Grand Prix Dance Top 10 Scores

Grand Prix Final Update: Davis/White improve their score and remain in 1st place in the short dance, free dance, and total score.  Pechalat/Bourzat improve their short dance, free dance and total scores but remain in 2nd place for all.

Short Dance:
1. Davis/White 68.64 Grand Prix Final
2. Pechalat/Bourzat 65.66 Grand Prix Final
3. Kerr/Kerr 62.96 Skate Canada
4. Crone/Poirier 62.95 Skate Canada
5. Riazanova/Tkachenko 60.81 Trophee Eric Bompard
6. Bobrova/Soloviev 60.80 Rostelecom Cup
7. Weaver/Poje 59.48 Skate America
8. Chock/Zuerlein 58.09 Trophee Eric Bompard
9. Faiella/Scali 57.65 Rostelecom Cup
10. Hoffman/Zavozin 57.24 Rostelecom Cup

Free Dance:
1. Davis/White 102.94 Grand Prix Final
2. Pechalat/Bourzat 96.44 Grand Prix Final
3. Bobrova/Soloviev 93.53 Rostelecom Cup
4. Crone/Poirier 91.47 Skate Canada
5. Shibutani/Shibutani 88.35 Skate America
6. Paul/Islam 87.61 Skate Canada
7. Kerr/Kerr 86.84 Skate Canada
8. Riazanova/Tkachenko 85.98 Trophee Eric Bompard
9. Ilinykh/Katsalapov 85.65 Rostelecom Cup
10. Chock/Zuerlein 84.86 Skate Canda

Total Score:
1. Davis/White 171.58 Grand Prix Final
2. Pechalat/Bourzat 162.10 Grand Prix Final
3. Crone/Poirier 154.42 Skate Canada
4. Bobrova/Soloviev 154.33 Rostelecom Cup
5. Kerr/Kerr 149.80 Skate Canada
6. Riazanova/Tkachenko 146.79 Trophee Eric Bompard
7. Shibutani/Shibutani 144.81 Skate America
8. Weaver/Poje 142.34 NHK Trophy
9. Hoffman/Zavozin 142.09 Rostelecom Cup
10. Faiella/Scali 139.52 Cup of China

Grand Prix Pairs Top 10 Scores

GPF Update: Savchenko/Szolkowy move into the top spot in the short program, improve their score to remain at #1 in the free skate and total score.  Pang and Tong improve their score but fall to 2nd place in the short program and improve their score to remain in 2nd place in total score.  Sui/Han move into 6th place for the short program and 5th place for the free skate and total score.  Iliushechkina/Maisuradze improve to 6th place in the free skate and total score.

Short Program:
1. Savchenko/Szolkowy 74.40 Grand Prix Final
2. Pang/Tong 68.63 Grand Prix Final
3. Bazarova/Larionov 64.18 Trophee Eric Bompard
4. Kavaguti/Smirnov 61.91 Rostelecom Cup
5. Moore-Towers/Moscovitch 61.64 Skate America
6. Sui/Han 61.49 Grand Prix Final
7. Iliusheckina/Maisuradze 60.72 Skate Canada
8. Denney/Barrett 58.49 Skate America
9. Yankowskas/Coughlin 57.86 Cup of China
10. Takahashi/Tran 57.23 NHK Trophy

Free Skate:
1. Savchenko/Szolkowy 136.32 Grand Prix Final
2. Pang/Tong 122.27 NHK Trophy
3. Kavaguti/Smirnov 120.79 Rostelecom Cup
4. Bazarova/Larionov 118.82 Trophee Eric Bompard
5. Sui/Han 117.55 Grand Prix Final
6. Iliushechkina/Maisuradze 117.38 Grand Prix Final
7. Moore-Towers/Moscovitch 117.24 Skate Canada
8. Evora/Ladwig 110.27 Rostelecom Cup
9. Takahashi/Tran 109.57 Rostelecom Cup
10. Yankowskas/Coughlin 108.86 Cup of China

Total:
1. Savchenko/Szolkowy 210.72 Grand Prix Final
2. Pang/Tong 189.93 Grand Prix Final
3. Bazarova/Larionov 183.00 Trophee Eric Bompard
4. Kavaguti/Smirnov 182.70 Rostelecom Cup
5. Sui/Han 179.04 Grand Prix Final
6. Iliushechkina/Maisuradze 177.44 Grand Prix Final
7. Moore-Towers/Moscovitch 175.48 Skate America
8. Yankowskas/Coughlin 166.72 Cup of China
9. Denney/Barrett 166.42 Skate America
10. Takahashi/Tran 165.47 Rostelecom Cup

Grand Prix Ladies Top 10 Scores

Grand Prix Final: Alissa Czisny enters the short program list at #1, improves her free skate score but falls to #3 and moves to #1 on the total score list.  Kostner improves her short program score but remains in 2nd place, moves to #4 for the free skate and moves to #2 for total score.  Murakami enters the short program list at #3, moves to #2 in the free skate and moves to #3 for total score.  Suzuki improves her score but falls to #7 in the short program, improves her score but falls to #5 in the free skate and improves her score but falls to #5 in total score.  Ando improves her free skate score to stay at #1.

Short Program
1. Alissa Czisny 63.76 Grand Prix Final
2. Carolina Kostner 62.13 Grand Prix Final
3. Kanako Murakami 61.47 Grand Prix Final
4. Kiira Korpi 61.39 Trophee Eric Bompard
5. Mirai Nagasu 58.76 Cup of China
6. Haruka Imai 58.38 Trophee Eric Bompard
7. Akiko Suzuki 58.26 Grand Prix Final
8. Cynthia Phaneuf 58.24 Skate Canada
9. Ksenia Makarova 57.90 Skate Canada
10. Agnes Zawadzki 56.84 Rostelecom Cup

Free Skate:
1. Miki Ando 122.70 Grand Prix Final
2. Kanako Murakami 117.12 Grand Prix Final
3. Alissa Czisny 116.99 Grand Prix Final
4. Carolina Kostner 116.47 Grand Prix Final
5. Akiko Suzuki 115.46 Grand Prix Final
6. Rachael Flatt 111.84 Skate America
7. Ashley Wagner 110.85 Rostelecom Cup
8. Mirai Nagasu 109.07 Trophee Eric Bompard
9. Kiira Korpi 108.35 Trophee Eric Bompard
10. Ksenia Makarova 107.10 Skate Canada

Total:
1. Alissa Czisny 180.75 Grand Prix Final
2. Carolina Kostner 178.60 Grand Prix Final
3. Kanako Murakami 178.59 Grand Prix Final
4. Miki Ando 174.47 Rostelecom Cup
5. Akiko Suzuki 173.72 Grand Prix Final
6. Kiira Korpi 169.74 Trophee Eric Bompard
7. Mirai Nagasu 167.79 Trophee Eric Bompard
8. Ashley Wagner 167.02 Rostelecom Cup
9. Ksenia Makarova 165.00 Skate Canada
10. Rachael Flatt 162.86 Skate America

Sectionals Recap 11/13

Junior Ladies--Pacific Coast Sectionals

Mary Beth Marley: Marley finished 4th in the free skate with 76.77 points and 4th overall with 119.23 points.  She executed a double axel, triple loop, triple lutz, single flip-double toe, double toe-double toe, triple lutz (fall), and triple toe (downgraded).  She received Level 3 on her layback spin and changefoot combination spin.

Courtney Hicks, Katarina Kulgeyko, and Polina Edmunds qualified to nationals with Marley.

Senior Ladies--Eastern Sectionals

Samantha Cesario finished 1st in the free skate with 92.21 points and 1st overall with 144.34 points.  She executed a triple flip-double toe-double loop, triple loop, triple lutz, triple flip (under-rotated), triple loop (under-rotated) and a double axel-double axel.  She received Level 4 on her change foot combination spin and Level 3 on her flying sit spin.

Melissa Bulanhagui finished 2nd in the free skate with 83.59 points and 2nd overall with 127.95 points.  She executed Triple salchow, triple lutz, triple flip (under-rotated), triple salchow-double toe-double loop, triple lutz-double toe, single toe, double axel.  She received Level 4 on her change foot combination spin and Level 3 on her step sequence and layback spin.  She received no credit for her final spin.

Kelsey Traunero finished 3rd in the free skate with 78.99 points and 3rd overall with 125.90 points.  She executed triple flip, triple salchow, triple toe (downgraded), double axel, triple salchow-double toe (downgraded), double axel-double toe (downgraded), double lutz-double loop.  She received Level 4 for her flying change foot combination spin, layback spin and change foot combination spin.  She had one deduction for a fall.

Joelle Forte: Forte finished 4th in the free skate with 77.21 points and 4th overall with 125.49 points.  She executed triple flip, triple lutz-double toe, triple salchow, double axel, triple lutz-double toe (both jumps under-rotated), triple toe (under-rotated), and triple salchow-double toe.  She received Level 4 on her flying sit spin.  She received one deduction for a fall.

Senior Ladies--Midwestern Sectionals

Alissa Czisny: Czisny finished 1st in the free skate with 104.47 points and 1st overall with 161.45 points.  She executed triple lutz-double toe, triple flip, triple toe, triple loop, double flip-double toe, double axel, double toe.  She received Level 4 on her spins and Level 3 on her step sequence.  She received two deductions for falls.

Morgan Bell finished 2nd in the free skate with 80.24 points and 2nd overall with 125.18 points.  She executed double axel, triple toe-double toe, double loop, triple salchow, double axel-double toe, triple salchow (downgraded) and triple toe.  She received Level 4 on her change foot combination spin and Level 3 on her other elements.

Katy Jo West finished 4th in the free skate with 77.47 points and 3rd overall with 116.17 points.  She executed triple toe, double loop, double axel, double loop-double toe, double toe-double toe, double axel-double toe-double loop, double flip.  She received Level 3 on her change foot combination spin and step sequence.

Tatyana Khazova finished 7th in the free skate with 73.12 points and 4th overall with 114.86 points.  She executed triple loop, double axel, triple lutz-double toe-single loop (double downgraded), triple flip (under-rotated), double salchow-double toe, double lutz-double loop (under-rotated), double loop.  She received Level 3 on her layback spin and change foot combination spin.

Senior Ladies--Pacific Coast Sectionals

Vanessa Lam finished 1st in the free skate with 98.43 points and 1st overall with 148.47 points.  She executed triple lutz-double loop (downgraded), triple flip (under-rotated), triple toe, triple loop, double axel-double axel, triple lutz, and triple flip-double toe.  She received Level 4 on her change foot combination spin and Level 3 on her other two spins.  She received two deductions for falls.

Danielle Kahle: Kahle finished 3rd in the free skate with 76.69 points and 2nd overall with 120.00 points.  She executed triple loop, triple toe, triple flip, double flip-double toe, double axel, triple loop, single axel.  She received Level 4 for her camel spin and Level 3 for her flying sit spin.  She received one deduction for a fall.

Keli Zhou: Zhou finished 2nd in the free skate with 79.66 points and 3rd overall with 118.82 points.  She executed double axel-double toe, triple salchow-double toe, double lutz, triple salchow, double flip, double axel, double lutz-double toe (under-rotated).  She received Level 4 on her change foot combination spin and Level 3 on her other two spins.

Ellie Kawamura finished 4th in the free skate with 75.99 points and 4th overall with 115.95 points.  She executed triple toe, double axel-double toe, double loop, double lutz, popped an axel, double flip-double toe, and double lutz.  She received Level 4 for her flying sit spin and layback spin and Level 3 for her change foot combination spin.

Novice Men--Pacific Coast Sectionals

Nathan Chen finished 1st in the free skate with 97.59 points and 1st overall with 140.88 points.  He executed a double axel-double loop-double loop, triple lutz-double toe, triple flip, triple lutz, triple salchow, triple toe (fall), and triple salchow-double toe.  He received Level 3s on all his spins.

Nix Phengsy, Spencer Howe, and Codero Zuckerman also qualified to nationals.

Junior Men--Eastern Sectionals

Emmanuel Savary: Savary placed 2nd in the free skate with 111.54 points and 3rd overall with 161.09 points.  He executed a double axel, triple flip-triple toe, triple lutz, triple loop (under-rotated and a fall), double axel, triple flip-double toe-double loop, triple toe-double toe and a triple salchow.  He received Level 4 on his change foot combination spin and Level 3 on his other two spins. 

Timothy Dolensky: Dolensky placed 5th in the free skate with 94.84 points and 5th overall with 143.63 points.  He executed a double axel, triple lutz, triple flip (fall), single flip-double axel (intended triple-double), triple loop, double salchow (intended triple), triple loop-double toe-double toe, triple toe (downgraded).  He received Level 4 for his flying combination spin and Level 3 for his step sequence and change foot combination spin.

Alexander Zahradnicek, Alexander Aiken and Harrison Choate qualified to nationals with Emmanuel Savary.

Senior Men--Midwestern Sectionals

Jason Brown finished 1st in the free skate with 134.62 points and 1st overall with 197.98 points.  He executed double axel, triple lutz-triple toe, triple flip, triple loop, double flip-double axel, triple lutz, triple flip-double toe-single loop and triple salchow.  He received Level 4 on his change foot sit spin, change foot combination spin and fly change foot combination spin and Level 3 on his step sequence.

Grant Hochstein finished 2nd in the free skate with 130.52 points and 2nd overall with 191.22 points.  He executed triple flip, triple axel, double axel, triple loop, triple lutz-double toe, triple lutz, triple salchow, triple flip-double toe-double loop.  He received Level 4 on his change foot combination spin and flying sit spin and Level 3 on his step sequence and camel spin.

Parker Pennington finished 4th in the free skate with 116.56 points and 3rd overall with 176.26 points.  He executed triple axel, triple loop, double axel-triple toe, triple salchow, triple flip (under-rotated), triple lutz-double toe-double loop, triple lutz, triple flip-double toe.  He received Level 4 on his change foot sit spin and Level 3 on his other spins.  He had one deduction for a fall.

Alexander Johnson finished 5th in the free skate with 112.38 points and 4th overall with 176.26 points.  He executed triple axel (downgraded), double axel-double toe, triple lutz, triple loop, triple flip-double toe, triple lutz-double toe, single salchow, triple flip.  He received Level 4 for his change foot combination spin and camel spin and Level 3 for his step sequence and flying sit spin.  He received one deduction for a fall.

Senior Men--Pacific Coast Sectionals
Jonathan Cassar finished 1st in the free skate with 123.55 points and 1st overall with 184.66 points.  He executed triple lutz-double toe, double flip, double axel, triple salchow, triple lutz (under-rotated), triple loop-double toe, triple loop, and double axel-double toe-double toe.  He received Level 4 for his camel and sit spins and Level 3 for his step sequence and change foot combination spin.

Christopher Caluza: Caluza finished 2nd in the free skate with 120.97 points and 2nd overall with 178.19 points.  He executed Triple lutz-triple loop, triple toe, double axel, triple salchow, triple loop-double toe-double loop, triple flip, triple lutz, and double axel-double toe.  He received Level 3 for his change foot combination spin.

Andrew Gonzales: Gonzales finished 3rd in the free skate with 119.34 points and 3rd overall with 178.05 points.  He executed triple flip-triple toe, double axel, triple loop (under-rotated), triple lutz-double toe-double loop, triple flip, triple lutz (under-rotated), double axel, triple salchow.  He received Level 4 on his sit spin and camel spin and Level 3 on his step sequence and change foot combination spin.

Sean Rabbitt: Rabbitt finished 4th in the free skate with 116.04 points and 4th overall with 170.70 points.  He executed triple lutz-triple toe, triple salchow-triple toe, double flip, triple loop, triple flip, double axel-double toe-double toe, and double axel.  He received Level 4 on his combination spin and sit spin and Level 3 on his step sequence.

Junior Ice Dance--Eastern Sectionals

Lauri Bonacorsi/Travis Mager: They placed 1st in the free dance with 70.35 points and 1st overall with 119.86 points.  They received Level 4 on their combination spin, twizzle, curve lift, rotational lift and straight line lift.  They received Level 3 on both of their step sequences.  They received no negative GOEs.

Anastasia Cannuscio/Colin McManus: They placed 2nd in the free dance with 69.08 points and 2nd overall with 118.78 points.  They received Level 4 on both their rotational lifts and combination spin and level 3 on their twizzle and both step sequences.  They received no negative GOEs.

Danvi Pham/Vu Pham: They placed 4th in the free dance with 51.56 points and 4th overall with 93.21 points.  They received Level 4 for their rotational lift and curve lift and Level 3 for their twizzles.

Danielle Gamelin and Alexander Gamelin also qualified to nationals.

Junior Dance--Midwestern Sectionals

Anastasia Olson/Jordan Cowan: They finished 1st in the free dance with 73.39 points and 1st overall with 122.09 points.   They received Level 4 on their rotational lift, curve lift, spin, twizzle and straight line lift and Level 3 on their step sequences.  They received no negative GOEs.
 
Alexandra Aldridge/Daniel Eaton: They finished 2nd in the free dance with 67.61 points and 2nd overall with 119.03 points.  They received Level 4 on their straight line lift, twizzle, curve lift, rotational lift and spin.  They received no negative GOEs.

Heather Buckner/Nicholas Taylor and Carina Gilastris/Kevin Allison also qualified to nationals.

Junior Dance--Pacific Coast Sectionals

Joyln Yang/Jean-Luc Baker: They finished 1st in the free dance with 74.37 points and 1st overall with 127.11 points.  They received Level 4s on their spin and all three lifts and Level 3 on their twizzles and step sequences.  They received no negative GOEs.

Lorraine McNamara/Quinn Carpenter, Madeline Heritage/Nathaniel Fast, and Natalie Wojton/Michael Soyfer also qualified to nationals.

Senior Ice Dance--Eastern Sectionals

Ginna Hoptman/Pavel Filchenkov: They finished 1st in the free dance with 66.63 points and 1st overall with 111.73 points.  They received Level 4 for their twizzles, rotational lift, straight line lift, spin, and rotational lift and Level 3 for their diagonal step sequence.

Meredith Zuber/Kyle Herring: They finished 2nd in the free dance with 65.80 points and 2nd overall with 109.21 points.  They received Level 4 on their twizzle, straight line lift, combination lift, curve lift, and rotational lift.  They received Level 3 on their diagonal step sequence.  They received no negative GOEs.

Katharine Zeigler/Baxter Burbank: They finished 3rd in the free dance with 63.36 points and 3rd overall with 104.98 points.  They received Level 4 for their twizzles, curve lift, serpentine lift and rotational lift.  They received Level 3 for their spin.  They received no negative GOEs.

Katherine Pilgrim/Alexander Lorello: They finished 4th in the free dance with 50.51 points and 4th overall with 82.42 points.  They received Level 4 on their combination lift, rotational lift, straight line lift and Level 3 on their spin. 

Senior Dance--Midwestern Sectionals

Shannon Wingle/Timothy McKernan finished 1st in the free dance with 73.16 points and 1st overall with 127.43 points.  They received Level 4 on their curve lift, straight line lift, twizzle and spin and Level 3 on their circular step sequence.  They received no negative GOEs.

Alissandra Aronow/Zachary Donohue finished 2nd in the free dance with 68.81 points and 2nd overall with 109.80 points.  They received Level 4 on their straight line lift, twizzle, curve lift and rotational lift and Level 3 on the spin and circular step sequence. 

Kseniya Ponomaryova/Raphael Kelling finished 3rd in the free dance with 36.05 points and 3rd overall with 70.07 points.  They received Level 3 for their straight line lift.  They had one deduction for a fall and one for costume violation.

Junior Pairs--Midwestern Sectionals

Andrea Poapst/Christopher Knierim finished 1st in the free skate with 83.84 points and 1st overall with 125.12 points.  They executed a triple twist, double axel, throw triple salchow, single flip, and throw double toe.  They received Level 4 on their group 5 lift, group 3 lift and both spins.

Cassie Andrews/Timothy LeDuc, Olivia Oltmanns/Joshua Santillan, and Vladyslava Rybka/Matthew Blackmer also qualified for nationals.

Junior Pairs--Pacific Coast Sectionals

Jessica Nicole Calalang/Zack Sidhu: They finished 2nd in the free skate with 79.44 points and 2nd overall with 123.63 points.  They executed a double axel, double twist, double flip-double toe, throw double toe, and throw double flip.  They received Level 4 on their pair spin.

Brynn Carman/AJ Reiss: They finished 3rd in the free skate with 75.23 points and 3rd overall with 116.90 points.  They executed a triple twist, throw double salchow, double loop, throw double flip, double flip-single toe.  They received a Level 4 on their combination spin and Level 3 on their group 3 lift.

Mandy Garza/Brandon Frazier and Christina Guerres/Justin Schumann also qualified to nationals.

Senior Pairs--Eastern Sectionals

Erika Smith/Nathan Bartholomay: They finished 2nd in the free skate with 88.50 points and 1st overall with 140.87 points.  They executed a double twist, throw triple loop, double axel (fall), throw triple salchow, double flip-double toe (downgraded).  They received Level 4 on their group 3 lift and Level 3 on their group 5 lift.

Chloe Katz/Joseph Lynch: They finished 1st in the free skate with 92.39 points and 2nd overall with 140.22 points.  They executed double twist, throw triple loop, triple toe (downgraded), single axel-double toe (intended double-double), throw triple salchow.  They received Level 4 on their group 3 lift, combination spn, and pair spin and Level 3 on their group 5 step in lasso lift.

Alexa Scimeca/Ivan Dmitrov: They finished 3rd in the free skate with 48.02 points and 3rd overall with 88.93 points.  They executed double twist, throw triple salchow, triple salchow (intended triple-double), double axel, and throw double lutz.  They received Level 4 on their group 4 lift and combination spin.  They had 5 deductions for falls and received no credit for 3 of their elements.

Gretchen Donlan/Andrew Speroff: They again did not execute their program due to his injury but will still qualify to nationals with a total schore of 6.42.

Senior Pairs--Midwestern Sectionals

Molly Aaron/Daniyel Cohen: They finished 1st in the free skate with 92.84 points and 1st overall with 139.10 points.  They executed a triple twist, throw triple loop, triple toe, double axel, throw triple toe.  They received Level 4 for both group 5 lifts and group 3 lift and Level 3 for both spins.  They received one deduction for a fall.

Becky Bereswill/Trevor Young: They finished 2nd in the free skate with 87.16 points and 2nd overall with 136.40 points.  They executed double axel-double toe, single toe, double twist, throw triple salchow, throw double flip.  They received Level 4 for their group 5 lift and pair combination spin and Level 3 for their spins.

Lisa Moore/Justin Gaurmond: They finished 3rd in the free skate with 78.69 points and 3rd overall with 121.77 points.  They executed triple twist, throw double loop, double lutz-double toe, double lutz, throw triple salchow.  They received Level 4 for their spins, group 3 lift and both group 5 lifts and Level 3 for their pair spin.  They received two deductions for falls.

Grand Prix Men Top 10 Scores

Grand Prix Final Update: Oda moves into 1st place for his short program, 4th place for the free skate and improves his score but remains in 3rd for the total score.  Chan improves his score but falls to 2nd place in the short program scores, moves into 1st place for the free skate and total scores.  Takahashi moves into 3rd place for his short program.  Kozuka improves his score but remains in 5th place in the short program. 

Short Program
1. Nobunari Oda 86.59 Grand Prix Final
2. Patrick Chan 85.59 Grand Prix Final
3. Daisuke Takahashi 82.57 Grand Prix Final
4. Kevin Reynolds 80.09 Skate Canada
5. Takahiko Kozuka 77.90 Grand Prix Final
6. Jeremy Abbott 77.61 Rostelecom Cup
7. Adam Rippon 77.53 Skate Canada
8. Florent Amodio 75.62 Trophee Eric Bompard
9. Brian Joubert 74.80 Cup of China
10. Tomas Verner 74.10 Rostelecom Cup

Free Skate
1. Patrick Chan 174.16 Grand Prix Final
2. Takahiko Kozuka 170.43 Trophee Eric Bompard
3. Daisuke Takahashi 156.75 NHK Trophy
4. Nobunari Oda 156.22 Grand Prix Final
5. Tomas Verner 156.21 Rostelecom Cup
6. Adam Rippon 155.51 Skate Canada
7. Florent Amodio 153.76 Trophee Eric Bompard
8. Brandon Mroz 146.96 Cup of China
9. Javier Fernandez 144.11 Skate Canada
10. Jeremy Abbott 143.57 NHK Trophy

Total Score
1. Patrick Chan 259.75 Grand Prix Final
2. Takahiko Kozuka 248.07 Trophee Eric Bompard
3. Nobunari Oda 242.81 Grand Prix Final
4. Daisuke Takahashi 234.79 NHK Trophy
5. Adam Rippon 233.04 Skate Canada
6. Tomas Verner 230.31 Rostelecom Cup
7. Florent Amodio 229.38 Trophee Eric Bompard
8. Kevin Reynolds 218.65 Skate Canada
9. Jeremy Abbott 218.19 NHK Trophy
10. Brandon Mroz 216.80 Cup of China

Skate America Mens Free Skate

Group 1

Viktor Pfeifer, AUT

• He will be performing a circus themed program
• Opening triple toe-triple toe is clean with a nice flow between the jumps
• Triple axel nice landing
• A little bobble on the ending of his third triple
• Triple-double combo good but a little slow
• Footwork seems a little simple but he did the majority of it on one foot--a little more stretch on his free leg would really help with his GOE
• Triple salchow-double toe with a little bit of a skid on the landing of the first jump
• Turned out of his next triple lutz but didn't put his free leg down
• Doubled his next jump
• Nice camel spin but a little slow, showing some good flexibility
• Double axel tilted in the air and he falls
• Awkward position in his combination spin and misses the end of the music for his ending pose

53.02 TES + 55.44 PCS -1.00 = 162.47 into 1st place

Shawn Sawyer, CAN

• Alice in Wonderland themed program
• I really love Sawyer's artistry and I hope he works on the jumps to back it up because he has some really great qualities
• Triple axel was slightly tilted in the air and he too footed the landing
• Triple flip-triple toe was nice
• Tilted on his next triple lutz but holds onto the landing
• Flying sit spin with some nice arm positions
• Gorgeous spiral that a lot of the women would kill for
• Great triple jump with almost no prep into it
• Doubled his flip and turned out of it but was able to tack on the triple loop
• Nice interaction with the judges
• I like that his whole body is engaged in the footwork sequences
• Nice triple out of his footwork sequence
• Great camel position but I prefer the traditional donut spins
• Hits the triple-double-double combo but with almost no speed at the end
• Hits his trademark Y spin
• Some jump problems but a pretty solid program for him
• I love that someone gave him a Mad Hatter hat and he totally played it up as he exited the ice 

63.10 TES + 66.58 PCS =129.68 new seasons best and into 1st place

Stephen Carriere, USA

• I'm not sure I would have picked this costume for West Side Story but we'll see where he goes with it, interesting choice of the bandages on the hands as well
• Nice axel to start the program
• Two foots his quad toe and takes a fall
• Step sequence he takes a bobble but there is a whole section where I'm not sure if he's actually falling or if that's the choreography
• Nice triple on the music change
• Camel spin with arms back  into a donut--could use a little more flexibility in his back
• Lands his next triple
• Double axel-triple toe combo is solid
• Double toe with one arm over the head and two arms over the head but weren't very well done
• Spins are very slow and almost came to a stop
• Triple salchow out of footwork
• Hand down on triple-triple combo with overhead arm variation again
• Last spin comes to a virtual stop
• Some real highlights in this program and a lot of so-so moments, maybe some stamina problems toward the end
• Priscilla Hill has different scarves to match each of her skaters costumes!

62.28 TES + 63.78 PCS -1.00 = 125.06 into 2nd place

Nan Song, CHN

• Yellow River Concerto and he's wearing a top with multiple shades of yellow
• Doubles his opening quad attempt
• Great height on his triple axel-triple toe but he nearly stops between he jumps
• Falls on his next jump
• Combination spin has some so-so positions which could be more stretched out
• Triple lutz-double toe good, but slow between jumps and he doesn't ride out the landing
• Tilted in the air on his triple axel and he turns out of it but he doesn't put the foot down
• He needs to really stretch his free leg during the footwork and add a little more speed and flow across the ice
• Fighting for the endings on all of his jumps but he's staying on his feet
• Camel spin into broken camel spin, needs more flexibility through the triangle spin
• Finished after his music

60.55 TES +58.34 PCS - 1.00 = 117.89 and into 3rd place

Kevin van der Perren, BEL

• Mummy soundtrack is his music and it looks like he has a wing on the back of his costume
• Nice quad toe with a little bit of a lean on his landing
• Triple axel with a lot of height
• Nice combination
• Sit spin was good, nice low postion but he lost a lot of speed
• Footwork seems a little slow and he's not getting his whole body involved in the movement
• Solid triple with great flow out of the landing
• A little bobble on the landing of his triple loop
• Doubled his toe and bobbled on some footwork out of it
• Lands a triple-double but fights for the second landing
• Slow on his second sit spin combination
• double axel-triple toe combo
• Really slow camel position in his combination spin

69.87 TES + 62.54 PCS = 132.41 into 1st place and new seasons best in total score

Adrian Schultheiss, SWE

• Romeo and Juliet--quite a departure from his free program last year where he was insane
• Huge opening quad toe
• Triple axel-double toe combination
• Another triple-double combo
• Some really awkward positions in his camel spin
• Singled his next jump
• Sword-fighting through his step sequence but its very slow and lacks the intensity one would see in a duel, this part of the music also sounds like its been dramatically slowed down
• Nice triple
• Good low position in the sit portion of his combination spin
• Pops his next jump
• Turns out of the landing of the triple flip
• Nice sit spin positions but he loses some speed when he changes feet
• I'm not sure this program suits Schulheiss very well and it doesn't seem like he has a lot of connection to the program or the audience, it looks like he's just going through the motions

60.21 TES + 64.28 PCS = 124.49 new seasons best and into 2nd place

Warm up group is on the ice.  Ten took a fall on a jump attempt.  Murakami takes a fall on a jump.  Oda lands a nice three jump combo.  Takahashi two foots a jump.  Mahbanoozadeh lands a nice jump.

Group 2

Denis Ten, KAZ

• Ten taking his time at the boards before heading out on the ice
• Fall on his opening triple axel
• Fall on his next jump--tilted air position and he couldn't correct
• Triple double combo and he turns out of the double and puts both hands down
• Some nice attack on this step sequence
• Takes a hard fall on his next jump and slides toward the boards and takes a second to get back up
• Lands a triple loop
• Hands down on his next jump
• Nice triple
• Takes a fall on a double axel out of a difficult entry
• Combination spin is a little slow
• Nice stretched out camel position
• Really going for it here in his choreographic step sequence but he takes a little bobble
• A tough program but I really admire how much he still put into the program and he still tried to put on a performance

54.69 TES + 61.92 PCS -5.00 111.61 = new seasons best and into 6th place

Daisuke Murakami, JPN

• Triple lutz-triple toe was solid with a lot of speed but his air position looks odd
• Triple axel-double toe
• Great camel position
• I don't like when skaters go to the board, stop and prep for their step section and announce it's coming
• Nice entertaining step section and he's really performing to the crowd and engaging them in his performance
• Great height and landing on his triple axel
• Lands another nice triple and he looks like he's having a ball on the ice
• Takes an awkward landing on his next jump and puts both of his hands on the ice
• Nice triple triple sequence
• Could be a little lower and more stretched out in his sit spin positions
• Interesting variation of a spin in the pike position at the end of his program
• Very energetic, entertaining and mostly clean skate for this young Japanese skater

68.83 TES + 68.16 PCS - 1.00 =135.99 into 1st place (personal best free and total score)

Armin Mahbanoozadeh, USA

• He is skating to Avatar soundtrack and wearing a blue costume
• Nice opening triple toe
• Great triple axel with a nice landing and flows right into the next movement
• Triple-double with one arm variation
• Another nice triple
• Some playful choreography through the step sequence and a really nice difficult sequence done on one foot
• He could work on performing some of these character moves a little more and making sure not just to execute the movement
• Triple axel double toe was nice
• Nice sit spin position
• Triple flip with a difficult entry
• Another interesting spin sequence
• Another clean triple
• Singles the first jump of his three jump combo but tacks on the double toe-double loop
• The smile has really come out for this step sequence
• Camel spin into a really nice donut spin and picking up speed into his sit spin and a nice fast scratch spin
• Fantastic program from Mahbanoozadeh!  I hope he can keep this up and continue to land clean programs. 
• Priscilla is now wearing her final scarf of the night.

73.62 TES + 69.94 PCS =143.56 and into 1st place (beats his old personal best by 20 points)

Adam Rippon, USA

• I love the way the fabric of his costume ripples when he skates
• Doubles his triple axel
• Nice triple with great flow out of it
• Fought for the ending of his Rippon Lutz but holds on
• Nice position on his flying sit spin
• Puts a hand down on his second triple axel
• I wonder if he'll be able to hold off Mahbanoozadeh with these errors on his jumps
• Nice triple toe-triple toe
• Lutz with one arm over his head and he's able to add the sequence
• Falls on his next jump attempt
• Interesting cross foot spin position
• Nice foot work sequence and the crowd is getting behind him
• Nice triple
• Great donut position in his combination spin
• Not a great program for Adam and we'll see if he can hold on to the podium

57.94 TES + 72.24 PCS -1.00 = 129.18 and into 2nd place

Daisuke Takahashi, JPN

• Turns out of his opening jump
• A little forward on his triple axel but he holds on to the landing
• Solid triple for his next jump
• Nice spin position in his sit spin but he slows through the rest of the combination spin
• Great footwork sequence right in front of the judges and really performing and engaging his entire body
• Triple flip double toe he looks a little odd in the air but he hangs on
• Takes a hard fall on his next triple and lands on his side
• Layback spin variation
• Next triple is clean
• Great triple with very little set up
• Triple toe combo but he loses a lot of speed on the last jump
• Another great step work sequence for Takahashi
• He needs to straighten his bottom leg in the last spin sequence
• Another tough program in the mens competition but he didn't give up and gave the program everything he had

64.95 TES + 85.00 PCS -1.00 = 148.95 and into 1st place

Nobunari Oda, JPN

• Takahashi left the door open so Oda just has to go relatively clean to win gold
• Falls on his first jump attempt
• Low landing on his next triple but he hangs on
• Triple-triple, maybe two footed on the second jump
• Really interesting position in his sit spin and he gets very low in his traditional sit spin
• Nice triple axel
• Triple double combo
• Nice triple jump right on the music
• Triple salchow-double toe-double loop
• You shouldn't do the spread eagle jump unless you can hit the full position
• Really hitting all these jumps at the end of the program
• Nice position in his camel spin and good speed throughout the sequence
• That should be good enough to win

68.17 TES +79.64 PCS -1.00 = 146.81 and into 2nd place

Top three free skaters:
Top TES: Mahbanoozadeh
Top PCS: Takahashi

Gold: Takahashi
Silver: Oda
Bronze: Mahbanoozadeh

Takahashi and Oda will qualify for the Grand Prix Final.

Skate America Short Dance

Group 1

Lynn Kriengkrairut/Logan Giuletti-Schmitt, USA

• The Trouble with Love Is by Kelly Clarkson
• Great straight line lift with effortless position changes
• Hop into the twizzles for extra points and nice synchronicity on their twizzle sequence
• Golden Waltz looks smooth and fast, great shoot the duck and attitude positions for her
• Nice split position in the spin
• Nice speed and ice coverage on their footwork but I'd like to see them in their edges a little more
• Nice lift position at the end
• A little bobble into the ending pose
• This team had a great feel to their program and skate very fluidly

29.83 TES + 22.30 PCS = 52.13 into 1st place

Stefanie Frohberg/Tim Giesen, GER

• I like that they use their entrance to get into the character of the program before the music even starts
• Coppelia themed program
• One armed rotational lift with her in a pike position
• Twizzles were good and close together but a little slow
• The change in the middle where he kisses her and she comes to life needs to be a bit more dramatic
• Nice shoot he duck position for her
• The Golden Waltz seems a little bouncy for them and the hold changes seem a little too placed and don't really flow through
• He has a better performance quality during the step sequence than her--she looks a little tentative and the steps seem a little slow

25.24TES +18.79 PCS =44.03 new season best and into 2nd place

Ekaterina Riazanova/Ilia Trachenko, RUS

• His giant tie and patterned vest may be a little too much
• Nice fluid step sequence but they could use a bit more extension through their free legs
• She should think of adding some color to her dress so she doesn't blend into the ice
• Golden Waltz looks flid, great shoot the duck position, she makes great use of her upper body during this section but could use some more extension of her free leg and point her toes a little harder
• Hop into their twizzles, good unison
• Great rotational lift which requires a lot of ab strength from her but the exit was a little messy

28.49 TES +27.03 PCS = 55.52 into 1st place

Penny Coomes/Nicholas Buckland, GBR

• This is one of those Frankendances with a waltz and tango section that seem like two separate programs
• Rotational lift with one arm and her in a split position--she needs to point her toes a little more
• Golden Waltz is a little bouncy,, she has a nice shoot the duck position, her arms flow nicely through the section
• She puts her foot down early on the first set of twizzles and they're off sync on the second set
• Nice unison on the step sequence but I want them to really want them to attack it more since they went with the tango option
• Transitional lift at the end is nice but she needs to stretch her legs more
• Nice ending position but it looks like she may have had a bit of a bobble getting into it

28.17 TES + 21.26 PCS =49.43 new personal best and into 3rd place

Group 2

Cathy Reed/Chris Reed, JPN

• One of two teams using Addams Family this year
• Start with their straight line lift with him on the knee but it's a huge crotch shot for her
• Nice flow through the GW, nice shoot the duck and attitude positions for her,
• He goes way out of control on the twizzle and misses some of the rotationas and turns out of then
• Into their tango section now
• They're very close together on their footwork which is good
• On the last transitional lift she needs to stretch through her legs

23.43 TES + 21.97 PCS -1.00 = 44.40 and into 4th place

Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani, USA

• I absolutely adore Maia and she looks so grown up this year.  I especially love her dress and hipe there are no problems this time
• Nice fast twizzles with great unison, they do 3 sets for the extra points
• Nice step sequence with some good edge work
• Into the Golden Waltz and she has a huge smile on her face, they really flow through this section, great shoot the duck position (no skirt problem!) but a little bobble on the position where her back is paralle to the ice
• She steps up onto his leg and hits a nice arch for their curve lift
• Great transitional lift at the end as well
• One little bobble but overall I think this was much better than NHK
• I'm surprised Zueva is here since Shpilband normally travels with Davis/White and she was at the most recent Grand Prix with her teams

30.08 TES + 26.38 PCS = 56.46 new seasons best and into 1st place

Kaitlyn Weaver/Andrew Poje, CAN

• Another team and another short program I adore
• Everything about them is very classy
• Great opening straight line lift and she does a much better job of keeping her legs together than at NHK
• Into the Golden Waltz and it fits perfectly with their music and she really uses her upper body to float through this section
• And we're fox trotting, their twizzles are solid but lack the speed of the Shibutanis
• Straight line step sequence with lots of arm movements that play up the character of the program
• Transitional lift is nice and goes into the ending pose
• They look like they're having a ball the whole time they're out there and have a great connection

32.42 TES + 27.06 PCS = 59.48 new seasons best and into 1st place

Vanessa Crone/Paul Poirier, CAN

• She's still wearing the heinous white dress that is way too tight on her but this hair style is much better
• This first roational lift is insane with her upside down
• This version of Fallin sounds really weird but maybe its how they messed with the tempo
• Golden Waltz doesn't flow the way some other teams execute it but they hit all the points just fine
• Nice step sequence but I would like to see her have a little bit softer arms through this section
• Transitional lift into their final twizzle element and they get slightly off unison  but are very close together
• I'd like to see them connect to the music more--she has a big smile on her face the whole time and I'd like to see her emote more of the confusion evident in the song

30.92 TES + 29.49 PCS = 60.41 into 1st place

Meryl Davis/Charlie White, USA

• I love her dress--I think it might be different from NHK, I also love how relaxed Charlie is before they take the ice
• I love how committed Meryl is to her characters and performances and you can see it in her eyes before she even starts
• Very fast twizzles and great unison on the first set but he loses control on the 2nd and puts a hand down
• I like their movement and reltionship to each other in their step sequence
• Great speed and positions through the Golden Waltz but I'd like to see her let her upper body flow a little more instead of hitting all the positions with her arms
• Nice rotational lift with difficult hold changes and position changes for Meryl
• Her hands on the ending pose are a little awkward
• All in all a solid, well skated program for Meryl and Charlie.  They should easily go into 1st place.

30.00 TES + 33.62 PCS = 63.62 into 1st place

Top three are Davis/White, Crone/Poirier and Weaver/Poje
Weaver/Poje have the highest technical element score.
Davis/White have the highest program component score.