I must say, I can't help but think that people are jumping the gun with this Ashley Wagner. Unproven...plus this will be her first Nationals in seniors, no?
As a Junior, she won two gold medals in her JGP events and silver at the 2006 JGPF, and bronze at Junior Worlds. Pretty impressive, I should say.
At TEB, Ashley scored the highest FS score of any US lady in any competition, Junior or Senior: 108.15, and she won the bronze medal---which is a lot more than Emily Hughes was able to do. And Ashley did it with the usual low PCS scores given to a new Senior in her first GP series.
She is 16 and eligible to go to Worlds, and I think she is a strong contender for the US World team.