Fantasy Picks - Round 1 Results

Well...I failed.

But in my defense, so did a lot of other people. Sucky deal.

Alright so how did my choices fair?

Men:
A: Takahiko Kozuka - 3rd with 212.09...which upon second looks, isn't too terrible as the other options were Amodio or Brezina.  Amodio came 9th and Brezina won, but only 4 points over Kozuka.

B: Ricky Dornbush - 4th with 202.27...not terrible, especially since the other option was Contesti who finished 8th, but then Van Der Perren - who randomly (though deservedly-ish) won the free.  He got 10 more points over Ricky...but seriously, I'd pick Dornbush over Van Der Perren again next time.

C: Armin Mahbanoozadeh over Razzano (7th) and Murakami (6th). Shoot. He reeeeeally blew it finishing last. More than 12 and 13 points behind these two - should have gone with Murakami. Duly noted for the next round.

Dance:
A:  Meryl and Charlie.  Win with 178.07...but anyone who didn't pick them was stupid and therefore perhaps this option is nil and void anyways ;)

B:  Kharis R and Asher H over the Germans and Hubbell/Donahue - 5th with 131.29.  On second glance, there wasn't a bad choice in category B - only 0.32 behind the Germans and 0.28 ahead of the Americans.

C: Alexandra P and Mitchell I over Americans and Lithuanians with (gulp) 111.70 - that's a lot of fantasy points to make up considering the Lithuanians were at 132.58 (read, anyone who picked them is more than 20 points ahead of me at this point). I think she's injured. I should have known better. It wouldn't have been as terrible save for 3 falls in the short. Oh my.

Pairs:
A:  Aliona S and Robin S with 183.98 over Russians (finished off the podiums, even behind my choice B) and the Zhangs who are back after a comeback season.  Good choice...even though they almost blew it in the short - the pulled up from 5th to win overall.

B:  Caydee D and John C with 175.40 - they did finish behind the Canadians, but only by 2 points...so I'm okay with it. Great choice over the Germans who finished last.

C:  Mary Beth M and Rockne B over the other Americans (Tiffany and Don). Fail...I'm done with these 2 - and I'll be this won't go on much longer (the pairing I men) - 11 points behind the other Americans. 

Ladies:
A:  Alissa Czisny with 177.48...best choice over Kostner and Makarova, but only .13 seperated Kostner and Czisny, so unless you picked Makarova, it's kinda like the dance pick A...duh!!

B:  Elene Gedevanishvilli with 140.12 over VHelgesson, Zhang, and Marchei.  The best choice would have been VHelgesson here, simply because she ended up 3rd, but with just 5 points over Elene. Elene had a terrible short program and woulda been higher if not. Marchei finished 5 points lower than Elene, so poor choice. Zhang was just .58 higher than Elene so equal choice.

C: Haruka Imai with 142.94 over JHelgesson and Forte - best choice by far...Forte was 8 and JHelgesson (who I *almost* went with) was last. Haruka was the best pick here.

Well, on second glance, it's really only a couple picks that failed to prove otherwise. Ladies were all good. Pairs choice C set me back 11 points and the second Canadian dance team was 20 points back. Oh and choice C in men another 13 points. Okay. So I need to work on third choices a little more intently (or not). Over 50 points is a lot to make up - who'll help me next week?

And yes...I know this doesn't make sense to non-figure skaters :D It's like fantasy football - except skating.

kortney elise xoxo

PS: Last year I finished 116th of 884. I'm hoping for a top 50 finish.