2015 US Sectionals
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Just a quick post about US Sectionals, which is also taking place this week along with Tallinn Trophy, Rostelecom Cup, and Japanese Junior Nationals. It’s a busy week in skating.
There are 3 sectional competitions in the United States: Pacific Coast, Midwestern and Eastern. It is the final step (after regionals) to qualify for the national championships in January. There are events for all levels, from juvenile to senior. I’m only going to mention seniors and juniors in this post.
Domestic US competitions give out “pewter medals” to 4th-place finishers. Medalists (ie. 1st-4th place) at sectionals qualify for the national championships. If one or more of the medalists already has a bye to nationals and is only competing at sectionals for practice or whatever reason, the next-highest skater(s) qualify for nationals. Sometimes, if a field has 4 competitors or fewer, skaters may choose not to compete since all of them would qualify anyway. (This scenario happens more often with pairs and ice dance.)
All the sectional competitions will be streamed live on Icenetwork for subscribers.
EASTERN SECTIONALS
Location: Simsbury, Connecticut
Date: Nov. 17-21
Schedule
Results
Some entries:
Senior - Ashley Cain, Olivia Serafini, Jimmy Ma, Curran Oi, Alexandria Shaughnessy/James Morgan, Jessica Pfund/Joshua Santillan
Junior - Brynne McIsaac, Rebecca Peng, Megan Wessenberg, Kevin Shum, Oleksiy Melnyk, Tony Lu, Joy Weinberg/Maximiliano Fernandez, Julia Biechler/Damian Dodge
MIDWESTERN SECTIONALS
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Date: Nov. 17-21
Schedule
Results
Some entries:
Senior - Bradie Tennell, Livvy Shilling, Ashley Shin, Alexander Johnson, Vincent Zhou (bye), Jordan Moeller, Caitlin Fields/Ernie Utah Stevens, Alexandra Aldridge/Matthew Blackmer, Danielle Thomas/Daniel Eaton
Junior - Tessa Hong, Paige Rydberg, Vivian Le, Emily Chan, Tomoki Hiwatashi, Anthony Boucher, Chase Belmontes, Aleksei Krasnozhon, Lindsay Weinstein/Jacob Simon, Elliana Pogrebinsky/Alex Benoit
PACIFIC COAST SECTIONALS
Location: Los Angeles, California
Date: Nov. 17-21
Schedule
Results
Some entries:
Senior - Karen Chen (bye), Maria Yang, Sean Rabbitt, Shotaro Omori, Scott Dyer, Daniel Kulenkamp, Alissandra Aronow/Collin Brubaker
Junior - Akari Nakahara, Nina Ouelette, Alice Yang, Paolo Borromeo, Ai Setoyama/David-Alexandre Paradis, Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko, Chloe Lewis/Logan Bye