2022 U.S. Championships: Junior Men's Short Program

[moonvine]

Which two?
ETA: Broussard and Nielsen? I'd agree they are pretty good and definitely were missed at this competition, but after seeing them on the JGP, I'd still say they are still pretty rough around the edges and not soup yet.

Ilia just moved up from juniors. Skated in JGP this year and made the final.

 

[yelyoh]

And Flores/Tsarevski, who are (were?) first rate as well; but we still have Ling/Wein and Carhart/Horovyi (sp) who are well worth watching. Dance is undoubtedly the second-deepest US discipline IMHO!

well then, maybe after I have my chocolates. Yes on F/T as well!

 

[moonvine]

I got so excited I lost the bottom of my albuterol inhaler

 

[bigsisjiejie]

Ilia just moved up from juniors. Skated in JGP this year and made the final.

Yes, he's the Real Deal. But he was always skating Senior at this yr's Nationals, so I knew he'd moved on from domestic junior competition and wasn't including him in my underwhelment.

 

[yelyoh]

I got so excited I lost the bottom of my albuterol inhaler

I can send you one of mine

 

[moonvine]

I can send you one of mine

Thanks! *cough cough*

 

[Dpbthomas1]

Just watched jr men's. I've never seen Jacob skate before, and I adore him!! He had problems with his jumps, but he is a very good performer, has good spins and steps sequence. I also liked the choreography. It made me go search for other videos of him. I watched his first international competition (this year in Gdansk). He did much better there (and had clean jumps).
He looked so upset in the K&C today. Hope he does better in the FP. He has a new fan and I'm looking forward to following him.

 

[moonvine]

Just watched jr men's. I've never seen Jacob skate before, and I adore him!! He had problems with his jumps, but he is a very good performer, has good spins and steps sequence. I also liked the choreography. It made me go search for other videos of him. I watched his first international competition (this year in Gdansk). He did much better there (and had clean jumps).
He looked so upset in the K&C today. Hope he does better in the FP. He has a new fan and I'm looking forward to following him.

He’s wonderful! This was very uncharacteristic. I’ve never seen him skate this badly.

 

[el henry]

Just watched jr men's. I've never seen Jacob skate before, and I adore him!! He had problems with his jumps, but he is a very good performer, has good spins and steps sequence. I also liked the choreography. It made me go search for other videos of him. I watched his first international competition (this year in Gdansk). He did much better there (and had clean jumps).
He looked so upset in the K&C today. Hope he does better in the FP. He has a new fan and I'm looking forward to following him.

As @moonvine said, this was one of Jacob's less stellar outings. He seemed "off", not just the pops. Last year's Nats was much better as well. same SP.

Very engaging skater, so I hope he figures it out and comes back.

 

[moonvine]

As @moonvine said, this was one of Jacob's less stellar outings. He seemed "off", not just the pops. Last year's Nats was much better as well. same SP.

Very engaging skater, so I hope he figures it out and comes back.

I hope he is in good health. Probably a good time to learn how to fight back in the long rather than later when it might mean more