Figure skating - US Regionals 2015/2016
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In recent days, it & egrave; open the lengthy process of so-called "Regional Championship", the first obstacle to overcome to win the US National Championship qualifying, which this season will be held at Saint Paul in Minnesota.
Thursday 8 October 2015 11 minutes reading time
Over 1800 athletes will compete in five categories (juvenile, intermediate, novice, junior, senior), with the dream to arrive all''evento final scheduled between 16 and 24 January.
The first block of three & ldquo; Regional & rdquo; It opened its doors on the weekend and you & egrave; concluded Tuesday & Igrave ;. She & egrave ;, in fact, competed in San Jos & egrave; California (Central Pacific Regional), Independence Missouri (Southwestern Regional) and Lake Placid in upstate New York (North Atlantic Regional).
The initial round of qualifying will close & agrave; in the second half & agrave; October with the last three regional (New England, South Atlantic and Eastern Great Lakes). Among the & rsquo; 10 and 13 will & agrave ;, however, the turn of Southwest Pacific, North West Pacific and the Upper Great Lakes.
The run-regulation provides for the best four finishers in each category earn the 'access to the second round, called "Sectional championship", scheduled between 17 and 21 November. In & rsquo; occasion, come on stage even couples of artistic, couples dance and the athletes of the senior male category.
The top four finishers in each of the three "sectional championship" (Eastern, Midwestern, Pacific Coast) will advance to the national law all''atto Championship final, which, as far as the senior category, will have & agrave; significance test of qualification for the World Championships in Boston.
The top five finishers in & rsquo; last edition of the national championships are admitted to all''atto final, cos & Igrave; as the finalists of Junior and Senior Grand Prix, the medalists in the last World Cup, the defending champions and Olympic athletes engaged in international competitions (ISU Grand Prix and Challenger Series) in the week before the Sectional and in the next one.
As usual, during the "Regional Championship", the attention has been directed to the women's junior and senior competitions.
In the trial of senior Central Pacific Championship, hosted by the & rsquo; impressive & ldquo; Sharsks Ice & rdquo; San Jose, you & egrave; Maria Yang sets (141.73), recently moved to California to attend the & rsquo; & agrave universities; Stanford. The eighteen year old native of Maryland has prevailed in both segments of the race, claiming a clear superiority & agrave; technique. In the free program. It has, however, completed a remarkable combination triple flip / triple Rittberger also showing a remarkable mastery of the double axel. Negative, it is, however, emerged obvious difficulty & agrave; on the triple lutz. In second position is & egrave; attested the twenty-Salt Lake City Camille Davis (127.99), winner last season. They passed the turn also Xilina Rusit (115.42) and Alicia Lu (109.27).
In pi & ugrave; qualified junior competition, had most of California-San Francisco Alice Yang (144.58), which preceded the fourteen Salt Lake City Anna Grace Davidson (127.70), a veteran of the stage of the Junior Grand Prix held in Linz. Next, you & egrave; placed the fifteen Hina Ueno (122.82), also a native of Utah, while the & rsquo; waiting thirteen Nina Ouellette (120.43), on the podium in the last national novice and newly engaged in the Junior Grand Prix, not & egrave; gone beyond the fourth position
The Southwestern Regional Championship, hosted by '' & ldquo; & rdquo Events Center; of Independence, & egrave; It saw a benefit over the top of Emily Chan (167.45), absolute ruler of the test juniors. The eighteen year old Texan, defending champion national novice, you & egrave; demonstrated as usual impeccable on steps and spins, except for a problem in & rsquo; entry in the flying jump sit the short program. In & rsquo; opportunity, & egrave; He managed to complete the race in both segments of a combination with two triple jumps (triple toe loop / triple toe loop) and showed a remarkable familiarity with the triple flip. They ripped the qualification for Sectional also Shannon Porter (133.07), Riley Shin (118.08) and Katie Yum (115.29).
At junior level, you & egrave; imposed to seventeen Colorado Springs Avery Kurtz (139.42), able to perform well both triple flip that triple lutz in the short program, but, in any case, clearly the best in each segment of the race. In second position, after two trials decidedly subdued, you & egrave; He placed the seventeen Texas Ashley Shin (116.98), convincing winner last season, but in this case enormous difficulty & agrave; any element of jump. They were admitted to the Texas Sectional also Kaitlyn Gaither (111.09) and Lydia Menschen (97.71) of Colorado Springs.
There have been surprises in the North Atlantic Regional Championship, held in Lake Placid. The twenty-year old Texan Ashley Cain (134.88), from this season tesserata for the Skating Club New York, & egrave; He had to settle for the third position, overly penalized by two black days on the elements of jump. The daughter d & rsquo; art with important past in pairs & egrave; He managed to remain at altitude thanks to discreet execution of steps and spins as well as & eacute; assessments on program components higher than those of the competition, but on balance performed better a triple Rittberger and a triple salchow in the free program, which must be added a double axel completed in short. Victory & egrave; It was won by eighteen Olivia Serafini (142.96), third at the end of the first segment of the race, but then won the free program during which he landed two double axel and five triples, including a salchow under rotated and a lutz not taken by wire correctly. & nbsp; In second position is & egrave; Ann Marie placed Mateya (135.56), long-time veteran stationed in Rochester clever to take advantage of the countless passages of opposing vacuum equipped with a technical higher. The winner of last season Katie McBeath (124.89), originally from Cleveland but now residing in Pennsylvania, not & egrave; gone beyond the fourth place, saving the next round for thirty basis points. Among the illustrious eliminated, include the eighteen Jordan Bauth and Lyra Katzman, Quest & rsquo; rather regressed last elements of jump normally dish of the house.
The modest test juniors & egrave; It was won by Nadine Wang (126.66), ahead Fiona Kim (117.42), Caterina Alf (113.80) and Kimberly Cagnassola (112.36).
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