ISU Junior Grand Prix 2024-25

[cyndyt]

Do we know who will announce the JGPs this season? Ted Barton? Mark Hanretty? Hopefully both - The Olde Reliables! Someone else? Just two days to go!

Ted posted on Instagram that both he and Mark will be on location for the first 2 and then at least one of them will be on location for the remainder.

 

[Frau Muller]

Entries for JGP Gdansk are up

http://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00120584.htm

It looks like Josephine Lee is USFS’ Ace in the Hole to be the top US Junior lady, as she’s competing in two Jr GPs (Ostrava & Gdansk). Let’s hope that this is the season when her international results go up, as she’s done in senior nationals for two years in a row!

 

[marshallpond]

I would think many of those are placeholders right now, as the skaters/teams have not received official assignment letters. USFS might be having a wait-and-see attitude regarding how they perform in their first JGP. Or the deadline for entry submission came before the committee could decide. Hence, expect a lot of reshuffling in the entries in these latter part of the JGP competitions

 

[Karen-W]

I would think many of those are placeholders right now, as the skaters/teams have not received official assignment letters. USFS might be having a wait-and-see attitude regarding how they perform in their first JGP. Or the deadline for entry submission came before the committee could decide. Hence, expect a lot of reshuffling in the entries in these latter part of the JGP competitions

The US assignments definitely appear to be placeholders - the USFS Int'l Assignments page usually gets updated the same day/next day after the ISU puts up the preliminary entries and there is still nothing listed for the JGP Poland assignments.

 

[coralline]

Some thoughts on ice dance assignments for the last two JGPs：

USA：Mullens & Ilin / Cain will get the same JGP since they share the coaching team，probably to Slovenia. Then Peals & Pederson / Starr may get the last one.

CAN：Chloe NGUYEN / Brendan GIANG most likely will go to China since they share the coaching team with Madelaine Ann BREAU / Namu LEE. The Korean team has already announced that they will go to China.

JAPAN：
Sara KISHIMOTO / Atsuhiko TAMURA may go together with an IAM Canadian team，Auréa Cinçon-Debout / Earl Jesse Celestino or Audra Gans / Gabriel Liu.

 

[Wyliefan]

Entries for JGP Ljubljana are up.

https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00120585.htm

 

[Karen-W]

Entries for JGP Ljubljana are up.

https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00120585.htm

Men -

No. Name Nation
1 Daniel RUIS AUT 1
Tobia OELLERER AUT 1 S
Maksym PETRYCHENKO AUT 1 S
2 Deyan MIHAYLOV BUL 2
Yoanis APOSTOLU BUL 2 S
3 Grayson LONG CAN 3
William CHAN CAN 3 S
Parker HEIDERICH CAN 3 S
David HOWES CAN 3 S
John KIM CAN 3 S
David LI CAN 3 S
Edward VASII CAN 3 S
4 Arlet LEVANDI EST 4
Jegor MARTSENKO EST 4 S
5 Arttu JUUSOLA FIN 5
Jari KRESTYANNIKOV FIN 5 S
Matias LINDFORS FIN 5 S
6 Gianni MOTILLA FRA 6
Ilia GOGITIDZE FRA 6 S
Jean MEDARD FRA 6 S
Daniel VERBAT FRA 6 S
7 Lloyd THOMSON GBR 7
Lucas FITTERER GBR 7 S
Jedidiah LINCOLN GBR 7 S
Tao MACRAE GBR 7 S
8 Genrikh GARTUNG GER 8
Luca FUENFER GER 8 S
Soner OEZTUERK GER 8 S
Leon ROJKOV GER 8 S
Robert WILDT GER 8 S
9 Benedek Pal DOZSA HUN 9
Kolos RAC HUN 9 S
Aleksei VLASENKO HUN 9 S
10 Nikita SHEIKO ISR 10
Leonid GITELMAN ISR 10 S
Tamir KUPERMAN ISR 10 S
Kirill SHEIKO ISR 10 S
11 Raffaele Francesco ZICH ITA 11
Edoardo Luigi PROFAIZER ITA 11 S
12 Haru KAKIUCHI JPN 12
Daiya EBIHARA JPN 12 S
Shunsuke NAKAMURA JPN 12 S
Rio NAKATA JPN 12 S
Taiga NISHINO JPN 12 S
Sena TAKAHASHI JPN 12 S
13 Habin CHOI KOR 13
Jaekeun LEE KOR 13 S
Hyunseo PARK KOR 13 S
Minkyu SEO KOR 13 S
Donghan YU KOR 13 S
14 Luka IMEDASHVILI LTU 14
Mantas GRYBA LTU 14 S
15 Daniil VALANOV NOR 15
16 Matvii YEFYMENKO POL 16
Ryszard SIUDEK POL 16 S
17 Razvan CIONAC ROU 17
18 Ziga JEVNIK SLO 18
19 David SEDEJ SLO 18
20 Ean WEILER SUI 19
Aurelian CHERVET SUI 19 S
21 Adam HAGARA SVK 20
Dmitry RUDENKO SVK 20 S
Lukas VACLAVIK SVK 20 S
22 Casper JOHANSSON SWE 21
Hugo BOSTEDT SWE 21 S
Albin SAMUELSSON SWE 21 S
Elias SAYED SWE 21 S
23 Ege ALACAN TUR 22
24 Vadym NOVIKOV UKR 23
Mark KULISH UKR 23 S
Yehor KURTSEV UKR 23 S
Lev MYSHKOVETS UKR 23 S
25 Taira SHINOHARA USA 24
Patrick BLACKWELL USA 24 S
Nicholas BROOKS USA 24 S
Lorenzo ELANO USA 24 S
Caleb FARRINGTON USA 24 S
Aleksandr FEGAN USA 24 S
Kirk HAUGETO USA 24 S
Lucius KAZANECKI USA 24 S
Kai KOVAR USA 24 S
Zachary LOPINTO USA 24 S
Louis MALLANE USA 24 S
Jacob SANCHEZ USA 24 S
Vaclav VASQUEZ USA 24 S

Women -

No. Name Nation
1 Hannah FRANK AUT 1
2 Sabina ALIEVA AZE 2
3 Danielle VERBINNEN BEL 3
Giulia CASTORINI BEL 3 S
4 Chiara HRISTOVA BUL 4
Krista GEORGIEVA BUL 4 S
Lia LYUBENOVA BUL 4 S
5 Hetty SHI CAN 5
Sandrine BLAIS CAN 5 S
Mely-Ann GAGNER CAN 5 S
Reese ROSE CAN 5 S
Aleksa VOLKOVA CAN 5 S
6 Meri MARINAC CRO 6
7 Nela SNEBERGEROVA CZE 7
Amelie Emma CEPLOVA CZE 7 S
Katerina HANUSOVA CZE 7 S
Viktorie KUCIANOVA CZE 7 S
Michaela MALKOVA CZE 7 S
8 Elina GOIDINA EST 8
Maria Eliise KALJUVERE EST 8 S
Marianne MUST EST 8 S
Marta Helena PRANGEL EST 8 S
9 Karina INNOS FIN 9
10 Iida KARHUNEN FIN 9
Lotta ARTIMO FIN 9 S
Pihla BERGMAN FIN 9 S
Annika PELLONMAA FIN 9 S
Minja PELTONEN FIN 9 S
Venla SINISALO FIN 9 S
Darja TRUBITSON FIN 9 S
11 Eve DUBECQ FRA 10
Mila BERTSCH FRA 10 S
Ninon DAPOIGNY FRA 10 S
Stefania GLADKI FRA 10 S
Milana MOZEIKO FRA 10 S
Louane WOLFF FRA 10 S
12 Arina VOROBEVA GBR 11
Daria DALGICH GBR 11 S
Leilah PATTEN GBR 11 S
Alice SMITH GBR 11 S
13 Julia GRABOWSKI GER 12
Valentina ANDRIANOVA GER 12 S
Sophie ERHARDT GER 12 S
Anna GERKE GER 12 S
Olesya RAY GER 12 S
14 Sofia LAMPRINOU GRE 13
15 Lena EKKER HUN 14
Polina DZSUMANYIJAZOVA HUN 14 S
Zsofia SZEPLAKI HUN 14 S
Boglarka ZHANG HUN 14 S
16 Gabriella GRINBERG ISR 15
Sophia SHIFRIN ISR 15 S
Simona TKACHMAN ISR 15 S
17 Anna PEZZETTA ITA 16
Elena AGOSTINELLI ITA 16 S
Giulia BARUCCHI ITA 16 S
Amanda GHEZZO ITA 16 S
Noemi JOOS ITA 16 S
Sarina JOOS ITA 16 S
Chiara MINIGHINI ITA 16 S
18 Mei OKADA JPN 17
19 Rena UEZONO JPN 17
Riria KONO JPN 17 S
Ikura KUSHIDA JPN 17 S
Ami NAKAI JPN 17 S
Mao SHIMADA JPN 17 S
Yo TAKAGI JPN 17 S
Kaoruko WADA JPN 17 S
20 Jia SHIN KOR 18
21 Seojin YOUN KOR 18
Harin JANG KOR 18 S
Hyorin LEE KOR 18 S
Nayeong YU KOR 18 S
22 Milana SINIAVSKYTE LTU 19
Agne IVANOVAITE LTU 19 S
Gabriele JUSKAITE LTU 19 S
Veronika LUCKO LTU 19 S
Evelina STAVICKYTE LTU 19 S
Meda VARIAKOJYTE LTU 19 S
23 Rebecca TOFT LUX 20
Eliska PHILIPPE LUX 20 S
24 Emilia SOLOUKHIN NED 21
Angel DELEVAQUE NED 21 S
Jolanda VOS NED 21 S
25 Pernille WITH NOR 22
26 Zofia BOCHENEK POL 23
Anastasiia BEZUHLA POL 23 S
Weronika FERLIN POL 23 S
Aleksandra JANIKOWSKA POL 23 S
Julia KASPRZYK POL 23 S
Julija POLNIUK POL 23 S
27 Maria SMARANDA ROU 24
Teodora Maria GHEORGHE ROU 24 S
Eva Maria POPESCU ROU 24 S
Ana STRATULAT ROU 24 S
28 Zala GRUM SLO 25
29 Zoja KRAMAR SLO 25
30 Julija LOVRENCIC SLO 25
Polina BYKOVA SLO 25 S
Lucka FORTUNA SLO 25 S
Vita KAS SLO 25 S
Ula ZADNIKAR SLO 25 S
31 Dunja TRESNJIC SRB 26
Larisa ANTONIC SRB 26 S
Valeria GUSAROVA SRB 26 S
Darinka POPOVIC SRB 26 S
Nadja SAVIC SRB 26 S
Ana SCEPANOVIC SRB 26 S
32 Anthea GRADINARU SUI 27
Elisabeth DIBBERN SUI 27 S
Chiara SCHOELL SUI 27 S
33 Vanesa SELMEKOVA SVK 28
Emma CERKALOVA SVK 28 S
Alica LENGYELOVA SVK 28 S
Olivia LENGYELOVA SVK 28 S
34 Nina FREDRIKSSON SWE 29
Lilly ALMGREN-LIDMAN SWE 29 S
Leona GEBARA SWE 29 S
Ellinor NORDQVIST SWE 29 S
Alexandra ODMAN SWE 29 S
35 Azra SAGLAM TUR 30
36 Sofiia RYMSHYNA UKR 31
Sofiia EKZARKHOVA UKR 31 S
Khrystyna HALIARETA UKR 31 S
Varvara PARASOCHKA UKR 31 S
Anastasiia VASYLCHENKO UKR 31 S
Liubov ZHOLOBOVA UKR 31 S
37 Logan HIGASE-CHEN USA 32
Sofia BEZKOROVAINAYA USA 32 S
Alina BONILLO USA 32 S
Annika CHAO USA 32 S
Alayna COATS USA 32 S
Ela CUI USA 32 S
Keira HILBELINK USA 32 S
Jiaying Ellyse JOHNSON USA 32 S
Jessica JURKA USA 32 S
Mia KALIN USA 32 S
Teryn KIM USA 32 S
Josephine LEE USA 32 S
Emilia NEMIROVSKY USA 32 S
Cleo PARK USA 32 S
Angela SHAO USA 32 S
Sophie Joline VON FELTEN USA 32 S

Ice Dance -
No. Name Nation
1 Anita STRAUB / Andreas STRAUB AUT 1
Elisabeth HAVERS / Leo HAVERS AUT 1 S
2 Silvia LUTAY / Gleb RIASKIN BUL 2
3 Aurea CINCON-DEBOUT / Earl Jesse CELESTINO CAN 3
4 Layla VEILLON / Alexander BRANDYS CAN 3
Sophia GOVER / Billy WILSON FRENCH CAN 3 S
Summer HOMICK / Nicholas BUELOW CAN 3 S
Alyson LACOMBE / Morgan LALIBERTE LAURENT CAN 3 S
Rachel MARTINS / Juel KOWALCZYK CAN 3 S
5 Kristyna STANCLOVA / Karel KOSTRON CZE 4
Barbora KLESALOVA / Matej KLESAL CZE 4 S
Klara VLCKOVA / Tomas VLCEK CZE 4 S
6 Sarah MARCILLY VAZQUEZ / Jolan ENGEL ESP 5
Sofia PASCUAL MATEOS / Sergio PARRA ALMONACID ESP 5 S
7 Ksenia SIPUNOVA / Miron KORJAGIN EST 6
Arina BELJAJEVA / Frederick MERILO EST 6 S
Angela CHUVILYAEVA / Maksim SEMJONOV EST 6 S
8 Enna KESTI / Oskari LIEDENPOHJA FIN 7
Cilla LAINE / Urho REINA FIN 7 S
Mai TARVAINEN / Aarne SAVOLA FIN 7 S
Hilda TAYLOR / Alexander BUCHHOLDT FIN 7 S
9 Louise BORDET / Martin CHARDAIN FRA 8
10 Celina FRADJI / Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX FRA 8
Eva BERNARD / Amedeo BONETTO FRA 8 S
Louise COHAS-BOGEY / Daniil GRISHIN FRA 8 S
Louise DUPRAT / Tahory TADDEI-DUGUE FRA 8 S
Lou KOCH / Lucas CHATAIGNOUX FRA 8 S
Dania MOUADEN / Theo BIGOT FRA 8 S
Alisa OVSIANKINA / Maximilien RAHIER FRA 8 S
Ambre PERRIER GIANESINI / Samuel BLANC KLAPERMAN FRA 8 S
11 Ashlie SLATTER / Atl ONGAY-PEREZ GBR 9
Molly HAIRSINE / Alessio SURENKOV-GULTCHEV GBR 9 S
Mimi MARLER DAVIES / Joseph BLACK GBR 9 S
12 Eniko KOBOR / Zoard KOBOR GER 10
13 Alexia KRUK / Jan EISENHABER GER 10
Darya GRIMM / Michail SAVITSKIY GER 10 S
Lilia SCHUBERT / Nikita REMESHEVSKIY GER 10 S
14 Vittoria PETRACCHI / Daniel BASILE ITA 11
Zoe BIANCHI / Pietro ROTA ITA 11 S
Laura FINELLI / Massimiliano BUCCIARELLI ITA 11 S
Arianna SOLDATI / Nicholas TAGLIABUE ITA 11 S
Noemi Maria TALI / Noah LAFORNARA ITA 11 S
15 Kaho YAMASHITA / Yuto NAGATA JPN 12
16 Zofia GRZEGORZEWSKA / Oleg MURATOV POL 13
17 Gina ZEHNDER / Beda Leon SIEBER SUI 14
18 Irmak YUCEL / Danil PAK TUR 15
19 Iryna PIDGAINA / Artem KOVAL UKR 16
Tetiana BIELODONOVA / Ivan KACHUR UKR 16 S
Vira FAHRADOVA / Oleksandr KAPRYSHANSKYI UKR 16 S
Polina KAPUSTINA / Mykhailo KLIUIEV UKR 16 S
Sofiia REKUNOVA / Denys FEDIANKIN UKR 16 S
Myroslava TKACHENKO / Riccardo PESCA UKR 16 S
20 Caroline MULLEN / Brendan MULLEN USA 17
21 Yahli PEDERSEN / Benjamin STARR USA 17
Hana Maria ABOIAN / Daniil VESELUKHIN USA 17 S
Michelle DEYCH / Ryan HU USA 17 S
Julia EPPS / Blake GILMAN USA 17 S
Olivia ILIN / Dylan CAIN USA 17 S
Elliana PEAL / Ethan PEAL USA 17 S
Emily RENZI / William LISSAUER USA 17 S
Annelise STAPERT / Maxim KOROTCOV USA 17 S
Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Dimitry TSAREVSKI USA 17 S

 

[her grace]

Strong women’s field with junior world medalists Shin and Uezono, plus Goidina (silver in LAT), Karhunen, and Pezzetta.

 

[crzesk8dad]

The USA entries appear to be placeholders once again.

 

[Karen-W]

The USA entries appear to be placeholders once again.

The Mullens confirmed their 2nd assignment is Slovenia in a post-FD interview with Golden Skate on Saturday. The singles assignments certainly do seem to be placeholders but I'm going to operate under the presumption that the ice dance entries are the actual ones and the skaters have received their notifications.

Process of elimination means that JGP China will go to the Peals and, probably, Ilin/Cain - though it's possible the USFS may assign Stapert/Korotcov to China instead of Ilin/Cain just to give all the younger teams who are scoring in a similar range (127+-138+) one JGP each this season.

 

[crzesk8dad]

The Mullens confirmed their 2nd assignment is Slovenia in a post-FD interview with Golden Skate on Saturday. The singles assignments certainly do seem to be placeholders but I'm going to operate under the presumption that the ice dance entries are the actual ones and the skaters have received their notifications.

Process of elimination means that JGP China will go to the Peals and, probably, Ilin/Cain - though it's possible the USFS may assign Stapert/Korotcov to China instead of Ilin/Cain just to give all the younger teams who are scoring in a similar range (127+-138+) one JGP each this season.

The Mullens medaled so they will get a 2nd. The only Woman and Man, so far, did not medal, and others have not skated yet, so I doubt that they have a 2nd entry, at this time. My understanding is that 2nd JGP entry will go to medalists first and then off the ISP eligible list, if needed.

 

[Karen-W]

The Mullens medaled so they will get a 2nd. The only Woman and Man, so far, did not medal, and others have not skated yet, so I doubt that they have a 2nd entry, at this time. My understanding is that 2nd JGP entry will go to medalists first and then off the ISP eligible list, if needed.

I think you are conflating the assignment strategies the USFS has for the singles categories versus the pairs and ice dance categories. The US simply has more than enough spots available in pairs and ice dance to ensure that deserving teams, even if they don't medal, get a second assignment.

With 14 spots in ice dance, it is a very safe assumption to make that the Mullens (and the Peals, Wolfkostin/Tsarevski and Aboian/Veselukhin) were assigned two JGPs straightaway, regardless of whether or not they medal at their first JGP. Last season bears the truth of that assumption out - the Mullens placed 7th at their first JGP (#2 Linz) with a decent score of 135.30 and had already been assigned a second JGP (#4 Osaka) before they ever set foot on the ice at their first JGP - the USFS Assignments page had them listed immediately. Things got a little more muddled later on with Hauer/Starr and Carhart/Horovyi both withdrawing from their assignments because of injury - and that allowed for Pedersen/Chen to get an initial assignment (#3 Istanbul), then a second assignment (#5 Budapest), as well as for Ilin/Cain to get a second (#5 Budapest), but seeing as the USFS didn't even wind up using all 14 spots last year because of those unexpected injury withdrawals on somewhat short notice (Hauer/Starr WD from #1 Bangkok less than 2 weeks beforehand), it's quite clear the USFS' bar for deciding to award a 2nd JGP assignment in ice dance is not that you need to medal at your first one.

The same is true for pairs, IMO. With 12 spots, it's really a matter of showing you're competition ready early enough to get added to the ISP. Obviously, Flores/Wang were getting two regardless of whether or not they medaled this past weekend in Riga. That's a perk of being the reigning Jr World silver medalists. But seeing as there are only 4 JGPs with pairs, having a "medal or no 2nd JGP" standard is unattainable for almost every other team. If you want to make an argument that there is a minimum score achieved standard to confirm a 2nd JGP assignment for the pairs teams, then I could buy that but you're not selling me on "no second assignment without a medal" when the USFS has 12 spots to play with and only three junior teams on the ISP to start with when JGP assignments started coming due and only two more teams added since. Moss/Galbavy are getting a 2nd JGP and were likely always slated for a second one even if it hasn't officially been confirmed on the USFS' Int'l Assignments page yet. We'll see how the other teams currently listed for two assignments do this week (Carpenter/Maravilla are at JGP #2 and I'm presuming that both Hansen/Church and McDanold/Felberbaum will be John Nicks IPC).

As far as singles - I don't doubt for one second that the USFS has told every single skater currently assigned that they will only get a 2nd assignment if they medal. The spots are simply too precious to give anyone a 2nd spot unless they put themselves into contention for the JGPF on their first assignment.

 

[crzesk8dad]

I think you are conflating the assignment strategies the USFS has for the singles categories versus the pairs and ice dance categories. The US simply has more than enough spots available in pairs and ice dance to ensure that deserving teams, even if they don't medal, get a second assignment.

With 14 spots in ice dance, it is a very safe assumption to make that the Mullens (and the Peals, Wolfkostin/Tsarevski and Aboian/Veselukhin) were assigned two JGPs straightaway, regardless of whether or not they medal at their first JGP. Last season bears the truth of that assumption out - the Mullens placed 7th at their first JGP (#2 Linz) with a decent score of 135.30 and had already been assigned a second JGP (#4 Osaka) before they ever set foot on the ice at their first JGP - the USFS Assignments page had them listed immediately. Things got a little more muddled later on with Hauer/Starr and Carhart/Horovyi both withdrawing from their assignments because of injury - and that allowed for Pedersen/Chen to get an initial assignment (#3 Istanbul), then a second assignment (#5 Budapest), as well as for Ilin/Cain to get a second (#5 Budapest), but seeing as the USFS didn't even wind up using all 14 spots last year because of those unexpected injury withdrawals on somewhat short notice (Hauer/Starr WD from #1 Bangkok less than 2 weeks beforehand), it's quite clear the USFS' bar for deciding to award a 2nd JGP assignment in ice dance is not that you need to medal at your first one.

The same is true for pairs, IMO. With 12 spots, it's really a matter of showing you're competition ready early enough to get added to the ISP. Obviously, Flores/Wang were getting two regardless of whether or not they medaled this past weekend in Riga. That's a perk of being the reigning Jr World silver medalists. But seeing as there are only 4 JGPs with pairs, having a "medal or no 2nd JGP" standard is unattainable for almost every other team. If you want to make an argument that there is a minimum score achieved standard to confirm a 2nd JGP assignment for the pairs teams, then I could buy that but you're not selling me on "no second assignment without a medal" when the USFS has 12 spots to play with and only three junior teams on the ISP to start with when JGP assignments started coming due and only two more teams added since. Moss/Galbavy are getting a 2nd JGP and were likely always slated for a second one even if it hasn't officially been confirmed on the USFS' Int'l Assignments page yet. We'll see how the other teams currently listed for two assignments do this week (Carpenter/Maravilla are at JGP #2 and I'm presuming that both Hansen/Church and McDanold/Felberbaum will be John Nicks IPC).

As far as singles - I don't doubt for one second that the USFS has told every single skater currently assigned that they will only get a 2nd assignment if they medal. The spots are simply too precious to give anyone a 2nd spot unless they put themselves into contention for the JGPF on their first assignment.

KarenW, you stated it well. I don't follow Pairs and Dance that closely. Your assumption in the last paragraph is how I understand things to be.

 

[ice coverage]

For me, it is open to question whether a Team USA dance partnership that is brand-new in 2024 with zero competitive record already has been promised a second JGP or whether they are a placeholder for Slovenia.

 

[Karen-W]

I think it is open to question whether a Team USA dance partnership that is brand-new in 2024 with zero competitive record already has been promised a second JGP or whether they are a placeholder.

If you're referring to Aboian/Veselukhin - they are already listed for both of their JGPs on the USFS Int'l Assignments page. They do, also, have a competitive record - Chesapeake Open in early June, Dallas Classic in mid-July and LPIDI at the end of July - and they did remarkably well at all three of those competitions. I guess we'll just have to wait and see how they do in Thailand next week but the USFS doesn't have a history of shuffling the deck with their ID JGP assignments when the assignments are back-to-back like Aboian/Veselukhin this season. You're certainly free to take a different view but I'm going to respectfully disagree.

 

[ice coverage]

The Mullens confirmed their 2nd assignment is Slovenia in a post-FD interview with Golden Skate on Saturday. The singles assignments certainly do seem to be placeholders but I'm going to operate under the presumption that the ice dance entries are the actual ones and the skaters have received their notifications. ...

If you're referring to Aboian/Veselukhin ...

I thought it would be obvious from the preceding conversation that I was/am referring to Pedersen/Starr, who do not have any competitive record together.

 

[her grace]

For me, it is open to question whether a Team USA dance partnership that is brand-new in 2024 with zero competitive record already has been promised a second JGP or whether they are a placeholder for Slovenia.

I would agree except that their assignments are back-to-back and there’s no time for USFS to see their first competition results and to switch them out if necessary.

 

[Karen-W]

I thought it would be obvious from the preceding conversation that I was/am referring to Pedersen/Starr, who do not have any competitive record together.

Ahhhh... Yeah, that one is a bit more puzzling to me unless they're looking REALLY good in monitoring sessions. I was surprised to see them on the Slovenia entries list - it would have made a lot more sense to either give Ilin/Cain a second JGP or Stapert/Korotcov a first one at Slovenia and wait for the results of Pedersen/Starr's first JGP in Poland before confirming a second assignment in China. But that's just me and I'm not in charge of the USFS' JGP assignments. Maybe Charlie & Greg have a senior team/teams assigned to CS Budapest Trophy which is the same week as the last JGP in China, so the USFS was trying to avoid a coaching scheduling conflict.

 

[wouldacoulda]

So Hana Maria ABOIAN / Daniil VESELUKHIN will do a back to back…which is logical for reducing travel cost. A little bit sad though that I won't see them in Wuxi.

I’m looking forward to seeing Hana and Daniil. Her former partner was not a good fit. Interested to see Ben Starr and his new partner.
I shared the ice with both old teams, which was interesting, to say the least!

 

[ice coverage]

I would agree except that their assignments are back-to-back and there’s no time for USFS to see their first competition results and to switch them out if necessary.

Not saying it would be likely, but it would not be unprecedented -- so for me, never say never.
The circumstances were different, but in 2023, JGP Turkey pairs SP was on Thu Sep 7, and Flores/Wang were not added until Fri Sep 1.

2023-24 International Assignments and Results

2023-24 International Assignments and Results

usfigureskatingfanzone.com

2024 JGP Poland free dance is on Sat Sep 28, and JGP Turkey rhythm dance is on Fri Oct 4.

Anyway ... I look forward to seeing the Mullens again in Slovenia!

 

[Karen-W]

Not saying it would be likely, but it would not be unprecedented -- so for me, never say never.
The circumstances were different, but in 2023, JGP Turkey pairs SP was on Thu Sep 7, and Flores/Wang were not added until Fri Sep 1.

2023-24 International Assignments and Results

2023-24 International Assignments and Results

usfigureskatingfanzone.com

2024 JGP Poland free dance is on Sat Sep 28, and JGP Turkey rhythm dance is on Fri Oct 4.

Anyway ... I look forward to seeing the Mullens again in Slovenia!

Flores/Wang were swapped out for JGP Turkey when Williams/Lewer had to WD due to Naomi's ankle injury.

Here are the original JGP Turkey entries from August 8, 2023 - https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/2023-24-isu-junior-grand-prix.110722/post-6456002

The USFS asked Flores/Wang while they were in Austria if they would be fine with competing the following week in Turkey and they agreed to the swap. They were originally slated for JGP Budapest as their 2nd event. Here are the original Budapest entries from August 22, 2023- https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/2023-24-isu-junior-grand-prix.110722/post-6460113. Williams/Lewer were supposed to go to Poland as their 2nd assignment - here are the original Gdansk entries from August 29, 2023 - https://www.fsuniverse.net/forum/threads/2023-24-isu-junior-grand-prix.110722/post-6462415

The USFS JGP Pairs assignments were as follows:
JGP #2 Linz, Austria - Flores/Wang (Williams/Lewer substitutes)
JGP #3 Istanbul, Turkey - Williams/Lewer, Zheng/Deng (Flores/Wang substitutes)
JGP #5 Budapest, Turkey - Flores/Wang (Williams/Lewer substitutes)
JGP #6 Gdansk, Poland - Williams/Lewer (Flores/Wang substitutes)

All of the assignments were made and posted prior to the swap on Sept 1 and the USFS clearly had every intention of giving both Flores/Wang and Williams/Lewer two JGPs each and were listing both teams as substitutes if there was any unexpected reason why one team or the other needed to be switched around.

The circumstances surrounding what happened last season with Flores/Wang doing back-to-back JGPs and the USFS' decision-making with regard to the JGP ice dance assignments this season are not the same and the decision-making behind that decision last season is in no way comparable to assigning first Aboian/Veselukhin and then Pedersen/Starr to back-to-back JGPs this year.

 

[ice coverage]

I already had said in my previous post that the circumstances were different.
For me, the point is that we have seen that -- on short notice -- USFS can change and has changed an assignment. And for me, it does not make sense to rule out (as a logistical matter) any future possibility of change on short notice.

 

[Wyliefan]

Riria Kono will replace Ikura Kushida in Ankara. https://x.com/AnythingGOE/status/1831591907832561785

 

[Karen-W]

Well, Patrick Blackwell just earned the silver at JGP Czechia so that should guarantee him a 2nd JGP assignment. We may have to wait until after next week's JGP before the USFS confirms it though since it is, theoretically, possible that Taira & Jacob could both win their JGPs and leave the USFS with a real dilemma in determining who gets a 2nd assignment, lol.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Well, Patrick Blackwell just earned the silver at JGP Czechia so that should guarantee him a 2nd JGP assignment. We may have to wait until after next week's JGP before the USFS confirms it though since it is, theoretically, possible that Taira & Jacob could both win their JGPs and leave the USFS with a real dilemma in determining who gets a 2nd assignment, lol.

He was amazing, that was my favorite free skate.

 

[Karen-W]

And we have JGP China assignments! https://results.isu.org/events/fsevent00120590.htm

Men -
No. Name Nation
1 Konstantin SMIRNOV ARM 1
Mikayel SALAZARYAN ARM 1 S
2 Vinceman CHONG AUS 2
James LIN AUS 2 S
3 David BONDAR CAN 3
4 John KIM CAN 3
William CHAN CAN 3 S
Parker HEIDERICH CAN 3 S
David HOWES CAN 3 S
David LI CAN 3 S
Edward VASII CAN 3 S
5 Tonghe TIAN CHN 4
6 Ruiyang ZHANG CHN 4
7 Qihan ZHAO CHN 4
Wenbao HAN CHN 4 S
Boren LU CHN 4 S
8 Jean MEDARD FRA 5
Ilia GOGITIDZE FRA 5 S
Gianni MOTILLA FRA 5 S
Daniel VERBAT FRA 5 S
9 Jedidiah LINCOLN GBR 6
Lucas FITTERER GBR 6 S
Tao MACRAE GBR 6 S
Lloyd THOMSON GBR 6 S
10 Konstantin SUPATASHVILI GEO 7
11 Jiarui LI HKG 8
Chit Wang CHOW HKG 8 S
Jarvis HO HKG 8 S
12 Betrand Zeusef ZURIEL INA 9
13 Manjesh TIWARI IND 10
14 Rio NAKATA JPN 11
15 Taiga NISHINO JPN 11
Daiya EBIHARA JPN 11 S
Haru KAKIUCHI JPN 11 S
Shunsuke NAKAMURA JPN 11 S
Sena TAKAHASHI JPN 11 S
16 Artur SMAGULOV KAZ 12
Nikita KRIVOSHEYEV KAZ 12 S
Oleg MELNIKOV KAZ 12 S
17 Jaekeun LEE KOR 13
18 Hyunseo PARK KOR 13
Habin CHOI KOR 13 S
Minkyu SEO KOR 13 S
Donghan YU KOR 13 S
19 Jayden Ye Hung TIN MAS 14
20 Yanhao LI NZL 15
21 Hiro KAEWTATHIP THA 16
22 Jacob SANCHEZ USA 17
Patrick BLACKWELL USA 17 S
Nicholas BROOKS USA 17 S
Lorenzo ELANO USA 17 S
Caleb FARRINGTON USA 17 S
Aleksandr FEGAN USA 17 S
Kirk HAUGETO USA 17 S
Lucius KAZANECKI USA 17 S
Kai KOVAR USA 17 S
Zachary LOPINTO USA 17 S
Louis MALLANE USA 17 S
Daniel MARTYNOV USA 17 S
Taira SHINOHARA USA 17 S
Vaclav VASQUEZ USA 17 S

Women -
No. Name Nation
1 Sofi KARAPETYAN ARM 1
Rubina SIMONYAN ARM 1 S
Sofya TITOVA ARM 1 S
2 Hana BATH AUS 2
Simona BHASIN AUS 2 S
Andrea GUO AUS 2 S
Sienna KACZMARCZYK AUS 2 S
Trisha TONG AUS 2 S
Sydelle ZHANG AUS 2 S
3 Kara YUN CAN 3
Sandrine BLAIS CAN 3 S
Mely-Ann GAGNER CAN 3 S
Reese ROSE CAN 3 S
Aleksa VOLKOVA CAN 3 S
4 Shiqi GAO CHN 4
5 Shuxian JIN CHN 4
6 Yihan WANG CHN 4
Ruiyang ZHANG CHN 4 S
7 Hannah DABEES EGY 5
8 Emmi AHLSTEDT FIN 6
9 Minja PELTONEN FIN 6
Lotta ARTIMO FIN 6 S
Pihla BERGMAN FIN 6 S
Karina INNOS FIN 6 S
Iida KARHUNEN FIN 6 S
Annika PELLONMAA FIN 6 S
Venla SINISALO FIN 6 S
Darja TRUBITSON FIN 6 S
10 Ninon DAPOIGNY FRA 7
Mila BERTSCH FRA 7 S
Eve DUBECQ FRA 7 S
Stefania GLADKI FRA 7 S
Milana MOZEIKO FRA 7 S
Louane WOLFF FRA 7 S
11 Inga GURGENIDZE GEO 8
12 Ariel GUO HKG 9
Tsz Ching CHAN HKG 9 S
Chloe Desiree LEUNG HKG 9 S
Megan WONG HKG 9 S
13 Michelle Edgina AXILLE INA 10
14 Harshita RAWTANI IND 11
15 Elena AGOSTINELLI ITA 12
16 Chiara MINIGHINI ITA 12
Giulia BARUCCHI ITA 12 S
Amanda GHEZZO ITA 12 S
Noemi JOOS ITA 12 S
Anna PEZZETTA ITA 12 S
17 Ami NAKAI JPN 13
18 Yo TAKAGI JPN 13
Riria KONO JPN 13 S
Ikura KUSHIDA JPN 13 S
Mei OKADA JPN 13 S
Mao SHIMADA JPN 13 S
Rena UEZONO JPN 13 S
Kaoruko WADA JPN 13 S
19 Sofiya FARAFONOVA KAZ 14
Yekaterina BALYUBA KAZ 14 S
Zere SARBALINA KAZ 14 S
20 Zhasmin SHLAGA KGZ 15
Diana KIM KGZ 15 S
Daria SNEGOVSKAIA KGZ 15 S
21 Jeongyul HWANG KOR 16
22 Yuseong KIM KOR 16
Harin JANG KOR 16 S
Hyorin LEE KOR 16 S
Seojin YOUN KOR 16 S
Nayeong YU KOR 16 S
23 Sama JERAQ KUW 17
24 Wei Xuan OH MAS 18
Audrey LEE MAS 18 S
Chloe Xin Yao NG MAS 18 S
25 Misheel OTGONBAATAR MGL 19
26 Cara TANG NZL 20
Renee TSAI NZL 20 S
27 Sara ZOFREA BRAVO PER 21
Sorami TANAKA PER 21 S
28 Hayden Isabel BALUCATING PHI 22
Isabella Miel HAZELTON PHI 22 S
Cathryn LIMKETKAI PHI 22 S
Samantha Leyla MASCARINAS PHI 22 S
Kate ORROCK PHI 22 S
Krystle Rheanne SIY PHI 22 S
29 Vianna Shen-Rou LINKE SGP 23
Jiayuxin LIN SGP 23 S
Joyce Yue En YANG SGP 23 S
30 Olivia LENGYELOVA SVK 24
31 Phattaratida KANESHIGE THA 25
Nutcha DOLTANAKARN THA 25 S
Pimmpida LERDPRAIWAN THA 25 S
Chichaya RUNGRATTANAPRASERT THA 25 S
Kidakarn THAMSIRIANUNT THA 25 S
32 Chloe TANG TPE 26
Sadie Shen WENG TPE 26 S
33 Elisa WESTERHOF UAE 27
34 Emilia NEMIROVSKY USA 28
Sofia BEZKOROVAINAYA USA 28 S
Alina BONILLO USA 28 S
Annika CHAO USA 28 S
Alayna COATS USA 28 S
Ela CUI USA 28 S
Logan HIGASE-CHEN USA 28 S
Keira HILBELINK USA 28 S
Jiaying Ellyse JOHNSON USA 28 S
Jessica JURKA USA 28 S
Mia KALIN USA 28 S
Teryn KIM USA 28 S
Josephine LEE USA 28 S
Cleo PARK USA 28 S
Angela SHAO USA 28 S
Sophie Joline VON FELTEN USA 28 S
35 Viktoriya VAGAPOVA UZB 29
Sofiya VIDRINA UZB 29 S
36 Huong Dieu LE VIE 30

Ice Dance -
No. Name Nation
1 Renee YUEN / Oliver MA AUS 1
2 Victoria CARANDIUC / Andrei CARANDIUC CAN 2
3 Chloe NGUYEN / Brendan GIANG CAN 2
Sophia GOVER / Billy WILSON FRENCH CAN 2 S
Summer HOMICK / Nicholas BUELOW CAN 2 S
Alyson LACOMBE / Morgan LALIBERTE LAURENT CAN 2 S
Rachel MARTINS / Juel KOWALCZYK CAN 2 S
4 Xinai DING / Hanchong ZHENG CHN 3
5 Shanjie YIN / Shirui YANG CHN 3
6 Xinyi YU / Tianyi LIU CHN 3
Yuxi GAO / Zhouhao JI CHN 3 S
7 Louise DUPRAT / Tahory TADDEI-DUGUE FRA 4
8 Ambre PERRIER GIANESINI / Samuel BLANC KLAPERMAN FRA 4
Eva BERNARD / Amedeo BONETTO FRA 4 S
Louise BORDET / Martin CHARDAIN FRA 4 S
Louise COHAS-BOGEY / Daniil GRISHIN FRA 4 S
Celina FRADJI / Jean-Hans FOURNEAUX FRA 4 S
Lou KOCH / Lucas CHATAIGNOUX FRA 4 S
Dania MOUADEN / Theo BIGOT FRA 4 S
Alisa OVSIANKINA / Maximilien RAHIER FRA 4 S
9 Ashlie SLATTER / Atl ONGAY-PEREZ GBR 5
Molly HAIRSINE / Alessio SURENKOV-GULTCHEV GBR 5 S
Mimi MARLER DAVIES / Joseph BLACK GBR 5 S
10 Ran KANG / Han Wan CHAU HKG 6
11 Vittoria PETRACCHI / Daniel BASILE ITA 7
Arianna SOLDATI / Nicholas TAGLIABUE ITA 7 S
12 Sara KISHIMOTO / Atsuhiko TAMURA JPN 8
13 Eva SHELAEVA / Ivan SOLOVYEV KAZ 9
14 Madelaine Ann BREAU / Namu LEE KOR 10
15 Tasha Shin Hui LAI / Kazuteru Mikki BECKER-POS TPE 11
Chen-Yu CHAN / Yu-Chun HUANG TPE 11 S
16 Olivia ILIN / Dylan CAIN USA 12
17 Elliana PEAL / Ethan PEAL USA 12
Michelle DEYCH / Ryan HU USA 12 S
Julia EPPS / Blake GILMAN USA 12 S
Caroline MULLEN / Brendan MULLEN USA 12 S
Emily RENZI / William LISSAUER USA 12 S
Annelise STAPERT / Maxim KOROTCOV USA 12 S
Katarina WOLFKOSTIN / Dimitry TSAREVSKI USA 12 S

 

[Karen-W]

Just noticed that Kemp/Elizarov are WD from JGP Turkey (at this point, I'm not holding my breath that they'll compete at their 2nd assigned JGP in Poland the following week). Daiya Ebihara was WD by the JSF from his 2nd JGP (Poland).

 

[Belsornia]

Yoshida/Ogahara are out of their second JGP too. Too bad, they’re a fun young team and I’d have liked to see them again. Let the kids get some experience, JSF!

 

[Karen-W]

And the JSF continues to be really tough on their men who are not performing - Nishino is off the JGP China list as of today.

Also, Kemp/Elizarov have been WD from their 2nd JGP in Poland. Such a shame for them.

 

[Samurina]

And the JSF continues to be really tough on their men who are not performing - Nishino is off the JGP China list as of today.

Also, Kemp/Elizarov have been WD from their 2nd JGP in Poland. Such a shame for them.

so sad, i would understand it more if they would give others the opportunity because they have no hope of the final, but they just leave it blank. maybe let seigo, tsudoi, massaya, or some of their novices come up. I mean sure they won't make the final, but hey.