Asians compete in the 2012 USA National Figure Skating Championships

San Jose – Six Asian-American females competed in the USA National Figure Skating Chsmpionships held in San Jose.  The senior females group consisted of Mirai Nagasu, Vanessa Lam, Caroline Zhang, Angela Wang, Christina Gao and Nina Jiang.

The top 11 performers out of 19

Senior ladies

Rank	Name	Total points	SP	FS
1	Ashley Wagner	187.02	3	1
2	Alissa Czisny	180.00	2	2
3	Agnes Zawadzki	174.10	1	7
4	Caroline Zhang	173.19	4	3
5	Christina Gao	166.36	6	5
6	Rachael Flatt	164.98	9	4
7	Mirai Nagasu	163.99	5	8
8	Angela Wang	158.66	16	6
9	Vanessa Lam	157.62	7	9
10	Kiri Baga	149.38	14	10
11	Nina Jiang	146.42	8	12

Several asian males competed in the Junior male and Novice male division. Felicia Zhang competed in the pairs competition.

And there’s the brother and sister combo of Alex and Maia Shibutani – who finished 2nd in the pairs competition.

Thai Lynn Kriengkrairut and her partner finished 4th in the pairs competition.