2007 Skate America

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.

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: Daisuke Takahashi
Ladies' singles: Kimmie Meissner
Pairs: Jessica Dubé / Bryce Davison
Ice dance: Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto
Navigation
Previous: 2006 Skate America
Next: 2008 Skate America
Next Grand Prix: 2007 Skate Canada International

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

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	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

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	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

External links

• Official site
• Starting Orders and Results
• 2007 Skate America at ISU
• 2007 Skate America at U.S. Figure Skating
• "2007/08 Grand Prix Announcement" (PDF). (76.3 KiB)