Skate Canada Men's Preview

Patrick Chan is the reigning World Champion although he struggled last season and nearly lost his title.  He had strong short programs and currently holds the World Record Short Program score but his free skates were often filled with errors.  He moved to Detroit at the end of the season to pursue a better training environment and has been settling well.  After splitting from Christy Krall, he is coached primarily by Kathy Johnson and his jumps took a bit of a hit.  After missing out on the podium in 2010, his sole focus has been on Sochi and he is gunning for Olympic gold.

Yuzuru Hanyu set two World Record short programs last season and had a huge breakout year.  He finished ahead of Patrick Chan at the Grand Prix Final but wasn't able to find his way back to the podium at the World Championships.  He has the quads as well as the artistry but he seemed to struggle with some of the nerves that comes along with being a front runner.

Nobunari Oda had a rough few seasons and only won medal on the Grand Prix last season.  It's also been two years since he made a World team and in a deep Japanese field, he's facing an uphill battle to claim one of the spots in Sochi.  He kicked off the season with an impressive victory at the Nebelhorn Trophy and proved that he is a contender going into this season.

Also in the mix are Takahito Mura who was the surprise winner at Trophee Eric Bompard last year and made the Japanese Worlds team along with Jeremy Abbott who's reprising his Exogenisis free skate after failing to qualify for Worlds last season.  Ross Miner is the reigning US Silver Medalist but had a slow start to his season this year.

World Junior Champion Joshua Farris is making his Grand Prix debut at this event.  He has quads and triple axels in his arsenal but struggled with his jumps at his senior debut at the US Figure Skating Classic.  He choreographs his own programs and admitted that he was more focused on the performance at that event and let the jumps get away from him.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Patrick Chan
Silver: Yuzuru Hanyu
Bronze: Nobunari Oda

Bios of the competitors:
Elladj Balde, CAN: He finished 18th at Four Continents.  He placed 7th at Skate Canada last season.  His personal best is 199.94.  He is 22 years old.

Patrick Chan, CAN: He is the reigning World Champion.  He won silver at Skate Canada and gold at Rostelecom Cup last season to qualify for the Grand Prix Final where he won bronze.  He is the 2011 and 2012 World Champion, 2009 and 2010 World silver medalist, 2009 and 2012 Four Continents Champion and 2007 World Junior silver medalist.  His personal best is 280.98.  He is 22 years old.  

Andrei Rogozine, CAN: He finished 13th at Worlds and 10th at Four Continents.  He placed 9th at NHK Trophy last season.  He is the 2011 World Junior Champion.  His personal best is 216.60.  He is 20 years old.

Michal Brezina, CZE: He placed 10th at Worlds and is the reigning European Bronze Medalist.  He placed 6th at Skate America and won bronze at Rostelecom Cup last season.  He is the 2009 World Junior Silver Medalist.  His personal best is 243.52.  He is 23 years old.  

Yuzuru Hanyu, JPN: He placed 4th at Worlds and is the reigning Four Continents silver medalist.  He won silver at Skate America and gold at NHK Trophy last season to qualify for the Grand Prix Final where he won silver.  He is the 2012 World Bronze Medalist, 2011 Four Continents Silver Medalist and 2010 World Junior Champion.  His personal best is 264.29.  He is 18 years old.  

Takahito Mura, JPN: He placed 8th at Worlds and 8th at Four Continents.  He finished 8th at Skate Canada and won gold at Trophee Eric Bompard last season.  His personal best is 234.18.  He is 22 years old.

Nobunari Oda, JPN: He won bronze at Skate Canada and placed 5th at Rostelecom Cup.  He is the 2006 Four Continents Champion and 2005 Junior World Champion.  His personal best is 262.98.  He is 26 years old.

Jeremy Abbott, USA: He placed 5th at Skate Canada and won silver at Trophee Eric Bompard last season.  He is the 2007 and 2011 Four Continents Bronze Medalist.  His personal best is 238.82.  He is 28 years old.

Joshua Farris, USA: He is the reigning World Junior Champion.  He won gold at JGP USA and gold at JGP Slovenia last season to qualify for the JGP Final where he won silver.  He is the 2012 World Junior Silver Medalist.  His personal best is 228.32.  He is 18 years old.  

Ross Miner, USA: He placed 14th at Worlds and 9th at Four Continents.  He placed 5th at Skate Canada and won bronze at NHK Trophy last season.  He is the 2012 Four Continents Bronze Medalist.  His personal best is 235.37.  He is 22 years old.

Junior Worlds Men's Free Skate Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Jason BROWN	USA	154.09	81.03		73.06	7.14	7.14	7.50	7.25	7.50	0.00	#24
2	Joshua FARRIS	USA	152.48	82.70		70.78	7.14	6.86	7.14	7.11	7.14	1.00	#23
3	Shotaro OMORI	USA	133.52	70.46		63.06	6.43	6.07	6.32	6.39	6.32	0.00	#22
4	Boyang JIN	CHN	129.76	69.98		59.78	6.32	5.82	6.00	6.00	5.75	0.00	#20
5	Mikhail KOLYADA	RUS	128.44	68.24		61.20	6.18	5.96	6.14	6.07	6.25	1.00	#14
6	Shoma UNO	JPN	125.42	62.12		63.30	6.25	6.11	6.54	6.32	6.43	0.00	#17
7	Michael Christian MARTINEZ	PHI	124.63	65.51		59.12	5.93	5.64	6.07	5.96	5.96	0.00	#21
8	Alexander SAMARIN	RUS	123.89	63.25		60.64	6.18	5.93	6.14	6.07	6.00	0.00	#19
9	Nam NGUYEN	CAN	119.15	61.51		57.64	5.89	5.64	5.79	5.82	5.68	0.00	#12
10	Ryuju HINO	JPN	119.14	66.58		53.56	5.89	5.18	5.18	5.32	5.21	1.00	#13
11	He ZHANG	CHN	117.76	60.54		58.22	6.11	5.68	5.75	5.82	5.75	1.00	#18
12	Martin RAPPE	GER	114.88	59.74		55.14	5.71	5.32	5.64	5.54	5.36	0.00	#16
13	June Hyoung LEE	KOR	112.06	62.28		50.78	5.32	4.86	5.00	5.14	5.07	1.00	#8
14	Luiz MANELLA	BRA	109.23	60.13		50.10	5.29	4.86	4.93	5.11	4.86	1.00	#10
15	Mitchell GORDON	CAN	107.57	55.33		54.24	5.68	5.36	5.29	5.50	5.29	2.00	#11
16	Pavel IGNATENKO	BLR	105.54	52.40		53.14	5.64	5.14	5.32	5.36	5.11	0.00	#15
17	Victor BUSTAMANTE	ESP	101.53	52.45		49.08	5.04	4.57	4.89	5.00	5.04	0.00	#5
18	Matthias VERSLUIS	FIN	98.65	51.77		46.88	4.86	4.54	4.79	4.68	4.57	0.00	#3
19	Simon HOCQUAUX	FRA	98.47	49.33		51.14	5.18	4.89	4.93	5.25	5.32	2.00	#7
20	Ivan PAVLOV	UKR	97.11	49.97		49.14	5.07	4.89	4.79	4.96	4.86	2.00	#9
21	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	95.21	51.07		44.14	4.64	4.04	4.64	4.46	4.29	0.00	#2
22	Antonio PANFILI	ITA	90.94	45.58		45.36	4.61	4.36	4.43	4.57	4.71	0.00	#4
23	Chih-I TSAO	TPE	84.27	42.47		42.80	4.61	4.18	4.25	4.36	4.00	1.00	#1
24	David KRANJEC	AUS	80.19	39.49		42.70	4.71	3.96	4.25	4.36	4.07	2.00	#6

Total

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Joshua FARRIS	USA	228.32	1	2
2	Jason BROWN	USA	224.15	3	1
3	Shotaro OMORI	USA	204.34	2	3
4	Boyang JIN	CHN	192.58	6	4
5	Michael Christian MARTINEZ	PHI	191.64	4	7
6	Mikhail KOLYADA	RUS	189.94	8	5
7	Shoma UNO	JPN	187.08	7	6
8	Alexander SAMARIN	RUS	186.96	5	8
9	He ZHANG	CHN	178.18	9	11
10	Ryuju HINO	JPN	176.85	12	10
11	Martin RAPPE	GER	174.32	11	12
12	Nam NGUYEN	CAN	172.58	16	9
13	June Hyoung LEE	KOR	166.21	13	13
14	Pavel IGNATENKO	BLR	165.27	10	16
15	Luiz MANELLA	BRA	161.71	17	14
16	Mitchell GORDON	CAN	161.61	15	15
17	Simon HOCQUAUX	FRA	152.61	14	19
18	Victor BUSTAMANTE	ESP	151.23	21	17
19	Matthias VERSLUIS	FIN	149.66	19	18
20	Ivan PAVLOV	UKR	148.84	18	20
21	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	143.48	23	21
22	Antonio PANFILI	ITA	136.96	24	22
23	Chih-I TSAO	TPE	132.84	22	23
24	David KRANJEC	AUS	130.56	20	24
25	Petr COUFAL	CZE	FNR	25
26	Sondre ODDVOLL BOE	NOR	FNR	26
27	Kamil DYMOWSKI	POL	FNR	27
28	Ondrej SPIEGL	SWE	FNR	28
29	Jamie WHITEMAN	GBR	FNR	29
30	Kristof FORGO	HUN	FNR	30
31	Iassen PETKOV	BUL	FNR	31
32	Samuel KOPPEL	EST	FNR	32
33	Nicola TODESCHINI	SUI	FNR	33
34	Julian Zhi Jie YEE	MAS	FNR	34
35	Catalin DIMITRESCU	ROU	FNR	35
36	Marco KLEPOCH	SVK	FNR	36
37	Giray SENOL	TUR	FNR	37

Junior Worlds Men's Short Program Results

Pl.	Qual.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Ded. -	StN.
1	Q	Joshua FARRIS	USA	75.84	41.45		34.39	6.93	6.54	6.89	6.96	7.07	0.00	#32
2	Q	Shotaro OMORI	USA	70.82	39.75		31.07	6.36	5.96	6.36	6.18	6.21	0.00	#34
3	Q	Jason BROWN	USA	70.06	36.62		33.44	6.61	6.36	6.75	6.79	6.93	0.00	#31
4	Q	Michael Christian MARTINEZ	PHI	67.01	36.73		30.28	6.00	5.79	6.21	6.07	6.21	0.00	#37
5	Q	Alexander SAMARIN	RUS	63.07	34.78		28.29	5.86	5.46	5.68	5.68	5.61	0.00	#22
6	Q	Boyang JIN	CHN	62.82	36.08		27.74	5.82	5.21	5.61	5.64	5.46	1.00	#24
7	Q	Shoma UNO	JPN	61.66	31.45		30.21	6.00	5.86	6.07	6.07	6.21	0.00	#27
8	Q	Mikhail KOLYADA	RUS	61.50	34.10		28.40	5.89	5.43	5.61	5.68	5.79	1.00	#23
9	Q	He ZHANG	CHN	60.42	31.64		28.78	5.82	5.46	5.86	5.75	5.89	0.00	#30
10	Q	Pavel IGNATENKO	BLR	59.73	32.59		27.14	5.68	5.21	5.50	5.39	5.36	0.00	#35
11	Q	Martin RAPPE	GER	59.44	32.59		26.85	5.57	5.18	5.43	5.46	5.21	0.00	#26
12	Q	Ryuju HINO	JPN	57.71	30.14		27.57	5.86	5.39	5.32	5.61	5.39	0.00	#29
13	Q	June Hyoung LEE	KOR	54.15	28.19		26.96	5.61	5.18	5.32	5.46	5.39	1.00	#28
14	Q	Simon HOCQUAUX	FRA	54.14	29.38		24.76	5.04	4.61	5.04	4.96	5.11	0.00	#17
15	Q	Mitchell GORDON	CAN	54.04	28.19		25.85	5.32	4.96	5.18	5.21	5.18	0.00	#21
16	Q	Nam NGUYEN	CAN	53.43	24.97		29.46	5.93	5.57	5.82	6.07	6.07	1.00	#33
17	Q	Luiz MANELLA	BRA	52.48	31.20		23.28	4.93	4.43	4.64	4.71	4.57	2.00	#13
18	Q	Ivan PAVLOV	UKR	51.73	28.37		23.36	4.86	4.32	4.89	4.68	4.61	0.00	#18
19	Q	Matthias VERSLUIS	FIN	51.01	28.33		23.68	4.89	4.50	4.68	4.82	4.79	1.00	#19
20	Q	David KRANJEC	AUS	50.37	27.66		23.71	4.96	4.36	4.89	4.75	4.75	1.00	#14
21	Q	Victor BUSTAMANTE	ESP	49.70	25.85		23.85	4.89	4.46	4.89	4.79	4.82	0.00	#15
22	Q	Chih-I TSAO	TPE	48.57	26.32		23.25	4.71	4.36	4.79	4.71	4.68	1.00	#12
23	Q	Slavik HAYRAPETYAN	ARM	48.27	25.70		22.57	4.64	4.29	4.50	4.57	4.57	0.00	#11
24	Q	Antonio PANFILI	ITA	46.02	21.19		24.83	4.93	4.79	4.93	5.04	5.14	0.00	#25
25		Petr COUFAL	CZE	43.85	19.93		24.92	5.14	4.82	4.89	5.14	4.93	1.00	#36
26		Sondre ODDVOLL BOE	NOR	43.77	22.19		21.58	4.25	4.25	4.36	4.36	4.36	0.00	#8
27		Kamil DYMOWSKI	POL	43.55	21.72		21.83	4.54	4.18	4.39	4.43	4.29	0.00	#7
28		Ondrej SPIEGL	SWE	42.66	19.55		23.11	4.75	4.39	4.61	4.68	4.68	0.00	#20
29		Jamie WHITEMAN	GBR	42.48	21.23		22.25	4.50	4.43	4.29	4.57	4.46	1.00	#9
30		Kristof FORGO	HUN	40.96	21.35		21.61	4.57	4.00	4.32	4.29	4.43	2.00	#5
31		Iassen PETKOV	BUL	40.77	22.23		19.54	3.96	3.79	3.93	4.04	3.82	1.00	#2
32		Samuel KOPPEL	EST	39.24	19.95		20.29	4.14	4.07	4.04	4.11	3.93	1.00	#1
33		Nicola TODESCHINI	SUI	39.16	18.01		21.15	4.32	4.00	4.18	4.36	4.29	0.00	#16
34		Julian Zhi Jie YEE	MAS	38.16	18.13		20.03	3.96	3.79	3.96	4.07	4.25	0.00	#6
35		Catalin DIMITRESCU	ROU	37.61	18.36		19.25	4.07	3.61	3.86	3.96	3.75	0.00	#10
36		Marco KLEPOCH	SVK	36.85	17.92		18.93	3.93	3.57	3.89	3.86	3.68	0.00	#3
37		Giray SENOL	TUR	36.64	19.17		17.47	3.54	3.32	3.50	3.61	3.50	0.00	#4

Junior Worlds Men's Preview

In what promises to be a tough event, two of the three medalists from last season have returned along with four of the six competitors from the Junior Grand Prix Final.  To land on the podium, these skaters will need a triple axel and possibly even a quad.  

As competitive as this event promises to be, there are several notable absences.  Maxim Kovtun won the Junior Grand Prix Final and holds the top junior score for the season but will be heading to Senior Worlds instead.  Nathan Chen set the 2nd highest junior score of the season at his lone JGP event but injury and illness kept him from qualifying for the team.  Harrison Choate has the 9th best junior score of the season but also did not qualify for one of the three US men's slots.  

Joshua Farris settled for silver by the slimmest of margins at last year's Junior Worlds.  He has come back stronger this season, adding a quad to his free skate and showcasing consistent triple axels.  In addition to his jumping capability, he has good artistic skills, musicality and a nice style on the ice.  He recently won the pewter medal at the US Championships.  Since he competed as a senior at nationals, he also is reverting to a junior program.  His biggest competition would have come from Han Yan and Maxim Kovtun but as both of them are making the trip to senior worlds, this is his event to lose.

Jason Brown won the bronze medal last season.  While he has added a triple axel to his programs it is not always consistent and a pop could cost him points.  He did land a triple axel + triple toe at nationals.  Unfortunately for him, he's still a bit behind the technical curve as the other top men have mastered the triple axel and moved on to quads.  He'll need to land all of his jumps and then rely on his PCS if he wants to keep pace with Yan and Farris.  

Boyang Jin burst onto the scene this season, winning gold at JGP France and silver at JGP Slovenia.  He has already Jason Brown in head to head competition.  However, he slipped to 5th at the Junior Grand Prix Final.  His scores have been fairly consistent all season and he'll need to improve if he wants a shot at the podium here.  He has quads in his repertoire and likely just needs more experience to develop everything else.  

Ryuju Hino won two medals on the Junior Grand Prix to qualify for the JGP Final and just edged out Jason Brown for the final spot on the podium.  His performance at the Final was a personal best and 13 points higher than his best JGP performance this season.  If he can repeat or improve on that, he'll be in the running for a medal.

Alexander Samarin is only fourteen years old but his two JGP bronze medals make him a dark horse for this event.  He hasn't competed internationally since JGP Germany and I'd expect to see a big improvement in his scores at this event.  However, he is a young skater at his first ISU Championship with little competitive experience.  If he can handle the nerves and fly under the radar, he should have a strong showing.

Shoma Uno has show improvement this season going from 6th at his first JGP assignment to the silver medal at JGP Germany.  He competed at the same events as Samarin and they flip-flopped results.  He also hasn't competed internationally since Germany and was a late replacement for this event but should be able to improve on his 10th place finish last year.

He Zhang is the third Chinese skater at this event and has sat out this season due to injury.  He finished 6th at Junior Worlds last season.  If he is back to last season's form, he could give China three skaters in the top 10.  

My podium predictions:

Gold: Joshua Farris

Silver: Jason Brown

Bronze: Boyang Jin

Bios of the competitors:

Slavik Hayrapetyan, ARM: He placed 18th in the preliminary round at Worlds and 26th at Junior Worlds last season.  His personal best is 128.97.  He is 16 years old.

David Kranjec, AUS: He finished 23rd at Four Continents.  He placed 12th at JGP Slovenia and 10th at JGP Croatia.   His personal best is 150.20.  He is 18 years old.

Pavel Ignatenko, BLR: He placed 30th at Junior Worlds last season.  He finished 13th at Europeans.  He finished 7th at JGP Turkey and 11th at JGP Croatia.  His personal best is 171.18.  He is 17 years old.

Luiz Manella, BRA: He placed 16th at Junior Worlds last season.  His personal best is 162.53.  He is 18 years old.

Iassen Petkov, BUL: He placed 11th at JGP Turkey and 18th at JGP Croatia.  His personal best is 136.61.  He is 19 years old.

Mitchell Gordon, CAN: He placed 8th at JGP Austria and 12th at JGP Croatia.  His personal best is 162.62.  He is 16 years old.

Nam Nguyen, CAN:  He placed 13th at Junior Worlds last season.  He finished 9th at JGP France and won bronze at JGP Turkey.  His personal best is 171.56.  He is 14 years old.

Boyang Jin, CHN: He won gold at JGP France and silver at JGP Slovenia to qualify for the JGP Frinal where he finished 5th.  His personal best is 194.13.  He is 15 years old.  He has the 9th best short program, 7th best free skate and 7th best total scores.

He Zhang, CHN: He finished 6th at Junior Worlds last season.  His personal best is 193.97.  He is 16 years old.

Chih-I Tsao, TPE: He finished 23rd at Junior Worlds last season.  He placed 11th at JGP USA and 9th at JGP Croatia.  His personal best is 155.30  He is 15 years old.

Petr Coufal, CZE: He placed 17th at Junior Worlds last season.  He finished 4th at JGP Austria and 7th at JGP Croatia.  His personal best is 175.72.  He is 18 years old.

Samuel Koppel, EST: His personal best is 94.11,  He is 17 years old.

Matthias Versluis, FIN: He placed 21st at Junior Worlds last season.  He finished 13th at JGP Austria and 11th at JGP Germany.  His personal best is 143.20.  He is 18 years old.

Simon Hocquaux, FRA: He finished 10th at JGP France.  His personal best is 143.71.  He is 17 years old.

Martin Rappe, GER: He placed 11th at Junior Worlds last season.  He finished 9th at JGP USA and 5th at JGP Germany.  His personal best is 171.38.  He is 19 years old.

Jamie Whiteman, GBR: His personal best is 115.56.  He is 18 years old.

Kristof Forgo, HUN: He placed 16th at JGP Croatia.  His personal best is 131.02.  He is 19 years old.

Antonio Panfili, ITA: He placed 16th at JGP Slovenia.  His personal best is 128.05.

Ryuju Hino, JPN: He placed 9th at Junior Worlds last season.  He won bronze at JGP France and silver at JGP Austria to qualify for the JGP Final where he won bronze.  His personal best is 198.92.  He is 18 years old.  He has the 6th best short program, 6th best free skate and 5th best total scores.

Shoma Uno, JPN: He finished 10th at Junior Worlds last season.  He placed 6th at JGP Slovenia and won silver at JGP Germany.  His personal best is 188.48.  He is 15 years old.  He has the 8th best short program, 9th best free skate and 8th best total scores.  

Julian Zhi Jie Yee, MAS: He finished 20th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season.  He placed 21st at JGP Slovenia.  His personal best is 112.93.  He is 15 years old.

Sondre Oddvoll Boe, NOR: He placed 15th at JGP France and 12th at JGP Austria.  His personal best is 134.88.  He is 15 years old.

Michael Christian Martinez, PHI: He placed 15th at Junior Worlds last season.  He finished 16th at Four Continents.  He finished 4th at JGP USA and 6th at JGP Croatia.  His personal best is 178.08.  He is 16 years old.

Kamil Dymowski, POL: He finished 28th at Junior Worlds last season.  He finished 12th at JGP Turkey.  His personal best is 128.77.  He is 17 years old.

June Hyoung Lee, KOR: He finished 18th at Junior Worlds last season.  He placed 17th at Four Continents.  He placed 5th at JGP USA and 9th at JGP Turkey.  His personal best is 176.48.  He is 16 years old.

Catalin Dimitrescu, ROU: He finished 22nd at JGP Turkey.  His personal best is 101.33.  He is 14 years old.

Mikhail Kolyada, RUS: He placed 6th at JGP France.  His personal best is 177.55.  He is 18 years old.

Alexander Samarin, RUS: He won bronze at JGP Slovenia and JGP Germany.  His personal best is 183.03.  He is 14 years old.  He has the 10th best total score.

Marco Klepoch, SVK: He placed 16th at JGP Austria and 22nd at JGP Slovenia.  His personal best is 109.36.  He is 15 years old.

Victor Bustamante, ESP: He placed 15th in the preliminary round at Junior Worlds last season.  He finished 12th at JGP France and 7th at JGP Germany.  His personal best is 149.21.  He is 18 years old.

Ondrej Spiegl, SWE: He placed 15th at JGP Slovenia and 15th at JGP Croatia.  His personal best is 142.25.  He is 19 years old.

Nicola Todeschini, SUI: He finished 14th at JGP Austria and 10th at JGP Germnay.  His personal best is 128.98.  He is 15 years old.

Giray Senol, TUR: He placed 16th at JGP Turkey and 23rd at JGP Slovenia.  His personal best is 136.33.  He is 15 years old.

Ivan Pavlov, UKR: He placed 8th at JGP France and JGP Turkey.  His personal best is 149.87.  He is 14 years old.  

Jason Brown, USA: He is the reigning World Junior Bronze Medalist.  He won silver at JGP France and gold at JGP Turkey to qualify for the JGP Final where he finished 4th.  His personal best is 214.90.  He is 18 years old.  He has the 5th best short program, 5th best free skate and 6th best total scores.

Joshua Farris, USA: He is the reigning Junior World Silver Medalist.  He won gold at JGP USA and gold at JGP Slovenia to qualify for the JGP Final where he won silver.  His personal best is 221.97.  He is 18 years old.  He has the 2nd best short program, 3rd best free skate and 3rd best total scores.

Shotaro Omori, USA: He finished 4th at JGP Turkey and 4th at JGP Germany.  His personal best is 172.56.  He is 17 years old.

US Nationals Senior Men's Free Skate

Group 1
Armin Mahbanoozadeh: 63.28 TES + 67.64 PCS -1.00 = 129.92 Total: 192.77

• Good opening triple toe--was listed as a quad but didn't look like a pop, must have changed his mind going into the jump
• Big triple axel but a little sideways in the air and can't hang on to the landing
• Triple lutz + double toe with a slight hesitation between jumps
• Good triple loop
• Very quiet step sequence with good quality of motion and flow across the ice
• Little forward on the triple axel but hangs on and tacks on the double toe
• Popped lutz
• Good triple flip
• Double axle + double toe + double loop
• Good speed and positions in the combination spin with nice flexibility

Harrison Choate: 63.87 TES + 65.58 PCS = 129.45 Total: 187.11 and into 2nd place

• Good double axel + triple toe
• Nice triple lutz
• I feel like he could commit to the step sequence a bit more
• Triple lutz + double toe really fighting for the landing
• Nice triple loop + double toe + double toe
• Step out of that triple there
• Nice spread eagles and connection with the music in the choreographic step sequence
• Good speed in the final spin

Stephen Carriere: 71.61 TES + 67.92 PCS -1.00 = 138.53 Total: 201.30 and into 1st place

• Good triple salchow
• Triple axel turnout triple toe
• Big quad toe but just can't hold on to the landing and runs out of it
• A little trouble on his camel spin and can't quite get the position change and has no speed by the end
• A little trouble with speed after the position change in the 2nd jump as well
• Good quality of movement in the step sequence but he could have more power and speed across the ice
• Triple lutz
• Big triple axel but can't hang on to it 
• Nice triple flip
• Triple lutz + double toe (one arm up) + double loop (both arms up)
• Triple loop
• Nice timing with the music on his final combo spin with good speed

Wesley Campbell: 62.17 TES + 72.34 PCS = 134.51 Total: 191.75 and into 3rd place

• Good opening triple loop
• Nice triple flip + triple toe
• Nice double axel with good flow out of it
• Good speed through the combo spin but he could be lower in some of the sit positions
• Nice triple lutz
• Good stretched free leg and toe point in the sit spin
• Nice ease in this step seqeuence but I would like for him to loop up a big more
• Triple lutz + double toe + double loop
• Triple salchow + double toe
• Nice triple flip
• So far everything about this program has been light, elegant and easy
• Good final camel spin
• Great skate for him and very enjoyable to watch

William Brewster: 49.07 TES + 62.44 PCS = 111.51 Total: 170.13 and into 5th place

• Triple salchow + triple toe two footed
• Triple lutz
• Nice ease to the double axel
• Really slow in the camel spin though the change of foot
• Nice Irish touches to the step sequence
• Doubled the flip and two foots the landing
• Triple flip flip out but recovers nicely into a spread eagle
• He could have a bit more stretch through the free leg in his sit spin
• Popped the loop
• I'd like to see him let go a bit in the choreographic step sequence and really go for the movement
• Good double axel
• Triple salchow + double toe + double toe
• Not enough speed in his final sit spin

Group 2
Douglas Razzano: 63.96 TES + 65.72 PCS = 129.68 Total: 192.99 and into 2nd place

• Quad toe a bit of a two footed squat on the landing
• Popped his first axel
• Triple axel + double toe
• Double lutz
• Good positions in the sit spin but a little bit of a loss of speed after the change of position
• Nice camel spin positions and good maintained speed
• Triple toe + triple toe
• Great spread eagle into a triple salchow
• Good triple loop
• Nice double axel + double toe + double loop
• A little bit of trouble in his final spin with no speed by the end

Alexander Johnson: 81.35 TES + 77.94 PCS = 159.29 Total: 224.49 and into 1st place

• Beautiful triple axel + double toe
• Really holds on to the second triple axel 
• Triple lutz + half loop + triple flip really nicely done
• Not a lot of speed in the camel spin but maintained throughout
• Nice spread eagle into a good triple loop
• Good use of his upper body and timing with the music on the step sequence but some of the edge changes weren't clean
• Spiral into a double axel + double toe
• Triple lutz hangs on to it
• Nice triple salchow
• Flying sit spin with good stretch in his free leg and maintaining speed through the back tuck position
• Great choreography through the choreographic step seqeuence and great flow to his movement
• Really nice double axel with good flow out of it
• Decent illusion spins and good speed in the sit spin 

Sean Rabbitt: 58.87 TES + 61.92 PCS -2.00 = 118.79 Total: 181.66 and into 7th place

• Nice opening triple salchow
• Off in the air and falls on the triple lutz
• Tight on the triple loop but hangs on
• Needs a bit more speed and to stretch through his upper body in the sit spin
• Nice musicality in his step sequence but he could have more power and speed to get across the ice
• Good triple flip
• Triple salchow + triple toe
• Good double axel
• Fall on the triple flip
• Could have a bit more speed in the camel spin
• Good ice coverage on the double axel + double toe + double loop
• Good positions in the final combo spin

Grant Hochstein: 59.39 TES + 64.50 PCS -1.00 = 122.89 Total: 188.57 and into 6th place

• Really nice triple axel + double toe to open the program
• Good triple flip
• Triple loop off from the get go and a fall
• Good speed through the sit spin
• Nice triple lutz + double toe with both arms up on the 2nd jump
• Popped the 2nd axel
• Really difficult entry into the triple salchow from a lunge position and nicely done
• Good donut position and picking up speed through the catchfoot
• Nice musicality in the step sequence but he could have a bit more power to play better with the music
• Triple flip + double toe + double toe
• Popped lutz out of a spread eagle
• He had some really great moments in this free skate including the nice triple axel + double toe and just needs to hit the whole program
• Good speed in the final spin

Keegan Messing: 63.70 TES + 60.58 PCS = 123.28 Total: 187.34 and into 7th place

• Sits down on his opening triple axel and falls
• Great quad toe--super fast rotation and he makes them look easy
• Nice triple lutz + triple toe
• Losing speed through his camel spin but the positions were good
• Nice triple loop
• What I really appreciate about him is that he embraces who he is as a skater and packages himself in a way that shows off all of his best qualities and masks his weak points
• Nice step sequence with good flow and variety of movement
• Bobbles into the triple axel, took another turn to try and get into it again but pops it
• Triple salchow + double toe
• Step out and hands down on a triple flip
• Split jump into a triple loop very difficult
• Great low sit position with lightning fast speed

Group 3
Philip Warren: 57.77 TES + 60.02 PCS = 116.79 Total: 183.27 and into 9th place

• Nice triple lutz
• Triple axel down on his side, puts his hand down and then his body slides out from under him
• Good triple flip
• Traveling a bit and not a lot of speed through the sit spin
• A little slow through the footwork, he could really push more through this element
• Triple axel nice in the air flip out and hand down
• Popped his lutz but adds on a double toe
• Hand down on the triple loop
• A little slow through the camel spin and an awkward jump in the middle with no change of foot or position
• Good triple loop
• Triple toe + double toe

Brandon Mroz: 69.44 TES + 67.92 PCS = 136.36 Total: 202.42 and into 2nd place

• Good quad toe
• Triple axel + triple toe nicely done
• Triple flip + double toe
• A little rough in the transitions in his first spin stepping right into a camel spin with maintained speed on both legs but he could have a much better catchfoot
• Triple loop
• Sits down on his triple axel
• Triple lutz + double toe
• Triple loop hand down
• Awkward music cut in the middle of his spin
• Triple lutz
• Ended after his music

Adam Rippon: 75.08 TES + 78.14 PCS = 153.22 Total: 229.87 and into 1st place

• He hit the boards in warmup and cut his hand and had to be treated by the medics when he came off the ice
• Triple axel off in the air but he lands it and adds the double toe
• Rippon triple lutz
• Double axel
• I feel like this costumes is a whole lot less Mad Men and a whole lot more Incredibles
• Good speed in the twisted sit spin losing a little bit of speed in the back tuck position
• Triple axel has to put the back foot down
• Triple flip + triple toe
• Triple lutz down on the side but pulls off the half loop triple salchow
• Popped his loop
• Double axel
• Leg a little too far forward in the twisted camel spin but ending with a nice layback

Jonathan Cassar: 58.90 TES + PCS = 129.46 Total: 196.49 and into 4th place

• Triple lutz + double toe
• Double axel flip out
• Triple flip two footed
• Good camel positions but could have more speed
• Some difficult one foot sections in his step sequence but not all of the turns were clean
• Nice triple loop + double toe
• Triple lutz
• Triple salchow forward on the landing but he hangs on to it
• Double axel + double toe + double loop
• Losing speed through the sit spin
• Nice toe point in the triple loop
• Beautiful spread eagles in the choreographic step sequence
• Good positions in the final spin but finished a beat behind his music

Jason Brown: 72.40 TES + 78.84 PCS = 149.24 Total: 223.29 and into 3rd place

• Good double axel
• Triple axel (two footed) + triple toe
• Spiral into triple lutz and just sites down on the landing
• Good positions in the camel spin with a really nice catchfoot picking up speed
• Good triple loop
• Triple axel two foots it and falls
• Great spin combination with a nice arched catchfoot and great speed
• Ina Bauer into a triple lutz half loop triple salchow
• Good one foot sequence in his steps
• Triple toe + double toe just squeaked that one out
• Nice double axel
• Losing speed through the change of foot in the final combo spin but interesting positions

Group 4
Max Aaron: 96.39 TES + 79.48 PCS = 175.87 Total: 255.00

• Nice quad salchow + double toe
• Nice quad salchow--great way to start his program
• Sit spin into a scratch spin
• Nice character in the step sequence, very laid back 
• Decent camel spin position into an A-frame and a back tuck with speed maintained throughout
• Insane how he's backloading this program with so many jumps
• Huge triple axel turns out of it and tacks on the double toe
• Nice triple lutz
• Nice triple axel right on the music
• A little slow on the sit spin
• Triple toe half loop triple salchow
• Triple flip
• This is a really smart program for him as it suits his personality and really showcases his skating
• Triple loop
• Standing ovation for that stellar performance

Richard Dornbush: TES + PCS = 151.15 Total: 228.81 and into 3rd place

• Hand down and almost sitting on the ice on the quad toe but managed to save it from being a fall
• Another quad toe same problem on the landing as before
• Popped the axel
• Good camel spin into a really nice sit spin grabbing his leg
• He's such a great character skater and is a wonderful performer no matter the style
• Double lutz + double toe with both arms overhead on both jumps (intended to be a triple on both jumps)
• Nice triple axel + double toe + double loop
• Triple loop
• Interesting entry to the sit spin but doesn't seem to have enough speed going into it
• Triple flip
• Triple lutz
• Camel spin into a good donut and picking up speed through the sit spin

Ross Miner: 86.08 TES + PCS = 170.30 Total: 251.29 and into 2nd place

• Nice quad salchow
• Good triple axel + double toe
• Singles the axel
• A little slow on the change of position in the sit spin
• He has such speed and power across the ice it's rare to see him miss a jump
• Triple lutz + triple toe tight but he hangs on to it
• There is a nice gentleness to his step sequences and they really blend into the program as a whole
• Triple lutz + half loop + triple salchow
• Good positions in the combination spin with nice toe point in his sit position
• Triple loop
• Triple flip
• Great to see him let lose in this final step sequence
• Spread eagle into a double axel
• Good changes of position in the final spin but losing centering through the scratch spin

Jeremy Abbott: 78.03 TES + 88.20 PCS = 165.23 Total: 249.33 and into 3rd place

• Quad toe and a fall
• Triple lutz
• Great back cross upright spin into a nice upright catch foot spin right on the music
• Triple axel + double toe with a slight hesitation in between
• There is just so much in his skating and he uses every muscle in his body to tell a story
• Nice transition in that spin from the sitting position to the upright with good positions and maintained speed throughout
• Big triple axel right on the music
• Triple flip nice stepping right up into a flying sit spin with a good twisted variation
• Triple lutz + triple toe 
• Doubled the loop but added a double toe
• Popped the salchow
• The choreography and transitions in this program are just exquisite, shame about the jumps

Joshua Farris: TES + PCS = 165.04 Total: 244.82 and into 4th place

• Really nice triple axel + triple toe
• Quad toe toe footed landing and a fall
• Triple lutz + double toe
• Difficult entry to the sit spin but he could use a bit more speed 
• Flying camel spin with a catchfoot nicely done
• Really great height and nice landing on the triple axel
• Great choreography in his step sequence and nice quality of movement but I'd like to see a bit more facial expression from him to really carry off the feeling of the program
• Triple flip
• Triple loop
• Triple flip + double toe + double loop nicely done
• Triple salchow nicely done
• Good camel spin position into a nice sit spin and catchfoot upright spin

Place	Start No.	Name	Short Program		Free Skate		Total Score
			Place	Score	Place	Score
1	16	Max Aaron, Broadmoor SC	4	79.13	1	175.87	255.00
2	18	Ross Miner, SC Of Boston	2	80.99	2	170.30	251.29
3	19	Jeremy Abbott, Detroit SC	1	84.10	3	165.23	249.33
4	20	Joshua Farris, Broadmoor SC	3	79.78	4	165.04	244.82
5	13	Adam Rippon, SC of New York	6	76.65	6	153.22	229.87
6	17	Richard Dornbush, All Year FSC	5	77.66	7	151.15	228.81
7	7	Alexander Johnson, Broadmoor SC	12	65.20	5	159.29	224.49
8	15	Jason Brown, Skokie Valley SC	7	74.05	8	149.24	223.29
9	12	Brandon Mroz, Broadmoor SC	10	66.06	10	136.36	202.42
10	3	Stephen Carriere, SC Of Boston	17	62.77	9	138.53	201.30
11	14	Jonathan Cassar, All Year FSC	8	67.03	14	129.46	196.49
12	6	Douglas Razzano, Coyotes SC of Arizona	14	63.31	13	129.68	192.99
13	1	Armin Mahbanoozadeh, Washington FSC	16	62.85	12	129.92	192.77
14	4	Wesley Campbell, Colonial FSC	20	57.24	11	134.51	191.75
15	9	Grant Hochstein, SC of New York	11	65.68	17	122.89	188.57
16	10	Keegan Messing, Alaska Assoc of Figure Skaters	13	64.06	16	123.28	187.34
17	2	Harrison Choate, SC Of Boston	19	57.66	15	129.45	187.11
18	11	Philip Warren, All Year FSC	9	66.48	19	116.79	183.27
19	8	Sean Rabbitt, Glacier Falls FSC	15	62.87	18	118.79	181.66
20	5	William Brewster, Detroit SC	18	58.62	20	111.51	170.13
EW		Evan Lysacek, DuPage FSC