2007 Skate America

2007 Skate America
Type:Grand Prix
Date:October 25 – 28
Season:2007–08
Location:Reading, Pennsylvania
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:Sovereign Center
Champions
Men's singles:
Japan Daisuke Takahashi
Ladies' singles:
United States Kimmie Meissner
Pairs:
Canada Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison
Ice dance:
United States Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto
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The 2007 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2007–08 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania on October 25–28. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2007–08 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Austrian Waltz.

Schedule

  • Friday, Oct. 26
    • 6:00 p.m. - Compulsory dance
    • 7:35 p.m. - Pairs' short program
    • 9:10 p.m. - Men's short program
  • Saturday, Oct. 27
    • 2:00 p.m. - Original dance
    • 3:45 p.m. - Pairs' free skating
    • 6:00 p.m. - Ladies' short program
    • 7:55 p.m. - Men's free skating
  • Sunday, Oct. 28
    • 2:00 p.m. - Free dance
    • 4:08 p.m. - Ladies' free skating
    • 7:30 p.m. - Exhibition of Champions

Results

Men

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Daisuke Takahashi  Japan 228.97 1 80.04 2 148.93
2 Evan Lysacek  United States 220.08 2 67.70 1 152.38
3 Patrick Chan  Canada 213.33 3 67.47 3 145.86
4 Stephen Carriere  United States 196.33 6 66.85 4 129.48
5 Alban Préaubert  France 194.40 4 67.05 5 127.35
6 Ryan Bradley  United States 181.66 8 58.69 6 122.97
7 Andrei Lutai  Russia 180.88 5 66.91 8 113.97
8 Takahiko Kozuka  Japan 177.47 10 56.25 7 121.22
9 Kevin Reynolds  Canada 169.12 7 59.25 9 109.87
10 Yasuharu Nanri  Japan 153.99 9 57.84 12 96.15
11 Kristoffer Berntsson  Sweden 152.52 11 54.15 10 98.37
12 Karel Zelenka  Italy 144.51 12 46.14 11 98.37

Referee: Beth Crane

Technical Controller: Igor Prokop

Technical Specialist: Vladimir Petrenko

Assistant Technical Specialist: David Santee

Judge No.1: Karen Butcher Canada

Judge No.2: Raffaella Locatelli Italy

Judge No.3: Anne G. Shean United States

Judge No.4: Igor Obraztsov Russia

Judge No.5: Kerstin Kimminus Germany

Judge No.6: Salome Chigogidze Georgia (country)

Judge No.7: Leena Kurri Finland

Judge No.8: Mona Jonsson Sweden

Judge No.9: Masako Kubota Japan

Judge No.10: Valerie Greugny France

Data Operator: Marylin Kreuzinger

Replay Operator: David Kirby

Ladies

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Kimmie Meissner  United States 163.23 1 59.24 2 103.99
2 Miki Ando  Japan 161.89 2 56.58 1 105.31
3 Caroline Zhang  United States 153.35 3 56.48 3 96.87
4 Emily Hughes  United States 140.50 4 47.66 5 92.84
5 Mira Leung  Canada 139.14 6 46.04 4 93.10
6 Elene Gedevanishvili  Georgia 126.06 11 38.30 6 87.76
7 Alexandra Ievleva  Russia 124.84 8 44.78 7 80.06
8 Mai Asada  Japan 120.49 5 47.66 9 73.67
9 Tuğba Karademir  Turkey 119.26 10 41.58 8 77.68
10 Valentina Marchei  Italy 116.44 9 44.64 10 71.80
11 Xu Binshu  China 112.46 7 45.16 11 67.30

Referee: Hely Abbondati

Technical Controller: Steve Winkler

Technical Specialist: Jayson Peace

Assistant Technical Specialist: Vladimir Petrenko

Judge No.1: Karen Howard Canada

Judge No.2: Elena Buriak Russia

Judge No.3: Salome Chigogidze Georgia (country)

Judge No.4: Wei Shi China

Judge No.5: Mayumi Kato Japan

Judge No.6: Mona Jonsson Sweden

Judge No.7: Raffaella Locatelli Italy

Judge No.8: William S. Smith United States

Judge No.9: Karen Jones United Kingdom

Judge No.10: Leena Kurri Finland

Data Operator: Marylin Kreuzinger

Replay Operator: David Santee

Pairs

Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS
1 Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison  Canada 173.26 1 60.80 1 112.46
2 Pang Qing / Tong Jian  China 165.19 2 60.32 2 104.87
3 Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov  Russia 159.58 3 56.76 3 102.82
4 Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig  United States 140.40 4 46.18 4 94.22
5 Meeran Trombley / Laureano Ibarra  United States 132.42 5 45.48 5 86.94
6 Laura Magitteri / Ondřej Hotárek  Italy 114.66 7 38.76 6 75.90
7 Stacey Kemp / David King  United Kingdom 109.27 6 44.74 7 64.53

Ice dancing

Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD FD
1 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto  United States 192.95 1 36.03 1 59.24 1 97.68
2 Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat  France 181.84 2 34.56 2 56.95 2 90.33
3 Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali  Italy 172.28 3 31.43 3 54.56 3 86.29
4 Meryl Davis / Charlie White  United States 168.79 5 30.16 4 52.84 4 85.79
5 Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin  Azerbaijan 167.80 4 31.19 5 51.23 5 85.38
6 Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre  United States 159.93 6 27.90 6 51.13 6 80.90
7 Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski  Israel 157.85 7 27.80 7 51.12 8 78.93
8 Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer  Russia 151.58 8 26.95 8 45.46 7 79.17
9 Cathy Reed / Chris Reed  Japan 142.63 9 26.47 9 43.79 9 72.37
10 Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen  China 135.29 10 22.14 10 43.19 10 69.96
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