U.S. Men 2023-24 news & updates

[Sylvia]

Thanks @YukiNieve - direct link to Broussard's Senior SP (80.35) protocol from the May Blades club comp. in Tacoma, WA (his jumps were 3F+, 3A -0.80 GOE, 3Lz+3T+): https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34331/SEGM002.html
I was told this is a new SP to lyrical violin music.

Jacob Sanchez shared photos of the “emerging athletes” group and the athlete coaches/demonstrators at USFS’ “Access To Excellence” camp in CO Springs for skaters, coaches, officials & parents (re-posting this link here from the U.S. Women's news thread): https://www.instagram.com/p/C7ImQsZL7E2/
Jacob, Taira Shinohara and Caleb Farrington are the male skaters in his photos. Jason Brown was a demonstrator and keynote speaker and I also saw Aleksandr Fegan there.

 

[Sylvia]

Congrats to Sean Rabbitt and the Ten80 team of coaches - Junichi and Kelly Takemura & Garnet Fiordalisi - for being awarded one of the PSA's 2024 "President's Awards of Excellence" on May 15 at USFS’ Access to Excellence reception in CO Springs - clip from when their names were announced:

Ten80 International Figure Skating Team on Instagram: "Special moment ❤️ Coaches: @coach_junichi @seanrabbitt @coachkelly_ten80fs @garnetfiordalisi Training Location: 📍 @greatparkice Follow our team @ten80fs 😃⛸ #usfigureskating #figureskating #f

75 likes, 2 comments - ten80fs on May 17, 2024: "Special moment ❤️ Coaches: @coach_junichi @seanrabbitt @coachkelly_ten80fs @garnetfiordalisi Training Location: 📍 @greatparkice...".

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Vaclav Vasquez (placed 9th in Junior Men at 2024 Nationals and listed in the current ISP) was coached primarily by Kelly Takemura at San Jose Nationals last year (ETA a photo of Coach Kelly & Vaclav that I took in the concourse: https://x.com/SylviaUnseen/status/1792345416304046180) and in Columbus this year.

Matthew Lind (2001 Novice National men's champion and a senior/junior international competitor: https://www.matthewlindcoaching.com/about) was another winner of this coaching award (link to his post about the award): https://www.instagram.com/p/C6gWwPUL4Jh/

Very grateful to @skatepsa for the countless opportunities they have given me to learn and grow as a coach in a profession that I love. Thank you to everyone involved in this organization for their commitment to seeing that everyone in our coaching community has a chance to be their best and succeed. PSA truly taught me how to evolve as a coach. As our professional organizations continue to evolve and change this spirit of community, love of learning and commitment to the growth of all of us as skating professionals is what I KNOW will continue. Congratulations to everyone honored and many thanks for this recognition.
“I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community, and as long as I live it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can.” - from “A Splendid Torch” by: George Bernard Shaw