US Junior Men will be strong next season with Vincent, Krasnozhon and Tommy and Torgashev will be back too.
Yes! Things are looking up.
US Junior Men will be strong next season with Vincent, Krasnozhon and Tommy and Torgashev will be back too.
Wait, how many slots do we have for JW? I thought we had 3...
I'm happy for Vincent and Nathan if they go to junior worlds, but there seems to be something seriously wrong with the system when the country's junior champion doesn't go to junior worlds.
I'm happy for Vincent and Nathan if they go to junior worlds, but there seems to be something seriously wrong with the system when the country's junior champion doesn't go to junior worlds.
It's a pitfall of the structure of US Nats (Canadians too), the way Russia and Japan's jr and sr nationals are spaced out allows jr aged skaters to compete in both. I also don't think it would be fair to force Nathan and Vincent to compete jrs at nationals rather than stretch themselves by competing srs and seeing how they stack up.
No, I agree, but it's like... what's even the point of being a junior, if all the seniors get the junior spots. Personally, I tend to think people should do nationals at whatever level they're competing internationally at. If you're competing at both levels internationally, then you can pick. But the bouncing up and down seems unfair to everyone else and a heck of a lot of work for the skaters themselves.
It's a pitfall of the structure of US Nats (Canadians too), the way Russia and Japan's jr and sr nationals are spaced out allows jr aged skaters to compete in both. I also don't think it would be fair to force Nathan and Vincent to compete jrs at nationals rather than stretch themselves by competing srs and seeing how they stack up.
Vincent even isn't old enough to do senior Worlds, so he'll only be able to do jrs.