siela posted that Sylvia has results on her site, but vbulletin ate her post:
http://unseenskaters.wordpress.com/2012/06/21/2012-broadmoor-open-june-20-23-results-highlights/
She may also be tweeting...I don't know, but she often does for these club competitions.
I agree.. Polina Edmunds is a diamond in the rough. It's obvious with those bambi legs though that she will grow quite a bit more but she's one to watch i think.
how old is she? 14 or 15 i think? i remember her short program at nationals was great. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irJqt-Y0IfA
Polina turned 14 in May. She's actually pretty tall already, and a little less coltish compared to how she looked in the past, but yes, obviously some growing left to do. BUT, she scored 170+ overall in the actual event! Landed 3lz-3t and 3f-3t in her FS again but this time did two 2a so all her jumps counted, landed 7 triples in total. FS score was over 114 so I'm assuming no URs but I haven't seen protocols so I don't know for sure. She reminds me of young Kostner, between the speed, bambi legs, and really difficult 3-3s! Barbie was 2nd with 91+ in the FS. Mariah rebounded in the FS to score 86+.
that's amazing, 170+ for someone who finished FIFTH in juniors last year and is practically unheard of. i hope mariah doesn't grow much, maybe that's why she's been struggling. she was pretty consistent at novice, maybe she's grown. her presentation is great though.
She was actually 6th, haha. And Mariah looked like she had grown at Nationals, where she appeared to be all legs. Someone on another forum mentioned that she looked to have grown more since Nationals too though, so maybe she has hit a growthspurt. Barbie Long has also grown a lot though, and her jumps seem as strong as ever, she hit several 3lz-3t combos at this event. Polina is quite tall for someone who just turned 14 so I'm hoping that means she won't have to deal with the growing pains once she goes senior, and actually, that might have contributed to why she was so inconsistent and struggled last season. She sure seems rock-solid and super impressive technically now!
There's just something about Barbie's skating that i don't like. Not sure what it is but i much prefer someone like Mariah who has great personality on the ice.
From what i've seen of Polina Edmunds she has both. Personality and the jumps. Her SP at last years Nationals was one of the highlights for me. To bad she had a rough LP but she's one to watch.
This is a personal pet peeve of mine and not directed specifically at you, Silverlake, but why do people ask this question all the time of a coach they've never heard of? Who CARES whether someone has coached a high level skater before - Linda Leaver never had a high level skater before Brian B and he won the Olympics. If the relationship between skater and coach is what it needs to be and the coach gets the right people on the team to address weaknesses he/she cannot work through (choreo/levels/jumps/spins/sports psych/chief cook/bottle washer), then it shouldn't matter whether a coach has had high level skaters before. People were all over that question with regard to Alex O last year and Gracie Gold (he's had other successful high level skaters in the Intermediate-Junior ranks and a couple Seniors who skated for other countries but no one on this board had "heard" of him and were calling for Gracie to seek out other coaching opportunities in the same way people are calling for Jason Brown to seek out other coaching opportunities).David Glynn has done a really good job with her, but I do wonder, has he ever coached a high level skater before? I just wonder about his ability to take her to the next level and really untap her potential.
This is a personal pet peeve of mine and not directed specifically at you, Silverlake, but why do people ask this question all the time of a coach they've never heard of? Who CARES whether someone has coached a high level skater before - Linda Leaver never had a high level skater before Brian B and he won the Olympics. If the relationship between skater and coach is what it needs to be and the coach gets the right people on the team to address weaknesses he/she cannot work through (choreo/levels/jumps/spins/sports psych/chief cook/bottle washer), then it shouldn't matter whether a coach has had high level skaters before. People were all over that question with regard to Alex O last year and Gracie Gold (he's had other successful high level skaters in the Intermediate-Junior ranks and a couple Seniors who skated for other countries but no one on this board had "heard" of him and were calling for Gracie to seek out other coaching opportunities in the same way people are calling for Jason Brown to seek out other coaching opportunities).