is 16 years old.

Nam Nguyen, CAN:  He placed 13th at Junior Worlds last season.  He finished 9th at JGP France and won bronze at JGP Turkey.  His personal best is 171.56.  He is 14 years old.

Boyang Jin, CHN: He won gold at JGP France and silver at JGP Slovenia to qualify for the JGP Frinal where he finished 5th.  His personal best is 194.13.  He is 15 years old.  He has the 9th best short program, 7th best free skate and 7th best total scores.

He Zhang, CHN: He finished 6th at Junior Worlds last season.  His personal best is 193.97.  He is 16 years old.

Chih-I Tsao, TPE: He finished 23rd at Junior Worlds last season.  He placed 11th at JGP USA and 9th at JGP Croatia.  His personal best is 155.30  He is 15 years old.

Petr Coufal, CZE: He placed 17th at Junior Worlds last season.  He finished 4th at JGP Austria and 7th at JGP Croatia.  His personal best is 175.72.  He is 18 years old.

Samuel Koppel, EST: His personal best is 94.11,  He is 17 years old.

Matthias Versluis, FIN: He placed 21st at Junior Worlds last season.  He finished 13th at JGP Austria and 11th at JGP Germany.  His personal best is 143.20.  He is 18 years old.

Simon Hocquaux, FRA: He finished 10th at JGP France.  His personal best is 143.71.  He is 17 years old.

Martin Rappe, GER: He placed 11th at Junior Worlds last season.  He finished 9th at JGP USA and 5th at JGP Germany.  His personal best is 171.38.  He is 19 years old.

Jamie Whiteman, GBR: His personal best is 115.56.  He is 18 years old.

Kristof Forgo, HUN: He placed 16th at JGP Croatia.  His personal best is 131.02.  He is 19 years old.

Antonio Panfili, ITA: He placed 16th at JGP Slovenia.  His personal best is 128.05.

Ryuju Hino, JPN: He placed 9th at Junior Worlds last season.  He won bronze at JGP France and silver at JGP Austria to qualify for the JGP Final where he won bronze.  His personal best is 198.92.  He is 18 years old.  He has the 6th best short program, 6th best free skate and 5th best total scores.

Shoma Uno, JPN: He finished 10th at Junior Worlds last season.  He placed 6th at JGP Slovenia and won silver at JGP Germany.  His personal best is 188.48.  He is 15 years old.  He has the 8th best short program, 9th best free skate and 8th best total scores.  

Julian Zhi Jie Yee, MAS: He finished 20th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season.  He placed 21st at JGP Slovenia.  His personal best is 112.93.  He is 15 years old.

Sondre Oddvoll Boe, NOR: He placed 15th at JGP France and 12th at JGP Austria.  His personal best is 134.88.  He is 15 years old.

Michael Christian Martinez, PHI: He placed 15th at Junior Worlds last season.  He finished 16th at Four Continents.  He finished 4th at JGP USA and 6th at JGP Croatia.  His personal best is 178.08.  He is 16 years old.

Kamil Dymowski, POL: He finished 28th at Junior Worlds last season.  He finished 12th at JGP Turkey.  His personal best is 128.77.  He is 17 years old.

June Hyoung Lee, KOR: He finished 18th at Junior Worlds last season.  He placed 17th at Four Continents.  He placed 5th at JGP USA and 9th at JGP Turkey.  His personal best is 176.48.  He is 16 years old.

Catalin Dimitrescu, ROU: He finished 22nd at JGP Turkey.  His personal best is 101.33.  He is 14 years old.

Mikhail Kolyada, RUS: He placed 6th at JGP France.  His personal best is 177.55.  He is 18 years old.

Alexander Samarin, RUS: He won bronze at JGP Slovenia and JGP Germany.  His personal best is 183.03.  He is 14 years old.  He has the 10th best total score.

Marco Klepoch, SVK: He placed 16th at JGP Austria and 22nd at JGP Slovenia.  His personal best is 109.36.  He is 15 years old.

Victor Bustamante, ESP: He placed 15th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season.  He finished 12th at JGP France and 7th at JGP Germany.  His personal best is 149.21.  He is 18 years old.

Ondrej Spiegl, SWE: He placed 15th at JGP Slovenia and 15th at JGP Croatia.  His personal best is 142.25.  He is 19 years old.

Nicola Todeschini, SUI: He finished 14th at JGP Austria and 10th at JGP Germnay.  His personal best is 128.98.  He is 15 years old.

Giray Senol, TUR: He placed 16th at JGP Turkey and 23rd at JGP Slovenia.  His personal best is 136.33.  He is 15 years old.

Ivan Pavlov, UKR: He placed 8th at JGP France and JGP Turkey.  His personal best is 149.87.  He is 14 years old.  

Jason Brown, USA: He is the reigning World Junior Bronze Medalist.  He won silver at JGP France and gold at JGP Turkey to qualify for the JGP Final where he finished 4th.  His personal best is 214.90.  He is 18 years old.  He has the 5th best short program, 5th best free skate and 6th best total scores.

Joshua Farris, USA: He is the reigning Junior World Silver Medalist.  He won gold at JGP USA and gold at JGP Slovenia to qualify for the JGP Final where he won silver.  His personal best is 221.97.  He is 18 years old.  He has the 2nd best short program, 3rd best free skate and 3rd best total scores.

Shotaro Omori, USA: He finished 4th at JGP Turkey and 4th at JGP Germany.  His personal best is 172.56.  He is 17 years old.