Sean Rabbitt

Sean looked great in his short program at the Sectionals. His poise and technical precision placed him 4th in the field of Junior Men for the short. An injury suffered in practice the previous week which made the execution of the triples a challenge. Having landed one of two triples and a confident skate, he moved into fourth place going into the Free Skate (long program).

In the Free Skate program difficult elements of the program receive weighted scores from the judges, so triple jumps heavily effect the skater's final score. Sean's muscle pain from the injury again prevented him from delivering a good executions on his triples, attempting four of the six planned and executing only 2, pulling his score down and placing him 7th overall for the Junior Men competition for the Pacific Coast.

Sean was very pleased with his performance in the short program because he didn't think he would be able to place very high in the technical program due to his injury. Not only that, but feels very pleased with his overall performance and improvement this season. He is already planning and working toward a top four finish overall next season.

Congratulations and thanks to the U.S. Figure Skating Association and the Coyotes Skating Club of Arizona for a beautiful and successful Pacific Coast Sectional Championship. See you next year!

Practice officially begins on Wednesday, November 12, 2008, for skaters competing in the 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Pacific Coast Sectional Championships in Scottsdale, hosted by the Coyotes Skating Club of Arizona.

Our guy Sean Rabbitt is scheduled to perform his Short Program on Thursday in the Junior Men category sometime between 1:45 and 2:50 p.m. Individual starting times will be posted no less than 12 hours prior to the scheduled category times. Free Skate programs for the Junior Men will be conducted on Saturday, November 15, between 11:25 and 12:45 a.m..

The top 10 Junior Men figure skaters from the Pacific Coast states will be competing at the Alltel Ice Den, guaranteeing this to be an exciting performance to attend. We hope to see you there.

Good Luck, Sean!