Senior OD

[lmarie086]

It's a few hours away. What are your thoughts (predictions wise I guess.)
And is there anyone with the icenetwork coverage who would be willing to post some results as they happen? I know someone did that for the junior mens short..

 

[SailorGalaxia518]

I think that Tanith and Ben will increase their lead. Davis and White should hold on to 2nd while Navarro and Bommentre and Samuelson and Bates battle it out for the bronze

 

[cassieandcheetah]

I think that Tanith and Ben will increase their lead. Davis and White should hold on to 2nd while Navarro and Bommentre and Samuelson and Bates battle it out for the bronze

yes, but hopefully not for long. I like Tanith and Ben, but I can tell they're a bit slower than they used to be and their twizzles are getting more unsteady each year. Whereas Meryl and Charlie are so clean and so smooth, and their twizzles, as everyone knows, are the best in the world....I think however that presentation should bolster T and B because Meryl and Charlie can't yet sell their programs like their older mates do...

 

[Tinymavy15]

yes, but hopefully not for long. I like Tanith and Ben, but I can tell they're a bit slower than they used to be and their twizzles are getting more unsteady each year. Whereas Meryl and Charlie are so clean and so smooth, and their twizzles, as everyone knows, are the best in the world....I think however that presentation should bolster T and B because Meryl and Charlie can't yet sell their programs like their older mates do...

If the name of the game is twizzles the Meryl and Charlie have it in the bag. they alos have very good programs, (athough I have yet to see thier OD this season). What Meryl and Charlie lack is somtimes they are not very connected with thier eyes while skating and cannot play to the audince as well as thier older team mates. Don't forget that the judges are part of the audince too!

 

[sillylionlove]

I totally love Navarro and Bommentre's original dance. I hope they do well tonight!

 

[flyingnun]

gilles and summersett were underscored IMO

 

[ManyCairns]

Anyone willing/able to give a pbp, or at least post results?

Thanks so much if you can!

Please post final results and impressions even if pbp isn't possible! TIA!

 

[Lissy]

Please post play-by-plays! I would be eternally grateful.

 

[Tinymavy15]

Please post play-by-plays! I would be eternally grateful.

at least the last group? just some idea of how they did?

 

[lmarie086]

There's a guy on the Icenetwork Forums..I will post what he said about Meryl and Charlie.

Charlie and Meryl skating to "Kalinka"....Russian music....WAYY more presence than any other teem so far and wonderful flow....they seem to be on so far!....now could be looking up at the crowd more..Meryl seems slightly behind Charlie in some aspects..not as much speed as I've seen...lovely straightline lift...good speed on the twizzles, but Charlie didn't have quite the same positions as she did, looks like Charlie may have done one more turn than she did....great final lift into a flurry of an ending..biggest ovation so far!....
Lovely performance but I think they could have carried the speed better towards the end, than they did....will be interesting to compare their Kalinka OD to Samuelson and Bates since they ALSO skate to Kalinka in the OD....
62.69 in the OD and 103.28 overall....BIG scores..WAYYY into the lead!


So, yes again Nationals scores are inflated a bit but I truly think they probably had a great deal of improvement. I'm happy for them in any case; they're a great team!

 

[lmarie086]

info taken from http://forums.isu.org/viewtopic.php?t=1064&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=15

RESULTS through ORIGINAL DANCE
1 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO 106.15 1 1
2 Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE 103.28 2 2
3 Kimberley NAVARRO / Brent BOMMENTRE 94.09 3 3
4 Emily SAMUELSON / Evan BATES 91.62 4 4
5 Jennifer WESTER / Daniil BARANTSEV 83.72 5 6
6 Charlotte MAXWELL / Nick TRAXLER 79.73 7 7
7 Jane SUMMERSETT / Todd GILLES 79.66 10 5
8 Mimi WHETSTONE / Chris OBZANSKY 77.41 6 8
9 Lynn KRIENGKRAIRUT / Logan GIULIETTI-SCHMITT 74.09 8 9
10 Maury GUSTAFSON / Joel DEAR 71.80 9 10
11 Clare FARRELL / Charles FISHPAW 66.55 11 11
12 Marsha SNYDER / Peter FISCHL 59.51 12 12
13 Stacy KIM / Jonathan HARRIS 51.59 13 13

ORIGINAL DANCE
1 Tanith BELBIN / Benjamin AGOSTO 64.29 32.56 31.73 0.00
2 Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE 62.69 33.37 29.32 0.00
3 Kimberley NAVARRO / Brent BOMMENTRE 58.71 30.95 27.76 0.00
4 Emily SAMUELSON / Evan BATES 57.62 32.36 25.26 0.00
5 Jane SUMMERSETT / Todd GILLES 53.35 31.36 21.99 0.00
6 Jennifer WESTER / Daniil BARANTSEV 53.26 29.67 23.59 0.00
7 Charlotte MAXWELL / Nick TRAXLER 51.20 29.35 21.85 0.00
8 Mimi WHETSTONE / Chris OBZANSKY 48.72 27.43 21.29 0.00
9 Lynn KRIENGKRAIRUT / Logan GIULIETTI-SCHMITT 46.33 25.26 21.07 0.00
10 Maury GUSTAFSON / Joel DEAR 44.97 25.63 19.34 0.00
11 Clare FARRELL / Charles FISHPAW 42.71 25.10 18.61 1.00
12 Marsha SNYDER / Peter FISCHL 38.42 23.00 15.42 0.00
13 Stacy KIM / Jonathan HARRIS 30.75 18.60 14.15 2.00

 

[Tinymavy15]

thanks for the resluts. as i thought, tanith and ben will be able to keep davis and white at a comfortable distance, but still make the competition interesting.

 

[dorispulaski]

I am sure though, that B&A notice that D&W beat them in tech scores in both the OD & the YP, and S&B beat them in tech scores in the OD. B&A have been working on extension & basics this year (a good thing) and I think they are still working on integrating those skills into the higher tech items, particularly twizzles. And NavBoms are improving and their presentation skills were already primo.

We are lucky having 4 such skilled dance teams in the US! The next 2 years are going to be very, very interesting!