2000 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

Junior Dance

 

Final Standings

Place Couple C1 C2 OD FD
1 Tanith Belbin
Benjamin Agosto
1 1 2 1
2 Emilie Nussear
Brandon Forsyth
2 2 1 2
3 Jesica Valentine
Matthew Kossack
3 3 3 3
4 Lia Nitake
Ryan O'Meara
5 5 5 4
5 Kakani Young
Ikaika Young
4 4 4 5
6 Lydia Manon
Chris Obzansky
6 6 6 6
7 Wendi Mangiagli
Joshua Abrahams
9 7 7 7
8 Katy Hill
Nick Traxler
7 8 8 8
9 Laura Munana
Paul Goldner
8 9 9 10
10 Kimberly Navarro
Robert Shmalo
10 11 10 9
11 Kendra Goodwin
Tyrrell Cockrum
11 10 11 11
12 Donna Baldwin
Zachary Fix
12 12 12 12

        J1:  Sherie Grimson
        J2:  Richard Daley
        J3:  Lee Ann Miele
        J4:  Janis Engel
        J5:  Mary Karen Henderson
        J6:  Sharon Rogers
        J7:  Charles Cyr
        J8:  Jerry Shipley
        J9: John Miller

 

Notes.

The junior championship was won by Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto.  They won the compulsory dances convincingly with eight first place ordinals in each dance.  In the OD they were strongly challenged by Emilie Nussear & Brandon Forsyth who won that part of the event on a 5-4 split of the panel.  In the free dance Belbin & Agosto came back with fast fluid dance skated to music by Vivaldi.  The won the dance on a 7-2 split to win the event.  This is their first Nationals together and in winning the event they bypassed Nussear & Forsyth who were last year's silver medalist and where hoping for the gold this time with last year's champions, Silverstein & Pekarek, out of the way.  Belbin & Agosto are a talented team with potential, and between Silverstein & Pekarek at the senior level, these teams at the junior level, and some promising prospects at the novice level their is a glimmer of hope that U.S. ice dancing can drag itself out of depths of hopelessness it has wallowed for the past few years.

 

Compulsory Dance 1

Place Skater J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 Maj
1 Tanith Belbin
Benjamin Agosto
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 8/1
2 Emilie Nussear
Brandon Forsyth
3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 8/2
3 Jesica Valentine
Matthew Kossack
4 3 4 3 3 4 3 3 3 6/3
4 Kakani Young
Ikaika Young
2 7 3 4 4 6 4 5 4 6/4
5 Lia Nitake
Ryan O'Meara
5 5 6 5 5 3 6 4 5 7/5
6 Lydia Manon
Chris Obzansky
6 4 7 6 6 5 5 7 6 7/6
7 Katy Hill
Nick Traxler
7 6 5 7 7 10 8 6 8 6/7
8 Laura Munana
Paul Goldner
9 8 10 8 8 7 9 9 7 5/8
9 Wendi Mangiagli
Joshua Abrahams
8 9 9 9 9 9 7 8 9 8/9
10 Kimberly Navarro
Robert Shmalo
10 10 8 10 11 8 11 10 11 6/10
11 Kendra Goodwin
Tyrrell Cockrum
11 11 11 11 10 11 10 11 9 9/11
12 Donna Baldwin
Zachary Fix
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 9/12

 

Compulsory Dance 2

Place Skater J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 Maj
1 Tanith Belbin
Benjamin Agosto
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 8/1
2 Emilie Nussear
Brandon Forsyth
3 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 8/2
3 Jesica Valentine
Matthew Kossack
2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 9/3
4 Kakani Young
Ikaika Young
4 4 4 5 4 6 6 4 4 6/4
5 Lia Nitake
Ryan O'Meara
5 7 5 4 5 4 4 5 6 7/5
6 Lydia Manon
Chris Obzansky
7 5 7 6 6 5 7 6 5 6/6
7 Katy Hill
Nick Traxler
6 10 8 7 7 8 5 8 7 5/7
8 Wendi Mangiagli
Joshua Abrahams
8 6 6 8 9 7 8 7 9 7/8
9 Laura Munana
Paul Goldner
10 9 9 9 8 11 9 9 10 6/9
10 Kendra Goodwin
Tyrrell Cockrum
8 11 11 10 10 10 10 10 8 7/10
11 Kimberly Navarro
Robert Shmalo
11 8 10 11 11 9 11 11 11 9/11
12 Donna Baldwin
Zachary Fix
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 9/12

 

Original Dance

Place Skater J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 Maj
1 Emilie Nussear
Brandon Forsyth
1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 5/1
2 Tanith Belbin
Benjamin Agosto
2 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 9/2
3 Jesica Valentine
Matthew Kossack
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 9/3
4 Kakani Young
Ikaika Young
5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 8/4
5 Lia Nitake
Ryan O'Meara
4 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 9/5
6 Lydia Manon
Chris Obzansky
7 7 7 6 6 6 9 7 6 8/7
7 Wendi Mangiagli
Joshua Abrahams
6 8 8 7 7 10 7 8 7 5/7
8 Katy Hill
Nick Traxler
8 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 9 8/8
9 Laura Munana
Paul Goldner
9 9 10 9 9 9 8 9 9 8/9
10 Kimberly Navarro
Robert Shmalo
10 10 9 10 10 7 11 10 9 8/10
11 Kendra Goodwin
Tyrrell Cockrum
11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 9/11
12 Donna Baldwin
Zachary Fix
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 9/12

 

Free Dance

Place Skater J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 Maj
1 Tanith Belbin
Benjamin Agosto
2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 7/1
2 Emilie Nussear
Brandon Forsyth
1 2 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 9/2
3 Jesica Valentine
Matthew Kossack
3 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 8/3
4 Lia Nitake
Ryan O'Meara
4 5 4 5 5 5 5 4 4 9/5
5 Kakani Young
Ikaika Young
5 4 5 4 4 6 4 5 5 8/5
6 Lydia Manon
Chris Obzansky
6 6 6 6 6 3 6 6 6 9/6
7 Wendi Mangiagli
Joshua Abrahams
8 8 7 8 9 8 9 7 7 7/8
8 Katy Hill
Nick Traxler
10 7 8 7 7 9 8 8 9 6/8
9 Laura Munana
Paul Goldner
7 9 10 9 8 7 7 10 8 5/8
10 Kimberly Navarro
Robert Shmalo
11 10 9 11 10 10 11 9 10 6/10
11 Kendra Goodwin
Tyrrell Cockrum
9 11 11 10 11 11 10 11 11 9/11
12 Donna Baldwin
Zachary Fix
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12 9/12

 


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