The 2007
Skate America
Skate America is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU), organized and hosted by U.S. Figure Skating. The first Skate America was in held in 1979 in Lake Placid, New York, as a test event fo ...
was the first event of six in the
2007–08 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the
Sovereign Center in
Reading, Pennsylvania
Reading ( ; ) is a city in Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. The city had a population of 95,112 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census and is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, fourth-most populous ...
on October 25–28. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of
men's singles, ladies' singles,
pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating ...
, and
ice dancing
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...
. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the
2007–08 Grand Prix Final. The
compulsory dance
The compulsory dance (CD), now called the pattern dance, is a part of the figure skating segment of ice dance competitions in which all the competing couples perform the same standardized steps and holds to the music of a specified tempo and gen ...
was the Austrian Waltz.
Schedule
* Friday, Oct. 26
** 6:00 p.m. - Compulsory dance
** 7:35 p.m. - Pairs' short program
** 9:10 p.m. - Men's short program
* Saturday, Oct. 27
** 2:00 p.m. - Original dance
** 3:45 p.m. - Pairs' free skating
** 6:00 p.m. - Ladies' short program
** 7:55 p.m. - Men's free skating
* Sunday, Oct. 28
** 2:00 p.m. - Free dance
** 4:08 p.m. - Ladies' free skating
** 7:30 p.m. - Exhibition of Champions
Results
Men
Referee:
Beth Crane
Technical Controller:
Igor Prokop
Technical Specialist:
Vladimir Petrenko
Assistant Technical Specialist:
David Santee
David Neil Santee (born July 22, 1957 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American former competitive figure skater. He finished fourth in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, and is the 1981 World silver medalist and an eight-time U.S. national ...
Judge No.1:
Karen Butcher
Judge No.2:
Raffaella Locatelli
Judge No.3:
Anne G. Shean
Judge No.4:
Igor Obraztsov
Judge No.5:
Kerstin Kimminus
Judge No.6:
Salome Chigogidze
Judge No.7:
Leena Kurri
Judge No.8:
Mona Jonsson
Judge No.9:
Masako Kubota
Judge No.10:
Valerie Greugny
Data Operator:
Marylin Kreuzinger
Replay Operator:
David Kirby
Ladies
Referee:
Hely Abbondati
Technical Controller:
Steve Winkler
Technical Specialist:
Jayson Peace
Assistant Technical Specialist:
Vladimir Petrenko
Judge No.1:
Karen Howard
Judge No.2:
Elena Buriak
Judge No.3:
Salome Chigogidze
Judge No.4:
Wei Shi
Judge No.5:
Mayumi Kato
Judge No.6:
Mona Jonsson
Judge No.7:
Raffaella Locatelli
Judge No.8:
William S. Smith
Judge No.9: Karen Jones
Judge No.10:
Leena Kurri
Data Operator:
Marylin Kreuzinger
Replay Operator:
David Santee
David Neil Santee (born July 22, 1957 in Oak Park, Illinois) is an American former competitive figure skater. He finished fourth in the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, and is the 1981 World silver medalist and an eight-time U.S. national ...
Pairs
Ice dancing
External links
Official siteStarting Orders and Results2007 Skate America at U.S. Figure Skating*
{{2007–08 in figure skating
Skate America, 2007
Skate America
Sports competitions in Pennsylvania