The Liberty Summer Competition, hosted by the Liberty FSC, started on Tuesday, July 12, and runs through Saturday, July 16, at the IceWorks Skating Complex in Aston, Pennsylvania.
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UNOFFICIAL, PARTIAL RESULTS for Friday, July 15:
Senior Men SP (11 competed)
S Carriere 71.61, K Messing 69.41, W Campbell 63.11, A Mahbanoozadeh 63.09, A Gonzales 55.77, S Evans 54.61, S Rabbitt 53.99, S Dyer 53.60, A Aiken 52.98, A Zahradnicek 50.54, P Myzyk CAN 49.64.
Jump notes from protocol:
Carriere 3A(+1.75), 3Lo, 3Lz3T fall out;
Messing 3A(+1), 4T fall (did 4T3T in warmup), 3Lz
Campbell 3A fall, 3Lz3Lo, 3F;
Mahbanoozadeh 4T fall, 3A foot down, 3F2T;
Gonzales 3F3T, 3A<< 2fted, 3Lz 2fted
Evans 3F(e)3T, 1A, 3Lz;
Rabbitt 3Lz3T(-0.53), 2A, 3F< fall;
Dyer 3F fall out/no combo, 2A, 3Lz<< fall; all level 4 spins
Aiken 3A< fall, 3Lz3T, 3F(e);
Zahradnicek 3F3T<< fall, 2A, 3Lz;
Myzyk CAN 3Lz2T, 1A, 3F<<.
Senior Ladies SP A (11 competed)
L Keiser 57.03 (3Lz+3T, 3F, 2A, all level 4 spins), O Kamieniecki POL 48.92 (3F, 3T+2T, 2A), N Popova UKR 44.54, V Tugolukova 39.91, R Hamui MEX 39.69, C Christopher 38.81, L Dinh 37.80, S Veloso 34.13, A Shaughnessy 33.13, R Rheault CAN 31.60, K Wyckoff 30.76.
Senior Ladies SP B (13 competed)
S Cesario 52.07 (3Lz(e)+2T, 3F, 2A), C Phaneuf CAN 50.19 (2A, 3Lz< fall, 3Lo), Y Siraj 49.43 (3T+3T<< 2fted, 3Lz<, 2A, all level 4 spins), A Wang 45.73 (3F+2T, 1Lz, 2A), J Forte 45.20 (3Lz+2T, 3F(e)<, 2A), H Dunne 39.56, K Johnson DEN 39.11, K Kotnik 31.70, M Castelli 31.49, A Hsu 30.73, B Ballard 30.69, M Raver 29.97, E Ta 20.67. WD F Zhang.
Senior Pairs FS (3 teams)
Dube/Wolfe CAN 90.82, Castelli/Shnapir 87.75, Donlan/Speroff 85.38.
Junior Pairs FS (8 teams)
Duarte/Grafton 89.20, Aaron/Settlage 78.47, Denney/Frazier 70.44, Oltmanns/Santillan 66.67, Goldberg/Dolkiewicz 64.77, Smith/Segall 55.30, Bautista/Harris 49.57, Kustra/Schatz 45.98.
Duarte/Grafton skated a wonderful performance to Dr Zhivago, landing sbs 3T2T2T & 3S plus throw 3S & 3Lo!
Junior Ladies FS/Final Standings (top 4 qualify for Final)
Group C: A Timlen 109.20, J Herman 105.49, S Moujan 104.07, F Su 84.31, Z Orenstein 83.60, K Clear 82.54, B Coviello 81.69, A Ferguson 80.51, M Rollins 76.86, B Lee 76.40, J Gosselin CAN 74.82, K Maratea 70.14 L Jardin 67.65
Group D: N Rajic 125.60 (78.00 FS) E Eng 104.35, C Davis 101.83, K Seagers 93.31, E Komes 92.50, M Chang 90.28, C Shaw 88.01, A Mahatme 86.85, D Fanelle 76.33, M Szanto 71.32, M Koch 70.55, J Horwitz 70.54, D Faegre IRE 60.68, T Wang 53.29
Novice Ladies FS (top 5 listed; top 4 qualify for Final)
Group A: M Vinci 67.48, A Gelb 60.49, V Yim 59.85, E Mizrahi 59.10, J Jablon 55.49
Group B: B Laxson 72.61 (3Lo, 3Lz< turnout, 3S step out, 3T, 3S+2T, A no value), M Yang 61.67, K Albaugh 58.50, B McIsaac 54.44, H Munger 52.58
Group C: A Kurtz 60.53, F Chiera 54.92, D Pilgrim 50.36, M Newlin 49.13, C Emery 48.93
Group D: I G Sigler 63.02, M O’Connell 57.93, R Hyder 55.95, M Sewall 55.13, T Hancherow CAN 54.31
Group E: M Gottlieb 54.56, O Serafini 52.11, J Moschetto 48.39, T Terpos 47.86, S Mori 44.20
Novice Men FS (8 competed)
O Melnyk 83.01, T Lu 72.09, J Ma 68.95, L West 64.95, D Neudecker 62.65, R Burghart 54.39, G Newberry 51.79, P Rupp 46.28; WD G Schwab.
Novice Pairs FS exhibition
Donahoe/Rappold (to be added on Saturday)
Intermediate Men FS (12 competed)
J Barrett 49.88, S Conlon 47.26, B Mayer 43.19, S Rossi 42.90, J Footen 40.03, W Uhrig 38.18, A Hall 34.52, C Leschel 34.17, M Fernandez 33.25, J Smith 28.95, K Hogeboom 27.92, D Griffin 24.33
Intermediate Ladies SP (top 6 listed; top 4 qualify for Final)
Group A: C Taylor 32.41, S Danh 28.95, H Deakins 28.21, M Carter 27.85, E Oleck 26.32, K Levitina 26.19
Group B: A Chen 30.03, E Romola 29.20, K Wen 29.18, V Feigenbaum 29.04, A Seifert 27.57, B Bennett 25.70
Group C: R Jacobs 30.77, L Katzman 30.62, M Farinella 29.18, E Gonzalez-Molinos 27.54, L Estridge 27.11, H Peterson 26.88
Group D: I Dost 31.25, D Rivkin 29.27, I Smit 28.88, B Glickman 28.22, C Berrios 28.20, M Peker 24.74
Group E: M Wessenberg 30.44, J Tran 27.66, S Chang 27.63, V Boinest 26.91, E Zachary 26.62, S Carr 26.20
Group F: S Wisniewski 31.49, H Chabinsky 30.33, D Dryden 28.45, T Fellman 26.29, H Gottfried 25.51, V Wang 24.65
Group G: L Rasmussen 25.63, L Schildknecht 24.85, K Wang 22.90, K Tauken 21.79, H M Mines 21.43, E Kalbach 21.32
UNOFFICIAL, PARTIAL RESULTS for Thursday, July 14:
Senior Pairs SP (4 teams) – elements as listed in detailed protocol:
Denney/Coughlin 58.00 [East of Eden] – 3LzTw2 (+1.17 GOE), 3T (0.00), SlSt4 (+0.23), 3Li3 (+0.83), 3LzTh (+0.70), FIDs1 (+0.93), PCoSp4 (-0.10) [note: I believe 3FTh was planned]
Castelli/Shnapir 49.35 [Phantom of the Opera] – 3LzTw1 (-1.40), 3T (+0.47), PCoSp [no value], SlSt4 (+0.47), 3STh (+1.40), FIDs1 (+0.47), 3Li4 (+0.50)
Zhang/Bartholomay 47.05 [Piano Fantasy by William Joseph] – 2LzTw1 (+0.10), 3Lz (-2.10) she fell, 3STh (-0.23), PCoSp4 (-0.10), 3Li3 (+0.50), SlSt4 (0.00), FIDs1 (+0.70)
Donlan/Speroff 36.52 [O Mio Babbino Caro by Puccini] – 3LzTw1 (+0.47), 3T< (-2.10) both fell, 3Li3 (+0.33), SlSt2 (0.00), FIDs [no value], PCoSp3 (-0.10), 3STh (-02.10) fall
Junior Pairs SP (8 teams)
Duarte/Grafton 47.14, Oltmanns/Santillan 43.44, Denney/Frazier 43.30, Aaron/Settlage 42.30, Goldberg/Dolkiewicz 36.43, Bautista/Harris 34.64, Kustra/Schatz 30.34, Smith/Segall 25.37.
Junior Men SP (18 competed; top 10 qualify for Final)
N Chen 168.52 (112.31 1st in FS) – jumps: 3Lz3T, 3F2T, 2A, 3Lz, 3Lo fall (planned 3 jump combo with 2T2Lo) 3S, 3T, 2A; Godfather soundtrack & Marton violin version.
J Yostanto 151.94 (101.13) – jumps: 3A(+1), 3Lz, 3F(e), 3S, 3T2T, 3F(e)1T, 1A, 3Lz1T; Dragon/Bruce Lee Story soundtrack.
T Dolensky 148.49 (99.56) – landed 3Lz & 3F & performed well to a Latin medley.
E Savary 140.30 (94.17) – attempted/fell on opening 4S that was downgraded <<; landed 5 triples 3F3T, 3Lz, 3T2T, 3S. Lion King music?
H Choate 138.53, J Newberry 133.99, T Tomasello 131.34, L Kaugars 119.80, A Kam 119.32, R Kam 116.35
11-14: Manella BRA 114.35, Bjelde 111.25, Zuckerman 108.82, Silecky 107.30.
WD Nagode, Santillan, Mimidis, Schatz.
Junior Ladies FS/Final Standings (top 4 qualify for Final)
Group A: I Williams BRA 129.76 (89.94 1st in FS), A Cain 124.52 (85.56), C Nemastil 103.14, H Mulera 96.61, B Ngo 87.58, R Gaskins PUR 87.48, T Kayne 87.19, M Lee 86.22, B Skarulis 86.05, A Hamui MEX 78.70, A Xu 77.79, A Albright 71.84 (B Doherty WD)
Group B: P Edmunds 122.84 (84.00 1st in FS), J Hu 107.40, R Zeppi 101.10, V Mallet CAN 99.94, M Krisberg ISR 98.46, H Serafini 98.03, M Crawford 98.01, K Karlsson 96.98, T Hoover 87.00, A Davey 79.73, M Phelps 76.96, J Hollander 70.77, K DeBardelaben 61.60 (WD A Kimmelman, L Seitz)
Novice Ladies SP Final (18 competed)
B Laxson 43.13 – skated to Totentanz; jumps: 3Lo2T, 3Lz, 2A
M Vinci 40.81 – jazzy Umbrellas of Cherbourg; 3Lo2T, 3S, 2A
A Gelb 38.63 – Amelie soundtrack; 3S2T, ‘tano 2Lz, 2A
O Serafini 38.06 – jazzy Beethoven piece; 3T2T, 3Lz(-0.88), 2A
A Kurtz 35.52 – Hernando’s Hideaway; 3S2T, 3F< fall out, 2A fall out
V Yim 32.73 – nice 3S2T, 2A, 2F(e)
M Sewall 32.12, M Yang, 31.90, K Albaugh 30.49, M O'Connell 29.78, M Gottlieb 29.15, I Sigler 28.46, J Jablon 27.16, C Cleveland, 27.07, F Chiera 26.56, A Gonera 26.55, J Huang 26.46, A-A Kubel CAN 26.46.
Novice Men SP (9 competed)
J Ma 42.63 (3T turnout, 3Lz+2T 2A), O Melnyk 41.95 (3F+2T, 3Lz< fall, 2A), P Rupp 37.44 ( 2A, 3S2T, 3T step out), D Neudecker 36.79, T Lu 35.94, G Newberry 32.93, L West 30.68, R Burghart 26.69, G Schwab 17.95.
Novice Pairs SP exhibition
Donahoe/Rappold 16.21 [WD: Belt/Johnson]
Intermediate Ladies FS Final (21 competed)
D Rivkin 57.24 (landed 3S-2T & 2 2A), I Dost 52.76 (highest PCS), R Jacobs 50.78 (landed 3F & 3T hand down), D Dryden 50.18, K Wen 49.69, L Katzman 45.55, A Lee 49.41, M Wessenberg 49.13, M Carter 48.48, M Farinella 48.13, T Fellman 46.71, E Zachary 46.26, V Feigenbaum 44.81, M Kiatrungrit 44.76, B Bennett 43.59, M Peker 41.94, L Rasmussen 41.16, S Wisniewski 38.09, V Boinest 35.48, K Tauken 34.82, K Wang 29.13.
Juvenile Boys FS (11 competed)
A Torgashev 41.76, E Sjoberg 40.54, L Loupolover 36.20, J Lee 32.65, J Roberts 32.34, C Liu 30.27, M Naumov (son of Shishkova/Naumov) 29.72, G Farand CAN 28.06, R Bedard 26.78, J Tufts 25.58, D Varghese 22.98.
Juvenile Girls FS (top 6 listed; top 4 qualify for Final)
Group A: E Ma 44.86, M-K Mulera 40.24, K Cheremsky 39.01, A Young 38.34, K Edwards 37.06, R Volovich 36.59
Group B: J Baseman 41.48, L Betschart 40.50, J Albaugh 38.05, H Blau 36.72, H Beavers 33.45, M Crawford 32.83
Group C: A Kubik 40.83, E Mikawa 40.17, A Mitchell 34.09, A Qiao 33.79, C Gillett 33.63, S Hilmer 30.34
Group D: L Rosenberg 41.77, A G Davidson 40.51, J Biechler 38.68, K Calhoun 35.68, I Gamez 34.22, J Smith 33.67
Group E: A McGuinness 45.48, S Scott 42.88, R Seavey 40.81, A Rooney 40.73, M Leighow 39.86, S Shipstad 37.18
Group F: O Zhang 41.48, K Hancherow CAN 38.33, Z Humeau 36.65, M Zhang Nacke 33.74, I Sneider 30.22, N Weill 27.81
UNOFFICIAL, PARTIAL RESULTS for Wednesday, July 13:
Junior Men SP (18 competed) – includes a few notes from the detailed protocol for the top 7:
N Chen 56.21 [quirky music from the WALL-E soundtrack, choreo by Stephanee Grosscup] – 2A, 3F+3T (not much flow out), 3Lz, FSSp no value (due to change of foot? unconfirmed)
A Nagode 52.17 [dramatic film soundtrack] – 3F+2T, 3Lz, 2A hand/step out
J Yostanto 50.81 [The Untouchables] – 3A fall (landed one in warmup), 3F+2T, 3Lz
T Dolensky 48.93 [lyrical piano/orchestral piece; Fun fact: He composed this piece & played piano for it!] – 3Lo+’tano 2T, 3Lz fall out, 2A
E Savary 46.12 [jazzy piece] – 3F+3T fall, 2A, 3Lz(e) fall
J Newberry 45.90 [Paint it Black] – 3Lz, 3S+2T, 2A
H Choate 44.36 [Barber of Seville] – 3F+3T, 3Lo (no value – he elected not to do required Lz due to a recent ankle sprain), 2A, FSSp fall? (no value)
8th-18th: T Tomasello 42.28, A Bjelde 41.63, A Kam KOR 41.42. J Santillan 40.70, R Kam KOR 39.61, M Mimidis 39.42, C Zuckerman 38.07, L Kaugars 37.43, M Silecky 35.71, P Schatz 35.52, L Manella BRA 34.84.
Junior Ladies SP
Group A (all): I Williams BRA 39.82 (3Lz, 3Lo hand/step out, 2A), A Cain 38.96 (3Lz fall out, 3Lo fall/no combo, 2A), C Nemastil 34.53 (2A fall, 3Lo<<+2T, 3Lz<<(e)), M Lee 34.00, H Mulera 33.19, R Gaskins PUR 33.02, B Ngo 31.69, T Kayne 29.90, B Skarulis 27.62, A Xu 27.29, A Hamui MEX 26.88, A Albright 25.82, B Doherty 24.43
Group B (all): H Serafini 41.05, J Hu 39.81, V Mallet CAN 39.78, P Edmunds 38.84, M Crawford 35.26, R Zeppi 34.98, T Hoover 34.70, K Karlsson 34.08, A Kimmelman 33.70, M Krisberg ISR 31.61, L Seitz 30.93, J Hollander 28.52, A Davey 27.30, M Phelps 27.13, K DeBardelaben 21.69
Group C (top 7): J Herman 40.47 (2A, 2Lz, 3T+2T), S Moujan 39.91 (2A, 2Lz(e), 3S+2T), A Timlen 35.09 (3Lz fall, 3F< fall/no combo, 2A), F Su 31.90, M Rollins 30.17, B Coviello, 29.99, K Clear 28.16
Group D (top 7): N Rajic 47.60 (3Lz, 3F+2T, 2A), C Davis 40.38 (3T+2T, 2Lz, 2A), E Eng 38.70 (2A, 3Lz<<, 3F<<+2T), K Seagers 33.83, E Komes 33.46, A Mahatme 31.84, M Chang 31.66
Novice Ladies SP (top 3 qualify for SP Final; top 7 listed)
Group A: M Vinci 36.85 (3Lo+2T, 3S, 2A), A Gelb 34.48, V Yim 33.93, E Mizrahi 31.35, D Rivkin 30.87, A Fakhroutdinov 26.78, C Macinnis 26.70
Group B: B Laxson 38.96 (3Lo, 3Lz fall/no combo, 2A), K Albaugh 33.63, C Cleveland 30.44, B McIsaac 30.42, M Watanabe 30.04, M Peng 27.09, G Bloomfield 26.59
Group C: A Kurtz 30.86 (3S+2T, 3F< fall, 2A< fall), F Chiera 30.61 (3Lz<, 3S<<+2T<, 2A(-0.50)), J Huang 29.29, B Gong 27.74, J Sandon 27.00, E Tharp 26.26, K Bergdolt 26.23
Group D: I Gonzalez-Sigler 34.57 (2A, 3T+2T, 2S), M Sewell 33.88, M O’Connell 32.27, T Hancherow CAN 32.24, H Bisbing 31.24, R Hyder 30.01, A Hsu 29.10
Group E: O Serafini 35.07 (3T+2T, 3Lz(e), 2A), A-A Kubel CAN 28.91, M Gottlieb 28.49, T Terpos 27.02, H Deakins 26.92, K Curran 26.51, K Ronquillo 26.03
Group F: A Gonera 37.74 (3Lz(e)+2T, 3F(-1.05), 1A), J Jablon 35.93 (3S<, 2A, 2Lz+2Lo), M Yang 32.54, M Poulin CAN 29.72, D Pilgrim 28.51, E Chinault 27.97, H Munger 27.66
Intermediate Ladies FS (top 6 listed; top 3 qualify for FS Final)
Group A: M Carter 52.69, A Lee 49.97, M Kiatrungrit 48.80, C Wozniak 48.79, K Levitina 48.25, M Perez 47.73
Group B: K Wen 49.65, B Bennett 48.02, V Feigenbaum 46.67, E Romola 44.75, C Alf 43.41, M Connolly 43.01
Group C: M Farinella 53.25, R Jacobs 51.43, L Katzman 48.78, E Gonzalez-Molinos 46.56, H Peterson 45.82, S Godwin 38.75
Group D: D Rivkin 56.11, I Dost 50.25, M Peker 49.15, G Moyer 44.38, I Smit 44.34, C Berrios 42.75
Group E: V Boinest 50.74, M Wessenberg 49.91, E Zachary 49.16, S Steeman 46.78, S Chang 46.27, J Tran 46.12
Group F: S Wisniewski 50.29, T Fellman 43.06, D Dryden 42.56, I Lemeshev 38.78, V Wang 38.46, F Gosselin CAN 38.30
Group G: K Wang 41.64, K Tauken 40.97, L Rasmussen 37.70, J Rubino 35.06, C Keefe 34.93, P Lewis 33.81
Intermediate Men SP (14 competed)
A Torgashev 29.35, S Rossi 26.39, S Conlon 26.13, W Uhrig 23.06, B Mayer 22.93, J Barrett 22.22, J Footen 22.21, K Hogeboom 21.28, M Fernandez 18.89, J Smith 17.83, N Chinault 16.90, D Griffin 12.69, A Hall 11.51, C Leschel 10.79.
Intermediate Ladies SP (Juveniles skating up; top 6 listed; top 4 qualify for Saturday’s Final)
Group I: E Ma 28.43, J Baseman 27.05, L Rosenberg 26.64, M-K Mulera 25.44, C Gillett 24.75, A Kubik 24.36
Group J: S Scott 28.72, J Biechler 28.07, R Seavey 27.84, S Shipstad 26.64, K Calhoun 25.11, I Gamez 23.05