The 2009 Skate America was the fifth event of six in the 2009–10 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, New York, on 12–15 November. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2009–10 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Golden Waltz.
The title sponsor was Cancer.Net.
Schedule All times are Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5).
Friday, 13 November 15:00 – Ice dancing: Compulsory dance 19:30 – Pairs: Short program 21:00 – Men: Short program Saturday, 14 November 14:00 – Ice dancing: Original dance 15:55 – Pairs: Free skating 19:00 – Ladies: Short program 20:57 – Men: Free skating Sunday, 15 November 14:00 – Ladies: Free skating 16:27 – Ice dancing: Free dance
Results Men Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Evan Lysacek 237.72 1 79.17 1 158.55 2 Shawn Sawyer 203.91 5 65.95 4 137.96 3 Ryan Bradley 198.12 8 59.24 2 138.88 4 Florent Amodio 197.58 2 72.65 6 124.93 5 Tomáš Verner 194.06 11 55.90 3 138.16 6 Kevin Reynolds 190.23 10 59.05 5 131.18 7 Adrian Schultheiss 185.07 4 67.55 7 117.52 8 Brandon Mroz 174.00 3 71.40 11 102.60 9 Yasuharu Nanri 168.84 7 59.35 8 109.49 10 Andrei Lutai 167.79 6 60.64 9 107.15 11 Wu Jialiang 164.26 9 59.16 10 105.10 12 Igor Macypura 144.02 12 51.45 12 92.57
Ladies
In the short program, Kim Yuna set an ISU World Record of 76.28 points.
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Kim Yuna 187.98 1 76.28 2 111.70 2 Rachael Flatt 174.91 2 58.80 1 116.11 3 Júlia Sebestyén 159.03 3 58.54 3 100.49 4 Fumie Suguri 148.99 4 56.04 5 92.95 5 Jelena Glebova 148.71 5 52.28 4 96.43 6 Elene Gedevanishvili 144.19 6 52.18 6 92.01 7 Emily Hughes 135.31 11 45.32 7 89.99 8 Sarah Hecken 131.10 12 43.86 8 87.24 9 Joshi Helgesson 129.91 7 51.32 10 78.59 10 Alexe Gilles 129.01 10 46.56 9 82.45 11 Susanna Pöykiö 124.22 9 46.72 11 77.50 12 Tuğba Karademir 122.40 8 49.42 12 72.98
Pairs In the short program, Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo tied the ISU World Record of 74.36 points.
Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Shen Xue / Zhao Hongbo 201.40 1 74.36 1 127.04 2 Tatiana Volosozhar / Stanislav Morozov 171.82 2 61.70 3 110.12 3 Zhang Dan / Zhang Hao 168.19 5 56.84 2 111.35 4 Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker 165.37 4 58.54 4 106.83 5 Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig 148.33 6 50.14 5 98.19 6 Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski 139.58 7 49.52 6 90.06 7 Stacey Kemp / David King 130.80 8 43.46 7 87.34 WD Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin 3 59.64
WD = Withdrawn
Ice dancing Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD FD 1 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto 195.85 1 39.28 1 60.95 1 95.62 2 Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte 171.86 3 32.04 2 54.09 3 85.73 3 Alexandra Zaretski / Roman Zaretski 171.77 4 31.93 3 51.90 2 87.94 4 Jana Khokhlova / Sergei Novitski 168.25 2 36.94 5 49.53 4 81.78 5 Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre 160.89 5 30.19 4 51.28 6 79.42 6 Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein 153.92 7 28.88 8 44.55 5 80.49 7 Kristina Gorshkova / Vitali Butikov 152.43 6 29.32 6 46.64 7 76.47 8 Caitlin Mallory / Kristjan Rand 143.50 9 26.89 7 44.58 9 72.03 9 Zoé Blanc / Pierre-Loup Bouquet 140.71 10 24.39 10 42.66 8 73.66 10 Yu Xiaoyang / Wang Chen 135.62 8 27.43 9 44.15 10 64.04
References
External links
Official site
ISU Results Page