ST Am Cup1 (World Qualifier #1, 2, 3, 4)

[aaosmts19]

This is a thread to discuss the American CUp, Minneapolis, Sept. 27-28.

pwspeedskating.homestead.com/2008AmericanCup.html

Current registrants: As of this posting, no Apolo. THere are 2 days left to register. But tons of other talented, exciting skaters.

webpoint.usspeedskating.org/wp/Events/ViewMeet.asp?EventID=785&isPopup=true&Template=Registrations

Name, registration date

Cho 8/14/2008 3:27:12 PM
J.R. Celski 8/14/2008 5:24:53 PM
Levi Kirkpatrick 8/31/2008 7:24:03 PM
Maddie Watton 9/1/2008 1:19:06 PM
Buddy Gurr 9/1/2008 9:31:16 PM
Kristen Biondo 9/2/2008 8:04:57 AM
Mary Grace 9/2/2008 9:32:08 AM
Sadie Grace 9/2/2008 9:33:34 AM
Robert Lawrence 9/2/2008 1:21:04 PM
Chris Creveling 9/2/2008 1:53:05 PM
Jonathan Garcia 9/2/2008 1:55:51 PM
Nicholas Frank 9/2/2008 4:29:32 PM
Michael Burdekin 9/2/2008 6:02:10 PM
Rachel Skrocki 9/2/2008 8:38:22 PM
Kelsey Schiel 9/3/2008 10:04:00 AM
Julian Wood 9/4/2008 11:27:32 AM
Chloe Chepigin 9/4/2008 2:52:39 PM
Casey Mullarkey 9/4/2008 4:32:20 PM
Jeffrey Simon 9/5/2008 9:37:15 AM
Charles Ryan Leveille 9/5/2008 11:25:30 AM
Jonathan Sermeno 9/7/2008 1:56:21 PM
Colby Davis 9/7/2008 4:30:13 PM
Shani Davis 9/8/2008 2:47:23 PM
Andrea Dehnke 9/8/2008 3:04:53 PM
Vicky Labourdette 9/8/2008 3:29:50 PM
Anthony Lobello, Jr. 9/8/2008 7:52:23 PM
JP Kepka 9/9/2008 9:44:48 AM
Patrick Choi 9/9/2008 1:36:35 PM
Kimberly Derrick 9/9/2008 3:29:00 PM
Morgan Izykowski 9/9/2008 6:20:58 PM
Erica Lanser 9/10/2008 2:37:28 PM
Bizz Burns 9/10/2008 4:30:34 PM
Kirsten Todd 9/10/2008 8:46:13 PM
Joey Lindsey 9/11/2008 12:16:34 AM
Alexander Hopp 9/11/2008 10:58:32 AM
Lauren Ziegelmayer 9/12/2008 11:09:57 AM
J. Anthony Barthell 9/12/2008 6:55:18 PM
Chris (Kyle) Carr 9/12/2008 10:51:11 PM
Lezleigh Jaworski 9/14/2008 3:28:38 PM
Brian Boudreau 9/14/2008 5:41:13 PM
M. Tina Koenig 9/15/2008 9:44:15 AM
Maria Garcia 9/15/2008 10:05:27 AM
Cody Young 9/15/2008 10:26:13 AM
Travis Jayner 9/15/2008 11:21:41 AM
Kyle Haun 9/15/2008 3:04:04 PM
Luke Tweddale 9/15/2008 3:44:24 PM
Cole Krueger 9/15/2008 3:44:27 PM
Tamara Frederick 9/15/2008 3:46:10 PM
Gregory Bliss 9/15/2008 3:48:55 PM
John-Henry Krueger 9/15/2008 3:51:10 PM

[bubblebuttsbabe]

Sept 15, 2008 20:18:49 GMT -5 aaosmts19 said:

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Name, registration date

Cho 8/14/2008 3:27:12 PM
J.R. Celski 8/14/2008 5:24:53 PM
Levi Kirkpatrick 8/31/2008 7:24:03 PM
Maddie Watton 9/1/2008 1:19:06 PM
Buddy Gurr 9/1/2008 9:31:16 PM
Kristen Biondo 9/2/2008 8:04:57 AM
Mary Grace 9/2/2008 9:32:08 AM
Sadie Grace 9/2/2008 9:33:34 AM
Robert Lawrence 9/2/2008 1:21:04 PM
Chris Creveling 9/2/2008 1:53:05 PM
Jonathan Garcia 9/2/2008 1:55:51 PM
Nicholas Frank 9/2/2008 4:29:32 PM
Michael Burdekin 9/2/2008 6:02:10 PM
Rachel Skrocki 9/2/2008 8:38:22 PM
Kelsey Schiel 9/3/2008 10:04:00 AM
Julian Wood 9/4/2008 11:27:32 AM
Chloe Chepigin 9/4/2008 2:52:39 PM
Casey Mullarkey 9/4/2008 4:32:20 PM
Jeffrey Simon 9/5/2008 9:37:15 AM
Charles Ryan Leveille 9/5/2008 11:25:30 AM
Jonathan Sermeno 9/7/2008 1:56:21 PM
Colby Davis 9/7/2008 4:30:13 PM
Shani Davis 9/8/2008 2:47:23 PM
Andrea Dehnke 9/8/2008 3:04:53 PM
Vicky Labourdette 9/8/2008 3:29:50 PM
Anthony Lobello, Jr. 9/8/2008 7:52:23 PM
JP Kepka 9/9/2008 9:44:48 AM
Patrick Choi 9/9/2008 1:36:35 PM
Kimberly Derrick 9/9/2008 3:29:00 PM
Morgan Izykowski 9/9/2008 6:20:58 PM
Erica Lanser 9/10/2008 2:37:28 PM
Bizz Burns 9/10/2008 4:30:34 PM
Kirsten Todd 9/10/2008 8:46:13 PM
Joey Lindsey 9/11/2008 12:16:34 AM
Alexander Hopp 9/11/2008 10:58:32 AM
Lauren Ziegelmayer 9/12/2008 11:09:57 AM
J. Anthony Barthell 9/12/2008 6:55:18 PM
Chris (Kyle) Carr 9/12/2008 10:51:11 PM
Lezleigh Jaworski 9/14/2008 3:28:38 PM
Brian Boudreau 9/14/2008 5:41:13 PM
M. Tina Koenig 9/15/2008 9:44:15 AM
Maria Garcia 9/15/2008 10:05:27 AM
Cody Young 9/15/2008 10:26:13 AM
Travis Jayner 9/15/2008 11:21:41 AM
Kyle Haun 9/15/2008 3:04:04 PM
Luke Tweddale 9/15/2008 3:44:24 PM
Cole Krueger 9/15/2008 3:44:27 PM
Tamara Frederick 9/15/2008 3:46:10 PM
Gregory Bliss 9/15/2008 3:48:55 PM
John-Henry Krueger 9/15/2008 3:51:10 PM

Here is the other half of that list:

Sophia Milan 9/15/2008 3:59:49 PM
Joshua Burton 9/15/2008 4:01:20 PM
James Rodowsky 9/15/2008 4:02:39 PM
Landon Hatfield 9/15/2008 4:05:36 PM
Allison Baver 8/14/2008 7:53:23 PM
Kyle Uyehara 8/15/2008 11:03:58 AM
Katie Welsh 8/16/2008 9:25:55 AM
Barry Winslow 8/17/2008 8:19:46 PM
Eduardo Alvarez 8/18/2008 6:59:42 PM
Erin Bartlett 8/19/2008 6:50:09 PM
Cherise Wilkins 8/20/2008 4:36:10 AM
Alaina Fiorenza 8/20/2008 7:42:44 AM
Walter Rusk 8/21/2008 3:04:06 PM
Eleanor Poore 8/22/2008 12:11:58 PM
Sarah Burg 8/23/2008 3:09:23 PM
Ansis Robs 8/24/2008 3:10:51 PM
Lana Gehring 8/27/2008 7:52:45 AM
Derek Gray 8/27/2008 8:07:02 AM
Kathleen Russell 8/27/2008 8:17:30 PM
Daniel Fiorenza 8/28/2008 11:18:56 AM
Ryan Bedford 8/28/2008 2:24:15 PM
Alyson Dudek 8/28/2008 8:49:34 PM
Jessica Smith 8/29/2008 10:41:40 AM
Carly Wilson 8/29/2008 1:54:03 PM
Sarah Lehman 8/30/2008 11:00:57 AM

[bubblebuttsbabe]

Added today:

Rachel Stewart 9/16/2008 11:06:17 AM
Nicholas Ah Kun 9/16/2008 11:45:34 AM
Zachary Fuller 9/16/2008 2:59:55 PM
Jonathan Valdivia 9/16/2008 4:00:18 PM
Katherine Reutter 9/16/2008 11:22:37 AM
Kevin Geminder 9/16/2008 9:56:43 AM

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May I ask...WHERE IS JORDAN???!! :[

[wags]

This is going to be great! It's always nice to stalk....I mean watch Apolo, but other than the missing Jordan Malone, everyone else I was really looking forward to seeing is accounted for.

So glad to see Travis finally made it. And Katherine too!

[Lori]

Sept 16, 2008 18:14:23 GMT -5 bubblebuttsbabe said:

May I ask...WHERE IS JORDAN???!! :[

'Word is that Jordan has an injury of some sort and will most likely not compete in AmCup1.

[bubblebuttsbabe]

Sept 17, 2008 1:12:01 GMT -5 Lori said:

Sept 16, 2008 18:14:23 GMT -5 bubblebuttsbabe said:

May I ask...WHERE IS JORDAN???!! :[

'Word is that Jordan has an injury of some sort and will most likely not compete in AmCup1.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

My world is officially over.

Thanks for the info, Lori!

[number1fan]

OMG! can the timing be any worse?

[bubblebuttsbabe]

Sept 17, 2008 1:49:37 GMT -5 number1fan said:

OMG! can the timing be any worse?

No kidding.

I was afraid that if I said the I-word that I would jinx him. LOL.

Cause that kid is like an injury magnet. At least I feel that way. But he always bounces back.

He's my favorite (next to Apolo, of course). He's such a ham - and a great skater.

GET BETTER REALLY SOON, JORDAN!

[aaosmts19]

Almost noontime on the East coast and still no Apolo.

If he doesn't register, how do we interpret this? What could it mean?

[mtnme]

According to what I read on the rules at USS, if you place in the top 3 at Worlds, you are automatically on the WC team - so there is no guarantee Apolo has to skate. And from what I've been told, Apolo's site often just has the events listed, not necessarily if he will actually be skating them.

But that's a minor issue at this point. We've had our airfare, hotels, cars booked and payed for for well over a month, and we still have no way yet of getting a ticket less than 2 weeks before the event.
Given that the Oval didn't come through with what THEY promised last year, you'll have to forgive the cynic in me not believing, 'Oh, Yeah, we'll have a spot for you', on a wink and a prayer. Once you show up at the door, they've never heard of you. And quite frankly, this is just WAAAAYYYYYYY too much money to spend on a 'verbal promise'.

[laura6]

Sept 17, 2008 10:40:16 GMT -5 aaosmts19 said:

Almost noontime on the East coast and still no Apolo.

If he doesn't register, how do we interpret this? What could it mean?

he never competes at worlds
and he is notorious for signing up at the last minute...
but my guess is he is not competing

[bubblebuttsbabe]

Sept 17, 2008 14:41:12 GMT -5 laura6 said:

Sept 17, 2008 10:40:16 GMT -5 aaosmts19 said:

Almost noontime on the East coast and still no Apolo.

If he doesn't register, how do we interpret this? What could it mean?

he never competes at worlds
and he is notorious for signing up at the last minute...
but my guess is he is not competing

he competes at WORLDS (he was the world champ last season ;D), but not AMERICAN CUPS (unless for some reason, he doesn't already have a bye).

this time - like the beginning of most seasons - he technically has a bye. so he doesn't have to compete.

[laura6]

Sept 17, 2008 15:36:07 GMT -5 bubblebuttsbabe said:

Sept 17, 2008 14:41:12 GMT -5 laura6 said:

he never competes at worlds
and he is notorious for signing up at the last minute...
but my guess is he is not competing

he competes at WORLDS (he was the world champ last season ;D), but not AMERICAN CUPS (unless for some reason, he doesn't already have a bye).

this time - like the beginning of most seasons - he technically has a bye. so he doesn't have to compete.

you are correct!! I am sorry I was only half paying attention..LOL I was getting my TV fixed

[bubblebuttsbabe]

ADDED TODAY (so far):

Eun Ji Jeong 9/17/2008 9:20:56 AM
Jin Sook Chea 9/17/2008 8:25:05 AM
Adam Callister 9/17/2008 10:27:39 AM
Levi Sinak 9/17/2008 12:42:11 PM
Chris McLaughlin 9/17/2008 1:42:53 PM

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Levi Sinak? I haven't seen his name in a few seasons! I thought he retired? Weird. Nice to have some more familiar faces out there.

[laura6]

off topic....

BBB I like your location!! that always strikes me!