US Nationals Senior Men's Preview

Jeremy Abbott is coming in as the reigning Champion, but this isn't going to be an easy event.  After skating a stellar Spy themed short program at Skate America, he had a nerve injury in his back during the free skate and struggled with his jumps.  Physical therapy got him in better shape for Trophee Eric Bompard but he hasn't been competing at the top of his game and has been limited in the training of his quad.  He's planning on playing it safe in Omaha and if he can land his jumps, he's one of the best skaters in the World.  His best performances of the season often come at nationals and he might be able to pull it off again here.  

Ross Miner has a higher international score than Jeremy Abbot this season.  The reigning Four Continents bronze medalist hit his first quad jump in competition at NHK Trophy en route to a bronze medal.  He is a great skater but seems to fly under the radar despite his solid and consistent finishes and this could be his breakout year.  If he skates clean and hits the quad he could upset Abbott for the title.  

Max Aaron has been tearing up the Senior B circuit this season and posted the highest qualifying scores by a 10 point margin.  He has a quad salchow + triple toe in a free skate and another planned quad salchow that he doubled at sectionals, so he still has room to improve in his scores.  He has great jumps and has been working on adding polish to his programs as well.  He wasn't happy with his 8th place finish last season in his senior debut and wants to prove that he belongs with the best.  His international scores were some of the highest of any US man this season, but Senior B's can be a little inconsistent in their scoring so this will be his first opportunity this season to see how he stands up to the rest of the pack.

One of the dark horses has to be Alexander Johnson.  He finished 15th at Nationals last season (also his highest finish as a senior) but had a stunning free skate.  He set the 2nd highest qualifying score this season.  He has a very interesting free skate lay out including a triple lutz + single loop + triple flip combination, two double axels and a double axel + triple toe.  It will be interesting to see what he does under the nationals spotlight, but he seems poised to make a big jump in the standings.

Richard Dornbush battled boot problems all last season and dropped to 13th place at nationals.  He's since solved the problem and has regained consistency on his triple axel and has been including quads.  He has a great style on the ice but hasn't been able to completely gain back the form and confidence that won him the silver medal in 2011.  His "Triple Dornbush" can't be missed; a triple lutz + triple toe performed with both arms overhead. 

Joshua Farris has had another outstanding Junior season, hitting the triple axel and a quad toe consistently to claim two gold medals at his JGP events and the silver at the Final.  He hasn't been able to put together the programs to make his mark nationally, and he faces the disadvantage of having to add time and elements to his programs and has had less mileage on them then the skaters who have been competing senior all season.  His place on the Junior Worlds team is likely secure regardless of his results here, but he could make a run for the podium and make USFSA consider giving him a senior competition invite.  

Keegan Messing is always a crowd favorite at nationals.  He is a skater who knows his strengths and structures his programs to take full advantage of them.  He has a wild abandon on the ice and goes for everything in his programs and is well known for his huge jumps.  He's always a threat as he has the technical skills and consistency to put himself in medal contention but if everyone skates clean, he doesn't have the program components to keep up.

Adam Rippon changed coaches in the off season but has yet to see that change pay off.  He finished 4th at Cup of China and 8th at NHK Trophy behind both Dornbush and Miner.  He's struggled with his triple axel for several seasons and his signature jump, the Rippon Lutz, has even been failing him at events.  While he was once the only skater in the world who could land it, Richard Dornbush and Gracie Gold are now including it in their programs and have put their own spin on it.  He has a big hurdle to overcome if he wants to make the World team again.

There was a lot of talk last season after Armin Mahbanoozadeh won the pewter medal at U.S. nationals but did not receive a spot on the Four Continents team.  He has been given several Senior B assignments this season and has been solid but not among the top men internationally this season.  

Stephen Carriere made big improvements last season to qualify for nationals for the first time since 2009 and finished 6th.  He could not quite match his international results at Sectionals but he has consistently scored over the 200 mark this season and should easily be able to make the top 10.

Jason Brown could not quite replicate his results from last season falling to 4th at the Junior Grand Prix Final.  He has been working on his triple axel and landed it clean for the first time at the Junior Grand Prix Final.  He's been scoring just under the 200 point mark and will need to pull his scores up to keep pace with the top senior men, but his spot at Junior Worlds is likely secure.

My podium predictions:
Gold: Jeremy Abbott
Silver: Ross Miner
Bronze: Richard Dornbush
Pewter: Max Aaron

Bios of the competitors:
Max Aaron: He is 20 years old and represents the Broadmoor Skating Club.   He is the 2005 Juvenile Champion, 2006 Intermediate bronze medalist, finished 5th in Novice in 2007, 13th in Juniors in 2008, is the 2010 Junior bronze medalist, the 2011 Junior Champion and finished 8th in Seniors in 2012.  He won gold at Midwestern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.  Nationally, he has the 2nd best short program, best free skate and best total scores.  

Jeremy Abbott: He is 27 and represents the Detroit Skating Club.  He placed 5th at Skate America and won silver at Trophee Eric Bompard.  He finished 9th in Juvenile in 1998, 6th in Intermediate in 2000, 6th in Novice in 2002, 7th in Juniors in 2004, is the 2005 Junior Champion, is the 2007 and 2008 pewter medalist, 2009 and 2010 Champion, 2011 pewter medalist and the reigning Champion.  Internationally, he has the 8th best short program and 10th best total scores.

William Brewster: He is 22 and represents the Detroit Skating Club.  He is the 2002 Juvenile Champion, 2003 Intermediate Champion, finished 6th in Novice in 2004, is the 2005 Novice bronze medalist, finished 14th in Juniors in 2006, 13th in Juniors in 2007, 9th in Juniors in 2008, 15th in Seniors in 2009 and 18th in 2012.  He won pewter at Midwestern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.

Jason Brown: He is 18 and represents the Skokie Valley Skating Club.  He is the reigning Junior Worlds bronze medalist.  He won silver at JGP France and gold at JGP Turkey to qualify for the Junior Grand Prix Final where he finished 4th.  He is the 2007 Juvenile Champion, 2008 Intermediate Men's silver medalist, 2009 Novice bronze medalist, 2010 Junior Champion, finished 7th in Seniors in 2011 and 9th in 2012.  Nationally, he has the 8th best short program, 3rd best free skate and 3rd best total scores.  Internationally as a junior he has the 5th best short program, 5th best free skate and 6th best total scores.

Wesley Campbell: He is 27 years old and represents the Colonial Figure Skating Club.  He finished 7th in Juvenile in 1997, is the 1999 Intermediate Champion, finished 7th in Novice in 2000 and 2001, is the 2002 Novice pewter medalist, finished 6th in Juniors in 2003, is the 2004 Junior bronze medalist, finished 14th in Seniors in 2005, 7th in 2008, 20th in 2010, 14th in 2011 and 17th in 2012.  He won gold at New England Regionals and bronze at Eastern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.
Nationally, he has the 5th best free skate and 7th best total scores.

Stephen Carriere: He is 23 and represents the Skating Club of Boston.  He is the 2007 World Junior Champion.  He finished 14th in Juvenile in 2001, 5th in Intermediate in 2002, 6th in Intermediate in 2003, is the 2004 Novice pewter medalist, finished 7th in Junior in 2005, is the 2006 Junior Champion, finished 9th in Seniors in 2007, is the 2008 bronze medalist, finished 9th in 2009 and 6th in 2012.  He won gold at Eastern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.  Nationally, he has the 5th best short program, 4th best free skate and 4th best total scores.

Jonathan Cassar: He is 26 and represents the All Year Figure Skating Club.  He finished 12th in Juvenile in 2000, 5th in Intermediate in 2002, 8th in Juniors in 2006, 9th in Seniors in 2007, 16th in 2009, 12th in 2010, 11th in 2011 and 11th in 2012.  He won bronze at Southwest Pacific Regionals and silver at Pacific Coast Sectionals to qualify for nationals.  Nationally, he has the 9th best free skate and 10th best total scores.

Harrison Choate: He is 19 years old and represents the Skating Club of Boston.  He finished 4th at JGP France and won bronze at JGP Croatia.  He finished 5th in Juvenile in 2007, is the 2008 Intermediate Men's pewter medalist, finished 6th in Novice in 2010, 8th in Juniors in 2011 and is the reigning Junior pewter medalist.  He won silver at Eastern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.  Internationally as a junior he has the 7th best short program and 9th best total scores.  Nationally, he has the 9th best short program, 7th best free skate and 8th best total scores.

Richard Dornbush: He is 21 and represents the All Year Figure Skating Club.  He finished 6th at Rostelecom Cup and 5th at NHK Trophy.  He finished 11th in Juvenile in 2002, is the 2003 Juvenile Champion, finished 5th in Intermediate in 2004, 5th in Novice in 2005, 6th in Novice in 2006, 8th in Juniors in 2007, is the 2008 Junior pewter medalist, finished 11th in Seniors in 2010, is the 2011 silver medalist and finished 13th in 2012.

Joshua Farris: He is 18 and represents the Broadmoor Skating Club.  He is the reigning Junior Worlds silver medalist.  He won gold at JGP USA and gold at JGP Slovenia to qualify for the Junior Grand Prix Final where he won silver.  He is the 2006 Juvenile Champion, finished 9th in Intermediate in 2007, is the 2008 Intermediate Men's Champion, 2009 Novice Champion, 2010 Junior silver medalist, finished 21st in Seniors in 2011 and 16th in 2012.  Internationally as a junior, he has the 2nd best short program, 3rd best free skate and 3rd best total scores.

Grant Hochstein: He is 22 and represents the Skating Club of New York.  He finished 10th in Juvenile in 2003, is the 2004 Intermediate pewter medalist, finished 8th in Novice in 2005, finished 12th in Juniors in 2007, 11th in Juniors in 2008, is the 2009 Junior pewter medalist, finished 7th in Seniors in 2010, 12th in 2011 and 12th in 2012.  He won pewter at Eastern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.  Nationally, he has the 6th best short program and 9th best total scores.

Alexander Johnson: He is 22 and represents the Broadmoor Skating Club.  He finished 16th in Juvenile in 2002, 12th in Juvenile in 2003, 13th in Intermediate in 2004, 5th in Intermediate in 2005, 9th in Novice in 2006, is the 2007 Novice silver medalist, finished 7th in Juniors in 2008, is the 2009 Junior bronze medalist, finished 17th in Seniors in 2010, 16th in 2011 and 15th in 2012.  He won silver at Midwestern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.  Nationally, he has the 3rd best short program, 2nd best free skate and 2nd best total scores.  

Armin Mahbanoozadeh: He is 21 and represents the Washington Figure Skating Club.  He placed 7th at Skate America He finished 16th in Intermediate in 2004, is the 2005 Intermediate silver medalist, finished 7th in Novice in 2006, is the 2007 Novice Champion, finished 8th in Juniors in 2008, 6th in Juniors in 2009, 8th in Seniors in 2010, 6th in 2011 and is the reigning pewter medalist.

Keegan Messing: He is 20 and represents the Alaska Association of Figure Skaters.  He placed 5th in Juvenile in 2004, 6th in Intermediate in 2005, 9th in Intermediate in 2006, is the 2007 Novice bronze medalist, finished 5th in Juniors in 2008, is the 2009 Junior silver medalist, finished 9th in Seniors in 2010, 8th in 2011 and 7th in 2012.  He won gold at Pacific Coast Sectionals to qualify for nationals.  Nationally, he has the best short program, 8th best free skate and 5th best total scores.  

Ross Miner: He is 22 and represents the Skating Club of Boston.  He finished 5th at Skate Canada and won bronze at NHK Trophy.  He is the reigning Four Continents bronze medalist.  He finished 8th in Intermediate in 2005, is the 2006 Intermediate Champion, 2008 Novice silver medalist, 2009 Junior Champion, 2011 bronze medalist and reigning bronze medalist.  Internationally, he has the 6th best free skate and 8th best total scores.

Brandon Mroz: He is 22 and represents the Broadmoor Skating Club.  He placed 9th at Rostelecom Cup and NHK Trophy.  He finished 18th in Juvenile in 2002, 11th in Intermediate in 2003, 7th in Novice in 2004, is the 2006 Novice silver medalist, 2007 and 2008 Junior silver medalist, 2009 silver medalist, finished 6th in 2010, 7th in 2011 and 14th in 2012.  He won bronze at Midwestern Sectionals to qualify for nationals.  Nationally, he has the 4th best short program, 6th best free skate and 6th best total scores.

Douglas Razzano: He is 24 years old and represents the Coyotes Skating Club of Arizona.  He placed 9th at Skate America He is the 2003 Intermediate pewter medalist, finished 5th in Novice in 2004, is the 2005 Junior pewter medalist, finished 12th in Juniors in 2006, 5th in Juniors in 2007, 16th in Seniors in 2008, 14th in 2009, 15th in 2010, 10th in 2011 and 5th in 2012.

Sean Rabbitt: He represents the Glacier Falls Figure Skating Club.  He won silver at Southwest Pacific Regionals and pewter at Pacific Coast Sectionals to qualify for nationals.  Nationally, he has the 10th best short program score.

Adam Rippon: He is 23 and represents the Skating Club of New York.  He placed 4th at Cup of China and 8th at NHK Trophy.  He is the 2010 Four Continents  Champion and the 2008 and 2009 World Junior Champion.  He placed 7th in Juvenile in 2003, 6th in Intermediate in 2004, is the 2005 Novice silver medalist, finished 11th in Juniors in 2006, 6th in Juniors in 2007, is the 2008 Junior Champion, finished 7th in Seniors in 2009, 5th in 2010 and 2011 and is the reigning silver medalist.

Philip Warren: He is 19 years old and represents the All Year Figure Skating Club.  He finished 12th in Intermediate Men in 2008, is the 2010 Novice Men's pewter medalist, finished 6th in Juniors in 2011 and is the reigning Junior bronze medalist.  He won gold at Southwest Pacific Regionals and bronze at Pacific Coast Sectionals to qualify for nationals.  Nationally he has the 7th best short program.

Eastern Sectionals Senior Men's Results

Place	Start No.	Name	Short Program		Free Skate		Total Score
			Place	Score	Place	Score
1	10	Stephen Carriere, SC Of Boston	1	67.87	1	137.05	204.92
2	9	Harrison Choate, SC Of Boston	3	64.08	2	126.76	190.84
3	8	Wesley Campbell, Colonial FSC	4	63.12	3	126.56	189.68
4	7	Grant Hochstein, SC of New York	2	67.63	5	118.85	186.48
5	1	Alexander Aiken, First Coast FSC	7	52.18	4	120.27	172.45
6	6	Timothy Dolensky, Atlanta FSC	5	60.06	6	111.16	171.22
7	3	Daniel Raad, Florida Everblades FSC	9	41.74	7	105.88	147.62
8	4	Brad Vigorito, Colonial FSC	6	52.35	9	94.58	146.93
9	5	Michael Chau, Southwest Florida FSC	8	50.05	8	95.48	145.53
10	2	Kevin Coppola, SC Of Boston	10	33.66	10	83.33	116.99
WD		Emmanuel Savary, SC of New York
WD		Christopher Wan, North Jersey FSC

Eastern Sectionals Preview

Friday, November 9th
9:20-10:40 Novice Ladies Short Program
2:35-3:40 Novice Pattern Dance
7:55-9:15 Novice Men's Short Program

Saturday, November 10th
11:45-1:05 Junior Ladies Short Program
1:20-2:10 Novice Free Dance
2:25-4:10 Junior Men's Short Program
5:55-7:15 Novice Men's Free Skate
7:30-8:50 Novice Ladies Free Skate

Sunday, November 11th
9:15-10:00 Novice Ladies Free Skate
10:15-1:45 Novice Short Dance
11:00-12:00 Junior Pairs Short Program
12:15-1:45 Senior Men's Short Program
2:00-3:45 Junior Ladies Free Skate
4:00-4:55 Senior Short Dance
5:10-6:30 Junior Men's Free Skate
6:45-7:15 Senior Pairs Short Program
7:30-9:20 Senior Ladies Short Program

Monday, November 12th
10:00-1:45 Novice Pairs Free Skate
11:00-11:35 Junior Free Dance
11:50-12:50 Junior Pairs Free Skate
1:05-2:05 Senior Free Dance
2:20-4:10 Senior Men's Free Skate
4:25-4:55 Senior Pairs Free Skate
5:10-7:00 Senior Ladies Free Skate


Senior Ladies

Fourteen ladies are competing in this event for four spots to nationals.  Yasmin Siraj is the reigning Sectional Champion and placed 15th at nationals last year.  She has the second best short program, third best free skate and second best total score from regionals.  Haley Dunne finished 16th at nationals last season and has the 7th best short program, 2nd best free skate and 4th best total score.  Joelle Forte placed 14th at nationals last season and has the 10th best short program.  Aimee Buchanan finished 19th at nationals last year.

Lauren Dinh is the 2011 Junior Silver Medalist but did not make it out of regionals last season.  She has the 5th best short program, 9th best free skate and 8th best total score from regionals.  Jordan Bauth did not qualify for nationals last season but was assigned to the Youth Olympic Games where she finished 7th.  Jenelle Herman finished 8th as a junior at nationals last season.  Alexandria Shaughnessy is the reigning Novice Pairs Bronze Medalist.  Jessica Hu has the 10th best free skate and total score from regionals.

Samantha Cesario won bronze medals at her last three Junior Grand Prix assignments but has struggled with injuries over the last few years and had to withdraw from nationals the last two seasons.  She withdrew from her second JGP assignment earlier this season due to injury after her short program.

Senior Men
There are twelve men competing for four spots to nationals.  Stephen Carriere finished 6th at nationals last season and finished 4th at Nebelhorn Trophy earlier this season.  Grant Hochstein finished 12 at nationals, Wesley Campbell finished 17th, Alexander Akin placed 19th and Daniel Raad placed 20th.

Timothy Dolensky is the reigning Junior Men's Silver Medalist and placed 4th at the U.S. Figure Skating Classic.  Harrison Choate is the reigning Junior Men's Pewter Medalist and won a bronze medal on the Junior Grand Prix.  Emmanuel Savary finished 12th in juniors last season.

Senior Pairs
Two teams are competing and both will qualify for nationals.  Zhang and Bartholomay finished 8th at nationals last season and 4th at the U.S. Figure Skating Classic.  Kayne and O'Shea are a new team.

Senior Dance
Seven teams are competing and four will qualify for nationals.  Cannuscio and McManus placed 6th at nationals and finished 7th at Skate America.  Hoptman and Filchenkov placed 11th at nationals.  Cannuscio and Bramante both competed at nationals last season but with different partners.  The Gamelin siblings placed 12th as juniors at nationals.

Junior Ladies
Twelve ladies are competing for four spots at nationals.  Madison Vinci is the reigning Novice Pewter Medalist.  She has the 8th best short program, 4th best free skate and 4th best total score from regionals.  Olivia Serafini finished 5th, Brianna Laxson finished 6th and Morgan Sewall finished 11th as a novice last season.  Serafini has the 8th best free skate; Sewall has the 7tb best free skate and 9th best total score from regionals.

Junior Men
Eleven men are competing for four slots at nationals.  Jay Yostanto finished 7th at nationals and placed 6th at his Junior Grand Prix assignments.

James Schetelich is the reigning Novice Men's Silver Medalist and has the 6th best short program score from regionals.  Jimmy Ma placed 5th at nationals last season as a novice and has the 10th best short program, 4th best free skate and 5th best total score from regionals.  Joseph Dolkiewicz placed 10th in Junior Pairs last season.

Junior Pairs
Seven teams are competing for four places at nationals.  Oltmanns and Santillan finished 9th at nationals last season and placed 12th at their JGP assignment earlier this season.  Goldberg/Dolkiewiecz placed 10th at nationals and Fujimoto/Barsi-Rhyne finished 11th.  

Shaughnessy and Morgan are the reigning Novice Bronze Medalists.  Belt and Johnson did not qualify for nationals last season but competed at the Youth Olympic Games.

Junior Dance
Four teams are competing and all four will qualify for nationals.  McNamara and Carpenter are the reigning Junior Bronze Medalists, the Parsons siblings are the reigning Junior Pewter medalists and Pogrebinksy and Gudis finished 8th at nationals.  Miller and MacMillan are the reigning Novice Silver Medalists.  McNamara/Carpenter finished 4th and 6th in their JGP assignments, the Parsons finished 3rd and 6th, Pogrebinsky/Gudis placed 6th and 11th and Miller/MacMillan placed 10th.

Novice Ladies
Twelve ladies are competing for four spots at nationals.  Dalia Rivkin is the reigning Intermediate Ladies Pewter Medalist.  She has the 10th best short program, 7th best free skate and 5th best total score from regionals.  Selin Kang finished 6th in Intermediate Ladies last season and Elise Romola finished 17th.  Kang has the 10th best free skate score from regionals.

Novice Men
There are twelve men competing for four spots at nationals.  Tony Lu placed 10th at nationals last season and Oleksiy Melnyk finished 11th.  Lu has the 6th best short program, 10th best free skate and 7th best total score from regionals.  Melnyk has the best short program, 3rd best free skate and 3rd best total score.  

Sean Conlon is the reigning Intermediate Silver Medalist.  Bennett Gottlieb finished 5th, Jonah Barrett finished 7th and Yamato Rowe finished 15th in Intermediate last season.

Novice Pairs
Five teams are competing for four spots to nationals.  Donahoe/Rappold finished 10th at nationals last season.  Knopp/Chinault finished 8th in Intermediate at nationals last season.

Novice Dance
Four teams are competing and all four will qualify for nationals.  Lucas/Kazaksny finished 10th at nationals last season.  The Becker siblings are the reigning Intermediate Champions and Wren/Shchepetov are the reigning Intermediate Bronze Medalists.

Nebelhorn Trophy Men's Results

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Deduction -	StN.
1	Nobunari ODA	JPN	79.64	42.86		37.78	7.75	7.39	7.57	7.61	7.46	1.00	#16
2	Konstantin MENSHOV	RUS	69.30	35.91		33.39	6.96	6.36	6.82	6.64	6.61	0.00	#20
3	Keegan MESSING	USA	68.56	37.42		32.14	6.64	6.21	6.50	6.25	6.54	1.00	#24
4	Denis TEN	KAZ	67.88	33.59		35.29	7.11	6.86	7.14	7.04	7.14	1.00	#22
5	Michal BREZINA	CZE	67.78	32.84		35.94	7.29	6.89	7.11	7.29	7.36	1.00	#8
6	Peter LIEBERS	GER	67.41	36.57		30.84	6.32	5.96	6.21	6.21	6.14	0.00	#17
7	Andrei ROGOZINE	CAN	67.31	37.73		29.58	6.00	5.61	6.04	5.86	6.07	0.00	#6
8	Stephen CARRIERE	USA	65.68	33.10		33.58	6.79	6.36	6.79	6.75	6.89	1.00	#10
9	Alexander MAJOROV	SWE	61.55	31.63		29.92	6.21	5.82	6.07	5.86	5.96	0.00	#19
10	Tomas VERNER	CZE	60.69	26.36		35.33	7.29	6.79	7.00	7.04	7.21	1.00	#12
11	Ivan BARIEV	RUS	60.05	29.33		30.72	6.43	5.79	6.21	6.11	6.18	0.00	#18
12	Paul Bonifacio PARKINSON	ITA	58.93	30.87		28.06	5.89	5.39	5.64	5.57	5.57	0.00	#11
13	Paolo BACCHINI	ITA	56.47	30.40		27.07	5.64	5.04	5.46	5.50	5.43	1.00	#2
14	Phillip HARRIS	GBR	54.41	27.48		26.93	5.68	5.07	5.39	5.36	5.43	0.00	#3
15	Yakov GODOROZHA	UKR	54.34	30.09		24.25	5.14	4.68	4.93	4.82	4.68	0.00	#21
16	Paul FENTZ	GER	53.44	28.51		25.93	5.43	5.11	5.21	5.18	5.00	1.00	#23
17	Alexei BYCHENKO	ISR	53.29	27.07		26.22	5.32	4.93	5.43	5.18	5.36	0.00	#9
18	Elladj BALDE	CAN	52.01	25.33		27.68	5.79	5.14	5.50	5.54	5.71	1.00	#4
19	Valtter VIRTANEN	FIN	51.41	26.22		25.19	5.36	5.04	5.00	4.93	4.86	0.00	#14
20	Vitali LUCHANOK	BLR	49.68	26.28		23.40	5.00	4.50	4.75	4.61	4.54	0.00	#13
21	Zoltan KELEMEN	ROU	48.68	25.51		24.17	4.96	4.57	4.93	4.75	4.96	1.00	#15
22	Maciej CIEPLUCHA	POL	47.51	21.80		25.71	5.36	5.00	5.14	5.07	5.14	0.00	#5
23	Luiz MANELLA	BRA	47.33	25.83		22.50	4.93	4.32	4.54	4.39	4.32	1.00	#1
24	Mark WEBSTER	AUS	40.53	19.52		22.01	4.86	4.11	4.36	4.36	4.32	1.00	#7

Pl.	Name	Nation	TSS =	TES +		PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Deduction -	StN.
1	Nobunari ODA	JPN	153.69	75.25		78.44	8.14	7.68	7.75	7.86	7.79	0.00	#20
2	Konstantin MENSHOV	RUS	143.64	73.26		70.38	7.36	6.68	7.11	7.11	6.93	0.00	#22
3	Stephen CARRIERE	USA	143.43	75.93		68.50	6.89	6.57	6.93	6.86	7.00	1.00	#13
4	Keegan MESSING	USA	142.22	74.52		68.70	7.14	6.61	6.96	6.82	6.82	1.00	#21
5	Tomas VERNER	CZE	139.29	62.79		76.50	7.68	7.32	7.75	7.64	7.86	0.00	#17
6	Ivan BARIEV	RUS	136.49	73.57		62.92	6.54	5.82	6.57	6.14	6.39	0.00	#15
7	Michal BREZINA	CZE	133.93	64.13		72.80	7.54	7.04	7.21	7.25	7.36	3.00	#19
8	Denis TEN	KAZ	130.51	56.09		75.42	7.50	7.25	7.64	7.57	7.75	1.00	#24
9	Andrei ROGOZINE	CAN	128.96	66.90		62.06	6.57	5.96	6.29	6.07	6.14	0.00	#18
10	Peter LIEBERS	GER	128.18	62.12		66.06	6.75	6.64	6.57	6.64	6.43	0.00	#23
11	Paul Bonifacio PARKINSON	ITA	120.32	58.60		61.72	6.36	5.86	6.36	6.14	6.14	0.00	#16
12	Elladj BALDE	CAN	119.82	62.04		57.78	5.89	5.43	5.82	5.86	5.89	0.00	#11
13	Paolo BACCHINI	ITA	118.57	61.49		57.08	5.64	5.36	5.89	5.79	5.86	0.00	#9
14	Alexander MAJOROV	SWE	113.67	55.79		57.88	6.04	5.54	5.93	5.68	5.75	0.00	#14
15	Alexei BYCHENKO	ISR	112.30	60.02		52.28	5.39	4.82	5.46	5.11	5.36	0.00	#8
16	Paul FENTZ	GER	109.71	57.87		51.84	5.46	5.07	5.21	5.14	5.04	0.00	#10
17	Maciej CIEPLUCHA	POL	107.44	55.10		52.34	5.21	4.93	5.32	5.21	5.50	0.00	#6
18	Phillip HARRIS	GBR	100.39	49.97		50.42	5.43	4.82	5.14	4.96	4.86	0.00	#12
19	Yakov GODOROZHA	UKR	94.47	51.05		44.42	4.82	4.21	4.36	4.50	4.32	1.00	#7
20	Zoltan KELEMEN	ROU	93.42	50.70		44.72	4.71	4.29	4.68	4.32	4.36	2.00	#1
21	Vitali LUCHANOK	BLR	91.43	49.67		41.76	4.64	3.96	4.18	4.14	3.96	0.00	#3
22	Valtter VIRTANEN	FIN	85.56	40.20		45.36	4.96	4.36	4.43	4.61	4.32	0.00	#2
23	Luiz MANELLA	BRA	84.63	44.15		43.48	4.71	4.18	4.25	4.39	4.21	3.00	#5
24	Mark WEBSTER	AUS	76.52	33.46		44.06	4.64	4.18	4.43	4.32	4.46	1.00	#4

FPl.	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Nobunari ODA	JPN	233.33	1	1
2	Konstantin MENSHOV	RUS	212.94	2	2
3	Keegan MESSING	USA	210.78	3	4
4	Stephen CARRIERE	USA	209.11	8	3
5	Michal BREZINA	CZE	201.71	5	7
6	Tomas VERNER	CZE	199.98	10	5
7	Denis TEN	KAZ	198.39	4	8
8	Ivan BARIEV	RUS	196.54	11	6
9	Andrei ROGOZINE	CAN	196.27	7	9
10	Peter LIEBERS	GER	195.59	6	10
11	Paul Bonifacio PARKINSON	ITA	179.25	12	11
12	Alexander MAJOROV	SWE	175.22	9	14
13	Paolo BACCHINI	ITA	175.04	13	13
14	Elladj BALDE	CAN	171.83	18	12
15	Alexei BYCHENKO	ISR	165.59	17	15
16	Paul FENTZ	GER	163.15	16	16
17	Maciej CIEPLUCHA	POL	154.95	22	17
18	Phillip HARRIS	GBR	154.80	14	18
19	Yakov GODOROZHA	UKR	148.81	15	19
20	Zoltan KELEMEN	ROU	142.10	21	20
21	Vitali LUCHANOK	BLR	141.11	20	21
22	Valtter VIRTANEN	FIN	136.97	19	22
23	Luiz MANELLA	BRA	131.96	23	23
24	Mark WEBSTER	AUS	117.05	24	24

U.S. Nationals: Senior Men's Free Skate

Alexander Aiken:

Daniel Raad: Total: 147.37 and into 2nd place

Richard Dornbush: 71.42 TES + 78.58 PCS -1.00 = 149.00 Total: 200.59 and into 1st place

• He is currently in 17th place and is skating to a Western medley
• Tough fall on the quad toe
• Nice solid triple lutz
• Really nice triple axel--a jump he's struggled with all season
• Nice one leg section in the straight line step sequence with nice edges
• Good camel position into a decent catchfoot but not a lot of speed through the sit into the scratch spin
• I love how calm he is on the ice and really performs the little details in his programs
• Another good triple axel + single toe
• Hydroblade into a triple salchow into a double axel 
• Good positions and speed through the sit spin
• Triple lutz + double toe a little tight on the landing
• Really tight on the triple flip
• Great choreographic step sequence with a lot of personality, fun and crowd support
• Double loop
• Nice combination spin with good speed and positions to end the program

Wesley Campbell: 61.73 TES + 60.28 PCS -1.00 = 121.01 Total: 166.94 and into 2nd place

• He is skating to the Mission and is currently in 20th place
• Nice triple lutz + triple toe with great height
• Great triple flip
• Fall on the triple axel
• Decent positions through the camel spin with good speed
• Nice one foot sequence to open up his footwork and nice use of his full body especially for someone so tall but I'd like to see more performance from him
• Nice low sit positions with good twisted variations in the sit and upright positions
• Hand down on the triple flip + double toe
• Triple lutz
• Really nice stretched out sit position
• Triple salchow
• Triple axel + double toe tight on the landing
• I'd like to see him more free through this choreographic step sequence
• Good double axel

William Brewster: 51.94 TES + 49.84 PCS -1.00 = Total: 156.48 and into 3rd place

• He is currently in 16th place
• A little tight on the opening triple axel
• Nice triple lutz + double toe
• Good triple salchow + triple toe
• Nice position in the came spin into a nice twisted variation and finally into a catchfoot but losing a lot of speed as the spin progresses
• Double axel was nice
• A little tentative on this step sequence--not really pushing through the edges and the steps to really cover the ice but I like that he's performing it
• Triple salchow + double toe + double toe--very tight by the end
• Just can't get his leg out on the triple lutz and falls
• A little forward on the triple loop but he hangs on
• Double axel
• I like that he's freer and getting better ice coverage through the choreographic step sequence
• Nice broken leg sit spin
• Good positions and speed in his final combination spin and good centering thorough the end of the spin

Alexander Johnson: 69.92 TES + 71.58 PCS = 141.50 Total: 199.23 and into 2nd place

• He is in 15th place after the short program
• I love how committed he is to the choreography of his program; he has a very regal look on the ice
• Popped the axel into a single
• Nice triple lutz
• Triple flip + triple toe 
• Really nice camel spin with a great arabesque line above 90 degrees
• Triple lutz + double toe + double loop combo very nicely done
• Very nice edges in this step sequence with very minimal snow during the edge changes
• Good triple salchow + double toe
• Good stretched out position in the sit spin but losing some speed through the tuck position
• Three turns into a nice triple loop
• Solid double axel right on the music
• Nice triple flip
• Nice combination spin with a flying change of foot and a nice stretched out upright y spin

Scott Dyer: 67.04 TES + 74.44 PCS = 141.48 Total: 207.97 and into 1st place

• He is currently in 13th place and is skating to Grand Canyon Suite
• Really nice triple lutz with good ride out on the landing
• Nice double axel
• Triple salchow + single loop--first jump was landed fine, just looked like he popped the loop
• Decent camel position into a really nice catchfoot that picks up speed
• Nice expression, edges and qualify of movement in this step sequence
• A little on his toe on the landing of that triple toe
• Nice positions in the sit spin with good speed
• Triple lutz + double toe
• Good triple flip
• Triple salchow + double toe + double loop
• Double axel
• Nice choreographic step sequence with a lot of full body movement and good expression and performance quality
• Great speed through this camel spin into a nice tucked sit spin through a change of foot and ending witha  scratch spin

Joshua Farris: 69.17 TES+ 65.48 PCS -2.00 = 132.55 Total: 197.98

• He is skating to Rachmaninoff and is currently in 14th place
• Hands down on the triple axel
• Fall on the his triple
• Good recovery with the triple loop
• Nice straight leg on his sit spin
• Bobble in his step sequence but nice quality of movement, full body involvement; he could have deeper edges and more flow across the ice
• Nice catchfoot position in his camel spin picking up speed
• Hangs on to that triple axel + single toe
• Nice triple lutz + double toe + double loop
• Triple flip + double toe
• Just sat down on the ice on the triple lutz
• Nice triple salchow
• Really nice twisted sit position into a good upright spin

Brandon Mroz: 67.11 TES + 66,56 PCS -1.00 = 132.67 Total: 200.14 and into 3rd place

• He is skating to Carmen and is currently in 12th place
• Fall on the opening quad toe
• Nice triple axel + double toe combo
• Triple lutz 
• Nice timing with the music in this step sequence but I'd like to see more fire through his movements and facial expressions to match the passion of Carmen
• Hands down on the triple axel
• Good positions in the camel spin but not a lot of speed
• Hands down on the triple lutz
• Nice triple salchow
• Triple flip + double toe
• Better performance quality on this choreographic step sequence but he could really sell it even more 
• Really slow through the sit spin
• Good camel position with a flying change to the sit position 

Grant Hochstein: 148.34 Total: 206.23 and into 2nd place

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Jonathan Cassar: 139.89 Total: 207.75 and into 2nd place

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Jason Brown: 133.48 Total: 209.16 and into 1st place

• He is currently in 7th place
• Nice triple lutz with one arm over his head
• Nice double axel
• Good positions in his sit spin with good speed
• Another good double axel
• Nice catchfot position in his camel spin and good speed throughout 
• Nice reach back on that triple lutz + triple toe combination
• Nice difficulty but ease of movement and flow across the ice in his step sequence
• Really nice triple flip + double toe + double loop combination
• Trip on the choreographic step sequence and a fall
• Two foots the landing of the jump and falls
• Two foots the triple loop
• Hard fall on the triple toe
• Nice Layback position but some loss of centering into his twisted sit spin
• That fall in the footwork totally killed his focus and his performance quality in this program

Douglas Razzano: 150.88 Total: 223.38 and into 1st place

• He is currently in 8th place
• Really solid triple axel
• Popped his toe into a double (planned quad)
• Triple axel + double toe combination
• Nice triple
• Nice tucked in sit spin position into a good twist with decent speed
• Nice movement through this step sequence but not a lot of ice coverage and it seems a little slow; lot of snow on some of these edge changes as well
• Good triple toe + triple toe
• Good triple salchow
• Good triple loop
• Nice double axel + double toe + double loop
• Good position in the camel spin into a nice stretched out upright spin with nice increase in speed through the back tuck spin and finishing with a scratch spin

Stephen Carriere: 141.59 Total: 213.41 and into 2nd place

• He is currently in 9th place
• Solid triple salchow
• Really solid triple axel with a lot of height
• Double axel
• Great speed and positions through this combination spin with a flying change of foot
• I like the dark take he is putting on Swan Lake and the intensity in his eyes while he's skating
• Nice use of the edges to really pull across the ice in this one foot step sequence 
• Hand down on the triple lutz
• Two foots and falls on the triple axel
• Nice recovery with that triple
• Pops open his lutz but tacks on the triple toe
• Nice triple loop + double toe (one arm) + double toe (two arms)
• He's really putting a lot of energy into this choreographic step sequence and giving it a lot of passion
• Nice camel spin into a good sit position and a change of foot into a slow camel and a nice sit position finishing with a nice upright spin

Max Aaron: Total: 211.15 and into 3rd place

• He is currently in 6th place
• Really off in the air and can't control the landing on the quad salchow
• Triple axel tilted in the air but he hangs on to it
• Double axel
• Decent positions in his sit spins but I'd like to see more stretch 
• Very subtle footwork sequence but nicely executed and I like the use of his arms to finish off the movement
• Triple axel turnout into a double toe
• He has really big jumps but sometimes it looks like they're too big for him to really control and land
• Triple lutz step into a triple toe
• Nice triple
• Doubled and fell on the triple lutz and can't hit the planned combination
• Nice triple flip half loop triple loop
• Decent positions in his final spin with good speed
• Nice attack and ice coverage through this choreographic step sequence

Ross Miner: 151.42 Total: 230.32 and into 1st place

• He is currently in 4th place
• Such an easy triple axel
• Slips off that edge on the landing of his triple axel and falls and misses the combination
• Nice triple lutz + triple toe--good recovery
• Nice camel with a flying change to the sit spin 
• Nice flow through the one foot section of this step sequence--making it look easy; I'd like to see a little more push through the second half of the sequence
• Nice triple salchow + double toe + double toe
• Good triple lutz
• Good triple loop
• Nice tight tuck position in the sit spin
• Solid double axel
• Nice triple flip
• Wow he was trying so hard in that step sequence that he put his hand down but he is really selling this 
• Good final combination spin
• Two mistakes, but an otherwise gorgeous program.  He's left the door open but should be right in there.

Keegan Messing: Total: 212.47 and into 4th place

• He is currently in 5th place
• Wow on the deep knees on the landing of the triple axel
• Triple toe (planned quad)
• Huge flying entry into his sit spin
• Triple lutz + double toe + single loop
• I love his commitment to character in his step sequences and how he just powers down the ice
• Hands down on the triple axel
• A little tight on the landing of the triple loop
• Triple lutz stepping up into a double axel
• Good position in the camel with a decent catch foot
• Double salchow--seems to be running out of steam
• Maybe not the prettiest or most difficult step sequence here but he really got the crowd going and it was exciting to watch
• Russian split into a huge triple flip
• Great speed through the final combination spin and the crowd erupts at the end of the program

Armin Mahbanoozadeh: 143.97 Total: 224.63 and into 2nd place

• Fall on the quad toe and under-rotated
• Nice triple flip
• A little scratchy on the triple axel + double toe
• Triple lutz + double toe
• Nice performance quality on this step sequence and good edges
• Triple axel with a step out
• Nice triple flip + triple toe
• Good donut spin into a nice broken leg sit spin but he could have more speed throughout the combination
• Triple salchow
• Triple lutz a little forward on the landing but hangs on to it
• Nice movement throughout the choreographic step sequence right into a nice flying sit spin but not a lot of speed
• Camel spin into some interesting position changes and picking up speed through the sit spin into a scratch spin

Adam Rippon: 157.93 Total: 240.87 and into 1st place

• Doubled his salchow--not the way you want to start your program--intended to be a quad
• Two footed the triple axel and manages to tack on a double toe--messy but it was there
• Nice triple loop
• Good broken leg sit spin into a nice twisted variation 
• A nice subtle step sequence but very expressive and perfectly timed with the music and nice edges
• Does the triple axel!
• Triple flip + triple toe very tight on the landing of the second jump
• Triple lutz + half loop + triple salchow sequence
• Rippon lutz right into his camel spin into a nice stretched out sit spin and a nice haircutter
• Nice push throughout this step sequence, fight and change of emotion through the step sequence
• Great double axel right on the music
• Really nice camel spin into a donut position

Jeremy Abbott: 183.35 Total: 273.58 and into 1st place

• This opening is absolutely gorgeous and he feels every note of this music
• Gorgeous quad toe--way to go out there and claim that title
• He looks completely in the zone here
• So much height on the triple axel and tacking on the combo
• Nice sit spin positions
• Nice triple flip with great flow out of it
• His transitions and in betweens are to die for and every moment of this program is so well thought out
• Love the difficulty, clean technique and passion in this step sequence
• Wonderful triple axel and he just takes off out of that jump
• Triple lutz + single toe
• Triple loop a little scratchy on the landing
• Triple lutz + double toe + double loop and no one else gets that kind of height on the third jump in their combo
• I love this moment in the middle where he touches the ice and just stands still for a moment and commands that you watch him
• Double salchow
• Beautiful camel spin position into a nice upright position
• That is the program he's been looking for all season!
• I am totally in awe of that performance....

Place	Start No.	Name	Short Program		Free Skate		Total Score
			Place	Score	Place	Score
1	20	Jeremy Abbott, Detroit SC	1	90.23	1	183.35	273.58
2	19	Adam Rippon, SC of NY	2	82.94	2	157.93	240.87
3	16	Ross Miner, SC Of Boston	4	78.90	3	151.42	230.32
4	18	Armin Mahbanoozadeh, WA FSC	3	80.66	6	143.97	224.63
5	13	Douglas Razzano, Coyotes SC of AZ	8	72.50	4	150.88	223.38
6	14	Stephen Carriere, SC Of Boston	9	71.82	7	141.59	213.41
7	17	Keegan Messing, AK Assoc of Figure Skaters	5	76.66	12	135.81	212.47
8	15	Max Aaron, Broadmoor SC	6	76.01	13	135.14	211.15
9	12	Jason Brown, Skokie Valley SC	7	75.68	14	133.48	209.16
10	7	Scott Dyer, All Year FSC	13	66.49	9	141.48	207.97
11	11	Jonathan Cassar, All Year FSC	11	67.86	10	139.89	207.75
12	10	Grant Hochstein, St. Clair Shores FSC	10	67.89	11	138.34	206.23
13	3	Richard Dornbush, All Year FSC	17	51.59	5	149.00	200.59
14	9	Brandon Mroz, Broadmoor SC	12	67.47	15	132.67	200.14
15	6	Alexander Johnson, Broadmoor SC	15	57.73	8	141.50	199.23
16	8	Joshua Farris, Broadmoor SC	14	65.43	16	132.55	197.98
17	4	Wesley Campbell, Colonial FSC	20	45.93	17	121.01	166.94
18	5	William Brewster, Detroit SC	16	55.70	19	100.78	156.48
19	1	Alexander Aiken, Atlanta FSC	18	49.05	18	103.39	152.44
20	2	Daniel Raad, FL Everblades FSC	19	47.11	20	100.26	147.37