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 228.97 1 80.04 2 148.93 2 Evan Lysacek 220.08 2 67.70 1 152.38 3 Patrick Chan 213.33 3 67.47 3 145.86 4 Stephen Carriere 196.33 6 66.85 4 129.48 5 Alban Préaubert 194.40 4 67.05 5 127.35 6 Ryan Bradley 181.66 8 58.69 6 122.97 7 Andrei Lutai 180.88 5 66.91 8 113.97 8 Takahiko Kozuka 177.47 10 56.25 7 121.22 9 Kevin Reynolds 169.12 7 59.25 9 109.87 10 Yasuharu Nanri 153.99 9 57.84 12 96.15 11 Kristoffer Berntsson 152.52 11 54.15 10 98.37 12 Karel Zelenka 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
Judge No.2: Raffaella Locatelli
Judge No.3: Anne G. Shean
Judge No.4: Igor Obraztsov
Judge No.5: Kerstin Kimminus
Judge No.6: Salome Chigogidze
Judge No.7: Leena Kurri
Judge No.8: Mona Jonsson
Judge No.9: Masako Kubota
Judge No.10: Valerie Greugny
Data Operator: Marylin Kreuzinger
Replay Operator: David Kirby
Ladies Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Kimmie Meissner 163.23 1 59.24 2 103.99 2 Miki Ando 161.89 2 56.58 1 105.31 3 Caroline Zhang 153.35 3 56.48 3 96.87 4 Emily Hughes 140.50 4 47.66 5 92.84 5 Mira Leung 139.14 6 46.04 4 93.10 6 Elene Gedevanishvili 126.06 11 38.30 6 87.76 7 Alexandra Ievleva 124.84 8 44.78 7 80.06 8 Mai Asada 120.49 5 47.66 9 73.67 9 Tuğba Karademir 119.26 10 41.58 8 77.68 10 Valentina Marchei 116.44 9 44.64 10 71.80 11 Xu Binshu 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
Judge No.2: Elena Buriak
Judge No.3: Salome Chigogidze
Judge No.4: Wei Shi
Judge No.5: Mayumi Kato
Judge No.6: Mona Jonsson
Judge No.7: Raffaella Locatelli
Judge No.8: William S. Smith
Judge No.9: Karen Jones
Judge No.10: Leena Kurri
Data Operator: Marylin Kreuzinger
Replay Operator: David Santee
Pairs Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison 173.26 1 60.80 1 112.46 2 Pang Qing / Tong Jian 165.19 2 60.32 2 104.87 3 Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov 159.58 3 56.76 3 102.82 4 Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig 140.40 4 46.18 4 94.22 5 Meeran Trombley / Laureano Ibarra 132.42 5 45.48 5 86.94 6 Laura Magitteri / Ondřej Hotárek 114.66 7 38.76 6 75.90 7 Stacey Kemp / David King 109.27 6 44.74 7 64.53
Ice dancing Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD FD 1 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto 192.95 1 36.03 1 59.24 1 97.68 2 Nathalie Péchalat / Fabian Bourzat 181.84 2 34.56 2 56.95 2 90.33 3 Federica Faiella / Massimo Scali 172.28 3 31.43 3 54.56 3 86.29 4 Meryl Davis / Charlie White 168.79 5 30.16 4 52.84 4 85.79 5 Kristin Fraser / Igor Lukanin 167.80 4 31.19 5 51.23 5 85.38 6 Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre 159.93 6 27.90 6 51.13 6 80.90 7 Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski 157.85 7 27.80 7 51.12 8 78.93 8 Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer 151.58 8 26.95 8 45.46 7 79.17 9 Cathy Reed / Chris Reed 142.63 9 26.47 9 43.79 9 72.37 10 Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen 135.29 10 22.14 10 43.19 10 69.96
External links
Official site Starting Orders and Results 2007 Skate America at ISU 2007 Skate America at U.S. Figure Skating