2025 John Nicks Pairs Challenge Senior SP

[dorispulaski]

John Nicks Senior Pairs Challenge

Sky Rink at Chelsea Piers
Pier 61, New York, NY 10011
USA

MAP
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• ISU Event Page (Seniors)
• Announcement (Seniors)
• Entries (Seniors)
• Start time for each Team
• Detailed Results and Protocols

Start Order and Live Results

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StN.​	Name​	Nation​
.	Warm-Up Group 1​
1	Emily CHAN / Spencer Akira HOWE​	USA
2	Chelsea LIU / Ryan BEDARD​	USA
3	Sophia SCHALLER / Livio MAYR​	AUT
4	Linzy FITZPATRICK / Keyton BEARINGER​	USA
.	Warm-Up Group 2​
5	Karina AKOPOVA / Nikita RAKHMANIN​	ARM
6	Gabriella IZZO / Luc MAIERHOFER​	AUT
7	Olivia FLORES / Luke WANG​	USA
8	Katie McBEATH / Daniil PARKMAN​	USA
.	Warm-Up Group 3​
9	Audrey SHIN / Balazs NAGY​	USA
10	Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK / Maxime DESCHAMPS​	CAN
11	Alisa EFIMOVA / Misha MITROFANOV​	USA
12	Naomi WILLIAMS / Lachlan LEWER​	USA

Entries​

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No.​

Names​

Nation​

1 Karina AKOPOVA & Nikita RAKHMANIN ARM
SP: "Artsakh" by Ara Gevorgyan
FS:

2 Gabriella IZZO & Luc MAIERHOFER AUT
SP: "Padam Padam" by Edith Piaf, Legendis Orchestra; "Milord "by Edith Piaf, Legendis Orchestra
FS: "Hector's Death" (Troy soundtrack) by James Horner, Simon Rhodes, David Foster; "Achilles Leads the Myrmadons" (Troy soundtrack) by James Horner, Simon Rhodes, David Foster; "Remember" (Troy soundtrack) by Josh Groban, Tanja Tzarovska, James Horner, Simon Rhodes, David Foster; choreo by Renee Rocca, Mark Pillay

3 Sophia SCHALLER & Livio MAYR AUT
SP: "You Make Me Feel" by Aretha Franklin; "Respect"
FS:

4 Deanna STELLATO-DUDEK & Maxime DESCHAMPS CAN
SP: Medley of Carmine Burana: "In Trutina" and "O Fortuna"
FS: "Poeta" by Vicente Amigo; no info on which pieces yet


5 Emily CHAN & Spencer Akira HOWE USA
SP: "Caruso" by Josh Groban
FS: "Unchained Melody;" "The Ghost Inside" from Ghost the Musical soundtrack; choreo by Olga Ganicheva

6 Alisa EFIMOVA & Misha MITROFANOV USA
SP: "Cloak and Dagger" by Eternal Eclipse
FS: "Where Do I Begin" (from "Love Story") by Francis Lai; choreo by Renee Roca

7 Linzy FITZPATRICK & Keyton BEARINGER USA
SP: " I Was Made For Lovin' You" (cover)
FS:

8 Olivia FLORES & Luke WANG USA
SP: "Run To You" by Whitney Houston
FS: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon soundtrack

9 Chelsea LIU & Ryan BEDARD USA
SP: "Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene" by Hozier
FS: "Two Men in Love" by The Irrepressibles choreo by Yura Min, Brandon Frazier

10 Katie MCBEATH & Daniil PARKMAN USA

11 Audrey SHIN & Balazs NAGY USA
SP: "Speak Softly Love" (from The Godfather ll soundtrack) by Nino Rota; "Speak Softly Love" by Yao Si Ting; "The Godfather Suite" by Drew Tretick
FS: "Two Men in Love" by The Irrepressibles; choreo by John Kerr, Sylvia Fontana, John Zimmerman

12 Naomi WILLIAMS & Lachlan LEWER USA
SP: "Otono Porteno" performed by Ensamble Nuevo Tango
FS: "Music" by John Miles; choreo by Drew Meekins

 

[dorispulaski]

The schedule is shown by yuki@the lake's post here:

Post in thread '2025 John Nicks Pairs Challenge International: General Info and Pregame Chat'

Aug 31, 2025

Yes. But they will be different competitions. And in the first message you linked the John Nicks Pairs Challenge with the NQS, not the Middle Atlantic Championships.

I am very much aware that John Nicks and the NQS are two different competitions.

I thought everyone knew that The 99th Annual Middle Atlantic Figure Skating Championships is an NQS, and I'd rather type NQS than the full name of the competition https://www.usfigureskating.org/2025-26-national-qualifying-series-competition-central

I linked the NQS and John Nicks because I was providing the person who asked...

• yuki@thelake

• 

Between juniors and seniors at Nicks and NQS pairs, both days will be good to attend.

Yuki also reports that this YouTube channel posted vids from this event in the past:

Mikichka Figure Skater

A New York City based figure skating coach, competitive adult figure skater in singles and pairs, also ice events organizer. Skate with Riedell Fusion + Paramount blade (with pattern 99 profile). I was born and grew up in Tokyo, Japan. I started learning figure skating at age over 30 years old...

www.youtube.com

 

[Andrea82]

Officials

Function	Name	Nation
Referee​	Ms. Leah BATES​	AUS
Technical Controller​	Ms. Florence VUYLSTEKER​	FRA
Technical Specialist​	Mr. Peter CAIN​	AUS
Technical Specialist​	Mr. Marc WEITZMAN​	USA
Judge No.1​	Ms. Saodat NUMANOVA​	UZB
Judge No.2​	Ms. Andrea DERBY​	CAN
Judge No.3​	Ms. Karen PERREAULT​	USA
Judge No.4​	Mr. Matthew MILLER​	GBR
Judge No.5​	Ms. Sasha MARTINEZ​	MEX
Judge No.6​	Ms. Susan PETRICEVIC​	NZL
Judge No.7​	Ms. Halla Bjorg SIGURTHORSDOTTIR​	ISL

 

[dorispulaski]

We appear to start in under 10 minutes

 

[dorispulaski]

I hope there will be videos!

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

The woman whose channel was shared above is there. She has already uploaded a practice video. So I think we will get some.

 

[Lamente Ariane]

Liu/Bedard: Chelsea sat down on the SBS jumps but had a very strong landing on the throw.

Emily and Spencer looked very strong, score 65.58

 

[Lamente Ariane]

Schaller/Mayr: low catch on the twist, Sophia fell on SBS jumps, landed throw sal. Slight loss of synchronicity in the SBS spins but got back into sync.

Music: Aretha Franklin, You Make Me Feel/Respect

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

Schaller/Mayr: low catch on the twist, Sophia fell on SBS jumps, landed throw sal. Slight loss of synchronicity in the SBS spins but got back into sync.

Music: Aretha Franklin, You Make Me Feel/Respect

Oh they kept their music...

 

[Lamente Ariane]

I’ll try to report but it’s a fight against my autocorrect/limited knowledge lol

 

[Lamente Ariane]

Fitzpatrick/Bearinger: low/messy catch, two footed landings on the sbs sals (not sure if triple or double, probably ur triple), fall on the throw, loss of unison in sbs spins. Music was a cover of I Was Made For Loving You. Some interesting choreography but needs more time to gel.

 

[Lamente Ariane]

AKOPOVA / RAKHMANIN (I’m trying copy paste lol): strong skate across the board, slight loss of unison in the spins, throw looked like a 3Lo or a 3sal?

Got mildly distracted by the reflection of the pair team practicing twists directly behind me

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

@Lamente Ariane I really appreciate you reporting!

 

[Lamente Ariane]

IZZO / MAIERHOFER looked solid! Twist catch looked a little low and wasn’t sure if the spins got out of sync because they happened at the far side of the rink but very good throw landing and sbs jumps (was definitely a toe jump! Not sure which one especially at a distance) I’m guessing they’ll go into third for now.

 

[Lamente Ariane]

Oh no aborted lift! (Flores/Wang)

 

[momrk]

Oh no aborted lift! (Flores/Wang)

nerves? Didn't they just move up to senior?

 

[Lamente Ariane]

Rough skate for Flores/Wang: Olivia under/two foot on the sbs sals, then a fall on the throw and the lift went down (safely, thank goodness) but they ended on a solid death spiral at least.

 

[ramurphy2005]

nerves? Didn't they just move up to senior?

They have.

 

[momrk]

They have.

so hopefully they will only get stronger as they gain confidence and experience at this level

 

[DemTuppesSeine]

so hopefully they will only get stronger as they gain confidence and experience at this level

They'll get their next chance in 2.5 weeks...