The final two groups were broadcasted on NBC, so the general public got to see a range of performances.
Alexe Gilles - Landed a lutz and a flip, the rest of the program was not so good. Her skating and spins were WAY too slow for someone competing on the GPS, and I don't think she will be given two assignments next year based on this years' results. 76.00
Caroline Zhang - Looking slimmer in her new costume, which is much more flattering for her body type. Nice triple flip combo to start, followed by a couple of falls, a couple of slowish spins, a nice triple loop double axel sequence, and a spiral. She makes another mistake by popping open the second flip, and it looks like it hurt. She may want to consider changing that into a triple toe, seeing as she is not doing triple triple combos now. She lands a nice three jump combo, does some stuff going 5 mph, and ends with a fast layback including a pearl. She started off slightly faster than before, but her components reflect the fact she has no transitions in her programs. 92.47
Joelle Forte - Lands an impressive number of triple jumps, but her program was terribly boring. 102.25.
Yasmin Siraj - Girl needs to eat something. It is gross. She lands some stuff, but her skating looks weird because she is so gangly. 102.56.
Morgan Bell - This was her first senior nationals, and it was clear she was feeling the pressure of making the top 10. Not her best. 69.84.
Ashley Wagner - Looks confident before the program. Starts off strong with a triple flip double toe, followed by a double axel triple toe that was two footed and under rotated. She comes back strong with a huge triple lutz, but she didn't hold the edge like she did in the SP. Combo spin, spiral, fast death drop. She is really attacking the choreo and interpreting the music - she is giving it everything she has, knowing it is probably her last performance of the season. Nice triple loop combo and triple sal, but a little under rotated on the solo triple loop and gets too close to the boards on the flip. OK footwork, solid positions in final spin. I wish she would attack the SP the way she does it in the LP, because she has to dig herself out of a hole every time, and this time, it wasn't enough. 110.73.
Vanessa Lam - Nice triple lutz combo to start, followed by a flip. She does not have the maturity of Ashley or Alissa, but she is landing the jumps. Great layback and combination spins, but she could use more speed going in to her jumps. Her lutzes looked borderline flutz to me, but they weren't called. 105.30.
Agnes Zawadzki - She is slow. I don't know how she pulls off these jumps from a standstill. Good jumps, nice spins, etc., but she just isn't memorable yet. She needs more power and speed behind her skating. She needs to switch coaches ASAP if she wants to emerge as a frontrunner. 112.30.
Christina Gao - She is fast. She can pull off some of these jumps because she carries speed throughout her program very well. Her double axel was much better than the SP. Her spins and stretch still need improvement, though, and her final position in her combo spin needs to go. It was unfortunate when she hit the camera, but she recovered nicely. 108.77.
Alissa Czisny - Triple lutz double toe, triple flip, gorgeous movements and interpretation to the music, triple toe combo, flying camel. What a nice opening! Fall out of the loop, but she recovers with another lutz in combo and lands her toe and axel. She needs to place her spiral in the center for a better effect, and should only do the arabesque position. Her spins were in a class of their own, but she really needs to ditch the classic layback position because she doesn't go back flat, causing her to lose a level. If she goes straight to the side, she still gets a level four. 128.74.
Mirai Nagasu - looks nervous. Tight on lutz combo, double axel double toe, triple flip possibly under rotated. Does her layback and her spiral, but she has done them better. Lutz is under rotated, followed by a nice toe in combination, and a spiral where the actual spiral sequence should be. Nice loop, footwork and ending spin, but makes stupid mistakes on her double axel and flying spin, gaining no credit for the spin. In the K&C, Carroll gets hit by a stuffed lion, and he is NOT happy. 113.91.
Rachael Flatt - Does the jumps, choreo is cringe-worthy as usual, as are the spins. Beats Mirai, blah, blah, blah, I am bitter. Hugely over scored on PCS - she is slow. 121.06 WTF. NO. Chan's score was more realistic than that. If anyone else had skated that program the way she did they would have scored about the same as Gao. Spins should count more than they do. I am upset.
Bitterness.
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