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2016 US Classic + ChallengeSkate website

Biellmann said:
I can't wait to see Satoko and Paige Rydberg. I discovered Paige this summer and i'm impressed, it's nice to see a skater that actually lands her jumps :agree:
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...

Sometimes?

A lot of the time, Paige is a category 5 headcase...

(Sorry to burst your bubble-I like her too.)
 
Layback11 said:
Excited for Alexia :cheer: and Kaitlyn :cheer: in juniors and Alysa :dance3: in novice. :)
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I was rushing before -- now have copied the starting orders below.
Wishing good luck to all :yay:.

#ChallengeSkate is the hashtag from USFS.

Photo of some of the Challenge Skate competitors
I see Alysa second from the right in the front row. (Sorry that I don't recognize other faces.)

NOVICE PAIRS
1 Berit Cummings, Lake Minnetonka FSC + Jabe Roberts, All Year FSC
2 Katherina Frantz, SC Of Southern New Jersey + Nicolas Frantz, SC Of Southern New Jersey
3 Eliana Secunda, Rocky Mountain FSC + Blake Eisenach, Rocky Mountain FSC
4 Greta Crafoord, Los Angeles FSC + John Crafoord, Los Angeles FSC
5 Ainsley Peterson, All Year FSC + Kristofer Ogren, Kansas City FSC
6 Cora DeWyre, Ice House Skating Academy + Jacob Nussle, Ice House Skating Academy
7 Isabelle Goldstein, Detroit SC + Keyton Bearinger, Detroit SC

NOVICE LADIES
1 Jacqueline Lee, All Year FSC
2 Ting Cui, Baltimore FSC
3 Pooja Kalyan, Ozark FSC
4 Isabella Miller, Salt Lake Figure Skating
5 Audrey Shin, SC of New York
6 Hanna Harrell, Dallas FSC
7 Ilana Sherman, SC of New York
8 Alyssa Rich, Dallas FSC
9 Angelina Huang, St. Peters FSA
10 Alysa Liu, St. Moritz ISC
11 Sophia Chouinard, Panthers FSC

NOVICE MEN
1 Chase Finster, Northern Kentucky SC
2 Ryan VanDoren, Colonial FSC
3 Dylan Hylander, Dallas FSC
4 Alex Wellman, Central Illinois FSC
5 Dinh Tran, SC of San Francisco
6 Max Lake, All Year FSC
7 Justin Wichmann, Dallas FSC
8 Lucas Altieri, Panthers FSC
9 JoonSoo Kim, DuPage FSC

NOVICE DANCE
1 Katarina DelCamp, Dallas FSC + Maxwell Gart, All Year FSC
2 Caroline Liu, Hickory Hill FSC + John Carlson, Arctic FSC
3 Sophia Elder, Louisville Skating Academy + Christopher Elder, Louisville Skating Academy
4 Isabel Blahunka, Louisville Skating Academy + Will Shawver, Louisville Skating Academy
5 Gianna Buckley, Seattle SC + J.T. Michel, Louisville Skating Academy
6 Claire Purnell, Louisville Skating Academy + Lucas Purnell, Louisville Skating Academy

JUNIOR LADIES
1 Starr Andrews, Los Angeles FSC
2 Marina Capatina, Los Angeles FSC
3 Sierra Venetta, SC of San Francisco
4 Dayoon Chang, SC of Boston
5 Shannon Porter, Broadmoor SC
6 Taylor Morris, Skokie Valley SC
7 Maxine Marie Bautista, DuPage FSC
8 Kaitlyn Nguyen, Los Angeles FSC
9 Gabrielle Lee, SC of Oregon
10 Akari Nakahara, All Year FSC
11 Cristina Rackley, Winterhurst FSC
12 Alexia Paganini, SC of New York

JUNIOR MEN
1 TJ Nyman, Space Coast Ice Plex FSC
2 Jun-Hong Chen, Broadmoor SC
3 Colton Johnson, FSC of Bloomington
4 Kendrick Weston, Salt Lake Figure Skating
5 Chase Belmontes, All Year FSC
6 Camden Pulkinen, Broadmoor SC
7 Mitchell Friess, Wasatch FSC
8 Mathew Graham, Idaho Falls FSC

JUNIOR PAIRS
1 Juliette Erickson, SC of Boston + Nathan Grundhofer, St. Moritz ISC
2 Isabella Gamez, Los Angeles FSC + Griffin Schwab, SC of New York
3 Gabriella Marvaldi, SC Of Southern New Jersey + Daniel Villeneuve, SC Of Southern New Jersey

(Apparently no Junior Dance competition. I do not know why. Junior Dance was listed in the Announcement. Maybe insufficient entries??)
 
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Thanks. We went to practice today and took pictures of the Juniors and Novice practice group lists but I didn't know how I was going to post them. Now I won't need to.

We watched men's and pairs practice. Not much to write home about as everyone was getting a feel for the ice and no one went all out on the programs. There were a couple of notable things -

- Jason did go for the quad in the short run through - I thought is was a bit 2-footed but it seemed like full rotations. He seemed to have a hard time the rest of the practice, spending a lot of time at the boards with his head down. There was speculation that he was in pain. He left the practice right after everyone had finished their run-throughs.

- Adam landed what looked like a fully rotated quad lutz - it still looked a tiny bit 2-footed to me. It brought some applause from the judges side of the rink.

- I saw Ross try a quad salchow but didn't make it (I think he fell out of it).

- Sean Rabbit is still having trouble with his triple axel.

- Mura looked good - smooth and strong. I didn't really keep track of the jumps.

- Pairs - the pairs mainly just marked their programs.

Most Everyone looks in "beginning of the season" shape, both physically and program wise.
 
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Jason is probably tired rather than in pain; he would have flown straight to SLC from Italy.

AH Black, did you see Team Australia?!
 
AH Black, did you see Team Australia?!
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We were late for that group but did see them. I didn't notice anything specific except to note they didn't look like they were overly tired from the altitude. Again, they were mostly just getting used to the ice.
 
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karne said:
Jason is probably tired rather than in pain; he would have flown straight to SLC from Italy.

AH Black, did you see Team Australia?!
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Also. Kori had him running on the sidewalks this morning. If he was in pain... i think she would have found a lower impact way of working out...or at least a running track.
 
A.H.Black said:
- Adam landed what looked like a fully rotated quad lutz - it still looked a tiny bit 2-footed to me. It brought some applause from the judges side of the rink.
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Good to hear! He's the one I'm looking forward to seeing as I'm curious about his music choices.

Thanks so much for the report.
 
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