Pacific Coast Sectionals Junior Dance Results

Place	Start No.	Name	Short Dance		Free Dance		Total Score
			Place	Score	Place	Score
1	4	Madeline Heritage, University ISC of San Jose Nathaniel Fast, University ISC of San Jose	1	46.24	1	65.18	111.42
2	6	Yura Min, Los Angeles FSC Igor Ogay, SC of Novi	2	43.54	2	58.28	101.82
3	7	Julia Biechler, SC of Wilmington Damian Dodge, Peninsula SC	4	37.95	3	55.59	93.54
4	5	Stacey Siddon, Ann Arbor FSC Jared Weiss, All Year FSC	3	38.92	4	52.19	91.11
5	3	Rachel Brozina, Philadelphia SC & HS Nicholas Taylor, Peninsula SC	6	36.28	5	49.95	86.23
6	2	Emily Day, Los Angeles FSC Kevin Leahy, Los Angeles FSC	5	37.28	6	48.18	85.46
WD		Amy Wang, Philadelphia SC & HS Malcolm Jones, Orange County FSC	7	19.03

U.S. Nationals Novice Dance Preview

This event should be extremely close as there are several teams that will be jostling for places on the podium.  They will also be competing one of the same pattern dances that was performed at sectionals, but also a new pattern dance, which could dramatically change the scoring.


While Miller and MacMillan enter with the highest total score from sectionals, their entire advantage came from the Killian portion, which will not be competed at nationals.  While this is a new team, they both have experience competing and winning at the national level.


Moore and Klaber set the highest free dance score from sectionals en route to their gold medal finish.  This is their 5th consecutive nationals together and their second season as novices and that experience could really pay off as so many of these teams are new partnerships and new to the novice level.


Rosinksi and Jaffe finished just a point behind Moore and Klaber at Sectionals and set the highest Argentine Tango score, a dance which will be competed at nationals.  They also train alongside Moore and Klaber everyday, so I expect that the competitive environment at home could push these two teams to the top.  


Lewis and Bye are a very young team that are competing in their first novice season.  They have a great shot at winning their first national medal here and could be an up and coming team to watch as they won't be eligible to compete internationally for three more years, giving them plenty of time to grow and develop.


My podium predictions:
Gold: Moore/Klaber
Silver: Miller/MacMillan
Bronze: Rosinski/Jaffe
Pewter: Lewis/Bye


Bios of the competitors:
Meara Lorello/William Dean: They represent the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club.  They finished 14th in Juvenile in 2010 and are the 2011 Intermediate Champions.  They won bronze at Eastern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.


Rebecca Lucas/Yan Kazansky: She represents the Triangle Figure Skating Club and he represents the Columbia Figure Skating Club of Maryland.  They won silver at Eastern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.


Whitney Miller/Kyle MacMillan: They represent the Washington Figure Skating Club.  They won gold at Eastern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.  


Karen Tong/David Cruikshank: She represents the Skating Club of New York and he represents the Windy Hill Skating Club.  They won pewter at Eastern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.

Sierra Chadwick/Alexander Martin: They represent the Detroit Skating Club.  They finished 8th in Juvenile in 2009, are the 2010 Juvenile Bronze Medalists and the 2011 Intermediate Bronze Medalists.  They won pewter at Midwestern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.


Madison George/Brad Kleffman: They represent the Detroit Skating Club.  They won bronze at Midwestern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.  


Holly Moore/Daniel Klaber: They represent the Pavilion Skating Club.  They finished 8th in Juvenile in 2008, 5th in Juvenile in 2009, are the 2010 Intermediate Silver Medalists and finished 8th in Novice in 2011.  They won gold at Midwestern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.


Hannah Rosinski/Jacob Jaffe : They represent the Pavilion Skating Club.  They won silver at Midwestern Sectionals to qualify for nationals. 

Lauren Leonesio/Dustin Perini: She represents the Coyotes Skating Club of Arizona.  They won pewter at Pacific Coast Sectionals to qualify for nationals.  


Chloe Lewis/Logan Bye: She is 10 years old and represents the All Year Figure Skating Club.  He represents the Broadmoor Skating Club.  They finished 6th in Intermediate in 2011.  They won gold at Pacific Coast Sectionals to qualify for nationals.


Hannah Pfeifer/Grant Lorello: She represents the All Year Figure Skating Club and he represents the University of Delaware Figure Skating Club.  They won bronze at Pacific Coast Sectionals to qualify for nationals.


Stacey Siddon/Jared Weiss: She is 17 and he is 18.  She represents the Ann Arbor Figure Skating Club and he represents the All Year Figure Skating Club.  They won silver at Pacific Coast Sectionals to qualify for nationals.