http://www.examiner.com/article/2012-ju ... ive-events2012 Junior Grand Prix series standings (top ten after five events)Five events down in this season's Junior Grand Prix Series, and skaters are starting to book their spots in December's Junior Grand Prix Final. With their wins at JGP Sencila Bled Cup last weekend in Slovenia, American Joshua Farris and Alexandra Aldridge/Daniel Eaton have qualified for the Final. JGP Courchevel winner Boyang Jin and Russia's Anna Yanovskaya/Sergey Mozgov also wrapped up spots after taking silvers in Slovenia.
Several skaters are now on the bubble for the Final, depending on how the final two qualifying competitions play out, including Sencila Bled Cup winner Hae Jin Kim and American Courtney Hicks.
The Junior Grand Prix Series continues this week in Croatia. Below are the current top ten in all four disciplines.
MEN (top 10 after five events)Q1. Joshua Farris USA - 30 (USA 15, SLO 15)
Q2. Jason Brown USA - 28 (FRA 13, TUR 15)
Q3. Boyang Jin CHN - 28 (FRA 15, SLO 13)
4. Ryuju Hino JPN - 24 (FRA 11, AUT 13)
5. Keiji Tanaka JPN - 22 (USA 13, SLO 9)
6. Alexander Petrov RUS - 20 (FRA 7, TUR 13)
7. Nathan Chen USA - 15 (AUT 15)
8. Nam Nguyen CAN - 13 (FRA 2, TUR 11)
9. Roman Sadovsky CAN - 12 (USA 11, SLO 1)
10. Alexander Samarin RUS - 11 (SLO 11)
LADIES (top 10 after five events)Q1. Elena Radionova USA - 30 (FRA 15, AUT 15)
Q2. Satoko Miyahara JPN - 26 (USA 15, TUR 11)
3. Hae Jin Kim KOR - 22 (AUT 7, SLO 15)
4. Courtney Hicks USA - 22 (USA 13, SLO 9)
5. Evgenia Gerasimova RUS - 20 (USA 9, SLO 11)
6. So Youn Park KOR - 18 (USA 5, TUR 13)
7. Uliana Titushkina RUS - 18 (FRA 11, TUR 7)
8. Leah Keiser USA - 15 (USA 15)
9. Hannah Miller USA - 13 (AUT 13)
10. Rika Hongo JPN - 13 (FRA 13)
PAIRS (top 10 after two events)1. Brittany Jones/Ian Beharry CAN - 15 (AUT 15)
2. Margaret Purdy/Michael Marinaro CAN - 15 (USA 15)
3. Lina Fedorova/Maxim Miroshkin RUS - 13 (AUT 13)
4. Vasilisa Davankova/Andrei Deputat RUS - 13 (USA 13)
5. Maria Vigalova/Egor Zakroev RUS - 11 (AUT 11)
6. Madeline Aaron/Max Settlage USA - 11 (USA 11)
7. Xiaoyu Yu/Yang Jin CHN - 9 (AUT 9)
8. Haven Denney/Brandon Frazier USA - 9 (USA 9)
9. Britney Simpson/Matthew Blackmer USA - 7 (AUT 7)
10. Jessica Pfund/AJ Reiss USA - 7 (USA 7)
DANCE (top 10 after five events)Q1. Alexandra Aldridge/Daniel Eaton USA - 30 (USA 15, SLO 15)
Q2. Gabriella Papadakis/Guillaume Cizeron FRA - 30 (FRA 15, AUT 15)
Q3. Anna Yanovskaya/Sergey Mozgov RUS - 26 (AUT 13, SLO 13)
4. Shari Koch/Christian Nuechtern GER - 22 (AUT 9, TUR 13)
5. Madeline Edwards/Zhao Kai Pang CAN - 22 (FRA 11, TUR 11)
6. Andreanna Poulin/Marc-Andre Servant CAN - 22 (USA 11, SLO 11)
7. Daria Korotitskaia/Maksim Spodirev UKR - 16 (FRA 9, SLO 7)
8. Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin RUS - 15 (TUR 15)
9. Lorraine McNamara/Quinn Carpenter USA - 14 (FRA 5, TUR 9)
10. Evgenia Kosigina/Nikolai Moroshkin RUS - 13 (USA 13)