2003 Silicon Valley Open San Jose, August 2003

SVO 2003 Day One - August 14, 2003

I am juggling camera and note taking so my notes are woefully inadequate. I only took notes for a few of the novice men.

Novice Men Short Program

Peter Lindstrom (Peninsula Skating Club)

He landed a triple salchow/double toe combination. He did a double jump out of footwork. His double axel was most impressive, he held the edge after landing. He did a camel/sit/variation of a sit/change/camel spin combination. He had good stretch and nice arm positions in his flying sit spin. 2nd place

Ryan Mason (Vaca Valley Figure Skating Club)

He did a very nice ina baur into a spread eagle. His double jump out of steps had a shaky landing, single axel I have no notes on his combo. 12 place

Dice Murakami (All Year Figure Skating Club)

I liked him a lot. He did a swing program with great energy. I don't have any jumps notes for him but I know he skated clean. Third place

Frank Huber (Skating Academy of Plymouth)

Skated to James Bond music and wore a bullseye on his clothes. The double out of steps had very good height. He stepped out of the double axel and put his hands down on the combo He had nice stretch in his camel spin. 6th place

Colin Specht (St. Moritz Ice Skating Club)

Triple salcnow/double toe. Singled the axel. Pretty good serpentine steps. Double out of steps was fine. Skated to How The West Was Won. 5th place

Austin Kanallaken (All Year Figure Skating Club)

Very good straightline footwork. Fast sit spin into a blur scratch spin. He did a western program and ended very dramatically with a duel. I have no jump notes for him. 8th place

Princeton Kwong ( Peninsula Skating Club)

Double axel, triple/double combination and double out of steps were all fine. He had good speed in his step sequence. First place

Marko Perko (All Year Figure Skating Club)

His combo was clean but I couldn't tell if it was a triple or a double. Single axel and double out of steps was fine. Nice form exiting jujmps, he had good stretch and flow. 7th place

Junior Lady's Short Program

Again the incompleteness of my notes is a reflection of my wearing two hats and not a reflection of any particular skater.

Katrina Borncamp (Stockton Figure Skating Club)

Whenever I hear Stockton announced I expect the skater to skate to the music from The Big Valley, so far no one ever has. But I keep hoping. She did a double salchow, I think with a step out. Singled axel and stepped out of double out of steps. 13th place

Tosha Hanford (Capital City Figure Skating Club)

She has a beautiful layback spin, lovely arms in a full circle and a free leg position even Dick Button would like. She did a double axel, but fell on a triple loop combination. Double out of steps was fine. She did a very nice back spiral/3 turn/forward spiral combination and Ina Baur. Now I am going to put on my Dick Button hat and say I really liked this program because it had a very gentle quality to the music and choreography. 5th place

Rebecca Fong (St. Moritz Ice Skating Club)

Did a swing program. The double out of steps and double axel were fine but she fell on a triple salchow combination. 9th place

Kelly Knight (Escondido Figure Skating Club)

Very cute young lady, good presentation. She landed double axel and double out of steps was fine. She two footed the combination jump. She has good flow. 2nd place

Kathleen Tran (La Jolla Figure Skating Club)

She landed a double axel with great height. Double out of steps was fine. Fast combination spin with good positions. Got no notes on her combination jump. 3rd place

Jessica Perino (Los Angeles Figure Skating Club)

Fell on one jump, double out of steps was fine. She did a gorgeous layback spin with arms in a closed circle position and slowly opening up. Very effective. 10th place

Danielle Schraner (Penisula Skating Club)

She did a triple salchow/double toe combination, two footed the salchow. Double axle and double out of steps was fine. She has a very deep arch in her layback spin. She had a very big grin on her face after she landed on her jumps, very charming. 4th place

Tammy Sutan (Glacier Falls Figure Skating Club)

Skated to Swan Lake, very nice program. She did a double/double combination jump and double out of steps was fine. She has very pretty layback spin. She had a great footwork sequence with two leaps in the sequence. 7th place

Tasha MaMoody (Peninsula Skating Club)

Very beautiful layback spin. Did a loop/double toe combination, but I couldn't tell if it were a triple or double loop. Double axel was two footed, hands down in the double out of steps. 8th place

Tashe Smith (Skating Club of San Francisco)

Skated to Romeo and Juliet. Triple/double combination with a step out on the triple, tried a triple out of footwork and fell. She has long arms and legs which she extended very well to great effect. 11th place

Brit Adams (Sweetwater Figure Skating Club)

She had a shaky landing on he combination jump. Double axel was fine. Fast spins in very nice positions. 12th place

Angela Le (Peninsula Skating Club)

Two footed the axel. Double/double combination jump also two footed. She smiled a lot, which always makes you enjoy a program more. 15th place

Tylerann Farley (Peninsula Skating Club)

Skated to Time To Say Goodbye. Fell on her combination, singled the axel stepped out of the jump out of steps. She had very deep edges in her spirals. 14th place

Julian Burn (Capital City Figure Skating Club)

Very, very pretty program to Clair De Lune. Nice connecting steps in between the elements. She popped an triple loop then did the double toe. Double of out steps was fine double axel was okay. She has great stretch in her camel spin. She had a look on her face while skating that was just pure joy. I really enjoyed watching her. 1st place

Stephanie Yee (St. Moritz Ice Skating Club)

Skated to Rodeo. Fell on the double axel Double/double combination two footed. 16th place

Elizabeth Frances Lim

She has nice extension and presentation. Double out of steps was fine, triple salchow/double toe and double axel also fine. She did a split jump in her connecting moves very effectively to the music. Nice program. 6th place

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