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(l-r) Mariah Bell,


Polina Edmunds, Barbie Long, Karen Chen


LADIES GOLD


ZHOU AND COMPANY PUT ON A GREAT SHOW


It’s easy for coach Tammy Gambill to


keep Vincent Zhou motivated at her River- side, Calif., rink. Te 12-year-old from Palo Alto, Calif., can’t wait to compete each day against his talented rinkmates. “Vincent is always up for a challenge,”


Gambill said. “He’s trying to be better than all the senior men and he’s got his eyes for- ward.”


Zhou, the 2012 novice titlist and 2011 intermediate champ, bested the junior field with his Casablanca free skate. “Tis is a very mature program and it


certainly took a lot of work and I think it’s paid off and I was able to put my best out there,” he said. Another Californian, Polina Edmunds,


secured the ladies title. Sixth last year in the junior ranks and


seventh as a junior in 2011, Edmunds per- formed two technically challenging programs to secure the crown. Her short program start- ed with a triple-triple combination, and her free skate to Romeo and Juliet included a pair of triple-triple combinations. “My triple-triple, I’ve been working on


all year,” Edmunds said after the short pro- gram. “I’m really happy that I nailed it in my program; it’s the main jump that I try to do and it feels consistent now.” Te pairs team of Britney Simpson and


Matthew Blackmer won the silver medal in the junior ranks in 2012. Tey climbed to the top spot in Omaha. Simpson and Blackmer, who train in


Colorado Springs, Colo., sat second after the short program to training mates Madeline Aaron and Max Settlage. Teir component marks in their free


skate proved to be the difference in elevating them to the top of the podium. Alexandra Aldridge and Daniel Eaton successfully defended their ice dance title, winning both segments and the competition by more than 10 points. Te skaters, who train at the Detroit


Skating Club, used their vast experience both domestically and internationally to help seize the crown. Tey’ve been competing together since 2010.


34 MARCH 2013


Polina Edmunds 159.87


SILVER


Mariah Bell 152.80


BRONZE


Barbie Long 152.53


PEWTER


Karen Chen 144.56


MEN’S GOLD


Vincent Zhou 205.26


SILVER


Shotaro Omori 189.25


BRONZE


Nathan Chen 181.31


PEWTER


Jimmy Ma 176.09


PAIRS GOLD


Britney Simpson/


Matthew Blackmer 146.44


SILVER


Jessica Noelle Calalang/ Zack Sidhu 141.52


BRONZE


Madeline Aaron/ Max Settlage 138.41


PEWTER


Chelsea Liu/ Devin Perini 138.31


ICE DANCING GOLD


Alexandra Aldridge/ Daniel Eaton 159.85


SILVER


Kaitlin Hawayek/ Jean-Luc Baker 149.74


BRONZE


Lorraine McNamara/ Quinn Carpenter 149.25


PEWTER


Holly Moore/ Daniel Klaber 141.33


(l-r) Kaitlin Hawayek/ Jean-Luc Baker,


Alexandra Aldridge/ Daniel Eaton,


Lorraine McNamara/ Quinn Carpenter, Holly Moore/ Daniel Klaber


(l-r) Jessica Noelle Calalang/Zack Sidhu, Britney


Simpson/Matthew Blackmer,


Madeline Aaron/ Max Settlage, Chelsea Liu/ Devin Perini


(l-r) Shotaro


Omori, Vincent Zhou, Nathan


Chen, Jimmy Ma


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