Rohene Ward is competing in the Upper Great Lakes Regional this week in Iowa -- here's an article about him published in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune today: http://www.startribune.com/10073/story/1472440.html
US Regionals and Sectionals
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Congrats to the ones who made it to sectionals. However, it's sad to see some skaters who were once so promising finishing their season out so early. Erica Archambault used to be one of the girls that people mentioned as up-and-coming. Inga Rodionova, who finished last in the southwest regionals was once an Olympic and World pairs competitor (finishing 12th each time).
If four or fewer senior men register for one of the 9 Regionals, then they can elect to compete there or not. There was no senior men's event at any of the 3 Regionals last week because some had byes and the rest took the pass to Sectionals in November. At Upper Great Lakes in Cedar Rapids, Iowa this coming week, Rohene Ward is one of two senior men registered and he has elected to compete. I've also heard that Braden Overett has elected to compete at the Southwestern Regional taking place near Dallas, Texas next week.
There are more than 4 senior men registered for the South Atlantic Regional in York, PA, so they all have to compete even though all will advance to Eastern Sectionals due to the "fill-up" rule (there are less than 4 in both the New England and North Atlantic Regionals). I believe the 6 are Shaun Rogers (recently won the silver at Nebelhorn Trophy), Tommy Steenberg (6th in the Lake Placid JGP), Traighe Rouse (former JGP competitor and medalist), Michael Solonoski (current Collegiate National bronze medalist), Robbie Crowley, and Viktor Pfeifer (formerly competed for Austria). Derrick Delmore (being the defending Eastern Sectional champ) and Parker Pennington (competing in Finland this week) have received byes through South Atlantics and will be at Easterns.
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McCraw competed at Liberty back in July. I believe McCraw and Overett are the two senior men registered for the Southwestern Regional, but I haven't heard if McCraw plans to compete in Dallas.
Thanks so much for keeping us up to date with regionals...and for this article. Sounds like Ward is in a postive place....I wish him all the very very VERY best! (and to all the skaters too...)
She competed in Intermediates at NE Regionals last year and didn't make it out of qualifying. Maybe she is no longer interested in competing.
To be honest, to be 14 (last year) and competing so-so at the intermediate level probably don't bode well for a future competitive career. Just because your parents were olympic gold medalists in skating doesn't mean you have to be, too. Besides, it's too much to live up to. She's probably better off devoting her time and energy to something else (wasn't she doing rhythmic gymnastics pretty seriously at some point?) or maybe just being a normal teenager.
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Sylvia - and thanks for the article on Rohene. I really want to see him St. Paul so hopefully he does his best in the Sectional.
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North Atlantic Regionals-Report on Senior Ladies Short
A few warnings in advance: I don't have the eye for this sort of thing; I can't even tell jumps apart. And I only decided to do this report around the third skater, so didn't take proper notes for the first two. The senior ladies short took place this afternoon starting at a little past 2 PM Eastern. 19 girls were scheduled in, but three withdraw very shortly before the event began. Notes in order of skating:
1. Christine Caucci (BC Winter Club)-Skated to Romeo and Juliet-very Shakespearian pale blue costume. Was very clearly nervous the entire time, to the point that it interfered with her skating, probably costing her on most of the elements, definitely on the step sequence, and she fell on the final jump. 11.34 technical score and 12.70 program components, with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 23.04.
2. Kristen Beatty (Atlantic City Figure Skating Club, Inc.)-Skated to Fiddler on the Roof, mostly the wedding dance, black and white dress. Unfortunately without notes all I remember is being very underwhelmed, and a possible double-foot at some point. The judges agreed: 9.99 technical score and 8.24 program components for a total score of 18.23
3. Marlana Cole (Amherst Skating Club, Inc.)-Skated to some sort of classic techno remix, mostly white dress. Has trouble landing the second jump in her combo and fell on the other two. Finished behind the music. 10.64 technical score and 12.45 program components with a 2.00 deduction for a total score of 21.09.
4. Ryan Coombs (Jamestown Skating Club)-Black and white dress, popped both the jumps in her combo, seemed to be going for a higher level in her step sequence but as a result said sequence was very slow. But she did fairly well: 13.49 technical score and 15.25 program components for a total score of 28.74.
5. Jessica Crenshaw (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Dress in white, fell twice and finished behind the music. Did show some flexibility in the spiral sequence and transitions, but did not extend it to the spins as much as one would hope. 12.67 technical score and 14.90 program components with a 2.00 deduction for a total score of 25.57.
6. Allison Heimler (Cantiague Figure Skating Club, Inc.)-Skated to Yello dressed as a racer. Very fully-formed idea in the program, but she fell on two jumps, missed her combo, and fell out of the last jump. 8.10 technical score and 15.30 program components with a 2.00 deduction for a total score of 21.40.
7. Allison Krein (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Skated to Trevor Rabin's score from Remember the Titans, blue dress with silver lines. Fell on one jump and had to hold onto another, and she had a weird moment in her step sequence where I think she placed her toepick wrong. 17.07 technical score and 16.90 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 31.47.
8. Karli Miller (The Skating Club of Lake Placid)-Wore a pink and white dress. Looked like she was struggling on all her jumps, scrunched up her combo and then fell on the second jump anyway, traveled a bit on the spins, all the while looked anxious and unhappy. Not fun to watch at all. 12.15 technical score and 8.92 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 20.07.
9. Joelle Forte (The Skating Club of New York, Inc)-Red dress with silver decorations. Good spins, a better step sequence, her jumps were beautiful and she was this close to a perfect program when she suddenly slipped on her final spin. Even then very nearly avoided falling; I waited until the scores were posted to guess on whether she would be judged as having fallen or not. 24.75 technical score and 18.85 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 42.30.
10. Jennifer Milton (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Black dress with silver dots and other sequin decorations. Fell on her first jump, double-footed another, and had to hold on to a third, and was unable to complete her combo, but really good spins. 9.37 technical score and 13.75 programs components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 22.12.
11. Jessica Morgan (Rye Figure Skating Club, Inc.)-Wore a weird black thing trimmed with red beading. Fell once, nearly fell again, and missed her combination. 12.22 technical score and 14.20 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 25.42.
12. Stephane Roth (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Skated to Once Upon a Time in Mexico, sleeveless black shirt with blue, green, and purple pattern, black pants. Did spins and spirals that were harder than most of the other girls', but suffered a rough fall on her third jump. 21.90 technical score and 17.55 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 38.45.
13. Crystal Kiang (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Was the second girl in this championship to suffer the "Malaguena Curse": having chosen to skate to this music they started up the wrong music when it came time for her to skate!(the other girl was an intermediate). Wore a black and red dress. Double-footed one jump and fell out of another, but good spins and spirals, and she sold the program for all it was worth. 17.07 technical score and 16.90 program components for a total score of 33.97.
14. Milakirstie Kulsa (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Skated to John Powell's Assassin's Tango, black dress. Put both her hands down on the second jump in the combination and had to fight for another jump. Very seductive step sequence, though the difficultly was another issue. Had two young female fans who had to be shushed when her program began! 12.67 technical score and 14.90 program components for a total score of 28.42.
15. Elizabeth Stern (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Skated to Indian music, wore a blue two-piece with a lot of gold trimmings. Double-footed a jump in her combination and had to hold on to a landing on another jump, but sure could spin fast. 22.24 technical score and 16.95 program components for a total score of 39.20.
16. Marley Strauss (Rye Figure Skating Club, Inc.)-Skated to Maxim Mrvinca medley, black and white dress. Fell on two of her jumps and missed her combination. 14.20 technical score and 15.50 program components with a 2.00 deduction for a total score of 27.70.
Current standings:
1. Joelle Forte (42.30)
2. Elizabeth Stern (39.20)
3. Stephanie Roth (38.45)
4. Crystal Kiang (33.97)
5. Allison Krein (31.47)
6. Ryan Coombs (28.74)
7. Milakurstie Kulsa (28.42)
8. Marley Strauss (27.70)
9. Jessica Crens (25.57)
10. Jessica Morgan (25.42)
11. Christina Caucci (23.04)
12. Jennifer Milton (22.12)
13. Allison Heimler (21.40)
14. Marlana Cole (21.09)
15. Karli Miller (20.07)
16. Kristen Beatty (19.99)
A few warnings in advance: I don't have the eye for this sort of thing; I can't even tell jumps apart. And I only decided to do this report around the third skater, so didn't take proper notes for the first two. The senior ladies short took place this afternoon starting at a little past 2 PM Eastern. 19 girls were scheduled in, but three withdraw very shortly before the event began. Notes in order of skating:
1. Christine Caucci (BC Winter Club)-Skated to Romeo and Juliet-very Shakespearian pale blue costume. Was very clearly nervous the entire time, to the point that it interfered with her skating, probably costing her on most of the elements, definitely on the step sequence, and she fell on the final jump. 11.34 technical score and 12.70 program components, with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 23.04.
2. Kristen Beatty (Atlantic City Figure Skating Club, Inc.)-Skated to Fiddler on the Roof, mostly the wedding dance, black and white dress. Unfortunately without notes all I remember is being very underwhelmed, and a possible double-foot at some point. The judges agreed: 9.99 technical score and 8.24 program components for a total score of 18.23
3. Marlana Cole (Amherst Skating Club, Inc.)-Skated to some sort of classic techno remix, mostly white dress. Has trouble landing the second jump in her combo and fell on the other two. Finished behind the music. 10.64 technical score and 12.45 program components with a 2.00 deduction for a total score of 21.09.
4. Ryan Coombs (Jamestown Skating Club)-Black and white dress, popped both the jumps in her combo, seemed to be going for a higher level in her step sequence but as a result said sequence was very slow. But she did fairly well: 13.49 technical score and 15.25 program components for a total score of 28.74.
5. Jessica Crenshaw (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Dress in white, fell twice and finished behind the music. Did show some flexibility in the spiral sequence and transitions, but did not extend it to the spins as much as one would hope. 12.67 technical score and 14.90 program components with a 2.00 deduction for a total score of 25.57.
6. Allison Heimler (Cantiague Figure Skating Club, Inc.)-Skated to Yello dressed as a racer. Very fully-formed idea in the program, but she fell on two jumps, missed her combo, and fell out of the last jump. 8.10 technical score and 15.30 program components with a 2.00 deduction for a total score of 21.40.
7. Allison Krein (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Skated to Trevor Rabin's score from Remember the Titans, blue dress with silver lines. Fell on one jump and had to hold onto another, and she had a weird moment in her step sequence where I think she placed her toepick wrong. 17.07 technical score and 16.90 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 31.47.
8. Karli Miller (The Skating Club of Lake Placid)-Wore a pink and white dress. Looked like she was struggling on all her jumps, scrunched up her combo and then fell on the second jump anyway, traveled a bit on the spins, all the while looked anxious and unhappy. Not fun to watch at all. 12.15 technical score and 8.92 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 20.07.
9. Joelle Forte (The Skating Club of New York, Inc)-Red dress with silver decorations. Good spins, a better step sequence, her jumps were beautiful and she was this close to a perfect program when she suddenly slipped on her final spin. Even then very nearly avoided falling; I waited until the scores were posted to guess on whether she would be judged as having fallen or not. 24.75 technical score and 18.85 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 42.30.
10. Jennifer Milton (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Black dress with silver dots and other sequin decorations. Fell on her first jump, double-footed another, and had to hold on to a third, and was unable to complete her combo, but really good spins. 9.37 technical score and 13.75 programs components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 22.12.
11. Jessica Morgan (Rye Figure Skating Club, Inc.)-Wore a weird black thing trimmed with red beading. Fell once, nearly fell again, and missed her combination. 12.22 technical score and 14.20 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 25.42.
12. Stephane Roth (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Skated to Once Upon a Time in Mexico, sleeveless black shirt with blue, green, and purple pattern, black pants. Did spins and spirals that were harder than most of the other girls', but suffered a rough fall on her third jump. 21.90 technical score and 17.55 program components with a 1.00 deduction for a total score of 38.45.
13. Crystal Kiang (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Was the second girl in this championship to suffer the "Malaguena Curse": having chosen to skate to this music they started up the wrong music when it came time for her to skate!(the other girl was an intermediate). Wore a black and red dress. Double-footed one jump and fell out of another, but good spins and spirals, and she sold the program for all it was worth. 17.07 technical score and 16.90 program components for a total score of 33.97.
14. Milakirstie Kulsa (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Skated to John Powell's Assassin's Tango, black dress. Put both her hands down on the second jump in the combination and had to fight for another jump. Very seductive step sequence, though the difficultly was another issue. Had two young female fans who had to be shushed when her program began! 12.67 technical score and 14.90 program components for a total score of 28.42.
15. Elizabeth Stern (The Skating Club of New York, Inc.)-Skated to Indian music, wore a blue two-piece with a lot of gold trimmings. Double-footed a jump in her combination and had to hold on to a landing on another jump, but sure could spin fast. 22.24 technical score and 16.95 program components for a total score of 39.20.
16. Marley Strauss (Rye Figure Skating Club, Inc.)-Skated to Maxim Mrvinca medley, black and white dress. Fell on two of her jumps and missed her combination. 14.20 technical score and 15.50 program components with a 2.00 deduction for a total score of 27.70.
Current standings:
1. Joelle Forte (42.30)
2. Elizabeth Stern (39.20)
3. Stephanie Roth (38.45)
4. Crystal Kiang (33.97)
5. Allison Krein (31.47)
6. Ryan Coombs (28.74)
7. Milakurstie Kulsa (28.42)
8. Marley Strauss (27.70)
9. Jessica Crens (25.57)
10. Jessica Morgan (25.42)
11. Christina Caucci (23.04)
12. Jennifer Milton (22.12)
13. Allison Heimler (21.40)
14. Marlana Cole (21.09)
15. Karli Miller (20.07)
16. Kristen Beatty (19.99)
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MissIzzy, thanks so MUCH!
Seems like clean programs are non-existant now. Were all these ladies trying triples? maybe they should just stick with clean doubles.
Seems like clean programs are non-existant now. Were all these ladies trying triples? maybe they should just stick with clean doubles.
Upper Great Lakes Regional results:
http://web.icenetwork.com/events/detail.jsp?id=34496
Senior Men's SP (2 skaters only):
1 Rohene Ward 60.91
2 Michael Peters 53.23
Central Pacific Regional results:
http://www.icenetwork.com/events/detail.jsp?id=34497
North Atlantic Regional results:
http://web.icenetwork.com/events/detail.jsp?id=34495
http://web.icenetwork.com/events/detail.jsp?id=34496
Senior Men's SP (2 skaters only):
1 Rohene Ward 60.91
2 Michael Peters 53.23
Central Pacific Regional results:
http://www.icenetwork.com/events/detail.jsp?id=34497
North Atlantic Regional results:
http://web.icenetwork.com/events/detail.jsp?id=34495
Rohene Ward's SP
Rohene skated well in his short program; lots of soul and depth of emotion as usual. Wonderful spins, great transitions and his usual upper-end skating skills. He had a step-out on his 4T/3T which stopped him from getting the second jump off the ground. He did a 3 turn out of his 3A, but rotated and landed it. He also landed his 3 Lz.
I will post more tonight after his FS - which won't occur until after 8 pm. CST.
Rohene skated well in his short program; lots of soul and depth of emotion as usual. Wonderful spins, great transitions and his usual upper-end skating skills. He had a step-out on his 4T/3T which stopped him from getting the second jump off the ground. He did a 3 turn out of his 3A, but rotated and landed it. He also landed his 3 Lz.
I will post more tonight after his FS - which won't occur until after 8 pm. CST.
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Megan Oster only scored 37.50 for her short program at the Upper Great Lakes Regional and is currently in 7th place! Unless she really pulls it out in the free skate she might not even be at Nationals this year.
ETA: The scores must have been initially switched around because now her short program is listed as having been 5th place with a score of 40.75.
ETA: The scores must have been initially switched around because now her short program is listed as having been 5th place with a score of 40.75.
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Rohene skated well in his short program; lots of soul and depth of emotion as usual. Wonderful spins, great transitions and his usual upper-end skating skills. He had a step-out on his 4T/3T which stopped him from getting the second jump off the ground. He did a 3 turn out of his 3A, but rotated and landed it. He also landed his 3 Lz.
I will post more tonight after his FS - which won't occur until after 8 pm. CST.
Wow, you got to see this live!!! thanks for the report, I can't wait ot hear about the FS. And thanks, Sylvia, for the updates!
Rohene Ward's Free Skate
Rohene skated very well tonight. His “Dragon” program is the epitome of “Rohene-esque”artistry; amazing jumps and creative transitions. He has the ability to stir the audience’s emotions, then transport them to a place they’d never been … since the last time they saw him skate!
Rohene landed (in order) 4T+2T; 3A+3T;
3F; 2A; 3T; 3Lo; 3Lz fall; 2S. The 4T+2T was supposed to be a 4T+3T, but he was so close to the boards, it wound up missing one revolution! He fell on his last jump, but finished with level 4 on three of his spins!
As if this near-record setting performance wasn’t enough, Rohene also coached Kirsten Olson to the top of the Jr. Ladies event. “Way to kick some butt Ro!”
And I, for one, applaud your success! 
Rohene skated very well tonight. His “Dragon” program is the epitome of “Rohene-esque”artistry; amazing jumps and creative transitions. He has the ability to stir the audience’s emotions, then transport them to a place they’d never been … since the last time they saw him skate!
Rohene landed (in order) 4T+2T; 3A+3T;
3F; 2A; 3T; 3Lo; 3Lz fall; 2S. The 4T+2T was supposed to be a 4T+3T, but he was so close to the boards, it wound up missing one revolution! He fell on his last jump, but finished with level 4 on three of his spins!As if this near-record setting performance wasn’t enough, Rohene also coached Kirsten Olson to the top of the Jr. Ladies event. “Way to kick some butt Ro!”
And I, for one, applaud your success! Similar threads
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