U.S. SENIOR PAIRS AT A GLANCE (Listed by Oldest to Youngest Man)
DOB = Date of Birth (hers on top)
YRS = Number of Year(s) competing together as a team [1 = 1st year team]
07-08 Result = National or Sectional placement last season
n/a = competed with a different partner last season]
08 = Sectional placement this season [B = Bye through Sectionals]
| Ages | Name (Training State) | DOB | YRS | 07-08 | 08 |
| 32/35 | Rena Inoue/John Baldwin (CA) | 10/17/76 10/18/73 | 9 | S2 | B |
| 18/31 | Jennifer Brunn/Don Baldwin (CA) | 10/15/90 11/15/77 | 1 | n/a | P2 |
| 22/28 | Tiffany Vise/Derek Trent (AZ) | 2/2/86 3/21/80 | 6 | S4 | B |
| 24/28 | Amanda Evora/ Mark Ladwig (FL) | 11/17/84 5/6/80 | 7 | S5 | B |
| 20/25 | Laura Lepzinski/Ethan Burgess (MI) | 5/11/88 1/27/83 | 2 | S14 | P4 |
| 21/25 | MeeRan Trombley/Laureano Ibarra (CO) | 2/10/87 4/22/83 | 3 | S10 | B |
| 15/24 | Caydee Denney/Jeremy Barrett (FL) | 6/22/93 4/10/84 | 1.5 | n/a | E1 |
| 16/24 | Lindsay Davis/Alexander Merritt (CA) | 4/22/92 9/2/84 | 1 | n/a | P1 |
| 22/24 | Brooke Castile/Benjamin Okolski (MI) | 5/31/86 11/12/84 | 7 | S3 | B |
| 15/23 | Jessica Rose Paetsch/Drew Meekins (CO) | 1/31/93 4/10/85 | 1 | n/a | E3 |
| 18/23 | Lisa Moore/Justin Gaumond (CO) | 7/9/90 5/3/85 | 4 | J6 | M4 |
| 22/23 | Chloe Katz/Joseph Lynch (MI/NY) | 3/16/86 5/29/85 | 9 | S8 | E2 |
| 18/23 | Kendra Moyle/Steven Pottenger (MI) | 9/17/90 11/29/85 | 2 | S15 | M3 |
| 18/23 | Caitlin Yankowskas/John Coughlin (CO) | 5/6/90 12/1/85 | 2 | S6 | M1 |
| 16/22 | Keauna McLaughlin/Rockne Brubaker (CO) | 9/25/92 6/21/86 | 3 | S1 | B |
| 19/21 | Bianca Butler/Joseph Jacobsen (CA) | 9/2/89 2/9/87 | 10 | S9 | P3 |
| 15/21 | Chelsi Guillen/Danny Curzon (AZ) | 5/28/93 5/19/87 | 3 | J3 | B |
| 20/21 | Andrea Best/Trevor Young (MI) | 6/8/88 10/20/87 | 4 | J4 | M2 |
| 21/21 | Stephanie Kuban/Steven Elefante (CO) | 11/20/87 10/23/97 | 1 | n/a | B |
NOTE: Scores under the ISU's International Judging System (IJS) should not be considered directly comparable across competitions, domestic or international.
L to R: Team, Short program score, Free skate score, Total score, Sectional placement.
E = Eastern Sectional; M = Midwestern Sectional; P = Pacific Coast Sectional
| Caydee Denney & Jeremy Barrett | 58.28 | 95.88 | 154.12 | E1 |
| Chloe Katz & Joseph Lynch | 54.79 | 95.09 | 149.88 | E2 |
| Jessica Rose Paetsch & Drew Meekins | 42.08 | 77.64 | 119.72 | E3 |
| Stephanie Kuban & Steven Elefante (elected not to compete if 4 or fewer teams) | E | |||
| Caitlin Yankowskas & John Coughlin | 54.86 | 83.30 | 138.16 | M1 |
| Andrea Best & Trevor Young | 48.23 | 86.45 | 134.68 | M2 |
| Lisa Moore & Justin Gaumond | 43.07 | 79.68 | 122.75 | M3 |
| Kendra Moyle & Steven Pottenger | 40.92 | 81.33 | 122.25 | M4 |
| Lindsay Davis & Alexander Merritt | 54.29 | 94.39 | 148.68 | P1 |
| Jennifer Brunn & Don Baldwin | 50.93 | 83.79 | 134.72 | P2 |
| Bianca Butler & Joseph Jacobsen | 50.81 | 79.92 | 130.73 | P3 |
| Laura Lepzinski & Ethan Burgess | 45.42 | 80.79 | 126.21 | P4 |
There are 8 Senior Pairs with byes to 2009 Nationals [2008 Nationals placement in brackets]: McLaughlin/Brubaker [1], Inoue/Baldwin [2], Castile/Okolski [3], Vise/Trent [4], Evora/Ladwig [5], Trombley/Ibarra [10], Guillen/Curzon [J3], Kuban/Elefante (elected not to compete at Sectionals if 4 or fewer teams).
SENIOR PAIRS (Fall 2008 International Competitions & Scores)
| Keauna McLaughlin & Rockne Brubaker | Skate America, 2nd | 57.02 | 115.67 | 172.69 |
| McLaughlin & Brubaker | Skate Canada, 3rd | 60.66 | 100.85 | 161.51 |
| Rena Inoue & John Baldwin | NHK Trophy, 2nd | 57.60 | 103.89 | 161.49 |
| Chloe Katz & Joseph Lynch | Coupe de Nice, 2nd | 52.83 | 98.41 | 151.24 |
| Caydee Denney & Jeremy Barrett | Nebelhorn, 4th | 52.11 | 97.44 | 149.55 |
| Tiffany Vise & Derek Trent | Skate Canada, 5th | 53.94 | 94.58 | 148.52 |
| Rena Inoue & John Baldwin | Skate America, 5th | 50.00 | 96.51 | 146.51 |
| Amanda Evora & Mark Ladwig | Cup of China, 4th | 51.48 | 92.40 | 143.88 |
| Caitlin Yankowskas & John Coughlin | Skate America, 6th | 48.40 | 93.30 | 141.70 |
| Vise & Trent | Trophee Eric Bompard, 5th | 46.48 | 93.52 | 140.00 |
| Evora & Ladwig | Skate Canada, 7th | 47.04 | 91.10 | 138.14 |
| Yankowskas & Coughlin | Nebelhorn, 6th | 51.26 | 82.22 | 133.48 |
| MeeRan Trombley & Laureano Ibarra | NHK Trophy, 7th | 44.40 | 80.52 | 124.92 |
| Chelsi Guillen & Danny Curzon | Cup of China, 7th | 35.56 | 65.18 | 100.74 |
| Brooke Castile & Ben Okolski | Cup of China & Russia (withdrew from both due to her foot injury) | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Andrea Best & Trevor Young | Winter Universiade (Feb. '09) | SP | FS | Total |
SENIOR PAIRS' Best Scores from Summer/Fall 2008 U.S. Non-Qualifying Competitions
| McLaughlin & Brubaker | Indy Challenge | SP | 112.70 | 175.35 |
| Denney & Barrett | Archie-Meyer Open | SP | 106.60 | 163.48 |
| Evora & Ladwig | Archie-Meyer Open | SP | 108.48 | 162.25 |
| Vise & Trent | Golden West | SP | 100.46 | 156.93 |
| Yankowskas & Coughlin | Indy Challenge | SP | 93.93 | 148.39 |
| Katz & Lynch | Indy Challenge | SP | 91.75 | 143.26 |
| Naomi Nari Nam & Themi Leftheris (note: she announced her retirement on 10/10/08) | Golden West | SP | 83.35 | 140.11 |
| Trombley & Ibarra | Indy Challenge | SP | 88.58 | 139.41 |
| Best & Young | Indy Challenge | SP | 85.65 | 136.98 |
| Paetsch & Meekins | Pikes Peak | SP | 84.54 | 127.51 |
| Lepzinski & Burgess | Indy Challenge | SP | 76.65 | 122.42 |
| Guillen & Curzon | Indy Challenge | SP | 81.10 | 121.05 |
| Butler & Jacobsen | Pikes Peak | SP | 77.06 | 119.15 |
| Kuban & Elefante | Pikes Peak | SP | 75.26 | 118.23 |
| Moore & Gaumond | Indy Challenge | SP | 77.26 | 116.36 |
| Brunn & Baldwin | Golden West | SP | 78.53 | 113.12 |
| Davis & Merritt | Golden West | SP | 80.17 | 112.72 |
| Castile & Okolski | Indy Challenge | 57.98 | SP only | M |
| Castile & Okolski | Shores Autumn Classic | 96.96 | FS only | M |
| Moyle & Pottenger | Shores Autumn Classic | 38.23 | SP only | M |
