US Regionals and Sectionals

[feraina]

This is the first time I saw Nina Jiang. As a ten-year-old, she is pretty amazing. She is spunky. Her 2A is huge for such a little dynamo. She also nailed a beautiful 3S. Does anybody know whether this is her first triple in competition?
Can she win intermediate at Jr. Nationals based on her current technical content(3S and two 2A)?

I found a discussion about intermediate ladies free skate at Jr. National's last year:
http://www.unseenskaters.com/board/viewtopic.php?t=4994&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=25

The winner of the LP as well as a few others attempted the 3S, a couple of them landed it cleanly, and one girl attempted a 3T (UR). If this year's competition turns out to be similar to last year's, then I think Nina should have a good chance at the gold, since she has both the technical content and the presentation skills.

 

[jsteam4501s]

Thank you, Sylvia, for all the information. Do you know what's happening with Rachel Flatt?

 

[jsteam4501s]

I'm sorry, I guess that was a dumb question. The U.S. Nationals prediction thread has her listed prominently. I thought she had to go through qualifying. Did last year's 5th place in Nationals give her a bye?

 

[gkelly]

Did last year's 5th place in Nationals give her a bye?

Yes, seniors who placed in the top 5 last year get byes.