2018 Autumn Classic International: Ice Dance Pre-game chat

[GS Forum Staff]

Pre-game chat and predictions for 2018 Autumn Classic International: Ice Dance

Here is a link to the entries for the Ice Dance(Updated 9/5)
[url]http://www.isuresults.com/events/cat03108806.htm
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Teodora MARKOVA / Simon DAZE	BUL
Molly LANAGHAN / Dmitre RAZGULAJEVS	CAN
Carolane SOUCISSE / Shane FIRUS	CAN
Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE	CAN
Hong CHEN / Zhuoming SUN	CHN
Shiyue WANG / Xinyu LIU	CHN
Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ	ESP
Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER	USA
Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO	USA	SUB
Karina MANTA / Joseph JOHNSON	USA	SUB

 

[BillNeal]

Weaver/Poje and Wang/Liu

 

[Colonel Green]

So the default order would be Weaver/Poje first, Hawayek/Baker second, and then I could see either Soucisse/Firus or Smart/Diaz taking bronze.

 

[Ice Dance]

Hawayek & Baker have been removed from the entry list (no replacement).

 

[skateflake]

NO! Hawayek y Baker are my favorite Ice Dancers now that the Shibutanis are gone. I was so looking forward to seeing them at the Autumn Classic. Really enjoyed their performance at the last 4 Continents.

 

[Colonel Green]

So this is presumably Weaver/Poje for gold, and then Soucisse/Firus and Smart/Diaz battling it out for the other two spots.

 

[LadyB]

WeaPos, that's fantastic!!! I thought they skip the entire first half of the season. Glad to see them. I fancy Soucisse/Firus for silver and will be shouting for Molly Lanaghan/Razgulajevs and Smart/Diaz to do very well.

 

[AlexRus]

Main Entries in order of Personal Best

1 Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE CAN 192.35
2 Carolane SOUCISSE / Shane FIRUS CAN 164.96
3 Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ ESP 162.05
4 Shiyue WANG / Xinyu LIU CHN 158.36
5 Teodora MARKOVA / Simon DAZE BUL 102.32

Molly LANAGHAN / Dmitre RAZGULAJEVS CAN -
Hong CHEN / Zhuoming SUN CHN -

WD Kaitlin HAWAYEK / Jean-Luc BAKER USA 177.36

 

[chuckm]

LANAGHAN / RAZGULAJEVS scored 117.42 at the 2017 WARSAW CHALLENGE

More recently:
WANG/LIU scored 160.54 at the 2018 ASIAN OPEN
MARKOVA / DAZE scored 115.59 just this past week at the US FS CLASSIC

 

[ancientpeas]

Zhuoming Sun is a personal favourite. He is very committed to his performance. I love him skating to Single Ladies with Song.

I will be rooting for Weaver/Poje, Soucisse/Firus and Wang and Liu to win medals here (with H/B out). I might root for Smart and Diaz if they don't assault all my sensibilities with a FD like Natural Woman/Man's world like last year.

 

[ancientpeas]

I'm going to root for W/P, S/F and W/L to win medals here.

My personal favourite man Sun (his single ladies commitment was the best thing about 4CC 2017) and his new partner will have my attention.

I'm not rooting for Smart and Diaz until I see their FD. If it is anything like Man's World/Natural Woman FD last year I'm taking my things and going home.

 

[nguyhm]

What happened to Carreira/Ponomarenko? Did they withdraw?

 

[SnowWhite]

What happened to Carreira/Ponomarenko? Did they withdraw?

Were they ever entered? The USFSA page listed Hawayek/Baker as WD from Autumn Classic, but doesn't list C/P at all. They were at US Classic last weekend and are listed for Nebelhorn next weekend.