Figure skating - US Sectionals 2014/2015
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Also today, will kick off the expected Sectional Championships, final round of qualifying for the US National Championships to be held in Greensboro, North Carolina between 17 and 25 January.
Wednesday 19 November 2014 12 minutes reading time
As of 'habit, descend upon ghaccio athletes in each discipline in the categories "intermediate", "juvenile", "novice", "junior" and "senior". The top four finishers in each event advance to the National Review. Unlike the Regional Championships in October, the senior men's competition will take on another dimension and there will be & agrave; a little space for dance and artistic couples, but it is in a case in & rsquo; all other athletes will descend on the ice will be automatically admitted to the final. Clearly, the attention of the experts will be mainly targeted at senior women's competition.
Nell''Eastern Sectional Championship, hosted by the & ldquo; Polar Ice House "& nbsp; Wake Forest in North Carolina, the underdogs in the women go to the seventeen year old Coral Springs Franchesca Chiera, exempted from taking part in the South Atlantic Championship. The main alternatives seem to be Katie McBeath, winner of the North Atlantic Championship, and Madison Vinci, capable of playing smoothly in the qualified South Atlantic Champhionship. However, they founded a chance to qualify for Nationals also Lyra Katzman, Jessica Hu and Maria Yang, potentially more & ugrave; interesting of the lot, but fallosa in recent times.
In the men's race with nine athletes at the starting line, they should not have big problems to overcome cutting the twenty-four Grant Hochstein, also qualified for the 'final act in the last five seasons, and the twenty-two Timothy Dolensky, ranked fourth in & rsquo; s Autumn Classic Barrie of half & agrave; October. For the last two places in provisions, & egrave; open fight between Patrick Rupp, Brad Vigorito and Alexander Aiken with the possible inclusion of the horse return Curran Oi, absent from competition for over four years because of the decision to focus on his academic studies.
Regarding the pairs of artistic (only two members), c & rsquo; & egrave; great interest due to the presence of Mervin Tran / Marissa Castelli, a partnership formed in late spring consists of skaters from & rsquo; s important honors.
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In the Midwestern Sectional Championship, to be held & agrave; at the & ldquo; Fox Valley Ice Arena & rdquo; Geneva Illinois, promises great battle between the eighteen year old Mariah Bell, back from a little convincing fifth in the Nebelhorn Trophy, & nbsp; the fifteen Amber Glenn, defending champion junior national well below expectations in & rsquo; s latest edition of the Junior Grand Prix, the eighteen year old Barbie Long, appeared late condition in & rsquo; s Autumn Classic Barrie ended in fifth place, and the sixteen year old Ashley Shin, able to precede more & ugrave; Bell quoted in the South Western Regional Championship of half & agrave; October. For the rest of the competition, will & agrave; difficult to keep pace with higher-level skaters and gi & agrave; with pi & ugrave; fairly good international experience.
In the men, the twenty-four Alexander Johnson, committed in the course of the season at the Nebelhorn Trophy in & rsquo; s Autumn Classic, will have & agrave; look away from the nineteen year old Jordan Moller, historical training partner Jason Brown second in the National junior last season. For the rest, Robert Przepioski and Sebastien Payannet should have the edge on Alexander Newman and Brian Mueller.
In the dance contest (three pairs listed) underdogs to the students of the team Camerlengo Isabella Olsson / Ian Lorello. & Nbsp;
In the Pacific Coast Sectional Championship, hosted by the "Eagles Ice Arena & rdquo; Spokane in Washington state the reasons of interest are varied. The lights will be clearly focused on Nathan Chen and Karen Chen, considered young pi & ugrave, promising the movement, but remained excluded for reasons other than the final of the Junior Grand Prix.
In the women's race, will & agrave; battle between the companions of training Tyler Pierce, author of fifteen best score ever in the Regionals, Leah Keiser, & nbsp; seventeen in the third stage of Ljubljana Junior Grand Prix, and Karen Chen, fifteen-ever podium in the Junior Grand Prix races sailed. Will touch & agrave; Kulgeyko to Kateryna, to the noble fallen Zhang Carolina and Carly Gold, twin sister Gracie, make life difficult for the three students listed by Tammy Gambill.
In the men, the fifteen-year-Nathan Chen should have an easy life, in spite of the opposition, stating the nineteen Shotaro Omori, bronze medal in the Junior World Championships in Milan in 2013. Andr & agrave; also closely followed the progress twenty-four Sean Rabbitt, who should have no problem in & rsquo; have reason to Philpp Warren and Scott Dyer, the last two members.
In the dance, the favorites are Alissandra Aronow / Colin Brubaker, and between pairs of art are the only athletes in the race will be interesting Anya Davidovich / AJ Reiss, which in future could also compete for Israel.
In & rsquo; who are suspected of the situation in the men's and women already know & agrave; the names of the athletes who will take part in the National Championships in the dance and pairs of art. PAIR OF ART (13)
Alexa Scimeca / Chris KnierimHaven Denney / Brandon Frazier Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage Jessica Calalang / Zach Sidhu Dee Dee Leng / Simon ShnapirTarah Kayne / Daniel O & rsquo; Shea Gretchen Donlan / Nathan Bartholomey Chelsea Liu / Brian Johnson (finalist Jr. Grand Prix) Anya Davidovich / AJ Reiss (Pacific Coast Sectional) Brianna de la Mora / Taylor Wilson (Midwestern Sectional) Olivia Oltmanns / Joshua Santillan (Midwestern Sectional) Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran (Eastern Sectional) Alexandria Shaughnessy / James Morgan (Eastern Sectional)
DANCE (16)
Madison Chock / Evan BatesMaia Shibutani / Alex ShubutaniMadison Hubbell / Zachary DonohueKaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc BakerAlexander Aldridge / Daniel EatonAnastasia Cannuscio / Colin McmanusDanielle Gamelin / Alexander Gamelin (Eastern Sectional) Elicia Reynolds / Stephen Reynolds (Eastern Sectional) Ginna Hoptman / Pavel Filchenko ( Eastern Sectional) Charlotte Maxwell / Ryan Deveraux (Midwestern Sectional) Kseniya Ponomaryova / Oleg Altukhov (Midwestern Sectional) Anastasia Olson / Ian Lorello (Midwestern Sectional) Tory Patsis / Nathaniel Fast (Pacific Coast Sectional) Alissandra Aronow / Collin Brubaker (Pacific Coast Sectional) Pauline Bynum / Jason Deveikis (Pacific Coast Sectional) Ashlyn Gaughan / Cody Lithco (Pacific Coast Sectional)
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As for the women's sector are already & agrave; allowed Ashley Cain, Samantha Cesario, Polina Edmunds, Christina Gao, Gracie Gold, & nbsp; Courtney Hicks, Hannah Miller, Mirai Nagasu, Ashley Wagner and Angela Wang
In the men already qualified & agrave; acquired for Max Aaron, Jeremy Abbott, Jason Brown, Stephen Carriere, Richard Dornbush, Joshua Farris, Ross Miner, Douglas Razzano and Adam Rippon.
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