2010 Pacific Coast Sectionals results+video

[Tammi]

2010 Pacific Coast Sectional Figure Skating Championship
November 17 - 21, 2009
Jackson Hole, WY
Official website, http://www.2010pacificcoast.com/

"Preliminary" schedule is now available online (version date October 19th, subject to change), http://www.2010pacificcoast.com/Downloa ... 101909.pdf.

Preliminary competitor list, http://www.2010pacificcoast.com/Downloa ... 101609.pdf.

Juvenile Pairs

Deanna Harris / Connor Fleming
Elise Middleton / Robert Hennings
Ananya Nandy / Aditya Nandy
Alexandria Schmainda / Tyler Vollmer
Belinda Zeng / Albert Zeng

Intermediate Dance

Caroline Patton / Michael Hopkins
Kiley Pearl / Rahul Coburn
Brianna Tramontano / Tyler Vollmer

Novice Dance

Amanda Bertsch / Samuel Rashba
Shelby Evans / William Wong
Morgan Grant / Luke Skala
Madeline Heritage / Nathaniel Fast
Cassandra Jeandell / Damian Dodge
Kassy Kova / Justin Ross
Valentina Rudchenko / Brett Mueller
Joylyn Yang / Jean-Luc Baker

Novice Pairs

Madeline Aaron / Craig Norris
Morgan Agster / Adam Civiello
Cali Fujimoto / Nicholas Barsi-Rhyne
Mandy Garza / Brandon Frazier
Christina Guterres / Justin Schumann
Hayley Templeton-Norris / Jason Pacini
Janelle Unger / Robert Przepioski
Tori Vollmer / Zack Sidhu

Novice Men

Cordero Zuckerman

Junior Dance

Alison Carey / Ryan Van Natten
Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely
Anastasia Olson / Jordan Cowan
Amanda Van Camp / Kevin Allison
Natalie Wojton / Michael Soyfer
Katharine Zeigler / Baxter Burbank

Junior Pairs

Brynn Carman / AJ Reiss
Brittany Chase / Grant Marron

Junior Men

Austin Kanallakan
John Lomazzi
Will Michael

Senior Dance

Elizabeth Chan / Jason Deveikis
Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt
Isabella Tobias / Igor Lukanin

Senior Pairs

Amanda Dobbs / Joseph Jacobsen
Laura Lepzinski / Ethan Burgess
Angelyn Nguyen / Themistocles Leftheris
Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin

Senior Men

Ben Blandford
Andrew Gonzales
Peter Lindstrom
Keegan Messing
Dennis Phan
Douglas Razzano
Scott Smith
Geoffry Varner

Senior Ladies

Amanda Dobbs
Beatrisa Liang
Karen Zhou

[Sylvia]

I've removed Caroline Zhang's name from the Senior Ladies list above - she finished in the top 5 at 2009 Nationals and therefore receives an automatic bye to Nationals.

Here's my running list of all the singles qualifiers (Senior down to Juvenile) from 6 Regionals with 3 to go: http://unseenskaters.blogspot.com/2009/ ... uv-sr.html

[Sylvia]

The Pacific Coast Sectional roster has been updated, post-Regionals, as of 10/27/09: http://www.2010pacificcoast.com/Roster.htm

Schedules have been updated as of 10/28/09: http://www.2010pacificcoast.com/schedule.htm

[ckmkm1]

I thought there was one Intermediate Pairs Team. Did they get a buy to Jr. Nationals since their is no one to compete against?

[Sylvia]

I thought there was one Intermediate Pairs Team. Did they get a buy to Jr. Nationals since their is no one to compete against?

Sharpe/Perini? I assume yes, but don't know for sure.

[Sylvia]

Updated roster as of 11/5: http://www.2010pacificcoast.com/Downloa ... 110509.pdf

Scott Smith (Sr Men) and Tobias/Lukanin (Sr Dance) are no longer listed.

[Sylvia]

Photos from Sunday and Monday are up: http://www.2010pacificcoast.com/Daily%20Photos.htm

[Sylvia]

Starting orders are up: http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderbo ... sults.html

[rpmskate]

Wow!Good Job Leah Keiser!So glad to see you make it to nationals and win your freeskate.What an amazing group of Novice ladies we are sending to nationals!

[alaskanmom]

Two local articles about Alaskan skaters and Cordero Zuckerman novice men 4th place:

Fairbanks figure skaters [Zuckerman and Jr. ice dancer Baxter Burbank] compete for trip to national championships

Fairbanks figure skater [Zuckerman] qualifies for national championships (also mentions 2 Anchorage skaters, Jr. ice dancer Ryan Van Natten and Keegan Messing)

[Sylvia]

First videos are up: http://web.icenetwork.com/events/detail.jsp?id=65685

[jamiedavid]

I saw the the Juv. pairs results online and then watched the video. Was Tyler Vollmer injured? I was happy to see he went out and skated with a smile on his face! Are they advancing to Jr. Nats? I'm not sure if the top 4 or 5 teams advance?

[Sylvia]

I'm not sure if the top 4 or 5 teams advance?

All the Coasts Juvenile pair teams advance. The rulebook states that a maximum of 8 teams (Juv/Int pairs and dance) can advance to JN's from each of the 3 Sectionals.

[crzesk8dad]

I saw the the Juv. pairs results online and then watched the video. Was Tyler Vollmer injured? I was happy to see he went out and skated with a smile on his face! Are they advancing to Jr. Nats? I'm not sure if the top 4 or 5 teams advance?

Tyler had a fall, on to his knee, during practice at Coasts. Unfortunately, the knee was injured pretty bad, so much, many had thought he may have broken it. But, I believe, it turned out to be a bad contusion. (If Tyler's Mom is reading this, and I'm wrong, let me know and I'll correct it.).

Due to the rule that says you must skate at Sectionals to move on, even if all entries are going due to the "fill-up" rule, Tyler's coaches did a quick bit of choreography and had the pair skate. In fact, it was rather cute, as Tyler would "present" his partner, on the ice, as she would perform a "trick".

Their IJS score was pretty low, but who cares? The skaters went out and skated, they are moving on to Junior Nationals, and hopefully, all is good.

Best of luck to Tyler and his partner.

[haileeskater]

still about the juvenile team, in the midwestern section not everyone got to go, and they got a score higher than 3 points, i think something needs to be done about the way the send people on from sectional to nationals to junior nationals

[jamiedavid]

It was cute! I know how that feels to fall on your knee and not be able to even to crossovers. Good for him! The score was so low because they didn't get credit for the elements that were done only by the girl.

[crzesk8dad]

still about the juvenile team, in the midwestern section not everyone got to go, and they got a score higher than 3 points, i think something needs to be done about the way the send people on from sectional to nationals to junior nationals

Best of luck with that one, haileeskater. I don't mean to be mean , but in my short time involved with skating, clubs, governing council, etc, it appears to be the age old question, how to fairly and evenly distribute the regions and send skaters on to the next level. Several attempts have been tried and none have taken root.

But, that's for another thread on another day................

[Sylvia]

haileeskater, your point previously has been made in the following thread in General Skating and can be discussed further there: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6384

I would like to keep this thread focused on the skaters and skating at Coasts. Comments from those who attended the competition in person, personal highlights and/or recommended videos are welcomed!

[Sylvia]

The following was published in Sarah & Drew's "Inside Edge" blog for Icenetwork on Nov. 30th:

You may have noticed a notable absence at sectionals: Scott Smith. Scott has been struggling with a groin injury and he had surgery earlier this fall.

"I am not competing this season and may never compete again," he wrote, "But I have not announced retirement just yet. I really want to see if I can get my body healthy and leave my options open. I have my hip surgery scheduled for the second week of December. The surgeon is optimistic that I will feel 100% again but we will see. My future really depends on how I feel after this surgery."

Good luck, Scott!

A note on the Coasts videos... unfortunately, Sean Rabbitt's Junior Men's SP (3rd place) is listed as "not shown" on the video page starting order. From what I've been told, the videography company contracted by USFS somehow failed to film or preserve a copy of his performance and so that's why his video is missing on Icenetwork.