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Chock and Zuerlein scored over 83 in their best free dance. This is significantly higher than any other score by any other junior team this year.


1 Marina ANTIPOVA / Artem KUDASHEV RUS

Coach: Oleg Sudakov, Valentin Kuziaev
Choreographer: Elena Maslennikova

FD: Selection of soundtracks by Goran Bregovic
Best score in the FD this season: 72.59 at Ostrava JGP

TES 39.08 PCS 33.51

Judges' highlight: The final rotational lift garned two level 3's. However, they only got level1 for it.
They had problems with their twizzles

Flight Plan from Ostrava
1 SlLi4 4.00 0.50
2 DiSt3 6.20 0.25
3 CiSt3 7.20 0.88
4 STw4 4.70 -0.13
5 SeLi4 6.40 0.38
6 CoSp4 4.70 0.50
7 RoLi1 2.50 1.00



2 Ekaterina PUSHKASH / Dmitri KISELEV RUS

Coach and Choreographer: Alexander Svinin, Irina Zhuk
FD: Sheherazade by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov performed by Opera Babes

Their best score in the FD this year: 73.49 at Sheffield

TES 39.73 PCS 34.76 Deduction -1.00 for an extended lift

Judges' highlight: the second element, combination spin

Flight plan from Sheffield:
1 STw4 4.70 0.56
2 CoSp4 4.70 0.69
3 RoLi4 4.00 0.44
4 SlLi4+CuLi2 5.60 0.56
5 CiSt2 6.40 0.75
6 DiSt3 6.20 0.63
7 SlLi4 4.00 0.50

Video of their Sheherazade FD
Pushkash Kiselev FD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onKhS478aII


3 Kharis RALPH / Asher HILL CAN

Coach: Carol Lane, Jon Lane, Juris Razguliaevs, D. Iljima
Choreographer: Carol Lane, Juris Razguliaevs

FD: And Then There Was Blues - St. James Infirmary Blues

Best score 73.70 at Mexico

73.70 TES 38.70 PCS 35.00

Judges' highlight, element 3, the reverse rotational lift

1 RoLi4 4.00 0.40
2 DiSt3 6.20 0.80
3 RRoLi3 5.60 0.60
4 STw4 4.70 0.20
5 CiSt3 7.20 0.20
6 CoSp4 4.70 0.10
7 SlLi3 3.50 0.50

4 Alisa AGAFONOVA / Dmitri DUN UKR

Coach: Svetlana Chernikova, Marina Zueva
Choreographer: Igor Shpilband
FD: Avrora (Ukrainian movie soundtrack) by Valeri Tishler
Best score in the FD this season: 73.04 at Belarus

TES 36.90 PCS 36.14

Judges' highlight:The third element, the straight line lift.
They had problems with the twizzles

Flight plan from Belarus:
1 STw4 4.70 -0.06
2 DiSt3 6.20 0.38
3 SlLi4 4.00 0.56
4 CuLi4+RoLi4 6.40 0.31
5 CoSp2 3.50 0.19
6 CiSt2 6.40 0.38
7 RoLi3 3.50 0.44

Their FD::
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7RyPd22jQ0


5 Ekaterina RIAZANOVA / Jonathan GUERREIRO RUS

Coach: Elena Kustarova, Svetlana Alexeeva
Choreographer: Elena Kustarova
FD: 007 Suite (James Bond soundtrack) by Monty Norman and John Barry; Golden Eye (James Bond soundtrack) performed by Tina Turner
Best score in the FD: 81.31 at Madrid
TES 42.44 PCS 38.87

Judge's highlight: The Combined lift (element 5)
Their FD flight plan as skated at Madrid
1 STw4 4.70 0.56
2 SeSt3 7.20 1.25
3 SlLi4 4.00 0.50
4 CoSp4 4.70 0.56 2
5 CuLi4+RoLi4 6.40 0.81
6 MiSt3 6.20 1.00
7 RoLi4 4.00 0.56

Video of their James Bond FD from Madrid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpBGy_ZTJ7s&feature=channel


6 Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI USA

Coach: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
Choreographer: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
FD: Cinema Paradiso (soundtrack) by Ennio Morricone

Best score 79.30 at Madrid
TES: 41.63 PCS 37.67

Judges highlights: the synchronized twizzles (element 2) one judge gave them a 3.
They had some problems in the circular step (element 5)
Their flight plan at Madrid
1 DiSt3 6.20 1.25
2 STw4 4.70 0.81
3 SeLi4 6.40 0.75
4 CoSp4 4.70 0.56
5 CiSt3 7.20 -0.13
6 SlLi4 4.00 0.56
7 RoLi4 4.00 0.63

Video of their FD from Madrid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=so1M3wRR65w

7 Madison CHOCK / Greg ZUERLEIN USA

Coach: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva
Choreographer: Igor Shpilband, Marina Zueva

FD: Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Best Score in the FD: 83.07 at Sheffield

TES 44.45 PCS 38.62

Judges' highlights: Element1, combination spin, earned two level 3's. And the combined lift, element 3.

Flight plan from Sheffield
1 CoSp4 4.70 0.94
2 DiSt4 7.00 1.13
3 CuLi4+RoLi4 6.40 0.94
4 SlLi4 4.00 1.00
5 STw4 4.70 0.94
6 CiSt3 7.20 1.25
7 RoLi3 3.50 0.75

Their FD
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xttvm-QSlN4&feature=related

8 Madison HUBBELL / Keiffer HUBBELL USA

Coach: Jaroslava Netchaeva, Juri Tchesnitchenko
Choreographer: Juri Tchesnitchenko, Jaroslava Netchaeva

FD: Sognami by Alessandro Safina
Best score this year in the FD: 80.34 at Mexico
TES 40.90 PCS 39.44

Judges' highlight, element 6, Midline step.
Flight plan from Mexico
1 STw4 4.70 0.50
2 CuLi2 3.00 0.50
3 SlLi4 4.00 0.70
4 CiSt3 7.20 1.00
5 SeLi4 6.40 0.70
6 MiSt2 5.40 1.60
7 CoSp4 4.70 0.50