2012 US Figure Skating Championships: Senior Pairs Short Program LIVE Coverage

1) Tiffany Vise & Don Baldwin
 Music: Pirates of the Caribbean

23.40 (TES) + 22.65 (PCS) = 45.65

2) Kloe Chanel Baustista & Tyler Harris
 Music: Slumdog Millionaire

• Those costumes are a little loud for me
• Really slow starting off
• Only a split double twist
• Really sloppy form in the throw
• This music isn't doing anything in terms of pushing them with speed
• Those were good side by side jumps
• They're starting to pick up some speed here at the halfway point
• She is a nice performer

22.28 (TES) + 19.08 (PCS) = 42.16

3) Gretchen Donlan & Andrew Speroff
 Music: O Mio Babbino Caro

• I love this team, let's hope for a fantastic performance
• This team has very nice lines, very elegant
• Really quick triple twist
• Slight unison issue on the takeoffs of the SBS jumps
• Really nice positions in the lift, smooth transitions
• This music really suits them
• The footwork is a really a little slower than I'd like
• Really good height and distance on the throw triple salchow
• Lovely position on that death spiral
• Great flexibility on her part in the pair spin
• That will easily put them into first

 32.17 (TES) + 25.60 (PCS) = 57.77

4) Rita Fehr & Peter Biver
 Music: Music from Madagascar

• This is just a very odd pairing for me, where do they expect to go?
• This is painfully slow
• I liked her catch foot position in that lift
• She needs to straighten out the legs in that death spiral
• I like this music, but it would be better suited to a novice or junior team
• That split twist had little to no height
• Two-foots the throw
• I feel like I'm watching slow motion here, anybody else?

 15.25 (TES) + 16.12 (PCS) = 31.37

5) Caydee Denney & John Coughlin
 Music: East of Eden

• That split twist was huge!
• This middle sequence is a little slow for me, I'd like the program to build more here
• Looked a little labored getting that lift up, but really nice once she was up there
• Really pitched forward on that throw, she wiped out hard, I hope she's alright
• Really slow in that death spiral

 33.90 (TES) + 27.98 (PCS) -1.00 (DED) = 60.88

6) Andrea Poapst & Chris Knierim
 Music: Once Upon a December

• I love this music
• That was a huge split twist
• The colors on her costume are a little strange for me
• Great throw
• This is remarkably clean, I didn't know quite what to expect from them
• She shows great flexibility in her back on that pair spin

 29.42 (TES) + 24.01 (PCS) = 53.43

7) Alexa Scimeca & Ivan Dimitrov
 Music: Leyenda

• That is an interesting opening pose
• I'm not loving this crushed velvet look
• Big old crash landing on the split twist
• Stumbles out of the SBS jumps
• Not a lot of distance, but good height on that throw
• She may have touched the ice on the death spiral, that's a no-no
• Some nice moments, but not outstanding as a whole piece

29.75 (TES) + 22.18 (PCS) = 51.93

8) Felicia Zhang & Nathan Batholomay
 Music:  Gershwin's Piano Concerton

• He is a very flashy performer
• A little crashy on the split twist
• He was a little two-footed on the SBS jump
• Nice execution of the throw
• I love these costumes so much, they fit the music perfectly, globes and all
• Some silly stumbles and such, but I like their look overal
• I think Nathan is a better fit for Felicia than Taylor Toth was last year
• They need a lot more speed
• A little form break on the death spiral

27.82 (TES) + 21.75 (PCS) = 49.57

9) Cassie Andrews & Timothy LeDuc
 Music: Ancient Lands

• It's always interesting when they're in identical costumes
• Oh no, fall from her
• Lands the throw on two feet, not strong landing
• They are not skating with the music well at all
• He caught an edge on that twizzle, little stumble

24.55 (TES) + 21.80 (PCS) -1.00 (DED) = 45.35

10) Mary Beth Marley & Rockne Brubaker
 Music: Singin' in the Fan

• She is just precious, but she's grown up a lot in the last year
• Nice side by side triple toes, perfect unison
• They are skating nice and fast, I love how jazzy this is
• Very nice choreography
• Very nice triple twist, that element has improved for her so much this season over last year
• Good flexibility and speed on the spins
• Very nice throw, this is a quality short
• Her lift positions have improved so much this year over last year
• Oh no he almost lost it on the death spiral, hand down

 36.26 (TES) + 29.54 (PCS) = 65.80

11) Marissa Castelli & Simon Shnapir
 Music: Phantom of the Opera

• Monster split triple twist, but rough landing
• Good side by side jumps
• A little wild on that illusion in the pair spin
• This music really isn't doing it for me tonight
• Nice throw triple salchow on the crash in the music
• I like the choreography and the intensity with which they attacked it tonight

33.83 (TES) + 26.73 (PCS) = 60.56

12) Amanda Evora & Mark Ladwig
 Music: The Man I Love

• Beautiful stroking
• Not incredible height on the split twist, but a clean landing
• She was really tight in the air on that jump, the was no way she was landing that
• Fantastic throw triple loop
• This is great choreography
• This is really a fine example of two skating as one
• Was it just me or did he seem to slip a little on that lift
• Great speed on the death spiral
• Not perfect, but a very fine performance

33.67 (TES) + 28.60 (PCS) -1.00 (DED) = 61.27

13) Ashley Cain & Joshua Reagan
 Music: Moon River

• She has fantastic presence on the ice, such lovely lines
• They are in close holds a lot, they remind me of ice dancers a little bit
• Perfectly synchronized triple salchows
• Wonderful lift position, good rotational speed and ice clean exit
• Stumble out of the throw, I am not sure if that was a fall or not
• The split twist looked a little rushed

28.07 (TES) + 24.97 (PCS) = 53.04

Start No.	Name	Score
1	10	Mary Beth Marley, DuPage FSC Rockne Brubaker, All Year FSC	65.80
2	12	Amanda Evora, Southwest FL FSC Mark Ladwig, Red River Valley FSC	61.27
3	5	Caydee Denney, Broadmoor SC John Coughlin, KS City FSC	60.88
4	11	Marissa Castelli, SC Of Boston Simon Shnapir, SC Of Boston	60.56
5	3	Gretchen Donlan, SC Of Boston Andrew Speroff, SC Of Boston	57.77
6	6	Andrea Poapst, Broadmoor SC Christopher Knierim, Broadmoor SC	53.43
7	13	Ashley Cain, Stars FSC of TX Joshua Reagan, Stars FSC of TX	53.04
8	7	Alexa Scimeca, DuPage FSC Ivan Dimitrov, Individual Member	51.93
9	8	Felicia Zhang, SC of NY Nathan Bartholomay, University of DE FSC	49.57
10	1	Tiffany Vise, Broadmoor SC Don Baldwin, Los Angeles FSC	45.65
11	9	Cassie Andrews, IN World Sk Acad FSC Timothy LeDuc, Eastern IA FSC	45.35
12	2	Kloe Chanel Bautista, All Year FSC Tyler Harris, SC Of Boston	42.16
13	4	Rita Fehr, Eau Claire FSC Peter Biver, St. Paul FSC	31.37