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- Aug 21, 2012
Does Alissa plan to compete in the Grand Prix? She can possibly get two assignments as a returning skater. Skate America is only 5 months away, which doesn't give her a lot of time to bring her skating up to competition level. If she doesn't do the GP, would she have to do Regionals and Sectionals?
As far as I know, there's no news about the Grand Prix. I believe, however, that she can still skate in summer comps to earn an assignment or two. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
If she doesn't compete at any GP events, I think she'll have to go through the same qualification process as most other skaters. She qualified for this year's US Nationals based on her 2nd place finish in 2012, but since she didn't end up competing, she has no recent results that would allow her to get a bye for next year. The top five at 2013 Nationals (Wagner, Gold, Zawadzki, Hicks, Gao) will automatically receive a bye to 2014 Nationals.
ETA: Forgot that Alissa did have 2012 Worlds results that allowed her to get a GP last year.