Junior Ladies LP (8:55) | Golden Skate

Junior Ladies LP (8:55)

kate

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Jan 19, 2009
Vanessa Lam (Sleeping Beauty)

2F nice
3S+2T a little spinny
2A very nice
3S over-rotated and spun out
FCoSp4 very nice
2A hop 2A turned out
2Lz a little small
CoSp3 nice positions
SlSt very nice, quick turns
2Lz+2Lo+2Lo very nice
FSSp3
Presentation is a little flat, but she's only 13. Her doubles are very, very solid though and should make good triples.
 

kate

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Jan 19, 2009
Vanessa Lam (72.43) 111.68

Carolyn-Ann Alba (Legend of 1900)

3F two-foot and fall (possible UR)
3T+2T+2Lo, 2-foot on the 3T
3S opened up early and fell, obvious UR
FSSp2
3-turn 2A very nice (much harder than it looks, for non-skaters)
3T nice, slight 2-foot again
CCoSp4
2A hop 2A nice
3S+2T
LSp4, classic position was nice, freeleg was ugly on the sideways
 

kate

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Jan 19, 2009
Alba (74.39) 112.35
Lam (72.43) 111.68

Kirsten Olson (Sunset Boulevard)

3T+2T, hand down possibly on 3T (very long entrance as well)
ina bauer to 3Lo+2T 2-foot on 3Lo
LSp2 with COE again
1A
SlSt very disjointed
1Lz+2T+2Lo
FSSp2 with very nice broken leg
2Lo
3T slight 2-foot
2A outside on landing but hung on
CCoSp4, very nice tuck sit
Presentation was a little flat throughout.
 

kate

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Jan 19, 2009
Alba (74.39) 112.35
Lam (72.43) 111.68
Olson (61.72) 95.57

Gretchen Donlan (Sleeping Beauty)

Gorgeous arms and nice choreography to start
2A way outside, step-out, possible UR
beautiful ina bauer
2F+2T nice
2F+2T
LSp4 beautiful and fast
'tano 2Lz+2T+2T tight landing on last toe
2Lo
Beautiful spiral timed perfectly to the music
SlSt nice, flowy
'tano 2Lz
2F
CCoSp4
Ended well after the music (maybe less than 3 seconds though)
She is probably the most beautiful skater at nationals this year in any level, but you really can't do well in junior with one (inconsistent) double axel and no triples.
 

kate

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Jan 19, 2009
Alba (74.39) 112.35
Lam (72.43) 111.68
Donlan (66.95) 106.60
Olson (61.72) 95.57
 

kate

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Jan 19, 2009
Amanda Dobbs (Toccata and Fugue)

FSSp4 slow
3T very nice (definitely could have done the second one)
2A huge -- great ice coverage
3S+2T beautiful
LSp3
Nice arms and choreography
2F a little small
2A bad 2-foot, landed very low
3T fall
She seems to go to far across the ice in her jumps without the height to compensate
SlSt ok
Looks tired
3S fall (probably UR)
CCoSp4
Not a great skate for her. Same jump content as last year, but last year she skated without a single mistake. And it seems that all of Tammy Gambill's students are skating to Bond, etc. "modern" updates of classical music.
 

kate

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Jan 19, 2009
Dobbs (73.31) 116.52
Alba (74.39) 112.35
Lam (72.43) 111.68
Donlan (66.95) 106.60
Olson (61.72) 95.57

Marissa Secundy (Elizabeth: The Golden Age)

Big cheers from the Broadmoor crowd
1Lz (popped triple)
3T slowed way down into it
CSSp3
2A hop 2A -- second one was much higher than the first
FSSp3
3Lz+2T slight two foot on lutz, step out of toe
SlSt very simple
3S not enough height, opened up half way through, landed forward on 2-foot (obvious UR)
3L landed on two feet with no speed (possible UR) and fell
3L tilted and fell, fell again trying to get up
CCoSp3
Not a great skate for her. Looked very hesitant and unsecure (much, much more so than the short or sectionals).
 

kate

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Joined
Jan 19, 2009
Dobbs (73.31) 116.52
Alba (74.39) 112.35
Lam (72.43) 111.68
Donlan (66.95) 106.60
Secundy (62.88) 105.16
Olson (61.72) 95.57

Keli Zhou (Turandot)

2A step-out
3S+2T slight 2-foot on 3S
FSSp3
3Lo tilted but hung on
2Lz+2T+2Lo lost all flow on the 2T
SlSt ok
1.5 S landed on two feet
LSp3
Lots of dramatic choreography
Mediocre spiral
1A
2Lz
CCoSp4
She's a nice, powerful skater, but I don't think Turandot really fit her athleticism.
 

kate

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Jan 19, 2009
Dobbs (73.31) 116.52
Alba (74.39) 112.35
Lam (72.43) 111.68
Zhou (67.91) 110.87
Donlan (66.95) 106.60
Secundy (62.88) 105.16
Olson (61.72) 95.57

Samantha Cesario (Tosca)

2A hop 2A very nice
3S+2T nice
SlSt lots of arm movements
3T (possible UR)
LSp3 -- great sideways
3S fall (possible UR)
2F nice
2Lz+2Lo+2Lo lost a lot of speed, but nice
CCoSp3
split jump long wait 2A
Great outside spread eagle
FSSp4
Nice skate over all. She rotates so quickly that it's very hard to tell if she's fully rotating her jumps or not. She looks pleased.
 

kate

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Jan 19, 2009
Cesario (77.43) 120.90
Dobbs (73.31) 116.52
Alba (74.39) 112.35
Lam (72.43) 111.68
Zhou (67.91) 110.87
Donlan (66.95) 106.60
Secundy (62.88) 105.16
Olson (61.72) 95.57
 

kate

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Jan 19, 2009
Kendall Wyckoff (Requiem for a Tower and The Village)

2A big
3S+2T+2Lo great!
2Lz step 2A, very nice
FSSp4
LSp3 lost a lot of speed
1A+2T
2S
2T
CCoSp4 big step between back and forward spins
2F slightly bent over on landing and scraped free foot
SlSt interesting, fit music well
Very nice for the first half until she seemed to lose focus and confidence.
 
Joined
Jan 19, 2005
Marissa Secundy's female coach is wearing an absolutely ridiculous and ostentatious hat.

I hope Mrs Secundy the Mother the Marissa Secundy Fires her Coach Because they not help her nor prepare her well at all for the Nationals she avergaging 78 points in the long now hardly treading water. I new her mom very well when work at Publixs in Boca Raton that Family love sports.
 

kate

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Jan 19, 2009
Wyckoff (76.76) 123.88
Cesario (77.43) 120.90
Dobbs (73.31) 116.52
Alba (74.39) 112.35
Lam (72.43) 111.68
Zhou (67.91) 110.87
Donlan (66.95) 106.60
Secundy (62.88) 105.16
Olson (61.72) 95.57

Christina Gao (Paquita)

3Lz+2T fell on toe (lost a lot of speed) but looked rotated
3F slight 2-foot
Goes into her jumps with lots of speed
3S over-rotated and fell
LSp3 very pretty
2A very bad waxel and hard, hard fall (but looked like she actually rotated it fully)
3T+2T amazing comeback, very nice
CCoSp4
3T beautiful
3S+2T little slow on the landing, but nice
SlSt fit music nicely
Stars to FSSp4
She looks disappointed. Much better than last year, but her jumps are just so beautiful when she lands them that it's a shame when she doesn't. She was right there on the 3Lz+2T. I'm amazed she managed the triples after the 2A fall though. That definitely hurt a lot.
 

kate

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Jan 19, 2009
Gao (79.24) 128.69
Wyckoff (76.76) 123.88
Cesario (77.43) 120.90
Dobbs (73.31) 116.52
Alba (74.39) 112.35
Lam (72.43) 111.68
Zhou (67.91) 110.87
Donlan (66.95) 106.60
Secundy (62.88) 105.16
Olson (61.72) 95.57

Ellie Kawamura (101 Dalmations)

Lots of facial expressions on opening choreography
3Lz very low but fought, step-out
2A nice
3F fall (possible UR)
LSp4, great classic layback position to start
2F nice
More facial expressions
FCoSp4 very nice (from butterfly flying camel)
3T+2T lots of power
SlSt very energetic
2A nice
3S jumped too soon, fall (possible UR)
CCoSp3
Very energetic and expressive program.
 

kate

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Jan 19, 2009
Kawamura (79.43) 131.25
Gao (79.24) 128.69
Wyckoff (76.76) 123.88
Cesario (77.43) 120.90
Dobbs (73.31) 116.52
Alba (74.39) 112.35
Lam (72.43) 111.68
Zhou (67.91) 110.87
Donlan (66.95) 106.60
Secundy (62.88) 105.16
Olson (61.72) 95.57

Kristiene Gong (Music of the Night), I think they've pronounced her name differently every time they've said it

1A
3F nice
3S+2T
FCoSp3
3S bad 2-foot, possible UR
3T+2T slightly over-rotated on the 3T but hung on well
SlSt somewhat slow
Nice split jump timed to the music
2A+2T
2A bad 2-foot
CCoSp4, very nice haircutter
LSp3, not very far back in basic position
A little flat presentation, but a nice skater overall. My IN feed is a little grainy so it's hard to tell if her jumps were fully rotated or not.
 

kate

On the Ice
Joined
Jan 19, 2009
Kawamura (79.43) 131.25
Gao (79.24) 128.69
Gong (76.96) 126.17
Wyckoff (76.76) 123.88
Cesario (77.43) 120.90
Dobbs (73.31) 116.52
Alba (74.39) 112.35
Lam (72.43) 111.68
Zhou (67.91) 110.87
Donlan (66.95) 106.60
Secundy (62.88) 105.16
Olson (61.72) 95.57

DeeDee Leng (Polovetzian Dances)

3Lz way outside, fall
2F+2T very close to boards
2A very nice
ina bauer 3S fall
LSp3
mediocre spiral
3T+2T turns out (3T was great)
3S+2T+1Lo
Nerves are definitely getting to her
FSSp4, fast
3T 2-foot
SlSt dramatic, nice illusion at end
FCCoSp4, great Y-spin and Beillman
Shame about the beginning, as her jumps are huge and very nice when she lands them (much like Gao).
 
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