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Jakub Galbavy carries Reagan Moss across the ice at JGP Poland.
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Jakub Galbavy carries Reagan Moss across the ice during their free skate at JGP Poland.

Moss and Galbavy Rally in Poland to Qualify for JGP Final

Abioan and Veselukhin secure silver, earn chance to defend JGP Final ice dance title

10/12/2026 12:00:00 PM

Two-time and reigning U.S. junior pairs champions Reagan Moss and Jakub Galbavy punched their ticket to the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final over the weekend by rallying to place fourth at Junior Grand Prix Poland in Gdnask.
 
They'll join fellow pairs team Sofia Jarmoc and Luke Witkowski at the JGP Final, Dec. 10-13 in Chongqing, China. Reigning World Junior ice dance champions Hana Maria Aboian and Daniil Veselukhin also qualified for the JGP Final for the U.S. with their silver-medal finish in Poland.
 
The top six skaters/teams qualify for the JGP Final based on their total points accumulated.
Hana Maria Aboian and Daniil Veselukhin bask in the moment after winning silver at JGP Poland.
Hana Maria Aboian and Daniil Veselukhin take home silver from JGP Poland.  Photo by Getty Images

  
Moss and Galbavy, who entered the event with a silver medal from JGP Latvia, dug themselves a hole at Olivia Ice Arena with falls on their Axel and inside death spiral. Skating their short program to "September" by Earth Wind & Fire, the team from Minnesota finished strong with a Level 4 combination spin.
 
Their segment score of 48.41 left them in seventh place heading into their free skate to "It's All Coming Back to Me Now" by Celine Dion.
 
Moss and Galbavy responded to the adversity with a score of 92.65 and a fourth-place finish in the free skate, which earned them 141.06 points and fourth place overall.
 
In their free skate, they executed two lifts worth a combined 14.03 points.
  
They finished fourth in the JGP pairs standings, while Jarmoc and Witkowski placed sixth with their two fourth-place finishes at JGP Turkey and JGP China.
 
Making their JGP Series debuts, Irvine, California-based Olivia Jung and Carter Griffin finished 12th in 118.67 points, and Teryn Kim and Lazuli Lune ended up 14th with a score of 105.82 points.
 
Aboian and Veselukhin, the defending JGP Final champions, had their streak of nine consecutive victories snapped as they finished sixth in the free dance and ended up second with an overall score of 153.03.
 
The Connecticut-based team started fast with a personal-best international rhythm dance score of 68.93 to "My Sweet and Tender Beast" by Eugen Doga and "Por una Cabeza" by Marcelo Alvarez.
  
Their sequential twizzles and rotational lift each garnered Level 4s, while their closing midline step sequence generated a program-high 10.58 points. 
 
They led by 6.57 points heading into the free dance.
 
Their free dance to "Middle Easy (Live)" by Laerz started well, with an opening Level 4 straight line lift and Level 4 synchronized twizzles. However, the team fell on their curve lift late in the program. The fall and a costume violation resulted in a major point deduction.
 
The 2026 World Junior champions finished fifth in the Junior Grand Prix Series standings. 

Virginia-based Anaelle Kouevi and Yann Homawoo set personal international-best scores of 81.21 for their free dance and 131.98 overall to finish eighth.
  
The 2024 U.S. novice champions placed 10th in their rhythm dance with 50.77 points.
  
For their free dance to "Rite of Passage" by Henry Jackman and "Blood Diamond Soundtrack" by James Newton Howard, they performed a clean program highlighted by a Level 4 dance spin and a Level 4 straight line-rotational lift worth a program-high 12.82 points. 

Kouevi and Homawoo, who have been partners since 2019, also placed eighth earlier this season at JGP Thailand.
  
Emily Nemirovsky, 17th after the short program (50.25), gained ground with her free skate to "Kaleidoscope" by Chappell Roan, placing 12th in the segment with a score of 100.90. The Michigan-based skater finished 13th overall with 151.15 points.
 
Nemirovsky arrived in Poland with a fifth-place finish at JGP Slovenia earlier this fall. Highlights from her free skate in Poland included two Level 4 spins and a triple flip-double Axel sequence worth a program-high 8.63 points. 

In the men's event, Henry Gao delivered a clean short program to "Danse Macabre" by Camille Saint-Saëns. He opened with a triple flip-triple toe loop combination worth 9.88 points and earned two Level 4 spins to place 10th in the segment with 63.65 points.
 
His free skate to "Romeo and Juliet" by Nino Rota and Sergei Prokofiev started well, but Gao fell midway through the program on a jumping pass and received no credit on two subsequent elements. He placed 14th in the free skate with 103.79 points en route to an overall score of 167.44. 

Teammate Caleb Farrington finished 14th overall with 165.86 points. The Delaware-based skater started well in his short program to a Latin-themed beat, producing two Level 4 spins that helped him finish fifth in the segment with 66.87 points.
 
The reigning U.S. junior silver medalist hit a snag in his free skate to "The Strange One" by Abel Korzeniowski, "Science and Religion" by Hans Zimmer and "November" by Max Richter. After executing back-to-back Level 4 spins, he experienced three falls and a time violation deduction that left him 17th in the segment with 98.99 points.
 
For more information on the Junior Grand Prix Series, including full results, news and more, click on the red box near the top of the story. 
 
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