Report From Southwest Pacific Regional Championships (10/7/2007)

 

FRIDAY, OCT. 5

 

The Intermediate Ladies Qualifying Round is traditionally one of the longest events at Regionals and always features some exciting skating.  LAFSC was well-represented with three of our skaters – Margaret Stevenson, Rebecca Phung and Katarina Kulgeyko -- making it to final round.

 

Intermediate Ladies A:Margaret Stevenson 1^st  and Sina Choe 5^th

 

Intermediate Ladies B:  Rebecca Phung 3^rd, Olivia Ouyang 11^th and Stephanie Peterson 13^th

 

Intermediate Ladies C:  Hayley Donaldson 6^th

 

Intermediate Ladies D:  Katarina Kulgeyko 1^st  and Savannah Matlow 11^th

 

Both of our entries in the Junior Ladies performed well in the Final Round Short Program and remained in the running by staying in the top half of the standings.

Angelyn Nguyen 3^rd

Nina Lam 7^th

 

There is no Final Round in Senior Ladies this year.  In the short program, Kristy Evans was 6^th and Alicia Leslie was 13^th. 

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY, OCT. 6

 

Intermediate Men Short Program

Dustin Perini 2^nd

Devin Perini 5^th

 

Intermediate Ladies Final Round SP

Katarina Kulgeyko       1^st

Margaret Stevenson      2^nd

Rebecca Phung 11^th

 

Novice Men FS

Chad Phillips 3^rd  and 3^rd overall. 

 

Junior Ladies Final Round FS:  Both Angelyn Nguyen and Nina Lam retained their top-half standings with Angelyn Nguyen getting 6^th in the freeskate and narrowly missing a trip to Sectionals with a 5^th place finish overall.  Nina Lam matched her short program result with a 7^th place finish in the freeskate and 7^th overall.

 

Senior Ladies FS:  Kristy Evans was 6^th in the freeskate and 6^th overall.  Alicia Leslie was 12^th and 12^th overall

 

SUNDAY OCTOBER 7

 

The Juvenile Boys had to wait a long time before skating their one and only performance, but it was worth the wait!  LAFSC members Daniel Samohin and Shotaro Omori finished 1^st and 2^nd respectively. 

 

Juvenile Girls Final FS:  The Juvenile Girls got their second chance to perform on the last day of Regionals.  Katherine Gorodetsky was 6^th, Brenda Ji  was 13^th and Shayanne Casapao finishied 16^th.

 

Intermediate Men FS:  Dustin Perini was 1^st in the freeskate and 1^st overall.  Brother Devin Perini got 5^th in the freeskate and 6^th overall

 

Intermediate Ladies Final Round FS:  Katarina Kulgeyko led the field with a 1^st in the freeskate and 1^st overall.  Margaret Stevenson also medaled, getting 4^th  in the freeskate and 3^rd overall.  Our third finalist, Rebecca Phung, was 14^th in the freeskate and 13^th overall.

 

LAFSC members made a very strong showing at Regionals, and we are very proud of all of our skaters!!!  Congratulations!!!

 

Qualifying for a trip to Salt Lake City for Junior Nationals are:

 

Juvenile Boys:  Daniel Samohin and Shotaro Omori.

Intermediate Men:  Dustin Perini.

Intermediate Ladies:  Katarina Kulgeyko and Margaret Stevenson.

 

They will be joined by LAFSC Intermediate Pairs skaters Brigitte Alanis and Chad Phillips and Juvenile Pairs teams of Brooke Johnson and Brooks Ishler, and  Rachel Trail and Darian Weiss. 

 

Several skaters will move on to the Pacific Coast Sectional Championships in San Diego:

 

Novice Men:  Chad Phillips

Junior Men:  Stanislav Samohin

Novice Ladies:  Victoria Hecht and Deanna Inn

 

They will be joined by LAFSC Novice Ice Dancer Hayley SooHoo (with partner Brett Ryan); Novice Pairs skaters Galvani Hopson (with partner Kloe Bautista) and David Sparks (with partner Tori Vollmer); and Junior Pairs skater Arielle Trujillo (with partner Daniyel Cohen). 

 

GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL!!!

 

 

Report From Southwest Pacific Regional Championships (10/5/2007)

THURSDAY, OCT. 5 --

The Juvenile event at SWP is always exciting as most of the skaters are competing at their first-ever qualifying competition.  LAFSC was well represented at the Juvenile level, and 3 of our skaters from Group B – Katharine Gorodetsky, Shayanne Casapao and Brenda Ji --  advance to the final round.

Juvenile A:  Valeria Flores was 7^th, Katelyn Brewer 17^th

Juvenile B:  Katharine Gorodetsky 2^nd

                   Shayanne Casapao 3^rd

                    Brenda Ji 4^th

                    Lauren Campbell 5^th

                    Hannah Wallace  7^th

                    Jamila Barranda  10^th

 

Juvenile C:  Cristina Wong   7^th

                    Kyra Berger   18^th

 

There is no final round in the men’s events this year, but Chad Phillips and Stanislav Samohin performed well and are positioned to medal with a good freeskate on Saturday.

 

Junior Men Short Program:  Stanislav Samohin 5^th

 

Novice Men Short Program:  Chad Phillips 3^rd

 

The Novice Ladies final round began with the short program.  The talent in Novice is very deep, and only 7 points separate first and eighth places.   Again, several of our skaters can move up with a great freeskate.

 

Novice Ladies Final Round Short Program:

            Victoria Hecht 1^st

            Ashlynne Ragasa 7^th

            Deanna Inn 8^th

China Loza   10^th

            Vanessa Lam 11^th

            Teresa Liang   13^th

            Arielle Trujillo 14^th

 

Developmental International -BC/YT SummerSkate (9/6/2007)

Congratulations to Victoria Hecht who won the Novice Ladies short program and freeskate at the Developmental International - BC/YT SummerSkate in Burnaby, British Columbia.  We are so proud of you!