2017 U.S. Nationals Juvenile level

U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Kansas City/Independence, Mo.
Jan. 14-22

The juvenile level of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships will be held from Saturday, Jan. 14 to Sunday, Jan. 15.
The juvenile dance competitors will start with the the pattern dance at 8:30 a.m., Central Standard Time, Saturday, Jan. 14 and then compete in the free dance at 9 a.m., Central Standard Time, Sunday, Jan. 15
The juvenile girls will compete in the free skate at 11 a.m., Central Standard Time, on Saturday, Jan. 14.
The juvenile boys will compete in the free skate at 2:55 p.m., Central Standard Time, on Saturday, Jan. 14
THe juvenile pairs will compete in the free skate at 4:25 p.m., Central Standard Time, on Saturday Jan. 14.

• Competition schedule (waiting for updated version)
• Event webpage
• Results/protocols
• Ice Network event page (link to videos/web stream)
• List of competitors
• practice groups

Qualifiers (sectional scores via Unseen Skaters Online)

GIRLS
RESULTS
1 Madison Nguyen, Dallas FSC 58.95
2 Tamnhi Huynh, Dallas FSC 58.90
3 Haley Scott, First Coast FSC 58.82
4 Elise Freezer, Los Angeles FSC 58.49
5 Gloria Xia, University of Delaware FSC 57.43
6 Lindsay Thorngren, Ice House Of New Jersey FSC 56.39
7 Jessica Housen, El Paso FSC 53.57
8 Nicole Chong, Lone Star FSC 52.02
9 Indi Cha, SC of New York 50.54
10 Samantha Bray, FSC Of Park City 49.81
11 Macie Rolf, Illinois Valley FSC 45.97
12 Saya Kimura, Glacier Falls FSC 44.31
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Elise Freezer Los Angeles FSC 59.01 P1
Madison P Nguyen Dallas FSC 57.24 M1
Tamnhi Huynh Dallas FSC 57.23 M2
Indi Cha SC of New York 53.54 E1
Lindsay Thorngren Ice House of New Jersey FSC 52.80 E2
Jessica Housen El Paso FSC 51.25 P2
Nicole Chong Lone Star FSC 50.73 M3
Haley Scott First Coast FSC 50.32 E3
Macie Rolf Illinois Valley FSC 50.02 M4
Gloria Xia Univ. of Delaware FSC 49.99 E4
Saya Kimura Glacier Falls FSC 48.74 P3
Samantha Bray FSC of Park City 48.13 P4

BOYS

RESULTS
1 William Annis, Yarmouth Ice Club 58.13
2 Robert Yampolsky, North Jersey FSC 54.78
3 Kai Kovar, Wasatch FSC 54.62
4 Liam Kapeikis, Wenatchee FSC 53.46
5 Daniel Martynov, Northern Ice SC 51.24
6 Joseph Klein, Skokie Valley SC 43.48
7 Lawrence Winters, Wasatch FSC 41.51
8 Ethan Kohn, Pines FSC 39.30
9 Bryan Lehmann, Yarmouth Ice Club 38.70
10 Anthony Mugg, DuPage FSC 37.93
11 Alexander Liu, Dallas FSC 34.37

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Liam Kapeikis Wenatchee FSC 56.68 P1
Karel (Kai) Kovar Wasatch FSC 55.66 P2
William Annis Yarmouth IC 52.45 E1
Robert Yampolsky North Jersey FSC 50.68 E2
Daniel Martynov Northern Ice SC 48.21 M1
Ethan Kohn Pines FSC 47.14 E3
Joseph Klein Skokie Valley SC 46.84 M2
Gerald Hsu All Year FSC 45.19 P3
Alexander Liu Dallas FSC 43.76 M3
Lawrence Winters Wasatch FSC 42.50 P4
Bryan Lehmann Yarmouth IC 41.84 E4
Anthony Mugg DuPage FSC 39.83 M4

PAIRS
Isabella Costa (Niagara University SC) and Noah Lafornara (Amherst SC)
Kylie Flanagan and Christopher Shields (Palm Beach FSC)
Emilina Jarvis and Damian Jarvis (SC of Boston)
Rachael Waldman (Palm Beach FSC) and John Reichard (Panthers FSC)
Sarah Burden (Broadmoor SC) and Daniel Tioumentsev (Albuquerque FSC)
Gemma Flaming and Anthony Mugg (DuPage FSC)
Sydney Flaum (Broadmoor SC) and Chase Finster (Northern Kentucky SC)
Josephine Hagan and Evan Whitlow (Louisville Skating Academy)
Kayla Black and Kamden Black (Seattle SC)
Samantha Edwards and Blake Edwards (All Year FSC)
Ashley Fletcher and Cayden McKenzie-Cook (Orange County FSC)
Jasmine Wong (Dakotah FSC) and Danylo Siianytsia (All Year FSC)

DANCE


RESULTS AFTER PATTERN DANCES:
1 7 Nastia Efimova, SC of North Carolina
Jonathan Zhao, SC of North Carolina 1 22.87 2 21.76 44.63
2 1 Alice Serbin, Colonial FSC
Kenan Slevira, All Year FSC 2 21.33 1 21.78 43.11
3 10 Sarah Dutton, Louisville Skating Academy
Emmett King, Louisville Skating Academy 4 17.26 4 19.45 36.71
4 5 Elliana Peal, Skokie Valley SC
Ethan Peal, Skokie Valley SC 6 16.04 3 19.77 35.81
5 9 Sabrina Foti, Carolinas FSC
Christian Bennett, FSC of Charlotte 3 17.86 5 15.74 33.60
6 2 Emily Winter, Washington FSC
Anthony Haddad, Washington FSC 5 16.65 6 13.69 30.34
7 11 Shanae Stirling, St. Paul FSC
Marcellus Krueger, St. Paul FSC 7 15.86 8 12.94 28.80
8 6 Ashley Cohen, San Diego FSC
Camden Rider, San Diego FSC 10 10.04 7 13.21 23.25
9 8 Elizabeth Rubinsky, Finer Edge FSC
Benjamin Starr, Charter Oak FSC 9 11.44 9 10.26 21.70
10 4 Hope Noelle Lassiter, Lone Star FSC
Luke Anderson, St. Peters FSA 8 12.04 12 8.74 20.78
11 3 Gianna Sasmore, Peninsula SC
Clayton Ramsey, Peninsula SC 11 8.46 11 9.18 17.64
12 12 Eliana Sheykhet, FSC Of Park City
Daniel Zhukov, Individual Member 12 7.96 10 9.40 17.36


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Nastia Efimova and Jonathan Zhao (SC of North Carolina)
Sabrina Foti (Carolinas FSC) and Christian Bennett (FSC of Charlotte)
Elizabeth Rubinsky (Finer Edge FSC) and Benjamin Starr (Charter Oak FSC)
Emily Winter and Anthony Haddad (Washington FSC)
Julia Bennett (Starlight Ice Dance Club) and Jim Wang (St. Paul FSC)
Sarah Dutton and Emmett King (Louisville Skating Academy)
Elliana Peal and Ethan Peal (Skokie Valley SC)
Shanae Stirling and Marcellus Krueger (St. Paul FSC)
Ashley Cohen and Camden Rider (San Diego FSC)
Gianna Sasmore and Clayton Ramsey (Peninsula SC)
Alice Serbin (Colonial FSC) and Kenan Slevira (All Year FSC)
Eliana Sheykhet (FSC of Park City) and Daniel Zhukov (Individual Member)

I normally don't pay any attention to the skaters at this level but I caught this video of Elise Freezer that was suggested to me on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm27rbGtGlA

Great skating skills, amazing layback, and a natural performer. Looks kind of like a mini Liz Manley.

Is Elise Freezer part of the Freezer family ( I assume so?) that sponsored the Aerial challenge last year? You're right, she's quite promising! Thanks for sharing.

Mrs. P said:

Is Elise Freezer part of the Freezer family ( I assume so?) that sponsored the Aerial challenge last year? You're right, she's quite promising! Thanks for sharing.

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Yes, Elise's family sponsored the inaugural year of the Aerial Challenge in 2015.

At the time, Elise was a Tom Z skater.
Since then, she has moved on ... first to southern California (to train at least partially with Raf, I believe?) ... and more recently to Dallas, where she currently is based (AFAIK).

A side note is that Elise recently completed a few weeks of shooting in Colorado for the independent feature film "Ice," which is about figure skating.
The two main characters (young adults) are elite ladies, best friends who train with the same coach.
Elise's role is the childhood version of one of these main characters.

"Ice" is the same film that had Max Aaron on set -- for just one night of shooting, in his case. A cameo for Max, it would seem.
The film's Facebook page posted a pre-Nats message of support for both Elise and Max:

(BTW, the film has a crowdfunding campaign to help with post-production costs. Details on its FB page, if anyone would like to know more.)

she's amazing!

She's so expressive!! Lovely little skater!

The majority of the girls are 2nd year (if not more) Juv girls. Lindsay Thorngren made it to Sectionals last year but did not make it to Nationals. Haley Scott, Indi Chai, and Elise Freeser all made it to Juv finals at their Regionals last year.

Most of these girls will also skate an intermediate short in the non-qualifying competitions and some (Haley Scott and Indi Chai) will put in triples in those.

Gloria Xia is an absolutely beautiful skater and probably one of the youngest going to Nationals - I believe she is a first year Juv. She got her double axel mid season. She is coached by the Kimmie Messinger's old coach.

Haley Scott is not the most consistent skater (her younger sister Jordan is super consistent - expect to see her name here next year). Haley's skate at Sectionals was not her best. If she is on, she is definately in the medal hunt.

My daughter also skates Juv so we have been with alot of these girls over the years.

1st and 4th were seperaywd by less than 0.5 points - WOW!

concorde said:

1st and 4th were seperaywd by less than 0.5 points - WOW!

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I know! I looked at that and was :reye:

RESULTS JUVENILE LADIES:

1 Madison NGUYEN 58.95
2 Tamnhi HUYNH 58.90
3 Haley SCOTT 58.82
4 Elise FREEZER 58.49
5 Gloria XIA 57.43
6 Lindsay THORNGREN 56.39
7 Jessica HOUSEN 53.57
8 Nicole CHONG 52.02
9 Indi CHA 50.54
10 Samantha BRAY 49.81
11 Macie ROLF 45.97
12 Saya KIMURA 44.31


RESULTS JUVENILE PATTERN DANCES:

1 Nastia EFIMOVA / Jonathan ZHAO 44.63 1 2
2 Alice SERBIN / Kenan SLEVIRA 43.11 2 1
3 Sarah DUTTON / Emmett KING 36.71 4 4
4 Elliana PEAL / Ethan PEAL 35.81 6 3
5 Sabrina FOTI / Christian BENNETT 33.60 3 5
6 Emily WINTER / Anthony HADDAD 30.34 5 6
7 Shanae STIRLING / Marcellus KRUEGER 28.80 7 8
8 Ashley COHEN / Camden RIDER 23.25 10 7
9 Elizabeth RUBINSKY / Benjamin STARR 21.70 9 9
10 Hope Noelle LASSITER / Luke ANDERSON 20.78 8 12
11 Gianna SASMORE / Clayton RAMSEY 17.64 11 11
12 Eliana SHEYKHET / Daniel ZHUKOV 17.36 12 10

Juvenile girls podium is essentially a tie- they are all great.

Of the Juv Dance teams, the Peal siblings really stood out to me. Very entertaining to watch. Interesting that WISA has no Juv teams this year.

Catching juv pairs and delighted to see the team from Louisville (my former hometown) do so well! Unless my eyes deceived me, they landed a SBS 2A, which is pretty ambitious given the level (the other teams so far did a 1A).

Mary Beth Marley sighting! She's coaching on of the juv pairs. Good to see her again at the boards.

Sydney Flum looks like a mini-Alexa Scimeca (the pair is coach by Sappingfield). While not as difficult as the Hagan/Whitlow from Louisville, probably better overall packaging and skating put them over the edge.

RESULTS JUVENILE BOYS Note that the score for YAMPOLSKY was revised and he is now 2nd.

1 William ANNIS 58.13
2 Robert YAMPOLSKY 54.78
3 Karel (Kai) KOVAR 54.62
4 Liam KAPEIKIS 53.46
5 Daniel MARTYNOV 51.24
6 Joseph KLEIN 43.48
7 Lawrence WINTERS 41.51
8 Ethan KOHN 39.30
9 Bryan LEHMANN 38.70
10 Anthony MUGG 37.93
11 Alexander LIU 34.37


RESULTS JUVENILE PAIRS

1 Sydney FLAUM / Chase FINSTER 46.64
2 Josephine HAGAN / Evan WHITLOW 45.59
3 Jasmine WONG / Danylov SIIANYLSIA 44.47
4 Ashley FLETCHER / Cayden McKENZIE-COOK 40.57
5 Sarah BURDEN / Daniel TIOUMENTSEV 37.05
6 Emilina JARVIS / Damian JARVIS 32.52
7 Kayla BLACK / Kamden BLACK 31.77
8 Kylie FLANAGAN / Christopher SHIELDS 29.82
9 Isabella COSTA / Noah LAFORNARA 26.61
10 Gemma FLAMING / Anthony MUGG 25.44
11 Samantha EDWARDS / Blake EDWARDS 25.15
12 Claire FLEMING / Jack LIU 23.44

Anybody know the names of the pair that did the Addams Family? They seem pretty promising.

Nathan13 said:

Anybody know the names of the pair that did the Addams Family? They seem pretty promising.

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There were actually two pairs that did Addams Family.

Emilina Jarvis and Damian Jarvis of SC of Boston, who placed sixth and skated last here, skated to that music.

I can't remember who the other pair was, I think it was the bronze winning pair of Jasmine Wong and
Danylo Siianytsia.

Mrs. P said:

There were actually two pairs that did Addams Family.

Emilina Jarvis and Damian Jarvis of SC of Boston, who placed sixth and skated last here, skated to that music.

I can't remember who the other pair was, I think it was the bronze winning pair of Jasmine Wong and
Danylo Siianytsia.

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Okay it was Jarvis and Jarvis. I really enjoyed their skate. I'm sure the others were great, I just caught the last two.

Mrs. P said:

There were actually two pairs that did Addams Family.

Emilina Jarvis and Damian Jarvis of SC of Boston, who placed sixth and skated last here, skated to that music.

I can't remember who the other pair was, I think it was the bronze winning pair of Jasmine Wong and
Danylo Siianytsia.

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It was Flaming/Mugg.

I thought Wong/Siianytsia skated to music from Cirque du Soleil, or something in that vein.

Lutzlvr said:

Of the Juv Dance teams, the Peal siblings really stood out to me. Very entertaining to watch.

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It was fun to see the Peals; back when I was trying to learn to skate as a 30-year-old, I saw their father and/or uncle (Robert Peal & Richard Peal) taking their first dance lessons with my coach (Patti Kelly, a gold-test dancer who also did pairs; not sure if she was ever at Nationals). This was in the Chicago suburbs in the early 1980s; our rink also was where a prodigy named Nicole Bobek was trying axels as a 4-year-old.