Day two of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2025 is in the books, and the U.S. National Team was well represented in today's events with seven athletes competing in three disciplines. Leading the way is reigning World champion Alysa Liu, who finished the day in second place and is poised to win a medal in her Grand Prix Final debut.

  Earlier in the day in the junior events, ice dancers Hana Maria Aboian and Daniil Veselukhin took the lead after the rhythm dance, finishing ahead of the other U.S. entry, Jasmine Robertson and Chase Rohner, who are in fourth.
 
Lucius Kazanecki, fourth after yesterday's junior men's short program, pulled up to win the bronze medal with a career-best performance and a clean skate.
 
The 17-year-old and 2024 U.S. junior champion opened his "Adios Nonino" free skate by nailing back-to-back quadruple toe loops, the first in combination with a triple toe loop. Kazanecki seemed to draw inspiration from his strong opening and performed the rest of the program without any visible errors, including his seven clean triple jumps. He also scored Level 4s on all his spins.
 
"It's incredible," Kazanecki said after learning he would stand on the podium. "It's such a big event. All of us worked so hard to get here, and being top three out of everyone in front of all these people and being able to walk back on the ice and have them call my name again, it's just going to be such a great experience for me. I'm really happy with myself."
 
En route to U.S. Figure Skating's first medal of the competition, Kazanecki earned a new career high of 153.72 points in the free skate. His competition total of 225.85 is also a career best.
 
With a medal in his Junior Grand Prix Final debut, Kazanecki continued his medal streak this season. In addition, the United States has now won a medal at the event three of the last four years.
 
In her rookie appearance in the event, Liu proved yet again that she is a steely competitor who seems to thrive in pressure-packed situations. The Skate America champion's performance to Laffey's "Promise", was rooted in pure joy and packed with technical firepower.
 
"I feel like this was definitely the best short program I put out this season," Liu said. "Before I got on the ice, I made a goal with my coaches that I really wanted to do a better triple Lutz-triple loop than I had done in my other competitions. This was definitely my best one – not the perfect one that I could do in practice, but it was it was the closest."
 
Liu earned an international personal best score of 75.79 points, and trails Japan's Mona Chiba by less than two points heading into tomorrow's free skate. Should Liu be able to capture the title, she would become the fifth American woman to do so.
 
Joining Liu in the Final was Amber Glenn, marking the first time since 2015 the U.S. has had two senior women compete at the Grand Prix Final.
 
In defense of her title, Glenn opened her "Like A Prayer" routine with a flawed attempt on an intended triple Axel. Despite the element being rock solid all season, the U.S. champion was only able to manage a single, which earned the 25-year-old zero points. Although she recovered and skated cleanly the rest of the way, Glenn finished the day with 66.85 points for sixth place.
 
"It just took off wrong," Glenn said of her signature move. "I just kind of pushed too hard into it trying to make it happen, and it just didn't work out. I wasn't even that nervous. Things just happen sometimes."
 
Despite the error, the Texas native seemed to have already moved on, shifting her attention to tomorrow's free skate.
 
"In the free skate, there is a lot more room for ups and downs, whereas in the short if you have a mistake even for one element you know that you aren't even in it," she said. "So, I think tomorrow I can kind of just take it one thing at a time and just let it be, rather than trying to make everything perfect."
 
In their Junior Grand Prix Final debut, Aboian and Veselukhin take a three-point lead into tomorrow's junior free dance competition, earning 66.77 points in the rhythm dance.
 
Inspired by New York City's underground ballroom scene, the leaders performed appropriately to Madonna's "Vogue." The reigning U.S. junior champs who are undefeated so far this season earned a Level four for Aboian's twizzles as well as the only Level three for the rhumba pattern dance of the event.
 
"This was one of my favorite performances of 'Vogue' so far, and I think we really left it on the ice," Aboian said. "It was a great performance, and we're just so happy to be here."
 
To capture the essence of Madonna, Aboian and Veselukhin worked with a vogue dancer from her Superbowl performance in 2012.
 
"We really worked on refining every movement and keeping special moments that were in her performances," Aboian said. "For example, in the footwork we have a sequence of hand movements that are directly from the show."
 
With a podium placement in sight, Robertson and Rohner continue to impress in their first season together as a team. The Michigan-based duo may have been surprise qualifiers for this event, but their performance here proclaimed that they belong.
 
"It is because (I have) an amazing partner who knows how to train well and learn well," Robertson said of their rapid progress. "We show up every day trying as hard as we can to improve all areas of our skating."
 
Robertson and Rohner both earned a Level four on their sequential twizzles as well as their closing rotational lift. They scored 60.44 points for their efforts, just two points out of third place.
 
The event will draw to a close tomorrow with five champions to be crowned. In addition to Liu, Glenn and the junior ice dancers, three other American entries will be seeking to earn some hardware. Defending champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates will try to make it three in a row in the ice dance competition, while teammates Emilea Zingas and Vadim Kolesnik will look to move up from sixth place after the rhythm dance. Ilia Malinin, currently in third place, plans to attempt seven quadruple jumps in the men's free skate. Should the defending champion take the crown, it would be his third consecutive title as well.
 
For full results at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2025, visit the U.S. Figure Skating website.