Short Dance 5:30 PM EST

[ImaginaryPogue]

That lift terrified me.

[Serious Business]

Man! This crowd is hard on the skater. Mind you...they're probably traumatized by all the bad skating from yesterday.

Well, these skaters aren't very good. If I was in the crowd, I'd boo.

Mitchell/Islam had about as much latin flair as Mitt Romney sober. Just awful.

[blue_idealist]

I liked O'Brien/Merriman..

[dorispulaski]

O'Brien / Merriman
Australia

Nice to see a bright dress

Mambo

into the rhumba

jump into twizzles. he missed the foot grab.
Pretty Good!

Like the steps out of the twizzles

second rhumba
timing OK

circular step
I like the choreo of this (Camerlengo in the KnC no surprise)

nice rotational lift with a ton of positions

Well done kids
Lots of energy. More polish & speed needed, but WTG

Lots of KnC calls to friends & family
40.10 (lift was long -1)

[evangeline]

Well, these skaters aren't very good. If I was in the crowd, I'd boo.

Mitchell/Islam had about as much latin flair as Mitt Romney sober. Just awful.

LOL x 4881813758.

[evangeline]

And Donahue falls! :(

[Mao88]

Position After 6 Of 11

1. Alexandra PAUL/Mitchell ISLAM (CAN) - 48.52 (TES: 23.71, PCS: 24.81)
2. Xiaoyang YU/Chen WANG (CHN) - 45.42 (TES: 24.00, PCS: 21.42)
3. Danielle OBRIEN/Gregory MERRIMAN (AUS) - 40.10 (TES: 20.64, PCS: 20.46, DED: 1.00)
4. Anna NAGORNYUK/Viktor KOVALENKO (UZB) - 39.93 (TES: 21.49, PCS: 18.44)
5. Corenne BRUHNS/Ryan VAN NATTEN (MEX) - 35.93 (TES: 20.64, PCS: 15.29)
6. Cortney MANSOUR/Daryn ZHUNUSSOV (KAZ) - 25.53 (TES: 13.22, PCS: 13.31, DED: 1.00)

[blue_idealist]

Oh NO, Zach fell!

[Dots]

Well condolences to Zack Donohue and crew... :(

[Serious Business]

The one time I kinda like Hubbell/Donahue, he splats. But at least they brought some syncopation and gyrations to the dance, as well as some decent skating (when not falling).

[dorispulaski]

Hubbell & Donohue
USA

Rhumba, Samba

Zach falls in the circular step

Mujer Latina

Now rhumba

lift, went well

second rhumba
samba
Twizzles one foot with leg out 2nd set not as good-both kids having troubles

She flips over his back to end (this ending smoother than at Nationals)

49.93 new Sb GO FIGURE

[sweetskates1]

Meryl and Charlie are the only ones that actually have a remote hint of 'azucar', it really does not matter but they are the best in this regard.

I actually thought that Hubbell/Donohue were better than I expected. Good for them.

[Mao88]

Position After 7 Of 11

1. Madison HUBBELL/Zachary DONOHUE (USA) - 49.93 (TES: 25.50, PCS: 25.43, DED: 1.00)
2. Alexandra PAUL/Mitchell ISLAM (CAN) - 48.52 (TES: 23.71, PCS: 24.81)
3. Xiaoyang YU/Chen WANG (CHN) - 45.42 (TES: 24.00, PCS: 21.42)
4. Danielle OBRIEN/Gregory MERRIMAN (AUS) - 40.10 (TES: 20.64, PCS: 20.46, DED: 1.00)
5. Anna NAGORNYUK/Viktor KOVALENKO (UZB) - 39.93 (TES: 21.49, PCS: 18.44)
6. Corenne BRUHNS/Ryan VAN NATTEN (MEX) - 35.93 (TES: 20.64, PCS: 15.29)
7. Cortney MANSOUR/Daryn ZHUNUSSOV (KAZ) - 25.53 (TES: 13.22, PCS: 13.31, DED: 1.00)

[Dots]

Oh! The camera chacked Massimo... *the best part of watching D/H imo*

[emma]

that ending of H/D scares me a little - I don't know if it is hard, but it looks like it is and like it could tangle up into something terrible very easily. Good they did that well, though! Too bad on the fall and the twizzles weren't great, but I'm finding myself happy for this team and enjoy watching them/will enjoy watching them grow.