Comparing the actual entries back to the original listing above, the junior listings appear to be unchanged. There are a few minor changes in senior:
6. There are only five entries in senior dance rather than seven because the teams of Sarah Lysne/Christopher Steeves (AB), Alexa-Marie Arotta/Martin Nickel (MB) and Marie-Eve Fournier/Derek Green (Quebec) all are not competing, even though they were listed as entries at their respective sectionals. On the other hand Kharis Ralph/Asher Hill, who have a bye to nationals due to the Senior Grand Prix event, are competing.
I don't understand why Alexa-Marie/Martin, and Marie-Eve/Derek aren't competing. Don't they have to in order to go to Nationals? Because there are so few teams, everyone just goes to Nationals? Or did these teams quit?
I don't understand why Alexa-Marie/Martin, and Marie-Eve/Derek aren't competing. Don't they have to in order to go to Nationals? Because there are so few teams, everyone just goes to Nationals? Or did these teams quit?
Good news for those who were hoping to see something from Challenge - the entire event is being streamed live. This link gives the schedule (all times EST, I think). Also on that page is a link to SkateTV, which is doing the actual streaming.
The streaming starts on Wednesday, December 1, at 9:30 AM EST, with the junior men's short program, and runs through to Sunday, with the last event being the senior men's free starting at 4:20 PM EST.
Top three men were 1) Samuel Angers, 2) Garrett Gosselin, 3) Nam Nguyen. I would never have predicted the top two going in, although they are certainly talented skaters. Garrett seems to have trouble with his nerves quite often, but held it together reasonably well here. His high component marks help him out a lot. Samuel had a very solid skate, with six triples landed. I hope he's age-eligible for the JGP next year, because it looks like he'll be ready for it by next year.
The novice men were also good (in terms of jump content, at least, can't comment on the programs because I haven't seen them). The winner, Mathieu Nepton, attempted seven triples including a Lutz and a flip, and landed most of the jumps.