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^^ I agree and think you could be right, I actually think Hannah and Angela will probably beat Caroline, and Leah is capable of doing so as well if good Leah shows up at Nationals instead of her evil twin. Hannah likely will stay tiny, but filling out or growing taller at all could hurt her already small jumps as we've seen a lot of skaters struggle with URs once they grow up physically, like Kanako and Mirai, and they had bigger jumps to begin with. But for now the jumps seem consistent enough and presentation is definitely a strength for Hannah. As for Angela I think nailing the SP will be key - she could likely still do well with a 3lz-2t as her combo instead of the 3-3, but any bigger error than that could hurt her a lot and effect her PCS in the FS and her ability to pull up in the rankings overall (we saw at the JGPF, even though she was 2nd in the FS, she still ended up a distant 4th overall after Hannah and Anna followed up their great SPs with programs almost as good as Angela's clean FS - and that was in a smaller and less deep field than Nationals).
Wow poor Zhang, after all the work she did to make her comeback to being a contender again last year, she could be right down in the dumps again. I dont see anyway she duplicates her 4th place of last year though. Wagner, Nagasu, Gold, Gao, and Zawadzki are almost certain to beat her. Then there are atleast 5 others who could. I would project a finish of about 8th for her this year if I had to guess, but if she skates really well could be 5th to 7th, and if she doesnt could even be in a really dreaded spot like 11th.