2017 U.S. Nationals Intermediate Level

U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Kansas City/Independence, Mo.
Jan. 14-22.

The Intermediate level of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships will be held from Saturday, Jan. 14 to Sunday, Jan. 15.
TheIntermediate Dance competitors will compete in the pattern dance at 12:30 p.m., Central Standard Time, on Saturday, Jan. 14. Competitors will then compete in the free skate at 12:05 p.m., Central Standard Time, on Sunday, Jan. 15.
The Intermediate men will compete in the short program at 6:40 p.m., Central Standard Time, on Saturday, Jan. 14. Competitors will then compete in the free skate at 10:30 a.m., Central Standard Time on Sunday, Jan. 15
The Intermediate ladies will compete in the short program at 8:10 p.m., Central Standard Time, on Saturday, Jan. 14. They will then compete in the free skate at 2:20 p.m., Central Standard Time, on Sunday, Jan. 15.
The Intermediate pairs will compete in the short program at 9:40 p.m., Central Standard Time, on Saturday, Jan. 14. They will then compete in the free skate at 3:55 p.m., Central Standard Time on Sunday, Jan. 15.

• Competition schedule (waiting for updated version)
• Event webpage
• Results/protocols
• Ice Network event page (link to videos/web stream)
• List of competitors
• practice groups

Qualifiers (scores via Unseen Skaters Online)

Ladies
Stephanie Ciarochi (2016 Juvenile Champion
Dallas FSC 45.62 (1) 76.90 (1) 122.52 M1
Emilia Murdock
SC of Boston 40.52 (2) 80.11 (1) 120.63 E1
Emily Zhang
Richmond FSC 38.47 (6) 79.13 (2) 117.60 E2
Violeta Ushakova
SC of New York 39.78 (4) 75.44 (3) 115.22 E3
Caroline Harris
All Year FSC 38.70 (1) 71.48 (2) 110.18 P1
Christina Lin
Murray Silver Blades FSC 36.09 (2) 72.96 (1) 109.05 P2
Jessica Lin
Dallas FSC 41.63 (3) 67.21 (2) 108.84 M2
Ariela Masarsky
DuPage FSC 44.35 (2) 63.68 (4) 108.03 M3
Ashley Leahy
SC of New York 39.66 (5) 67.34 (4) 107.00 E4
Calista Choi
Skokie Valley SC 36.42 (5) 66.41 (3) 102.83 M4
Amie Miyagi
Salt Lake FS 33.29 (6) 68.51 (3) 101.80 P3
Noelle Rosa
Salt Lake FS 35.56 (3) 65.00 (5) 100.56 P4

Men
Samuel Mindra 2016 Juvenile Silver Medalist
Portland ISC 34.56 (1) 75.25 (1) 109.81 P1
Ilia Malinin 2016 Juvenile Champion
Washington FSC 42.48 (1) 64.43 (2) 106.91 E1
Philip Baker 2016 Juvenile Pewter Medalist
SC of Boston 35.68 (3) 66.20 (1) 101.88 E2
Nicholas Hsieh
SC of Wilmington 39.83 (2) 60.21 (3) 100.04 E3
Daniel Argueta
Texas Gulf Coast FSC 36.66 (1) 59.09 (1) 95.75 M1
Daniel Turchin
Skokie Valley SC 35.11 (3) 58.57 (2) 93.68 M2
Goku Endo
All Year FSC 33.11 (3) 59.40 (2) 92.51 P2
Matthew Nielsen
Strongsville SC 35.76 (2) 56.18 (3) 91.94 M3
Timothy Pomares
Peaks FSC 33.88 (2) 54.27 (5) 88.15 P3
Payton Winkler
Greater Green Bay FSC 33.58 (4) 54.54 (5) 88.12 M4
Henry Privett-Mendoza
Pasadena FSC 30.68 (4) 56.26 (3) 86.94 P4
Matthew Kennedy
IceWorks SC 29.98 (6) 56.95 (4) 86.93 E4

Pairs
Isabella Martins (Chicago FSC) and Ryan Bedard (Northern Ice SC) 2016 Juvenile Champions
Cate Fleming and Jedidiah Isbell (SC of Boston) 2016 Juvenile Bronze Medalists
Gwen Bloesch (SC of Southern New Jersey) and Ethan Hall (Winterhurst FSC)
Georgia Bush and Timmy Chapman (Central Florida FSC)
Jade Esposito and Franz-Peter Jerosch (Colonial FSC)
Zoe Larson and Aidan Brown (Panthers FSC)
Paige Ruggeri (Garden State SC) and Steven Rossi (North Jersey FSC)
Masha Mokhova and Ivan Mokhov (Lansing SC)
Zoe Villaneuva and Jake Pagano (Nashville FSC)
Carolyn Bartel and Alfred Bartel (Los Angeles FSC)
Katie Luong and Nathan Luong (San Diego FSC)
Altice Sollazo and Paul Yeung (All Year FSC)

Dance
Layla Karnes (All Year FSC) and Jeffrey Chen (Peninsula SC) 2016 Juvenile Champions
Maria Soldatova and Faddey Soldatov (Washington FSC) 2016 Juvenile Silver Medalists
Claire Cain and Andrei Davydov (Washington FSC) 2016 Juvenile Bronze Medalists
Oona Brown and Gage Brown (SC of New York)
Olivia Sebastiani and Dillon Berry (University of Delaware FSC)
Maria Brown and Marius Driscoll (Pavilion Heights of Cleveland Heights)
Paulina Brykalova and Daniel Brykalov (St. Paul FSC)
Anna Nicklas (Ann Arbor FSC) and Max Ryan (All Year FSC)
Dana Vulaj and Volodymyr Patsukevych (Detroit SC
Anna Pettersson (Colonial FSC) and TJ Carey (All Year FSC)
Cordelia Pride (All Year FSC) and Benjamin Lawless (Philadelphia SC & HS)
Katarina Wolfkostin (Peninsula SC) and Howard Zhao (Detroit SC)

Ilia Malinin just turn 12 and he is a brilliant competitor. Keep an eye on him!
He is the son of Roman Skorniakov and Tatiana Malinina. Both parents skated in the 2002 SLC Olympics; Tatiana was the 1999 GPF and Four Continents champion.

Emily Zhan had a dud short at Sectionals (6th place) but has a great FS (1st place) to finish 2nd at Easterns. She does a Triple Salchow + Single Loop + Triple Salchow combination. If she can put two good programs together, I think she is the one to watch.

Thanks concorde, good to know more about some of the skaters!

She's not ranked very high as far as scores go, but Noelle Rosa is a fantastic performer and really fun to watch. Excellent speed and spins, too.

RESULTS INTERMEDIATE PATTERN DANCES

1 Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Howard ZHAO 52.81 1 1
2 Layla KARNES / Jeffrey CHEN 46.40 2 2
3 Claire CAIN / Andrei DAVYDOV 41.32 3 5
4 Paulina BRYKALOVA / Daniel BRYKALOVA 40.50 4 6
5 Cordelia PRIDE / Benjamin LAWLESS 37.38 8 4
6 Anna NICKLAS / Max RYAN 36.17 6 7
7 Olivia SEBASTIANI / Dillon BERRY 35.44 5 10
8 Maria SOLDATOVA / Faddey SOLDATOV 35.01 11 3
9 Oona BROWN / Gage BROWN 34.92 7 8
10 Anna PETTERSSON / TJ CAREY 32.20 9 11
11 Maria BROWN / Marius DRISCOLL 30.24 10 12
12 Dana VULAJ / Volodymyr PATSUKEVYCH 30.17 12 9

SOLDATOVA / SOLDATOV: Faddey fell at the beginning of the European Waltz and that tumbled them down to 11th place when they normally would be top 3.

INTERMEDIATE MEN SP RESULTS


1 Ilia MALININ 44.85
2 Daniel ARGUETA 41.86
3 Nicholas HSIEH 40.48
4 Philip BAKER 39.21
5 Goku ENDO 34.76
6 Matthew NIELSEN 33.87
7 Henry PRIVETT-MENDOZA 33.50
8 Matthew KENNEDY 33.06
9 Payton WINKLER 32.10
10 Samir MALLYA 29.87
11 Daniel TURCHIN 27.08
12 Timothy POMARES 24.70

concorde said:

Ilia Malinin just turn 12 and he is a brilliant competitor. Keep an eye on him!
He is the son of Roman Skorniakov and Tatiana Malinina. Both parents skated in the 2002 SLC Olympics; Tatiana was the 1999 GPF and Four Continents champion.

Emily Zhan had a dud short at Sectionals (6th place) but has a great FS (1st place) to finish 2nd at Easterns. She does a Triple Salchow + Single Loop + Triple Salchow combination. If she can put two good programs together, I think she is the one to watch.

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I was just going to ask someone if he was Tatiana's Son. The apple doesn't fall far from the team, does it. Congratulations to this young man and his supportive Parents. Good Luck in the free program.

Cute dress for Emily. Good for her eeking out that combo! I didn't think she'd be able to.

Oh no, a pop Is she known for having trouble in the SP?

I didn't catch her name, but the girl who's skating after Emily is giving me life. The costume, the music, the choreo, the odango with the pink ribbons- I love it!

Christina Lyn, that's her name. :agree:

Stephanie Ciarochi- A program this fierce needs a better costume. She's a little live wire out there! I hope she gets some sponsers.

I know this is Nationals and so the creme de la creme, but I'm really surprised at how much I'm enjoying the Intermediates. I keep having to remind myself of my rule not to get too attached to younger skaters...

Emilia Murdock just did a 2A with her hand on her hips. That was pretty cool.

How and where are you all able see this event?

mrrice said:

How and where are you all able see this event?

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IceNetwork. Always IceNetwork.

Or live. But mostly IceNetwork.

Hmmm. I just learned something. Apparently the Intermediate Pairs SP is factored so the TSS = 0.85*(PCS+TES). For example, the team currently in first (Esposito/Jerosch) have 19.12 TES and 21.70 PCS for a total of 40.82, which is then factored by 0.85 for their reported TSS of 34.70

Never knew they did that for Pairs. Tried to look it up in the rulebook, but apparently that info is behind a members only wall.

ruffledgrouse said:

Stephanie Ciarochi- A program this fierce needs a better costume. She's a little live wire out there! I hope she gets some sponsers.

I know this is Nationals and so the creme de la creme, but I'm really surprised at how much I'm enjoying the Intermediates. I keep having to remind myself of my rule not to get too attached to younger skaters...

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Been watching this skater for a couple of years now, she is a bigger girl and uses her size to really help with speed and gets good height on her jumps. Her size is a definite plus but the way she skates with what seems to be a reckless abandon and a fierry attitude needs to be polished. I was really hoping her skating would improve year over year but no such luck, though her jumps are stronger and it looks like she can out jump her competition - if only she could skate better it would not even be a competition.

ruffledgrouse said:

Cute dress for Emily. Good for her eeking out that combo! I didn't think she'd be able to.

Oh no, a pop Is she known for having trouble in the SP?

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My daughter skipped the Potomac Open this summer but Emily came to our rink to warm-up for it. She was doing a bunch of triples-triples there and my daughter commented on it since Emily was a INTERMEDIATE! I just looked at her results from the Potomac Open and she did fall on her short there. I know she also fell on her short at Easterns. So my guess is not-so-great results on the short is typical for her. Expect to see BIG numbers from her long.

INTERMEDIATE LADIES SP RESULTS

1 Stephanie CIAROCHI 47.55
2 Emilia MURDOCK 44.04
3 Christina LIN 42.42
4 Ariela MASARSKY 42.28
5 Violeta USHAKOVA 40.39
6 Calista CHOI 37.15
7 Amie MIYAGI 36.54
8 Emily ZHANG 36.24
9 Caroline HARRIS 34.40
10 Noelle ROSA 33.67
11 Jessica LIN 32.77
12 Ashley LEAHY 32.34

INTERMEDIATE PAIRS SP RESULTS

1 Jade ESPOSITO / Franz-Peter JEROSCH 35.70
2 Masha MOKHOVA / Ivan MOKHOV 34.40
3 Altice SOLLAZO / Paul YEUNG 32.30
4 Isabelle MARTINS / Ryan BEDARD 31.71
5 Georgia BUSH /Timmy CHAPMAN 30.97
6 Cate FLEMING / Jedidiah ISBELL 29.15
7 Zoe LARSON / Aidan BROWN 28.53
8 Paige RUGGERI / Steven ROSSI 27.85
9 Gwen BLOESCH / Ethan HALL 25.51
10 Katie LUONG / Nathan LUONG 24.71
11 Zoe VILLANUEVA / Jake PAGANO 23.94
12 Carolyn BARTEL / Alfred BARTEL 23.30

INTERMEDIATE FREE DANCE RESULTS

1 54.38 Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Howard ZHAO
2 48.75 Paulina BRYKALOVA / Daniel BRYKALOVA
3 48.13 Layla KARNES / Jeffrey CHEN
4 47.19 Maria SOLDATOVA / Faddey SOLDATOV
5 44.78 Cordelia PRIDE / Benjamin LAWLESS
6 42.71 Anna NICKLAS / Max RYAN
7 40.68 Claire CAIN / Andrei DAVYDOV
8 39.53 Dana VULAJ / Volodymyr PATSUKEVYCH
9 38.95 Olivia SEBASTIANI / Dillon BERRY
10 37.00 Anna PETTERSSON / TJ CAREY
11 36.76 Maria BROWN / Marius DRISCOLL
12 31.51 Oona BROWN / Gage BROWN

INTERMEDIATE DANCE FINAL RESULTS

1 Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Howard ZHAO 107.19 1 1 1
2 Layla KARNES / Jeffrey CHEN 94.53 2 2 3
3 Paulina BRYKALOVA / Daniel BRYKALOVA 89.25 4 6 2
4 Maria SOLDATOVA / Faddey SOLDATOV 82.20 11 3 4
5 Cordelia PRIDE / Benjamin LAWLESS 82.16 8 4 5
6 Claire CAIN / Andrei DAVYDOV 82.00 3 5 7
7 Anna NICKLAS / Max RYAN 78.88 6 7 6
8 Olivia SEBASTIANI / Dillon BERRY 74.39 5 10 9
9 Dana VULAJ / Volodymyr PATSUKEVYCH 69.70 12 9 8
10 Anna PETTERSSON / TJ CAREY 69.20 9 11 10
11 Maria BROWN / Marius DRISCOLL 67.00 10 12 11
12 Oona BROWN / Gage BROWN 66.43 7 8 12



RESULTS INTERMEDIATE MEN FREE SKATE

1 80.59 Ilia MALININ
2 71.18 Nicholas HSIEH
3 68.99 Philip BAKER
4 65.60 Daniel ARGUETA
5 60.32 Payton WINKLER
6 58.83 Daniel TURCHIN
7 57.28 Goku ENDO
8 56.98 Matthew NIELSEN
9 56.07 Timothy POMARES
10 54.41 Samir MALLYA
11 52.14 Matthew KENNEDY
12 50.10 Henry PRIVETT-MENDOZA

INTERMEDIATE MEN FINAL RESULTS

1 Ilia MALININ 125.44 1 1
2 Nicholas HSIEH 111.66 3 2
3 Philip BAKER 108.20 4 3
4 Daniel ARGUETA 107.46 2 4
5 Payton WINKLER 92.42 9 5
6 Goku ENDO 92.04 5 7
7 Matthew NIELSEN 90.85 6 8
8 Daniel TURCHIN 85.91 11 6
9 Matthew KENNEDY 85.20 8 11
10 Samir MALLYA 84.28 10 10
11 Henry PRIVETT-MENDOZA 83.60 7 12
12 Timothy POMARES 80.77 12 9

Super bonus points to Soldatova/Soldatov for pulling themselves up from 11th after the first pattern dance to 8th after the second and 4th after the free dance. :yay:

Notable: the pewter medalist, Emily Zhang, did a CLEAN 6-TRIPLE FREE SKATE (including a 3-1-3).

It's way too early to tell if any of these girls will make it big. But if skaters are showing this much technical content at the lower levels, it could be a sign of great things to come for the U.S. ladies.