2013 U.S. Sectionals (Eastern/Midwestern/Pacific Coast), November 8-13, 2012

[Sylvia]

These 3 Sectionals are the final qualifiers for 2013 U.S. Nationals. I've included all the skaters currently known to be competing at Sectionals who are listed in USFS' 2012-13 International Selection Pool and bolded the names of those who have competed internationally this fall (Senior or Junior Grand Prix or Senior B).

EASTERNS (Nov. 8-12 in Hyannis, Massachusetts) event site: http://yarmouthiceclub.org/competitions/2013-easterns
Note: Official starting orders, Juvenile through Senior, were published online on November 3rd as a zip file of PDF documents, and I've typed them out by level on the Sectionals page of my blog (includes fall international & Regional qualifying scores for all singles skaters in the 3 Sectionals) - link is posted in the Announcements forum: http://www.goldenskate.com/forum/sho...latest-updates
SENIOR:
Samantha Cesario, Yasmin Siraj, Jenelle Herman;
Stephen Carriere, Harrison Choate, Timothy Dolensky, Grant Hochstein;
Zhang/Bartholomay (pairs); A. Cannuscio/McManus (dance).
JUNIOR:
Jay Yostanto, James Schetelich;
Oltmanns/Santillan, Belt/Johnson, Goldberg/Dolkiewicz (pairs);
Parsons/Parsons, McNamara/Carpenter, Pogrebinsky/Gudis, Miller/MacMillan (dance).

MIDWESTERNS (Nov. 9-13 in Strongsville, Ohio) event site: http://www.clevelandskating.com/even...-championships
SENIOR:
Kiri Baga, Ashley Cain, Nina Jiang;
Max Aaron, Brandon Mroz, Alexander Johnson;
Scimeca/Knierim (pairs).
JUNIOR:
Barbie Long, Mariah Bell;
Lukas Kaugars, Jordan Moeller, Troy Tomasello;
Aaron/Settlage; de la Mora/Wilson (pairs);
Hawayek/Baker, Moore/Klaber, Rosinski/Jaffe (dance).
NOVICE:
Zaitsev/Stevens (this JGP pair team is reportedly staying Novice this season).

PACIFIC COASTS (Nov. 9-13 in Provo, Utah) event site: http://www.peaksfsc.org/pacific-coast-sectionals.html
SENIOR:
Courtney Hicks, Vanessa Lam;
Keegan Messing, Jonathan Cassar, Scott Dyer, Philip Warren.
JUNIOR:
Polina Edmunds, Gwendolyn Prescott;
Nathan Chen, Shotaro Omori, Spencer Howe;
Calalang/Sidhu, Pfund/Reiss (pairs);
Heritage/Fast (dance).

IceNetwork plans to provide some live streaming to Season Pass subscribers - link to press release: http://web.icenetwork.com/news/artic...&vkey=ice_news
(The press release mentions "simultaneous live coverage of all three sectional championships on Sunday, Nov. 11, and Monday, Nov. 12" - Mids and Pacs both end on Tuesday, Nov. 13.)

[dorispulaski]

Thanks, Sylvia!

IN will have results reports at some point, too. They are up for Regionals, as are Regionals vids.

I'm looking forward to Hawayek/Baker's performance!

[Tonichelle]

GO KEEGAN!

[dorispulaski]

And looking forward to Keegan too!

[dlkksk8fan]

Good Luck Jonathan!

[missysays]

Just tuned in to Icenetwork's coverage of Sectionals and came across commentary with Tonia K and Sarah Hughes. I know the two of them aren't professional broadcasters but it's kind of painful to listen to. Tonia at least has clear diction and clearly her Icenetwork experience helps but she needs some more practice interviewing and keeping the flow of the conversation going.

I was listening to Sarah H before I looked at the video and if she wants to go into broadcasting even if it's just color commentary she really needs to take some voice lessons. Without looking at the video and just listening to the audio she was slurring her words to such an extent that at first I wondered why in the world they got someone who was drunk. Then I brought the video screen forward and realized that it was Sarah.

Yikes!