HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. Kevon Looney Warriors Jersey . -- Ashley Wagner comes off a strong season. Jason Brown comes off a wasted one.So both Americans are at much different junctures in their careers as they begin the Grand Prix season this weekend at Skate America in Hoffman Estates, Illinois.Wagner brought home the first U.S. womens medal in a decade at the world championships this year when she grabbed silver. The three-time U.S. champion and 2014 Olympic team bronze medalist believes she needs to build off of that silver medal, not gloat about it.This season is, I think, a very important season for me, because I got so much momentum coming off that world silver medal, the 25-year-old Wagner said. It was huge for my career. Something I kind of have to make sure is I keep my focus. I cant rely on going into competitions being a world silver medalist. Its something I have, but it is the past.My focus is getting to worlds and getting back on that podium.Skate America, which begins Friday, is a good place to start. Shell face current U.S. champion Gracie Gold (fourth at Sochi) and three-time world winner Mao Asada of Japan as the six-event series begins. For Wagner -- and Gold -- the goal is to perform well enough to get to the Grand Prix Final in Marseille in December. A win in suburban Chicago would nearly assure that.I would love to establish myself as the leading U.S. lady, Wagner says. In order to do that, I need to put out two solid programs.Brown didnt get the opportunity to do that last season. His quick rise through the figure skating ranks -- from the junior level in 2013 to Olympic team bronze medalist at Sochi to U.S. champ in 2015 -- took a detour.Brown barely competed last season because of lower back pain that began plaguing him at Skate America. 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