Updated to include NHK and TEB
I've changed the scoring to keep note of nuances and trends by giving points to the top five in each category.
1- 15 points.
2- 13
3- 11
4- 9
5- 7
Ashley: 167
Gracie: 119
Polina: 22
Christina: 21
Angela: 20
Courtney: 18
Samantha: 14
So with one event remaining, Ashley is definitely U.S. No. 1 leading up to Nationals. But despite a subpar performance at NHK, Gracie looks good for No. 2.
The third spot is looking to be more of a dog fight! Polina, Christina, Angela, Courtney and Samantha all bring something to the table....
Agnes does not look to be part of that conversation nor does Mirai. But maybe they will change my mind at Rostelcom Cup.
*** Score breakdown below***
Overall
Ashley Wagner: 194.37 (TEB)
Ashley Wagner: 193.81 (SA)
Gracie Gold: 185.65 (SC)
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Gracie Gold: 177.81 (NHK)
Christina Gao: 173.69 (SC)
Samantha Cesario: 172.70 (TEB)
Polina Edmunds: 171.21 (JGP Mexico)*
Courtney Hicks: 171.08 (U.S. Classic)
Samantha Cesario: 167.98 (SA)
Polina Edmunds: 165.77 (JGP Belarus)*
Gracie Gold: 164.68 (U.S. Classic)
Mirai Nagasu: 164.51 (Finlandia Trophy)
Ashley Cain: 162.39 (Nebelhorn Trophy)
Courtney Hicks: 162.00 (SC)
Samantha Cesario: 157.29 (U.S. Classic)
Angela Wang: 155.87 (JGP Czech Skate)*
Mariah Bell: 153.17 (JGP Mexico)*
Angela Wang: 152.36 (JGP Baltic Cup)*
Christina Gao 152.84 (Ondrej Nepela Trophy)
Vanessa Lam: 152.28 (Finlandia Trophy)
Agnes Zawadzki: 151.27 (U.S. Classic)
Kiri Baga: 150.48 (Cup of Nice)
Barbie Long: 148.19 (JGP Slovakia)*
Agnes Zawadzki: 147.64 (COC)
Yasmin Siraj: 142.32 (JGP Latvia)*
Mirai Nagasu: 141.71 (NHK Trophy)
Rachael Flatt: 130.18 (Cup of Nice)
Hannah Miller: 128.20 (JGP Estonia)*
Mariah Bell: 128.11 (JGP Baltic Cup)*
Barbie Long: 124.16 (JGP Belarus)*
Caroline Zhang: 110.12 (SA)
Short Program
Gracie Gold: 69.45 (Skate Canada)
Ashley Wagner: 69.26 (Skate America)
Ashley Wagner: 66.75 (Trophee Eric Bompard)
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Gracie Gold 62.83 (NHK)
Christina Gao: 62.82 (Skate Canada)
Angela Wang: 61.41
Gracie Gold: 58.49 (U.S. Classic)
Christina Gao: 58.81 (Trophee Eric Bompard)
Angela Wang: 58.00
Kiri Baga: 57.91
Ashley Cain: 57.87
Polina Edmunds: 57.78
Agnes Zawadzki: 56.27 (U.S. Classic)
Courtney Hicks: 54.80 (U.S. Classic)
Agnes Zawadzki: 53.76 (Cup of China)
Samantha Cesario: 53.51 (Skate America)
Polina Edmunds: 52.49
Christina Gao: 52.14 (Ondrej Nepela Trophy)
Yasmin Siraj: 51.70
Courtney Hicks: 50.71
Mirai Nagasu: 51.01
Mariah Bell: 49.91
Samantha Cesario: 47.91 (U.S. Classic)
Caroline Zhang: 45.76
Barbie Long: 47.56
Barbie Long: 45.71
Mariah Bell: 43.84
Rachael Flatt: 41.59
Hannah Miller: 39.17
Short Program TES
Gracie Gold: 38.53 (SC)
Ashley Wagner: 36.21 (SA)
Angela Wang: 35.89
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Angela Wang: 35.02
Ashley Wagner: 34.53 (TEB)
Christina Gao: 33.96 (SC)
Polina Edmunds: 33.35
Gracie Gold: 32.55 (NHK)
Courtney Hicks: 31.80
Gracie Gold: 31.37 (U.S. Classic)
Ashley Cain: 31.30
Kiri Baga: 31.11
Agnes Zawadzki: 30.73 (U.S. Classic)
Samantha Cesario: 30.52 (TEB)
Christina Gao: 29.98 (TEB)
Polina Edmunds: 29.12
Yasmin Siraj: 28.90
Agnes Zawadzki: 28.89
Christina Gao: 27.56
Samantha Cesario: 27.54
Courtney Hicks: 26.67
Mariah Bell: 26.55
Mirai Nagasu: 25.81[/B]
Barbie Long: 25.27
Barbie Long: 25.05
Mirai Nagasu: 23.61
Samantha Cesario: 23.31
Caroline Zhang: 21.04
Mariah Bell: 21.01
Rachael Flatt: 19.23
Hannah Miller: 16.86
Short Program PCS
Ashley Wagner: 33.05 (SA)
Ashley Wagner: 32.22 (SC)
Gracie Gold: 30.92 (SC)
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Gracie Gold: 30.28 (NHK)
Christina Gao: 28.86 (SC)
Christina Gao: 28.83 (TEB)
Mirai Nagasu: 28.20 (Finlandia)
Gracie Gold: 28.12 (U.S. Classic)
Mirai Nagasu: 27.40 (NHK)
Kiri Baga: 26.80
Ashley Cain: 26.57
Agnes Zawadzki: 26.54
Samantha Cesario: 26.03 (TEB)
Angela Wang: 25.98
Angela Wang: 25.52
Samantha Cesario: 25.97 (SA)
Agnes Zawadzki: 25.84
Christina Gao: 25.58 (Ondrej Nepela Trophy)
Courtney Hicks 25.00 (U.S. Classic)
Caroline Zhang: 24.72
Samantha Cesario: 24.60
Polina Edmunds: 24.43
Courtney Hicks 24.03 (Skate Canada)
Polina Edmunds: 23.37
Rachael Flatt: 23.36
Mariah Bell: 23.36
Mariah Bell: 22.83
Yasmin Siraj: 22.80
Hannah Miller: 22.31
Barbie Long: 22.29
Barbie Long: 20.66
Free Skate
Ashley Wagner: 127.62
Ashley Wagner: 124.55
Gracie Gold: 117.20
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Courtney Hicks: 117.08 (Salt Lake Sr. B)
Samantha Cesario 116.15 (TEB)
Gracie Gold: 114.98 (NHK)
Samantha Cesario: 114.47 (SA)
Polina Edmunds: 113.43
Polina Edmunds: 113.28
Courtney Hicks: 111.30 (SC)
Christina Gao: 110.87 (SC)
Mirai Nagasu: 110.50
Samantha Cesario: 109.38
Gracie Gold: 106.19
Ashley Cain: 104.52
Mariah Bell: 103.26
Christina Gao: 100.70 (Nepala)
Barbie Long: 100.63
Vanessa Lam: 95.97
Agnes Zawadzki: 95.00
Angela Wang: 94.46
Angela Wang: 94.36
Christina Gao: 94.04 (TEB)
Agnes Zawadzki: 93.91
Kiri Baga: 92.57
Yasmin Siraj: 90.62
Hannah Miller: 89.03
Rachael Flatt: 88.59
Mariah Bell: 84.27
Barbie Long: 78.45
Caroline Zhang: 65.36
Free Skate TES
Polina Edmunds: 62.37
Courtney Hicks: 62.31 (Skate Canada)
Ashley Wagner: 61.81 (TEB)
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Courtney Hicks: 61.48 (U.S. Classic)
Polina Edmunds: 61.82
Samantha Cesario 59.03 (TEB)
Ashley Wagner: 58.54
Samantha Cesario: 56.98
Gracie Gold: 56.09
Samantha Cesario: 55.79 (Skate America)
Gracie Gold: 55.58
Christina Gao: 53.95
Barbie Long: 53.54
Mirai Nagasu: 53.46
Mariah Bell: 52.95
Ashley Cain: 51.51
Angela Wang: 49.25
Christina Gao: 49.09
Gracie Gold: 49.05
Angela Wang: 46.59
Yasmin Siraj: 46.39
Vanessa Lam: 45.73
Rachael Flatt: 45.31
Kiri Baga: 44.85
Agnes Zawadzki: 43.26 (Cup of China)
Agnes Zawadzki: 42.79 (U.S. Classic)
Hannah Miller 41.26
Barbie Long: 40.64
Mariah Bell: 40.44
Christina Gao: 39.41
Mirai Nagasu: 38.18
Caroline Zhang: 24.27
Free Skate PCS
Ashley Wagner: 66.01 (SA)
Ashley Wagner: 65.81 (TEB)
Gracie Gold: 62.11 (SC)
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Gracie Gold: 60.40 (NHK)
Samantha Cesario: 58.90 (SA)
Gracie Gold: 58.14 (U.S. Classic)
Samantha Cesario: 57.12 (TEB)
Mirai Nagasu 57.04 (Finlandia)
Christina Gao: 56.92 (SC)
Christina Gao: 56.63 (TEB)
Courtney Hicks: 55.60 (U.S. Classic)
Ashley Cain: 54.01
Christina Gao: 53.61
Samantha Cesario: 53.59
Mirai Nagasu: 53.52 (NHK)
Agnes Zawadzki: 53.21 (U.S. Classic)
Vanessa Lam:52.24
Agnes Zawadzki: 51.65 (Cup of China)
Polina Edmunds: 51.61
Polina Edmunds: 50.91
Mariah Bell: 50.31
Courtney Hicks: 49.99 (SC)
Angela Wang: 48.87
Kiri Baga: 48.72
Angela Wang: 48.11
Barbie Long: 48.09
Hannah Miller 47.77
Yasmin Siraj: 44.23
Mariah Bell: 43.83
Rachael Flatt: 43.28
Caroline Zhang: 41.09
Barbie Long: 40.81
I've changed the scoring to keep note of nuances and trends by giving points to the top five in each category.
1- 15 points.
2- 13
3- 11
4- 9
5- 7
Ashley: 167
Gracie: 119
Polina: 22
Christina: 21
Angela: 20
Courtney: 18
Samantha: 14
So with one event remaining, Ashley is definitely U.S. No. 1 leading up to Nationals. But despite a subpar performance at NHK, Gracie looks good for No. 2.
The third spot is looking to be more of a dog fight! Polina, Christina, Angela, Courtney and Samantha all bring something to the table....
Agnes does not look to be part of that conversation nor does Mirai. But maybe they will change my mind at Rostelcom Cup.
*** Score breakdown below***
Overall
Ashley Wagner: 194.37 (TEB)
Ashley Wagner: 193.81 (SA)
Gracie Gold: 185.65 (SC)
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Gracie Gold: 177.81 (NHK)
Christina Gao: 173.69 (SC)
Samantha Cesario: 172.70 (TEB)
Polina Edmunds: 171.21 (JGP Mexico)*
Courtney Hicks: 171.08 (U.S. Classic)
Samantha Cesario: 167.98 (SA)
Polina Edmunds: 165.77 (JGP Belarus)*
Gracie Gold: 164.68 (U.S. Classic)
Mirai Nagasu: 164.51 (Finlandia Trophy)
Ashley Cain: 162.39 (Nebelhorn Trophy)
Courtney Hicks: 162.00 (SC)
Samantha Cesario: 157.29 (U.S. Classic)
Angela Wang: 155.87 (JGP Czech Skate)*
Mariah Bell: 153.17 (JGP Mexico)*
Angela Wang: 152.36 (JGP Baltic Cup)*
Christina Gao 152.84 (Ondrej Nepela Trophy)
Vanessa Lam: 152.28 (Finlandia Trophy)
Agnes Zawadzki: 151.27 (U.S. Classic)
Kiri Baga: 150.48 (Cup of Nice)
Barbie Long: 148.19 (JGP Slovakia)*
Agnes Zawadzki: 147.64 (COC)
Yasmin Siraj: 142.32 (JGP Latvia)*
Mirai Nagasu: 141.71 (NHK Trophy)
Rachael Flatt: 130.18 (Cup of Nice)
Hannah Miller: 128.20 (JGP Estonia)*
Mariah Bell: 128.11 (JGP Baltic Cup)*
Barbie Long: 124.16 (JGP Belarus)*
Caroline Zhang: 110.12 (SA)
Short Program
Gracie Gold: 69.45 (Skate Canada)
Ashley Wagner: 69.26 (Skate America)
Ashley Wagner: 66.75 (Trophee Eric Bompard)
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Gracie Gold 62.83 (NHK)
Christina Gao: 62.82 (Skate Canada)
Angela Wang: 61.41
Gracie Gold: 58.49 (U.S. Classic)
Christina Gao: 58.81 (Trophee Eric Bompard)
Angela Wang: 58.00
Kiri Baga: 57.91
Ashley Cain: 57.87
Polina Edmunds: 57.78
Agnes Zawadzki: 56.27 (U.S. Classic)
Courtney Hicks: 54.80 (U.S. Classic)
Agnes Zawadzki: 53.76 (Cup of China)
Samantha Cesario: 53.51 (Skate America)
Polina Edmunds: 52.49
Christina Gao: 52.14 (Ondrej Nepela Trophy)
Yasmin Siraj: 51.70
Courtney Hicks: 50.71
Mirai Nagasu: 51.01
Mariah Bell: 49.91
Samantha Cesario: 47.91 (U.S. Classic)
Caroline Zhang: 45.76
Barbie Long: 47.56
Barbie Long: 45.71
Mariah Bell: 43.84
Rachael Flatt: 41.59
Hannah Miller: 39.17
Short Program TES
Gracie Gold: 38.53 (SC)
Ashley Wagner: 36.21 (SA)
Angela Wang: 35.89
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Angela Wang: 35.02
Ashley Wagner: 34.53 (TEB)
Christina Gao: 33.96 (SC)
Polina Edmunds: 33.35
Gracie Gold: 32.55 (NHK)
Courtney Hicks: 31.80
Gracie Gold: 31.37 (U.S. Classic)
Ashley Cain: 31.30
Kiri Baga: 31.11
Agnes Zawadzki: 30.73 (U.S. Classic)
Samantha Cesario: 30.52 (TEB)
Christina Gao: 29.98 (TEB)
Polina Edmunds: 29.12
Yasmin Siraj: 28.90
Agnes Zawadzki: 28.89
Christina Gao: 27.56
Samantha Cesario: 27.54
Courtney Hicks: 26.67
Mariah Bell: 26.55
Mirai Nagasu: 25.81[/B]
Barbie Long: 25.27
Barbie Long: 25.05
Mirai Nagasu: 23.61
Samantha Cesario: 23.31
Caroline Zhang: 21.04
Mariah Bell: 21.01
Rachael Flatt: 19.23
Hannah Miller: 16.86
Short Program PCS
Ashley Wagner: 33.05 (SA)
Ashley Wagner: 32.22 (SC)
Gracie Gold: 30.92 (SC)
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Gracie Gold: 30.28 (NHK)
Christina Gao: 28.86 (SC)
Christina Gao: 28.83 (TEB)
Mirai Nagasu: 28.20 (Finlandia)
Gracie Gold: 28.12 (U.S. Classic)
Mirai Nagasu: 27.40 (NHK)
Kiri Baga: 26.80
Ashley Cain: 26.57
Agnes Zawadzki: 26.54
Samantha Cesario: 26.03 (TEB)
Angela Wang: 25.98
Angela Wang: 25.52
Samantha Cesario: 25.97 (SA)
Agnes Zawadzki: 25.84
Christina Gao: 25.58 (Ondrej Nepela Trophy)
Courtney Hicks 25.00 (U.S. Classic)
Caroline Zhang: 24.72
Samantha Cesario: 24.60
Polina Edmunds: 24.43
Courtney Hicks 24.03 (Skate Canada)
Polina Edmunds: 23.37
Rachael Flatt: 23.36
Mariah Bell: 23.36
Mariah Bell: 22.83
Yasmin Siraj: 22.80
Hannah Miller: 22.31
Barbie Long: 22.29
Barbie Long: 20.66
Free Skate
Ashley Wagner: 127.62
Ashley Wagner: 124.55
Gracie Gold: 117.20
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Courtney Hicks: 117.08 (Salt Lake Sr. B)
Samantha Cesario 116.15 (TEB)
Gracie Gold: 114.98 (NHK)
Samantha Cesario: 114.47 (SA)
Polina Edmunds: 113.43
Polina Edmunds: 113.28
Courtney Hicks: 111.30 (SC)
Christina Gao: 110.87 (SC)
Mirai Nagasu: 110.50
Samantha Cesario: 109.38
Gracie Gold: 106.19
Ashley Cain: 104.52
Mariah Bell: 103.26
Christina Gao: 100.70 (Nepala)
Barbie Long: 100.63
Vanessa Lam: 95.97
Agnes Zawadzki: 95.00
Angela Wang: 94.46
Angela Wang: 94.36
Christina Gao: 94.04 (TEB)
Agnes Zawadzki: 93.91
Kiri Baga: 92.57
Yasmin Siraj: 90.62
Hannah Miller: 89.03
Rachael Flatt: 88.59
Mariah Bell: 84.27
Barbie Long: 78.45
Caroline Zhang: 65.36
Free Skate TES
Polina Edmunds: 62.37
Courtney Hicks: 62.31 (Skate Canada)
Ashley Wagner: 61.81 (TEB)
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Courtney Hicks: 61.48 (U.S. Classic)
Polina Edmunds: 61.82
Samantha Cesario 59.03 (TEB)
Ashley Wagner: 58.54
Samantha Cesario: 56.98
Gracie Gold: 56.09
Samantha Cesario: 55.79 (Skate America)
Gracie Gold: 55.58
Christina Gao: 53.95
Barbie Long: 53.54
Mirai Nagasu: 53.46
Mariah Bell: 52.95
Ashley Cain: 51.51
Angela Wang: 49.25
Christina Gao: 49.09
Gracie Gold: 49.05
Angela Wang: 46.59
Yasmin Siraj: 46.39
Vanessa Lam: 45.73
Rachael Flatt: 45.31
Kiri Baga: 44.85
Agnes Zawadzki: 43.26 (Cup of China)
Agnes Zawadzki: 42.79 (U.S. Classic)
Hannah Miller 41.26
Barbie Long: 40.64
Mariah Bell: 40.44
Christina Gao: 39.41
Mirai Nagasu: 38.18
Caroline Zhang: 24.27
Free Skate PCS
Ashley Wagner: 66.01 (SA)
Ashley Wagner: 65.81 (TEB)
Gracie Gold: 62.11 (SC)
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Gracie Gold: 60.40 (NHK)
Samantha Cesario: 58.90 (SA)
Gracie Gold: 58.14 (U.S. Classic)
Samantha Cesario: 57.12 (TEB)
Mirai Nagasu 57.04 (Finlandia)
Christina Gao: 56.92 (SC)
Christina Gao: 56.63 (TEB)
Courtney Hicks: 55.60 (U.S. Classic)
Ashley Cain: 54.01
Christina Gao: 53.61
Samantha Cesario: 53.59
Mirai Nagasu: 53.52 (NHK)
Agnes Zawadzki: 53.21 (U.S. Classic)
Vanessa Lam:52.24
Agnes Zawadzki: 51.65 (Cup of China)
Polina Edmunds: 51.61
Polina Edmunds: 50.91
Mariah Bell: 50.31
Courtney Hicks: 49.99 (SC)
Angela Wang: 48.87
Kiri Baga: 48.72
Angela Wang: 48.11
Barbie Long: 48.09
Hannah Miller 47.77
Yasmin Siraj: 44.23
Mariah Bell: 43.83
Rachael Flatt: 43.28
Caroline Zhang: 41.09
Barbie Long: 40.81