2017 U.S. Nationals Intermediate Level

Tatiana's kid Won!!!!!!!! Just like his Mother, Awesome!!!

Layback11 said:

Notable: the pewter medalist, Emily Zhang, did a CLEAN 6-TRIPLE FREE SKATE (including a 3-1-3).

It's way too early to tell if any of these girls will make it big. But if skaters are showing this much technical content at the lower levels, it could be a sign of great things to come for the U.S. ladies.

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They called her half loop UR, but whatever, clean enough, it was a brave move. For intermediate, 83 is a super high score--it would probably even be a competitive score in the Juniors FS. There were a lot of impressive free skates I thought.

RESULTS INTERMEDIATE LADIES FREE SKATE

$ = bonus point
1 83.58 Emily ZHANG 2a$, 3z$+2t, 3lo$+2lo, 3lo, 3s$+1lo<+3s, 3f$
2 78.99 Stephanie CIAROCHI 2z, 3t$+2t, 3t↓, 3s, 2a$+1lo+2lo
3 78.27 Ariela MASARSKY 3f$+2t, 3lo$, 3t$↓, 3s$, 3t+rep, 2a$+1lo+2f
4 77.96 Emilia MURDOCK 3s$+2t, 2a$+2t, 3s, 2a, 2f+2lo+2lo<, 2z!
5 77.28 Christina LIN 3s$+2t, 3t$+2t, 3s, 2z+2lo+2lo, 2a$<, 2z
6 74.71 Noelle ROSA
7 71.00 Violeta USHAKOVA
8 70.14 Amie MIYAGI
9 69.89 Jessica LIN
10 64.36 Caroline HARRIS
11 59.76 Ashley LEAHY
12 59.61 Calista CHOI

INTERMEDIATE LADIES FINAL STANDINGS

1 Stephanie CIAROCHI 126.54 1 2
2 Emilia MURDOCK 122.00 2 4
3 Ariela MASARSKY 120.55 4 3
4 Emily ZHANG 119.82 8 1
5 Christina LIN 119.70 3 5
6 Violeta USHAKOVA 111.39 5 7
7 Noelle ROSA 108.38 10 6
8 Amie MIYAGI 106.68 7 8
9 Jessica LIN 102.66 11 9
10 Caroline HARRIS 98.76 9 10
11 Calista CHOI 96.76 6 12
12 Ashley LEAHY 92.10 12 11

RESULTS INTERMEDIATE PAIRS FREESKATE

1 62.71 Masha MOKHOVA / Ivan MOKHOV
2 60.91 Jade ESPOSITO / Franz-Peter JEROSCH
3 60.06 Isabelle MARTINS / Ryan BEDARD
4 58.94 Zoe LARSON / Aidan BROWN
5 57.13 Georgia BUSH /Timmy CHAPMAN
6 56.57 Altice SOLLAZO / Paul YEUNG
7 55.77 Cate FLEMING / Jedidiah ISBELL
8 51.36 Paige RUGGERI / Steven ROSSI
9 50.61 Katie LUONG / Nathan LUONG
10 48.89 Gwen BLOESCH / Ethan HALL
11 47.95 Zoe VILLANUEVA / Jake PAGANO
12 35.93 Carolyn BARTEL / Alfred BARTEL

INTERMEDIATE PAIRS FINAL STANDINGS

1 Masha MOKHOVA / Ivan MOKHOV 97.11 2 1
2 Jade ESPOSITO / Franz-Peter JEROSCH 95.61 1 2
3 Isabelle MARTINS / Ryan BEDARD 91.77 4 3
4 Altice SOLLAZO / Paul YEUNG 88.87 3 6
5 Georgia BUSH /Timmy CHAPMAN 88.10 5 5
6 Zoe LARSON / Aidan BROWN 87.47 7 4
7 Cate FLEMING / Jedidiah ISBELL 84.92 6 7
8 Paige RUGGERI / Steven ROSSI 79.21 8 8
9 Katie LUONG / Nathan LUONG 75.32 10 9
10 Gwen BLOESCH / Ethan HALL 74.40 9 10
11 Zoe VILLANUEVA / Jake PAGANO 71.89 11 11
12 Carolyn BARTEL / Alfred BARTEL 59.23 12 12

Layback11 said:

It's way too early to tell if any of these girls will make it big. But if skaters are showing this much technical content at the lower levels, it could be a sign of great things to come for the U.S. ladies.

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The ISU change 6 years ago from downgrading all underrotated jumps to distinguishing between < and << surely helped the current juniors and young seniors start attempting harder jumps sooner, as soon as they were getting close,

Two years ago the US started giving bonuses to double axels at juvenile and intermediate, and triples at intermediate and novice, as long as they are not downgraded, even with falls or other major errors. That's an even bigger incentive to start trying them sooner.

So we've seen more younger skaters devote more of their attention to training difficult jumps earlier, and more have been putting them in their programs lately.

To some extent that may be at the expense of working on presentation at these levels. But for those who do have the possibility to master triples, focusing on them earlier is probably helpful for achieving that potential. It's easier to improve presentation after mastering the jumps and basic skating skills than it is to first learn triples after the major growth spurts. And the most talented most ambitious kids will continue to work on all of it.

mrrice said:

Tatiana's kid Won!!!!!!!! Just like his Mother, Awesome!!!

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He did and good for him, but I was pretty bummed because his main competition, Samuel Mindra, who had the highest qualifying score at sectionals, withdrew from Nationals a few days ago.

Ice Dance said:

He did and good for him, but I was pretty bummed because his main competition, Samuel Mindra, who had the highest qualifying score at sectionals, withdrew from Nationals a few days ago.

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I'm sorry to hear that. I hope it wasn't too serious an injury. It's always heartbreaking to hear about a last second injury. I hope he can recover quickly.

mrrice said:

I'm sorry to hear that. I hope it wasn't too serious an injury. It's always heartbreaking to hear about a last second injury. I hope he can recover quickly.

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I don't know if it was an injury. Though it's quite plausible.

Congrats to all of the Intermediate competitors for making it to Nationals and entertaining all who had the opportunity to watch. I look forward to seeing what 2017 will bring to all of these young, talented athletes!