Junior Events - Short & Long Programs

[JoannaLouise]

I'm not sure how many of us will be able to watch the Junior events live, so maybe it makes sense to just have everything together in one thread?

Junior Mens SP is starting now: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8qyqb8

Start order:
1 Jacob Cote NS
2 Vladimir Furman QC
3 David Howes MB
4 John Kim ON
5 David Li BC/YK
6 David Shteyngart ON
7 Grayson Long ON
8 Herman Lau ON
9 David Bondar ON
10 William Chan BC/YK
11 Brennan Webb NB
12 Étienne Lacasse QC
13 Neo Tran BC/YK
14 Christopher Manis BC/YK
15 Jake Ellis ON
16 Julien Lévesque QC
17 Terry Yu Tao Jin ON
18 Liam Schmidt QC

 

[JoannaLouise]

Davey Howes struggling a bit with the jumps (fall on the lutz, and just squeaking out the 3t-3t combo), but I really appreciate his skating skills and the energy he's bringing to the program.

@shutterbug I hope you're there to cheer for all the MB skaters! Did you bring stuffies for them?

 

[Simone411]

Thank you. I'm able to watch it here:

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2295950915987

 

[JoannaLouise]

Nice 3a from John Kim!

Barely hung on to the 3f-3t combo, but at least no fall. And a very nice 3lz as well.

I know anything can happen when it comes to the men (especially in juniors!), but I'm going to go ahead and pick John for the podium.

 

[victorskid]

Nice 3a from John Kim!

Barely hung on to the 3f-3t combo, but at least no fall. And a very nice 3lz as well.

I know anything can happen when it comes to the men (especially in juniors!), but I'm going to go ahead and pick John for the podium.

Ted & Kaetlyn referred to him as the "wild card" as he didn't compete last year.

 

[JoannaLouise]

David Li had some nice spins, and a lovely step sequence with great ice coverage. He showed good patience to hang on to the landing of the 3lz after the error on his combo.

 

[JoannaLouise]

David Shteyngart reminds me of Nic Nadeau, both physically (he looks so tall!) and in terms of performance quality. That was a fun program! He's clearly a bit of a ham.

 

[victorskid]

David Shteyngart reminds me of Nic Nadeau, both physically (he looks so tall!) and in terms of performance quality. That was a fun program! He's clearly a bit of a ham.

He trains at the Gloucester club which is walking distance from my house

 

[JoannaLouise]

Standings after Group 1:

John Kim	67.79​
David Shteyngart	65.65​
David Li	61.72​
David Howes	60.08​
Vladimir Furman	51.05​
Jacob Cote	43.53​

I probably won't be able to watch everyone, so if anyone wants to do pbp please jump in!

 

[victorskid]

I can watch and capture scores but I'm no good for pbp

 

[Wyliefan]

Rough skate for Grayson.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Disaster lutz for Grayson

His PCS may keep him in the hunt as long as he has a good performance in the LP.

ETA: Kaetlyn saying that he didn't hold the camel position long enough in the combo spin, so loses credit for that feature.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Herman Lau opened with the most beautiful 3lz we've seen today, but then really struggled through the rest of the program.

 

[JoannaLouise]

A credible 3a attempt from David Bondar, even though it wasn't clean. His other jumps were very secure and he looks like he has solid technique.

I'm looking forward to when these guys move up to senior and we can have the Battle of the Davids. (3/4 of them did make up the Novice podium a few years ago, if I'm remembering correctly.)

 

[cygnus]

A credible 3a attempt from David Bondar, even though it wasn't clean. His other jumps were very secure and he looks like he has solid technique.

I'm looking forward to when these guys move up to senior and we can have the Battle of the Davids. (3/4 of them did make up the Novice podium a few years ago, if I'm remembering correctly.)

Yes, we have some promising young skaters here. And in some past years I haven't been able to say that.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Lovely smooth skating from William Chan

 

[JoannaLouise]

We don't often see skaters from NB at Nationals - nice to see Brennan Webb representing the Maritimes!

Kaetlyn says he was the last qualifier. His jumps were a bit tight, but there were some nice moments in his program, particularly the step sequence, and he looks like he has a solid technique base to work with. He'll surely have a much better finish today than his qualifying spot.

 

[JoannaLouise]

I missed most of Etienne Lacasse's skate, but it looked like he was struggling with the jumps; he's not getting a lot of height. Kaetlyn reminded us that he will be competing later in Junior Pairs, which I had forgotten!

Standings after Group 2:

John Kim	67.79​
David Bondar	67.45​
David Shteyngart	65.65​
William Chan	64.74​
David Li	61.72​
David Howes	60.08​
Grayson Long	56.59​
Vladimir Furman	51.05​
Brennan Webb	48.46​
Étienne Lacasse	44.65​
Jacob Cote	43.53​
Herman Lau	35.56​

 

[JoannaLouise]

Neo Tran didn't look like he was skating with a ton of speed, but I did enjoy his program overall. I'm assuming the opening combo was supposed to be a 3t-3t; based on his solid 3lz it does look like he's capable of more difficulty.

 

[JoannaLouise]

I would like to see more speed from Christopher Manis, and more connection with his music/commitment to the choreography.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Jake Ellis has lovely flow and posture, and he's very expressive. Unfortunately the jumps really weren't on his side today.

 

[JoannaLouise]

Julien Lévesque had such a charming program. Jumps don't seem to be his strength, but I would love to see what he could do in ice dance - he has solid skating skills, control of his edges, and good musical sense.

ETA: Kaetlyn says he's in Novice Dance, so I guess that's my wish granted already!

 

[JoannaLouise]

Terry Jin has been one of my favourites at the junior level for a couple of years now. He's not the most consistent, so I'm really happy he had a good skate today!

 

[JoannaLouise]

Liam Schmidt having some trouble controlling his jump landings, but I appreciate his flow and extension.

 

[JoannaLouise]

That was a very enjoyable event! Junior men can be so chaotic; I wonder what the LP has in store for us?

Final SP standings:

1	John Kim	67.79​
2	David Bondar	67.45​
3	David Shteyngart	65.65​
4	Terry Yu Tao Jin	65.22​
5	William Chan	64.74​
6	David Li	61.72​
7	David Howes	60.08​
8	Grayson Long	56.59​
9	Neo Tran	56.26​
10	Vladimir Furman	51.05​
11	Brennan Webb	48.46​
12	Liam Schmidt	48.41​
13	Julien Lévesque	47.85​
14	Jake Ellis	47.62​
15	Étienne Lacasse	44.65​
16	Jacob Cote	43.53​
17	Christopher Manis	42.25​
18	Herman Lau	35.56​

 

[victorskid]

Host for Jr. Pairs is Kaitlyn Weaver with analyst Kirsten Moore-Towers.

Start order (3 groups of 3 pairs): https://cssterminalserv.skatecanada.ca/results/24CDNSJuniorPairSP1SO.pdf
1 Julia Quattrocchi / Simon Desmarais QC
2 Natalia Custodio / Christopher Hammer AB/NT/NU
3 Jazmine Desrochers / Kieran Thrasher ON
4 Annika Behnke / Kole Sauve AB/NT/NU
5 Beau Callahan / Christophe Roch QC
6 Martina Ariano-Kent / Charly Laliberté-Laure QC
7 Noémie Rolland / Étienne Lacasse QC
8 Ava Kemp / Yohnatan Elizarov ON
9 Megan Yudin / Aidan Wright ON


OOPS - this got posted by 2 of us pretty simultaneously

 

[JoannaLouise]

Junior Pairs SP warmup is on now!

1 Julia Quattrocchi / Simon Desmarais QC
2 Natalia Custodio / Christopher Hammer AB/NT/NU
3 Jazmine Desrochers / Kieran Thrasher ON
4 Annika Behnke / Kole Sauve AB/NT/NU
5 Beau Callahan / Christophe Roch QC
6 Martina Ariano-Kent / Charly Laliberté-Laure QC
7 Noémie Rolland / Étienne Lacasse QC
8 Ava Kemp / Yohnatan Elizarov ON
9 Megan Yudin / Aidan Wright ON

 

[victorskid]

The detailed sheets for the Jr Men SP: https://cssterminalserv.skatecanada.ca/results/24CDNSJuniorMenSP1DRO.pdf

 

[cygnus]

Only 3 points between top 5 in Junior men- should be an interesting Free- they all have to bring it!

 

[JoannaLouise]

Not the highest level of technical difficulty for Quattrocchi/Desmarais, but all of the elements they did were executed very cleanly and with confidence.