Canadian Nationals 2009

inskate wrote:

Any reports from those lucky Canadians who were able to watch it? [/color]

Actually, I just came back from School in time to see Joannie's SP ... she didn't skate her best. 1A, 3F-3T<, 3Lz (fall), she's in second place behind Cynthia Phaneuf.

1

Cynthia Phaneuf


QC


55.16


-
55.16
2

Joannie Rochette


QC


53.58


-
53.58
3

Amélie Lacoste


QC


53.55


-
53.55
4

Diane Szmiett


WO


51.99


-
51.99
5

Adriana DeSanctis


CO


49.88


-
49.88
6

Mira Leung


BC/YT


48.76


-
48.76
7

Kathryn Kang


BC/YT


46.10


-
46.10
8

Vanessa Sauriol


QC


45.43


-
45.43
9

Vanessa Grenier


QC


44.67


-
44.67
10

Dana Zhalko-Tytarenko


EO


44.57


-
44.57
11

Erin Scherrer


WO


42.86


-
42.86
12

Izabel Valiquette


QC


41.39


-
41.39
13

Vanessa Juteau


QC


40.78


-
40.78
14

Rachel Gendron


QC


40.30


-
40.30
15

McKenzie Crawford


WO


39.59


-
39.59
16

Kristen Walker


AB/NT/NU


37.40


-
37.40
17

Myriane Samson


QC


34.79


-
34.79
18

Cecylia Witkowski


BC/YT


29.48


-
29.48


Protocols: http://www.patinagecanada.ca/en/events_results/events/cdns09/results/sd3.pdf

Weird to see Joannie in 2nd. So it looks like Japan isn't the only Nats cracking down on underrotation and the like. This is certainly very interesting to observe...something tells me the same won't be happening for the U.S. though (next week!), where I'm fairly sure we'll see the usual lenient judging standard for Nats.

Yay for V/M!

OMG

I admit I've never been a fan of Mira but that's gotta be painful. 6th?! Ouch! Oh well... she's been in need of a wake-up call. I just hope this does the job. I know Joannie can give it her all in the Free, but I'd like Cynthia to do good as well. It would be great for her confidence.

GO GIRLS!!

And here... Men's SP

1 Patrick Chan 88.89
2 Vaughn Chipeur 71.89
3 Kevin Reynolds 70.00
4 Jeremy Ten 69.06
5 Joey Russell 68.27
6 Shawn Sawyer 66.88
7 Elladj Baldé 65.02
8 Ian Martinez 62.51
9 Ken Rose 60.82
10 Jean-Simon Légaré 60.40
11 Paul Poirier 58.12
12 Fedor Andreev 56.68
13 Gary Wong 55.15
14 Maxime-Billy Fortin 54.69
15 Louis-Philippe Sirois 54.07
16 Matthew Penasse 48.13
17 Brennan Martin 38.32

88.89!!!!!

Here are the protocols... just HUGE!

http://www.skatecanada.ca/en/events_results/events/cdns09/results/sd1.pdf

Just a little side comment: I just saw Tessa and Scott's OD... and... there are no words really. Their lifts are fantastic, quick and have that surprise factor that just makes you go , the spin is intricate and will only get better with practice and the overall program is just really fast, fun and enjoyable. There are so many little details! This is by far (note that I might not be very objective) my favourite OD of the season. Can't wait for the FD

PAIRS results:
1 Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison 188.43
2 Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin 182.50
3 Mylène Brodeur / John Mattatall NS 159.85

DANCE results:
1 Tessa Virtue / Scott Moir 197.77
2 Vanessa Crone / Paul Poirier 175.58
3 Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje 170.23

LADIES results:
1 Joannie Rochette 185.35
2 Cynthia Phaneuf 151.42
3 Amélie Lacoste 143.01

Very happy for all of the medalists!

Wow, Joannie

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmYafovCYUw

What a performance!!!