Golden West Championships

[spiderman]

I was just wondering if anyone had reports ,predictions or results
on this competition

[BABYSKATES]

I'm going! It looks like a great competition. Some of the better known senior competitors are Felicia Beck, Danielle Kahle, Beatrisa Liang, Naomi Nari Nam, Ryan Bradley, Dennis Phan, Stiegler/Cording and Inoue/Baldwin.

It starts tomorrow with little ones competing in the wee hours and goes well into the evening. I'll see as much as I can but my own child is competing later in the week and I don't want to wear her out!

I am not good at reporting elements but I can report on who placed where. If you have an event you are particularly interested in, let me know and I will try to get the results posted.

[Sylvia]

Originally posted by BABYSKATES
I'll see as much as I can but my own child is competing later in the week and I don't want to wear her out!

I am not good at reporting elements but I can report on who placed where. If you have an event you are particularly interested in, let me know and I will try to get the results posted.

Thanks, Babyskates -- anything you can do will be appreciated! Good luck to your little skater! :) I'd love to hear about the senior ladies, especially Stephanie Rosenthal (from Utah, 8th in Junior at 2003 Nationals) who is one of my faves for creative choreography and her performance/presentation ability.

Skater groupings by level are at:
http://www.allyearfsc.com/events/GOLDEN_WEST/groups.html
Event schedule:
http://www.allyearfsc.com/events/GOLDEN_WEST/schedule.html

The senior ladies roster (with the region they compete out of;
*indicates new senior that I know of) is:
Felicia Beck (Southwest Pacific region)
Christina Duclos (SWP)
Amy Evidente (Central Pacific)
Rebecca Rose Fritzges (SWP)
Christina Gordon (Northwest Pacific)
*Danielle Kahle (SWP) - 2003 junior bronze medalist
*Tiffany Koenig (SWP)
*Yvonne Leung (SWP)
Beatrisa Liang (SWP - has competition bye to 2004 Nationals)
Angie Lien (Upper Great Lakes; 2003 Winter World University Games
silver medalist)
*Mariam Mohajer-Rahbari (SWP)
Naomi Nari Nam (SWP)
*Aanya Reiten (Northwest Pacific)
*Stephanie Rosenthal (Central Pacific)
*Christy Stowell (SWP)
*Alexandra Seung Tregre (South Atlantic)

Senior Men (*indicates new senior)
*Pierre Balian
Ryan Bradley (since he's withdrawn from Finlandia Trophy, I don't
think he will show here)
*Mauro Bruni
Daniel Lee
Braden Overett
*Michael J. Peters (has switched to Central Pacific from Midwest)
*Dennis Phan
Michael Villarreal

Senior Pairs (*indicates new senior or team)
*Tiffany Stiegler & Bert Cording (debut)
Lindsay Rogeness & Brian Rogeness
*Jacqueline Matson & Jason Heffron
*Janey Mayne & Michael S. Modro
Rena Inoue & John Baldwin

Top juniors registered include: Shanell Noji, Sandy Rucker, Kathleen
Tran, Kelly Knight, Erica Washington, Stephanie Dal Porto and Tammy
Sutan (all SWP region), Erin Reed and Tosha Hanford (Central
Pacific), Sarah Henry (NW Pacific), Kristina Moore (South Atlantics),
Amanda Moehling and Sarah Stone (Upper Great Lakes), Lauren Hennessy
(Southwesterns).

I look forward to seeing results and reports posted here!

[Steffi]

Hi Babyskates,

Any info on the senior ladies event would be great, especially anything on Bebe Liang!!!

Thanks! :)

[A.H.Black]

I'm with Sylvia. I would very much like to hear about Stephanie Rosenthal. I would also like to hear about Braden Overett. Especially if he attempts/lands his quad.

Thanks for any efforts from Babyskates and anyone else.

[SkateGuard]

My guess is that these guys have passed the senior moves and free since it's so close to Sept. 1st, but I still wonder...are any of these new seniors just skating up for this competition?

Specifically, I'm interested in Kahle and Rosenthal.

Thanks,
Erin

[Cal Girl]

I am interested in Intermediate Ladies - qualifying rounds as well as final!
Also, interested in the Intermediate Pairs and Novice Pairs.
Thanks - enjoy the competition and good luck to your skater.

[bladebabe]

I'd really like to know about the novice ladies, if anyone has any info after they skate. thx :D

[BABYSKATES]

I attended a lot of today's competition but didn't write down results. I will write them down tomorrow and post them tomorrow night. For those of you who are like me and can't wait, I'll post what I remember right now. Many of the favorites had bad skates but most of them (but not all of them) held on to make it to the final round. Everyone has a bad day every once in a while and today was Novice Britney Torreon's turn. She has been exciting and strong this season but had a hard skate and ended up out of the final round. There were also many withdrawls (about 20 from intermediate alone!)

In Novice Ladies Group A was won by Tenile Victorson followed by Victoria Rackohn. In Group B Michelle Trinh won, 2nd was Nicole Pearson, 3rd was Crystal Shum (a very poor skate for her but enough to make the final group). Camille Gonzalez won Group C convincingly with Rebecca Hughes taking 2nd. Molly Clingan was 3rd and Linda Park was 4th. Top 5 go to final round. I'll post full results up to 5th tomorrow.

In Intermediate Ladies Caroline Zhang won her qualifying group but gave up a couple of first place ordinals to Mirai Nagasu. Rachael Flatt, Kathleen Raftery, and Angelyn Nguyen made the final round from group B. Group C is a total blur to me right now. Anna Malkova, Danielle Endow, Hannah Benet and Hasmik Saakian were the finalists from Group D.

Nick La Rouche (SP?) gave an exhibition of what looks to be an excellent short program for him. The music is beautiful and his skating is beautiful. He warmed up a quad but did not put it in his program. He looks really good. I'm looking forward to seeing how he skates (and places) this year because his artistry is much improved as are his jumps. I was not a fan prior to his exhibition but I was won over tonight.

Tomorrow (Friday) is all of the men from juvenile through Senior. Also the junior ladies skate their qualifying rounds.

Dave Amorde, was that you with the monster camera (and the big voice! :lol:) sitting behing the judges?

More tomorrow night.

[BABYSKATES]

I didn't see much today but I did get results as promised. I only noted placements that resulted in making it to the final round, the podium or short program top 4 results.

Juvenile boys:
1. Andrew Huertas Las Angeles Fsc
2. Keegan Messing Anchorage FSC
3. Sam Koch Peninsula FSC
4. Will Michael Broadmoor SC

Juvenile Pairs:
1. Arielle Trujillo SC of Nevada and Jack Sidhu Las Vegas FSC
2. Chelsea Roach and Sean Rabbit Glacier Falls FSC
3. Marina and Taiga Guterres All Year FSC (coached by Oksana Grishuk)
4. Ashley Agren and Chad Phillips Tri-Valley FSC

Intermediate Ladies Initial Round (Top 4 to final round)
Group A:
1. Caroline Zhang All Year FSC
2. Mirai Nagasu Pasadena FSC
3. Brianna Hatch Broadmoor SC
4. Michelle Hanabusa All Year FSC

Group B:
1. Rachael Flatt Broadmoor SC
2. Kathleen Raftery La Jolla FSC
3. Nicole Huenergardt All Year FSC
4. Angelyn Nguyen Glacier Falls FSC

Group C:
1. Courtney Brock Broadmoor SC
2. Megan Power SC of New York
3. Marie Hanford Capital City FSC
4. Trista DeMuth Los Angeles FSC

Group D:
1. Anna Malkova Orange County FSC
2. Danielle Endow Utah FSC
3. Hannah Benet All Year FSC
4. Hasmik Saakian Los Angeles FSC

Intermediate Pairs:
1. Ashley Nicole Lupo and Kevin Fenske Du Page FSC
2. Jane Mongkilvipakul and Galvani Hopson Los Angeles FSC
Brian and Lauren Simm withdrew

Intermediate Men Short:
1. Roger Corvasce Broadmoor SC
2. Brian Simm Glacier Falls FSC
3. Allen Gaghinjian (not listed in program, don't know club)
4. Richard Dornbush All Year FSC

Novice Ladies Freeskate - Initial Round - Top 5 to final round:
Group A:
1. Tenile Victorsen Rim of the World FSC
2. Victoria Rackohn All Year FSC
3. Stephanie Kuban Broadmoor SC
4. Kimmi Jeffers Fairbanks FSC
5. La'Shanique Dalcour All Year FSC

Group B:
1. Michelle Trinh All Year FSC
2. Niccole Pearson Rim Of the World FSC
3. Crystal Shum Glacier Falls FSC
4. Jacqueline Dotterweich Escondido FSC
5. Karina Thimester All Year FSC

Group C:
1. Camille Gonzales All Year FSC
2. Becky Hughes All Year FSC
3. Molly Clingan Glacier Falls FSC
4. Linda Park Los Angeles FSC
5. Eva Marie Heimann Los Angeles FSC

Novice Men Short:
1. Dice Murakami All Year FSC
2. Austin Kanallakan All Year FSC
3. Andrew Gonzalez All Year FSC
4. Mark Bernardo All Year FSC

Novice Pairs:
1. Bianca Butler and Joseph Jacobsen All Year FSC
2. Tamara Tossey All Year FSC and Jordan Judt Los Angeles FSC
The other 2 teams withdrew

Novice Dance - Dance 1 & 2
1. 1. Megan Calhoun South Bay FSC and Kevin Miller All Year FSC
2. 2. Emma Cyders and Jonathan Ng Seattle SC
3. 3. Hilary Bradfield Lone Star FSC and Corey Wilson Rim of the World FSC
The other 2 teams withdrew.

Junior Ladies Freeskating - Initial Round - top 5 to final round
Group A:
1. Shanell Noji All Year FSC
2. Tammy Sutan Glacier Falls FSC
3. Amanda Moehling Du Page FSC
4. Tetona Jackson All Year FSC
5. Erica Curello All Year FSC

Group B:
1. Kristina Moore Washington FSC
2. Sandy Rucker All Year FSC
3. Kelly Knight Escondido FSC
4. Lauren Hennessy Broadmoor SC
5. Sarah Henry Alaska Association of FS

Group C ended too late and I had to leave. Sorry! I will post their results tomorrow.

Junior Men Short:
1. Casey McCraw All Year FSC
2. Egor Matispura Peninsula FSC
3. Jordan Miller Jackson Hole FSC
4. Michael Novales Orange County FSC

Senior Men Short:
1. Ryan Bradley Broadmoor SC
2. Dennis Phan All Year FSC
3. Brandon Overett Denver FSC (Is his name listed correctly?)
4. Michael Villarreal All Year FSC

Senior Pairs Short
1. Rena Inoue and John Baldwin, Jr All Year FSC
2. Lindsay and Brian Rogeness Los Angeles FSC
3. Jacqueline Matson Glacier Falls Fsc and Jason Heffron FSC of Rockford
4. Janey Mayne and Michael Modro All Year FSC

That's it for what has already been skated from Juvenile up with the exception of Junior Ladies group C. The Juvenile girls skate tomorrow. That should be a good event. I'll post again tomorrow evening.

[musicman]

Anyone have a run down of how the senior pairs looked. There are so many new teams out there I would be interested to know how each team skated and what elements they did.

[Icesk8dance]

Did anyone see the dance exhibition and test, if so, who was it and what level?
Thanks

[jkl]

BABYSKATES,
Do you have any idea why Steigler and Cording did not show up? I was hoping to have some idea of how they are doing.

[blondeangl]

Does anyone have results from yesterday??

I heard Bebe Liang is out due to minor hip injury. :( The poor girl I hope shes alright, didnt she have a minor hip injury at Junior Worlds as well?

I just found out on Unseenskaters -- NNN in first after the short program!! Im so excited for her!! Go Naomi!! :D

[Dave Amorde]

Babyskates - big lens, big voice; yup that's me! :D

[BABYSKATES]

I'm sure those who are following this competition want to know the senior ladies result so I'll post that first.

1. Danielle Kahle (2,1)
2. Naomi Nari Nam (1,2)
3. Aanya Reiten (3,3)
4. Alexandre Seung Tegre (6,4)
5. Felicia Beck (4,6) (4 falls! :( )
6. Stephanie Rosenthal (9,5)
7. Angie Lein (5,7)

Junior Ladies final freeskate:
1. Kristina Moore (3,1)
2. Sandy Rucker (1,3)
3. Shanelle Noji (5,2)
4. Tammy Sutan (4,4)
5. Lauren Hennessy (10, 5)
6. Amanda Moehling (9,6)
7. Erica Washington (2,10)
8. Kelly Knight (7,8 )
9. Erin Reed (6,11)

Junior Men final freeskate:
1. Casey McCraw (1,1)
2. Jeffrey Varner (8,2)
3. Michael Novales (4,4)
4. Christopher Toland (7,3)
5. Leif Halstrom (5,5)
6. Egor Matispura (2,7)
7. Jordan Miller (3,8 )
8. Luis Hernandez (9,6)

Novice Ladies final freeskate:
1. Crystal Shum (1,1)
2. Tenile Victorson (2,3)
3. Michelle Trinh (5,2)
4. Becky Hughes (4,4)
5. Camille Gonzalez (3,7)
6. Molly Clingan (6,6)
7. Linda Park (10, 5)

Novice Men Fiinal freeskate:
1. Dice Murakami (1,1)
2. Andrew Gonzales, Jr (3,2)
3. Austin Kanallakan (2,3)
4. Timothy Ho (5,4)
5. Mark Bernardo (4,5)
6. Marko Perko, III (6,6)

Intermediate ladies freeskate:
1. Caroline Zhang (1,1)
2. Angelyn Nguyen (2,2)
3. Anna Malkova (3,3)
4. Mirai Nagasu (5,4)
5. Rachael Flatt (4,5)
6. Jackie Powers (8,6)
7. Courtney Brock (6,7)


Intermediate Men freeskate:
1. Roger Corvasce (1,2)
2. Richard Dornbush (4,1)
3. Brian Simm (2,3)
4. Christopher Caluza (5, 4)
5. Allen Gaghinjian (3,5)
6. Brent Mercado (10,6)
7. Juliano Jao (6, 8)

Juvenile girls:
1. Lindsay Davis
2. Ellie Kawamura
3. Sophia Adams
4. Karalee Calaway
5. Victoria Rose Hecht
6. Alexe Gilles

Overall, it was a good, well run competition. I enjoyed Naomi Nari Nam. She is beautiful. The jumps are still not quite reliable but by Nationals (I'm sure she will go) they should be there. Danielle Kahle has big consistent triples and will be a force in the senior field this year. Felicia Beck should give lessons on "selling it" and on getting an audience to eat out of your hand!

There are some excellent intermediates. Next year's novices are going to be awsome.

The juveniles are very strong. There are some very good double axel attempts in the crowd (none clean yet) but in every competition I have attended this year, no skater who had the double axel in their program has won. Sophia Adams is the only juvenile who has been on the podium every time she has competed this year. It pretty much seems like a wide open field going into regionals. If I were to list everyone I thought had a chance, it would be about 20 names long so suffice to say, I think this will be an exciting group at regionals.

I spoke to Bebe Liang and she confirmed that she is having trouble from an old hip injury which is why she withdrew but she is ok.

Golden West 2003 is over now. It was fun. All Year Figure Skating Club should give itself a big round of applause.

[haribobo]

Thanks so much, Babyskates! You rock. :)

[Steffi]

Thank you very much, Babyskates!!! :D :D :D

[MyTripleFlutz]

Does anyone know anything about the team of Janey Mayne and Mike Modro? I loved Mayne with her old partner, and I've heard of Mike Modro, but I didn't think he was anywhere near her level. I'm surprised she chose to skate with him!

Any reports on how they looked?

[DORISPULASKI]

What music did Inoue/Baldwin skate to? How do their new programs look and how well did they skate them?
dpp

[BABYSKATES]

Originally posted by BABYSKATES
...Group C:
1. Courtney Brock Broadmoor SC
2. Megan Power SC of New York
3. Marie Hanford Capital City FSC
4. Trista DeMuth Los Angeles FSC ...


I must have marked the wrong person name Power or Powers! Jackie Powers, a wonderful S. Cal skater, actually took 2nd in her qualifying group. She did a beautiful job in the finals (as usual) so I want to give credit where credit is due!

[skatgfan]

Originally posted by BABYSKATES
I must have marked the wrong person name Power or Powers! Jackie Powers, a wonderful S. Cal skater, actually took 2nd in her qualifying group. She did a beautiful job in the finals (as usual) so I want to give credit where credit is due!

Meghan Power of SCNY did not compete at Golden West.