Thank you, Berkley, for articulating so well what the significance and importance of the Novice and Junior events represent at Nationals.

Thanks for the preview! Go Vise & Trent! I hope they can land the quad sal. And I agree with the above poster. Novice and juniors are going to be great. Junior ladies is going to be a lot more exciting than senior ladies this year, with Caroline Zhang having a better PB than most of the senior ladies, and Ashley Wagner being a threat as well. Junior men are also going to be nice. Eliot Halverson, last year's novice champ, has a Beillmann spin and that should be great to watch.

Thank you for being so positive about COP! It's great to see someone in an analyzing position saying that it's so much better than 6.0. People don't get robbed as often and you get points for what you *do*. It's also great for skaters like Lysacek, who are long program skaters, in that they don't get buried after the short program and can come back to win. He was tenth after the short in Turin, but pulled up to fourth, which could never have been done under 6.0.

Hello Berkley,

We are all very proud of you and impressed with your ability to enunciate so clearly.

I remember when you were competeing and climbing through the ranks; Novice, Juniors, Seniors. You were the best then and you are still the best now. Have fun this week!

This is an AMAZING site! Thank you, Spokane, for doing this for the fans. We arrive Wednesday, but I feel like I'm there now.