The 2014 Golden West Championships, hosted by the All Year FSC, started today, Thursday, August 28 and runs through Sunday, August 31, at Center Ice Arena in Ontario, California.
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Click here for the event schedule PDF document (Pacific time)
Click here for AYFSC’s official results page
SUNDAY
Senior Ladies FS & Final results (top 6):
163.89 K Chen (CP) [106.78 FS] Godfather theme (violin variations with a tango beat) – jumps: 3Lz fall, 3F, 2A+3?T, 3Lo, 3Lz fall, 3S, big 2A+2T+2Lo; ended with an impressive layback into a fast Biellmann
152.80 R Kato (JPN) [104.14 FS] a modern piano concerto? – jumps: 3F, 3S, 2A, 3T, 3S-half loop-2S, 2A+2T, 3T+2T
124.51 C Zhang [81.02 FS] “I Dreamed A Dream” (sung by Anne Hathaway) from Les Miserables soundtrack
112.80 E Pulkinen (CP) [71.18 FS] – Music composed by Joe Hisaishi?
111.28 C Gold [74.73 FS] – “Clair de Lune” by Debussy
106.68 A Kitamura (JPN) [72.82 FS] – Selections from William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet 1996 film soundtrack, including “Kissing You” (instrumental)
Senior Men Final results:
N Chen (CP) 212.98 1 1 [143.62 FS] – Piano Concerto no. 1 by Chopin
S Rabbitt 192.54 2 2 [127.18 FS] – Sing Sing Sing Part 2 – Fosse
B Kerry (AUS) 172.89 4 3 [115.71 FS] – Rachmaninov piano concerto
P Warren 165.28 3 4 [101.47 FS] – jazzy medley
S Dyer 151.52 5 5 [100.97 FS] – Grand Canyon Suite by Ferde Grofé
Junior Ladies Final results:
1-12: A Lin 145.80 2 1, M Flood 130.16 4 2, E Nguyen 126.78 1 4, D Dryden (CP) 117.66 3 5, S Feng (CP) 116.61 9 3, A Gagnon 107.49 6 6, E Gabriele 97.39 8 7, S Pan 95.00 7 9, B Laksana 88.61 13 8, J Jafarkhani 84.83 12 10, M Okuda 81.00 11 11, G Lee (NWP) 77.49 10 12;
WD after SP: C Taylor, K Sing.
Junior Men Final results:
1-4: D Kulenkamp 165.93 1 2 (109.84 FS) – Frank Sinatra song medley with lyrics ending with “That’s Life”
Y Paniot (UKR) 164.15 3 1 (113.56) – Albinoni’s “Adagio” & Karl Jenkins’ Palladio – Allegretto (“diamond music”)
E Bender (CP) 146.16 2 3 (91.43) – James Bond medley incl. “Skyfall” (instrumental)
H Wong 126.45 4 4 – Tango medley
SATURDAY RESULTS (submitted for posting here)
Senior Men SP:
Nathan Chen 69.36 [35.48 TES/34.88 PCS -1] – skated last year’s program to Vivaldi’s Four Seasons; 2A, fall in footwork, 3F+3T, 3Lz
Sean Rabbitt 65.36 [32.73/32.63] – 3F+3T, 2A, 3Lz
Philip Warren 63.81 [33.25/30.56] – 3F?+3T, high 3A (slight 2-ft on landing?)
Brendan Kerry AUS 57.18 [28.11/30.07 -1] – 4T, 1Lz, 3A fall
Scott Dyer 50.55 [19.86/31.69 -1] – new program to “The Skater’s Waltz”
WD Daisuke Murakami JPN
Karen Chen won the Senior Ladies SP (57.11) – jumps were 3Lo+2T, 3Lz fall, 2A. Her music was a version of “Requiem of a Dream.”
I was told Riona Kato JPN fell on 3T (planned 3T+3T, I assume), landed 3S+2T, 2A – she skated to the “Flower Duet” from Delibes’ opera Lakme (last season’s music).
I heard Caroline Zhang’s music (last season’s violin version of Phantom of the Opera) on the live stream but wasn’t able to see most of her program.
Senior Pairs SP:
Davidovich/Reiss 42.95, Oltmanns/Santillan 37.44
Junior Ladies SP top 5:
1-14: E Nguyen 52.19, A Lin 51.99, D Dryden (CP) 45.65, M Flood 43.64, C Taylor 40.96
Scheduled to compete:
Senior Men: [D Murakami (JPN; assigned to NHK Trophy Grand Prix)-WD], B Kerry (AUS), S Rabbitt, S Dyer, P Warren, N Chen
Senior Ladies includes R Kato (JPN; assigned to NHK Trophy GP), K Chen (assigned to JGP CZE), C Zhang, A Kitamura (JPN), [A Malkova-WD], C Gold
Senior Pairs: Oltmanns/Santillan, Davidovich/Reiss (new US team)
Junior Pairs: Lee/Hennings (assigned to JGP EST), Weinberg/Lueck, Matkin/Highgate-Brutman
Junior Men: Y Paniot (UKR; assigned to JGPs in JPN & GER), H Wong, D Kulenkamp, E Bender (CP), S Kim (country?)
Junior Ladies include: A Lin, E Nguyen, C Taylor, M Flood, S Feng (CP), D Dryden (CP)
Novice Ladies A includes: N Ouellette (CP), K Calhoun, Vi. Giang, J Benson, A G Davidson (CP), J Jeong (KOR)
Novice Ladies B includes: A Nakahari, Va. Giang, L Sun (CP), G Cohen, G Vinokur, A Setoyama, M Kim (KOR)
Novice Men: E Sjoberg, C Pulkinen, K Weston (CP), M Friess (CP), J Ly (CP), D Shamis (RUS)
Novice Pairs: Griffin/Civiello, Jaeckel/Scoralle (new team)
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