2025 U.S. Sectional Singles & Pairs/Ice Dance Finals - Ogden UT; Norwood MA; Plano TX

[Sylvia]

Thanks for Erin's coach ID!

I rewound the livestream - Logan Higase-Chen landed 3Lz+3T, 3Lz, 2S, 2A, 3F, 3Lz+2A+2T & 3Lo+2T (wearing the same black, upper back/shoulder brace that she had on yesterday). FS music is Los Moros by Gino D’Auri & Asturias: Electro Remix by Angie Violinist, Isaac Albéniz - both of her programs this season were choreographed by Lori Nichol.

Logan had a bad Junior SP 2 years ago and had to make a great comeback to qualify for 2023 Nationals in San Jose (10th in SP, 1st in FS, 2nd overall at Mids): https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2022/32047/CAT004SEG021.html

Current top 2:
1 Logan Higase-Chen, Broadmoor SC 7 54.24 1 119.11 173.35
2 Erin Biederman, Detroit SC 8 52.68 2 102.36 155.04

Final group after the ice resurfacing:

13 Michelle Lee, Broadmoor SC 3 56.79
14 Alina Bonillo, DuPage FSC 4 56.26
15 Wren Warne-Jacobsen, Go4Gold Shakopee Skating Academy 2 58.34
16 Alexa Gasparotto, Arctic FSC 1 59.01
17 Brooke Gewalt, Wagon Wheel FSC 5 55.62
18 Sonja Hilmer, Centennial SC 6 54.93

 

[Sylvia]

Morgan Bell, Mariah's older sister who coaches in the Dallas area, is with Michelle Lee again today (Michelle's coaches are in China & Warsaw this week). Michelle skated to Adele's "Love in the Dark" (FS music last season).

ETA: 103.40 in FS, 160.19 2nd to Logan.

 

[Karen-W]

First time I recall seeing Alina Bonillo and I'm low-key impressed.

 

[Sylvia]

Shazam could not ID Alina Bonillo's FS music.

 

[Sylvia]

First time I recall seeing Alina Bonillo and I'm low-key impressed.

She's landed 3A in practice and qualified for Junior Nationals last year (didn't skate her best, though).

 

[Debbie S]

Shazam could not ID Alina Bonillo's FS music.

Bad Shazam! Whatever it was, it was nice. Like Karen, I was impressed with her skating. This final group is skating reasonably well so far.

 

[Sylvia]

Into 1st! Alina Bonillo, DuPage FSC 4 56.26 1 121.03 177.29

Wren Warne-Jacobsen's FS music (choreo. by Caryn Kadavy): https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114477.htm
Caucasian Sketches, Suite No. 1, Op. 10 II. In the Village by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
King of Kings – Salome’s Dance by Miklós Rózsa

 

[Debbie S]

MK flashbacks!

 

[Karen-W]

Oooo - I like this dress Alexa Gasparotto is wearing!

ETA - not so much in motion - the drape-y sections are too much, but at a slower pace or standing still, it's beautiful.

ETA2 - costume change! That explains the drape-y sections - and to be honest, she should just do away with the costume change and go with the 2nd half version for the whole program.

 

[Sylvia]

Alexa Gasparotto - think (most?) of her FS music selections were by Joseph William Morgan? She has improved the control of her BIG jumps - credit goes to Denise Myers, Jeremy Allen & Tommy Steenberg, I assume? Very good performance!

ETA: 111.16 FS, 170.17 3rd behind Logan

 

[Amy L]

Alexa Gasparotto - think (most?) of her FS music selections were by Joseph William Morgan? She has improved the control of her BIG jumps - credit goes to Denise Myers, Jeremy Allen & Tommy Steenberg, I assume? Very good performance!

I didn't check all of the pieces, but the first part Shazam said it was the Good Wife TV score by David Buckley.

 

[Sylvia]

Brooke Gewalt is skating to "A Piece of Sky" from the end of Yentl, choreo. by Rohene Ward!

 

[Debbie S]

Alexa in 3rd but highest 'next highest score' so far, so she's in a good position to qualify.

 

[AnnMJensen]

Alexa in 3rd but highest 'next highest score' so far, so she's in a good position to qualify.

Sure hope so I enjoyed her very much.

 

[Sylvia]

Brooke Gewalt is skating to "A Piece of Sky" from the end of Yentl, choreo. by Rohene Ward!

Brooke’s jumps: 3T+2A, 3F step out, 3Lo turn out, 3T+2T, 3S+2T, lovely Ina with the music, 3S step, 2A.

This happens to be one of my favorite Barbra Streisand power ballads and so I really enjoyed watching that!

114.34 FS, 169.96 in 4th.

 

[Sylvia]

Sonja Hilmer changed her FS (Argylle OST) after Glacier Falls NQS, IIRC, to:

Earth Melodies by Ekaterina Shelehova
Forest Dance by Filip Lackovic
Conjuring Storms by Ekaterina Shelehova
Savage Daughter by Ekaterina Shelehova
If I Had A Heart by Ekaterina Shelehova

As listed in her ISU bio: https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114471.htm

 

[Karen-W]

Too many messy landings for Brooke to pull ahead of Alexa overall. But, if Isabeau WDs from Nats, she may make it to Nats yet.

 

[Debbie S]

Too many messy landings for Brooke to pull ahead of Alexa overall. But, if Isabeau WDs from Nats, she may make it to Nats yet.

Or Ava Ziegler

 

[Karen-W]

Or Ava Ziegler

I knew there was someone else obvious I was forgetting, lol.

 

[Karen-W]

Several two-footed landings for Sonja. Not sure it will be enough to pull into 2nd or 3rd.

 

[Sylvia]

Sonja’s jumps: 3F+2T, 3F 2fted, 3Lo, 3T, CCW to CW spin, 2A, her trademark 3S to reverse 2S held on! 3Lo+2A+2T - hope this is enough to make top 2!!

ETA: OK, 3rd is fair - 116.74 FS, 171.67

 

[Debbie S]

So Sonja is the at-large qualifier and Alexa 1st alternate if any byed skaters WD.

Out of curiosity, if a skater qualifying through Sectionals WDs, do they take the next skater from that Sectional, or go to the next highest scores list? (But I hope no one has to WD!)

 

[Sylvia]

Midwestern Sectional Senior Women final standings: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34290/CAT014SEG030.html

1 14 Alina Bonillo, DuPage FSC 4 56.26 1 121.03 177.29
2 9 Logan Higase-Chen, Broadmoor SC 7 54.24 2 119.11 173.35
3 18 Sonja Hilmer, Centennial SC 6 54.93 3 116.74 171.67
4 16 Alexa Gasparotto, Arctic FSC 1 59.01 5 111.16 170.17
5 17 Brooke Gewalt, Wagon Wheel FSC 5 55.62 4 114.34 169.96
6 13 Michelle Lee, Broadmoor SC 3 56.79 6 103.40 160.19
7 10 Erin Biederman, Detroit SC 8 52.68 7 102.36 155.04
8 15 Wren Warne-Jacobsen, Go4Gold Shakopee Skating Academy 2 58.34 8 94.47 152.81
9 11 Laiken Lockley, DuPage FSC 10 46.24 10 91.14 137.38
10 6 Kendall Erne, Winter Club of Indianapolis 14 39.82 9 94.16 133.98
11 7 Autumn Kirk, Memorial FSC Of Houston 12 41.42 11 86.49 127.91
12 8 Alyssa Rich, Dallas FSC 11 44.35 13 82.84 127.19
13 12 Amber Barth, Dallas FSC 9 47.22 14 79.25 126.47
14 5 Cara Wong, Ann Arbor FSC 13 41.00 12 84.36 125.36
15 1 Lianna OGrady, Skokie Valley SC 15 37.42 15 67.07 104.49
16 2 Shaye Rivera, Dallas FSC 17 32.58 16 66.37 98.95
17 4 Faith Olczak, DuPage FSC 16 34.85 18 58.45 93.30
18 3 Emma Nigrelli, DuPage FSC 18 29.41 17 63.66 93.07
WD McKenzie Edwards, SC of Huntsville
WD Jayna Hosman, Northern Ice SC

FS protocols will make it official (ETA link): https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34290/SEGM030.html

Zenith Chen just finished skating in the other rink - want to rewind and watch him. Think he skated to a famous Beethoven(?) (corrected) Tchaikovsky piano concerto? He's currently in 1st with 4 to go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gc369URFOFc

 

[vu2019]

So Sonja is the at-large qualifier and Alexa 1st alternate if any byed skaters WD.

Out of curiosity, if a skater qualifying through Sectionals WDs, do they take the next skater from that Sectional, or go to the next highest scores list? (But I hope no one has to WD!)

For Seniors, it's the next highest scores nationwide from Sectionals:

2520 Alternates
2521 For the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, alternates are designated as follows:
A. For senior events:
1. Singles skaters who have met the minimum TES, in the order of their scores, nationwide, from their respective
sectional singles final. In the case of a tie, it will be broken by the free skate score.
2. Pairs and dance teams who have met the minimum TES, in the order of their scores at the U.S. Pairs and U.S. Ice
Dance Final.

B. For junior events:
1 Singles skaters placing fifth and sixth in junior in their sectional singles final will be designated as first and second
alternate for their section to the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
2 Singles skaters placing third and fourth in novice in their sectional singles final will be designated as first and
second alternate for their section to the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
3 Pairs and dance teams placing 13th and 14th at the U.S. Pairs Final and U.S. Ice Dance Final will be designated as
first and second alternate to the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

https://www.usfigureskating.org/sites/default/files/media-files/2024-25%20Rulebook.pdf

 

[YukiNieve]

I love the novice male skater, Zenith Chen (overall 3rd for the Mids Sectionals) .
The way he glides on the ice is lovely.

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[Sylvia]

Eastern Sectional Singles Final+U.S. Pairs Final results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34289/index.asp
Pacific Coast Sectional Singles Final results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34291/index.asp
Midwestern Sectional Singles Final+U.S. Ice Dance Final results: https://ijs.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2024/34290/index.asp

Qualifiers in Singles (Novice, Intermediate & Juvenile) for the 2025 National Development Team & Camp from the Eastern & Pacific Coast Sectionals last week:

EASTERNS playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-CheZaoFWwT6ydO8Xhk1rn9wdWDmcb9O

PACIFIC COAST playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-CheZaoFWwRYsCf-1CQAHv73MopZ0mP6

Qualified for the National Development Team & Camp in NOVICE:
E1 Kaya Tiernan, IceWorks SC 1 54.40 2 97.72 152.12 (will skate Junior at Nationals)
E2 Mia Iwase, SC of New York 6 40.80 1 107.45 148.25 (will skate Junior at Nationals)
P1 Hannah Kim, Glacier Falls FSC 1 51.71 1 92.19 143.90 (will skate Junior at Nationals for the 2nd straight year)
E3 Leah Sharpe, North Jersey FSC 4 43.30 3 97.67 140.97
E4 Jinna Han, SC of Boston 2 48.85 4 90.42 139.27
E5 Isabella Chen, North Jersey FSC 7 39.15 5 87.44 126.59
P2 Carina Tanabe, All Year FSC 2 43.38 2 82.43 125.81 (will skate Junior at Nationals)
E6 Paige Parlapiano, North Jersey FSC 5 42.08 7 78.24 120.32
P3 Aya Zeleznikar, All Year FSC 4 40.18 3 78.54 118.72
P4 Joanne Liu, Los Angeles FSC 3 40.29 4 76.40 116.69
P5 Jessie Chen, Los Angeles FSC 6 39.66 5 75.19 114.85
P6 Kelsey Lee, Pasadena FSC 5 39.75 7 71.63 111.38

E1 Brendan Man, SC of Boston 2 47.67 1 99.26 146.93 (will skate Junior at Nationals)
E2 David Zhao, SC of Boston 3 45.74 2 94.52 140.26 (will skate Junior at Nationals)
E3 Henry Gao, SC of Boston 1 49.71 4 78.79 128.50
E4 Edward Zhou, SC of Northern Virginia 5 42.21 3 81.09 123.30
P1 Ethan Yan, Peninsula SC 3 39.71 2 82.34 122.05 (will skate Junior at Nationals)
P2 Michael Jin, All Year FSC 7 34.67 1 84.61 119.28 (will skate Junior at Nationals)
P3 Hitonari Tani, St. Moritz ISC 5 37.86 3 80.90 118.76
E5 Jake Mao, SC of New York 4 44.08 6 74.57 118.65
E6 Daniel Koppel, Panthers FSC 6 42.18 5 75.87 118.05
P4 Jinbo Yao, All Year FSC 2 43.09 5 64.74 landed 3F 107.83
P5 Yaoshan Jiang, All Year FSC 4 38.86 4 68.35 107.21
P6 Jesse Zhong, Glacier Falls FSC 1 43.70 6 62.91 106.61


Qualified for the National Development Team & Camp in INTERMEDIATE:
P1 Rachel Samiri, All Year FSC 1 51.40 1 94.86 146.26 (landed 5 triples in FS, incl 3Lz+2T)
E1 Deborah Liu, SC of Boston 1 53.05 1 89.34 142.39 (landed 3F, 3Lz & 2 3S in FS & strong basics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLa4_wnFf3g)
P2 Iris Han, San Diego FSC 2 44.79 2 83.22 128.01
E2 Penelope Ogorelkoff, Palm Beach FSC 4 41.07 2 78.12 119.19
E3 Grace Zhang, SC of Boston 7 38.01 3 78.09 116.10 (landed 2 3Lz; 2nd year in a row she reacted so emotionally ): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8GeaywyFT8
E4 Everly Livingston, Washington FSC 3 41.39 4 73.80 115.19
P3 Katie Kusner, FSC Of Park City 3 41.43 3 72.42 113.85
P4 Sofia Chen, Los Angeles FSC 4 40.50 4 72.26 112.76

E1 Spencer Lane, SC of Boston 1 45.55 2 71.49 117.04
E2 Eric Lei, SC of Boston 2 38.78 3 70.36 109.14
E3 Cory Haynos, SC of Northern Virginia 6 33.64 1 71.57 105.21
P1 Alan Fang, Glacier Falls FSC 1 40.69 3 64.46 105.15
P2 Nathan Gu, Carousel Sherwood FSC 3 34.40 1 70.14 104.54
E4 Franco Aparicio, Washington FSC 3 38.39 5 64.95 103.34
P3 Dashiell Williams, FSC Of Park City 2 36.21 2 66.28 102.49
P4 Adrastos Deng, St. Moritz ISC 4 32.60 4 62.02 94.62


Qualified for the National Development Team & Camp in JUVENILE:
P1 Lizbeth Tu, All Year FSC 67.64
P2 Hailey Han, San Diego FSC 65.82
E1 Rachael Tan, North Jersey FSC 62.54
E2 Olivia Diao, Central Carolina SC 59.17
P3 Iris Huang, All Year FSC 58.22
P4 Madison Lampert, FSC Of Park City 57.40
E3 Brielle Beyer, SC of Northern Virginia 52.68
E4 Olivia Eve Ter, ION FSC 52.50

E1 Milo Yeon, SC of Boston 57.87
P1 Jake Ueno, Pasadena FSC 56.20
E2 Tobby Ye, Ice House Of New Jersey FSC 53.56
E3 Andrew Yang, Georgia FSC 53.03
P2 Ryker Benson, All Year FSC 51.77
P3 Leon Ban, Pasadena FSC 51.06
S4 Richard Liao, Ice House Of New Jersey FSC 50.29
P4 Jung Jun Yoo, Pasadena FSC 48.72

Midwesterns/Ice Dance Final playlist (more individual videos to be uploaded in the days ahead): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-CheZaoFWwRgvaVwysTiW6vVpvCs4i6X
ETA - the most recently uploaded videos: https://www.youtube.com/@USFigureSkating/videos

Qualified for the National Development Team & Camp in NOVICE:
M1 Angela Shao, Ann Arbor FSC 1 50.33 1 109.97 160.30 (will skate Junior at Nationals for the 2nd straight year)
M2 Annabelle Wilkins, Ann Arbor FSC 7 40.11 2 104.71 144.82 (will skate Junior at Nationals)
M3 Chloe Levine, Chicago FSC 3 45.33 3 84.36 129.69
M4 Cayla Smith, Fort Wayne ISC 2 46.73 6 79.15 125.88
M5 Janelle Reynolds, Ann Arbor FSC 4 42.81 4 82.11 124.92
M6 Rebecca Sun, Ann Arbor FSC 6 41.14 5 80.62 121.76

M1 Louis Mallane, Broadmoor SC 1 50.52 1 93.33 143.85 (will skate Junior at Nationals)
M2 Evan Neuhaus, Skokie Valley SC 4 41.42 2 86.61 128.03 (will skate Junior at Nationals)
M3 Zenith Chen, DuPage FSC 2 43.76 3 83.08 126.84
M4 Mikhail Mokhov, Greater Grand Rapids FSC 5 40.02 6 75.55 115.57
M5 Kohaku Murai, Detroit SC 8 36.18 5 78.54 114.72
M6 Mykhailo (Misha) Ivanchenko, Go4Gold Shakopee Skating Academy 9 35.58 4 79.08 114.66 (from Ukraine - link to a MN article: https://www.minnesotamonthly.com/li...-ukrainian-athletes-find-refuge-in-minnesota/)

Qualified for the National Development Team & Camp in INTERMEDIATE:
M1 Mia Smith, Detroit SC 6 35.92 1 78.80 114.72
M2 Baylen Taich, DuPage FSC 1 38.76 2 72.80 111.56
M3 Sally Li, Columbus FSC 3 36.48 3 68.80 105.28
M4 Cora Carrothers, SC of Novi 5 36.23 4 68.63 104.86

M1 Daniel Liu, Broadmoor SC 2 33.64 1 70.44 104.08
M2 Antonio De Luna, DuPage FSC 1 35.35 2 60.64 95.99
M3 Kimito Miyagawa, Winterhurst FSC 5 30.92 3 56.22 87.14
M4 Brandon Gunawan, Rocky Mountain FSC 3 32.42 5 54.26 86.68

Qualified for the National Development Team & Camp in JUVENILE:
M1 Tera Gropp, Denver Colorado FSC 62.71
M2 Annika Roloff, Braemar-City of Lakes FSC 58.54
M3 Karina Minson, Alpine SC 53.44
M4 Callan Rahardja, Broadmoor SC 51.92

M1 Christopher Chapa, Austin FSC 49.66
M2 Koki Okada, Detroit SC 46.32
M3 Anden Barantsev, Dallas FSC 45.47 (son of Daniil Barantsev & Jennifer Wester)
M4 Kyler Nguyen, Dallas FSC 45.32

(List of qualfiers in Novice/Intermediatee/Juvenile Pairs & Ice Dance teams still to come)

 

[viennese]

Into 1st! Alina Bonillo, DuPage FSC 4 56.26 1 121.03 177.29

Wren Warne-Jacobsen's FS music (choreo. by Caryn Kadavy): https://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00114477.htm
Caucasian Sketches, Suite No. 1, Op. 10 II. In the Village by Mikhail Ippolitov-Ivanov
King of Kings – Salome’s Dance by Miklós Rózsa

I liked both of Wren Warne-Jacobsen programs. One of the few this year where the choreography feels like a smooth, single thought - not a patchwork of elements. She had a better time in the SP but still, this skater is really nice to watch.

I loved Sonja Hilmer's programs, too, and I'm glad that this unique skater will be at nationals. She had a great reaction in the K&C when she saw her scores.

 

[Jayar]

Has anybody seen a preliminary color schedule for Wichita?

 

[Sylvia]

Has anybody seen a preliminary color schedule for Wichita?

Not yet - the official entries were just published today (ETA - now posted in the 4 U.S. news thread for each discipline in GSD) and I'm sure the link to the colored/detailed schedule by day will be posted in this GSD thread as soon as the initial version is published online: https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/th...-allen-tx-in-2024.111738/page-12#post-6694049

7 hours left to watch the Mids Senior Men & Women FS before the replays are deleted on Peacock. Not surprisingly, the original audio in Brooke Gewalt's FS video to Barbra Streisand's "A Piece of Sky" has been replaced by icky elevator music (video #421 in the Mids playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-CheZaoFWwRgvaVwysTiW6vVpvCs4i6X

 

[marshallpond]

Has anybody seen a preliminary color schedule for Wichita?

Will be released 12/3