2024 U.S. Club & NQS Competitions

[BrightSkates]

Starting orders are up!
https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/33526/index.asp

 

[Sylvia]

Boston Open Senior Women SP starting order on Friday, Oct. 4: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/33526/CAT005SEG016.html
Lindsay Wang & Wren Warne-Jacobsen are the 2 ISP skaters listed.

Senior Men SP starting order (6) - Saturday, Oct. 5:
Samuel Mindra, Portland ISC
Philip Baker, SC of Boston
Daniel Samohin, SC of Boston
Maxim Zharkov, Dallas FSC
Emmanuel Savary, University of Delaware FSC
Antonio Monaco, Scott Hamilton SC

Senior Pairs SP starting order (4 teams) - Saturday, Oct. 5:
Audrey Shin, SC of New York / Balazs Nagy, SC of New York (debut)
Linzy Fitzpatrick, SC of New York / Keyton Bearinger, SC of New York
Sydney Cooke, Elite Edge SC / Matthew Kennedy, Patriot FSC
Meghan Fredette, SC of New York / Danylo Siianytsia, SC of New York (debut)

Junior Pairs SP starting order (5 teams) - Saturday, Oct. 5 (4 new teams + Jarmoc/Witkowski in their 2nd season):
Elizabeth Hansen, Skokie Valley SC / William Church, Heart Of Illinois SC
Milada Kovar, Wasatch FSC / Jared McPike, Broadmoor SC
Graceann Gottschalk, Arctic FSC / Sam Herbert, FSC of Charleston
Sofia Jarmoc, SC of Boston / Luke Witkowski, SC of Boston (both are competing in Junior singles as well)
Mazie McFarland, Oklahoma City FSC / Samir Andjorin, Oklahoma City FSC

Marlo Rosen, Sergei Evseev & Jared Sedlis are the 3 ISP skaters in the field of 8 Junior men: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/33526/CAT023SEG019.html

 

[Karen-W]

Hmmmmm... Interesting results. We'll have to see how the FS goes tomorrow. Maybe Shin/Nagy get a late fall international but only having a 2tw isn't going to score anywhere close to 58 internationally.

Place	Start	Name	Score
1	1	Audrey Shin, SC of New York Balazs Nagy, SC of New York	57.90
2	3	Sydney Cooke, Elite Edge SC Matthew Kennedy, Patriot FSC	52.26
3	4	Meghan Fredette, SC of New York Danylo Siianytsia, SC of New York	51.57
4	2	Linzy Fitzpatrick, SC of New York Keyton Bearinger, SC of New York	49.32

Protocols - https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/33526/SEGM028.html

 

[Rukia]

Hmmmmm... Interesting results. We'll have to see how the FS goes tomorrow. Maybe Shin/Nagy get a late fall international but only having a 2tw isn't going to score anywhere close to 58 internationally.

consider: Balasz is hot

i rest my case

 

[Karen-W]

consider: Balasz is hot

i rest my case

I suggest you rescind that remark, however true it may be, before you're likened to ANL.

 

[Rukia]

I suggest you rescind that remark, however true it may be, before you're likened to ANL.

i stand by my statement let people stone me if they must

 

[BrightSkates]

I'm shocked by these scores but it's only the short so....

 

[Karen-W]

I'm shocked by these scores but it's only the short so....

Why? Both Shin/Nagy and Fredette/Siianytsia are new teams - not every team is going to score 60+ right away. Fitzpatrick/Bearinger are in the general range they usually score. The only really surprising score, to me, is Cooke/Kennedy - that may be the highest they've ever scored in the SP.

Jr SP results -
Judges Protocols - https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/33526/SEGM031.html

Place	Start	Name	Score
1	1	Elizabeth Hansen, Skokie Valley SC William Church, Heart Of Illinois SC	46.43
2	4	Sofia Jarmoc, SC of Boston Luke Witkowski, SC of Boston	46.31
3	3	Graceann Gottschalk, Arctic FSC Sam Herbert, FSC of Charleston	35.29
4	2	Milada Kovar, Wasatch FSC Jared McPike, Broadmoor SC	34.22
5	5	Mazie McFarland, Oklahoma City FSC Samir Andjorin, Oklahoma City FSC	32.01

 

[BrightSkates]

Why? Both Shin/Nagy and Fredette/Siianytsia are new teams - not every team is going to score 60+ right away. Fitzpatrick/Bearinger are in the general range they usually score. The only really surprising score, to me, is Cooke/Kennedy - that may be the highest they've ever scored in the SP.

Jr SP results -
Judges Protocols - https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/33526/SEGM031.html

Place	Start	Name	Score
1	1	Elizabeth Hansen, Skokie Valley SC William Church, Heart Of Illinois SC	46.43
2	4	Sofia Jarmoc, SC of Boston Luke Witkowski, SC of Boston	46.31
3	3	Graceann Gottschalk, Arctic FSC Sam Herbert, FSC of Charleston	35.29
4	2	Milada Kovar, Wasatch FSC Jared McPike, Broadmoor SC	34.22
5	5	Mazie McFarland, Oklahoma City FSC Samir Andjorin, Oklahoma City FSC	32.01

Exactly my point. Cooke/Kennedy was not on my bingo card.

 

[YukiNieve]

Sr men's SP for NQS Boston seemed to be a rough competition as there were so many falls... and Samuel WDed again.

NQS - 2024 Boston NQS

Event Results for NQS - 2024 Boston NQS

ijs.usfigureskating.org

 

[peibeck]

Hmmmmm... Interesting results. We'll have to see how the FS goes tomorrow. Maybe Shin/Nagy get a late fall international but only having a 2tw isn't going to score anywhere close to 58 internationally.

On the flip side, they got the triple throw and sbs jumps accomplished. The twist is such a dangerous element, I'm good with a 2 twist in a first season together. They definitely need to up the death spiral level though.

 

[Karen-W]

On the flip side, they got the triple throw and sbs jumps accomplished. The twist is such a dangerous element, I'm good with a 2 twist in a first season together. They definitely need to up the death spiral level though.

The designated DS for the SP is a back outside and it's giving even some of the experienced senior teams trouble from what I've seen so far this season.

I don't disagree that it's good they got the throw triple & SBS 3Ts done - that's a positive sign. I just don't see any reason to push them (or Fredette/Siianytsia) out to any internationals before Nationals based on these scores and the protocols today. Which is a little disappointing since I was hoping they'd both do better, but I have to temper that and remind myself that they're both really new teams who haven't been together more than 5 months.

 

[peibeck]

I just don't see any reason to push them (or Fredette/Siianytsia) out to any internationals before Nationals based on these scores and the protocols today.

Well it's not like any of our US Pairs are setting some amazing standard so far. Some international experience and building some ISU points and maybe getting minimums for something like 4CC could be a goal if they do a late fall/early winter comp, plus another comp under the belt before the boilermaker that is always Nationals.

 

[Karen-W]

Well it's not like any of our US Pairs are setting some amazing standard so far. Some international experience and building some ISU points and maybe getting minimums for something like 4CC could be a goal if they do a late fall/early winter comp, plus another comp under the belt before the boilermaker that is always Nationals.

Ehhhhh... Maybe? They'll have the Pairs Final, so I suppose Golden Spin could be an option for both teams. I do wish there was some fancam videos (I haven't really gone looking but nothing's popped up on my Xwitter) so we could see how both teams look. FredSiia had the 2nd highest PCS, but nothing amazing or spectacular - but they also did land their SBS 3S and have a 3tw. Of course, Trudy Oltmanns has no political pull with USFS, and we know that Balasz & Audrey have some mighty powerful players in their corner.

 

[peibeck]

@Karen-W it's probably best we even stop speculation til we see what the FS brings. or

 

[Sylvia]

Looks like Fredette/Siianytsia only did the bare minimum in the FS in order to qualify for the Pairs Final: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/33526/CAT010SEG038.html

ETA link to the Senior Pairs FS protocols: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/33526/SEGM038.html

 

[Karen-W]

Looks like Fredette/Siianytsia only did the bare minimum in the FS in order to qualify for the Pairs Final: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/33526/CAT010SEG038.html

Yeah, I'm very curious to see the protocol once it's available.

Shin/Nagy have a decent score - 157.59 - not a barn-burner but probably enough to get them to Golden Spin in December for the CTES mins and to get a SB.

 

[Rukia]

Shin/Nagy have a decent score - 157.59 - not a barn-burner but probably enough to get them to Golden Spin in December for the CTES mins and to get a SB.

Serious answer: I think it's a pretty good starting place. They clearly have a lot of places to improve, but also Audrey is very new to pairs still. To have what appears to be at least one reliable throw and good lifts is good. They look like they have a lot they can build on. It is now their job to do just that.

 

[Karen-W]

Sr Pairs Final Standings -
Protocols - https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/33526/SEGM038.html

Place	Start	Name	Short Program	Free Skate	Total Score
Place	Score	Place	Score
1	4	Audrey Shin, SC of New York Balazs Nagy, SC of New York	1	57.90	1	99.69	157.59
2	3	Sydney Cooke, Elite Edge SC Matthew Kennedy, Patriot FSC	2	52.26	2	85.60	137.86
3	1	Linzy Fitzpatrick, SC of New York Keyton Bearinger, SC of New York	4	49.32	3	83.62	132.94
4	2	Meghan Fredette, SC of New York Danylo Siianytsia, SC of New York	3	51.57	4	38.80	90.37

Shin/Nagy -
2tw - neg .26 GOE
1s+1a+1a - neg .28 GOE
3t - pos .06 GOE
throw 3lo - neg .36 GOE
two lifts were L4 with over 1 pos GOE - that's promising
throw 3s - +1.01 GEO - very promising
last lift was L3 with slightly less than .5 pos GOE - work to be done, but not too shabby
and they missed their Pairs combo spin completely

I agree, it's a good start - would have been 160+ had they not missed the spin. It's also very promising that they hit their SBS 3Ts both in the SP and FS.

Fredette/Siianytsia - basically showed up and skated around - they got credit for their choreo seq, death spiral and pairs combo Base level spin. I wonder if there was some sort of injury that happened in the SP. Regardless, they're now qualified for the Pairs Final and have 6 weeks to get ready.

Cooke/Kennedy - doubles for the twist and both throws; attempted SBS 2a+1a and 3t - the seq looks like it probably was tightly landed based on .09 pos GOE; 3t - turn out or hand down based on neg 1.32 GOE. Nothing they're doing is getting more than .64 pos GOE, which says their quality isn't great, just satisfactory.

Fitzpatrick/Bearinger - attempting triples for twist & throws but not well - fell on both throws, neg .85 GOE on the twist. Also a fall on the SBS 2a+combo; and only SBS 2s completed. Everything else... getting .50 and .51 pos GOE on two lifts; best element was the choreo seq with .86 pos GOE. So, basically, like CooKen - quality isn't great, just satisfactory for the stuff they do complete.

 

[Karen-W]

Jr Pairs Final Standings -
Judges Protocols - https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/33526/SEGM040.html

Can the USFS add Jarmoc/Witkowski to the ISP already? I know, they haven't scored 125 yet, but neither had McDanold/Felberbaum when they were added and they acquitted themselves very well at their JGP. I think JarWit would also do well at a Jr B Int'l and could probably earn the CTES mins for Jr Worlds.

Place	Start	Name	Short Program	Free Skate	Total Score
Place	Score	Place	Score
1	3	Elizabeth Hansen, Skokie Valley SC William Church, Heart Of Illinois SC	1	46.43	1	85.84	132.27
2	5	Sofia Jarmoc, SC of Boston Luke Witkowski, SC of Boston	2	46.31	2	77.31	123.62
3	4	Graceann Gottschalk, Arctic FSC Sam Herbert, FSC of Charleston	3	35.29	4	66.51	101.80
4	1	Mazie McFarland, Oklahoma City FSC Samir Andjorin, Oklahoma City FSC	5	32.01	3	67.34	99.35
5	2	Milada Kovar, Wasatch FSC Jared McPike, Broadmoor SC	4	34.22	5	62.88	97.10

 

[TanithandBenFan]

The tentative schedules are up for each Sectional:

Nov 14-17 Eastern Sectional and Pairs Final - https://www.usfigureskating.org/sit...a-files/2025 East & Pairs by day schedule.pdf

Nov 13-16 Pacific Coast Sectional - https://www.usfigureskating.org/sites/default/files/media-files/2025 PC by day schedule.pdf

Nov 20-23 Midwestern Sectional and Dance Final - https://www.usfigureskating.org/sit...a-files/2025 Mids & Dance by day schedule.pdf

My sister is so disappointed the Dance Final events are all on weekdays. She was so excited when Plano was announced as the host.

 

[jlai]

Which senior dance teams are likely to compete in Midwestern? Chen/Morozov, F/D? Is N/M getting a bye? For jr dance, it will be the Mullens, A/V, and I/C as frontrunners?

 

[Karen-W]

Which senior dance teams are likely to compete in Midwestern? Chen/Morozov, F/D? Is N/M getting a bye? For jr dance, it will be the Mullens, A/V, and I/C as frontrunners?

NesMark have a bye - 3 internationals, WolfTsar have a bye as JGPF qualifiers. FlorDes & MorChen are the only teams who've been sent out to Challengers who don't have a bye.

 

[Sylvia]

My sister is so disappointed the Dance Final events are all on weekdays. She was so excited when Plano was announced as the host.

Sorry to hear that. These schedules usually are geared around the skaters and not the spectators, unfortunately.

I'll post the projected Senior/Junior singles qualifiers for each Sectional by later today (eta: or on Monday).

 

[Sylvia]

NQS Senior, Junior & the top 12 Novice Men [2024 U.S. Nationals placements in Senior & Junior noted, plus 3 who had an Adv. Novice international (Cranberry Cup)]:

Updated on Oct. 14 to note the CS Tallinn Trophy men's entries (Ma, Martynov, Sanchez)

SENIOR MEN (19 are listed in the ISP, marked * below)

PACIFIC COAST section (13):
1 *Lucas Broussard S-wd 233.19 [1 CS, 1 GP] eta: a 3rd international would give him a bye to Nationals
2 *Yaroslav Paniot S7 230.54 [1 CS, 1 Sr B]
3 *Goku Endo S10 230.26 [1 CS]
4 *Michael Xie S14 227.42 [1 CS]
5 *Daniil Murzin 218.34
6 *Joonsoo Kim 217.62 [WD from his 1 Sr B]
10 *Liam Kapeikis S13 205.65 [2 CS]
11 *Kai Kovar S11 203.58 [1 Jr B, 1 CS]
15 Samuel Mindra S15 197.56
17 Anthony Mugg 191.78
26 Alain Sandraz 147.89
27 Andriy Kratyuk 142.62
29 Connor O'Grady 120.01

MIDWESTERN section (11): *Daniel Martynov S9 [2 CS] eta: 3rd Challenger should give him a bye to Nationals
*Tomoki Hiwatashi S8 [1 CS, NHK Trophy is Nov. 8-10 & Mids is Nov. 22-23]
7 *Taira Shinohara J2 215.13 [1 Jr B, 1 JGP]
8 *Beck Strommer J4 213.51
9 *Joseph Klein S17 212.02 [1 CS]
19 *Antonio Monaco J15 172.10
20 *Maxim Zharkov 171.85
21 *Alexander Liu 168.98
22 Nathan Chapple 164.43
24 Max Lake 154.61
28 Gabriel Martinez 141.03
30 Dylan Wajda 73.34

EASTERN section (8): *Jimmy Ma S6 [2 CS] eta: 3rd Challenger should give him a bye to Nationals
12 Emmanuel Savary 201.10
13 *Lucius Kazanecki J1 200.26 [1 Jr B]
14 Daniel Samohin 197.75
16 *Will Annis S16 193.86 [1 Sr B]
18 Philip Baker 178.97
19 Daniel Samohin S12 170.55
23 Bryan Lehmann 159.55
25 Ken Mikawa 150.91


JUNIOR MEN (18 are in the ISP, marked * below)

EASTERN section (12): *Jacob Sanchez YOG [1 Jr B, 2 JGPs + JGP Final] BYE to Nationals (eta: will make CS senior int'l debut at Tallinn Trophy; not yet confirmed if he will Junior or Senior at Nationals)
*Patrick Blackwell [1 Jr B, 2 JGPs]
*Aleksandr (Sasha) Fegan J3 [1 JGP]
2 *Kirk Haugeto J7 187.67 [2 Jr Bs]
4 *Zachary LoPinto 186.44 [1 Adv. Novice, 1 Jr B]
9 *Caleb Farrington J11 168.51 [1 Jr B]
10 *Jared Sedlis J10 166.72
19 Vladimir Volkov 137.58
20 Solomon Bristol 135.08
22 Luke Witkowski 129.20 (also Jr. pairs)
25 Nao Ikeda 126.18
27 David Lu 125.05
30 Jake Smith 94.07

Top 4 NOVICE men:
N2 Henry Gao 140.97
N4 Edward Zhou 132.88
N6 Brendan Man 130.85
N10 David Zhao 126.47


MIDWESTERN section (13):
3 *Marlo Rosen J14 187.46
5 *Lorenzo Elano J6 185.79 [2 Jr Bs]
7 *Ryedin Rudedenman J16 172.24 (also Intermediate Dance with his sister; Final is in Plano, TX year so he will compete at Mids)
8 *Alek Tankovic J17 169.81
11 Isaac Fulton 162.49
14 Thomas Chen 155.78
15 Zitong Wang 148.45
16 *Alvin Luu J18 146.66
18 Sam Tomczik 138.12
23 *Nhat-Viet Nguyen 127.75
24 Collin Motley 126.28
26 Anton Yakunin 125.65
29 Peter Malakhov 106.43

Top 4 NOVICE men:
N1 *Louis Mallane 150.47 [1 Adv. Novice B]
N3 Evan Neuhaus 136.15
N9 Mykhailo (Misha) Ivanchenko 127.41
N11 Joshua Snyder 125.65


PACIFIC COAST section (8):
1 *Nicholas Brooks J5 193.92 [2 Jr Bs]
6 *Vaclav Vasquez J9 182.10 [1 Jr B]
12 *Ryan William Azadpour J19 161.23
13 *Sergei Evseev J8 160.84
17 Arsen Meghavoryan 145.28
21 Ethan Kormanyos 132.56
28 Julian Chan 112.79
31 Aaron Li 88.93

Top 4 NOVICE men:
N5 Michael Jin 130.99
N7 Yaoshan Jiang 127.93
N8 Jesse Zhong 127.62 [1 Adv. Novice B]
N12 Ethan Yan 120.75

 

[Sylvia]

BTW, I never posted my projected Senior/Junior Women's qualifiers for the 3 Sectionals because it was challenging to figure out who had byes to Sectionals as well as which/how many skaters are withdrawing due to injury.

I will start a separate thread for the 3 U.S. Sectionals and the Pairs/Dance Finals in the near future.

 

[Sylvia]

Thread title will be something like "2025 U.S. Sectional Singles & Pairs/Ice Dance Finals - Ogden UT; Norwood MA; Plano TX"

Pacific Coast Sectional Singles Final (Wednesday, Nov. 13 to Saturday, Nov. 16) event info: https://www.usfigureskating.org/event/2025-pacific-coast-sectional-singles-final
Nov. 13-

Eastern Sectional Singles Final & U.S. Pairs Final (Thursday, Nov. 14 to Sunday, Nov. 17) event info: https://www.usfigureskating.org/event/2025-eastern-sectional-singles-and-us-pairs-final

Midwestern Sectional Singles Final & U.S. Dance Final (Wed., Nov. 20 to Sat., Nov. 23) event info: https://www.usfigureskating.org/event/2025-midwestern-sectional-singles-us-ice-dance-final
Nov.

 

[Sylvia]

Sept. 11 post re. Pasadena Open NQS:

Keira Hilbelink WD due to ankle injury.

Keira’s left foot/lower leg has been in a boot in the Instagram posts/stories I’ve seen lately - this one is dated Oct. 22: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBcVeXPxOlY/

Her training group Ten80 posted a reel of their Pacific Coast Sectional qualifiers 3 days ago and Keira’s older sisters, Tia (Senior) and Maile (Junior), are included but not her so hopefully she will heal fully & well and come back strong next season:

Ten80 International Figure Skating Team on Instagram: "Meet the @ten80fs skaters competing at the 2024 Pacific Coast Sectionals in Ogden, Utah! Senior @tiahilbelink_ Junior @vaclavskates @mailehilbelink Novice @k_aiko_y @ginger.da.acorn Intermedi

219 likes, 17 comments - ten80fs on November 6, 2024: "Meet the @ten80fs skaters competing at the 2024 Pacific Coast Sectionals in Ogden, Utah! Senior @tiahilbelink_ Junior @vaclavskates @mailehilbelink Novice @k_aiko_y @ginger.da.acorn Intermediate Jerry Lu Good luck Ten80! We are proud of...

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