JUNIOR MEN
1 Darian KAPTICH AUS
2 James MIN AUS
3 Giuseppe TRIULCIO AUS
4 Joseph PHAN CAN
5 Calvin PRATAMA INA
6 Daniel GRASSL ITA
7 Yuto KISHINA JPN
8 Taichiro YAMAKUMA JPN
9 Donovan CARRILLO MEX
10 Harrison BAIN NZL
11 Yamato ROWE PHI
12 Egor RUKHIN RUS replacing Artem KOVALEV
13 Roman SAVOSIN RUS
14 Pagiel Yie Ken SNG SGP
15 Alexei KRASNOZHON USA
16 Eric SJOBERG USA
NOTE: Micah TANG (TPE) withdrew
Contenders (in no particular order): Phan, Savosin, Krasnozhon and Sjoberg. *** NOTE: both Korean men have been withdrawn.*** Looking forward to seeing James Min and Donovan Carrillo---if I can handle the early morning hours when the men skate.
Recent Competition results: *=recent update
226.72 (76.29+150.43)*Joseph PHAN (CAN) - Quebec Summer Championships*
206.25 (76.37+129.88) *Alexei KRASNOZHON (USA) - Philadelphia Intl (ISU Competition) *
190.94 (62.31+128.63) Eric SJOBERG (USA) - Glacier Falls
184.45 (65.23+119.33) *Donovan CARRILLO (MEX) - Philadelphia Intl (ISU Competition) *
153.95 (53.50+100.45) *James MIN (AUS) - Asian Open*
146.18 (47.93+98.25) Yuto KISHINA (JPN) - Asian Open
116.60 (43.90+72.70) Harrison BAIN (NZL) - Asian Open
107.24 (33.35+73.89) Giuseppe TRIULCIO (AUS) - Asian Open
105.11 (35.48+69.63) Darian KAPTICH (AUS) - Asian Open
75.30 (29.78+45.52) Calvin PRATAMA (INA) - Asian Open
2016-2017 Seasons Best
222.37 Roman SAVOSIN (RUS) Nepela 2016
JUNIOR LADIES
1 Amelia Scarlett JACKSON AUS
2 Jordan LAZARUS AUS
3 Serena XU AUS
4 Aurora COTOP CAN
5 Amy LIN TPE
6 Yi Christy LEUNG HKG
7 Arunima VERABELLI IND
8 Maria BLESSIA INA
9 Sophie ABRAMS ISR
10 Akari MATSUOKA JPN
11 Riko TAKINO JPN
12 Aleksandra SHLAHOVA LAT
13 Andrea MONTESINOS CANTU MEX
14 Nicola KORCK NZL
15 Bianca Arianne VINARAO PHI
16 Su Been JEON KOR
17 Eun Bi KO KOR
18 Anastasiia GULIAKOVA RUS
19 Alexandra TRUSOVA RUS
20 Ching Ting SU SGP
21 Selma IHR SWE
22 Guzide Irmak BAYIR TUR
23 Ting CUI USA
24 Kaitlyn NGUYEN USA
NOTE: Emmi PELTONEN (FIN) WITHDRAWN Aug 9
The Russian ladies are debuting at this event as are the US and Japanese ladies and Aurora Cotop of Canada. We know the Russians will be hard to beat. The Korean Junior ladies competed at the Korean Challenge to win places at the JGP. Kaitlyn Nguyen is the 2017 US Junior Champion, and Ting Cui the 2017 US Novice Silver medalist. Aurora Cotop is the 2017 Canadian Junior Champion. Should be interesting to watch.
Recent Competition Results *= recent update
169.82 (58.39+111.43) Kaitlyn NGUYEN (USA) - Glacier Falls
151.79 (54.01+ 97.78) *Ting CUI (USA) - Philadelphia Intl (ISU event)*
141.21 (52.97+88.24) *Su Been JEON (KOR) - Korean Challenge*
141.15 (52.67+88.48) *Eun Bi KO (KOR) - Korean Challenge*
135.57 (57.16+78.41) Aurora COTOP (CAN) - Minto
132.13 (42.88+89.25) *Yi Christy LEUNG (HKG) - Asian Open*
JUNIOR ICE DANCE
1 Joanne CHO / Jake MEYER AUS
2 Jessica PALFREYMAN / Charlton DOHERTY AUS
3 Natalie D'ALESSANDRO / Bruce WADDELL CAN
4 Marjorie LAJOIE / Zachary LAGHA CAN
5 Sasha FEAR / George WADDELL GBR
6 Elizaveta KHUDAIBERDIEVA / Nikita NAZAROV RUS
7 Sofia POLISHCHUK / Alexander VAKHNOV RUS
8 Eliana GROPMAN / Ian SOMERVILLE USA
9 Chloe LEWIS / Logan BYE USA
New teams: CHO / MEYER (AUS), KHUDAIBERDIEVA / NAZAROV (RUS)
Based on previous performance, POLISHCHUK / VAKHNOV, LAJOIE / LAGHA and LEWIS / BYE should be the medal contenders.
Recent Competition Results
134.99 (57.39+77.60) POLISHCHUK / VAKHNOV (RUS) - LPID Championship
132.88 (59.02+73.86) LEWIS / BYE (USA) - LPID Championship
129.10 (55.46+73.64) GROPMAN / SOMERVILLE (USA) - LPID Championship
115.97 (47.80+68.17) D'ALESSANDRO / WADDELL (CAN) - Minto
94.95 (38.49+56.46) FEAR / WADDELL (GBR) - LP INTERNATIONAL
LAJOIE / LAGHA withdrew from the Minto competition but are scheduled to compete at the Quebec summer competition the week of August 7. The Korean dance team has been withdrawn.