Jeremy Abbott solidified his place as one of the top American male skaters with a win in the short program last night at the U.S. National Figure Skating Championships. He edged out reigning champion Evan Lysacek by fewer than three points to get the top spot. Lysacek sits in second, while former U.S. novice and junior champion Parker Pennington is a surprise third. Brandon Mroz is in fourth. I haven't been able to watch the performances yet, but it sounds like Ryan Bradley started out very strong with a quad/triple combination, but he doubled an intended triple lutz later on and is in fifth place. Sadly, former U.S. champion Johnny Weir popped his triple axel and is in seventh place.
| Place | Name | TSS = | TES + | PCS + | SS | TR | PE | CH | IN | Deduction - | Start # |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jeremy Abbott, Broadmoor SC | 86.40 | 46.79 | 39.61 | 7.93 | 7.68 | 8.11 | 7.89 | 8.00 | 0.00 | #2 |
| 2 | Evan Lysacek, DuPage FSC | 83.59 | 45.30 | 38.29 | 7.79 | 7.21 | 7.93 | 7.75 | 7.61 | 0.00 | #1 |
| 3 | Parker Pennington, Winterhurst FSC | 76.17 | 43.09 | 33.08 | 6.54 | 6.18 | 6.89 | 6.61 | 6.86 | 0.00 | #11 |
| 4 | Brandon Mroz, Broadmoor SC | 74.88 | 42.91 | 31.97 | 6.54 | 6.29 | 6.36 | 6.39 | 6.39 | 0.00 | #18 |
| 5 | Ryan Bradley, Broadmoor SC | 74.05 | 39.16 | 34.89 | 6.96 | 6.18 | 7.57 | 6.93 | 7.25 | 0.00 | #16 |
| 6 | Curran Oi, SC of Boston | 72.76 | 41.87 | 30.89 | 6.11 | 5.93 | 6.21 | 6.46 | 6.18 | 0.00 | #19 |
| 7 | Johnny Weir, SC of New York | 70.76 | 33.54 | 37.22 | 7.68 | 7.14 | 7.43 | 7.43 | 7.54 | 0.00 | #14 |
| 8 | Stephen Carriere, SC of Boston | 69.36 | 36.14 | 33.22 | 6.68 | 6.50 | 6.50 | 6.79 | 6.75 | 0.00 | #3 |
| 9 | Dennis Phan, All Year FSC | 69.11 | 38.86 | 30.25 | 6.21 | 5.75 | 6.11 | 6.18 | 6.00 | 0.00 | #17 |
| 10 | Shaun Rogers, University of Delaware FSC | 64.13 | 35.16 | 28.97 | 6.04 | 5.50 | 5.86 | 5.93 | 5.64 | 0.00 | #6 |
| 11 | Jason Wong, SC of Boston | 63.40 | 35.34 | 29.06 | 5.96 | 5.57 | 5.96 | 5.82 | 5.75 | 1.00 | #8 |
| 12 | Adam Rippon, SC of New York | 62.22 | 30.69 | 31.53 | 6.46 | 6.14 | 6.29 | 6.32 | 6.32 | 0.00 | #4 |
| 13 | William Brewster, Detroit SC | 60.23 | 32.59 | 27.64 | 5.57 | 5.18 | 5.71 | 5.61 | 5.57 | 0.00 | #5 |
| 14 | Tommy Steenberg, SC of Northern Virginia | 59.77 | 33.70 | 27.07 | 5.54 | 5.25 | 5.32 | 5.50 | 5.46 | 1.00 | #7 |
| 15 | Nicholas LaRoche, All Year FSC | 58.01 | 31.19 | 26.82 | 5.75 | 4.86 | 5.46 | 5.43 | 5.32 | 0.00 | #10 |
| 16 | Douglas Razzano, Coyotes SC of Arizona | 57.00 | 31.54 | 26.46 | 5.57 | 5.04 | 5.14 | 5.39 | 5.32 | 1.00 | #15 |
| 17 | Jonathan Cassar, Detroit SC | 55.72 | 27.22 | 28.50 | 5.68 | 5.46 | 5.79 | 5.75 | 5.82 | 0.00 | #12 |
| 18 | Eliot Halverson, Ann Arbor FSC | 51.09 | 25.30 | 26.79 | 5.29 | 5.00 | 5.46 | 5.50 | 5.54 | 1.00 | #13 |