2022 U.S.Nationals: Junior Women's Free Skate

[yelyoh]

Good by Josephine shame about the fall.

 

[yelyoh]

come on Mia land that quad.

 

[purplecat]

Ava had to fight too. Josephine was looking great until the second half. Up next is Mia - will she land her quads?

 

[momrk]

Josephine looks better than earlier in the season; a shame about the fall but glad she finished strong. Looking forward to following her in the future

 

[purplecat]

Mia not falling but every jump feels like a struggle. I hope she can improve her speed and spins, she's certainly talented!

 

[yelyoh]

Hmm jumps shaky for Mia and were those quads rotated? Where will this place her?

 

[purplecat]

Her 1st quad was called under, 2nd quad was downgraded.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

Ouch, the tech panel was not feeling friendly to Mia... although the calls were fair. If you're going to be a tech-heavy skater like Mia, you need to be able to put out clean content even if the quads go wrong. It's a shame her spins are such a fight, because she has fantastic flexibility and they could be really stunning. Hopefully she'll develop into a well-rounded skater over the next quad, because she has loads of potential.

 

[yelyoh]

She got hammered

 

[momrk]

If she can learn to hold and finish those jumps....

 

[purplecat]

Aww Elyce, she's has a serene quality to her skating... shame about the fall.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

The top five were all really good! I think the biggest surprise came from Katie Shen, however. Her jumps are airy, and she looks like she's having the time of her life on the ice. I also like seeing so many artistically talented skaters like Clare in juniors.

 

[yelyoh]

Katie won the FS and gets pewter. More on Mia later. Congrats to the podium.

 

[Ross74]

Elyce is a beautiful skater! I'll be looking for her next season.

Congrats to Clare!

 

[purplecat]

Congrats to Clare! And to Ava and Josephine! And to Katie Shen for moving up from 8th to the pewter medal and 1st in the free!

 

[momrk]

Elyce is a beautiful skater! I'll be looking for her next season.

Agree- and my first time seeing her, looking forward to next season

 

[bigsisjiejie]

Didn't USFS have the top two novices skate here in junior? Were they Katie and Elyce? If so, pretty impressive.

 

[purplecat]

Yes Katie, Elyce and Sonia Baram too were novices that scored the best in qualifying in order to skate here as juniors.

 

[Seven Sisters]

Katie won the FS and gets pewter. More on Mia later. Congrats to the podium.

I approve of that, especially since we know she will want to share that happy result with her absent friend Soho She did say in the KnC that she was skating for both of them.

Also liked Josephine! And Claire is talented, well deserved win, though I’ve seen her skate better than she did today. Though she’s a Korean-American, her skating reminds me a bit of the Japanese ladies.

Congrats to all!

 

[treblemakerem]

Didn't USFS have the top two novices skate here in junior? Were they Katie and Elyce? If so, pretty impressive.

Yep I was super impressed with those two. Although I think some of the juniors are actually younger.