2002 U.S. Nationals

Novice Dance

 
Standings
Place Couple C1 C2 FD
1 Sarah Solomon & Benjamin Cohen 2 2 2
2 Meryl Davis & Charlie White 1 1 3
3 Morgan Matthews & Maxim Zavozine 4 4 1
4 Eleanor Langhans & Joseph Braasch 3 3 4
5 Meghan McCullough & Michael McCullough 5 5 5
6 Trina Pratt & Todd Gilles 6 6 6
7 Laura Rosenberg & Benjaman Westenberger 7 8 7
8 Ashley Elliott & Paul Hurych 8 7 8
9 Samantha Cepican & Phillip Lichtor 9 9 9
10 Jenny Gober & Ashley Deavers 10 10 11
11 Elizabeth Palmer & Kiel Leighton 12 11 10
12 Shannon Leigh Johnson & Jon Wright 11 12 12

 

Compulsory Dance
Tango
Paso Doble

 
Starting Order - Compulsory Dance
  1. Laura Rosenberg & Benjaman Westenberger
  2. Trina Pratt & Todd Gilles
  3. Meghan McCullough & Michael McCullough
  4. Morgan Matthews & Maxim Zavozine
  5. Meryl Davis & Charlie White
  6. Elizabeth Palmer & Kiel Leighton
  7. Samantha Cepican & Phillip Lichtor
  8. Jenny Gober & Ashley Deavers
  9. Ashley Elliott & Paul Hurych
  10. Shannon Leigh Johnson & Jon Wright
  11. Eleanor Langhans & Joseph Braasch
  12. Sarah Solomon & Benjamin Cohen

     Couple 1 begins the first compuslosry dance.
     Couple 7 begins the second compulosry dance.

 

Compulsory Dance Placements
Place Couple C1 C2
1 Meryl Davis & Charlie White 1 1
2 Sarah Solomon & Benjamin Cohen 2 2
3 Eleanor Langhans & Joseph Braasch 3 3
4 Morgan Matthews & Maxim Zavozine 4 4
5 Meghan McCullough & Michael McCullough 5 5
6 Trina Pratt & Todd Gilles 6 6
7 Ashley Elliott & Paul Hurych 8 7
7 Laura Rosenberg & Benjaman Westenberger 7 8
9 Samantha Cepican & Phillip Lichtor 9 9
10 Jenny Gober & Ashley Deavers 10 10
11 Shannon Johnson & Jon Wright 11 12
11 Elizabeth Palmer & Kiel Leighton 12 11

by Marcia Burchstead

The couples skated two compulsory dances; the Tango and Paso Doble, fairly easy ones. The placements only changed for four of the 12 couples between the dances with Meryl Davis & Charlie White representing Detroit SC winning both. They had finished sixth last year at Nationals.

Natalia Dubova coaches Maxim Zavozine, son of the former Soviet international competitors Garinina and Zavozin, who with his new partner Stephanie Ellis placed fourth. He had placed 12th last year with former partner Morgan Matthews.

Last years bronze medallists, Sarah Solomon & Benjamin Cohen were in second while the eighth place couple in 2001, Eleanor Langhans & Joseph Braasch claimed third after the CDs.

 

Free Dance

 
Starting Order - Free Dance
  1. Jenny Gober & Ashley Deavers
  2. Samantha Cepican & Phillip LichtorLaura
  3. Shannon Leigh Johnson & Jon Wright
  4. Elizabeth Palmer & Kiel Leighton
  5. Meghan McCullough & Michael McCullough
  6. Ashley Elliott & Paul HurychMeryl
  7. Trina Pratt & Todd Gilles
  8. Rosenberg & Benjaman Westenberger
  9. Eleanor Langhans & Joseph Braasch
  10. Morgan Matthews & Maxim Zavozine
  11. Sarah Solomon & Benjamin Cohen
  12. Davis & Charlie White

 

Free Dance Placements
Place Couple
1 Morgan Matthews & Maxim Zavozine
2 Sarah Solomon & Benjamin Cohen
3 Meryl Davis & Charlie White
4 Eleanor Langhans & Joseph Braasch
5 Meghan McCullough & Michael McCullough
6 Trina Pratt & Todd Gilles
7 Laura Rosenberg & Benjaman Westenberger
8 Ashley Elliott & Paul Hurych
9 Samantha Cepican & Phillip Lichtor
10 Elizabeth Palmer & Kiel Leighton
11 Jenny Gober & Ashley Deavers
12 Shannon Johnson & Jon Wright

 


By virtue of their win in the Free Dance portion of this event, Morgan Matthews and Maxim Zavozin upset the apple cart allowing Sarah Solomon and Benjamin Cohen who placed second in all three dances to capture the title.

Matthews and Zavozin in only their first season together are making a name for themselves having previously won the Free Dance at the Lake Placid International Dance Competition held last August and the Eastern Sectional Championships sweeping the compulsory dances and free dance.

The leaders going into the Free Dance segment, Meryl Davis and Charlie White suffered a fall, which placed them third, although one judge still ranked them first, and second overall.

The USFSA plans to announce later in the week which of the Novice competitors have been selected to take part in the Triglav competition to be held in April in Jesenice, Slovenia or the Gardena Spring Trophy

Judges

          J1:  Sharon Rogers
          J2:  Janice Benoit
          J3:  Anthony Barden
          J4:  Margaret Faulkner
          J5:  Janis Engel
          J6:  Susan Keogh
          J7:  Robert Horen
          J8:  Holly Cole
          J9:  Sherie Grimson

 

Ordinals

Compulsory Dance 1
Place Couple J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 Maj. TOM
1 Meryl Davis & Charlie White 1 1 3 1 3 2 1 3 1 5/1
2 Sarah Solomon & Benjamin Cohen 3 2 1 3 2 3 3 2 4 8/3
3 Eleanor Langhans & Joseph Braasch 2 3 4 4 1 1 4 4 2 5/3
4 Morgan Matthews & Maxim Zavozine 4 4 2 2 4 5 2 1 7 7/4
5 Meghan McCullough & Michael McCullough 9 5 5 5 6 4 5 6 3 6/5
6 Trina Pratt & Todd Gilles 6 6 6 7 5 7 7 8 8 7/7
7 Laura Rosenberg & Benjaman Westenberger 7 8 8 9 7 9 8 7 6 7/8
8 Ashley Elliott & Paul Hurych 12 9 9 10 10 6 6 5 5 6/9 40
9 Samantha Cepican & Phillip Lichtor 5 7 10 8 11 8 10 9 9 6/9 46
10 Jenny Gober & Ashley Deavers 10 11 7 6 8 10 9 11 12 6/10
11 Shannon Leigh Johnson & Jon Wright 8 10 12 11 9 11 11 12 10 7/11
12 Elizabeth Palmer & Kiel Leighton 11 12 11 12 12 12 12 10 11 9/12

 

Compulsory Dance 2
Place Couple J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 Maj. TOM
1 Meryl Davis & Charlie White 1 2 1 1 3 2 1 3 1 5/1
2 Sarah Solomon & Benjamin Cohen 4 1 2 3 1 3 4 1 3 7/3 14
3 Eleanor Langhans & Joseph Braasch 3 3 3 4 2 1 2 4 2 7/3 16
4 Morgan Matthews & Maxim Zavozine 2 5 4 2 6 5 3 2 8 5/4
5 Meghan McCullough & Michael McCullough 6 4 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 8/5
6 Trina Pratt & Todd Gilles 9 6 6 6 4 6 6 7 5 7/6
7 Ashley Elliott & Paul Hurych 11 7 9 8 7 7 7 6 6 6/7
8 Laura Rosenberg & Benjaman Westenberger 7 8 8 9 9 8 8 8 7 7/8
9 Samantha Cepican & Phillip Lichtor 5 10 10 10 10 9 9 9 11 8/10
10 Jenny Gober & Ashley Deavers 12 9 7 7 8 11 11 11 10 5/10 41
11 Elizabeth Palmer & Kiel Leighton 8 12 11 11 12 10 10 10 9 5/10 47
12 Shannon Leigh Johnson & Jon Wright 10 11 12 12 11 12 12 12 12 9/12

 

Free Dance
Place Couple J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 J8 J9 Maj. TOM
1 Morgan Matthews & Maxim Zavozine 1 1 5 1 1 3 1 2 4 5/1
2 Sarah Solomon & Benjamin Cohen 4 4 2 2 3 1 3 1 1 5/2
3 Meryl Davis & Charlie White 5 2 1 3 2 2 4 3 3 7/3
4 Eleanor Langhans & Joseph Braasch 2 3 3 4 4 4 2 4 2 5/3
5 Meghan McCullough & Michael McCullough 8 5 7 5 5 5 5 5 6 6/5
6 Trina Pratt & Todd Gilles 3 6 4 6 6 6 6 6 7 8/5
7 Laura Rosenberg & Benjaman Westenberger 6 7 8 7 8 9 8 7 5 5/7
8 Ashley Elliott & Paul Hurych 9 9 6 8 7 7 7 8 8 7/8
9 Samantha Cepican & Phillip Lichtor 7 8 12 10 9 8 9 9 10 6/9
10 Elizabeth Palmer & Kiel Leighton 10 11 10 9 11 10 10 12 12 5/10
11 Jenny Gober & Ashley Deavers 12 12 9 11 10 11 12 11 9 6/11 61
12 Shannon Johnson & Jon Wright 11 10 11 12 12 12 11 10 11 6/11 64

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