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by Michelle Wojdyla<\/p>\n
The junior ice dancers are not going to make it easy for the judges. After the Cha Cha Congelado compulsory dance, the top four teams are less than two points apart. All four competed on the Junior Grand Prix circuit this fall, proving they are world-class athletes.<\/p>\n
Sara Bailey & Kyle Herring claimed the top spot Thursday with a total segment score of 29.96. They received only one negative GoE, and had both the highest TES and PCS. When Bailey saw the posted results, she had only one thing to say: \u201cWow!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really weren\u2019t skating for placement here,\u201d Herring said. \u201cTo be honest, we had a rough start to the season. We just wanted to go out and get back to our normal selves and have a good time out there. It\u2019s nice to see it pay off.\u201d<\/p>\n
Bailey & Herring competed twice this season in Lake Placid, first at the Ice Dance Championships in August and then at the Junior Grand Prix competition a few weeks later. Their first JGP did not go as they had hoped.<\/p>\n
\u201cI had tonsillitis. It was really bad,\u201d Bailey said. \u201cCouldn\u2019t sleep, couldn\u2019t eat, couldn\u2019t drink. It was not a good competition.\u201d<\/p>\n
Placing first in the compulsory gave the duo much-needed confidence.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re happy with where we are right now,\u201d Herring said. \u201cYeah, definitely!\u201d added his smiling partner.<\/p>\n
Pilar Bosley & John Corona received no negative GoEs and a few 2s in their mix of 0s and 1s towards their 29.38 total segment score.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe thought we skated really, really well,\u201d Bosley said. \u201cWe were very happy with it. We could always do more expression and always make it flashier, but we\u2019re very happy with how we skated technically. But Sara and Kyle skated really, really, really<\/span> well.\u201d<\/p>\n The experience\u2014and hardware\u2014gained during their internationals made coming to sectionals less stressful.<\/p>\n \u201cIt makes us so much more relaxed!\u201d Bosley said. \u201cWe\u2019re in the U.S. Our first Grand Prix was pretty relaxed in Lake Placid, but being on the ice with the top Russian teams–they\u2019re very feisty. It\u2019s different. So this is a lot more relaxed and we\u2019re happy to be here. It\u2019s a little less pressure than our [earlier] competitions.\u201d<\/p>\n Sisters Anastasia and Isabella Cannuscio are less than a quarter of a point apart in third and fourth places, respectively. Anastasia and partner Dean Copely received only one \u20131 in their 27.93 point program. Isabella and Ian Lorello got dinged with five \u20131s, giving them 27.70. Both teams scored exactly 11.72 in the Program Components.<\/p>\n \u201cIt felt comfortable,\u201d Copely said, adding, \u201cbut I think we\u2019ve done it better.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t know,\u201d Anastasia countered. \u201cI thought it was pretty good.\u201d<\/p>\n Big sister Isabella was pleased with her team\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought we skated pretty well, probably one of our best performances of the Cha-Cha,\u201d she said. \u201cI love Cha Cha! It\u2019s one of the easiest for me. I like the expression. I\u2019m better at the expression in it than in like a waltz or something.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI actually thought we skated better in Romania than here,\u201d Lorello said.<\/p>\n The Cannuscio sisters shrug off any family competition issues.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve competed against each other before, like a while ago when we were younger, so it\u2019s not really that weird,\u201d Anastasia said.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019d think it\u2019d be really, really weird, but it\u2019s not,\u201d Copely agreed. \u201cSee, I feel like [Anastasia\u2019s] brother, so that makes [Isabella] my sister, too.<\/p>\n Lili LaMar and Zachary Donohue stand less than two points behind. Two of the six judges hit them with multiple \u20131s, while the others awarded them base or +1s bringing their score to 25.78. 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