USFS' Developmental Internationals in Canada (Aug. 2009)

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USFS' Developmental Internationals info page: http://www.usfigureskating.org/Athletes.asp?id=220

The USA entries for the 3 Canadian competitions should eventually be published at: http://www.usfigureskating.org/Athletes.asp?id=216

USFS' Developmental International team entries for the Quebec Summer Championships (Aug. 6-9 in Pierrefonds, Quebec) as listed in the initial roster published online as of 6/22/09: http://www.patinage.qc.ca/index.asp?id=444 (click on the "Inscriptions" link)

SENIOR LADIES
Christina Gao (J3)
Samantha Cesario (J6)

JUNIOR LADIES
Haley Dunne (E-J5)
Mary Beth Marley (N2)
Christine Mozer (N11)
Kendall Wyckoff (J5)

JUNIOR MEN
Allen Gaghinjian (N10)

JUNIOR PAIRS
Olivia Gibbons/Tyler Harris (N3)

NOVICE MEN
Timothy Dolensky (E-N5)

NOVICE LADIES
Courtney Hicks (I2)
Katarina Kulgeyko (I1)

NOVICE PAIRS
Kaitlin Budd/Matthew Blackmer (I3)
Meredith Pipkin/Brett Dunie Neustadt (N8) - also selected for a JGP
Marissa Spector/Christopher Nolan (N12)

NOVICE DANCE
Danvi Pham/Vu Pham (I2)
Kassy Kova/Justin Ross (P-N5) - later WD?

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2009 Summer Skate in Thornhill, Ontario (August 13-16) event info: http://www.skatecanada-centralontario.c ... htm#August

Link to entries: http://www.skatecanada-centralontario.c ... /index.htm

SENIOR LADIES
Kristiene Gong (J4)

JUNIOR MEN
Christopher Fernandes (N7)
Colin Grafton (N8 )
Ryan Hartley (M-N5)
Jay Yostanto (N4)
[Note: Victor Travis is listed in Junior Men (he withdrew from his Developmental International assignment at Thornhill last year and subsequently missed the 2008-09 season due to injury).]

JUNIOR PAIR
Kylie Duarte/Colin Grafton (N9) - also selected for a JGP (Duarte is also listed in Novice Ladies 2)

NOVICE PAIR
Olivia Oltmanns/Tyler Broderick (I1)

JUNIOR DANCE
Charlotte Lichtman/Dean Copely (J9) - also selected for a JGP
Lauri Bonacorsi/Travis Mager (N1) - also selected for a JGP
Anastasia Olson/Jordan Cowan (N2) - also selected for a JGP

NOVICE DANCE
Danielle Gamelin/Alexander Gamelin (I1)

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BC/YT Summer Skate is August 13-16 in Burnaby near Vancouver -- link to the event page with the schedule and roster: http://www.skatinginbc.com/content/home.asp

JUNIOR LADIES
Vanessa Lam (J9)
Keli Zhou (J10)
Katlynn McNab (N7)
Joanna Nishimoto (E-N5)

NOVICE LADIES
Carol Lin (P-N5)
Allison Timlen (I3)

JUNIOR MEN
Scott Dyer (E-J5)
John Lomazzi (P-J5)
Joshua Santillan (N11)

NOVICE MEN
Austin Wagner (N5)
Nathan Chen (I2)
Shotaro Omori (I3)

NOVICE PAIR
Stefanie Griffin/Jordan Griffin (M-N5)

SENIOR DANCE
Stephanie Zastrow/Michael Lueck (M-N5)

JUNIOR DANCE
Gabrielle Friedenberg/Benjamin Nykiel (N4)
Natalie Wojton/Michael Soyfer (N11)

NOVICE DANCE
Joylyn Yang/Jean Luc Baker (N7)

USFS has published all the 2009 Developmental International assignments online at: http://www.usfigureskating.org/Athletes.asp?id=216
and
http://www.usfigureskating.org/Athletes.asp?id=220

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Here's the press release: http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=43330

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The Quebec competition began today. Here's the link to the official results page with same day event results links: http://www.patinage.qc.ca/doc/resultats/ete_2009/resultats_ETE_2009.html

Competition schedule (in English): http://www.patinage.qc.ca/doc/pdf/00004284_WEB_Horaire_Ete_2009_Engl.pdf

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Here are a couple of Team USA photos from the Quebec Summer Championships: http://web.icenetwork.com/gen/photogall ... 95952.html

Pair skater Olivia Gibbons is blogging from Quebec like she did for Indy Challenge: http://www.icenetworkincrowd.com/Olivia ... 72859.html

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From: http://twitter.com/KendallWyckoff

From Quebec...Katarina Kulgeyko won Novice Ladies SP Group 3 with 41 pts.

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Wyckoff has tweeted more results from Quebec as follows:

Jr. Men SP top 6 Gagnon 49.02, Gaghinjian (US) 45.05, Davis 44.48, Morais 43.36, Raya (Spain) 43.13, Deschamps 42.98.

Novice Ladies SP - US competitors Kulgeyko 41.27, Hicks 32.59 Both won their groups

Novice Pairs SP Budd/Blackmer 35.86, Pipkin/DunieNeustadt 33.40, Spector/Nolan 33.31
Novice Pairs FS - Pipkin/DunieNeustadt 56.22, Budd/Blackmer 55.25, Spector/Nolan 54.06, Desjardins/Blodeau 52.41

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More tweeted results:

Jr Ladies SP top 8 of 42: Wyckoff (US) 46.43, Mozer (US) 45.43, Sagaria 43.23, Dunne (US) 40.97, Dion 38.31, Rheault 37.86, McCulloch-Casarsa, 37.65 Marley (US) 37.26

Hicks won her Novice FS group 1 with 65 pts.

[xoskatexo]

Go USA!Great Job Kendall and Courtney!!!!!!!

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More tweets (thanks to Kendall!):

Senior Ladies top 8 of 21: Rochette 65.08, Phaneuf 63.40, Lacoste 57.28, Gao (US) 48.68, Samson 46.28, Sauriol 44.17, Cesario (US) 43.53, Lafuente (Spain) 41.87

Junior Pairs SP top 4 of 6: Takahashi/Tran (Japan) 48.06, Jorg/Koenderink (Netherlands) 35.74, Young/Young 34.92, Gibbons/Harris (US) 34.39

Novice Men - top 2 Vaugeois 35.28 Dolensky (US) 35.21

Kulgeyko won her Novice FS [group 3] with 63.52 pts

[Sylvia]

I just found the active results site for Quebec (detailed protocols are published at the links titled Résultats détaillés): http://www.ete2009.com/

[GotIce]

Thanks Sylvia! Congrats to the US Developmental team on a great competition!! WOW!!

Christina Gao 1st in Sr. Ladies Freeskate

Jr. Ladies sweep Freeskate
1. Haley Dunne
2. Mary Beth Marley
3. Christine Mozer
4. Kendall Wykoff

Novice Free Dance
1. Pham/Pham

Looking forward to seeing more great things ahead this season from everyone!!

[skatemom1122]

Looking forward to seeing more great things ahead this season from everyone!!

I know! Gao skated very well here and might be able to crack a top 5 finish at first senior nationals...we'll see! Dunne looks like she is ready for nationals. Last year she was 5th at sectionals, but with her consistently scoring in the low-mid 80s, I doubt it will happen again. Mary Beth Marley is continuing strong from her silver medal last year on novice. The same goes for Wyckoff. I'm really impressed though, with Mozer. If you read the protocols you will find that she landed a triple lutz at this competition, and got credit for a flip as well (but fell). Last year she had only one triple, the salchow, which was frequently downgraded. Good for her...lots of improvement all around!

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Some more backstage photos of the U.S. Developmental Team in Quebec: http://web.icenetwork.com/gen/photogall ... 54956.html

GOOD LUCK to everyone going to Toronto (Thornhill) and Burnaby (Vancouver) for this week's competitions!

Starting orders for BC/YT SummerSkate are up:
http://www.skatinginbc.com/Content/Comp ... RSKATE.asp

Starting orders for Thornhill Summer Skate: http://www.skatecanada-centralontario.c ... /index.htm
Jay Yostanto (N4) has withdrawn from the Junior Men's event.

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Kendall Wyckoff's latest "Just add ice" series features a summary of the Quebec competition: http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article. ... y=ice_news
Wyckoff's photos: http://web.icenetwork.com/gen/photogall ... 90002.html

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Does anyone know what jumps the top guys in Novice Men did at the BC/YT SummerSkate? Or does anyone know where we can find the detailed score sheet of the athletes at this event?

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Last year the detailed protocols for this competition were published online -- I've sent an email inquiry to the BC/YT office. There are a few "Skater Details" links on the Result page, so hopefully this means the rest will be added at some point: http://www.skatinginbc.com/Content/Comp ... RSKATE.asp

ETA the reply I received from the BC/YT office:

Our webmaster is currently working at getting them up. They should be up by the end of the weekend.

BC/YT SummerSkate backstage photos: http://web.icenetwork.com/gen/photogall ... 70118.html

Central Ontario (Thornhill) Summer Skate backstage photos:
http://web.icenetwork.com/gen/photogall ... 20094.html
and
http://web.icenetwork.com/gen/photogall ... 66744.html

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All the BC/YT protocols are up now (click on link above).

Team Leader Derrick Delmore wrote a detailed article about the U.S. skaters at BC/YT:
http://web.icenetwork.com/news/article. ... y=ice_news