Pikes Peak Classic, Sept. 26-27, CO Springs (Nat'l Solo Danc

[sk8gr8usa]

2009 Pikes Peak Classic for Pairs and Dance dates have been set for September 26-27.

[sk8gr8usa]

The announcement has been posted on Broadmoor SC website: http://www.broadmoorsc.com/Default.aspx?Page=2008pikespeakclassicforpairsanddance

The dates are September 25-27, 2009. The event is sanctioned by USFS and SkateCanada.

New for 2009: Adult events, on ice critiques, new format for solo dance competition

[Sylvia]

Inaugural National Solo Dance Championships to Be Held Sept. 26-27 in Colorado Springs, Colorado:
http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=43067

[sk8gr8usa]

Broadmoor Skating Club looks forward to welcoming participants to the new pilot National Solo Dance Championship. To provide clarification, please note that there will be two distinct solo dance events during our September competition.

As featured on USFS website, there will be a pilot program to develop a qualifying event, National Solo Dance Championship. This event has three competitive levels for which skaters qualify based upon their dance test level achieved following any testing track. There are only two dances drawn for each of the three competition levels as follows:

Bronze: Cha Cha Hickory HoeDown
Silver: 14 Step Tango
Gold: Kilian Westminster Waltz

There will be an additional opportunity to compete other solo dances at Pikes Peak Classic. The non-qualifying event will also be using the new format whereby skaters will accumulate points by competing any dances within the level they qualified for by test. The number of dance events within any level will be determined by the number of entrants in each with a suggested minimum number of competitors being at least 4. LOC and the chief referee will make the final determination.

Competitors entering the pilot event will have the initial entry fee to Pikes Peak Classic waived and will only have to pay fees for each additional event entered.

[sk8gr8usa]

The complete announcement for Pilot National Solo Dance Championship is now available on the Broadmoor SC website.
http://www.broadmoorsc.com/Default.aspx ... rsanddance

[sk8gr8usa]

The deadline for entries is one week away. The event would be a great training opportunity for all of the newly formed teams, 6 weeks before qualifying competitions.

[sk8gr8usa]

USFS website article on the approaching deadline for Pilot National Solo Dance event
[/url]http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=43400[url]

[miask8]

Any results yet?

[Sylvia]

Many thanks to the person who passed along these results... name and score typos are possible. I don't have any skating details, sorry!

Senior Pairs
Yankowskas/Coughlin 47.11 (SP)
Aaron/Cohen 46.41 (SP)
Moore/Gaumond 43.17 (SP), 72.22 (FS exh.)

Junior Pairs
Alba/Knierim 45.38 (SP), 71.04 (FS)
Chase/Marron 37.53 (SP), 77.23 (FS)

Novice Pairs
Garza/Frazier 33.92 (SP), 74.95 (FS)
Griffin/Griffin 22.12 (SP), 49.02 (FS)
Templeton-Norris/Pacini 21.99 (SP), 55.34 (FS)

Intermediate Pairs FS exh.
de la Mora/Wilson 44.57

Juvenile Pairs FS exh.
Cicione/Mead 23.61

Senior Dance CD
Arnold/Trojek CAN 25.14 1 1
Ramful/Olson CAN 9.57 2

Senior Free Dance
Arnold/Trojek CAN 70.73
Corry/Lorello 68.58
Ramful/Olson CAN 61.02

Junior Dance CD
Lioudvinevitch/Williams CAN 27.23 1 1
McCuish/Morris CAN 26.17 3 2
Nardozzi/Cuthbertson 25.15 2 3
Donaldson/Jacobs 21.94 4 4

Junior Free Dance
McCuish/Morris CAN 64.69
Lioudvinevitch/Williams CAN 52.06
Nardozzi/Cuthbertson 50.72
Chasman/Chasman 34.55

Novice Dance CD
Aldridge/Eaton 49.12 1 1
Yang/Baker 45.93 2 2
Bertsch/Rashba 40.62 4 3
Buckner/Taylor 40.12 3 5
McKernan/Munday 39.29 5 4
Beatty/Schieck CAN 33.33 6 7
Heritage/Fast 32.38 8 6
Evans/Wong 31.71 7 8

Novice Free Dance
Aldridge/Eaton 59.38
Yang/Baker 56.26
Bertsch/Rashba 55.17
Heritage/Fast 48.34
Buckner/Taylor 43.73
Knight/Mulder CAN 41.87
Botsford/Botsford CAN 41.78
Beatty/Schieck CAN 41.53
Evans/Wong 24.09

Intermediate Dance CD
Tsukerman/Bye 38.82 1 1
Baay/Wolfe CAN 36.29 2 2
Nash/Brooks 32.50 3 4
Patton/Hopkins 29.61 4 3

Intermediate Free Dance
Tsukerman/Bye 47.21
Baay/Wolfe CAN 40.08
Nash/Brooks 36.26

That's all I received.

[sk8gr8usa]

The results for Pilot National Solo Dance championship were as follows:

Bronze
1st Vivian Luo Pasadena FSC
2nd Michelle Finn Panthers FSC
3rd Alice VanDeveer Colorado College
4th Rylee Newman Colorado College

Silver
1st Paolina Bushur Broadmoor SC
2nd Loren Roth Birmingham FSC
3rd Brittany Wardlaw Anchorage FSC
4th Mary Kiray ISC of Indianopolis

Gold
1st Jessica Mancini Broadmoor SC
2nd Mark Jahnke Seattle SC
3rd Brett Ryan San Diego FSC
4th Justin Ly, Centennial FSC

[Axelly]

I don't have points, but below are the results for Juvenile Dance:

Juvenile CD
1st - Olson/Dudley
2nd - Levinsky-Carter/Neudecker
3rd - Progar/Falbo
WD - Strand/Johnson

Juvenile Free Dance
1st - Olson/Dudley
2nd - Progar/Falbo
WD - Strand/Johnson

[sk8gr8usa]

The results for Pikes Peak Solo Dance Championship as follows:

Bronze
1st Michelle Finn Panthers FSC
2nd Vivian Luo Pasadena FSC
3rd Tiffany Kwok Los Angeles FSC
4th Reba Todd Rocky Mountain FSC

Silver
1st Anissa Eckert Pittsburgh FSC
2nd Mary Kiray ICS of Indianapolis
3rd Maureen Weinstein Santa Rosa FSC
4th Sarah Jessie Black Vaca Valley FSC

Gold
1st Jessica Mancini Broadmoor SC
2nd Lauren Kastner St. Peters FSA
3rd Victoria Huston Pittsburgh FSC
4th Miranda Leo Thomas Creek FSC

[Sylvia]

Thanks for the results! Here's a USFS summary article on the inaugural National Solo Dance Championships: http://www.usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=43556

[Sylvia]

From "The Inside Edge with Sarah and Drew" Oct. 1st edition on Icenetwork:

Pike's Peak
We dropped in on the Pike's Peak pair competition last weekend; we haven't seen any coverage, so here's a quick rundown.

Senior pairs short program: Caitlin Yankowskas and John Coughlin won with a nice skate including a good triple twist and throw triple Salchow. Caitlin popped the triple toe into a double, and John lost his pivot on the death spiral, which meant they got no points for the element. 47.11.

Molly Aaron and Dani Cohen were second with 46.41 points; they popped the side-by-side double Axel into a waltz jump, but hit a good throw triple toe.

Lisa Moore and Justin Gaumond were third with 43.17; they were the only team which skated a long program (72.22).

Junior pairs short program: Chris Knierim and Carolyn-Ann Alba won with a clean program including side-by-side double Axels and a throw double Salchow. Brittney Chase and Grant Marron did a throw triple Salchow but fell on the side-by-side double Axel.

We missed the junior free skates, but Brittney and Grant won with 77.23 points.