2012 US Figure Skating Championships: Final results of senior division

Here are the results from the senior men's, ladies, pairs and ice dancing competition at the 2012 Prudential US Figure Skating Championships in San Jose, California. In pairs, the new team of Caydee Denney and John Coughlin won gold, followed by the other new team of Mary Beth Marley and Rockne Brubaker. Crowd favorite and Olympians Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig won the bronze. In dance, it was a repeat of the top two finishes from last year with Meryl Davis and Charlie White winning gold and Maia and Alex Shibutani winning silver. Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue won bronze. For the ladies, Ashley Wagner (FINALLY!) won her US title, followed by Alissa Czisny and Agnes Zawadzki. Olympians Rachael Flatt and Mirai Nagasu finished sixth and seventh, respectively. For the men, my favorite Jeremy Abbott won gold, Adam Rippon the silver, and Ross Miner won the bronze. Next up...the World Championships in Nice, France from March 26 - April 1.

Top 10 results for senior pairs:

Rank	Name	SP	FS	Points
1	Caydee Denney, Broadmoor SC/John Coughlin, KS City FSC	3	1	189.70
2	Mary Beth Marley, DuPage FSC/Rockne Brubaker, All Year FSC	1	2	186.07
3	Amanda Evora, Southwest FL FSC/Mark Ladwig, Red River Valley FSC	2	3	178.98
4	Gretchen Donlan, SC Of Boston/Andrew Speroff, SC Of Boston	5	4	171.61
5	Marissa Castelli, SC Of Boston/Simon Shnapir, SC Of Boston	4	7	168.81
6	Ashley Cain, Stars FSC of TX/Joshua Reagan, Stars FSC of TX	7	5	166.65
7	Andrea Poapst, Broadmoor SC/Christopher Knierim, Broadmoor SC	6	6	166.38
8	Felicia Zhang, SC of NY/Nathan Bartholomay, University of DE FSC	9	8	156.57
9	Tiffany Vise, Broadmoor SC/Don Baldwin, Los Angeles FSC	10	9	140.97
10	Alexa Scimeca, DuPage FSC/Ivan Dimitrov, Individual Member	8	11	132.62

Top 10 results for senior dance:

Rank	Name	SD	FD	Points
1	Meryl Davis, Arctic FSC / Charlie White, Detroit SC	1	1	191.54
2	Maia Shibutani, SC of New York / Alex Shibutani, Arctic FSC	2	2	178.84
3	Madison Hubbell, Detroit SC / Zachary Donohue, Detroit SC	3	3	151.60
4	Lynn Kriengkrairut, All Year FSC / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt, Ann Arbor FSC	4	4	148.55
5	Madison Chock, All Year FSC / Evan Bates, Ann Arbor FSC	5	5	145.08
6	Anastasia Cannuscio, University of DE FSC / Colin McManus, SC Of Boston	6	7	137.37
7	Anastasia Olson, Detroit SC / Jordan Cowan, All Year FSC	7	6	137.08
8	Emily Samuelson, Ann Arbor FSC / Todd Gilles, All Year FSC	8	8	135.99
9	Isabella Cannuscio, University of DE FSC / Ian Lorello, University of DE FSC	10	9	130.35
10	Charlotte Lichtman, Arctic FSC / Dean Copely, All Year FSC	9	10	129.22

Top 10 results for senior ladies:

Rank	Name	SP	FS	Points
1	Ashley Wagner, SC of Wilmington	3	1	187.02
2	Alissa Czisny, Detroit SC	2	2	180.00
3	Agnes Zawadzki, Broadmoor SC	1	7	174.10
4	Caroline Zhang, All Year FSC	4	3	173.19
5	Christina Gao, Northern Kentucky SC	6	5	166.36
6	Rachael Flatt, Broadmoor SC	9	4	164.98
7	Mirai Nagasu, Pasadena FSC	5	8	163.99
8	Angela Wang, Salt Lake Figure Skating	16	6	158.66
9	Vanessa Lam, All Year FSC	7	9	157.62
10	Kiri Baga, FSC of Bloomington	14	10	149.38

Top 10 results for senior men:

Rank	Name	SP	FS	Points
1	Jeremy Abbott, Detroit SC	1	1	273.58
2	Adam Rippon, SC of NY	2	2	240.87
3	Ross Miner, SC of Boston	4	3	230.32
4	Armin Mahbanoozadeh, WA FSC	3	6	224.63
5	Douglas Razzano, Coyotes SC of AZ	8	4	223.38
6	Stephen Carriere, SC Of Boston	9	7	213.41
7	Keegan Messing, AK Assoc of Figure Skaters	5	12	212.47
8	Max Aaron, Broadmoor SC	6	13	211.15
9	Jason Brown, Skokie Valley SC	7	14	209.16
10	Scott Dyer, All Year FSC	13	9	207.97

Complete results for the novice and junior divisions can be found here.

Meryl Davis and Charlie White headline Japan tsunami relief skating show

AMERICA’S FIRST ICE DANCING WORLD CHAMPIONS MERYL DAVIS AND CHARLIE WHITE HEADLINE JAPAN TSUNAMI RELIEF SKATING SHOW

WORLD’S BEST SKATERS WILL COME TOGETHER TO OFFER FREE LESSONS, PERFORM FOR VICTIMS OF THE MARCH 2011 EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI

AOMORI, Japan (July 19, 2011) – Meryl Davis and Charlie White (below), the first American ice dance team to win a world championship, will lead efforts to provide smiles and relief to some of the areas hardest hit in northern Japan after the devastating earthquakes and tsunami ravaged the country in March. Part of Lotte presents “The Ice” skating series, a new benefit show will take place on July 27, 2011, for 1,400 invited guests from the Aomori, Iwate and Miyagi prefectures. The show will be available only to the 1,400 guests; no tickets will be sold. For transportation, chartered buses will take the guests (some of whom still live in evacuation centers) to the venue in Aomori.

Leading the cast of skaters will be current world champions Meryl Davis and Charlie White, who made history this spring when they became the first U.S. team to win gold at a world championships in ice dance; the 2011 World Figure Skating Championships were moved from Tokyo to Moscow following the tsunami. 
Joining Davis and White will be current U.S. champion Alissa Czisny, 2008 U.S. champion Mirai Nagasu, 2008 U.S. junior champion Adam Rippon, 2010 Olympic silver medalist Mao Asada and her sister Mai Asada, 2010 Olympic silver medalists Qing Pang and Jian Tong, 2010 Olympic bronze medalist Joannie Rochette, 2006 Olympic bronze medalist Jeffrey Buttle, 2011 world silver medalist Takahiko Kozuka, 2011 European champion Florent Amodio, current European bronze medalists Sinead and John Kerr, three-time Japanese champions Narumi Takahashi and Mervin Tran, current Four Continents champion Yuzuru Hanyu, and current world junior champion Kanako Murakami.

Cast members also will give approximately 130 kids from the area free skating lessons. The earthquake and subsequent tsunami damaged or destroyed many ice rinks in the area, and the July 27 lessons will give young skaters a chance to lace up their skates and get back on the ice.

Among the tsunami victims is cast member Yuzuru Hanyu, who is from Sendai in the Miyagi prefecture, one of the hardest hit cities in Japan. Like many skaters in the country, he lost his practice rink and had to travel around the country to find ice rinks with his mother while his father and elder sister returned to work and school.

The skaters will perform and provide lessons for free, and all donations from the show will be given to the Red Cross in order to help the rebuilding efforts throughout the region. Lotte presents“The Ice” is a series of skating shows throughout Japan, with the first show taking place on July 23, 2011.  The show is a production of IMG worldwide.

Meryl Davis and Charlie White win gold at 2011 World Figure Skating Championships, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir win silver

Top 10 results for ice dancing at the 2011 ISU World Figure Skating Championships from Moscow, Russia are below.

SD=Short Dance, FD=Free Dance

FPL	Name	Country	SD	FD	Points
1	Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE	USA	2	1	185.27
2	Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR	CAN	1	2	181.79
3	Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI	USA	4	3	163.79
4	Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT	FRA	3	6	163.54
5	Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE	CAN	7	4	160.32
6	Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV	RUS	5	5	160.23
7	Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV	RUS	6	10	154.50
8	Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE	ITA	8	9	153.77
9	Madison CHOCK / Greg ZUERLEIN	USA	9	7	151.86
10	Vanessa CRONE / Paul POIRIER	CAN	10	8	151.13

Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir lead after short dance at 2011 World Figure Skating Championships

Top 10 results for ice dancing after the short dance at the 2011 ISU World Figure Skating Championships from Moscow, Russia are below.

SD=Short Dance, FD=Free Dance

FPL	Name	Country	SD	FD	Points
1	Tessa VIRTUE / Scott MOIR	CAN	1		74.29
2	Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE	USA	2		73.76
3	Nathalie PECHALAT / Fabian BOURZAT	FRA	3		70.97
4	Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI	USA	4		66.88
5	Ekaterina BOBROVA / Dmitri SOLOVIEV	RUS	5		65.88
6	Elena ILINYKH / Nikita KATSALAPOV	RUS	6		65.51
7	Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE	CAN	7		65.07
8	Anna CAPPELLINI / Luca LANOTTE	ITA	8		64.12
9	Madison CHOCK / Greg ZUERLEIN	USA	9		61.47
10	Vanessa CRONE / Paul POIRIER	CAN	10		61.01

2011 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships results

The top 10 results for mens, ladies, pairs and ice dancing at the 2011 ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships are below.

FOR THE MEN:

FPl	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Daisuke TAKAHASHI	JPN	244.00	1	1
2	Yuzuru HANYU	JPN	228.01	3	3
3	Jeremy ABBOTT	USA	225.71	2	4
4	Takahiko KOZUKA	JPN	223.52	6	2
5	Adam RIPPON	USA	210.01	4	5
6	Jinlin GUAN	CHN	201.98	9	6
7	Armin MAHBANOOZADEH	USA	200.67	5	9
8	Jialiang WU	CHN	199.78	10	7
9	Nan SONG	CHN	195.13	12	8
10	Shawn SAWYER	CAN	192.94	7	10

FOR THE LADIES:

FPl	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Miki ANDO	JPN	201.34	1	1
2	Mao ASADA	JPN	196.30	2	2
3	Mirai NAGASU	USA	189.46	4	3
4	Rachael FLATT	USA	180.31	3	4
5	Alissa CZISNY	USA	168.81	5	5
6	Cynthia PHANEUF	CAN	163.14	7	6
7	Akiko SUZUKI	JPN	162.59	6	7
8	Min-Jeong KWAK	KOR	147.15	8	8
9	Amelie LACOSTE	CAN	137.48	9	9
10	Cheltzie LEE	AUS	127.90	10	10

FOR PAIRS:

FPl	Name	Nation	Points	SP	FS
1	Qing PANG / Jian TONG	CHN	199.45	1	1
2	Meagan DUHAMEL / Eric RADFORD	CAN	181.79	3	2
3	Paige LAWRENCE / Rudi SWIEGERS	CAN	171.73	2	4
4	Caitlin YANKOWSKAS / John COUGHLIN	USA	166.97	4	5
5	Kirsten MOORE-TOWERS / Dylan MOSCOVITCH	CAN	166.22	5	3
6	Amanda EVORA / Mark LADWIG	USA	157.30	6	6
7	Narumi TAKAHASHI / Mervin TRAN	JPN	152.63	8	7
8	Mary Beth MARLEY / Rockne BRUBAKER	USA	144.46	10	8
9	Yue ZHANG / Lei WANG	CHN	138.93	7	10
10	Huibo DONG / Yiming WU	CHN	135.10	9	9

FOR ICE DANCING:

FPl	Name	Nation	Points	SD	FD
1	Meryl DAVIS / Charlie WHITE	USA	172.03	2	1
2	Maia SHIBUTANI / Alex SHIBUTANI	USA	155.38	4	2
3	Vanessa CRONE / Paul POIRIER	CAN	151.83	5	3
4	Kaitlyn WEAVER / Andrew POJE	CAN	151.14	3	4
5	Madison CHOCK / Greg ZUERLEIN	USA	142.44	6	5
6	Xintong HUANG / Xun ZHENG	CHN	130.29	7	6
7	Xiaoyang YU / Chen WANG	CHN	125.75	8	7
8	Xueting GUAN / Meng WANG	CHN	106.26	9	8
9	Danielle OBRIEN / Gregory MERRIMAN	AUS	104.69	10	9
10	Corenne BRUHNS / Benjamin WESTENBERGER	MEX	88.55	11	10

NOTE: Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir were leading after the short dance. In the middle of their free dance, the team withdrew due to Tessa's injury. Read story here.