Senior Pairs SP, Thus. Jan. 26 at 7:00 pm EST

[Spun Silver]

Looking forward to seeing Ashley Cain again after watching her win Silver in Junior Ladies last night!

Good luck to all!

Anybody have the start order?

NOTE: I fixed the start time - 7, not 7:30 (EST).

 

[Spun Silver]

Vise/Baldwin - a nice program but she doubled her SBS and they messed up a lift. Is this Wylie commenting? I missed the beginning. Thanks to MK's Winter for posting that the feed did begin ... the link I was clicking on didn't work but I found one that did. 45.65.

 

[BackStage Barbie]

I'll be doing LIVE commentary here http://backstagebarbie.blogspot.com/2012/01/2012-us-figure-skating-championships_26.html

 

[Nadine]

Thank goodness I got here just in time for Donlan & Speroff!

 

[Spun Silver]

Is everyone still at Euros??

I can't do PBP so I'll just comment that the next team, Cloe Bautista and Tyler Harris, have a lot of verve but Wylie is criticizing their skills. They're not the best matched team - she's short and a bit chunky while he's a string bean - but they're likeable. Nice death spiral position from her! 42.16 I think.

 

[icemusings]

I started my play by play with the gorgeous program from Donlan and Speroff at http://icemusings.blogspot.com/2012/01/us-nationals-senior-pairs-short-program.html

 

[Spun Silver]

Donlan/Speroff, the team Nadine loves so much. And they're great - wonderful 3 tw, spectacular lift, fabulous throw 3 sal. Very elegant. Wylie (?) is comparing her to Katia Gordeyeva, as Nadine did. I'd like to see him get a little more expressive but they are obviously going places. 57.77 and in first of course.

 

[blue_idealist]

There aren't any live streams, are there? Wishful thinking, haha (besides Universal Sports).

 

[Nadine]

I'm so glad they did great because I literally got here right before they started, just bit a few mere seconds. :love;

So EXCITED to see them skate that I didn't catch their sbs jumps, it looks like Gretchen completed hers, but Andrew may have had a slight problem?

 

[MK's Winter]

Donlan/Speroff are great! Very lyrical, they skated a great short,wishing them the best of luck in the long!

 

[CARA]

Ok, here's the belated starting order:

Warm-up Group 1
1. Tiffany Vise, Broadmoor SC; Don Baldwin, Los Angeles FSC 45.65
2. Kloe Chanel Bautista, All Year FSC; Tyler Harris, SC Of Boston 42.16
3. Gretchen Donlan, SC Of Boston; Andrew Speroff, SC Of Boston 57.77

Warm-up Group 2
4. Rita Fehr, Eau Claire FSC; Peter Biver, St. Paul FSC
5. Caydee Denney, Broadmoor SC; John Coughlin, KS City FSC
6. Andrea Poapst, Broadmoor SC; Christopher Knierim, Broadmoor SC

Warm-up Group 3
7. Alexa Scimeca, DuPage FSC; Ivan Dimitrov, Individual Member
8. Felicia Zhang, SC of NY; Nathan Bartholomay, University of DE FSC
9. Cassie Andrews, IN World Sk Acad FSC; Timothy LeDuc, Eastern IA FSC

Warm-up Group 4
10. Mary Beth Marley, DuPage FSC; Rockne Brubaker, All Year FSC
11. Marissa Castelli, SC Of Boston; Simon Shnapir, SC Of Boston
12. Amanda Evora, Southwest FL FSC; Mark Ladwig, Red River Valley FSC
13. Ashley Cain, Stars FSC of TX; Joshua Reagan, Stars FSC of TX

 

[Spun Silver]

It looked to me like he almost stepped out of the sbs but I thought he completed the jump and Wylie didn't say anything...

I hope Denney/Coughlin do well!!

 

[Nadine]

Okay, good, I just read both of the posters comments doing PBP, and I note that icemusings says they *did* complete sbs 3S, but were off in unison, ah, that must've been what I saw.

Still, for Gretchen to actually get it done, complete it without problems is close to a miracle, finally!!!!

 

[Nadine]

So happy for this couple b/c I recall reading about them; she's a young teen and he's her teacher IIRC (20+ years older than her). He couldn't find a partner for her, so he filled in, nice.

 

[Spun Silver]

A team with a 20-year age gap? (Fehr/Biver) She has a nice, light style but they had a lot of problems.

ETA: Just read your explanation, Nadine. I guess pair boys are hard to find.

 

[Nadine]

Just when I was going bananas over this phenomenal pair of D&C they fall on that throw.

Still, imho they are good enough to go to the next Olympics and actually medal, especially with the athletic pair teams in skating they have nowadays winning competitions.

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Spun Silver]

OMG - huge fall on the 3 throw. Other than that, everything was great - fabulous split 3 tw. Wylie is talking about their chemistry but I felt she was a bit over the top (and I usually like her). Actually Wylie's a little over the top too. He's in love!

 

[tulosai]

Just when I was going bananas over this phenomenal pair of D&C they fall on that throw.

Still, imho they are good enough to go to the next Olympics and actually medal, especially with the athletic pair teams in skating they have nowadays winning competitions.

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I think medaling at the next Olys given the depth of pairs in Russia right now, the Germans, and even the Canadians, may be a bit much to ask for. However, they have major potential and I am HAPPY about them and for them

 

[Nadine]

Ahhh, nice musical classical pair, love her style, they both actually looked like they stepped right out of the movie "Anastasia". Btw, this music always reminds me of Tara Lipinski.

I feel like I've never seen them skate before; lovely, lovely, lovely....

 

[lmarie086]

Anyone know where I could watch online? I finally have time to actually watch a competition again!!