Overall impressions: Well, we have no shortage of talented young lady skaters.
There is still a fair amount of cheated jumps and wrapping and so forth. But
these ladies have nearly ALL absorbed the lesson on "presence" I was
mentioning in the intro to the Novice Men. A lot of lovely moments. The long
programs had fewer moments that the short. As in prior years, in order to get
the technical content in, there are a LOT of attempts at jumps. Which doesn't
leave a lot of time for "in betweens".
Short
- Lindsey Wilson - I had real trouble telling what she was doing. Maybe 2
axel, 2 loop and a fall on the 3 sal?
- Rebecca Fong - Romantic Classical Music - 2 axel. 2 loop. Fell on 3 sal
- close though. Weak Spiral
- Caitlin Mallory - Ballet. Fell on 2 axel - nowhere near the rotation. Fell
on 2 loop. Fell on 3 toe. Great Biellman spin. Excellent Layback. Beautiful
spiral. Bobbled on footwork. Lovely skater.
- Tylerann Farley - "Toccata & Fugue Rocks" 1 axel 2 lutz-2
toe. Weak footwork into a wrapped 2 loop. Nice position in the spiral - odd
pattern to the sequence. Spins were weak.
- Vanessa Stanchina - stepped out of 2 axel. Stepped out of 2 lutz-2 toe.
2 loop fine. Nice spiral into an Ina Bauer.
- Julian Burns - Fast and good basic skating, but jumps were not there. Skidded
into 2 axel. Fell on 3 sal. Bobbled on footwork. 2 loop ok. Music was "Egypty".
- Erica Washington. 2 axel. 3 sal-2toe. No note on loop. Nice spiral. Fast
& Interesting spins.
- Alexandra Hill - Soft & pretty music into Toccata & Fugue Disco.
2 footed the 2 axel. Popped the loop. Fell on the sal.
- Erin Reed - Pretty Ballet Arms. "A time for us". 2 axel. 2 loop.
Fell on sal.
- Danielle Kahle - The first program of the evening that I thought had no
deductions in it. 2 axel. 3 toe-2 toe. 2 loop. Spunky skater. Very young look.
- Whitney McMillin - "Malaguena". Popped axel. Scrapey footwork
into 2 loop. 3sal (hand down)-3 toe. Weak layback.
- Sarah Henry - 2 axel. 2 loop out of very weak footwork. 3 sal (2 footed)-2
toe. Combo Spin weak.
- Molly Clingan - 2 footed 2 axel. Nice footwork into 2 loop. Fell on 3 sal.
Spiral was slow and wobbled a bit.
Long
- Tylerann Farley - Cirque - fell on axel. 2 lutz-2 toe. 2 sal 2 lutz. Fell
on 2 toe. Had a VERY high free leg on lutz take off.
- Alexandra Hill- Selection from "The Planets" - 2 axel. 2 lutz-2
toe. 2 flip. 3 sal (2 footed & hand down). 2 toe. 2 flip. 2 axel. Both
axels were at the exact same location on the ice.
- Caitlin Mallory - Violin Concerto - She has beautiful extension & spins
& hand positions. Fell on 2 axel. Fell on 2 flip fell on sal - probably
attempt at a triple. Did a 2 toe-2toe. Fell on one other jump - probably a
2 lutz.
- Rebecca Fong - Step out of 2 axel. 2 lutz-2 toe. 2.5 sal. 2 flip. 2 axel.
Has a pretty consistent and severe wrap. At its worst on the flip.
- Molly Clingan. My notes have a check mark by al the jumps except the toe
and a 3(fall) by the sal. I assume she completed a double of everything else.
Very charming skater with sincere and beautiful smile. Oh - and gets bonus
point from me for taking the time off from jumps attempt to do a very nice
spiral-Ina Bauer.
- Erin Reed - "Firebird" - 2 axel. 2 lutz-2 toe. 2 flip. Hmm. I
think my notes are indicating she fell twice trying the 3 sal, but it may
be only one fall. 2 toe.
- Whitney McMillin - "Liebestraum" - 2 axel. 2 lutz. 2 flip - ?.
2 loop. Two attempt at the 3 sal - hand down on one, fall on the other.
- Sarah Henry - I missed her combo - likely to have been the lutz-toe. 2 axel.
2 lutz. 1 loop. 2 footed the 3 sal. 2 toe. 2 sal-2 toe.
- Julian Burns - 2 axel. (Step out). 2 lutz. Tano 2 loop. 3 sal - 2 toe. 2
lutz. 1 axel. 3 sal.
- Danielle Kahle - "Mack & Mabel Overture". 2 axel - 2 toe.
2 flip - 2 toe. 3 sal. 3 toe. Two more 2 axel. Great 1 foot footwork. Very
strong skate.
- Lindsey Wilson - a Waltz. 2 axel. 2 lutz. 2 flip. 2 loop. 3 sal. 3 toe.
- Erica Washington - "Carmen" - 2 axel-2toe. 2 lutz (fall). 2 flip.
2 loop. 3 sal. 2 axel - 2 toe. 2 flip - 2 toe. 2 axel.