2017 U.S. Nationals Championship Men FS

[Mrs. P]

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

• Competition schedule (waiting for updated version)
• Event webpage
• Results/protocols
• Ice Network event page (link to videos/web stream)
• List of competitors
• practice groups
• videos (no spoilers)
• videos (w/ results)
• tv and live stream thread

The championship men will skate their free skate at 1 p.m., Central Standard Time, on Sunday, Jan. 22

START ORDER
1 Sebastien Payannet, Rocky Mountain FSC 21 57.07
2 Shotaro Omori, Los Angeles FSC 20 58.81
3 Daniel Kulenkamp, Sun Valley FSC 17 65.08
4 Oleksiy Melnyk, Washington FSC 19 59.86
5 Dennis Phan, Birmingham FSC 18 60.78
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6 Max Aaron, Broadmoor SC 12 72.54
7 Jimmy Ma, SC of New York 15 70.41
8 Scott Dyer, All Year FSC 16 69.90
9 Sean Rabbitt, Glacier Falls FSC 11 73.41
10 Tomoki Hiwatashi, DuPage FSC 13 71.79
11 Kevin Shum, SC of Boston 14 71.77
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12 Emmanuel Savary, University of Delaware FSC 10 73.75
13 Alexander Johnson, Braemar-City of Lakes FSC 9 75.19
14 Jordan Moeller, Northern Ice SC 8 76.24
15 Timothy Dolensky, Atlanta FSC 6 78.86
16 Andrew Torgashev, Panthers FSC 7 77.82
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17 Jason Brown, Skokie Valley SC 4 79.23
18 Grant Hochstein, SC of New York 5 79.10
19 Ross Miner, SC of Boston 2 88.67
20 Nathan Chen, Salt Lake Figure Skating 1 106.39
21 Vincent Zhou, SC of San Francisco 3 87.85

ENTRIES

Name	Sectionals score	Season's best international Score (if applicable)
Nathan Chen, Salt Lake Figure Skating SP Le Corsaire by Adolphe Adam; choreo by Marina Zoueva FS: Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor) by Alexander Borodin; choreo by Nadia Kanaeva		282.85 Grand Prix Final
Jason Brown, Skokie Valley SC SP "Writing's on the Wall" by Sam Smith from James Bond - Spectre soundtrack; choreo by Rohene Ward FS LP The Piano soundtrack by Michael Nyman ("Big My Secret" and "The Scent of Love"); choreo by Rohene Ward		268.38 Skate America
Max Aaron, Broadmoor SC SP: "La Virgen de la Macarena" by Arturo Sandoval FS: The Lion King soundtrack		242.74 Cup of China
Timothy Dolensky, Atlanta FSCSP Awake My Soul by Mumford and Sons; choreo by Ryan Jahnke FS Sometimes I Dream by Mario Frangoulis; choreo by Brittney Bottoms		226.53 Skate America
Vincent Zhou, SC of San Francisco SP "Writing's on the Wall," combining the Sam Smith song with orchestral music from the James Bond movie Spectre, for which the song was written FS Jazz music from the 1959 TV show Johnny Staccato, composed by Elmer Bernstein; choreo by David Wilson		226.39 JGP Yokohama
Grant Hochstein, SC of New York SP Due Tramonti" SP (from last season) FS Pagliacci by Ruggero Leoncavallo; choreo by Peter Oppegard		217.25 Nebelhorn Trophy
Ross Miner, SC of BostonSP New York State of Mind by Billy Joel; choreo by Jamie Isley, Lori Nichol FS medley of Queen songs - "Somebody to Love," "Love of My Life" & "Crazy Little Thing Called Love.;" choreo by Jamie Isley & Lori Nichol		214.48 U.S. International Figure Skating Classic
Andrew Torgashev, Panthers FSC SP "Le Temps des Cathedrales" by Bruno Pelletier from Notre Dame de Paris, choreo by Scott Brown, Ilona Melnichenko FS "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Queen; choreo by Scott Brown, Ilona Melnichenko		204.91 JGP Cup of Moldovia
Tomoki Hiwatashi, DuPage FSCSP “Big & Bad” by Big Bad Voodoo Daddy; choreo by Maina Zoueva FS La Strada film soundtrack by Nino Rota; choreo by Maina Zoueva		182.21 JGP St. Gervais
Sean Rabbit, Glacier Falls FSCSP East of Eden by Lee Holdridge; choreography by Sean Rabbitt and Cindy Stuart FS Mambo Medley by Pérez Prado; choreo by Sean Rabbitt and Cindy Stuart	213.50 (P1-75.15/138.35)	209.66 U.S. International figure Skating Classic
Shotaro Omori, Los Angeles FSC	212.34 (P2-72.42/139.92)
Kevin Shum, SC of Boston SP "Eleanor Rigby" by Joshua Bell and Frankie Moreno; choreo by Karen Kwan-Oppegard, Jamie Isley FS "The Sound of Silence" by Disturbed; choreo by Karen Kwan-Oppegard, Jamie Isley	211.83 (E1-68.29/143.54)	178.92 JGP Czech Skate
Scott Dyer, All Year FSC	204.57 (P3-68.42/136.15)
Jordan Moeller, Northern Ice SCSP FS Romeo & Juliet (Baz Luhrmann) 1996 film soundtrack (includes voiceovers by Leonardo DiCaprio); choreo by Rohene Ward	202.99 (M1-64.53/138.46)
Alexander Johnson, Braemar-City of Lakes FSC SP Intro by B-Tribe and Bamboleo by Gipsy Kings; choreo by Tom DicksonLP La Strada by Niño Rota; choreo by Tom Dickson	201.32 (M2-75.38/125.94)	208.64 Ondrej Nepela Memorial
Emmanuel Savary, University of Delaware FSCSP "Viejos Aires" by Ensamble Nuevo Tango; choreo by Evgeny Platov FS House of Flying Daggers, Fearless and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon soundtracks; choreo by Evgeny Platov	200.82 (E2-63.00/137.82)	160.33 JGP Yokohama
Jimmy Ma, SC of New YorkSP "The Real Slim Shady" by Eminem FS Piano Concerto No. 2 by Rachmaninoff	196.74 (E3-68.29/128.45)
Oleksiy Melnyk, Washington FSCSP "Ancient Lands" by Ronan Hardiman; choreo by Tommy Steenberg FS "Thunderball" by Tom Jones; choreo by Tommy Steenberg	192.67 (E4-62.59/130.08)	165.81 JGP St. Gervais
Daniel Kulenkamp, Sun Valley FSC	178.64(P4- 65.97/112.67)
Dennis Phan, Birmingham FSC	163.35 (M3-54.70/108.65)
Sebastien Payannet, Rocky Mountain FSC	162.34 (M4-54.69/107.65)

 

[Mrs. P]

Strange groupings due to television. Well, good luck to everyone on Sunday!

 

[HanDomi]

Well, well Vincent Zhou is going for 3 quads in FS ! 4lz and 2x 4S

 

[Tavi...]

Well, well Vincent Zhou is going for 3 quads in FS ! 4lz and 2x 4S

FYI, all of the quad sals he has attempted in international competition this year have been <.

 

[da96103]

Well, well Vincent Zhou is going for 3 quads in FS ! 4lz and 2x 4S

Poised for Beijing 2022.

 

[mrrice]

Do you think that they will show Max even though he's not in the last 2 groups?

 

[karne]

Do you think that they will show Max even though he's not in the last 2 groups?

Not on NBC, surely. The only way he will make that broadcast is to skate lights out and thereby be in medal contention, in which case they might squeeze in a recording of his FS before they go to the last two groups.

He's first in the second group, so we should see him on IceNetwork.

 

[rollerblade]

Definitely a bad day for viewership, as NFL conference championships happening at the same time.

 

[Mrs. P]

Definitely a bad day for viewership, as NFL conference championships happening at the same time.

Yep. I joked on FB that the silver lining of the Seahawks not getting to NFC game is that I won't have to decide whether to socialize and watch the game or watch figure skating.

 

[ruffledgrouse]

I know that, given how they did today with the ladies, NBC will probably show the entire final two groups, but seeing Emmanuel first in the 3rd group makes me scared. If anyone's going to get chacked... :hopelessness:

 

[ramurphy2005]

Yep. I joked on FB that the silver lining of the Seahawks not getting to NFC game is that I won't have to decide whether to socialize and watch the game or watch figure skating.

As a Mainer and New England girl, skating is going to be finished before the second game starts, so no flipping back and forth during commercials for me this year.

 

[Mrs. P]

As a Mainer and New England girl, skating is going to be finished before the second game starts, so no flipping back and forth during commercials for me this year.

Ha, I would have not been so fortunate the NFC/Men's Free Skate intersect!

 

[ramurphy2005]

Ha, I would have not been so fortunate the NFC/Men's Free Skate intersect!

We also have a second television upstairs, and as I recall, the Pats/Broncos game was during skating last year, so I got sent upstairs. The upstairs one is smaller than the downstairs one, but I'm probably going to be relegated to the upstairs one for the Men's LP no matter what. My mother and I have taken control of the downstairs TV for all the skating that's been shown on NBCSN and NBC this weekend, so my father will probably insist on having the good TV for football.

 

[Mrs. P]

I only have one television at my house. Though my friend has multiple televisions, so I guess I could have sneak away and watch some skating....

 

[Mrs. P]

FYI from Ice Network:

Bonus coverage: Tmw from 11:30 am-1:05 pm ET, we'll have the men's warmup live on the backstage stream. #USChamps17

 

[el henry]

As a Mainer and New England girl, skating is going to be finished before the second game starts, so no flipping back and forth during commercials for me this year.

Go Steelers! (Sorry not sorry)

Although I am actually an Eagles fan. No joy there So transfer loyalties to the Western part of the state for postseason.

Not enough to miss skating

 

[Mrs. P]

Men's warmup starts about now. Streaming for all on ice network!

 

[ice coverage]

Men's warmup starts about now. Streaming for all on ice network!

Warm-Up Group 1 is on the ice now. The five skaters as listed in Mrs. P's OP were announced as Group 1.

http://www.icenetwork.com/video/v1219105283​

Thanks for the alert, Mrs. P.

I believe each Group gets twenty minutes for this warm-up.

 

[cheerknithanson]

My mom told me I had to get my hair trimmed so I asked her to schedule for it to be 1 pm EST so I won't miss a lot lol. I have my priorities set.

 

[mrrice]

Once again, I have a 3 hour delay here on the west coast. I will follow along here first so that I will know of any disaster that could happen. There's a good chance that if Max has a bad skate it will ruin may day, or at least a small part of it. I'm expecting a Nathan to win handily but, the #2 and #3 or going to be close. With only 2 spots the #2 spot is the one I'm looking at.

I'm hoping that Ross and Vincent both skate well and let the chips fall where they fall. Grant, Timothy, Jason, and Andrew are all in positions to move up with great skates but, the spread between the top 7 seems to mean that the winners will come from that group. Unfortunately Max is not there.