2008 Skate America

April 2009 2008 Skate America Grand Prix October 23 26 2008–09 Everett, Washington U.S. Figure Skating Comcast Arena at Everett JPN Takahiko Kozuka KOR Kim Yuna GER Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy FRA Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder 2007 Skate America 2009 Skate America – 2008 Skate Canada International The 2008 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2008–09 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Comcast Arena at Everett in Everett, Washington on October 23–26. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2008–09 Grand Prix Final. The compulsory dance was the Viennese Waltz. The event drew 39,000 total spectators.Hunter Steve October 24, 2012 Skate America in Kent draws 'good' attendance of 13,172 fans https://www.kentreporter.com/news/skate-america-in-kent-draws-good-attendance-of-13172-fans/ Kent Reporter August 4, 2025 Schedule All times are Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7). Friday, October 24 3:05 p.m. – Ice dancing: Compulsory dance 7:35 p.m. – Pair skating: Short program 9:05 p.m. – Men's singles: Short program Saturday, October 25 2:08 p.m. – Ice dancing: Original dance 3:50 p.m. – Pair skating: Free skating 7:08 p.m. – Ladies' singles: Short program 9:10 p.m. – Men's singles: Free skating Sunday, October 26 11:08 a.m. – Ice dancing: Free dance 1:07 p.m. – Ladies' singles: Free skating 5:00 p.m. – Exhibition of Champions Results Men right|thumb|Men's Podium; From left to right: Johnny Weir (2nd), Takahiko Kozuka (1st), Evan Lysacek (3rd). Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Takahiko Kozuka 226.18 3 80.10 1 146.08 2 Johnny Weir 225.20 2 80.55 2 144.65 3 Evan Lysacek 223.21 1 81.30 3 141.91 4 Kevin Reynolds 204.89 4 67.18 4 137.71 5 Shawn Sawyer 199.98 6 64.14 5 135.84 6 Alexander Uspenski 177.81 7 59.63 6 118.18 7 Adrian Schultheiss 177.26 5 64.40 9 112.86 8 Adam Rippon 174.82 8 59.60 7 115.22 9 Igor Macypura 169.61 9 54.58 8 115.03 10 Ian Martinez 155.18 10 50.68 10 104.50 Ladies right|thumb|Ladies' Podium; From left to right: Yukari Nakano (2nd), Kim Yuna (1st), Miki Ando (3rd). Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Kim Yuna 193.45 1 69.50 1 123.95 2 Yukari Nakano 172.53 3 57.46 2 115.07 3 Miki Ando 168.42 2 57.80 3 110.62 4 Rachael Flatt 155.73 5 54.92 4 100.81 5 Mirai Nagasu 142.90 4 56.42 7 86.48 6 Susanna Pöykiö 142.14 8 47.82 5 94.32 7 Mira Leung 136.16 10 45.74 6 90.42 8 Kimmie Meissner 135.92 6 54.90 9 81.02 9 Liu Yan 128.12 9 46.96 8 81.16 10 Annette Dytrt 116.83 7 48.32 11 68.51 11 Tuğba Karademir 113.91 11 41.26 10 72.65 WD Valentina Marchei Pairs thumb|right|Pairs' podium; From left to right: Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker (2nd), Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy (1st), Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov (3rd). Rank Name Nation Total points SP FS 1 Aliona Savchenko / Robin Szolkowy 180.77 2 64.08 1 116.69 2 Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker 172.69 3 57.02 2 115.67 3 Maria Mukhortova / Maxim Trankov 167.67 1 66.32 4 101.35 4 Meagan Duhamel / Craig Buntin 159.80 4 54.26 3 105.54 5 Rena Inoue / John Baldwin 146.51 5 50.00 5 96.51 6 Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin 141.70 6 48.40 6 93.30 7 Adeline Canac / Maximin Coia 134.36 8 44.00 7 90.36 8 Zhang Yue / Wang Lei 124.63 7 44.60 8 80.03 Ice dancing right|thumb|Ice dancing podium; From left to right: Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto (2nd), Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder (1st), Sinead Kerr / John Kerr (3rd). Rank Name Nation Total points CD OD FD 1 Isabelle Delobel / Olivier Schoenfelder 187.64 1 38.49 1 58.26 2 90.89 2 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto 186.53 2 37.63 3 57.47 1 91.43 3 Sinead Kerr / John Kerr 180.20 3 34.37 2 57.74 4 88.09 4 Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates 175.66 5 31.81 4 55.01 3 88.84 5 Pernelle Carron / Mathieu Jost 166.92 4 32.26 5 52.74 5 81.92 6 Ekaterina Rubleva / Ivan Shefer 159.03 7 28.41 7 50.37 6 80.25 7 Jane Summersett / Todd Gilles 156.62 8 27.50 6 50.51 7 78.61 8 Katherine Copely / Deividas Stagniūnas 156.28 6 29.78 8 48.38 8 78.12 9 Allie Hann-McCurdy / Michael Coreno 142.95 9 25.74 9 45.44 9 71.77 References External links http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=956 2008–09 Grand Prix Announcement 2008-06-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20080928000648/http://isu.sportcentric.net/db//files/serve.php?id=956 2008-09-28 dead Official site isuresults.org gpusa08 2008 Skate America event_details 39830 2008 Skate America Skate America, 2008 Category:Skate America Category:Sports in Everett, Washington Skate America Skate America