Bradie Tennell finished in third place earlier this year at the United States Nationals. She also received runner up at Skate America last year. She is 22 years old and coached by Tom Zakrajsek. The music choice for the short program this year is Moderation by Florence and the Machine. She chose a one piece for her outfit instead of a dress. This matches her music and skating style to this program. When she gets on the ice she gets into character and takes her time on choreography and extensions leading up to elements.
Tennell starts her program with intricate choreography and a beautiful spread eagle going into a double axel. This is a difficult entry so she received a bonus of 1.10 points added to the base value of 3.30 for the jump. The next element followed by seamless choreography was a triple lutz, triple toe combination. This has a base value of 10.10 and a bonus score of .94 was added to the total jump score. Her layback was the first spin and this received a level 4, and a GOE of 1.03. The final jump pass for the program is a triple flip and this has a base value of 5.83. An additional 1.59 points was awarded to the jump. Her step sequence took speed across the length of the rink, and her expressions matches the beat of the music. The sequence received a level 4, base value of 3.90, and an additional score of 1.27 from the judges. The next spin was a saying sit spin that received a level 4 and a GOE of 1.02. The final spin was rewarded a level 4. It is a change of foot combination spin and has a base value of 3.50. Both of these final spins were fast in speed, and held in each position for either 3 or 8 rotations in order to receive a higher level for each.
She finished in second place for this short program. She is a few points away from Mariah Bell. She did not receive as many points for her presentation score, as it was 35.08. Her technical element score is 38.21. She finished with 73.29 points. Overall this performance was great, she skated a clean program.
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