2012 US Figure Skating Championships: Junior Ladies Short Program LIVE Coverage

1) Camille Davis
   Music: Pachabel meets U2

• This music is so interesting, I love the idea
• Oh no, fall on the first jumps
• I'm happy to see a smile on her face after landing the second jump
• Good use of plie and the whole body in the footwork, she spends a lot of time on one leg
• Really good speed in the layback, could use a higher leg in the traditional position
• Her hands are really tends, I'd love to see her relax them a lot
• This instrumental "With our without you" brings back a lot of good memories for me
• I love that traveling entrance into the camel spin
• Really nice low position at the end of that combo
• Sad about the fall, but very great expressive qualities to this skater

19.29 (TES) + 19.14 (PCS) -1.00 (DED) = 37.43

2) Polina Edmunds
   Music: Shenandoah/Turkey in the Straw

• She is adorable, I love her! And at 13, she's younger than many Novices
• I love that she shows her personality and the character of the piece in the choreography
• Long entrance, but produces a good jump
• Nice high tuck in the fly into the sit spin
• I love Shenandoah, it's a fantastic piece of music
• The arms are a little wild in the footwork, but I appreciate that she's using them
• Good job of keeping the energy up the whole way through as the picks up at the end

 (TES) +  (PCS) = 51.02

3) Allison Timlen
   Music:

• missed due to internet outage

 (TES) +  (PCS) = 35.94

4) Barbie Long
   Music: Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky

• missed due to internet outage

 (TES) +  (PCS) = 48.80

5) Mariah Bell
   Music: Mack and Mabel by Jerry Herman

• missed due to internet outage

 (TES) +  (PCS) = 46.75

6) Jenelle Herman
   Music:

• missed due to internet outage

 (TES) +  (PCS) = 39.03

7) Gracie Gold
   Music: Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy by The Deviation Projects

• Amazing job from the last minute or so that I caught!
• Internet problems :(

34.38 (TES) + 25.83 (PCS) = 60.21

8) Gwendolyn Prescott
   Music:

• This is a beautiful selection of music
• Good spinning ability, I like the variations in the camel
• The arms are a little stiff, I'd like to see her relax the upper body
• A rather abrupt ending, but a good program overall

24.58 (TES) + 20.26 (PCS) = 44.84

9) Ashley Cain
   Music: Montserrat

• At 16, Ashley looks and is one of the most mature ladies in this field
• This program was phenomenal on the Grand Prix this season
• Two-foots the first jump but manages to hold on
• Her speed and intensity throughout this piece are great
• Steps out of the jump but makes it look like choreography, that's the mark of a pro
• I like this piece a lot, she performs it so well and she has the carriage of the senior
• Really lost speed toward that catch-leg spin
• Broke character a little too quickly after the last beat of the music

24.58 (TES) + 24.03 (PCS) = 51.80

10) Hannah Miller
   Music: Danse Macabre by Camille Saint-Saens

• I love that spin that she opens with
• She competes in a very tough sectional with Gold, Long, and Bell so I think that tight competition makes them all better
• Very clean program, she was exquisite on the Junior Grand Prix this season
• Very tight, clean jumps, there is no doubt she is going to land them when she takes off
• This program is very high energy and she does a fine job of living up to that
• Good solid program from Hannah, last year's Novice champ
• What are they reviewing that it's taking so long?

30.29 (TES) + 24.15 (PCS) = 54.44

11) Katarina Kulgeyko
   Music: Love Theme by Tchaikovsky

• Really tight jump to start, falls on second jump of the combo
• She reminds me of Sarah Hughes
• She looks a little anxious, unsettled, like she's not over her legs
• That was a bit of a weird music edit for me

27.04 (TES) + 20.51 (PCS) -1.00 (DED) = 46.55

12) Jessica Hu
   Music: Danse Macabre

• She is a very tall skater
• Nice spring into those jumps
• I like the dress a lot, but I don't think it fits Dance Macabre
• Unfortunate fall on the 2nd jump
• That spiral position needs much more stretch
• I hate hearing the same music twice in the same event because it's difficult not to compare them to one another

23.60 (TES) + 19.75 (PCS) -1.00 (DED)= 42.35