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2025 Skate America: Practice notes

November 13, 2025

WOMEN

Completed practice: 11/16 11:45am ET

Liu: 2A, 2A, 3Lo, 3S, 3T, 3T, 3T, 3Lo, 3F, 3F2T, 3Lz2A2T, 3Lz2T, runthru (3F, 3Lz3T(ur), 3S, marked Lo, 3Lz2A2T, 3F2T, 2A), 3Lz3T(q?), 3Lz3T

Gubanova: 3F, 3F3T, 3Lz, 2A, runthru (3F3T, 3Lz(q?), 1S, 3Lz2A2T), 1Lo, 3Lo, 3S

Gutmann: 3T(hangs on)2A, 3T2A, 3Lo2T, 3Lo, 3Lo, 3F, 3F, 3Lz1Eu3S(q?), 3Lz1Eu3S, 3Lz, 2A, 2A, marked runthru, 3T2A

Watanabe: 2A, 2A1Eu3S, 3Lz, 3Lz, 3Lz2A, 3Lo, 3F(e?), 3A, 3A(q), 3A3T, 3Lo, runthru (3A(<<,step), 3Lz, 3Lo), 3A(ur?hangs on)

Kim: 3Lo, 1Lo(ftdwn), 3F(q)2T2Lo, 3Lz3T(q), runthru (2A, 3Lo, 3F(e?)2T(q)2Lo(q), 3S(q), 3Lz(turn), 3Lz2A(q), 3F2T), 3Lz(ur?)3T, 3Lz(q?)3T(ur?), 3Lz3T(ur,fall), 3Lz3T, 1Lo, 2Lo, 3Lo(ur), 3Lo, 3S, 3S, 3F2T2Lo

Andrews: 3T, runthru (3T, 3S2T, 3Lo), 3S2T, 3F, 3Lz(e?), 3F2A2A, 3Lo, 3F, 3S(q)2T

HLee: 2A, 3S, 1Lo, 1Lo, 1Lo, 1Lo, 3Lo(q?), 3F2T2Lo, 3Lz(ur)3T(q), 3Lo, runthru (3Lo(ur?), 3Lz(q)3T(ur?), 2A, 1F, 3Lz2T2Lo, 3F2A, 3S)

Higuchi: 2A, 3S2T, 3S, 2Lo, 2Lo(step), 3Lo(step), 1Lo, 3Lo, 3Lo, 2A3T, 3Lo, 1Lz, 1Lz, 1Lz, runthru (2A3T, 3S, 3S(q)2T), 3Lo(ur,step), 3Lo(q,fall)

Kurakova: 3Lo, 3F(e?), runthru (3Lz2A, 3T, 3Lo, 3F(e)2T2Lo, 2A), 3Lz(q)2A, 3Lz(ur,fall), 3Lz(step), 3Lz, 3Lz, 3F(e?)

Yoshida: 2A, 3Lz2T, 3Lz, 3F(e?), 3F(e?), 3Lo(step), 2A3T(q?), 2A, 2A, runthru (3A(ur?fall), 2A3T(q), 3Lo(q,fall), 3F(e?), 3Lz2T, 3Lz(q?), 3S2A2T), 3Lo, 2A3T

JLee: marked runthru, 3Lo(q), 3Lo2T, 2F(step), 3F3T(ur,fall), 3F1T(step), 3Lz(q), 3Lz(ur), 3S, 3F3T(ur), 3F((q)3T(ur)

Serna: 3T, 3T, 3F(e?)2A, 3Lz(tstep), 2Lz, 3Lz, 3Lz, 3F(e?)2A, runthru (2A, 3Lz2T, 3F(e?))

Completed practice: 11/15 10:30am

Gutmann: 2A, 3Lz(q), 3Lz, 3T, runthru (2T(turn), 2A, 3Lz), 3T3T, 2A, 3T3T, 2A, 3Lz

Liu: 2A, 3S, 3T, 3T, 3Lo, runthru (3F, 2A, marked Lz), 3F, 3Lz, 3Lz1Lo, 3Lz1Lo, 3Lz3Lo

Gubanova: 3F, 3F3T, 3Lz, 2A, 2A, runthru (3F3T, marked A, 3Lz)

Kim: 1A, 2A, 3S, 3S, 3Lo, 3Lo, 3F, 3F(e?), 3Lz3T, 3Lz3T, runthru (2A, 3Lz3T(hangs on), 3F), 3Lz2A

Watanabe: 3Lz3T, runthru (3A(q?), 3Lz3T(hangs on), 3Lo), 3Lo, 3F, 3Lo, 3Lo, 3A(q), 3Lz3T, 3A(ur?hangs on), 3Lz3T, 3A, 3Lz3T(ur?), 3Lz3T, 3Lo

Yoshida: 2A, 3Lo, 3Lo2T, 3Lz(ur,fall), runthru (2A, 3Lz(q)3T(ur), 1Lo), 3Lz3T(q?), 3Lo, 3Lz, 2Lz, 3Lz

Higuchi: 2A, 2A, 3Lz(ur,fall), 1Lz, 1Lz(step), 3Lz2T, 3Lz(ur?hangs on)2T, runthru (2A, 2Lz2T, marked F), 1Lz, 3Lz2T, 3F(ur,fall), 2S(<<,step), 2S, 3S2T, 2S, 3S2T

HLee: 2A, 1Lo, 1Lo, 1Lo, 1Lz, 3Lz, runthru (3Lz3T, 2A, 3F)

JLee: runthru (3F, 3Lo(q), 1A), 2A, 3F3T(ur), 3F3T(q?), 3Lo(q?), 3F3T(ur), 3F3T(q), 2A

Andrews: 3T3T, runthru (3T3T(hangs on)), 3Lo2T, 3Lo(step), 3Lo2T, 3T2T, 3Lz(e?), 3S2T

Kurakova: 3Lo, 3Lz, 3Lz2T, 3F(e), 3T, 2A, runthru (3Lz, 2A, 3Lo)

Serna: 3T, 3F(e?), 3T, runthru (3T, marked A, 3F(e?)), 3Lz3T(ur,hangs on), 3Lz3T(q), 3Lz2T(turn), 3Lz3T, 2A

Completed practice: 11/14 2:30pm

Gubanova: runthru (3F3T, 3Lo, 3Lz2A(hangs on), 2A(q))

Liu: 2A, marked runthru,3S, 3Lo, 3Lo, 3Lo, 3Lz3T

Yoshida: 2A, 3S2A2T, 3Lz2T, runthru (2A, 2Lz3T(ur), 3Lo)

Gutmann: 3T2A, 3T2A, 3Lo2T, 3T3T, 3Lz1Eu2S, 3Lz1Eu3S(ur), runthru (3Lz1Eu3S(ur), 3Lo, 2A), 3Lz, 3Lz1Eu3S

Kim: 3Lz(ur,fall), 3Lz, 3Lo, 3F(turn), 1F(step), 3Lz3T, runthru (2A, 3Lo, 3F2T2Lo, 3S, 3Lz(q)3T(ur), 3Lz2A(q), 3F(ur,hangs on)

Watanabe: 2A1Eu3S, 3Lz3T, runthru (3A(ur?hand), 3F(hangs on), 3A3T, 3Lz2A, 3Lz, 2A1Eu3S, 3Lo), 3A, 3Lz3T(ur,turn)

Higuchi: runthru (2A2T, 3Lz(ur), 2Lo, 3S, 2S, 1Lo, 1Lo, 3Lo, 3F(e?q), 3F(fall), 2Lz, 3Lz2A(step), 3Lz(ur,fall), 3Lz2A2T

JLee: 2A, 3Lo(fall), 2Lz, 3F(ur,fall), runthru (3F3T(ur), 3Lz(ur,step), 3F2T2Lo, 3Lo(ur)2T, 2A), 1Lz

Kurakova: runthru (3Lz, 2A, 3Lo), 3F(e), 3Lz

HLee: 2A, 3F2T2Lo, 1Lz, 3Lz, runthur (3Lo, 3Lz3T(q?), 2A, 3F2T2Lo, 3Lz(q)2A(q), 1F, 3S), 3F, 3Lz3T

Serna: 2A, 3F(e?)2A, marked runthru

Andrews: 2A, 3Lo, 3Lo, runthru (3T3T, 2A, 3Lo)

Completed practice: 11/13 11:35am ET

Liu: 3S, 3S, 3T, runthru (marked F, 2A, 3Lz2Lo), 3Lz3Lo(hangs on), 3Lz3Lo(ur?)

Gubanova: marked runthru, 3F(step), 3F3T, 2S, 3S, 3Lz

Kurakova: 2A, 3Lo, runthru (3Lz, 3T(<<,step), 3F(e?q?)2T, 3Lo(ur?), 2A, 3Lz(ur,fall), 2Lz

Andrews: 2A, 3T2A2A, 3Lo2T, runthru (3Lz(e?ur?), 3T2A2A, 3F(ur,fall), 3T(ur,hand), 3Lo2T, 1S(step), 3Lo(ur)), 3Lo2T, 3T3T

Gutmann: 2A, runthru (marked T, 2A, 1Lz), 2Lz(step), 3T2T, 3T3T, 2Lo(step), 3Lo2T, 3F(step), 3F

JLee: 2A, 3Lo, 3F, runthru (3F3T(ur,fall), 3Lo(ur), 2A), 3F(ur,step), 1F, 3Lo(q)

Higuchi: 2A, 2A, 2F(step),l 3Lz3T, 3F(turn), runthru (2A, 2Lz, 3F(e?ur,fall), 3Lz(ur,fall), 3S, 3S(turn)2T, 3S2T, 2A3T, 3Lo, 2Lo

HLee: SP runthru (3Lz(q)3T(q), 2A, 3F), 3F, 3Lz(q)3T, 3Lz(ur?)3T(ur?)

Watanabe: runthru (3A(q,fall), 3Lz3T, 3Lo), 3A, 3A, 3A3T

Kim: runthru (2A, 3Lz(ur,fall), 3F(q)), 3Lz3T, 3S, 3Lz3T, 3Lz3T, 2A

Yoshida: 2A, runthru (3A(ur,fall), 0A, 3Lo(q), FSp fall, 3F, 3Lz(fall), 3S2A2T), 2A3T(q,fall), 2A0T, 2A3T, 2A

Serna: marked runthru, 3T, 3Lz2T2Lo, 3F

MEN

Completed practice: 11/15 11:45am

Tomono: 3Lo, 3F2A, 3A, 4S(turn), 4S, 3T2T, 4T3T, 4T(q,step), 4T, 4S, runthru (marked quads, 3Lo, 3A1Eu3S, 3F2A)

Aymoz: 2A, 3S, 3T, 2F(e), 3F(e?), 3Lo, 3Lz, 3A, 3A, 3S, 3T, 4T(q?), runthru (marked T, 4T(ur,step), 3A, marked Lz, 3A2A, marked F, 3T), 4T, 3F(e?)

Shaidorov: 2A, 3F(e?), 3Lz3A(q), 3Lz3A(fall), 4T, 4T3T, 3A1Eu4S, 4F(e?), 2F(step), runthru (3A1Eu4S), 4F(e?), 4F(e?q?step)

Grassl: 3Lo, 3Lz, 3A3T, 3A(ur)2A2A, 4Lz, 3Lz, 4Lz(e?), runthru (3Lo), 4F, 3A2A2A, 3Lz(e?)3T

Brown: 3Lo, 3F, 3Lz2T, 3Lz3T, 3A(q?hangs on), runthru (3A(q,fall), 3Lo, 3S, 3Lz3T, 3F), 3F2A2A, 3A2T, 3A, 3Lz3T

Tsuboi: 3Lo, 3A, runthru (3A1Eu3S, 2F, 3Lz2A, 3Lz), 3A, 4S, 4S3T, 2S, 4S(ur?), 4S3T, 2S, 2S, 4S, 3T, 4T(ur,fall), 2T, 2T, 4T(ur,fall), 3T

Memola: 3Lo, 3Lz, 3Lz3Lo, 2Lz(step), 3Lz1T(step), 3Lz3T, 3F(e?), 3A, 3A1Eu3S, 3Lz, 3Lz, 2Lz, 3Lz, 4Lz(e?step), 3Lz, runthru (3F(e?), marked Lz, 2A, 4Lz(e?q?), marked A, 3Lz), 4Lz(ur,fall)

Litvintsev: 1Lo, 3F1Eu3S, 3Lz2A, 3Lz2A, 4T(q), 3A, 4T(step), 4T(ur,fall), 4T3T, 2T, runthru (4T(q), 2T, 3A, 3Lo, 3A1Eu3S, 3Lz2A, 3F)

Kapeikis: 2A, 3T, 3Lz(hangs on)2A2A, 3A2T, 3A, 3F, 3Lz2A2A, runthru (3S, 2A2T), 2A, 3A, 3Lz2A2A, 3F

Dai: 2A, 3S, 3Lz, 3T, 3Lo, 3A, 3T, runthru (2T, 3A2A2A, 3A, 3S3T, 3Lo), 3A, 4T, 4T, 3T, 4T, 3Lo, 3Lo

Economides: 2A, 3A, 3A, 3Lo, 3F3T, runthru (3A)

Circelli: 2A2A2A, 3S, 3Lo, runthru (3F(e?), 3Lo, 3F(e?)3T, 3S2T), 3Lz2A, 3T, 3T, 2T, 3T(step), 4T(<<?2ft), 2T, 4T(ur,fall), 4T(ur,2ft), 4T(ur?), 2T, 4T(step,hand), 3Lz(q)2A(q?), 3F3T(ur?), 3Lo, 3F(e?q?)3T(ur,ftdwn)

Completed practice: 11/14 1:15pm

Shaidorov: 4Lz3T, 3A(q,turn), 4Lz(q)3T, marked runthru

Brown: 3F3T, 3A, runthru (3F, marked A, 3Lz3T)

Tomono: runthru (4T(step), marked S, 3A), 4T3T, 2S, 4S

Memola: 3Lo, 2F(step), runthru (marked F, 4Lz(ur,fall), 3A), 4Lz(ur,fall), 4Lz(ur,fall), 3Lz, 2Lz

Grassl: 3A, 3A, 3Lo, 2Lo, 0Lo(fall), runthru (marked Lz/Lo, 3A), 4Lz(ur)3T, 4Lz(ur,hangs on)3T, 4Lo, 3Lz

Aymoz: 3F(e?), 3T, 4T3T, runthru (3T, 3A, 3Lz), 3T

Litvintsev: 2A, 3A, 3A, 3F3T, runthru (4T, 3A(hangs on), 3F3T)

Circelli: 3Lo, runthru (3F, marked A, 3Lz3T), 3T, 4T(ur,fall), 4T(q), 3Lo(ftdwn), 3S3T

Tsuboi: 3Lo, 4S3T, runthru (4T(ur,step), 4S3T, 3A)

Kapeikis: 3A, runthru (3A(turn), marked F, 3Lz3T), 3A(hangs on), 3Lz3T

Economides: 3Lo(fall), 3Lo, runthru (3A(<<,step), 3F, 3Lz3T)

Dai: 3T, 4T(hand), 4T, 3Lz, runthru (2T, 3Lz3T, 3A(step))

Completed practice: 11/13 2:45pm ET

Brown: 3Lo, 3F, 3A, 3A, 3A, runthru (3F, 3A, 3Lz3T)

Grassl: 3Lz, 3Lz3T, 3A2T, 3A3T, runthru (marked first half, 3Lz3T, 3Lo), 3Lo, 2Lo, 4Lo(q,turn), 2F, 3F, 3A

Memola: 3Lz, 4Lz3T, 3Lz, runthru (4F(e?), 3Lz, 3A, 3Lo, 4Lz1Eu3S, 3A(q)3T

Dai: 2A, 3Lz, 4T, runthru (3T, 3A(q,fall), 3Lo), 3Lz3T, 3A(step), 3T, 4T, 3F, 3T

Kapeikis: 3F, runthru (3F, 3A, 3Lz2A2A, 3Lo)

Circelli: 1A2A, 3Lo, 3F3T, runthru (3F, 1Lo, 3F3T, 3Lz2A2A(ur)), 2T, 4T, 3Lz3T, 3Lo, 3Lz(q)3T(q)

Tomono: 3Lo, 3F(step), 3A, 4S, runthru (4T(turn)2T, 4S(turn), 3A), 4T2T, 2S, 4T3T, 4S, 3A

Shaidorov: 4F, 3A(hangs on), runthru (3A(ur)1Eu4S(ur), 4Lz(ur), 4F(ur,fall), 4T3T(ftdwn), 3Lz3A(ur), 4T(ur)), 4F(q), 4T(ftdwn), 4T(q?), 4S(ur,fall), 4S

Litvintsev: 4T, runthru (4T(q,fall), 1T(step), 3A, 3F, 3A1Eu3S, 3Lz2A(step), 3F(hangs on)), 3F

Tsuboi: 3Lo, runthru (4T, 4S(step), 2S, 3A1Eu3S, 3A(ftdwn), 3Lz3T(ftdwn), 3F), 4S, 3Lo, 4S(ur,fall), 4S(ur,fall), 4S(turn)

Aymoz: marked runthru, 3F(e?), 3A(step), 4T, 3T, 4T, 4T3T, 3A, 3A1Eu3S, 4S(step,hand), 4S(ur,fall), 4S

Economides: 2A, 2A, 3A, marked runthru, 3F(hangs on), 3F(turn), 3F, 3F

PAIRS

Completed practice: 11/15 9:15am ET

Miura/Kihara: thr3Lz(step), M solo 3T2A2A, runthru (3Tw4?, sbs3T2A2A(M 3T(q)2A2A, sbs3S, thr3Lo(step))

Metelkina/Berulava: B solo 3S(step), M solo 3S2A2A, both solo 3T, 3Tw4(close catch), 3Tw4, thr3F, thr3F, thr3Lo, runthru (sbs3S2A2A, sbs3T(B turn), thr3F, thr3Lo)

Hocke/Kunkel; thr3F(ftdwn), thr3Lo, 3Tw4, runthru (marked Tw, sbs3S), sbs2A(H 1A), thr3Lo, thr3F(fall)

Akopova/Rakhmanin: runthru (3Tw3, sbs3T(A fall, R step), thr3S), thr3F, sbs3S(A 2S), sbs3S(A 1S), both solo 3S2A2A

Completed practice: 11/14 12pm ET

Metelkina/Berulava: M solo 2A, B solo 3S, 3Tw4, thr3F(step), thr3F, runthru (sbs3S, 3Tw4, thr3F)

Miura/Kihara: 3Tw3, thr3F, M solo 3T(q), M solo 3T2A2A, K solo 3T2A2A(hand), K solo 3T2A2A. thr2Lo, thr3Lo, runthru (3Tw4, sbs3T(M 3T(ur,hand), thr3F)

Laurin/Ethier: 3Tw2, runthru (marked Tw, sbs3S(L fall), marked thr), thr3Lo, thr3S(step,hand)

Hocke/Kunkel: 3Tw4?, both solo 3S, runthru (3Tw3, sbs3S(H 2S), marked thr), sbs3S(K 2S), sbs3S(H 2S), sbs3S(K 2S)

Chan/Howe: 3Tw4, thr3Lo, sbs3T(C 2T), sbs3T(C fall), both solo 3T, runthru (marked Tw, sbs3T(hangs on), marked thr)

Akopova/Rakhmanin: 3Tw3?, runthru (3Tw3, thr3F, sbs3S(A 1S)), sbs3S, sbs3T, R solo 3S

Plazas/Fernandez: sbs3T(F fall), F solo 3T(hangs on), thrLo, runthru (3Tw4, marked sbs/Tw), sbs3T(F 2T), sbs3T(both fall), F solo 3T(q)

Flores/Wang: thr3Lo(step), sbs3S2A2A, runthru (3Tw2, marked sbs, thr3Lo), 5Li fall

Completed practice: 11/13 10am ET

Hocke/Kunkel: thr3Lz, SP runthru (marked Tw/sbs, thr3Lz, thr3Lo, 3Tw4, K solo 2A1A1A, H solo 3S, K solo 2A1A2A(ur), H solo 3S, sbs 3S, sbs2A1A2A(K 2A1A1A)

Plazas/Fernandez: sbs3S(P ur,step), thr3Lo(fall), thr3F(hangs on), runthru (3Tw4, sbs3S(P ur,turn), thr3Lo(hand), sbs3T(P 3T(ur,fall))

Flores/Wang: F solo 2A, F solo 2A2A(step), thr3S, FS runthru (sbs3S2A2A, thr3Lo, thr3S)

Chan/Howe: FS runthru (marked sbs, 3Tw4, marked thr), thr3Lo(fall), thr3Lo(hangs on), H solo 3S, H solo 3S, sbs3T(C ur,fall), sbs3T(C fall)

Miura/Kihara: 3Tw3, thr3F, thr3Lo, M solo 3T(ur,fall), K solo 2A, M solo 3T, K solo 3T2A2A, M solo 2T, M solo 3T2A, M solo 3S, FS runthru (3Tw3, sbs3T2A2A(M 3T(ur,2ft)2A2A, K fall), sbs3S, thr3Lo(ftdwn)), thr3Lo(hangs on), M solo 3S, K solo 3T2A2A

Metelkina/Berulava: both solo 3S, both solo 3T, 3Tw4?, thr3F, FS runthru (sbs3S2A2A(B 3S2A(turn)), sbs3T, thr3F, thr3Lo(step)), thr3Lo, sbs3S

Akopova/Rakhmanin: FS runthru (sbs3S, marked thr), sbs3S2A, thr3F(step), thr3F, thr3Lo, sbs3T(A step)

Laurin/Ethier: FS runthru (3Tw2, marked sbs, thr3Lo(ftdwn)), thr3S, E solo 2A1A2A, L solo 3S, sbs3S, sbs3S, sbs2A1A2A

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