2026-27 upcoming Junior skaters

[yuki@thelake]

Test skate for France for JGP selection will be in Lyon from July 17-19

Patinage artistique individuel Dames (5 slots)

• Mila BERTSCH
• Stefania GLADKI
• Milana MOZEIKO
• Louanne WOLFF
• Anne-Sophie Heurtebis
• Shylina RENAUD

Patinage artistique individuel Messieurs (3 slots) :

• Gianni MOTILLA
• Daniel VERBAT
• Lenny OLIVIER
• Elian THOMANN
• Lorenzo Heurtebis
• Baptiste Gellon
• Lenny ZAMI

Patinage artistique Couples (pairs) (6 slots):

• Clelia LIGET-LATUS / Allan-Daniel FISHER
• Romane TELEMAQUE / Lucas COULON
• Abby HUAO / Axel AHMED
• Sarah TRANCOSO/ Ethan METEAU

Danse sur glace (14 slots):

• Ambre PERRIER-GIANESINI / Samuel BLANC-KLAPERMAN
• Dania MOUADEN/ Théo BIGOT
• Louise COHAS-BOGEY / Daniil GRISHIN
• Léa HIENNE / Louis CSG Lyon VARESCON
• Lou Bella LEMAIRE / Mael QUINQUIS
• Romy REVERCHON / Victor DI MUZIO
• Kira LITSKOVA / Tahory TADDEI DUGUE
• Angelina CUCHERAT / Leopold HERNANDEZ
• Siloé DEBOIS-RENAUDIN / Enzo TOMAS
• Rose BORDET / Hugo TOMAS
• Alexandra BALYAN / Nikolai BALABARDIN
• Eléonore GABET / Raphael DUCLUSAUD
• Émilie Proulx / Morgan Laliberté-Laurent
• Emi Dufour / Juan-Carlos MARAVILLA

 

[labgoat]

The US Junior Team Cup to determine entrants into the JGP starts tomorrow.

2026 U.S. Junior Team Cup

Event Results for 2026 U.S. Junior Team Cup

ijs.usfigureskating.org

It is singles only.

The men's short was already skated and had some surprising results. The women's field is stacked and the SP starts today.

 

[cocteautwin]

The men's short was already skated and had some surprising results. The women's field is stacked and the SP starts today.

Oh, Caleb is leading
Rachel Samiri WD, what a shame, I loved her last season, she had some unique movements and very nice spins if I remeber well.

 

[labgoat]

Oh, Caleb is leading
Rachel Samiri WD, what a shame, I loved her last season, she had some uniwue movements and very nice spins if I remeber well.

Patrick Blackwell had a rough day in the short sadly as did Kirk Haugheto and Henry Gao.

 

[labgoat]

If Skylar skates like she did in Lake Placid, she is one to watch. I am looking to see how some of the newer girls do Stella Vajda, Deborah Liu, Madison Chong, Angela Shao and Alayna Coats.

 

[cocteautwin]

Is Skylar skates like she did in Lake Placid, she is one to watch. I am looking to see how some of the newer girls do Stella Vajda, Deborah Liu, Madison Chong, Angela Shao and Alayna Coats.

There's no streaming, right?

 

[labgoat]

There's no streaming, right?

I haven't seen anything - just the results & protocols.
Whoa Jessica Jurka just posted a huge SP score of 67.54

 

[yuki@thelake]

Caleb seems to have switched clubs. IceWorks SC was listed during Nationals, and now it is Patriot FSC. Do we know who his main coach is now? Heard rumors his new coach is Priscilla Hill, so I am curious if anyone knows who the coach is with him at Junior Cup

 

[labgoat]

Caleb seems to have switched clubs. IceWorks SC was listed during Nationals, and now it is Patriot FSC. Do we know who his main coach is now? Heard rumors his new coach is Priscilla Hill, so I am curious if anyone knows who the coach is with him at Junior Cup

His US bio has not been updated

 

[labgoat]

Hello David Santee - Tech Specialist #2!

Not so clever thought of the day....
Waiting for the scoreboard to update is like waiting for election returns to post...

 

[labgoat]

Has anyone seen any news on USA Lorenzo Elano-sr men or Alek Tankovic- jr men?

 

[yuki@thelake]

Has anyone seen any news on USA Lorenzo Elano-sr men or Alek Tankovic- jr men?

Alek has changed feds to Bosnia-Herzegovina; he posted on Insta wearing that country''s jacket https://www.instagram.com/p/DaJIIBXCWL_/?img_index=1

Elano is out of the US international selection pool but competed in the Southport Summer Classic, so he's still actively skating. Most possibly moving to another fed, but currently country locked as he had international assignments for the US last year

 

[labgoat]

Alek has changed feds to Bosnia-Herzegovina; he posted on Insta wearing that country''s jacket https://www.instagram.com/p/DaJIIBXCWL_/?img_index=1

Elano is out of the US international selection pool but competed in the Southport Summer Classic, so he's still actively skating. Most possibly moving to another fed, but currently country locked as he had international assignments for the US last year

Good luck Alek.
I will really miss you Lorenzo - loved your heartfelt skating this past year.

 

[labgoat]

If Skylar skates like she did in Lake Placid, she is one to watch.

Go that one right so far...

 

[cocteautwin]

How many spots US have for jr women? 6? That's not many, I wonder how they will distribute them.

 

[labgoat]

How many spots US have for jr women? 6? That's not many, I wonder how they will distribute them.

Tough choices - the girls are skating well in Milwaukee so far
Very bunched up with many girls with tight scores in the 49-51 range.
Top score 67.54 so far by Jessie J - kill count=20

 

[cocteautwin]

Skating Australia published International Assigment Calendar for upcoming season.
Xi'an:
Women: Isabella Wang, Kalyn Shimogaki
Men: Vinceman Chong
Ice Dance: Chanelle & Osckar Chum
Riga:
Women: Hana Bath, Ann Kyle
Bangkok:
Women: Isabella Wang, Emma Chen* (pending Asian Open)
Men: James Lin
Ice Dance: Chanelle & Osckar Chum
Ankara:
Women: Kalyn Shimogaki, Sofia Feng* (pending Asian Open)
Men: Rahul Ravindran
Batumi:
Women: Amber Fu, Mia Zeng* (pending Asian Open)
Ljubljana:
Women: Hana Bath, Haruna Chan (=Haruna Marukami, it looks like she's going to comepte under her father's family name?? - maybe that's the one she has in her australian passport)
Gdansk: Mia Zeng* (pending Asian Open), Haruna Chan

Source: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...WUWM/edit?pli=1&gid=1562842148#gid=1562842148
I'm happy to see Haruna got late assigments, hopefully will be released on time.
Nice to see so many names.

 

[Eee]

What does the "pending Asian Open" mean? Do they have to get some score there? (Anyway, I'm happy they at least plan to use their spots)

 

[cocteautwin]

Patrick Blackwell and Kirk Haugeto climbed quite a bit after free skate (U.S. Junior Team Cup) so they'll probably get JGP spots.
Top 7:
1. Caleb Farrington
2. Patrick Blackwell
3. Kirk Haugeto
4. Louis Mallane
5. Daniel Koppel
6. Hitonari Tani
7. Zachary LoPinto
Results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2026/37080/CAT001SEG002.html

 

[SmileHappy34]

Patrick Blackwell and Kirk Haugeto climbed quite a bit after free skate (U.S. Junior Team Cup) so they'll probably get JGP spots.
Top 7:
1. Caleb Farrington
2. Patrick Blackwell
3. Kirk Haugeto
4. Louis Mallane
5. Daniel Koppel
6. Hitonari Tani
7. Zachary LoPinto
Results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2026/37080/CAT001SEG002.html

What does this mean.
Will there top 3 get 2 assignments. How does finishing at U.S. figure skating championships fit into the Jr gp and other junior events when assigning.

Which get top priority
The 2026 junior cup team
2026 junior cup team only
The U.S. national junior figure skating championships
The U.S. National Figure skating championship
Or if skates in Jp events last year still eligible