2025 US Nationals Junior Pairs Short Program

[moonvine]

Lovely job, babies!

 

[dorispulaski]

Reagan Moss and Jakub Galbavy (U.S. Pairs Final 2)
SP: "You Are the Reason (duet version)" by Calcum Scott, Leona Lewis

Coach Trudy Oltmanns (Minnesota)

3tw a bit off landing
2a hand down by him
BODS 2 at least!
3sth
SBS spins mostly good
Lift lovely
F/w with music good knee action and match

Should lead!

55.89 1st

 

[moonvine]

It's nice to have commentary. I wish for the score box but I guess we can't be greedy

 

[dorispulaski]

Elizabeth Hansen and William Church (U.S. Pairs Final 1)
SP: "Sing, Sing, Sing" by Leon Barry, Louis Prima, Andy Razaf performed by Fosse Orchestra

Illinois first season together
Coaches: Stefania Berton, Rockne Brubaker

3tw trouble with landing
2a out of synch
Lift good ice coverage
2sth well done
BODS 1 exit trouble
SBS spins
F/w slowish

41.06 5th

 

[dorispulaski]

Saya Carpenter and Jon Maravilla (U.S. Pairs Final 9 -skated injured there)
SP: "Revelations" by Eternal Eclipse

From Detroit
Coach Yuka Sato; Garrett Lucash
15 and 19

2tw
3sth ok
2a nice
Lift he turns well!
BODS 2
SBS spins synch ok
F/w lots of stuff going on nice

Should score well

52.00 into 2nd

 

[moonvine]

That's so weird...Ben sounded like Bart Connor there for a minute. I'm losing my mind.

 

[dorispulaski]

Olivia Flores and Luke Wang (bye)
SP: "Golden Slumbers," performed by Jennifer Hudson. written by the Beatles; "Carry That Weight"

Coach: Mishkentunok & Meekins

3tw ! Really good
3sth big but step out
Lift nice throw exit
Bods2
2a good
Spins
F/w lovely great skating here

A performance here.

55.78 2nd

 

[moonvine]

WHOA....my babies are in first.

 

[figureskatingandrainbows]

two major errors for Olivia and Luke tanked their score.. BoDs* and a V on their spin. The good news is that their twist is looking so much stronger than on the JGP, this team always tends to peak towards the latter half of the season so I'm sure they'll come back much stronger in the free.

 

[ramurphy2005]

Olivia Flores and Luke Wang (bye)
SP: "Golden Slumbers," performed by Jennifer Hudson. written by the Beatles; "Carry That Weight"

Coach: Mishkentunok & Meekins

3tw ! Really good
3sth big but step out
Lift nice throw exit
Bods2
2a good
Spins
F/w lovely great skating here

A performance here.

55.78 2nd

Looking at the scores on the results page, they didn't get any credit for their death spiral.

 

[dorispulaski]

Her head may not ever have been low enough, but it looked ok to me.

Glad the callers are being tough

 

[Moxiejan]

Her head may not ever have been low enough, but it looked ok to me.

Glad the callers are being tough

I think the problem was that he reset his pivot foot.

 

[dorispulaski]

That would do it

 

[CoyoteChris]

I like Ben, too!

Ben is good, but maybe its me but the audio levels were not right and Gracie's was a bit muffled...?

 

[CoyoteChris]

Good to see Simon and Yuka there coaching....wonder how Yuka has been spending the years.....don't know if she remarried...wonderful skater...

 

[skylark]

I was pleased to see Simon Shnapir, and really pleased with his pair. Sofia and Luke's "Barbie" was my favorite program today. Loved it.

This is the only place I can think to say this: I'm so angry that they cut the "Golden Slumbers" part of the song out of Olivia and Luke's music. And then had the nerve to call it "Golden Slumbers." Also, Jennifer Hudson's voice was way too screechy. Much better if they'd used Paul McCartney's voice. I usually don't let my problems with music bother me much. But I love Olivia and Luke, so I want to enjoy their skates! Grrr.

"Golden Slumbers fill your eyes .... Smiles await you when you rise ... Sleep pretty darling, do not cry ... And I will sing a lullaby."

thanks to everyone who posted here live, especially @dorispulaski with your whatchamacallits. (can't think). I watched and read it all later.


PS. Golden Slumbers is one of the songs I sing to my granddaughter ... thus my sense of outrage. LOL.

 

[skylark]

thank you, @Spiralgraph and @dorispulaski , for letting me know that you read this. I really needed to share my feelings, and I love and appreciate you both.

Well, I've been singing Golden Slumbers to myself since yesterday, so maybe that's another good thing.