Remember When: Skate America 2019 Free Dance

Confession: I am a Short Dance fan... I'd rather we still have the three components of Compulsaries, Original Dance, and Free Dance... but I love the Short Dance (when it isn't a latin dance). Seeing the patterns get integrated into the program is just fun. I'm still waiting for the Yankee Polka! Haha! 

This event was pretty "normal", I have to say I wasn't impressed with the top two teams, but overall the judging wasn't terrible. The team from Spain was my favorite, and I also really liked what I saw from the French and Chinese. Overall just a well skated competition. 

As for the earlier blog posts (Pairs Free Program, Mens Free Program), I'm going to stick with two photos per team (try to) and you can view all of my photos from Skate America 2019 in my gallery. 

Hong CHEN / Zhuoming SUN - China

Hong CHEN / Zhuoming SUN - China

Caroline GREEN / Michael PARSONS - USA

Caroline GREEN / Michael PARSONS - USA

Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC - France

Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC - France

Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO - USA

Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO - USA

Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO - USA

Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ - Spain

Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ - Spain

Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO - Russia

Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO - Russia

Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE - USA

Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE - USA

Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN - Canada

Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN - Canada

Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN - Russia

Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN - Russia

Free Program Results

1 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN                 RUS    124.66

2 Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE         USA    124.58

3 Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN CAN    118.36

4 Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ                 ESP     114.39

5 Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO         RUS    110.64

6 Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO USA     110.14

7 Caroline GREEN / Michael PARSONS                 USA     105.06

8 Sofia SHEVCHENKO / Igor EREMENKO         RUS     99.72

9 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC         FRA      98.91

10 Hong CHEN / Zhuoming SUN                         CHN     98.20

Overall Results

1 Madison HUBBELL / Zachary DONOHUE         209.55

2 Alexandra STEPANOVA / Ivan BUKIN                 206.57

3 Laurence FOURNIER BEAUDRY / Nikolaj SORENSEN 197.53

4 Olivia SMART / Adrian DIAZ                 191.01

5 Tiffani ZAGORSKI / Jonathan GUERREIRO         181.82

6 Christina CARREIRA / Anthony PONOMARENKO 180.55

7 Caroline GREEN / Michael PARSONS                 173.03

8 Marie-Jade LAURIAULT / Romain LE GAC          167.14

9 Sofia SHEVCHENKO / Igor EREMENKO          166.51

10 Hong CHEN / Zhuoming SUN                         159.94