{"id":6492,"date":"2014-09-12T21:34:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-13T01:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/?p=6492"},"modified":"2017-01-20T19:27:14","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T00:27:14","slug":"2014-olympian-polina-edmunds-in-first-following-short-program-at-u-s-international-figure-skating-classic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/2014\/09\/12\/2014-olympian-polina-edmunds-in-first-following-short-program-at-u-s-international-figure-skating-classic\/","title":{"rendered":"Team USA takes home four golds at U.S. International Figure Skating Classic"},"content":{"rendered":"

The third annual U.S. International Figure Skating Classic competition wrapped up Saturday at the Salt Lake City Sports Complex in Salt Lake City. It was a good start to the senior international season for Team USA.\u00a0 They took home the gold in all four disciplines.<\/p>\n

Senior Ladies Free<\/strong>
\n1. Polina Edmunds(USA)\u00a0 63.27 + 113.08=176.35
\n2. Courtney Hicks (USA) 58.90 +115.24=174.14
\n3. Riona Kato (JPN) 61.55 +100.14 =161.69
\n4. Alaine Chartrand (CAN) 58.35 +103.30=161.65
\n5. Mirai Nagasu (USA) 55.46 +104.03=159.49
\n6.\u00a0 Brooklee Han (AUS) \u00a0 42.74 +\u00a0 89.90 = 132.64
\n7 . Ashley Shin (USA) \u00a0\u00a0 49.83 +75.59 =125.42
\n8.\u00a0 Fleur Maxwell (LUX) \u00a0 36.59 +\u00a0 79.57 =116.16
\n9 . Anastasia Kononenko(UKR)\u00a0 41.14 + 74.27=115.41
\n10. Frances Clare Untalan (PHI) \u00a0 43.90 + 67.45= 111.35
\n11. Beata Papp, (FIN)\u00a0 32.26 +60.44 =92.70
\n12. Chelsea Chiyan Yim (HKG) \u00a0\u00a0 34.36 + 55.90 = 90.26
\n13. Brittany Lau, (SIN) 22.34 + 52.51 = 74.85<\/p>\n

2014 Olympian and U.S. Silver Medalist Polina Edmunds had less than a two point lead over Japan’s Riona Kato going into the free skate. Edmunds nailed both her triple\/triple combinations, but she was unable to complete the double toe loop in her triple loop, double toe loop combination.\u00a0 Despite some mistakes, she earned 113.08, which was enough to take home the gold.\u00a0 Courtney Hicks, who won this competition last year, was sitting in third place after the short program. After a clean free skate, completing all her elements, Hicks won the free skate with a 115.24. Combined with her short program, it was good enough for the silver medal. Japan’s Riona Kato finished in third place with an overall score of 161.69. 2014 U.S. Bronze Medalist Mirai Nagasu finished in fifth with a score of 159.49\u00a0 and 2014 U.S. junior bronze medalist Ashley Shin finished in seventh.<\/p>\n

Senior Men Free<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Max Aaron (USA) 78.96 +161.26=240.22
\n2. Ross Miner (USA) 67.06+142.72=209.78
\n3. Daisuke Murakami (JPN) 68.56 +136.11=204.67
\n4.\u00a0 Douglas Razzano (USA)\u00a0 66.15\u00a0\u00a0 +133.42 =199.57
\n5.\u00a0 Ronald Lam (HKG ) 66.67\u00a0 +127.44 =194.11
\n6.\u00a0 Andrei Rogozine (CAN)\u00a0 65.29 +126.87 =192.16
\n7 .\u00a0 Jordan Moeller<\/a> (USA)\u00a0 64.21\u00a0 +125.60=189.81
\n8.\u00a0 Bela Papp\u00a0 (FIN)\u00a0 54.91 +108.71=163.62
\n9. Maverick Egula(PHI) 42.47 + 85.72=128.19
\n10.\u00a0 Balam Labarrios (MEX)<\/p>\n

After the short program, 2014 U.S. Bronze Medalist Max Aaron found himself in the top spot, halfway to taking home his third consecutive gold at U.S. International Figure Skating Classic.\u00a0 While his free skate wasn’t up to his expectations, he still managed to win the free skate and take home the gold. Team USA’s Ross Miner, who was in third place after the short program, took home the silver.\u00a0 Douglas Razzano, who will make his senior Grand Prix debut at Skate America next month, finished just off the podium in fourth place. Reigning Junior Silver Medalist Jordan Moeller finished in seventh place. The event was his senior international debut.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Senior Pairs Free<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierim (USA) 49.00 +114.24=163.24
\n2.\u00a0Jessica Calalang and Zack Sidhu(USA) 51.92 +104.26=156.18
\n3. Madeline Aaron and Max Settlage (USA) 48.16 +90.36=138.52
\n4. Brittany Jones and Joshua Reagan (CAN) 42.94 +91.90=134.84
\n5. Marin Ono and Hon Lam To (HKG) 28.14 +62.20=90.34<\/p>\n

After the short program, Team USA held\u00a0 the first, second and third place positions and were looking to sweep the podium. They did not disappoint. After being in second place after the short program, 2014 Four Continents Bronze Medalists Alexa Scimeca and Chris Knierim won the free skate and claimed the gold medal. Jessica Calalang and Zack Sidhu, who were in first following the short program, took home the silver.\u00a0 This is their second senior season together and it was their first time competing at this event. Taking home the bronze medal in their senior international debut was\u00a0 Madeline Aaron and Max Settlage.
\n<\/span><\/p>\n

Senior Ice Dance Free<\/strong><\/p>\n

1.Alexandra Aldridge\/Daniel Eaton (USA) 54.08 +87.62 =141.70
\n2.Nicole Orford\/Thomas Williams (CAN) 53.74 +87.28=141.02
\n3.Anastasia Cannuscio\/Colin McManus(USA) 46.34 +80.10=126.44
\n4. Marieve Cyr\/Benjamin Brisebois Gaudreau (CAN) 46.96 +74.62=121.58
\n5. Pilar Maekawa Moreno\/Leonardo Maekawa Moreno(MEX) 36.64 +60.46=97.10
\n6. Tatiana Kozmava\/Aleksandr Zolotarev(GEO) 29.74+49.44=79.18<\/p>\n

See Ice-Dance.com for more on the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The third annual U.S. International Figure Skating Classic competition wrapped up Saturday at the Salt Lake City Sports Complex in Salt Lake City. It was a good start to the senior international season for Team USA.\u00a0 They took home the gold in all four disciplines. Senior Ladies Free 1. Polina Edmunds(USA)\u00a0 63.27 + 113.08=176.35 2….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-challenger-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6492"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6500,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6492\/revisions\/6500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/figureskatersonline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}