U.S. Men 2024-25 news & updates

[kirkbiggestfan]

That would be pretty unusual for someone with only a year or so of tenure.

Some companies have family leave policies. He's taking a figure skating family leave.

 

[Debbie S]

Some companies have family leave policies. He's taking a figure skating family leave.

Uh, family leave policies have pretty strict reqs and usually require documentation.

 

[kwanfan1818]

His current job is not the only one he's qualified for. If his current employer won't give him personal leave, or there's a "You'll need to reapply later officially, but" unofficial message, then I'm sure he can get another one.

 

[kirkbiggestfan]

Uh, family leave policies have pretty strict reqs and usually require documentation.

Doctor Arutyunyan will write a leave of absence letter: Dear Capital One, I am prescribing an intensive training protocol for 6 months with the family in California. PS: can you sponsor his training? I am not cheap. Love, Raf.

 

[Karen-W]

Congratulations to Jacob Sanchez who just won his senior debut at Tallinn Trophy with a 225.60 score! And finishing in silver with 212.73 was Daniel Martynov. Both have earned their Worlds CTES mins!

Jimmy Ma pulled up from 11th in the SP to 4th in the SP and 6th overall with a 209.71 score.

 

[Sylvia]

2024 CS Tallinn Trophy results:
GOLD Jacob SANCHEZ USA 225.60 2 1 - ISU PB/SB in FS! (-1 fall deduction was on a sliding move in his choreo. step seq.)
SILVER Daniel MARTYNOV USA 212.73 4 6 (new ISU SB total score)
6th Jimmy MA USA 209.71 11 4

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	CO	PR	SK	Ded. -	StN.
1​	Jacob SANCHEZ	USA	148.97​	76.87​		73.10​	7.35​	7.10​	7.50​	1.00​	#23​
4​	Jimmy MA	USA	143.44​	75.51​		68.93​	6.85​	6.90​	6.95​	1.00​	#14​
6​	Daniel MARTYNOV	USA	137.12​	66.19​		70.93​	6.95​	7.05​	7.30​	0.00​	#21​

ETA:

Jimmy's opening 4T+3T (13.70 bv) earned him +2.09 GOE --> 15.79 points.
Jacob's opening 3A+3T got him 13.96 points and his 2nd half 3Lz+2A+2A+SEQ --> 14.22 points.

 

[Sylvia]

18 U.S. Men's ISU SB total scores of 190+ before this week's CS Tallinn Trophy/GP Finlandia Trophy results (I didn't forget to include Ilia this time ):

1	Ilia MALININ	USA	ISU CS Lombardia Trophy 2024	15/09/2024	312.55	S
15	Andrew TORGASHEV	USA	ISU GP NHK Trophy 2024	09/11/2024	246.58	S
16	Lucas BROUSSARD	USA	ISU CS Cranberry Cup International 2024	11/08/2024	246.48	S
21	Jimmy MA	USA	ISU CS Cranberry Cup International 2024	11/08/2024	236.77	S
30	Jacob SANCHEZ	USA	ISU JGP Ljubljana Cup 2024	04/10/2024	229.46	J
31	Jason BROWN	USA	ISU GP NHK Trophy 2024	09/11/2024	229.09	S
34	Camden PULKINEN	USA	ISU CS Cranberry Cup International 2024	11/08/2024	226.97	S
36	Tomoki HIWATASHI	USA	ISU GP NHK Trophy 2024	09/11/2024	226.38	S
41	Patrick BLACKWELL	USA	ISU JGP Czech Skate 2024	06/09/2024	221.56	J
49	Maxim NAUMOV	USA	ISU GP Skate America 2024	20/10/2024	216.38	S
55	Joseph KLEIN	USA	ISU CS Trophy Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur 2024	19/10/2024	210.79	S
60	Liam KAPEIKIS	USA	ISU CS Trophy Metropole Nice Cote d'Azur 2024	19/10/2024	208.93	S
63	Daniel MARTYNOV	USA	ISU CS Lombardia Trophy 2024	15/09/2024	207.01	S
65	Yaroslav PANIOT	USA	ISU CS Cranberry Cup International 2024	11/08/2024	206.59	S
70	Goku ENDO	USA	ISU CS Denis Ten Memorial Challenge 2024	05/10/2024	203.03	S
78	Michael XIE	USA	ISU CS Cranberry Cup International 2024	11/08/2024	198.73	S
81	Taira SHINOHARA	USA	ISU JGP Bangkok 2024	14/09/2024	197.53	J
93	Aleksandr FEGAN	USA	ISU JGP Riga Cup 2024	31/08/2024	190.07	J

Scheduled to compete at Sectionals in Senior: Hiwatashi (M), Klein (M), Kapeikis (P), Paniot (P), Endo (P), Xie (P), Shinohara (M)
In Junior: Blackwell (E), Fegan (E)

 

[ice coverage]

Cross-posting from USFS Broadcast thread:

Just confirmed to me - Senior/Junior events on Peacock and Novice & below on USFS' YT channel.

Here is a pleasant surprise: Also on USFS YouTube channel are videos for Junior Men SP at Pacific Coast Sectionals.
They were uploaded last night, meaning Thursday Nov 14. The competition took place on Wednesday night Nov 13.
(The Peacock replay still is available too -- expires tonight, meaning Friday.)

On YouTube as of now are individual videos for seven (of the eight) Junior Men: Ryan William Azadpour, Vaclav Vasquez, Aaron Li, Nicholas Brooks, Arsen Meghavoryan, Ryedin Rudedenman, and Ethan Kormanyos.
The only missing SP: Sergei Evseev, who was last in the starting order on Wednesday.

The YouTube videos at least for Vaclav Vasquez, Ryedin Rudedenman, and Ryan William Azadpour have their real program music (as opposed to substitution of something else).
(I have not double-checked the other YT videos.)​

 

[Karen-W]

So, after this weekend's Sectionals, the Top 3 in the "Next Highest Score" race for Nationals are:

Liam Kapeikis 207.57
Michael Xie 201.02
Samuel Mindra 194.99

Next week's Mids men now know what they need in order to get a spot.

 

[Sylvia]

2 Sectionals are finished and the first 4 Senior Men's qualifers are Goku Endo (P-1), Kai Kovar (P-2), Emmanuel Savary (E-1) & Lucius Kazanecki (E-2):

https://twitter.com/x/status/1857949952581726373

https://twitter.com/x/status/1857913507171172551

As posted above, there are 3 spots available for 3rd place finishers & onwards with Mids to go next week - currently:
Liam Kapeikis 207.57 (P-3)
Michael Xie 201.02 (P-4)
Samuel Mindra 194.99 (P-5)
Daniil Murzin 189.77 (P-6)
Philip Baker 183.77 (E-3)

Midwestern Sectional top 5 NQS scores + Tomoki Hiwatashi:
Taira Shinohara 215.13
Beck Strommer 213.51
Joseph Klein 212.02
Antonio Monaco 172.10
Maxim Zharkov 171.85

 

[Sylvia]

And here are my 2 posts for the first 8 Junior Men's Nationals qualifiers for those without access to the Kiss & Cry:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1857942137343479861

https://twitter.com/x/status/1857951762054865004

(still for Nicholas Brooks 2 days later)

ETA:

The top 2 Novice Men in each of the 3 Sectionals will again be invited to compete in the Junior event at Nationals.

Easterns top 2:
Brendan Man, SC of Boston 146.93 (47.67 SP 2nd, 99.26 FS 1st)
David Zhao, SC of Boston 140.26 (45.74 SP 3rd, 94.52 FS 2nd)

Pacific Coast top 2:
Ethan Yan, Peninsula SC 122.05 (39.71 SP 3rd, 82.34 FS 2nd)
Michael Jin, All Year FSC 119.28 (34.67 SP 7th, 84.61 FS 1st)

 

[A.H.Black]

Any chance Yaroslav Paniot will/could petition to get to Nationals after withdrawing from Pacific Coasts?

Also, could Liam Kapeikis' participation at Golden Skate change anything as far as senior men's entries for Nationals?

So nice to see Kai Kovar skate so well at his "home" rink - especially his short program. He looks "grown-up"

 

[mtnskater]

Samuel Mindra That is all.

 

[Debbie S]

Any chance Yaroslav Paniot will/could petition to get to Nationals after withdrawing from Pacific Coasts?

I don't see what basis he would have to do that. There are no medical byes anymore, and it's not as if he has any comp results or assignments that would remotely qualify him for any other bye.

Also, could Liam Kapeikis' participation at Golden Skate change anything as far as senior men's entries for Nationals?

Good question. If he ends up not qualifying, I wonder if USFS would pull him from the assignment. But OTOH, he did earn his spot on the ISP so I assume he'll still go if he wants. If your question is whether USFS would give him an entry to Nats b/c he has an assignment, that's not how the qualification works, and there would be no basis for them to do so.

 

[haribobo]

If he ends up not qualifying, I wonder if USFS would pull him from the assignment. But OTOH, he did earn his spot on the ISP so I assume he'll still go if he wants. If your question is whether USFS would give him an entry to Nats b/c he has an assignment, that's not how the qualification works, and there would be no basis for them to do so.

First of all, its pretty likely that he qualifies for Nationals knowing how many spots there are and who is skating at Mids. But no, they will not and should not pull anyone from an assignment as punishment for not making Nationals. That would just be cruel. The only thing I would like to see as a result of Sectionals would be some of the top scoring skaters added to internationals if possible.

 

[A.H.Black]

Good question. If he ends up not qualifying, I wonder if USFS would pull him from the assignment. But OTOH, he did earn his spot on the ISP so I assume he'll still go if he wants. If your question is whether USFS would give him an entry to Nats b/c he has an assignment, that's not how the qualification works, and there would be no basis for them to do so.

Actually I was wondering if Liam could get his entry to Nationals from Golden Skate, thus freeing up a spot for someone else from Sectionals. I didn't think it was a possibility, just wondering.

 

[Karen-W]

Actually I was wondering if Liam could get his entry to Nationals from Golden Skate, thus freeing up a spot for someone else from Sectionals. I didn't think it was a possibility, just wondering.

What is this "Golden Skate" you keep mentioning? Liam does not have any further international assignments between now and Nationals per the USFS' Int'l Assignments page.

 

[Debbie S]

Actually I was wondering if Liam could get his entry to Nationals from Golden Skate, thus freeing up a spot for someone else from Sectionals. I didn't think it was a possibility, just wondering.

The rule is a combo of 3 int'l assignments between GPs and Challengers gets a skater a bye.

I assumed from your post that Liam was assigned to Golden Spin, since I hadn't checked which men we were sending. But he's not, so I'm not sure what you mean. But the only way Liam is qualifying for Nats is through one of the 'next best scores' spots.

As haribobo noted, it's highly likely that Liam will qualify for Wichita.

 

[A.H.Black]

I was sure I had seen his name on the Golden Spin list - Oh well. My mistake.

 

[haribobo]

Ha, I didn't realize he wasn't registered for any comps either.

 

[jlai]

Just curious do skaters assigned to Santa Claus cup get a bye? Or does it depend?

 

[Tinycities]

Lucas Broussard is out for the rest of the season with a fractured pelvis.

Lucas B. on Instagram: "Hi! I really appreciate all of the support I’ve received recently. Unfortunately, I’ve fractured my pelvis and won’t be able to complete this season. I’ll continue working hard and come back stronger. Thank you! 🙏"

1,229 likes, 117 comments - lucas._.broussard on November 17, 2024: "Hi! I really appreciate all of the support I’ve received recently. Unfortunately, I’ve fractured my pelvis and won’t be able to complete this season. I’ll continue working hard and come back stronger. Thank you! 🙏".

www.instagram.com

 

[Rukia]

Lucas Broussard is out for the rest of the season with a fractured pelvis.

Lucas B. on Instagram: "Hi! I really appreciate all of the support I’ve received recently. Unfortunately, I’ve fractured my pelvis and won’t be able to complete this season. I’ll continue working hard and come back stronger. Thank you! 🙏"

1,229 likes, 117 comments - lucas._.broussard on November 17, 2024: "Hi! I really appreciate all of the support I’ve received recently. Unfortunately, I’ve fractured my pelvis and won’t be able to complete this season. I’ll continue working hard and come back stronger. Thank you! 🙏".

www.instagram.com

nooooooooooooo this is terrible (also ow)

 

[Karen-W]

I was sure I had seen his name on the Golden Spin list - Oh well. My mistake.

He's listed as a substitute, but those are alphabetical, so there's no guarantee he'd be assigned if one of the three assigned did withdraw.

Just curious do skaters assigned to Santa Claus cup get a bye? Or does it depend?

No. The Bye policy explicitly lists the events that qualify toward the 3 International Assignments - JGPs, GPs, and all the Challengers except Tallinn Trophy, Warsaw Cup & Golden Spin - though if a skater is assigned to Tallinn or Warsaw they receive a travel bye; and the pairs teams assigned to IceChallenge Graz also received a travel bye.

Notably, the ice dancers assigned to IceChallenge Graz as well as Tomoki Hiwatashi (only 2 int'ls - Cranberry & NHK Trophy) did NOT get a travel bye as their Nov int'ls were more than 2 weeks before Mids/Dance Final.

 

[Karen-W]

Lucas Broussard is out for the rest of the season with a fractured pelvis.

Lucas B. on Instagram: "Hi! I really appreciate all of the support I’ve received recently. Unfortunately, I’ve fractured my pelvis and won’t be able to complete this season. I’ll continue working hard and come back stronger. Thank you! 🙏"

1,229 likes, 117 comments - lucas._.broussard on November 17, 2024: "Hi! I really appreciate all of the support I’ve received recently. Unfortunately, I’ve fractured my pelvis and won’t be able to complete this season. I’ll continue working hard and come back stronger. Thank you! 🙏".

www.instagram.com

No!!!!! That's terrible news. I hope he is able to heal and come back strong.

And, not to sound callous at all, but since we're discussing the Men's Nats spots, this does open up a 4th spot for the "Next Highest Score" across all 3 Sectionals.

 

[misskarne]

Lucas Broussard is out for the rest of the season with a fractured pelvis.

Lucas B. on Instagram: "Hi! I really appreciate all of the support I’ve received recently. Unfortunately, I’ve fractured my pelvis and won’t be able to complete this season. I’ll continue working hard and come back stronger. Thank you! 🙏"

1,229 likes, 117 comments - lucas._.broussard on November 17, 2024: "Hi! I really appreciate all of the support I’ve received recently. Unfortunately, I’ve fractured my pelvis and won’t be able to complete this season. I’ll continue working hard and come back stronger. Thank you! 🙏".

www.instagram.com

Oh, ouch. I wonder how that happened. That's going to be a long road of very painful recovery ahead of him, to say nothing of his skating recovery. I hope it goes well for him.

 

[maureenfarone]

I was sure I had seen his name on the Golden Spin list - Oh well. My mistake.

He is on the list for Golden Spin as a substitute.

 

[SkateFanBerlin]

Sorry to see Lucas out for the season - fractured pelvis. Wow, still only in high school and have had so many injuries. Is it time to bail or will he make a Kaetlyn-Osmond comeback?

 

[Aceon6]

Gutted for Lucas. I hope he’s getting the best possible medical attention and advice.

 

[Sylvia]

Samuel Mindra That is all.

Samuel Mindra's Pacific Coast Senior Men's FS to "Touch" by Daft Punk ft. Paul Williams (with the Vitamin String Quartet's cover in the beginning): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bXe2pwAUH4
He has been injured (only attempted 1 triple, 3S) and so that's why he held up a "See U Next Year Thank You!!!" sign in the kiss & cry afterwards.

ETA that he had the highest PCS (76.93) in the event.

ETA 2: The music has since been muted by USFS (his original music was supposedly in this video for 24 hours only).