2012 U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships: the “final edition” in this format!

BEST WISHES to everyone participating in the 2012 U.S. Junior Figure Skating Championships (“Junior Nationals” for the Intermediate and Juvenile levels), December 10-14, 2011, in East Lansing, Michigan. This will be the final edition of this competition in its current format — hope it’s a good one!

Visit our Junior Nationals event page for a list of skater & event article links and the Regional scores (singles) and Sectional scores (pairs/dance) of all the Juvenile and Intermediate level qualifiers.

Starting Orders/Results page

IceNetwork’s Videos

Official practices start on Saturday, December 10; Intermediate singles qualifying rounds take place on Sunday, December 11; and Juvenile singles qualifying rounds are on Monday, December 12. IceNetwork will stream all the Intermediate events live on Tuesday and Wednesday. GOOD LUCK and may you ALL skate to the BEST of your abilities! 🙂

2012 U.S. MEDALISTS (added on 12/15/11)
Intermediate Ladies: Ashley Shin (99.41), Elizabeth Nguyen (99.06), Tyler Pierce (95.89), Dalia Rivkin (95.24)
Intermediate Men: Tomoki Hiwatashi (102.34), Sean Conlon (84.68), Paolo Borromeo (81.84), Harrison Wong (81.23)
Intermediate Pairs: Madeleine Gallagher/Jonathon Horton (62.60), Sophia Dai/Jeffrey Fishman (58.00), Caroline Yu/Brian Johnson (52.20), Juliana May/Cody Dolkiewicz (51.86)
Intermediate Dance: Gigi Becker/Luca Becker (96.21), Julia Biechler/Alexander Petrov (94.07), Sammi Wren/Alexey Shchepetov (88.37), Kimberly Berkovich/Micah Jaffe (86.30)
Juvenile Girls: Caitlin Nguyen (49.65), Tessa Hong (48.05), Ashlee Raymond (45.46), Aurora Abraham (45.27)
Juvenile Boys: Andrew Torgashev (54.02), Kellen Johnson (51.59), Jun-Hong Chen (51.02), Eric Sjoberg (49.12)
Juvenile Pairs: Gabriella Marvaldi/Kyle Hogeboom (38.23), Alicia Bertsch/Austin Hale (37.62), Joanna Hubbart/William Hubbart (36.74), Darbie Burke/Griffin Schwab (35.64)
Juvenile Dance: Eliana Gropman/Ian Somerville (83.71), Gwen Sletten/Elliot Verburg (80.63), McKenzie Schurman/Chandler Schaak (77.80), Madison Fox/Val Katsman (70.36)

2011-12 Junior Grand Prix Final (links)

The 2011 Grand Prix Final (Junior & Senior combined) takes place December 8-11, 2011, at the Pavillon de la Jeunesse in Quebec City, Canada. The Junior events are Thursday (all short programs), Friday (Pairs & Ladies FS), and Saturday (FD & Men’s FS).

Combined Junior Grand Prix Final & Grand Prix Final Starting Orders/Results/Protocols

Wednesday’s Team USA Backstage Photos on IceNetwork

Thursday’s Team USA Backstage Photos on IceNetwork

IceNetwork’s event page has links to JGP Final articles; Competition Videos are up!

Junior Men SP & FS Videos on ISU’s JGP Channel

Junior Ladies SP & FS Videos on ISU’s JGP Channel

Junior Pairs SP & FS Videos on ISU’s JGP Channel

Junior Short & Free Dance Videos on ISU’s JGP Channel

Postscript note: Congratulations to the medalists Jason Brown (gold), Joshua Farris (bronze), and Britney Simpson/Matthew Blackmer (bronze), as well as to the other members of Team USA – Alexandra Aldridge/Daniel Eaton (4th), and Vanessa Lam (5th).

Congratulations to all the Special Achievement Award Recipients at 2012 Regionals & Sectionals!

Visit U.S. Figure Skating’s Special Achievement Awards page — here’s an excerpt:

The U.S. Figure Skating Special Achievement Awards are pins given to athletes to encourage performance-related markers in their programs at Regionals, Sectionals and Junior Championships. Awards are only given out for free skate event segments in all levels at Regionals, and in juvenile – novice pairs, singles and free dance at Sectionals and Junior Championships. Awards are given out to the skater, team or pair in each group that earns the most points for designated elements for their level and discipline and to all skaters who earn at least one +2 or +3 GOE for any element in their program. In the 2012 season more than 500 skaters earned Special Achievement Awards at Regional Championships, and 135 skaters were awarded at Sectional Championship.

Special Achievement Award Recipients at 2012 Regional Championships (PDF)

Special Achievement Award Recipients at 2012 Sectional Championships (PDF)