One of my coaching friends had to contact IceNetwork and they told her that they would be posting Regional video, from last week, this coming Friday. Let's hope.....I am sooo impatient!
One of my coaching friends had to contact IceNetwork and they told her that they would be posting Regional video, from last week, this coming Friday. Let's hope.....I am sooo impatient!
Some of the QRs from EGL and SWP are up.
A few warnings in advance: I don't have the eye for this sort of thing; I can't even tell jumps apart. And I only decided to do this report around the third skater, so didn't take proper notes for the first two. The senior ladies short took place this afternoon starting at a little past 2 PM Eastern. 19 girls were scheduled in, but three withdraw very shortly before the event began. Notes in order of skating:
1. Christine Caucci (BC Winter Club)-Skated to Romeo and Juliet-very Shakespearian pale blue costume. Was very clearly nervous the entire time, to the point that it interfered with her skating, probably costing her on most of the elements, definitely on the step sequence, and she fell on the final jump. 11.34 technical score and 12.70 program components, with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 23.04.
2. Kristen Beatty (Atlantic City Figure Skating Club, Inc.)-Skated to Fiddler on the Roof, mostly the wedding dance, black and white dress. Unfortunately without notes all I remember is being very underwhelmed, and a possible double-foot at some point. The judges agreed: 9.99 technical score and 8.24 program components for a total score of 18.23
3. Marlana Cole (Amherst Skating Club, Inc.)-Skated to some sort of classic techno remix, mostly white dress. Has trouble landing the second jump in her combo and fell on the other two. Finished behind the music. 10.64 technical score and 12.45 program components with a 2.00 deduction for a total score of 21.09.
4. Ryan Coombs (Jamestown Skating Club)-Black and white dress, popped both the jumps in her combo, seemed to be going for a higher level in her step sequence but as a result said sequence was very slow. But she did fairly well: 13.49 technical score and 15.25 program components for a total score of 28.74.
5. Jessica Crenshaw (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Dress in white, fell twice and finished behind the music. Did show some flexibility in the spiral sequence and transitions, but did not extend it to the spins as much as one would hope. 12.67 technical score and 14.90 program components with a 2.00 deduction for a total score of 25.57.
6. Allison Heimler (Cantiague Figure Skating Club, Inc.)-Skated to Yello dressed as a racer. Very fully-formed idea in the program, but she fell on two jumps, missed her combo, and fell out of the last jump. 8.10 technical score and 15.30 program components with a 2.00 deduction for a total score of 21.40.
7. Allison Krein (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Skated to Trevor Rabin's score from Remember the Titans, blue dress with silver lines. Fell on one jump and had to hold onto another, and she had a weird moment in her step sequence where I think she placed her toepick wrong. 17.07 technical score and 16.90 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 31.47.
8. Karli Miller (The Skating Club of Lake Placid)-Wore a pink and white dress. Looked like she was struggling on all her jumps, scrunched up her combo and then fell on the second jump anyway, traveled a bit on the spins, all the while looked anxious and unhappy. Not fun to watch at all. 12.15 technical score and 8.92 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 20.07.
9. Joelle Forte (The Skating Club of New York, Inc)-Red dress with silver decorations. Good spins, a better step sequence, her jumps were beautiful and she was this close to a perfect program when she suddenly slipped on her final spin. Even then very nearly avoided falling; I waited until the scores were posted to guess on whether she would be judged as having fallen or not. 24.75 technical score and 18.85 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 42.30.
10. Jennifer Milton (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Black dress with silver dots and other sequin decorations. Fell on her first jump, double-footed another, and had to hold on to a third, and was unable to complete her combo, but really good spins. 9.37 technical score and 13.75 programs components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 22.12.
11. Jessica Morgan (Rye Figure Skating Club, Inc.)-Wore a weird black thing trimmed with red beading. Fell once, nearly fell again, and missed her combination. 12.22 technical score and 14.20 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 25.42.
12. Stephane Roth (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Skated to Once Upon a Time in Mexico, sleeveless black shirt with blue, green, and purple pattern, black pants. Did spins and spirals that were harder than most of the other girls', but suffered a rough fall on her third jump. 21.90 technical score and 17.55 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 38.45.
13. Crystal Kiang (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Was the second girl in this championship to suffer the "Malaguena Curse": having chosen to skate to this music they started up the wrong music when it came time for her to skate!(the other girl was an intermediate). Wore a black and red dress. Double-footed one jump and fell out of another, but good spins and spirals, and she sold the program for all it was worth. 17.07 technical score and 16.90 program components for a total score of 33.97.
14. Milakirstie Kulsa (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Skated to John Powell's Assassin's Tango, black dress. Put both her hands down on the second jump in the combination and had to fight for another jump. Very seductive step sequence, though the difficultly was another issue. Had two young female fans who had to be shushed when her program began! 12.67 technical score and 14.90 program components for a total score of 28.42.
15. Elizabeth Stern (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Skated to Indian music, wore a blue two-piece with a lot of gold trimmings. Double-footed a jump in her combination and had to hold on to a landing on another jump, but sure could spin fast. 22.24 technical score and 16.95 program components for a total score of 39.20.
16. Marley Strauss (Rye Figure Skating Club, Inc.)-Skated to Maxim Mrvinca medley, black and white dress. Fell on two of her jumps and missed her combination. 14.20 technical score and 15.50 program components with a 2.00 deduction for a total score of 27.70.
Current standings:
1. Joelle Forte (42.30)
2. Elizabeth Stern (39.20)
3. Stephanie Roth (38.45)
4. Crystal Kiang (33.97)
5. Allison Krein (31.47)
6. Ryan Coombs (28.74)
7. Milakurstie Kulsa (28.42)
8. Marley Strauss (27.70)
9. Jessica Crens (25.57)
10. Jessica Morgan (25.42)
11. Christina Caucci (23.04)
12. Jennifer Milton (22.12)
13. Allison Heimler (21.40)
14. Marlana Cole (21.09)
15. Karli Miller (20.07)
16. Kristen Beatty (19.99)
MissIzzy, thanks so MUCH!
Seems like clean programs are non-existant now. Were all these ladies trying triples? maybe they should just stick with clean doubles.
Upper Great Lakes Regional results:
http://web.icenetwork.com/events/detail.jsp?id=34496
Senior Men's SP (2 skaters only):
1 Rohene Ward 60.91
2 Michael Peters 53.23
Central Pacific Regional results:
http://www.icenetwork.com/events/detail.jsp?id=34497
North Atlantic Regional results:
http://web.icenetwork.com/events/detail.jsp?id=34495
Rohene Ward's SP
Rohene skated well in his short program; lots of soul and depth of emotion as usual. Wonderful spins, great transitions and his usual upper-end skating skills. He had a step-out on his 4T/3T which stopped him from getting the second jump off the ground. He did a 3 turn out of his 3A, but rotated and landed it. He also landed his 3 Lz.
I will post more tonight after his FS - which won't occur until after 8 pm. CST.
Megan Oster only scored 37.50 for her short program at the Upper Great Lakes Regional and is currently in 7th place! Unless she really pulls it out in the free skate she might not even be at Nationals this year.
ETA: The scores must have been initially switched around because now her short program is listed as having been 5th place with a score of 40.75.
Last edited by london_calling; 10-14-2007 at 09:49 AM.
Welcome to Golden Skate, Sk84me2c! Thanks for joining us.
Wow, you got to see this live!!! thanks for the report, I can't wait ot hear about the FS. And thanks, Sylvia, for the updates!Originally Posted by sk84me2c
Rohene skated well in his short program; lots of soul and depth of emotion as usual. Wonderful spins, great transitions and his usual upper-end skating skills. He had a step-out on his 4T/3T which stopped him from getting the second jump off the ground. He did a 3 turn out of his 3A, but rotated and landed it. He also landed his 3 Lz.
I will post more tonight after his FS - which won't occur until after 8 pm. CST.
Rohene skated very well tonight. His “Dragon” program is the epitome of “Rohene-esque”artistry; amazing jumps and creative transitions. He has the ability to stir the audience’s emotions, then transport them to a place they’d never been … since the last time they saw him skate!
Rohene landed (in order) 4T+2T; 3A+3T;3F; 2A; 3T; 3Lo; 3Lz fall; 2S. The 4T+2T was supposed to be a 4T+3T, but he was so close to the boards, it wound up missing one revolution! He fell on his last jump, but finished with level 4 on three of his spins!
As if this near-record setting performance wasn’t enough, Rohene also coached Kirsten Olson to the top of the Jr. Ladies event. “Way to kick some butt Ro!”And I, for one, applaud your success!
I tried to keep track of triple jumps this time, but I might have missed a couple. Note that one girl withdrew before the draw. Notes in order of skating:
1. Marlana Cole (Amherst Skating Club, Inc.), 14th after the Short-Skated to The Mission wearing pale blue. Technically a very easy program, but still a possible double-foot, and definitely popped a jump near the end. Her final spin was slightly harder than the rest of the program. 20.51 technical score and 26.02 program components for a total score of 46.53.
2. Allison Heimler (Cantiague Figure Skating Club, Inc.), 13th after the short-Dressed in pink. Fell twice but nearly avoided it the first time. Not as fully-formed an idea as her short, but still had good transitions and spins, if a slow step sequence. 20.97 technical score and 25.00 program components with a 2.00 deduction for a total score of 43.97.
3. Kristen Beatty (Atlantic City Figure Skating Club, Inc.), 16th after the short-Wore mostly white with black and silver. I'm not sure she landed a clean jump. There was one moment where she might have failed to jump all together, then there were two double-foots, a step-out, and a fall-out. Her layback wasn't very good either. 9.84 technical score and 20.82 program components for a total score of 30.66.
4. Karli Miller (The Skating Club of Lake Placid), 15th after the short-Black sparkly dress, her music sounded like Hans Zimmer. Had to hold on to two combos then double-footed both jumps in a combo. When she nearly fell out of a spin and then really did fall, she started looking very unhappy again, and on her last spin she almost didn't try. When it was over she looked very relieved. 14.96 technical score and 22.51 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 36.47.
5. Christina Caucci (BC Winter Club), 11th after the short-Skated to West Side Story wearing pink. Her jumps in general weren't very pretty and one was double-footed and the penultimate one looked better, but she again fell on the final jump. There was an odd moment on her final spin too where I think she accidentally put her foot down, and another when she bumped into the barrier! She had good choreography and looked more comfortable than Friday, but her levels were still low. 18.43 technical score and 25.93 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 43.36.
6. Jessica Morgan (Rye Figure Skating Club, Inc.), 10th after the short-Wore a sparkly dress of pale and dark purple. She popped three jumps, stepped out of a third, fell on a fourth, and there was another one with a touchy landing, and as a result she didn't do any combos. 16.40 technical score and 25.81 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 41.21.
7. Milakurstie Kulsa (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.), 7th after the short-Her music sounded Eastern, wore a purple dress with a *lot* of silver embroidery. Very graceful skater and jumper; she double-footed one jump and stepped out on another but you doubted your eyesight for a moment on both. Extremely expressive at first, but she wasn't able to keep it up, and she traveled on the final spin and finished behind the music. 27.45 technical score and 30.92 program components for a total score of 58.37.
8. Marley Strauss (Rye Figure Skating Club, Inc.), 8th after the short-Skated to Japanese music with vaguely Japanese deep blue costume with a flower pattern. She fell hard on her first two jumps and I think missed a combo. On her second combo she popped she first jump and took a step between the two jumps. Then she popped another jump and double-footed its landing. Her spins looked rough too. 17.86 technical score and 27.61 program components with a 2.00 deduction for a total score of 43.47.
9. Jessica Crenshaw (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.), 9th after the short-Skated to Phantom of the Opera, and her black and white with some leopard-print costume was ugly. She fell on her first jump and slipped slightly on her first spin, though her second spin was good. After a hand down on another jump she managed a combo but both jumps were rough and the second was double-footed. When she fell again on her final jump she just seemed to lose confidence all together and the step sequence and final spin that followed weren't pretty. Had some difficult hydroblading transitions though. Unfortunately for some reason I only recorded a 20.75 which I *think* was her technical mark and a total score of 49.14, which with a 2.00 deduction would make the other mark 30.81.
10. Ryan Coombs (Jamestown Skating Club), 6th after the short-Skated to Love Story dressed in pink. She stepped out of one jump, fell on another, and had to hold on to a third, and between all this only managed one combo. Again I failed to record a mark; her total score was 49.19 and she had a 20.33 mark which was probably her technical mark, and with a 1.00 her second mark would be 29.86.
11. Stephanie Roth (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.), 3rd after the short-Skated to Pirates of the Caribbean dressed as a Tortuga wench. Fell on one jump, but I'm fairly certain she performed two triples, one in combination, and had three combos besides. Her jumps were very powerful, but she skated with more power than speed; her spins were slow and she almost finished behind the music. 41.23 technical score and 37.91 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 78.14.
12. Elizabeth Stern (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.), 2nd after the short-Skated to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, wearing a black and red ninja-esque shirt and leggings. She had to hold on to the first jump in her first combo and her second combo was even more wobbly, but had three jumps in it. She double-footed another jump and at one point just fell out of nowhere. Strong spins. 27.94 technical score and 34.71 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 61.65.
13. Joelle Forte (The Skating Club of New York, Inc), 1st after the short-Skated to Madame Butterfly. Fell on her first jump, then landed a triple toe(I think!) on two feet. Performed three combos with the third having three jumps, though she had to hold on to the final jump there. Fell on her first attempt to enter her first spin, but her spins were very good after that. 36.78 technical score and 35.20 program components with a 2.00 deduction for a total score of 70.98.
14. Crystal Kiang (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.), 4th after the short-After suffering from the "Malaguena" curse described Friday, skated to Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade, putting her in company with the Novice Ladies champion, *three* other Novice Ladies, and I think a Junior Lady as well(they were Scheherazade happy here in Amherst). Not that it stopped her from selling the program hard. Wore a red and orange two-piece with gold embroidery. Her jumps were a little rough; she had to hold on to one, stumbled on her first combo, and double-footed what looked like at least an attempt at a triple. Her second two combos were more successful; the second one had what looked like a clean triple and the third had three clean jumps. Her spins were probably the best of the night. Had the most fans in the audience, all of them yelling "Go, Crys-tal!" until it got annoying. 31.74 technical score and 35.50 program components for a total score of 67.24.
15. Allison Krein (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.), 5th after the short-Wore a black dress with white sparkles. Landed what might have been a slightly wobbly triple toe, but put both a hand and a foot down on her second combination, popped two combinations, and fell on her final spin. 29.41 technical score and 31.61 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 60.02
The free skate results:
1. Stephanie Roth (78.14)
2. Joelle Forte (70.98)
3. Crystal Kiang (67.24)
4. Elizabeth Stern (61.65)
5. Allison Krein (60.02)
6. Milakurstie Kulsa (58.37)
7. Jessica Crenshaw (49.15)
8. Ryan Coombs (49.14)
9. Marlana Cole (46.53)
10. Allison Heimler (43.97)
11. Marley Strauss (43.47)
12. Christina Caucci (43.36)
13. Jessica Morgan (41.21)
14. Karli Miller (36.47)
15. Kristen Beatty (30.66)
Which overall translates to:
1. Stephanie Roth (116.59)
2. Joelle Forte (113.28)
3. Crystal Kiang (101.21)
4. Elizabeth Stern (100.85)
5. Allison Krein (91.49)
6. Milakurstie Kulsa (58.37)
7. Ryan Coombs (77.88)
8. Jessica Crenshaw (74.72)
9. Marley Strauss (71.12)
10. Marlana Cole (67.62)
11. Jessica Morgan (66.63)
12. Christina Caucci (66.40)
13. Allison Heimler (65.37)
14. Karli Miller (56.54)
15. Kristen Beatty (50.56)
16. Jennifer Milton (Withdrawn-22.12)
So Stephanie Roth recovers to reclaim the gold, and Joelle Forte, Crystal Kiang, and Elizabeth Stern will accompany her to Eastern Sectionals. Though I thing the real person to look out for from North Atlantics there will be aforementioned Novice Ladies champion, Felicia Zhang, who by the end of qualifying was labeled "Most Likely to Make it St. Paul" and cleared 100 with her final score, and deservedly so.
Rohene skated very well tonight. His “Dragon” program is the epitome of “Rohene-esque”artistry; amazing jumps and creative transitions. He has the ability to stir the audience’s emotions, then transport them to a place they’d never been … since the last time they saw him skate!
Rohene landed (in order) 4T+2T; 3A+3T;
As if this near-record setting performance wasn’t enough, Rohene also coached Kirsten Olson to the top of the Jr. Ladies event. “Way to kick some butt Ro!”
THANKS for the report!!!!! This is awesome news (on the competition and coaching fronts), I'm so excited!!! Any chance you know what his marks were???
From: http://web.icenetwork.com/events/detail.jsp?id=34496
1 Rohene Ward 128.72 67.34 (TES) 62.38 (PCS)
Thanks for taking the time to share your impressions, MissIzzy! It's too bad that Chloe Katz (who is a national senior pair skater with Joseph Lynch) withdrew from the Senior Ladies event here -- Katz skated very well to win the Senior Ladies event at Skate Detroit back in July and would have been one of the favorites to qualify for Eastern Sectionals had she skated at Norths.
Yes, Felicia Zhang is a beautiful and balletic skater. I've seen her short program to music from "The Last Emperor" soundtrack that showcases a vertical Biellmann spin (including a one-handed version) and a back Charlotte spiral. I'm not sure she currently has the difficult jumps (triples) to qualify for Nationals, however. The Novice Ladies final round is often one of the more competitive events to watch at Regionals and I'm glad you got to see this one at Norths.Though I thing the real person to look out for from North Atlantics there will be aforementioned Novice Ladies champion, Felicia Zhang, who by the end of qualifying was labeled "Most Likely to Make it St. Paul" and cleared 100 with her final score, and deservedly so.
Do you have any additional comments on the skaters below senior level?
Thanks! I cannot wait for this to get on icenetwork!Rohene skated very well tonight. His “Dragon” program is the epitome of “Rohene-esque”artistry; amazing jumps and creative transitions. He has the ability to stir the audience’s emotions, then transport them to a place they’d never been … since the last time they saw him skate!
Rohene landed (in order) 4T+2T; 3A+3T;
As if this near-record setting performance wasn’t enough, Rohene also coached Kirsten Olson to the top of the Jr. Ladies event. “Way to kick some butt Ro!”
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