U.S. Nationals Coverage: Ladies Short Program Results

by LauraS on Jan 22, 2010 2:18 AM EST Comment 0 comments

Well, Sasha Cohen made her comeback, and what a show it was! She was clean and fabulous and is in second place by the teensiest of margins. The winner of the night was 2008 national champion and most adorable girl in the world, Mirai Nagasu. Nagasu was absolute magic tonight! What a joy. Rachael Flatt completed a clean triple/triple combo and is juuuust in third. Sadly, Ashley Wagner fell on her triple lutz and lies in fourth place, but that's not bad considering she had a fall. Still, it's a long way to climb...she is now quite a longshot for the Olympic slot.

It was a roller coaster night...some Olympic dreams that may not make it out of the short program are Alissa Czisny's (seventh place), Emily Hughes (eighth), Bebe Liang's (tenth) and Caroline Zhang's (eleventh). But Saturday's free skate is going to be exciting. Only two spots and right now, and it will be a fight to the finish!

Full results after the jump:

Place	Name	TSS =	TES +	PCS +	SS	TR	PE	CH	IN	Deduction -	Start #
1	Mirai Nagasu, Pasadena FSC	70.06	40.20	29.86	7.43	7.07	7.75	7.57	7.50	0.00	#7
2	Sasha Cohen, Orange County FSC	69.63	39.26	30.37	7.61	7.14	7.96	7.57	7.68	0.00	#15
3	Rachael Flatt, Broadmoor SC	69.35	39.39	29.96	7.39	7.18	7.68	7.57	7.64	0.00	#3
4	Ashley Wagner, SC of Wilmington Inc	62.55	34.68	28.87	7.39	6.96	7.14	7.39	7.21	1.00	#23
5	Christina Gao, Northern Kentucky SC	56.26	32.71	23.55	6.04	5.61	5.96	6.04	5.79	0.00	#6
6	Amanda Dobbs, Peninsula SC	56.11	31.83	24.28	6.29	5.64	6.18	6.14	6.11	0.00	#12
7	Alissa Czisny, Detroit SC	54.18	27.34	27.84	7.29	6.61	6.71	7.11	7.07	1.00	#4
8	Emily Hughes, SC of New York Inc	53.75	28.75	25.00	6.61	5.75	6.50	6.18	6.21	0.00	#18
9	Alexe Gilles, Broadmoor SC	53.54	29.97	23.57	5.96	5.54	5.96	6.07	5.93	0.00	#9
10	Beatrisa Liang, All Year FSC	51.98	27.68	25.30	6.39	5.89	6.39	6.43	6.54	1.00	#17
11	Caroline Zhang, All Year FSC	49.94	25.74	25.20	6.39	6.00	6.25	6.61	6.25	1.00	#11
12	Kristiene Gong, All Year FSC	48.11	27.02	21.09	5.64	5.00	5.32	5.29	5.11	0.00	#22
13	Chelsea Morrow, Greater Grand Rapids FSC	46.35	26.60	19.75	5.11	4.71	5.04	5.11	4.71	0.00	#8
14	Melissa Bulanhagui, University of Delaware FSC	45.60	23.96	21.64	5.25	5.14	5.39	5.64	5.64	0.00	#14
15	Becky Bereswill, Houston FSC	44.60	21.18	23.42	5.93	5.64	5.82	5.93	5.96	0.00	#19
16	Samantha Cesario, SC of New York Inc	44.33	24.51	20.82	5.43	4.89	5.25	5.29	5.18	1.00	#5
17	Blake Rosenthal, SC of Wilmington Inc	43.43	22.95	21.48	5.64	5.14	5.61	5.29	5.18	1.00	#20
18	Laney Diggs, All Year FSC	42.87	23.21	20.66	5.39	4.79	5.29	5.25	5.11	1.00	#13
19	Tatyana Khazova, Broadmoor SC	41.63	22.85	18.78	4.82	4.29	4.75	4.79	4.82	0.00	#1
20	Kayla Howey, DuPage FSC	35.59	16.06	19.53	5.14	4.68	4.79	4.89	4.93	0.00	#21
21	Ellie Kawamura, All Year FSC	33.51	16.06	19.45	5.18	4.57	4.71	4.89	4.96	2.00	#10
22	Rebecca Stern, University of Delaware FSC	32.49	17.43	17.06	4.54	4.07	4.04	4.43	4.25	2.00	#2
23	Christina-Maria Sperduto, St Paul FSC	31.62	12.59	19.03	4.86	4.46	4.68	4.96	4.82	0.00	#16