yes, she will be a senior.
as for predicting, can we please wait til after the JGP final? or central pacific regionals? LOL
seriously, i appreciate your enthusiasm. you, me, and if i may count kwanatic among us, that means she's got 3 fans here on GS. is that critical mass--can we have our own fan fest thread? can i start one for mariah bell as well?
Great to see her skating getting noticed. Could someone more technical than me (everyone, lol) comments on her jump layout and what she might score if she had two clean programs at Nationals? I like her speed and flow, and I liker her quiet confidence. On her best day, what can she hope for given she is a junior making the transition? Thanks.
Also I agree she is the junior to watch, though i see good qualities in Hannah Miller, Leah Keiser, Hicks and Cesario from what little I've seen on youtube of the JGP. Angela is petite and I hope puberty monster doesn't get her.
Angela skated SENIOR at 2012 Nationals and was 8th overall (she had a disastrous SP but a great FS). So she is not 'transitioning' to senior.
Angela turned 16 in July, so I think she is well past puberty.
Watching Angela on the JGP this season, she has rocketed to the top of my list of skaters to watch. She has a lot of the qualities that draw me in. I love a good jumper but a good jumper with beautiful presentation, artistry and presence...there's nothing that beats that.
She has choreo unlike Gracie, 3Lz+3T (and 3Lz+3T+2T) unlike Ashley.
Hope she will be great skater.
I like her as well. Her jumps look solid and very efficient (no mule kicks, URs, etc). I think she will have to really have a special moment to medal at Nationals because there's so many well-known skaters ahead of her. I don't know if she has enough of a "wow" factor to stand out from the pack. Fortunately for Angela, the second Worlds spot is anything but solidified and she's got as good a shot as anyone to grab it.
I don't know if she has as good of a shot as Gracie or Mirai (who I expect will be fighting hard for that spot, since it's not entirely clear why she was denied a second GP assignment when Gao and Flatt each got two). Ashley has at least an 80% chance of getting the first. Remember that Wang is still mostly untested, and when the other ladies skate clean programs, they are amazing.
I agree. I just meant that any of the girls except Ashley are fully capable of bombing.