And we have warm-up group 1 on the ice...so exciting!
1) Timothy Dolensky
Music: Windfall by Timothy Dolensky
- He is skating to a piece that he composed
- Nice 3-3 combination there
- Beautiful expressive quality in his upper body
- He reminds me of Tim Goebel for some reason
- This is a beautiful piece of music
- Good stretch on that back catch foot spin
- I love the softness in his skating
- Needs to point the foot more in that low sit position
- Good solid skating, he'll be pleased with that
- Based on his sectionals scores, he should be a contender for the podium and even the title
2) Lucas Kaugars
Music: Music from Duplicity
- This boy looks like a fullback, let's see how he skates
- Wow he can jump, that 3-3 was huge!
- Does he train with Tom Z? That would explain why he jumps so well
- His spins are on the slow side, but he skates pretty fast overall
- He looks down at the ice in concentration a lot, I want him to open up and use his face more
- Wow, splashy ending, I though he tripped, but that was actually his ending pose
- So he isn't coached by Tom Z, but I do believe that is Becky Calvin
3) Ryan Hartley
Music: Malaguena
- Nice been 2A to start
- This costume is a little bland for me, it needs some sparkle
- I have no idea how he saved those jumps, they were so tilted in the air
- He is zippy, but he is really stiff, he needs to loosen up his upper body relax his face a little
- Now that I see the costume up close, I like it!
- He does not look happy...it was a nice performance, just a little rushed
- Wow, he and his coach just took off as soon as the scores came up
4) Jay Yostanto
Music: The Untouchables by Ennio Morricone
- This music is big this season
- I love that costume
- That was a huge axel, big height on that, was it a triple?
- Losing a lot of speed in the spins
- I liked that program as a whole
5) Philip Warren
Music: Little Wing by Jimi Hendrix
- Well there's a wild costume for you, but it certainly fits the music!
- Really high jumps, a little wild
- He is quite the showman, I love this choreography
- That was a fun performance, I really enjoyed it
- Again, another Tammy Gambill skater, so it makes sense that he is such a performer
6) Emmanuel Savary
Music: Black Cat, White Cat, various artists
- I saw this kid live a few months ago, he's a really sweet kid
- I like that costume a lot, very Jackson Five
- He is a fun little performer
- This is really cool music
- Oh boy, sat the first jump right down, his feet were tangled under him
- Good double axel to recover
- Really slow in the camel spin
- Oh no, another fall
- Falls on 2 of 3 jumps could be costly, he'll be in a deep hole going into the free skate
- He is not letting go of the performance, however, and I respect him greatly for that
7) David Wang
Music: Tuxedo Junction by Erskine Hawkins
- I love this piece of music, it's very charismatic and suits him well
- He gets very deep into his knees
- Oh no, looked like a good landing but his feet were tangled and he just pitched forward
- Really nice program overall, very well choreographed and composed
- Well performed as well for that matter
- What is taking so long?
8) Timothy Koleto
Music: Dark Secret Waltz
- He is so tall and I feel like he actually uses his limbs to his advantage unlike many
- Good toe point on the sit spin
- I'd like to see more expression on his face, he seems nervous as he's looking down at the ice
- Becky Calvin keeps carrying that iPad around, what is she doing on that thing haha
- Again, taking so long, they have to be reviewing edges or rotation or something of the sort
9) Nathan Chen
Music: WALL-E by Hans Zimmer
- And here's the headliner
- You don't get how good this kid is until you've seen him live
- He skates so fast, its unreal
- I love that his programs are youthful and fun but they are still jam packed with content
- He gets right into the footwork
- Really tight double axel
- He's working on the triple axel, maybe he'll break it out in the free skate
- Awesome 3-3 combo there!
- I love his Donut spin position and that split jump
- He does a jump right at the end of the program just because he's cool like that
- 34.40 (TES) + 28.75 (PCS) = 63.20
Music: Sherlock Holmes
- That costume reminds me of Man in the Iron Mask
- Unfortunate fall on the first jump and a funky twist out of the 2nd
- Really nice double axel to come back
- Good toe point on the sit spin
11) Harrison Choate
Music: The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini
- He has the highest qualifying score so we'll see how that fares here
- He seems a little stiff in his upper body, looks nervous
- 3-3 looked rushed going in, very wild in the air, fell on the 2nd jump
- Oh no, fall on the next jump as well
- Perhaps coming in as the top qualifier and a favorite put too much pressure on him, he just doesnt seem himself out there
- He did his best to hold it together, for the performance, but is not what he was expecting to do
12) Troy Tomasello
Music: The Three Musketeers
- Interesting costume, I thought Man in the Iron Mask when I saw it, but 3 Musketeers is about the same
- Oh boy, that was a hard fall too
- Lost a lot of speed on that spin after a wonky position change
- A bit of a rough skate, he doesn't look too happy with that
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