Junior Men's LP

Brandon Mroz broke 200!
But of course Adam Rippon's likely to do likewise if he skates clean. Curran Oi's down, but, after Richard Dornbush has merrily Abbotted his way up from 12th place to a possible medal, can Mroz Lysacek his way to the top? Two skaters left to go and one more also about to be scored.

Nope.

1. Adam Rippon(213.76)
2. Brandon Mroz(203.63)
3. Andrew Gonzales(182.27)
4. Richard Dornbush(179.27)

They honestly should send Adam Rippon to senior Worlds as the third skater - his mark at the JGP and at his other JGP events were so significantly higher than the scores of Carriere and Abbott this season.

Even though I adore Abbott, he is so inconsistent and his short programme marks may not even qualify him for the long at Worlds. Abbott's hit 70 once in the short (and that was last season at 4CC). And Carriere is consistent and the jumps, but the artistry isn't quite there yet...and in the SP, he's never reached 70.

Adam has both! His jumps, spins, footwork are just gorgeous and he is so consistent! And it's not like in ladies...Adam is old enough, he just didn't know what a breakthrough season he would have! And it has been a pretty awesome season for him.

Rippon kinda looks like Ilia Kulik

results taken from isu.org

JUNIOR MEN FINAL
1 Adam RIPPON 213.76 1 1
2 Brandon MROZ 203.63 3 2
3 Andrew GONZALEZ 182.27 4 4
4 Ricky DORNBUSH 179.27 12 3
5 Keegan MESSING 176.63 6 5
6 Curran OI 176.44 2 10
7 Alexander JOHNSON 169.19 5 9
8 Armin MAHBANOOZADEH 167.76 9 6
9 William BREWSTER 167.70 7 8
10 Austin KANALLAKAN 165.06 10 7
11 Grant HOCHSTEIN 162.12 8 11
12 Zachary DeWULF 152.68 11 13
13 Max AARON 146.98 13 14
14 Daniel RAAD 145.30 16 12
15 Osadolo IROWA 141.46 14 15
16 Theron JAMES 119.17 15 16

FREE SKATE
1 Adam RIPPON 142.43 74.41 68.02 0.00
2 Brandon MROZ 137.74 74.74 63.00 0.00
3 Ricky DORNBUSH 126.81 70.59 56.22 0.00
4 Andrew GONZALEZ 122.26 65.32 56.94 0.00
5 Keegan MESSING 119.52 63.38 56.14 0.00
6 Armin MAHBANOOZADEH 114.47 62.55 52.92 1.00
7 Austin KANALLAKAN 112.04 57.34 54.70 0.00
8 William BREWSTER 111.27 55.41 55.86 0.00
9 Alexander JOHNSON 110.07 52.29 58.78 1.00
10 Curran OI 108.29 54.85 55.44 2.00
11 Grant HOCHSTEIN 108.28 55.52 52.76 0.00
12 Daniel RAAD 102.10 59.46 42.64 0.00
13 Zachary DeWULF 99.79 49.57 52.22 2.00
14 Max AARON 97.46 51.32 47.14 1.00
15 Osadolo IROWA 96.14 53.86 42.28 0.00
16 Theron JAMES 75.46 33.59 43.87 2.00

Congrats Adam!

Well, I think Adam would have to pass his Senior FS test first, right?

Major kudos to Ricky Dornbush for pulling up from 12th! That was a great skate.

MissIzzy said:

Brandon Mroz broke 200!
But of course Adam Rippon's likely to do likewise if he skates clean. Curran Oi's down, but, after Richard Dornbush has merrily Abbotted his way up from 12th place to a possible medal, can Mroz Lysacek his way to the top? Two skaters left to go and one more also about to be scored.

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Love your use of verbs

I couldn't watch this at work, but I'm looking forward to watching the on demand video. Loved Rippon's SP and hear that his LP was amazing.

So what does this mean for the jr. worlds team? Do they send Gonzalez who has no gp experience or if Razzano does well at senior do they send him?

Rippon and Mroz for sure will go to Junior Worlds. The third spot may go to the highest placing Senior man (other than Carriere) who is age eligible. Or they could send Gonzalez or Dornbush, because with Adam and Brandon there, the US is sure of keeping 3 spots for next year.

I think Razzano might be another choice for the third JW man, if he does well at Seniors, or perhas Elliot Halverson. Razzano was 4th at the JGP Final,and Halverson has international experience.

oleada said:

I think Razzano might be another choice for the third JW man, if he does well at Seniors, or perhas Elliot Halverson. Razzano was 4th at the JGP Final,and Halverson has international experience.

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Either could become a JW candidate by finishing high enough in the Senior Men's event. Halverson went to JW last year and was disappointed with his placement there.