Updated: 22-Jan-2002 01:57 AM
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- Day 1: 6-Jan-2002
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Day 2: 7-Jan-2002
Day 3: 8-Jan-2002
...and the rest
We do not have notes for:
- Senior Ladies Short
- Senior Mens Free
- Junior Pairs Free
(or any of the dance programs)
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2002 Jr. Lady Free Skate
With all the Charlottes and change edge spirals being done by our young
lady skaters one thing is clear. If this is Michelle's last nationals,
(and I hope it is not) we are still going to be seeing Michelle's moves
for years to come.
Samira Banna scratched from the free skate. I don't know why. I
certainly hope she is okay.
- Lea Nightwalker
- Opened with a nice camel spin, good spin. She did a
double jump. Then she did a very pretty layback spin. She landed a
triple/double combination, a double axel and then fell on a double jump.
She did a lovely Nancy spiral right down the center rink and then leaned
forward and did almost a Charlotte spiral. She fell on a loop and fell
on another jump. Then she landed a double/double combination. She did a
combination spin, camel/sit/layback/change foot/sit, and then an ending
scratch spin. She has lovely arm movements and good line. Ninth in the
free and overall.
- Aanya Reiten
- She is a willowy girl and she moves like a willow, all
graceful and delicate. She started out with what I think was a triple
loop, but I am not sure. She fell a couple of times I am afraid, but she
is lovely to watch no matter the falls. She landed a triple toe/double
toe, triple salchow/double toe, double lutz and a double axel/double
toe. She did a gorgeous Arabian split jump that had fabulous extension.
She has a beautiful layback spin and a fast spiral. She did an illusion
spin. Seventh in the free, eighth overall.
- Katie Stewart
- Well I thought Katie was one of the most enjoyable
skaters of the night. She had a really nice program with fun
choreography, all sorts of little moves and dances that really bring a
program to life and make it ore than just skate/jump, skate/jump. Katie
also has a shining personality and great presentation. She starts out
doing these pretty twirling moves with her arms sort of curled around,
very nice. She did a double axel and held the landing edge very nicely.
She landed double/double combination, a triple jump and she did a double
axel/double loop combination with a couple of extra steps between jumps
and a double lutz. She stepped out of one triple salchow and fell on
another. She has a pretty camel spin and a great smile. I need a coat
with very big pockets so I can smuggle in teddy bears for these oh so
deserving skatie girls. Tenth in the free and overall.
- Lauren Thomas
- My notes for Lauren and Emily got smudged so I am not
sure of a lot I have written here. She landed a triple jump, a double
loop and then did a flying sit spin. She landed a triple salchow/double
toe combination, and another double jump. She had nice arms in her
layback spin, but the free leg needs work before she moves to seniors
and Dick Button sees it. She did a single axel into a double axel. She
landed another double jump, what I think is a triple/double, but my
notes are hard to read here. She did a double salchow, and another
double jump. She did two very nice Arabian splits into a jump, don't
know what kind or how many revolutions but it was a nice series. Third
in the free and fifth overall.
- Emily Hughes
- An adorable grin never left her face despite a pretty
rough skate. Emily wore a lacy purple dress, but woven into the lace of
one sleeve was an American flag arm band. I thought it was a very simple
and very tasteful recognition of the events of September 11. She did
fall twice according to my smudgy notes. She did a triple lutz/double
toe combination, but two footed the triple lutz. She did a camel spin
into a flying sit spin/y spin combination, very cool. She did a triple
jump with a hop on the landing. She has a pretty layback spin. She did a
single axel/triple salchow combination. She had a nice sequence of
change edge spiral/ina baur/catch foot spiral into a double jump. She
did a Charlotte and an illusion spin with her hands behind her back.
Eleventh in the free and overall.
- Louann Donovan
- I wrote white swan, I am going to assume that means she
wore white and skated to Swan Lake. She started with a triple
lutz/double toe, and this was a true lutz. I got a clear eyed view of a
beautiful outside edge all the way into this jump and it was dead on.
Then she did a triple loop, another triple jump a backward Nancy spiral
into a triple/double. She did an ina baur into a spiral that had good
line. She landed a double axel, then a triple salchow and broke out into
a big smile. Ended with well extended butterflies into a
camel/sit/scratch spin. She looked like she was the junior lady most
ready to move to seniors. She was fast and quite clearly the winner.
First in the free, our Junior Lady Champion.
- Jennifer Don
- She is fast and always has a big smile on her face. She
did a triple/double combination, a triple salchow that might have been
two footed. She did a very fast catch foot layback spin. She did spread
eagle into a double axel. Then she did a double lutz and a flying sit
spin. She did a wally and then fell on a triple. She did a nice spiral
into a Y-spiral and an ina baur into a double jump. Then she landed a
double axel. She did a Bielman spin and ended with a scratch spin.
Second in the free and overall.
- Amber Czisny
- She skated to Carmen. She started out with a successful
triple jump and then she fell on a triple loop. She did an ina baur,
with a deep arch, into a double jump. She did a sit spin and a single
axel. Then she did a lovely wavy spread eagle, outside to inside to
outside, very pretty. She landed a double lutz and did a gorgeous change
edge spiral with great extension. She did a Bielman spin and then she
did a reverse camel/sit spin combination, just amazing. She then landed
a double jump a double loop and a double axel. She ended with a very,
very fast pancacke spin. Amber is one of those skaters who could get a
standing O by just spinning. Eighth in the free and seventh overall.
- Kristen Sheaffer
- She did a double loop, then she fell on a triple
lutz. She did a double salchow or axel, yeah I know there is a big
difference between those jumps but my notes I can't read. She did a
triple jump then a catchfoot layback spin. A split jump with nice line
into a double axel/double toe combination. Then she did a double jump.
She did a dramatic ina baur right to a crescendo on the music. She
landed a triple/double combination and did a hydroblading into a double
axel. Then she did a sit spin with her leg wrapped above her head. Sixth
in the free and overall.
- Felicia Beck
- She started out with a really great opening layback spin,
very deep arch, great positions. She did a triple lutz/double toe
combination, a double axel, and a triple jump. She did an ina baur with
an amazing deep arch. And she did a Bielman spiral, great extension, for
a half circle. She fell on a triple salchow and a triple lutz. She did
another salchow that I could not count the revolutions on. She ended
with a really, well extended Bielman spin. Felicia is very fast and has
great presentation. Fifth in the free but her second place short program
enabled her to hold onto the Bronze medal.
- Adrianna DeSanctis
- She skated to the music of Porgy and Bess. Started
out by doing a waxel then immediately did a successful double axel. She
did a triple salchow, and a triple lutz with an excellent outside edge
take off. She did an Arabian split with nice extension. She is fast and
has good flow. Unfortunately she fell on a triple loop and stepped out
of another triple. But she came back strong and landed a triple
salchow/double toe combination. She was fourth in the free and overall.
Copyright © 2002, Antoinette M. Aubert
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