2003 Silicon Valley Open
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2003 Silicon Valley Open

San Jose, August 2003

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SVO 2003 Day Three - August 16, 2003

Novice Lady's Final Free Skating

Gillian Liau
She has great line, did a spread eagle with wonderful extension. Also did a Bielman spin. 12th place
Heather Cristobal
Landed a double axel/double toe, fell on a triple salchow, landed a double loop. She has a pretty camel spin. She landed another double axel and had a big grin on her face after she landed that one. Landed a double lutz and two other double jumps. She has really good speed and in coverage. She really attacks the jumps leaping into them without hesitation. She had a huge smile on her face at the end of her program. 3rd place
Jacqueline Win
Fell on a double axel. Landed a double lutz/double loop and another double jump. She did a beautiful spread eagle for almost a full circle. Landed a double salchow and a double loop/double loop combination. She has a beautiful layback spin and a very fast Ina Baur. 6th place.
Bree Reardon
Landed a double axel, then tried a double lutz/double toe comb but fell on the toe. She landed a double jump and a double loop, then a split jump and a double/double combination. She did a nice Ina Baur into a double jump. Another double jump was short of rotation and landed another double jump. 8th place.
Sikiko Oga
She landed a double axel, a double jump and a double lutz/double toe, the lutz had great distance really flew across the ice. She stepped out of a salchow, I don't know how many rotations. She did a spread eagle. She landed a double axel/double loop combination, and three other double jumps. She has a very cute smile. 4th place.
Tran Ly
She landed a double axel, double loop, a double lutz/double toe and then fell on a salchow. She did a double/step/step/double combination. Then fell on another double axel. She has lovely, graceful arm movements. 9th place
Jacquelyn Garces
Skated to Firebird. She stared out with a fall on some jump. She landed a double axel/double toe combination. She did a stag leap, then fell on a salchow. She landed a double loop and did a catch foot layback spin. She landed another double axel, a double lutz/double toe combination with extra steps between the toe and lutz. She has a fast footwork sequence. She has nice stretch and positions in her combination spin. 7th place
Margaret Wong
She landed a triple/double combination, then a double axel/double toe. She then landed a triple salchow/double toe and did a spiral into a double jump. She fell on a second double axel and then did another jump that I think was a triple. She did a very high split jump in her footwork sequence. Then ended with butterflies into a camel spin. 1st place
Jessica Youn Lee
Skated to Carmen. Landed a double jump, then a double axel, then fell on a salchow, then fell on a triple jump attempt. She had really nice flow and positions in her spiral sequence. She did three turns into a double loop, landed a double axel/double toe and a double lutz/double toe combination. She did a Bielman spin and a very high split jump. I thought she landed at least one triple jump but it doesn't seem to be in my notes, so either my notes or memory is faulty, probably both. 2nd place.
Mandi Joy Yee
Skated to East of Eden. Started out with two very nice spirals. She two footed a double axel, landed a double salchow and then popped a jump. She landed a salchow that might have been a triple, couldn't tell for sure. She landed a double axel/double toe with some extra hops. Landed two more double jumps and did a very pretty spiral right to the crescendo of the music. I really enjoyed her program. 10th place
Mary Grace Baldo
She landed a double lutz/double loop and a double axel/double toe and a double loop/double loop and another double jump. Very nice spiral with a big smile on her face. Landed a double axel and a Charlotte into a double jump. Very high split jump. She had a big grin on her face at the end with much fist pumping. 5th place.

Sr. Men Free

Pierre Balian
He fell on a triple axel. Landed a triple/double combination, and fell on another triple jump, stepped out of a triple salchow/double toe. He landed a double loop combination, a pancake spin a spread eagle and a double salchow. 3rd place
Dennis Phan
Landed a triple lutz/triple toe, fell on a triple axel, then a double jump. Did a beautiful spread eagle into a back spiral with great line. Ina Baur. Landed triple lutz and a triple looop/ triple loop comb. Fell out of something, two split jumps, and then fell on a triple salchow. 1st place
Michael Villareal
Landed a triple lutz/double toe and then a triple axel. He landed a triple/double comb and a triple loop. He landed another triple jump tilted forward but didn't touch down. I thought after that axel he would win, but the last minute and a half of his program he looked exhausted and he just kind of went through the motions. Popped something, did a split jump then doubled something else. 2nd place.

Sr. Lady's Free Skate

Olivia Olsen
Skated to Paint It Black. Fell out of a double jump, landed a double/double comb, landed a loop I couldn't tell the rotation on. Landed a double lutz/double toe combination, another double jump and popped a lutz. She has a very pretty camel spin, nice flowing spirals. Great line on this girl. 9th place.
Abigail Alfajora
Skated to Firebird. I didn't take any notes for the first half of her program, was trying to get some good shots of her. She landed two double axels, one in combination with a double toe. She landed a loop that might have been a triple, couldn't tell for sure. She has greatly improved her line and stretch, much better speed and flow than last year. 7th place.
Anah Lee
She fell on a double axel and a triple salchow, two footed another triple jump. She landed a double jump and fell on a triple salchow. She landed double loop and double lutz. She did a gorgeous Ina Baur. She has a beautiful back and is very graceful but her jumps were missing last night. 8th place.
Mia Ann Cromatry
Started out with a waxel, landed a triple jump a double jump, did a double/double combination with extra steps between the jumps. She also landed a triple salchow. She is a pretty girl with pretty skating. 3rd in Free, 5th overall.
Felicia Beck
Wow!! She has gone from pretty to simply stunning, and her presentation is amazing. She is a great performer. Skated to Cirque De Soleil. She landed a triple lutz/double toe, a triple jump and landed one double axel and fell on another. She did a Bielman spiral for about half the rank. Usual amazingly flexible spins. 1st place
Kim Ryan
Bad night. I stopped taking notes halfway through her program. She was falling on everything. She is an elegant and graceful skater and had a very bad night. 4th in Free, 3rd overall.
Laura Lipetsky
Singled an axel. Landed a double lutz/double loop, put her hand down on a double jump. She landed a salchow, but I don't know how many revolutions. Landed a double axel. Has a very fast layback spin. 6th place.
Joan Cristobal
Landed a triple lutz/double toe and another triple jump. She landed a double axel and fell on a triple jump. Did a very nice, high split jump. She landed a triple salchow, but fell at the beginning of her footwork sequence. 2nd place.
Yea-Ji Shin
Fell on a triple lutz and a triple loop. I began to wonder if someone laid a voodoo curse on the building. She did a Y spin with an amazing extension. She landed a double axel, did a beautiful spiral. Landed a triple/double combination and put her hand down on another triple jump. She started out disastrously and then really started to skate very well. Very happy after she skated. 4th place.
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