Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Mai ba da rahoto game da wasan kwaikwayo na wasan kwaikwayo Elvin Walker ya ce Meissner's Lutz hade tsalle da sau uku a cikin gajeren shirin nata sune ƙarfinta na shiga wasan karshe na Grand Prix na 2007<unk>2008. Ya kuma bayyana cewa bangarorin shirye-shiryenta ba su da kalubale kamar sauran masu fafatawa biyar, don haka tana buƙatar "skate cikakkun shirye-shirye" don yin fice a Turin. A lokacin da ta takaice shirin, ta rasa maki ga shan kashe a kan da ba daidai ba gefen a kan ta sau uku juye da underrotated ta biyu tsalle a cikin ta sau uku Lutz-sau uku kafar madauki hade, amma ya iya samu nasarar kammala wani biyu Axel da biyu matakin-huɗu spins. Ta zo a matsayi na biyar bayan gajeren shirin, tare da maki 59.08. Daga baya ta gaya wa manema labarai cewa tana jin cewa ta gabatar da wani shiri mai karfi, duk da maki da ta samu. Meissner a ƙarshe ya zo a matsayi na shida, bayan ya zo a matsayi na shida a cikin skate kyauta, tare da maki 95.14. Ta fadi a kan duka Lutzes sau uku da kuma ta bude sau uku, wanda aka hukunta saboda ta tashi a gefen da ba daidai ba. Bayan abin da Philip Hersh na "Chicago Tribune" ya kira "rashin kyawun wasan karshe na Grand Prix", Meissner ya gaya wa mai sharhi na wasan kwaikwayo Peter Carruthers cewa tana buƙatar horar da wuya kafin US Nationals. Carruthers ta ce tana da alama tana "tsammani" kanta kuma tana da rashin "cikakken imani". Hersh ya kuma ce wasan motsa jiki na Meissner ya kasance ba shi da daidaito tun lokacin da ta lashe gasar cin kofin duniya a 2006, kuma tana bukatar gano dalilan da suka sa ta kasa cin nasara kafin gasar kasa da kasa domin ta cancanci shiga gasar.
Gasar Zakarun Duniya ta 2008. Mawallafinta Lori Nichol ya ji cewa sakamakon Meissner a Turin zai motsa ta ta yi kyau.