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SENIOR MEN “Te single Axel is not what I was looking


for,” Miner said, “but I’m happy I kept my head in it and fought all the way to the end. It was a good day.” For Miner, it was special to share the podi-


um with Aaron, whom he has competed against since they were in their early teens. “He was my first roommate at the North American Challenge,” Miner said. “Max and I medaled at the junior nationals in Scottsdale. We were just talking about that because we had this goofy little handshake thing going on. I know his family and he knows mine. I grew up with a lot of these guys and have the utmost respect for them. It’s been fun to look how far we’ve come.” Usually after a competition, it’s tradition for Miner and Aaron to find a golf course and play a


Ross Miner skates two beautiful programs en route to the silver medal.


round. “It was just too snowy and foggy this year,”


Aaron said. “Maybe after Four Continents or Worlds.”


While he’ll always have fond memories of


Omaha, Miner can’t wait for 2014, when the U.S. Championships will be held in his backyard of Boston. Tere, he’ll compete in front of those who have supported him over the years, includ- ing those from Te Skating Club of Boston, his parents and coaches. “It means so much to have all that support,”


Miner said. Abbott, the three-time U.S. champion, sat


in the driver’s seat entering the free skate. He, however, fell on his opening under-rotated quad toe and doubled his two final planned triples,


Defending champion Jeremy Abbott grabs the early lead with his dynamic “Spy” program.


a loop and a Salchow, in his stirring and emo- tional program to “Bring Him Home” from Les Misérables. While he dominated the artistic scores, the miscue on the Salchow likely cost him a spot on the World Team. “It’s really disappointing that I missed it by the easiest jump in my program,” Abbott said. “I’m kicking myself in the head. It’s so silly that it can come down to that, because the rest of the program I was really proud of and happy with. I love this program. I felt the most comfortable I’ve ever felt on the ice in my life and I was loving every second of it. You really can’t ask for more than that, except for one more rotation. “I always say things happen for a reason and


I think right now I need to rest my back and I need to find my focus and decide what I want to do for next season and come back stronger than I’ve ever been. It will be my last season and I’m not going away quietly. I plan to be in Sochi no matter what.” Abbott, who trains in Detroit, said he will be pulling for Aaron and Miner to earn a third spot for the American men at the World Cham- pionships this month. Farris earned the pewter medal with 244.82


points. He, too, attempted a quad toe loop in his free skate but fell. His performances, though, were dramatically better than his first two at- tempts at the U.S. senior level, where he placed 21st and 16th, respectively. “I’m feeling awesome. I can’t


believe I


medaled,” Farris said. “I went out there with nothing to lose. I’ve already accomplished way more than I have in the past nationals. I went out there and did what I knew how to do, did most of it, only one little fumble on the quad, but I have room to grow.”


18 MARCH 2013


PHOTOS BY JAY ADEFF


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