Nebelhorn Roster Up!

[haribobo]

Hey everyone. The roster for Nebelhorn is up on the ISU site. Take a look:

http://www.isufs.org/events/fsevent00006860.htm

My current predictions:

LADIES- Naidenova, Kettunen, Corwin, Don, Gotesson, Hacker, Lukianenko, Dorofejev, Berger, Gulke

MEN- Van Der Perren, Serov, Andreev, Vasilevski, Smith, Berntsson, LaRoche, Minkkinen, Davies, Young

PAIRS
1. K/Evdokimov
2. F/Rex
3. B/Davison
4. H/Allen
5. S/Joeright
6. N/Bleyer
7. K/Jeschke
8. W/Fecteau
9. B/Futas

DANCE
1. G/Beletsky
2. K/Novikov
3. K/Kerr
4. B/Beier
5. L/Zukiwsky
6. D/Myles
7. M/Kirsanov
8. K/Zych

[AsianSkatingFan]

Thanks Haribobo! :D

[Trillian]

Well, the most interesting thing I notice here is Roman Serov's name on the list. Evidently he's given up his idea of skating for the U.S. and will represent Israel (the country his wife represented) instead. I hadn't heard that until now. I'm glad to see it--although it would have been nice to have him representing the U.S., skating for Israel will provide him with easier international opportunity.

[Annes]

"8. W/Fecteau"

Why so low? I have a feeling this team will be in the hunt for medals.

It would be neat if F/R won! I like that team.

[tulip]

Originally posted by Annes
"8. W/Fecteau"

Why so low? I have a feeling this team will be in the hunt for medals.


Agree. Don't see B/Davison ahead of W/Fecteau. Ber/Davison are not very strong.

[haribobo]

Well I have seen neither team, but those are just my predictions. All I know is B/Davison did well at Canadian nats and Wakamatsu/Fecteau have never competed before, at all, if I am remembering correctly. Feel free to make your own predictions...

[NickB]

I'll *try* to predict, but I'm really not sure, especially about the pairs.

Men
1. Smith
2. Van Der Perren
3. Andreev
4. Serov
5. Vasilevsky
6. Young
7. LaRoche
8. Berntsson
9. Nurmenkari
10. Zivanovic

Women
1. Kettunen
2. Corwin
3. Naidenova
4. Don
5. Hacker
6. Gotesson
7. Hawker
8. Lukianenko
9. Dorofejev
10. Gulke

Pairs
1. Kuzmina & Evdokimov
2. Spielberg & Joeright
3. Fitze & Rex
4. Handy & Allen
5. Wakamatsu & Fecteau
6. Kierkgaard & Jeschke
7. Bergeron & Davison
8. Nonnig & Bleyer
9. Brozovich & Futas

Dance
1. Gudina & Beletski
2. Kulikova & Novikov
3. Beier & Beier
4. Longpre & Zukiwski
5. Doherty & Myles
6. Moxley & Kirsanov
7. Kerr & Kerr
8. Dulej & Janicki
9. Kauc & Zych
10. Binczyk & Tomaszewski

[Erin F]

Originally posted by haribobo
All I know is B/Davison did well at Canadian nats and Wakamatsu/Fecteau have never competed before, at all, if I am remembering correctly.

I think that Bergeron & Davison's good placement at Canadians was the result of: the luck of her landing the triple toe in the short program (the only clean one I saw all week); a weak field; and the inexplicably harsh judging of Poirier/Sturdy. I'm not saying that B&D didn't deserve 5th, but that it's not really indicative of future success unless Pascale's jumps have really improved.

Wakematsu & Fectau have competed once, at Quebec sectionals, where they easily beat B&D in the short (with marks in the 5.3-5.5 range) and won a 3-2 split in the free. New Canadian pairs seem to have a pretty good history at Nebelhorn, too (Marcoux/Marcotte, Marcoux/Buntin).

My predictions for the event:
Ladies:
1. Kettunen
2. Naidenova
3. Corwin
4. Dorofejev
5. Don

Men:
1. Serov
2. Van Der Perren
3. Andreev
4. Smith
5. Laroche or Young

Pairs:
1. Wakematsu/Fectau (what the heck...Canadians have won pairs at Nebelhorn the past three years...let's see if the trend will continue)
2. Kuzmina/Evdokimov
3. Fitze/Rex
4. Spielberg/Joeright
5. Handy/Allen

Dance:
1. Kulikova/Novikov
2. Gudina/Beletski
3. Beier/Beier
4. Moxley/Kirsanov
5. Longpre/Zukiwsky

[schnood]

Nice to see Kierkgaard & Jeschke competing! I haven't heard anything about them in so long I was afraid they were no longer together!

Also looking forward to the debut of Wakamatsu & Fecteau....I think they'll medal here.

The practice reports of Fedor Andreev sound promising, I hope he medals here!

How many more sleeps until Nebelhorn?