Figure skating competition held in Saint Paul, Minnesota
The 2016 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held from January 15–24 in Saint Paul, Minnesota at the Xcel Energy Center and Bloomington Ice Garden.[ 1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies singles , pair skating , and ice dancing at the senior, junior, novice, intermediate, and juvenile levels. The results were part of the U.S. selection criteria for the 2016 Four Continents , 2016 World Junior Championships , and the 2016 World Championships .
The host was announced in November 2012.[ 2]
Qualifying
Competitors qualified at regional and sectional competitions held from October to November 2015.
Date
Event
Location
Results
October 3–5, 2015
2016 Central Pacific Regionals
San Jose, California
Results
October 3–5, 2015
2016 North Atlantic Regionals
Lake Placid, New York
Results
October 3–6, 2015
2016 Southwestern Regionals
Independence, Missouri
Results
October 10–12, 2015
2016 Northwest Pacific Regionals
Montlake, Washington
Results
October 10–13, 2015
2016 Southwest Pacific Regionals
Pasadena, California
Results
October 10–13, 2015
2016 Upper Great Lakes Regionals
Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
Results
October 17–20, 2015
2016 South Atlantic Regionals
Aston, Pennsylvania
Results
October 17–20, 2015
2016 New England Regionals
Boxborough, Massachusetts
Results
October 17–20, 2015
2016 Eastern Great Lakes Regionals
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Results
November 17–21, 2015
2016 Eastern Sectionals
Simsbury, Connecticut
Results
November 17–21, 2015
2016 Midwestern Sectionals
Strongsville, Ohio
Results
November 17–21, 2015
2016 Pacific Coast Sectionals
Burbank, California
Results
January 16–24, 2016
2016 U.S. Championships
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Results
Following sectional competitions, U.S. Figure Skating published a list of skaters who had qualified or earned a bye. Skaters who subsequently withdrew included Jason Brown , Jordan Moeller , Joshua Farris , Richard Dornbush , and Lydia Erdman / Alexey Shchepetov.[ 3]
Medal summary
Senior
Junior
Novice
Discipline
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Pewter
Men
Eric Sjoberg
Peter Liu
Maxim Naumov
Ryan Dunk
Ladies
Haley Beavers
Alexia Paganini
Sierra Venetta
Ashley Lin
Pairs
Elli Kopmar / Jonah Barrett
Isabella Gamez / Griffin Schwab
Sapphire Jaeckel / Matthew Scoralle
Emma Coppess / Robert Hennings
Ice dancing
Caroline Green / Gordon Green
Emma Gunter / Caleb Wein
Sophia Elder / Christopher Elder
Gianna Buckley / JT Michel
Discipline
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Pewter
Men
Joseph Kang
Alex Wellman
Jordan Evans
Lucas Altieri
Ladies
Alysa Liu
Sophia Chouinard
Alyssa Rich
Angelina Huang
Pairs
Jasmine Fendi / Joshua Fendi
Eliana Secunda / Blake Eisenach
Berit Cummings / Jabe Roberts
Isabelle Goldstein / Keyton Berringer
Ice dancing
Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov
Avonley Nguyen / Maxwell Gart
Isabella Amoia / Cory Fraiman
Jordan Lin / Morgan Sletten
Juvenile
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Discipline
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Pewter
Men
Ilia Malinin
Samuel Mindra
Maxim Zharkov
Philip Baker
Ladies
Stephanie Ciarochi
Hanna Harrell
Reagan Scott
Jill Heiner
Pairs
Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard
Julia Curran / Franz-Peter Jerosch
Cate Fleming / Jedidiah Isbell
Jenna Gordon / Ian Meyh
Ice dancing
Layla Karnes / Jeffrey Chen
Maria Soldatova / Faddey Soldatov
Claire Cain / Andrei Davydov
Shin Lei Case / Maxim Zharkov
Senior results
Senior men
Rank
Name
Total
SP
FS
1
Adam Rippon
270.75
3
88.01
1
182.74
2
Max Aaron
269.55
1
91.83
3
177.72
3
Nathan Chen
266.93
4
86.33
2
180.60
4
Grant Hochstein
252.84
6
79.26
4
173.58
5
Ross Miner
248.01
2
90.90
6
157.11
6
Alexander Johnson
241.94
7
73.69
5
168.25
7
Timothy Dolensky
236.13
5
80.01
7
156.12
8
Vincent Zhou
217.23
8
68.10
8
149.13
9
Sean Rabbitt
192.63
9
66.71
10
125.92
10
Daniel Kulenkamp
187.34
13
56.97
9
130.37
11
Scott Dyer
182.10
12
59.67
11
122.43
12
Shotaro Omori
181.49
10
63.82
13
117.67
13
Emmanuel Savary
179.32
11
62.96
15
116.36
14
Sebastien Payannet
172.68
14
56.10
14
116.58
15
Ben Jalovick
167.33
19
48.16
12
119.17
16
Jimmy Ma
161.63
15
51.95
17
109.68
17
Robert Przepioski
160.54
16
49.38
16
111.16
18
Curran Oi
150.06
18
48.66
18
101.40
19
Eric Stinehart
141.50
17
49.11
19
92.39
Senior ladies
Rank
Name
Total
SP
FS
1
Gracie Gold
210.46
2
62.50
1
147.96
2
Polina Edmunds
207.51
1
70.19
2
137.32
3
Ashley Wagner
197.88
4
62.41
3
135.47
4
Mirai Nagasu
188.84
5
59.64
4
129.20
5
Tyler Pierce
188.50
3
62.45
5
126.05
6
Bradie Tennell
181.33
7
58.26
6
123.07
7
Hannah Miller
174.42
9
57.86
7
116.56
8
Karen Chen
168.75
12
54.86
8
113.89
9
Courtney Hicks
168.04
11
54.93
9
113.11
10
Angela Wang
163.17
10
55.23
10
107.94
11
Mariah Bell
160.03
6
58.85
11
101.18
12
Franchesca Chiera
140.38
8
57.94
16
82.44
13
Katie McBeath
133.52
14
46.94
13
86.58
14
Ashley Cain
131.89
13
48.35
15
83.54
15
Heidi Munger
131.46
18
41.48
12
89.98
16
Christina Cleveland
121.81
17
41.49
17
80.32
17
Alexie Mieskoski
121.27
16
41.63
18
79.64
18
Maria Yang
120.20
21
36.34
14
83.86
19
Carly Gold
107.96
15
42.41
21
65.55
20
Avery Kurtz
107.29
19
41.27
20
66.02
21
Alexis Gagnon
105.56
22
33.24
19
72.32
22
Elena Pulkinen
101.65
20
38.22
22
63.43
Senior pairs
Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea won both segments to win their first national title by nearly 15 points, with a total score of 211.65 points. Defending champions Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim earned silver with a total of 196.80 points. Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran placed third in both segments to earn bronze, and Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage maintained their fourth-place standing from the short to earn pewter.
Senior ice dance
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani overcame a 0.47 point deficit from the short dance to overtake defending champions Madison Chock / Evan Bates and win their first senior national title.
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Junior results
Junior men
Rank
Name
Total
SP
FS
1
Tomoki Hiwatashi
202.73
1
65.90
1
136.83
2
Kevin Shum
187.95
3
62.28
2
125.67
3
Alexei Krasnozhon
176.21
7
53.96
3
122.25
4
Paolo Borromeo
170.78
4
57.85
5
112.93
5
Oleksiy Melnyk
168.23
9
50.98
4
117.25
6
Tony Lu
164.39
2
62.50
9
101.89
7
Anthony Boucher
164.01
8
51.42
6
112.59
8
Sean Conlon
157.88
5
54.61
7
103.27
9
Justin Ly
156.85
6
54.45
8
102.40
10
Chase Belmontes
148.58
10
50.78
11
97.80
11
Camden Pulkinen
145.39
11
46.80
10
98.59
12
Yamato Rowe
123.78
12
44.46
12
79.32
Junior ladies
Rank
Name
Total
SP
FS
1
Emily Chan
180.83
1
66.74
1
114.09
2
Vivian Le
166.36
2
57.02
2
109.34
3
Megan Wessenberg
154.21
5
50.81
3
103.40
4
Rebecca Peng
146.14
6
49.20
4
96.94
5
Alice Yang
141.44
4
51.48
5
89.96
6
Vanna Giang
128.54
8
45.20
8
83.34
7
Akari Nakahara
128.33
9
44.10
7
84.23
8
Shannon Porter
127.35
10
42.96
6
84.39
9
Anna Grace Davidson
123.15
7
46.69
11
74.46
10
Paige Rydberg
121.74
11
41.35
9
80.39
11
Brynne McIsaac
120.46
12
40.10
10
80.36
12
Carly Berrios
113.59
3
53.02
12
60.57
Junior pairs
Rank
Name
Total
SP
FS
1
Joy Weinberg / Maximiliano Fernandez
139.24
2
48.80
1
90.44
2
Lindsay Weinstein / Jacob Simon
138.90
1
49.54
2
89.36
3
Meiryla Findley / Austin Hale
129.01
5
44.31
3
84.70
4
Madeleine Gallagher / Justin Highgate-Brutman
120.91
4
45.38
8
75.33
5
Jacquelyn Green / Rique Newby-Estrella
118.95
8
40.06
5
78.89
6
Ai Setoyama / David-Alexandre Paradis
118.84
7
42.03
6
76.81
7
Gabriella Marvaldi / Cody Dolkiewicz
118.64
10
38.26
4
80.38
8
Kay Bergdolt / Miles Addison
117.25
3
46.29
10
70.96
9
Sara Rose / Joseph Goodpaster
114.25
9
38.43
7
75.82
10
Jessica Lee / Brandon Kozlowski
112.40
6
42.77
11
69.63
11
Linde LeChance / Kenneth Anderson
109.91
11
37.56
9
72.35
12
Megan Griffin / Andrew Civiello
97.36
12
33.56
12
63.80
Junior ice dance
Rank
Name
Total
SP
FS
1
Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter
170.04
1
73.42
1
96.62
2
Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons
165.46
2
70.29
2
95.17
3
Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit
155.94
3
65.98
3
89.96
4
Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
152.79
4
64.81
5
87.98
5
Julia Biechler / Damian Dodge
146.38
5
57.82
4
88.56
6
Chloe Lewis / Logan Bye
136.45
7
56.02
6
80.43
7
Eliana Gropman / Ian Somerville
135.44
6
57.69
7
77.75
8
Gigi Becker / Luca Becker
126.34
8
52.78
8
73.56
9
Alina Efimova / Kyle MacMillan
113.99
10
49.76
9
64.23
10
Katherine Grosul / Cameron Colucci
111.97
9
52.53
10
59.44
11
Aya Takai / Alexander Martin
103.37
11
49.03
12
54.34
12
Elizabeth Addas / Jonathan Schultz
95.28
12
37.88
11
57.40
13
Rebecca Lucas / Jacob Schedl
91.08
13
37.73
13
53.35
Novice results
Novice men
Rank
Name
Total
SP
FS
1
Eric Sjoberg
171.68
1
54.53
1
117.15
2
Peter Liu
151.90
3
52.23
2
99.67
3
Maxim Naumov
148.73
2
53.37
5
95.36
4
William Hubbart
142.83
4
47.46
4
95.37
5
Ryan Dunk
140.94
9
41.51
3
99.43
6
Derek Wagner
128.24
12
34.87
6
93.37
7
Sasha Lunin
127.34
7
44.09
7
83.25
8
Jun-Hong Chen
126.64
5
46.16
9
80.48
9
Max Lake
122.13
8
41.62
8
80.51
10
Paul Yeung
119.05
11
40.87
10
78.18
11
Ryan VanDoren
113.13
6
44.12
11
69.01
12
Mark Sadusky
103.44
10
41.03
12
62.41
Novice ladies
Rank
Name
Total
SP
FS
1
Haley Beavers
150.93
1
52.35
1
98.58
2
Alexia Paganini
142.88
2
47.20
2
95.68
3
Sierra Venetta
129.04
3
43.53
3
85.51
4
Ashley Lin
126.09
6
42.28
5
83.81
5
Gabrielle Noullet
124.33
9
39.61
4
84.72
6
Starr Andrews
122.77
4
42.77
6
80.00
7
Mary-Katharine Mulera
118.15
5
42.68
8
75.47
8
Marina Capatina
116.46
8
39.73
7
76.73
9
Gabriella Izzo
113.94
7
42.15
9
71.79
10
Meiryla Findley
104.11
10
35.80
10
68.31
11
Nhi Do
88.28
11
32.95
11
55.33
WD
Kaitlyn Nguyen
Novice pairs
Rank
Name
Total
SP
FS
1
Elli Kopmar / Jonah Barrett
126.13
1
41.66
1
84.47
2
Isabella Gamez / Griffin Schwab
117.70
2
39.89
2
77.81
3
Sapphire Jaeckel / Matthew Scoralle
113.69
6
36.82
4
76.87
4
Emma Coppess / Robert Hennings
112.89
7
35.17
3
77.72
5
Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow
109.96
3
37.74
7
72.22
6
Ashlee Raymond / Misha Mitrofanov
109.56
8
34.61
5
74.95
7
Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker
108.52
4
37.22
8
71.30
8
Ainsley Peterson / Kristofer Ogren
104.38
9
31.62
6
72.76
9
Katherina Frantz / Nicolas Frantz
102.43
5
36.92
9
65.51
10
Annabel Kim / Jonathan Kim
80.40
11
24.50
10
55.90
11
Sabrina Piliero / Nathaniel Dennler
77.98
10
24.62
11
53.36
12
Cora DeWyre / Jacob Nussle
62.92
12
19.54
12
43.38
Novice ice dance
Rank
Name
Total
PD1
PD2
FD
1
Caroline Green / Gordon Green
144.37
1
30.53
1
31.77
1
82.07
2
Emma Gunter / Caleb Wein
122.10
2
25.62
2
24.45
2
72.03
3
Sophia Elder / Christopher Elder
99.21
3
25.26
3
22.18
7
51.77
4
Gianna Buckley / JT Michel
90.26
5
18.22
5
18.07
4
53.97
5
Molly Cesanek / Edward Jahoda
88.75
6
17.30
4
18.63
6
52.82
6
Jillian Moyer / Jarred Druzynski
88.63
4
18.31
6
17.23
5
53.09
7
Amanda Miller / Nikolay Usanov
86.02
9
15.30
7
16.26
3
54.46
8
Allie Rose / Spencer Emerson
78.88
10
14.50
9
15.28
9
49.10
9
Leah Krauskopf / Caleb Niva
76.99
12
13.38
10
14.27
8
49.34
10
Rachel Gart / Lance Stanley
76.72
7
16.53
8
15.34
12
44.85
11
Claire Purnell / Lucas Purnell
75.09
8
16.02
11
12.73
11
46.34
12
Cherri Chen / YuanShi Jin
74.11
11
14.08
12
12.37
10
47.66
International team selections
Winter Youth Olympics
The team for the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics was announced in October 2015.[ 5]
Four Continents
The team for the 2016 Four Continents Championships was announced on January 24, 2016.[ 6]
World Junior Championships
The team for the 2016 World Junior Championships was announced on January 24, 2016.[ 6] Nathan Chen withdrew due to injury and was replaced by first alternate Tomoki Hiwatashi .[ 7]
World Championships
The team for the 2016 World Championships was announced on January 24, 2016.[ 6] Nathan Chen withdrew due to injury and was replaced by first alternate Grant Hochstein .[ 7]
On March 23rd, it was announced that Polina Edmunds withdrew due to an injury and first alternate, Mirai Nagasu will replace her. [ 8]
References
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