2024 U.S. Nationals Novice Pairs

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2024 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships

Nationwide Arena
200 W Nationwide Blvd
Columbus, OH 43215

Novice Pairs Short Program
Tuesday, 23 January 2024
12:00 p.m. EST (UTC -5)
Time in Other Places

Novice Pairs Free Skate
Wednesday, 24 January 2024
2:35 p.m. EST (UTC -5)
Time in Other Places​

• Announcement
• Official Website
• Tickets
• Lineup Announcement
• Color Schedule
• Detailed Results and Protocols

Free Skate Start Order and Live Results​

Start No.	Names	Short Program Place	Short Program Score
1	Jolena Grohne, Broadmoor SC Reede Lunt, Fort Collins FSC SP: The Rio soundtrack by John Powell FS: “Dance For Me Wallis” by Abel Korzeniowski; choreograph by Natalia Mishkutenok, Isabella Flores	4	35.80
2	Milada Kovar, Wasatch FSC Nickolai Apter, Great Lakes FSC SP: ”You’re The One That I Want” from Grease FS: “In Memorium” by Kirill Richter; choreo by Nick Apter, Amanda Kovar, Chris Obzansky	3	37.86
3	Baylen Taich, DuPage FSC Michael Chapa, St. Moritz ISC SP: “Footloose” by Kenny Loggins FS: “Run Boy Run” by Woodkid; choreo by Chris Knierim, Alexa Knierim	2	39.85
4	Sofia Jarmoc, SC of Boston Luke Witkowski, SC of Boston SP: “Shining Star” by Billy Porter and Cinderella motion picture cast FS: “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Spencer Jones and McKenna Breinholt by Cinematic Pop; choreo by Melanie Lambert	1	40.62

Short Program Start Order and Live Results​

StNo.​	Team​	Qualify​
1	Baylen Taich and Michael Chapa	1st U.S. Novice Pairs Final
2	Sofia Jarmoc and Luke Witkowski	3rd U.S. Novice Pairs Final
3	Milada Kovar & Nickolai Apter	4th U.S. Novice Pairs Final
4	Jolena Grohne & Reede Lunt	2nd U.S. Novice Pairs Final

 

[ramurphy2005]

Already started, but if anyone wants to check out the novices it's streaming here:

- YouTube

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

www.youtube.com

 

[moonvine]

I’m here.

 

[moonvine]

She’s sharing out her stuffies. How cute!

 

[ramurphy2005]

Okay, Baylen is too cute distributing the stuffies, lol.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Sofia and Luke seem well-matched, the 2As were a nice surprise to me.

Does anyone know how old these two are?

 

[moonvine]

I have that hedgehog! And oh dear boy…that is not a good crowd. Not at all

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Milada is Kai's younger sister, no? She and her partner have a good age and height gap (she's 14, he's 17).

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Oh, Jolena and Reede's SP is really fun, and quite intricate for a novice pairs team. What a shame about the mistakes, they'll be really disappointed after this skate.

Absolute show people though

 

[ramurphy2005]

Too bad about the fall on the 2A for Reede, and the fluke fall for Jolena.

 

[Diana Delafield]

Already started, but if anyone wants to check out the novices it's streaming here:

- YouTube

Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

www.youtube.com

Thanks! Fun to watch (just four pairs?) , and interesting to see where my partner and I currently slot at our advanced ages. So we're down at novice level now, I guess. Not bad considering we're old enough to be the grandparents of these babies . Nice to see so much showmanship from all of them, not looking as if their whole lives depend on this one outing.

 

[VIKTOR]

Sofia and Luke seem well-matched, the 2As were a nice surprise to me.

Does anyone know how old these two are?

14 and 17.

 

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Start Order for the FS

Start No.	Names	Short Program Place	Short Program Score
1	Jolena Grohne, Broadmoor SC Reede Lunt, Fort Collins FSC	4	35.80
2	Milada Kovar, Wasatch FSC Nickolai Apter, Great Lakes FSC	3	37.86
3	Baylen Taich, DuPage FSC Michael Chapa, St. Moritz ISC	2	39.85
4	Sofia Jarmoc, SC of Boston Luke Witkowski, SC of Boston	1	40.62

 

[labgoat]

Novice Pairs Free Skate | 2024 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships

Live Results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/33688/index.aspFor complete coverage, exclusive interviews and news on all things figu...

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[SubRosa]

Didn't realize this is free to watch on YouTube; watching now!

 

[ramurphy2005]

Didn't realize this is free to watch on YouTube; watching now!

Novice Dance will be available later, too at 5:35 pm EST.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Jumps are not Reede's strength, which is honestly a bit rare in pairs, usually it's the women struggling. This FS doesn't quite play into their vivacious energy as their SP does, but I think they're not ready for a more choreographically demanding FS either.

Not too bad, even if they probably would have wanted more. They're good sports about it though, no tears here.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

Nice skate by Milada and Nickolai, they'll be very pleased with that Good age & height difference, looking forward to seeing how they'll develop in the future. They'll be Junior-eligible until 2027/28, so they still have a lot of time.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

With Baylen and Michael, I'm looking at them as a team, but as individual skaters, as I'm not sure this is going to be a long-term partnership. She's 8 years younger than him, and by the time she'll be Sr eligible, he'll be 25.

Both have a lot of potential, he's a strong lifter, and she's a real pairs girl, she's clearly loving this.

 

[Jumping_Bean]

I'm cautiously optimistic about Sofia and Luke, while they currently aren't ready for Juniors, I see so much progress. Lifts and the twist are their weak spot currently, Luke still needs to fill out a bit more, which will come with age and training, but they are getting better already.

Lots of room in the throws already, and solid sbs jump potential, and a good skate here today.