Maxwell fell on a 3Lz attempt. Fantastic program, though. Bereswill singled her lutz. Szmiett might have doubled her flip.
Five American ladies qualified for the SBS ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating (JGP) Final in Goyang City, Republic of Korea. In Thursday's short program, one of those ladies jumped to the lead, but it was not the top qualifier.
Alexe Gilles, who finished sixth at last year's Final, won the short program with a season-high 54.24 points while skating to "The Girl with the Flaxen Hair." Although she doubled the second jump in a planned triple toe-triple toe combination, positive Grades of Execution on her triple Lutz and double Axel vaulted her to the top of the standings.