At her first senior nationals in 2003, she placed fifth, but won a silver medal on her specialty, the uneven bars.
During his teenage years, he tried out for the South American Junior Championships, before competing at the U.S. senior nationals.
The next year, he placed in the top ten at his first senior nationals.
She placed 13th in the short program at the 2011 Russian senior nationals and 5th in the long program, to finish 8th overall.
Last March at the senior nationals, Brian won the male Rookie of the Meet award for placing highest among the rookies at his first senior national.
Brian will attend the United States Open swim meet in Buffalo in December and the senior nationals in March.
She struggled with a growth spurt and dropped to fourth at Russian senior nationals and sixth in the junior event.
I hope there will be 15 or 20 or 30 of me out there eventually in the senior nationals.
Winning the European youth title, winning the senior nationals at under-21, that was the first time my mum, Dionne, had seen me in a tournament.
In the 2003-2004 season, Asada repeated the same placements at the novice and junior level and placed 8th at the senior nationals.
