Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Mo te tau 2012-13, ka neke a Zhao ki Chicago ki te whakangungu me Kori Ade me Rohene Ward, nga kaiako o te 2014 US Olympian Jason Brown. I wikitoria ia i te US Challenge Skate tuatahi i te taumata rangatahi, i mua o Polina Edmunds. I wikitoria a Zhao i nga rohe me te 45.37 tohu engari i tu te 5 i nga waahanga, kaore i eke ki te tohu mo te
Ko te 2013 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.