1) Lejeanne Marais (RSA)
Music: The Holiday
Music: The Holiday
- I like this costume, but not for this music
- She's really stalking those jumps
- Those jumps are all in one place, they kind of stay on top of each other and don't travel much
- Kind of an interesting layback variation, she looked like she was hanging from the season
- Why did you end at the end of the rink? #weird
- Competition Total = 94.34
- Two foot on the first jump
- She has nice upper body carriage
- We've got an opposite jumper!
- Really slow spins, but oddly some nice positions
- She really stalks these jumps, really slow entrances and lots of two-footing
- Competition Total = 93.78
- She is so leggy that jumps have to be difficult for her
- Pretty spiral if she'd straighten that standing leg
- Wow that tucked sit spin was really cool
- She's taken advantage of her height to make some really cool spin positions
- She's a very fragile looking skater, this was good music for her
- Competition Total: 102.49
- We are having a lot of film soundtrack moments
- Lots of double jumps here, we just can't have that
- She is really hunched over
- I appreciate her knee bend, but her upper body should be more upright
- Competition Total: 96.16
- 1 and a half lutz?
- That high free leg is a technical error
- Those bangs have got to go
- Needs to point that foot on the sit spin
- Well we missed the rest of the piece due to feed malfunctions
- Competition Total = 87.26
- She has a very fresh faced look
- I like her elegance and her style, but some of the jumps just aren't there
- I love this Cinderella music on her, but the performance quality is not there
- Competition Total = 96.85
- What to even say about this costume...it's just a lot
- Green is bad luck for sure
- Straighten that standing leg in the spins please!
- She's stalking those jumps big time
- That fall was horrible, right on the hip, that's gotta hurt
- Bailed jump mid air, she's running out of steam big team
- Poor girl, she looks so dejected
- Competition Total = 94.95
- What's with the CDonn bun
- Popped 3toe, oh boy
- This is not going so well so far
- Point that foot please!
- This program took a long time to get to the part of the music that we know
- If you're going to take on this program, you need to kill it
- If she doesn't point that foot I don't even know what I'm going to do
- She's a big fan of the headless spin
- Competition Total = 117.11
- This costume is interesting, it's rough to pull off all white
- Aborted first jump
- She's at least showing some grace
- Nice 2-3 combo
- A little clunky in the jumps
- Uh oh, botched a spin and had to skate around a little to wait for the music
- Poor girl, shes really running out of steam here
- She really needs some umph her in the big part of the music
- Competition Total = 97.19
- I love this costume, its so elegant and interesting
- I like this music, it's different
- She could use a little zap of energy, but she's still about the best we've seen thus far
- Really high wrap on that leg in the jumps
- Competition Total = 103.15
- This is a fun little latin number
- Lots of two-footing moments happening
- She looks like she really can't breathe at all
- She's having a hard time even getting off the ice
- They are massaging her chest to keep help her breathe, this is really scary
- Competition Total = 102.77
- This costume is very pretty, I like the deep purple
- She looks thrilled to be there, good for her!
- She's doing a really nice program, nice presentation, she is very present in this program
- She's breathing hard too, but I think she's going to make it okay though
- Competition Total = 103.69
- This is a program where lyrics would help to bring out some personality
- Nice 3-3
- She needs a lot more face and more choreography
- This is going very slowly, but then again the music isn't helping her at all
- That was a weird fall, her feet just fell out from under her
- She is running out of steam and this lounge version of My Fair Lady is doing nothing
- Competition Total = 134.49
- She pops the first jump, that's what she always does
- There you go, good triple
- And another pop
- Nice turn out on that leg in the spin, good low position
- I'm not loving this white costume on her
- Let's get it on this footwork, keep it up and keep fighting for it
- Now she's really living up to the momentum in this music, needs to keep fighting
- Competition Total =147.47
- This costume is a nice cut on her
- So far so good, 2 clean triples
- Stumble and trip on that next one there
- I like that side-stretched position on the layback
- Definitely some errors, but a cleaner skate overall than Cynthia
- And then you go and cock it up with a fall on a double axel
- Competition Total = 147.65
- Did these skaters all decide after practice and the men's event to just cut their losses and do double jumps?
- Lovely catch foot spiral
- She seems to be holding back, we'll never know how much this altitude is affecting the skaters
- These jumps are barely off the ground
- Competition Total = 127.89
- Good 3-jump combo off the bet, seems very strong
- That was a very ugly A-spin
- Definitely the best of the unknown skaters tonight despite some falls and doubling
- She is definitely breathing hard
- Competition Total = 117.83
- These gloves are too much for me, they don't go with the costume
- Barely getting these jumps around
- Really running out of speed
- Good flexibility in the spins
- Competition Total = 130.52
- Which Caroline will we get today?
- A lot of arm swing into that 2a
- So far so good, she doesn't seem to be too affected by the altitude
- Good clean program ending with her signature pearl spin!
- Competition Total = 176.18
- Great 3-2-2 combo to open
- 2a-2t instead of a planned 2a-3t but not too bad so far
- A little loss of speed in that spin
- Altitude is not affecting her, she looks strong as can be
- This is a fantastic skate from Ashley and she's really selling it well
- The title of US Champion suits her well
- Great clean program from Ashley, not just clean but inspired
- Let us hope that wasn't Ashleys peak
- Competition Total = 192.41
- She's starting off much better than at US Nationals
- She looks so tall and elegant this season
- So far so good, but lacking spark
- There's no life in her skating, the seems tired, but she trains here
- I love that she points her foot on that final spin, I'm obsessed with that
- She's not happy, she just seems mentally blocked this season
- Competition Total = 157.23
- I love Kananko...get it baby girl!
- She looks a little wild tonight, something just isn't quite right
- She looks exhausted, poor baby
- Her jumps looked really sloppy, technique looks off
- Competition Total = 169.32
- 3a, but looked 2-footed
- She's looking lovely tonight
- Hand down on the 3lz
- This is a really well composed program
- Beautiful pointed foot on that catch foot spin, I love the head back variation
- 2a-3t combination
- 3-2-2 combination, she's just floating through this, nothing is affecting her
- I love that spiral to end the program
- Good for her, she looks amazing and oh so happy out there!
- Competition Total = 188.62
