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You are so lucky if you are going to this event. Three of the finest entertainers in men's skating are going to be performing here. No, I'm not talking about Chan, Lysacek and Voronov, who will likely be dividing the medals among them. I'm talking about Ryan Bradley, Shawn Sawyer, and Yannick Ponsero! Note I said entertainers, not skaters. Please check out the exhibition skates of these three performers and you'll see what I'm getting at.
Now Chan has lovely, lovely skating, but I'd rather watch Ryan (and I had a chance last summer to see both of them at Liberty).
In any case, it should be exciting and fun. I'm looking foward to it, if only, only, only I can get icenetwork to work in the middle of the day (otherwise, I'll have to wait until the replays are available)
I'm stocking up on the little stuffed animals to throw for Ryan, Shawn and Yannick. If you're going, could you throw them each one for me?
1 Patrick CHAN CAN 1
While Patrick has lovely, lovely edges and smooth basic skating, he was definitely struggling at Liberty this summer. I'm assuming he will have things straightened out by now, but penalties are bigger for trying and missing quads and triple axels. This could work against him, even with the home country fans and audience pulling for him (which is a help for any skater).
Coaching History: Donald Laws; Ellen Burka; Shin Amano (??-2007) Osborne Colson (??-2006) Mei Yang (Former)
Choreographer: Lori Nichol
Training Town: Toronto, Ontario
SP: Tango de los Exilados by Walter Taieb, performed by Vanessa Mae;
LP: Allegro Scherzando and Andante from Cello Sonata by Sergei Rachmaninov; Allegro Scherzando from Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Personal Best Total Score 214.94 Trophee Eric Bompard 2007
Personal Best Score Short Program 72.81 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Skating 145.86 Skate America 2007
Current Canadian Senior Men's Champion
Third Qualifier for the 2008 Grand Prix Final
Sixth Qualifier for the 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final
Recent Results
2008 World Championships 7 11 9 (203.55)
2008 Canadian National Championships 2 1 1 (232.68)
2008 Grand Prix Final 6 5 5 (208.13)
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard 2 1 1 (214.94)
2007 Skate America 3 3 3 (213.33)
2007 World Junior Championships 1 4 2 (184.55)
2007 Canadian National Championships 11 5 5 (187.54)
2006 NHK Trophy 8 6 7 (174.34)
2006 Trophée Eric Bompard 6 5 5 (179.92)
2006 Central Ontario Summer Skate 3 2 2 (192.56)
2006 World Junior Championships 3 6 6 (168.19)
2006 Canadian National Championships 6 10 7 (202.31)
2006 Junior Grand Prix Final 9 3 5 (154.60)
2005 JGP Montréal 2 1 1 (167.83)
2005 JGP Slovakia 8 3 4 (147.99)
2005 World Junior Championships 11 6 7 (161.01)
2005 Canadian Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (151.87)
2005 Junior Eastern Challenge 4 3 4 (132.78)
2005 Central Ontario Junior Sectionals 1 1 1
2004 Junior North American Challenge Skate - Waterloo 4 5 5
2004 Canadian Novice National Championships 4 1 1
2004 Novice Eastern Challenge 3 2 2
Videos:
2008 Liberty LP Rachmaninov Cello Sonata & Piano Concerto #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_jMKNpnGNE&feature=related
2008 Liberty SP Tango de los Exilados by Walter Taieb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsrjA-ylSQE&feature=related
2008 Worlds CBC Fluff on Patrick Chan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xyjDkHmh_s&feature=related
2008 Canadian Nationals LP Four Seasons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc2jXafZZws
2007 Liberty SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG5fc2fc_9o
2006 Jr Worlds LP Guitar Concerto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fmr7vNTNbs
Floskate's Good Luck Montage for Patrick (has clips of him as a very little skater)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv0wnE_I1K4&feature=related
Articles:
Icenetwork article as part of a Liberty preview
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080716&content_id=49380&vkey=ice_news
Icenetwork article post Patrick's Canadian championship
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080312&content_id=45626&vkey=ice_news
Golden Skate article from last September, Chan sets sights on 2010
http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2007/091007.shtml
Icenetwork article about Chan's ads for Petro Canada, the GP, and his developing quad.
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081010&content_id=52826&vkey=ice_news
2007 CBC sports Q&A with Patrick
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/indepth/feature-patrickchan-qa.html
His icenetwork bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080122&content_id=41469&vkey=ice_news
Website:
Patrick's own website (bilingual in French)
http://patrickchan88888.googlepages.com/
2 Shawn SAWYER CAN 1
Shawn just scored a personal best inthe LP at Skate America, which also gave him his best ever total score at an event.
He just needs a bit more height in his jumps! (and a shorter toe on his free leg skate so he can avoid some of those 2 footed landings
(Great creativity and musicality, and greatflexibility in everything he does. David Wilson is his choreographer, and other than the jumps, Shawn gives him everything a choreographer could want to display his creations. Shawn's the Canadian male version of Alissa Czisny, and I just wish Brian Boitano & Linda Leaver would take him under their wings as they did Alissa. Shawn was the little kid in the 1997 Goodbye Tribute to Toller Cranston. Shawn skates in parts 1 and 3. I only have part 4
Coach: Annie Barabe Choreographer: David Wilson
SP: Another Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd (he used the same program last year)
LP: Amadeus
Personal Best Total Score 199.98 Skate America 2008
Personal Best Score Short Program 67.20 14.02.2006 XX Olympic Winter Games 2006
Personal Best Score Free Skating 135.84 Skate America 2008
Recent Competition Results:
2008 Skate America
2008 Quebec Summer Competition 1st
2008 Four Continents Championships 10 7 9 (187.18)
2008 Canadian National Championships 6 3 3 (197.48)
2007 NHK Trophy 9 8 9 (180.35)
2007 Cup of China 5 10 7 (170.94)
2007 Canadian National Championships 4 3 4 (199.24)
2006 Trophée Eric Bompard 8 8 8 (177.51)
2006 Skate Canada 6 3 4 (195.17)
2006 World Championships 25 17 21 (201.05)
2006 Olympic Games 12 12 12 (190.83)
2006 Canadian National Championships 3 4 3 (232.90)
2005 Cup of Russia 9 5 7 (185.65)
2005 Skate Canada 5 5 6 (180.76)
Videos:
2008 Skate America SP Another Brick in the Wall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15zZQ7xRR8s
2008 Skate America LP Amadeus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbWoUNZwoCM
2008 Summer Competition first part of program
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF8kfBIckZ0
2008 Summer competition second part of program
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p472bpFDHNA&feature=related
2008 Canadian Nationals LP Moments in Love by The Art of Noise (I
this program!!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teoT7J5ZS7I
2008 Canadian Nationals SP Another Brick in the Wall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evU0Yhlt63Y&feature=related
2007 Canadian Nationals Gala music Home by Michael Buble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZxJEqlp4qE&feature=related
2006 Skate Canada Exhibition (4th place) This is a Song for the Broken Hearted (back flip)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MztipvqEr6w
2006 Olympics SP (his best ever SP) Libertango (BBC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMZ7S8kCIoA
2005 Canadian Nationals Exhibition (bronze medal) La Cucaracha Flamenco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcj2vL0YWq8
Rockabilly Christmas Exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZsPigsZqIA
Articles:
Shawn's Ice Network Biography
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100434&mode=I
Shawn will replace Buttle at Skate Canada by Laurie Nealin (& Shawn is an artist with paint as well as on ice)
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080922&content_id=51948&vkey=ice_news
Official website
http://www.skatetoday.com/shawnsawyer/
fan website (lots more videos here!)
www.skateshawn.com
3 Jeremy TEN CAN 1
I don't know a great deal about Jeremy Ten. He seems to have gotten this spot due to Buttle's retirement, and to his performance in summer skating competitions. Jeremy won the Sr. Men's SP with a score of 73.01 at the BC Summer Skate over Kevin Reynolds and Vaughn Chipeur. He finished second in the LP to Chipeur. Jeremy does have a triple axel and a 3Lz3t combination. And there is one video on youtube, which is linked under videos. He finished 6th at Nebelhorn, too.
Training Town: Burnaby, BC
Coaching History: Jill Marie Harvey; Joanne McLeodl George Yuhas (Former) Eileen Murphy (Former) Bruno Marcotte (2005?-2007)
Coach: Joanne McLeod, Neil Wilson
Choreographer: Joanne McLeod, David Wilson
SP: Leyenda by Andy Hill performed by Vanessa Mae
LP: August's Symphony (August Rush soundtrack) by Mark Mancini; Duelling Guitars (August Rush soundtrack) by Doug Smith and Hector Pereira
Personal Best Total Score 173.34 World Junior Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Short Program 59.91 JGP Courchevel 2006
Personal Best Score Free Skating 115.05 World Junior Championships 2008
Third Alternate for the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final
Recent Results
2008 Nebelhorn Trophy 4 9 6 (170.58)
2008 BC Summer Skate SP 1 (73.01) LP 2 (113.46)
2008 World Junior Championships 11 8 8 (173.34)
2008 Canadian National Championships 14 9 11 (168.17)
2008 Senior Challenge 4 2 2 (178.21)
2008 BC/Yukon Sectionals 1 1 1 (174.66)
2007 Sofia Cup [JGP] 3 3 3 (170.38)
2007 Vienna Cup [JGP] 13 6 8 (151.27)
2007 Canadian Junior National Championships 2 1 1 (165.96)
2007 Junior Western Challenge 1 1 1 (143.71)
2007 BC/Yukon Junior Sectionals 1 1 1 (154.81)
2006 JGP The Hague 3 4 4 (155.72)
2006 JGP Courchevel 1 4 3 (159.62)
2006 Canadian Junior National Championships 2 2 2 (149.21)
2006 Junior Western Challenge 3 1 1 (132.15)
2006 BC/Yukon Junior Sectionals 1 1 1 (127.54)
2005 Sofia Cup [JGP] 8 8 8 (135.87)
2005 Junior North American Challenge Skate - Pierrefonds 1 5 4 (119.65)
2005 Canadian Novice National Championships 1 3 2 (91.28)
2005 Novice Western Challenge 1 3 2 (93.98)
2005 BC/Yukon Novice Sectionals 1 1 1
2004 Novice Triglav Trophy 1 3 2
Videos:
2008 Canadians LP Concierto de Aranjuez
http://www.youtube.com/v/CE40S3SI6iE
Articles:
Golden Skate article from 2007 - You Do the Math: Ten at Twenty in 2010 (by Elvin Walker)
http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2007/070107.shtml
Buttle and Mabee's withdrawdrawal from the GP series is an opportunity for Jeremy Ten
http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=57cafba8-0d4e-4d18-baab-7a8d70254b52
Ten has respectable performance at Nebelhorn, landing his 3A in the SP
http://trophiesandawards.wordpress....ten-finishes-sixth-at-nebelhorn-trophy-event/
Jeremy is on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeremy_J_Ten/1068009396
Website:
4 Yannick PONSERO FRA 2
Yannick is here fresh from winning the Coupe International de Nice and from finishing 3rd in the Masters de Patinage competition.
I hope he performs in the exhibition, because he has had some really crazy ones. Please check out the one below I've named Sea and Ski. It's a total hoot. I wish that US Figure Skating was as forgiving of its crazier skater as the French federation appears to be! They have both Ponsero and Preaubert producing humorous, memorable programs.
Coaching History: Didier Lucine, Sophie Golaz, Former Claudie Lucine
Choreographer: Amaury Reot (SP), Laurie May (FS)
Training Town: Annecy
SP: Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by Maxime Marecaux
LP: Caravan by Brian Setzer; Summertime by Louis Armstrong; Porgy and Bess by Louis Armstrong; Sing Sing Sing performed by Brian Setzer
Personal Best Total Score 192.63 World Championships 2007
Personal Best Score Short Program 69.05 HomeSense Skate Canada Intern. 2006
Personal Best Score Free Skating 123.87 World Championships 2007
Recent Results
2008 Coupe International de Nice 2 1 1 (222.34)
2008 Masters de Patinage 4 2 3 (209.62)
2008 Nebelhorn Trophy 8 3 3 (197.71)
2008 World Championships 16 18 18 (182.06)
2008 European Championships 11 12 12 (172.43)
2008 French National Championships 2 2 2 (228.71)
2007 Cup of Russia 4 9 6 (189.76)
2007 Skate Canada 2 10 6 (178.18)
2007 Coupe Internationale de Nice 2 1 1 (172.78)
2007 Masters de Patinage 2 3 2 (193.00)
2007 World Championships 12 15 14 (192.63)
2007 European Championships 10 13 12 (172.27)
2007 French National Championships 2 2 2 (204.81)
2006 Cup of China 5 8 7 (177.09)
2006 Skate Canada 4 6 6 (189.46)
2006 Masters de Patinage 3 3 3 (187.93)
2006 World Junior Championships 1 7 3 (170.97)
2006 French National Championships 5 (198.41)
2005 NHK Trophy 4 10 7 (166.20)
2005 Skate America 5 6 5 (160.53)
2005 Masters de Patinage 2 4 4 (172.01)
2005 World Junior Championships 1 2 2 (195.45)
2005 Winter Universiade 11 11 10
2005 French Junior National Championships 1
2005 French National Championships 5 5 5 (180.95)
2004 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 7 4 5 (150.88)
2004 JGP Courchevel 1 2 1 (166.04)
2004 World Junior Championships 7 10 9
2004 French National Championships 10
2003 Junior Grand Prix - Gdansk 7 6 6
2003 Czech Skate [JGP] 5 7 5
2003 World Junior Championships 18 14 14
2002 Trofeo Rita Trapanese [JGP] 2 7 6
2002 Skate Slovakia [JGP] 5 3 3
2002 French National Championships 14
2001 Trofeo Rita Trapanese [JGP] 12 15 13
2001 JGP The Hague 8 10 9
Videos:
2008 Masters de Patinage LP Caravan; Summertime; Sing, Sing, Sing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf-7zDzp8jU
2008 Masters de Patinage SP Beethoven's 5th Symphony
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-uG0c_B4ms&feature=related
2008 Star Sur Glace Bercy Exhibition -Weirdest Thing you've ever seen. You could call this EX Sea & Ski.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x54d9u_yannick-ponsero-les-bronzes_creation
2007 Star Sur Glace Bercy Exhibition; Amsterdam by Jacques Brel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90jqNt4DT6k&feature=related
2007 Worlds LP Da Vinci Code soundtrack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwPnLdL3-Ok
2007 Worlds SP In the Mood for Love Soundtrack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuTd2qoSrdg&feature=related
2006 Juniors Worlds Exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjpy48b5LDo&feature=related
Articles:
Yannick won Coupe de Nice over Preaubert with an LP with 7 triples and a quad toe.
http://www.myfreesport.fr/m/sportdirect.php?q=breve&sport=tous&id=23584
Video interview of Yannick
http://www.truveo.com/ITW-PONSERO/id/2926921602
2005 Jr Worlds short interview (scroll down page)
http://www.iceskatingintnl.com/archive/results/jrworlds05.htm
icenetwork bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100220&mode=I
Website:
http://ponseroyannick.free.fr/
6 Yasuharu NANRI JPN 4
Yasuharu just won the Senior Mens in the Merano Cup. He is the Japanese National bronze medallist. I don't expect him to medal here.
Coaching History: Yumi Kono Akira Okazaki Hiroshi Okasaki (Former)
Choreographer: Pasquale Camerlengo
Training Town: Lizuka and Fukuoka
SP Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven
LP: Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo
Personal Best Total Score 179.88 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Short Program 67.55 NHK Trophy 2007
Personal Best Score Free Skating 118.99 World Championships 2008
Recent Results
2008 Merano Cup SP 1 (71.39) LP (111.46) Landed 3A3t, fell on the 3F (lipped) in 2nd half of the program.
2008 World Championships 20 17 19 (179.88)
2008 Japanese National Championships 4 3 3 (199.81)
2007 NHK Trophy 4 11 10 (176.25)
2007 Skate America 9 12 10 (153.99)
2007 International Counter Match 3 2 (Team)
2007 Four Continents Championships 11 12 12 (153.11)
2007 Japanese National Championships 3 3 3 (212.56)
2006 Trophée Eric Bompard 7 9 9 (173.51)
2006 Skate America 12 11 11 (150.36)
2006 Four Continents Championships 10 5 7 (172.82)
2006 Japanese National Championships 4 8 7 (173.39)
2005 Cup of Russia 6 8 8 (168.79)
2005 World Junior Championships 4 9 6 (162.94)
2005 Winter Universiade 7 6 7
2005 Japanese National Championships 6 8 8 (160.88)
2005 Junior Grand Prix Final 1 3 2 (174.91)
2005 Japanese Junior National Championships 1 4 3 (171.21)
2004 Ukrainian Souvenir [JGP] 1 1 1 (175.97)
2004 JGP Budapest 3 2 2 (169.16)
2004 Mladost Trophy 1 1 1
2004 Japanese National Championships 2 5 4
2004 Japanese Junior National Championships 3 3 3
2003 Junior Grand Prix - Gdansk 2 3 3
2003 Czech Skate [JGP] 4 4 4
2003 Japanese Junior National Championships 6 13 11
2002 JGP USA 3 8 7
Videos:
2008 Merano Cup LP Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVDmNeVrOOA
2008 Merano Cup SP Moonlight Sonata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7jcB9HpULY&feature=related
2008 Worlds SP Moonlight Sonata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi3gtfQ6vsM&feature=related
2008 Worlds LP Carmen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzG0kWLUIjc&feature=related
2008 Dreams on Ice Exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfbHV4-zty8&feature=related
Articles:
His icenetwork biography
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100379&mode=I
Website:
7 Vladimir USPENSKI RUS 5
Note: THIS IS NOT ALEXANDER USPENSKI. IT'S HIS BROTHER.
He placed 6th at the Russian National Championship. Worse, he was 12th at Finlandia. This should be a learning experience for him.
Personal Best Total Score 156.84 ISU JGP Croatia Cup 2007
Personal Best Score Short Program 57.27 ISU JGP Spin of Norway 2006
Personal Best Score Free Skating 104.68 ISU JGP Croatia Cup 2007
Recent Results
2008 Finlandia Trophy 12 11 12 (145.07)
2008 Russian National Championships 4 7 6 (178.60)
2007 Golden Spin of Zagreb 3 7 3 (168.47)
2007 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 10 8 8 (152.05)
2007 Croatia Cup [JGP] 4 5 4 (156.84)
2007 Winter Universiade 12 15 13 (145.38)
2007 Russian National Championships 7 12 10 (173.88)
2006 JGP Liberec 11 6 9 (145.94)
2006 Spin of Norway [JGP] 1 4 3 (154.23)
2005 Croatia Cup [JGP] 11 11 11 (125.99)
2005 JGP Tallinn 4 4 4 (145.13)
2004 JGP Belgrade 4 9 7 (129.15)
2003 Junior Triglav Trophy 8 8 7
Videos:
2008 Finlandia LP - This would be this year's LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8u-OfG8v6w&feature=related
2008 Russian Nationals LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRoIaTFo1MY&feature=related
2007 Stars of 2014 Moonlight Sonata Exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRyDPIEv7n4
2007 Winter Universiade LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLUZl-0zNNU&feature=related
Articles:
Photos of Vladimir in Seoul Korea played as a Montage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD09wE9YoX0&feature=related
Website:
8 Sergei VORONOV RUS 5
Sergei has a fairly reliable quad, and quads (if landed properly) now score much higher. Furthemore, he was 4th at Europeans and is the Russian champion. He should do very well here, if he skates well.
Coaching History: Alexei Urmanov; Galina Kashina (Former) Rafael Arutunian (??-2002)
Choreographer: Svetlana Korol
Training Town: St. Petersburg
SP: Prague by Jacques Loussier
LP: Tango Selection by Astor Piazzolla
Personal Best Total Score 210.13 European Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Short Program 68.70 Trophee Eric Bompard 2007
Personal Best Score Free Skating 145.87 European Championships 2008
Reigning Russian Senior Men's Champion; Fourth Place at Europeans
Second Alternate for the 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final
Recent Results
2008 Finlandia Trophy 5 1 3 (200.52)
2008 World Championships 15 4 7 (209.93)
2008 European Championships 6 3 4 (210.13)
2008 Russian National Championships 1 1 1 (231.07)
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard 4 2 2 (208.91)
2007 World Championships 22 19 19 (176.57)
2007 World Junior Championships 5 3 3 (180.40)
2007 Winter Universiade 6 4 5 (184.22)
2007 Russian National Championships 4 7 6 (195.30)
2006 Skate Canada 9 9 10 (165.73)
2006 Skate America 9 4 7 (173.03)
2006 Finlandia Trophy 7 5 6 (157.97)
2006 World Junior Championships 5 2 2 (172.92)
2006 Russian National Championships 8 6 6
2005 SBC Cup [JGP] 5 3 3 (146.15)
2005 Sofia Cup [JGP] 10 2 3 (146.51)
2005 World Junior Championships - - W
2005 Russian National Championships 5 6 6
2004 Ukrainian Souvenir [JGP] 11 6 6 (136.83)
2004 JGP Budapest 4 4 3 (158.51)
2002 Russian Junior National Championships 14 13 13
Videos
2008 Europeans LP (his personal best score on an LP)Piazzola Tango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysyq2IVgj60
2008 Europeans SP Rachmaninov Piano Concerto #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ek3EfEQSz4&feature=related
2008 Europeans Exhibition Still Loving You (Scorpions)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdZWiZLRQ6w&feature=related
2006 World Junior Championships LP Music Variations by Robert Danova
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8g5NTuXGbo
Articles
His icenetwork bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100246&mode=I
Icenetwork article by Tatiana Flade after Sergei's win at Russian Nationals
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080122&content_id=41469&vkey=ice_news
Website
http://www.sergeivoronov.narod.ru/
9 Anton KOVALEVSKI UKR 6
He is the two time Ukrainian national champion.
Coaching History: Galina Kukhar Tamara Bulatova (Former)
Choreographer: Maria Tumanovskaia
Training Town: Kiev
SP as of season 2007/2008 Flamenco
LP as of season 2007/2008: Beethoven's Last Night by Transsiberian Orchestra (information from 2006/07)
Personal Best Total Score 183.49 26.03.2006 World Championships 2006
Personal Best Score Short Program 65.67 21.03.2006 World Championships 2006
Personal Best Score Free Skating 117.82 23.03.2006 World Championships 2006
Recent Results
2008 Nebelhorn Trophy 6 5 5 (179.92)
2008 World Championships 21 19 20 (178.13)
2007 Finlandia Trophy 2 - W
2007 World Championships 20 23 24 (169.27)
2007 European Championships 9 15 13 (172.01)
2007 Ukrainian National Championships 1 1
2006 Cup of Russia 10 9 9 (162.98)
2006 World Championships 14 9 16 (211.93)
2006 Olympic Games 16 21 20 (172.84)
2006 European Championships 22 12 16 (164.49)
2005 Trophée Eric Bompard 7 10 10 (156.16)
2005 Skate Israel 4 4 4
2005 Winter Universiade 13 16 15
2005 Ukrainian National Championships 3 1 3
2004 Cup of Russia 10 9 9 (146.11)
2004 Golden Spin 2 3 3
2004 World Junior Championships 19 18 18
2003 Skate Israel 2 5 5
2003 Skate Sofia [JGP] 7 7 7
2003 Czech Skate [JGP] 7 9 9
2003 World Junior Championships 5 8 7
2003 Winter Universiade 9 5 5
2002 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 6 4 4
2002 JGP Courchevel 3 4 4
2002 World Junior Championships 16 11 13
2001 JGP Gdansk 6 6 5
2001 Czech Skate [JGP] 8 7 7
Videos:
2008 Worlds SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuM3WrfTkMk&feature=related
2008 Worlds LP Moonlight Sonata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5weZyF2occ&feature=related
2007 Europeans SP Piazzola Tango (France 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBUgMYaUB90
Articles:
Website (Unofficial):
http://anton-kovalevski.chapso.de/
10 Ryan BRADLEY USA 7
Ryan finished last season thinking he wanted to retire. Too many injuries had taken a toll on his skating. However after he thought it over, he decided to keep going. At Liberty, he landed the finest 4t3t I've seen a man land so far this season in his SP. And he landed his 3A in his LP in the midst of a melted rink.
Height 5'11"-that's one of Ryan's problems. It's not easy to do fast, fast footwork with those long legs. And it's harder to keep jumps on axis. It's too bad Ryan can't skate for France, because his entertaining style would likely be far more appreciated by the French Federation than US figure skating. He is one heck of a performer, and even when he's struggling (as in the LP below from Liberty 2008), the audience is style likely to be hugely behind him. Don't miss his videos below, particularly the clown at the birthday party exhibition. I get the feeling Ryan sets his exhibtions first and then civilizes and waters them down to make them competition compliant. Anyway, GOOOO RYAN!
Do notice his style, his lovely camel spin (those long legs), and if you and he are lucky, a great 4t3t.
Coaching History: Tom Zakrajsek
Choreographer: Renee Roca, Catarina Lindgreen, Braden Overett, Nikolai Morozov
Training Town: Colorado Springs, CO
SP: Elvis Presley Medley performed by Christopher West
LP: Latin Medley by Perez Prado
It appears that he has ditched the Western Movies LP he performed at Liberty this summer.
Personal Best Total Score 196.29 11.02.2007 Four Continents Championships 2007
Personal Best Score Short Program 68.83 07.02.2007 Four Continents Championships 2007
Personal Best Score Free Skating 132.19 17.11.2007 Trophee Eric Bompard 2007
Other Skating Efforts: Gallegos & Bradley, Vise & Bradley (pairs)
Recent Results
2008 Liberty
2008 U.S. National Championships 4 5 5 (221.31)
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard 7 5 5 (191.32)
2007 Skate America 8 6 6 (181.66)
2007 International Counter Match 4 1 (Team)
2007 World Championships 19 13 15 (188.90)
2007 Four Continents Championships 3 5 4 (196.29)
2007 U.S. National Championships 3 2 2 (219.21)
2007 U.S. Midwestern Sectionals 2 1 2 (200.87)
2006 Skate America 4 9 8 (172.29)
2006 U.S. National Championships 6 9 8 (199.50)
2006 U.S. Midwestern Sectionals 5 3 4 (165.40)
2006 U.S. Southwestern Regionals 2 1 1
2004 Four Continents Championships 11 10 11
2004 U.S. National Championships 5 6 6
2004 U.S. Midwestern Sectionals 2 1 1
2004 U.S. Southwestern Regionals 2 1 1
2003 U.S. National Championships 15 9 9
2003 U.S. Midwestern Sectionals 4 2 2
2002 Skate Canada 7 6 6
2002 Karl Schäfer Memorial 5 3 4
2003 U.S. Southwestern Regionals 2 1 1
2002 World Junior Championships 15 15 15
2002 U.S. National Championships 8 7 7
2002 U.S. Midwestern Sectionals 1 1 1
Videos:
2008 Liberty SP Elvis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evYRFDycJSQ&feature=related
2008 Liberty LP Western Movies (not the program he will be skating at Skate Canada)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odMp1eFcRdc
2008 US Nationals SP The Godfather
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUtrG6221qg
2008 Truth Booth Interview (US Nationals)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb_AYPt_yHw&feature=related
2007 Champions on Ice Exhibtion to Saturday Night Fever (Staying Alive)(very short clip)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgub90f0-U8&feature=related
2007 Money (That's What I Want)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=368YEDKZTKw
2007 US Nationals Exhibition Clown at the Birthday Party (there is both a backflip & the Happy Birthday song in there)Dy-no-mite!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa8Nu_WRYmM&feature=related
2007 4C's SP A more subdued version of his Clown at the Birthday Party exhibition (Polka; Happy Birthday Variations)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQdcglDO2KE&feature=related
2004 US Nationals LP Duelling Banjoes (Southern Medley) (ABC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISEYOXCf4zk
2004 US Nationals SP New York, New York
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOk5qjrUlqo&feature=related
2000 Keri Lotion LP William Tell Overture (Ryan is 16 here)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gbYSmZ2h2Y
Articles:
Ryan won the US collegiate skating title 3 times
http://www.usfsa.org/Story.asp?id=39203
His career has been plagued by injuries & he is not Johnny Weir
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20070122/ai_n17151782
Ryan contemplates his life in skating; he feels he has more he wants to accomplish.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_/ai_n27957542
http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2002/022503.shtml
Website:
http://ryan-bradley.com/
11 Evan LYSACEK USA 7
Evan is appearing here fresh from the shock of placing third at Skate America. I wonder whether he is going to try the quad here again, as it was what did him in the long at Skate America. Tarasova seems to have put him in a supremelyugly set of costumes and his style/choreo does not seem markedly different. I wonder whether he thinks the investment in a Tarasova program was worthe the cost? Perhaps he should have gone to David Wilson?
Coach: Frank Carroll
Choreographer: Tatiana Tarasova
SP: Bolero by Maurice Ravel
LP: Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin
Personal Best Total Score 233.11 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Short Program 84.06 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Skating 159.23 Four Continents Championships 2007
Recent Competitions:
2008 Skate America 1 3 3 (223.21)
2008 Four Continents Championships 2 3 3 (233.11)
2008 U.S. National Championships 2 1 1 (244.77)
2008 Grand Prix Final 3 3 3 (229.78)
2007 Cup of China 1 2 2 (229.36)
2007 Skate America 2 1 2 (220.08)
2007 World Championships 5 5 5 (222.18)
2007 Four Continents Championships 4 1 1 (226.27)
2007 U.S. National Championships 1 1 1 (248.88)
2006 Cup of China 2 1 1 (220.04)
2006 Skate America 3 1 2 (221.09)
2006 Campbell's Cup N/A 2 1 (Team)
2006 World Championships 8 3 3 (255.22)
2006 Olympic Games 10 3 4 (220.13)
2006 U.S. National Championships 3 1 2 (224.47)
Videos:
2008 Skate AMerica LP Rhapsody in Blue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k81-_OHMFck
2008 Skate America SP Bolero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D6eibFmsvI&feature=related
2008 4CC's SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnBIf8wbazI&feature=related
2008 4CC's LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XFEaZFlV1U
Doing a Pair throw with Jeff Buttle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_PXHg5qs3o&feature=related
2007 COI exhibition Need You Tonight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgXoNfTNbeQ
2003 Jr Worlds EX Time to Say Goodbye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i6vJr2XPoo&feature=related
2001 Jr Worlds LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMf77ij4VWo
2001 Jr Worlds EX Let's Get Loud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLglkhozLe4&feature=related
Articles:
Evan's IceNetwork Biography
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100081&mode=I
Seattle Times pre Skate America puff piece on Evan
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2008283514_skate19.html
Ice Network article, Lysacek and friends host "An Evening of Hope" by Paul LaTour
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080929&content_id=52192&vkey=ice_news
August Icenetwork interview with Evan, about reinventing himself and about a friend who died of cancer
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080812&content_id=50722&vkey=ice_news
February Golden Skate Article by Elvin Walker; Photo by Barry Mittan "Lysacek sees mental toughness as key to retaining U.S. National title"
Official website
http://www.figureskatersonline.com/evanlysacek/
Fan website
http://www.freewebs.com/evanlysacek/
lysacek
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hneWpcsZk5DTxu4LSYqsYCkUhfjA
12 Brandon MROZ USA 7
Brandon is still 17. (His birthday is in December) He is a rather inconsistent skater these days, partially because he has been growing. He has a penchant for ornate costumes.
Coach: Tom Zakrajsek Former Coaches: Debbie Doge Howe, Doug Leigh, Michelle Leigh
Choreographer: Lori Nichol, Tom Dickson
Training Town: Colorado Springs, CO
SP: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks by Richard Strauss
LP: Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
Personal Best Total Score 187.34 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final 2008
Personal Best Score Short Program 63.36 World Junior Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Skating 130.64 ISU JGP Vienna Cup 2007
First Qualifier for the 2007/2008 Junior Grand Prix Final
Fourth Qualifier for the 2006/2007 Junior Grand Prix Final
Recent Results
2008 Liberty
2008 World Junior Championships 3 5 4 (186.20)
2008 U.S. Junior National Championships 3 2 2 (203.63)
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final 2 2 2 (187.34)
2007 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 4 1 1 (179.73)
2007 Vienna Cup [JGP] 4 1 2 (185.33)
2007 World Junior Championships 7 2 4 (178.40)
2007 U.S. Junior National Championships 2 3 2 (178.56)
2007 Junior Grand Prix Final 5 2 2 (168.06)
2006 Chinese Taipei Cup [JGP] 1 2 1 (177.16)
2006 JGP Mexico 11 1 2 (148.66)
2006 Junior Triglav Trophy 1 1 1 (164.02)
2006 U.S. Novice National Championships 1 3 2 (148.73)
2006 U.S. Midwestern Novice Sectionals 1 2 1 (131.62)
2006 U.S. Southwestern Novice Regionals 1 1 1
2005 U.S. Midwestern Novice Sectionals 8 5 6
2005 U.S. Upper Great Lake Novice Regionals 2 2 2
2004 North American Challenge Skate - Waterloo (Nov) 2 3 3
2004 U.S. Novice National Championships 7 7 7
2004 U.S. Midwestern Novice Sectionals 4 2 2
2004 U.S. Upper Great Lakes Novice Regionals 1 1 1
Videos:
2008 Liberty SP Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Tricks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGVSGxY8Z4k&feature=related
2008 Liberty LP Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qx3fHm2cJo&feature=related
2007 World Junior Championship SP Night on Bald Mountain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjmmt_cJ2pA&feature=related
2008 World Junior Championships LP King of the Forest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJqSoMaDQC0&feature=related
2007 World Junior Championships (Japanese coverage)LP Malaguena
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH3_EJokrKI
Articles
Icenetwork BIO-several videos of Brandon, including his silver-winning 2008 US Nationals SP & LP are on the website. For these two videos, you must be subscriber. For his world junior interview and practice, you have to only register, but not pay.
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100076&mode=I
2006 article about Brandon's US Nationals novice silver medal
http://stlouis2006.usfigureskating.org/News/RecapNews/0108NoviceMenShort.aspx
Brandon is a Michael Weiss Foundation scholarship winner
http://michaelweiss.org/2008winners.shtml
Website
Now Chan has lovely, lovely skating, but I'd rather watch Ryan (and I had a chance last summer to see both of them at Liberty).
In any case, it should be exciting and fun. I'm looking foward to it, if only, only, only I can get icenetwork to work in the middle of the day (otherwise, I'll have to wait until the replays are available)
I'm stocking up on the little stuffed animals to throw for Ryan, Shawn and Yannick. If you're going, could you throw them each one for me?
1 Patrick CHAN CAN 1
While Patrick has lovely, lovely edges and smooth basic skating, he was definitely struggling at Liberty this summer. I'm assuming he will have things straightened out by now, but penalties are bigger for trying and missing quads and triple axels. This could work against him, even with the home country fans and audience pulling for him (which is a help for any skater).
Coaching History: Donald Laws; Ellen Burka; Shin Amano (??-2007) Osborne Colson (??-2006) Mei Yang (Former)
Choreographer: Lori Nichol
Training Town: Toronto, Ontario
SP: Tango de los Exilados by Walter Taieb, performed by Vanessa Mae;
LP: Allegro Scherzando and Andante from Cello Sonata by Sergei Rachmaninov; Allegro Scherzando from Piano Concerto No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninov
Personal Best Total Score 214.94 Trophee Eric Bompard 2007
Personal Best Score Short Program 72.81 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Skating 145.86 Skate America 2007
Current Canadian Senior Men's Champion
Third Qualifier for the 2008 Grand Prix Final
Sixth Qualifier for the 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final
Recent Results
2008 World Championships 7 11 9 (203.55)
2008 Canadian National Championships 2 1 1 (232.68)
2008 Grand Prix Final 6 5 5 (208.13)
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard 2 1 1 (214.94)
2007 Skate America 3 3 3 (213.33)
2007 World Junior Championships 1 4 2 (184.55)
2007 Canadian National Championships 11 5 5 (187.54)
2006 NHK Trophy 8 6 7 (174.34)
2006 Trophée Eric Bompard 6 5 5 (179.92)
2006 Central Ontario Summer Skate 3 2 2 (192.56)
2006 World Junior Championships 3 6 6 (168.19)
2006 Canadian National Championships 6 10 7 (202.31)
2006 Junior Grand Prix Final 9 3 5 (154.60)
2005 JGP Montréal 2 1 1 (167.83)
2005 JGP Slovakia 8 3 4 (147.99)
2005 World Junior Championships 11 6 7 (161.01)
2005 Canadian Junior National Championships 1 1 1 (151.87)
2005 Junior Eastern Challenge 4 3 4 (132.78)
2005 Central Ontario Junior Sectionals 1 1 1
2004 Junior North American Challenge Skate - Waterloo 4 5 5
2004 Canadian Novice National Championships 4 1 1
2004 Novice Eastern Challenge 3 2 2
Videos:
2008 Liberty LP Rachmaninov Cello Sonata & Piano Concerto #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_jMKNpnGNE&feature=related
2008 Liberty SP Tango de los Exilados by Walter Taieb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsrjA-ylSQE&feature=related
2008 Worlds CBC Fluff on Patrick Chan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0xyjDkHmh_s&feature=related
2008 Canadian Nationals LP Four Seasons
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc2jXafZZws
2007 Liberty SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG5fc2fc_9o
2006 Jr Worlds LP Guitar Concerto
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Fmr7vNTNbs
Floskate's Good Luck Montage for Patrick (has clips of him as a very little skater)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vv0wnE_I1K4&feature=related
Articles:
Icenetwork article as part of a Liberty preview
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080716&content_id=49380&vkey=ice_news
Icenetwork article post Patrick's Canadian championship
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080312&content_id=45626&vkey=ice_news
Golden Skate article from last September, Chan sets sights on 2010
http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2007/091007.shtml
Icenetwork article about Chan's ads for Petro Canada, the GP, and his developing quad.
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081010&content_id=52826&vkey=ice_news
2007 CBC sports Q&A with Patrick
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/indepth/feature-patrickchan-qa.html
His icenetwork bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080122&content_id=41469&vkey=ice_news
Website:
Patrick's own website (bilingual in French)
http://patrickchan88888.googlepages.com/
2 Shawn SAWYER CAN 1
Shawn just scored a personal best inthe LP at Skate America, which also gave him his best ever total score at an event.
He just needs a bit more height in his jumps! (and a shorter toe on his free leg skate so he can avoid some of those 2 footed landings
(Great creativity and musicality, and greatflexibility in everything he does. David Wilson is his choreographer, and other than the jumps, Shawn gives him everything a choreographer could want to display his creations. Shawn's the Canadian male version of Alissa Czisny, and I just wish Brian Boitano & Linda Leaver would take him under their wings as they did Alissa. Shawn was the little kid in the 1997 Goodbye Tribute to Toller Cranston. Shawn skates in parts 1 and 3. I only have part 4 Coach: Annie Barabe Choreographer: David Wilson
SP: Another Brick in the Wall by Pink Floyd (he used the same program last year)
LP: Amadeus
Personal Best Total Score 199.98 Skate America 2008
Personal Best Score Short Program 67.20 14.02.2006 XX Olympic Winter Games 2006
Personal Best Score Free Skating 135.84 Skate America 2008
Recent Competition Results:
2008 Skate America
2008 Quebec Summer Competition 1st
2008 Four Continents Championships 10 7 9 (187.18)
2008 Canadian National Championships 6 3 3 (197.48)
2007 NHK Trophy 9 8 9 (180.35)
2007 Cup of China 5 10 7 (170.94)
2007 Canadian National Championships 4 3 4 (199.24)
2006 Trophée Eric Bompard 8 8 8 (177.51)
2006 Skate Canada 6 3 4 (195.17)
2006 World Championships 25 17 21 (201.05)
2006 Olympic Games 12 12 12 (190.83)
2006 Canadian National Championships 3 4 3 (232.90)
2005 Cup of Russia 9 5 7 (185.65)
2005 Skate Canada 5 5 6 (180.76)
Videos:
2008 Skate America SP Another Brick in the Wall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15zZQ7xRR8s
2008 Skate America LP Amadeus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbWoUNZwoCM
2008 Summer Competition first part of program
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nF8kfBIckZ0
2008 Summer competition second part of program
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p472bpFDHNA&feature=related
2008 Canadian Nationals LP Moments in Love by The Art of Noise (I
this program!!)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teoT7J5ZS7I
2008 Canadian Nationals SP Another Brick in the Wall
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evU0Yhlt63Y&feature=related
2007 Canadian Nationals Gala music Home by Michael Buble
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZxJEqlp4qE&feature=related
2006 Skate Canada Exhibition (4th place) This is a Song for the Broken Hearted (back flip)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MztipvqEr6w
2006 Olympics SP (his best ever SP) Libertango (BBC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMZ7S8kCIoA
2005 Canadian Nationals Exhibition (bronze medal) La Cucaracha Flamenco
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcj2vL0YWq8
Rockabilly Christmas Exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RZsPigsZqIA
Articles:
Shawn's Ice Network Biography
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100434&mode=I
Shawn will replace Buttle at Skate Canada by Laurie Nealin (& Shawn is an artist with paint as well as on ice)
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080922&content_id=51948&vkey=ice_news
Official website
http://www.skatetoday.com/shawnsawyer/
fan website (lots more videos here!)
www.skateshawn.com
3 Jeremy TEN CAN 1
I don't know a great deal about Jeremy Ten. He seems to have gotten this spot due to Buttle's retirement, and to his performance in summer skating competitions. Jeremy won the Sr. Men's SP with a score of 73.01 at the BC Summer Skate over Kevin Reynolds and Vaughn Chipeur. He finished second in the LP to Chipeur. Jeremy does have a triple axel and a 3Lz3t combination. And there is one video on youtube, which is linked under videos. He finished 6th at Nebelhorn, too.
Training Town: Burnaby, BC
Coaching History: Jill Marie Harvey; Joanne McLeodl George Yuhas (Former) Eileen Murphy (Former) Bruno Marcotte (2005?-2007)
Coach: Joanne McLeod, Neil Wilson
Choreographer: Joanne McLeod, David Wilson
SP: Leyenda by Andy Hill performed by Vanessa Mae
LP: August's Symphony (August Rush soundtrack) by Mark Mancini; Duelling Guitars (August Rush soundtrack) by Doug Smith and Hector Pereira
Personal Best Total Score 173.34 World Junior Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Short Program 59.91 JGP Courchevel 2006
Personal Best Score Free Skating 115.05 World Junior Championships 2008
Third Alternate for the 2007 Junior Grand Prix Final
Recent Results
2008 Nebelhorn Trophy 4 9 6 (170.58)
2008 BC Summer Skate SP 1 (73.01) LP 2 (113.46)
2008 World Junior Championships 11 8 8 (173.34)
2008 Canadian National Championships 14 9 11 (168.17)
2008 Senior Challenge 4 2 2 (178.21)
2008 BC/Yukon Sectionals 1 1 1 (174.66)
2007 Sofia Cup [JGP] 3 3 3 (170.38)
2007 Vienna Cup [JGP] 13 6 8 (151.27)
2007 Canadian Junior National Championships 2 1 1 (165.96)
2007 Junior Western Challenge 1 1 1 (143.71)
2007 BC/Yukon Junior Sectionals 1 1 1 (154.81)
2006 JGP The Hague 3 4 4 (155.72)
2006 JGP Courchevel 1 4 3 (159.62)
2006 Canadian Junior National Championships 2 2 2 (149.21)
2006 Junior Western Challenge 3 1 1 (132.15)
2006 BC/Yukon Junior Sectionals 1 1 1 (127.54)
2005 Sofia Cup [JGP] 8 8 8 (135.87)
2005 Junior North American Challenge Skate - Pierrefonds 1 5 4 (119.65)
2005 Canadian Novice National Championships 1 3 2 (91.28)
2005 Novice Western Challenge 1 3 2 (93.98)
2005 BC/Yukon Novice Sectionals 1 1 1
2004 Novice Triglav Trophy 1 3 2
Videos:
2008 Canadians LP Concierto de Aranjuez
http://www.youtube.com/v/CE40S3SI6iE
Articles:
Golden Skate article from 2007 - You Do the Math: Ten at Twenty in 2010 (by Elvin Walker)
http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2007/070107.shtml
Buttle and Mabee's withdrawdrawal from the GP series is an opportunity for Jeremy Ten
http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/story.html?id=57cafba8-0d4e-4d18-baab-7a8d70254b52
Ten has respectable performance at Nebelhorn, landing his 3A in the SP
http://trophiesandawards.wordpress....ten-finishes-sixth-at-nebelhorn-trophy-event/
Jeremy is on Facebook
http://www.facebook.com/people/Jeremy_J_Ten/1068009396
Website:
4 Yannick PONSERO FRA 2
Yannick is here fresh from winning the Coupe International de Nice and from finishing 3rd in the Masters de Patinage competition.
I hope he performs in the exhibition, because he has had some really crazy ones. Please check out the one below I've named Sea and Ski. It's a total hoot. I wish that US Figure Skating was as forgiving of its crazier skater as the French federation appears to be! They have both Ponsero and Preaubert producing humorous, memorable programs.
Coaching History: Didier Lucine, Sophie Golaz, Former Claudie Lucine
Choreographer: Amaury Reot (SP), Laurie May (FS)
Training Town: Annecy
SP: Symphony No. 5 by Ludwig van Beethoven, performed by Maxime Marecaux
LP: Caravan by Brian Setzer; Summertime by Louis Armstrong; Porgy and Bess by Louis Armstrong; Sing Sing Sing performed by Brian Setzer
Personal Best Total Score 192.63 World Championships 2007
Personal Best Score Short Program 69.05 HomeSense Skate Canada Intern. 2006
Personal Best Score Free Skating 123.87 World Championships 2007
Recent Results
2008 Coupe International de Nice 2 1 1 (222.34)
2008 Masters de Patinage 4 2 3 (209.62)
2008 Nebelhorn Trophy 8 3 3 (197.71)
2008 World Championships 16 18 18 (182.06)
2008 European Championships 11 12 12 (172.43)
2008 French National Championships 2 2 2 (228.71)
2007 Cup of Russia 4 9 6 (189.76)
2007 Skate Canada 2 10 6 (178.18)
2007 Coupe Internationale de Nice 2 1 1 (172.78)
2007 Masters de Patinage 2 3 2 (193.00)
2007 World Championships 12 15 14 (192.63)
2007 European Championships 10 13 12 (172.27)
2007 French National Championships 2 2 2 (204.81)
2006 Cup of China 5 8 7 (177.09)
2006 Skate Canada 4 6 6 (189.46)
2006 Masters de Patinage 3 3 3 (187.93)
2006 World Junior Championships 1 7 3 (170.97)
2006 French National Championships 5 (198.41)
2005 NHK Trophy 4 10 7 (166.20)
2005 Skate America 5 6 5 (160.53)
2005 Masters de Patinage 2 4 4 (172.01)
2005 World Junior Championships 1 2 2 (195.45)
2005 Winter Universiade 11 11 10
2005 French Junior National Championships 1
2005 French National Championships 5 5 5 (180.95)
2004 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 7 4 5 (150.88)
2004 JGP Courchevel 1 2 1 (166.04)
2004 World Junior Championships 7 10 9
2004 French National Championships 10
2003 Junior Grand Prix - Gdansk 7 6 6
2003 Czech Skate [JGP] 5 7 5
2003 World Junior Championships 18 14 14
2002 Trofeo Rita Trapanese [JGP] 2 7 6
2002 Skate Slovakia [JGP] 5 3 3
2002 French National Championships 14
2001 Trofeo Rita Trapanese [JGP] 12 15 13
2001 JGP The Hague 8 10 9
Videos:
2008 Masters de Patinage LP Caravan; Summertime; Sing, Sing, Sing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bf-7zDzp8jU
2008 Masters de Patinage SP Beethoven's 5th Symphony
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-uG0c_B4ms&feature=related
2008 Star Sur Glace Bercy Exhibition -Weirdest Thing you've ever seen. You could call this EX Sea & Ski.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x54d9u_yannick-ponsero-les-bronzes_creation
2007 Star Sur Glace Bercy Exhibition; Amsterdam by Jacques Brel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90jqNt4DT6k&feature=related
2007 Worlds LP Da Vinci Code soundtrack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwPnLdL3-Ok
2007 Worlds SP In the Mood for Love Soundtrack
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JuTd2qoSrdg&feature=related
2006 Juniors Worlds Exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjpy48b5LDo&feature=related
Articles:
Yannick won Coupe de Nice over Preaubert with an LP with 7 triples and a quad toe.
http://www.myfreesport.fr/m/sportdirect.php?q=breve&sport=tous&id=23584
Video interview of Yannick
http://www.truveo.com/ITW-PONSERO/id/2926921602
2005 Jr Worlds short interview (scroll down page)
http://www.iceskatingintnl.com/archive/results/jrworlds05.htm
icenetwork bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100220&mode=I
Website:
http://ponseroyannick.free.fr/
6 Yasuharu NANRI JPN 4
Yasuharu just won the Senior Mens in the Merano Cup. He is the Japanese National bronze medallist. I don't expect him to medal here.
Coaching History: Yumi Kono Akira Okazaki Hiroshi Okasaki (Former)
Choreographer: Pasquale Camerlengo
Training Town: Lizuka and Fukuoka
SP Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven
LP: Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo
Personal Best Total Score 179.88 World Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Short Program 67.55 NHK Trophy 2007
Personal Best Score Free Skating 118.99 World Championships 2008
Recent Results
2008 Merano Cup SP 1 (71.39) LP (111.46) Landed 3A3t, fell on the 3F (lipped) in 2nd half of the program.
2008 World Championships 20 17 19 (179.88)
2008 Japanese National Championships 4 3 3 (199.81)
2007 NHK Trophy 4 11 10 (176.25)
2007 Skate America 9 12 10 (153.99)
2007 International Counter Match 3 2 (Team)
2007 Four Continents Championships 11 12 12 (153.11)
2007 Japanese National Championships 3 3 3 (212.56)
2006 Trophée Eric Bompard 7 9 9 (173.51)
2006 Skate America 12 11 11 (150.36)
2006 Four Continents Championships 10 5 7 (172.82)
2006 Japanese National Championships 4 8 7 (173.39)
2005 Cup of Russia 6 8 8 (168.79)
2005 World Junior Championships 4 9 6 (162.94)
2005 Winter Universiade 7 6 7
2005 Japanese National Championships 6 8 8 (160.88)
2005 Junior Grand Prix Final 1 3 2 (174.91)
2005 Japanese Junior National Championships 1 4 3 (171.21)
2004 Ukrainian Souvenir [JGP] 1 1 1 (175.97)
2004 JGP Budapest 3 2 2 (169.16)
2004 Mladost Trophy 1 1 1
2004 Japanese National Championships 2 5 4
2004 Japanese Junior National Championships 3 3 3
2003 Junior Grand Prix - Gdansk 2 3 3
2003 Czech Skate [JGP] 4 4 4
2003 Japanese Junior National Championships 6 13 11
2002 JGP USA 3 8 7
Videos:
2008 Merano Cup LP Concierto de Aranjuez by Joaquin Rodrigo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVDmNeVrOOA
2008 Merano Cup SP Moonlight Sonata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7jcB9HpULY&feature=related
2008 Worlds SP Moonlight Sonata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi3gtfQ6vsM&feature=related
2008 Worlds LP Carmen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AzG0kWLUIjc&feature=related
2008 Dreams on Ice Exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfbHV4-zty8&feature=related
Articles:
His icenetwork biography
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100379&mode=I
Website:
7 Vladimir USPENSKI RUS 5
Note: THIS IS NOT ALEXANDER USPENSKI. IT'S HIS BROTHER.
He placed 6th at the Russian National Championship. Worse, he was 12th at Finlandia. This should be a learning experience for him.
Personal Best Total Score 156.84 ISU JGP Croatia Cup 2007
Personal Best Score Short Program 57.27 ISU JGP Spin of Norway 2006
Personal Best Score Free Skating 104.68 ISU JGP Croatia Cup 2007
Recent Results
2008 Finlandia Trophy 12 11 12 (145.07)
2008 Russian National Championships 4 7 6 (178.60)
2007 Golden Spin of Zagreb 3 7 3 (168.47)
2007 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 10 8 8 (152.05)
2007 Croatia Cup [JGP] 4 5 4 (156.84)
2007 Winter Universiade 12 15 13 (145.38)
2007 Russian National Championships 7 12 10 (173.88)
2006 JGP Liberec 11 6 9 (145.94)
2006 Spin of Norway [JGP] 1 4 3 (154.23)
2005 Croatia Cup [JGP] 11 11 11 (125.99)
2005 JGP Tallinn 4 4 4 (145.13)
2004 JGP Belgrade 4 9 7 (129.15)
2003 Junior Triglav Trophy 8 8 7
Videos:
2008 Finlandia LP - This would be this year's LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8u-OfG8v6w&feature=related
2008 Russian Nationals LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRoIaTFo1MY&feature=related
2007 Stars of 2014 Moonlight Sonata Exhibition
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRyDPIEv7n4
2007 Winter Universiade LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLUZl-0zNNU&feature=related
Articles:
Photos of Vladimir in Seoul Korea played as a Montage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HD09wE9YoX0&feature=related
Website:
8 Sergei VORONOV RUS 5
Sergei has a fairly reliable quad, and quads (if landed properly) now score much higher. Furthemore, he was 4th at Europeans and is the Russian champion. He should do very well here, if he skates well.
Coaching History: Alexei Urmanov; Galina Kashina (Former) Rafael Arutunian (??-2002)
Choreographer: Svetlana Korol
Training Town: St. Petersburg
SP: Prague by Jacques Loussier
LP: Tango Selection by Astor Piazzolla
Personal Best Total Score 210.13 European Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Short Program 68.70 Trophee Eric Bompard 2007
Personal Best Score Free Skating 145.87 European Championships 2008
Reigning Russian Senior Men's Champion; Fourth Place at Europeans
Second Alternate for the 2006 Junior Grand Prix Final
Recent Results
2008 Finlandia Trophy 5 1 3 (200.52)
2008 World Championships 15 4 7 (209.93)
2008 European Championships 6 3 4 (210.13)
2008 Russian National Championships 1 1 1 (231.07)
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard 4 2 2 (208.91)
2007 World Championships 22 19 19 (176.57)
2007 World Junior Championships 5 3 3 (180.40)
2007 Winter Universiade 6 4 5 (184.22)
2007 Russian National Championships 4 7 6 (195.30)
2006 Skate Canada 9 9 10 (165.73)
2006 Skate America 9 4 7 (173.03)
2006 Finlandia Trophy 7 5 6 (157.97)
2006 World Junior Championships 5 2 2 (172.92)
2006 Russian National Championships 8 6 6
2005 SBC Cup [JGP] 5 3 3 (146.15)
2005 Sofia Cup [JGP] 10 2 3 (146.51)
2005 World Junior Championships - - W
2005 Russian National Championships 5 6 6
2004 Ukrainian Souvenir [JGP] 11 6 6 (136.83)
2004 JGP Budapest 4 4 3 (158.51)
2002 Russian Junior National Championships 14 13 13
Videos
2008 Europeans LP (his personal best score on an LP)Piazzola Tango
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ysyq2IVgj60
2008 Europeans SP Rachmaninov Piano Concerto #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ek3EfEQSz4&feature=related
2008 Europeans Exhibition Still Loving You (Scorpions)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdZWiZLRQ6w&feature=related
2006 World Junior Championships LP Music Variations by Robert Danova
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8g5NTuXGbo
Articles
His icenetwork bio
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100246&mode=I
Icenetwork article by Tatiana Flade after Sergei's win at Russian Nationals
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080122&content_id=41469&vkey=ice_news
Website
http://www.sergeivoronov.narod.ru/
9 Anton KOVALEVSKI UKR 6
He is the two time Ukrainian national champion.
Coaching History: Galina Kukhar Tamara Bulatova (Former)
Choreographer: Maria Tumanovskaia
Training Town: Kiev
SP as of season 2007/2008 Flamenco
LP as of season 2007/2008: Beethoven's Last Night by Transsiberian Orchestra (information from 2006/07)
Personal Best Total Score 183.49 26.03.2006 World Championships 2006
Personal Best Score Short Program 65.67 21.03.2006 World Championships 2006
Personal Best Score Free Skating 117.82 23.03.2006 World Championships 2006
Recent Results
2008 Nebelhorn Trophy 6 5 5 (179.92)
2008 World Championships 21 19 20 (178.13)
2007 Finlandia Trophy 2 - W
2007 World Championships 20 23 24 (169.27)
2007 European Championships 9 15 13 (172.01)
2007 Ukrainian National Championships 1 1
2006 Cup of Russia 10 9 9 (162.98)
2006 World Championships 14 9 16 (211.93)
2006 Olympic Games 16 21 20 (172.84)
2006 European Championships 22 12 16 (164.49)
2005 Trophée Eric Bompard 7 10 10 (156.16)
2005 Skate Israel 4 4 4
2005 Winter Universiade 13 16 15
2005 Ukrainian National Championships 3 1 3
2004 Cup of Russia 10 9 9 (146.11)
2004 Golden Spin 2 3 3
2004 World Junior Championships 19 18 18
2003 Skate Israel 2 5 5
2003 Skate Sofia [JGP] 7 7 7
2003 Czech Skate [JGP] 7 9 9
2003 World Junior Championships 5 8 7
2003 Winter Universiade 9 5 5
2002 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 6 4 4
2002 JGP Courchevel 3 4 4
2002 World Junior Championships 16 11 13
2001 JGP Gdansk 6 6 5
2001 Czech Skate [JGP] 8 7 7
Videos:
2008 Worlds SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuM3WrfTkMk&feature=related
2008 Worlds LP Moonlight Sonata
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5weZyF2occ&feature=related
2007 Europeans SP Piazzola Tango (France 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBUgMYaUB90
Articles:
Website (Unofficial):
http://anton-kovalevski.chapso.de/
10 Ryan BRADLEY USA 7
Ryan finished last season thinking he wanted to retire. Too many injuries had taken a toll on his skating. However after he thought it over, he decided to keep going. At Liberty, he landed the finest 4t3t I've seen a man land so far this season in his SP. And he landed his 3A in his LP in the midst of a melted rink.
Height 5'11"-that's one of Ryan's problems. It's not easy to do fast, fast footwork with those long legs. And it's harder to keep jumps on axis. It's too bad Ryan can't skate for France, because his entertaining style would likely be far more appreciated by the French Federation than US figure skating. He is one heck of a performer, and even when he's struggling (as in the LP below from Liberty 2008), the audience is style likely to be hugely behind him. Don't miss his videos below, particularly the clown at the birthday party exhibition. I get the feeling Ryan sets his exhibtions first and then civilizes and waters them down to make them competition compliant. Anyway, GOOOO RYAN!
Do notice his style, his lovely camel spin (those long legs), and if you and he are lucky, a great 4t3t.
Coaching History: Tom Zakrajsek
Choreographer: Renee Roca, Catarina Lindgreen, Braden Overett, Nikolai Morozov
Training Town: Colorado Springs, CO
SP: Elvis Presley Medley performed by Christopher West
LP: Latin Medley by Perez Prado
It appears that he has ditched the Western Movies LP he performed at Liberty this summer.
Personal Best Total Score 196.29 11.02.2007 Four Continents Championships 2007
Personal Best Score Short Program 68.83 07.02.2007 Four Continents Championships 2007
Personal Best Score Free Skating 132.19 17.11.2007 Trophee Eric Bompard 2007
Other Skating Efforts: Gallegos & Bradley, Vise & Bradley (pairs)
Recent Results
2008 Liberty
2008 U.S. National Championships 4 5 5 (221.31)
2007 Trophée Eric Bompard 7 5 5 (191.32)
2007 Skate America 8 6 6 (181.66)
2007 International Counter Match 4 1 (Team)
2007 World Championships 19 13 15 (188.90)
2007 Four Continents Championships 3 5 4 (196.29)
2007 U.S. National Championships 3 2 2 (219.21)
2007 U.S. Midwestern Sectionals 2 1 2 (200.87)
2006 Skate America 4 9 8 (172.29)
2006 U.S. National Championships 6 9 8 (199.50)
2006 U.S. Midwestern Sectionals 5 3 4 (165.40)
2006 U.S. Southwestern Regionals 2 1 1
2004 Four Continents Championships 11 10 11
2004 U.S. National Championships 5 6 6
2004 U.S. Midwestern Sectionals 2 1 1
2004 U.S. Southwestern Regionals 2 1 1
2003 U.S. National Championships 15 9 9
2003 U.S. Midwestern Sectionals 4 2 2
2002 Skate Canada 7 6 6
2002 Karl Schäfer Memorial 5 3 4
2003 U.S. Southwestern Regionals 2 1 1
2002 World Junior Championships 15 15 15
2002 U.S. National Championships 8 7 7
2002 U.S. Midwestern Sectionals 1 1 1
Videos:
2008 Liberty SP Elvis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evYRFDycJSQ&feature=related
2008 Liberty LP Western Movies (not the program he will be skating at Skate Canada)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odMp1eFcRdc
2008 US Nationals SP The Godfather
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUtrG6221qg
2008 Truth Booth Interview (US Nationals)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hb_AYPt_yHw&feature=related
2007 Champions on Ice Exhibtion to Saturday Night Fever (Staying Alive)(very short clip)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgub90f0-U8&feature=related
2007 Money (That's What I Want)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=368YEDKZTKw
2007 US Nationals Exhibition Clown at the Birthday Party (there is both a backflip & the Happy Birthday song in there)Dy-no-mite!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aa8Nu_WRYmM&feature=related
2007 4C's SP A more subdued version of his Clown at the Birthday Party exhibition (Polka; Happy Birthday Variations)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQdcglDO2KE&feature=related
2004 US Nationals LP Duelling Banjoes (Southern Medley) (ABC)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISEYOXCf4zk
2004 US Nationals SP New York, New York
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOk5qjrUlqo&feature=related
2000 Keri Lotion LP William Tell Overture (Ryan is 16 here)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gbYSmZ2h2Y
Articles:
Ryan won the US collegiate skating title 3 times
http://www.usfsa.org/Story.asp?id=39203
His career has been plagued by injuries & he is not Johnny Weir
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_20070122/ai_n17151782
Ryan contemplates his life in skating; he feels he has more he wants to accomplish.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4191/is_/ai_n27957542
Goldenskate article about Ryan from 2003. He comes from a skating family.
http://www.goldenskate.com/articles/2002/022503.shtml
Website:
http://ryan-bradley.com/
11 Evan LYSACEK USA 7
Evan is appearing here fresh from the shock of placing third at Skate America. I wonder whether he is going to try the quad here again, as it was what did him in the long at Skate America. Tarasova seems to have put him in a supremelyugly set of costumes and his style/choreo does not seem markedly different. I wonder whether he thinks the investment in a Tarasova program was worthe the cost? Perhaps he should have gone to David Wilson?
Coach: Frank Carroll
Choreographer: Tatiana Tarasova
SP: Bolero by Maurice Ravel
LP: Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin
Personal Best Total Score 233.11 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Short Program 84.06 Four Continents Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Skating 159.23 Four Continents Championships 2007
Recent Competitions:
2008 Skate America 1 3 3 (223.21)
2008 Four Continents Championships 2 3 3 (233.11)
2008 U.S. National Championships 2 1 1 (244.77)
2008 Grand Prix Final 3 3 3 (229.78)
2007 Cup of China 1 2 2 (229.36)
2007 Skate America 2 1 2 (220.08)
2007 World Championships 5 5 5 (222.18)
2007 Four Continents Championships 4 1 1 (226.27)
2007 U.S. National Championships 1 1 1 (248.88)
2006 Cup of China 2 1 1 (220.04)
2006 Skate America 3 1 2 (221.09)
2006 Campbell's Cup N/A 2 1 (Team)
2006 World Championships 8 3 3 (255.22)
2006 Olympic Games 10 3 4 (220.13)
2006 U.S. National Championships 3 1 2 (224.47)
Videos:
2008 Skate AMerica LP Rhapsody in Blue
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k81-_OHMFck
2008 Skate America SP Bolero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D6eibFmsvI&feature=related
2008 4CC's SP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnBIf8wbazI&feature=related
2008 4CC's LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0XFEaZFlV1U
Doing a Pair throw with Jeff Buttle
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_PXHg5qs3o&feature=related
2007 COI exhibition Need You Tonight
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgXoNfTNbeQ
2003 Jr Worlds EX Time to Say Goodbye
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i6vJr2XPoo&feature=related
2001 Jr Worlds LP
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMf77ij4VWo
2001 Jr Worlds EX Let's Get Loud
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLglkhozLe4&feature=related
Articles:
Evan's IceNetwork Biography
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100081&mode=I
Seattle Times pre Skate America puff piece on Evan
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2008283514_skate19.html
Ice Network article, Lysacek and friends host "An Evening of Hope" by Paul LaTour
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080929&content_id=52192&vkey=ice_news
August Icenetwork interview with Evan, about reinventing himself and about a friend who died of cancer
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080812&content_id=50722&vkey=ice_news
February Golden Skate Article by Elvin Walker; Photo by Barry Mittan "Lysacek sees mental toughness as key to retaining U.S. National title"
Official website
http://www.figureskatersonline.com/evanlysacek/
Fan website
http://www.freewebs.com/evanlysacek/
lysacek
http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5hneWpcsZk5DTxu4LSYqsYCkUhfjA
12 Brandon MROZ USA 7
Brandon is still 17. (His birthday is in December) He is a rather inconsistent skater these days, partially because he has been growing. He has a penchant for ornate costumes.
Coach: Tom Zakrajsek Former Coaches: Debbie Doge Howe, Doug Leigh, Michelle Leigh
Choreographer: Lori Nichol, Tom Dickson
Training Town: Colorado Springs, CO
SP: Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks by Richard Strauss
LP: Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
Personal Best Total Score 187.34 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final 2008
Personal Best Score Short Program 63.36 World Junior Championships 2008
Personal Best Score Free Skating 130.64 ISU JGP Vienna Cup 2007
First Qualifier for the 2007/2008 Junior Grand Prix Final
Fourth Qualifier for the 2006/2007 Junior Grand Prix Final
Recent Results
2008 Liberty
2008 World Junior Championships 3 5 4 (186.20)
2008 U.S. Junior National Championships 3 2 2 (203.63)
2008 Junior Grand Prix Final 2 2 2 (187.34)
2007 Pokal der Blauen Schwerter [JGP] 4 1 1 (179.73)
2007 Vienna Cup [JGP] 4 1 2 (185.33)
2007 World Junior Championships 7 2 4 (178.40)
2007 U.S. Junior National Championships 2 3 2 (178.56)
2007 Junior Grand Prix Final 5 2 2 (168.06)
2006 Chinese Taipei Cup [JGP] 1 2 1 (177.16)
2006 JGP Mexico 11 1 2 (148.66)
2006 Junior Triglav Trophy 1 1 1 (164.02)
2006 U.S. Novice National Championships 1 3 2 (148.73)
2006 U.S. Midwestern Novice Sectionals 1 2 1 (131.62)
2006 U.S. Southwestern Novice Regionals 1 1 1
2005 U.S. Midwestern Novice Sectionals 8 5 6
2005 U.S. Upper Great Lake Novice Regionals 2 2 2
2004 North American Challenge Skate - Waterloo (Nov) 2 3 3
2004 U.S. Novice National Championships 7 7 7
2004 U.S. Midwestern Novice Sectionals 4 2 2
2004 U.S. Upper Great Lakes Novice Regionals 1 1 1
Videos:
2008 Liberty SP Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Tricks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGVSGxY8Z4k&feature=related
2008 Liberty LP Toccata and Fugue in D minor by Johann Sebastian Bach
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qx3fHm2cJo&feature=related
2007 World Junior Championship SP Night on Bald Mountain
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjmmt_cJ2pA&feature=related
2008 World Junior Championships LP King of the Forest
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJqSoMaDQC0&feature=related
2007 World Junior Championships (Japanese coverage)LP Malaguena
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH3_EJokrKI
Articles
Icenetwork BIO-several videos of Brandon, including his silver-winning 2008 US Nationals SP & LP are on the website. For these two videos, you must be subscriber. For his world junior interview and practice, you have to only register, but not pay.
http://web.icenetwork.com/skaters/detail.jsp?id=100076&mode=I
2006 article about Brandon's US Nationals novice silver medal
http://stlouis2006.usfigureskating.org/News/RecapNews/0108NoviceMenShort.aspx
Brandon is a Michael Weiss Foundation scholarship winner
http://michaelweiss.org/2008winners.shtml
Website
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After all these years, he STILL 2-foots/UR his 3-Axel and 2-foots his 3-lutz. (I find his situation to be sad 
, frustrating :banging: and laughable 
