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 |