WICHITA, Kan. — Amber Glenn was disappointed but not defeated after her short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, the reigning champion defiantly vowing to “go on the attack” when she returned to the ice for the free skate Friday night.
She did exactly that, beginning with a powerful triple axel to start the program and ending with an elegant layback spin.
The 25-year-old from Plano, Texas, wound up with 216.79 points, enough to edge Alysa Liu, who had led after the short program but made a couple of small mistakes in her free skate that proved to be just enough. The two-time national champion, in the midst of a comeback from a two-year retirement, finished right behind Glenn with 215.33 points…