| 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
The senior ladies' podium | |
| Type: | National Championship |
| Date: | January 20 – 27 |
| Season: | 2007–08 |
| Location: | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Venue: | Xcel Energy Center |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles: Evan Lysacek | |
| Ladies' singles: Mirai Nagasu | |
| Pairs: Keauna McLaughlin /Rockne Brubaker | |
| Ice dance: Tanith Belbin /Benjamin Agosto | |
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| Previous: 2007 U.S. Championships | |
| Next: 2009 U.S. Championships | |
The2008U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place between January 20 and 27th at theXcel Energy Center inSaint Paul, Minnesota. Skaters competed in four disciplines –men's singles, ladies' singles,pair skating, andice dancing – across three levels of competition – senior, junior, and novice. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth).
The event was used to determine the U.S. teams for the2008 World Championships,2008 Four Continents Championships, and2008 World Junior Championships.
Qualification for the U.S. Championships begins at one of nine regional competitions. The regions are New England, North Atlantic, South Atlantic, Upper Great Lakes, Eastern Great Lakes, Southwestern, Northwest Pacific, Central Pacific, and Southwest Pacific. The top four finishers in each regional advance to one of three sectional competitions (Eastern, Midwestern, and Pacific Coast). Skaters who place in the top four at sectionals advance to the U.S. Championships.
The top five finishers in each discipline from the previous year are given byes to the U.S. Championships, as are any skaters who qualify for theJunior or theSenior Grand Prix Final. Skaters are also given byes through a qualifying competition if they are assigned to an international event during the time that qualifying event is to take place. For example, if a skater is competing at an event at the same time as his or her regional competition, that skater would receive a bye to sectionals. If a skater is competing at an event at the same time as his or her sectional competition, that skater would qualify for the national event without having had to compete at a sectional championship.
| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evan Lysacek | 244.77[a] | 2 | 82.05 | 1 | 162.72 |
| 2 | Johnny Weir | 244.77[a] | 1 | 83.40 | 2 | 161.37 |
| 3 | Stephen Carriere | 228.06 | 3 | 76.66 | 3 | 151.40 |
| 4 | Jeremy Abbott | 221.85 | 5 | 73.28 | 4 | 148.57 |
| 5 | Ryan Bradley | 221.31 | 4 | 74.20 | 5 | 147.11 |
| 6 | Scott Smith | 210.55 | 6 | 66.34 | 6 | 144.21 |
| 7 | Wesley Campbell | 200.10 | 8 | 65.53 | 7 | 134.57 |
| 8 | Shaun Rogers | 195.96 | 13 | 64.11 | 9 | 131.85 |
| 9 | Tommy Steenberg | 195.32 | 12 | 64.22 | 10 | 131.10 |
| 10 | Dennis Phan | 193.75 | 15 | 59.27 | 8 | 134.48 |
| 11 | Parker Pennington | 188.82 | 10 | 65.32 | 13 | 123.50 |
| 12 | Geoffry Varner | 184.52 | 9 | 65.40 | 14 | 119.12 |
| 13 | Eliot Halverson | 183.67 | 17 | 56.03 | 11 | 127.64 |
| 14 | Braden Overett | 182.86 | 16 | 57.18 | 12 | 125.68 |
| 15 | Derrick Delmore | 180.83 | 7 | 65.67 | 16 | 115.16 |
| 16 | Douglas Razzano | 180.21 | 11 | 64.83 | 15 | 115.38 |
| 17 | Michael Villarreal | 164.35 | 14 | 61.66 | 18 | 102.69 |
| 18 | Rohene Ward | 160.45 | 18 | 54.83 | 17 | 105.62 |
| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mirai Nagasu | 190.41 | 1 | 70.23 | 3 | 120.18 |
| 2 | Rachael Flatt | 188.73 | 3 | 62.91 | 1 | 125.82 |
| 3 | Ashley Wagner | 188.56 | 2 | 65.15 | 2 | 123.41 |
| 4 | Caroline Zhang | 173.16 | 7 | 53.49 | 4 | 119.67 |
| 5 | Bebe Liang | 164.87 | 6 | 55.10 | 5 | 109.77 |
| 6 | Katrina Hacker | 158.28 | 5 | 56.87 | 6 | 101.41 |
| 7 | Kimmie Meissner | 157.56 | 4 | 57.58 | 7 | 99.98 |
| 8 | Melissa Bulanhagui | 149.22 | 8 | 52.77 | 8 | 96.45 |
| 9 | Alissa Czisny | 146.38 | 9 | 50.58 | 9 | 95.80 |
| 10 | Becky Bereswill | 137.65 | 14 | 46.52 | 10 | 91.13 |
| 11 | Tenile Victorsen | 132.80 | 15 | 44.86 | 11 | 87.94 |
| 12 | Danielle Kahle | 132.22 | 10 | 50.46 | 13 | 81.76 |
| 13 | Megan Williams-Stewart | 130.40 | 12 | 49.23 | 14 | 81.17 |
| 14 | Chrissy Hughes | 126.84 | 16 | 43.36 | 12 | 83.48 |
| 15 | Molly Oberstar | 125.13 | 11 | 49.47 | 15 | 75.66 |
| 16 | Karen Zhou | 116.30 | 17 | 42.62 | 16 | 73.68 |
| 17 | Angie Lien | 112.25 | 13 | 47.42 | 20 | 64.83 |
| 18 | Megan Hyatt | 108.69 | 19 | 35.32 | 17 | 73.37 |
| 19 | Stephanie Roth | 107.49 | 18 | 40.76 | 18 | 66.73 |
| 20 | Laney Diggs | 99.20 | 20 | 33.22 | 19 | 65.98 |
| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keauna McLaughlin /Rockne Brubaker | 190.74 | 1 | 66.54 | 1 | 124.20 |
| 2 | Rena Inoue /John Baldwin | 183.17 | 2 | 65.24 | 2 | 117.93 |
| 3 | Brooke Castile /Ben Okolski | 175.07 | 3 | 58.95 | 3 | 116.12 |
| 4 | Tiffany Vise /Derek Trent | 161.20 | 5 | 53.97 | 4 | 107.23 |
| 5 | Amanda Evora /Mark Ladwig | 158.94 | 4 | 57.10 | 5 | 101.84 |
| 6 | Caitlin Yankowskas /John Coughlin | 153.80 | 6 | 52.09 | 6 | 101.71 |
| 7 | Naomi Nari Nam /Themistocles Leftheris | 145.89 | 8 | 48.51 | 7 | 97.38 |
| 8 | Chloé Katz /Joseph Lynch | 142.29 | 7 | 50.62 | 8 | 91.67 |
| 9 | Bianca Butler / Joseph Jacobsen | 136.65 | 11 | 45.33 | 9 | 91.32 |
| 10 | MeeRan Trombley / Laureano Ibarra | 130.29 | 12 | 44.39 | 10 | 85.90 |
| 11 | Kaela Pflumm / Christopher Pottenger | 127.27 | 10 | 46.73 | 12 | 80.54 |
| 12 | Katie Beriau /Alexander Merritt | 125.52 | 9 | 47.09 | 14 | 78.43 |
| 13 | Amber Wehrle / Nicholas Kole | 125.17 | 13 | 43.64 | 11 | 81.53 |
| 14 | Laura Lepzinski / Ethan Burgess | 119.40 | 14 | 42.89 | 15 | 76.51 |
| 15 | Kendra Moyle /Steven Pottenger | 117.98 | 15 | 38.03 | 13 | 79.95 |
| Rank | Name | Total points | CD | OD | FD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tanith Belbin /Ben Agosto | 216.07 | 1 | 41.86 | 1 | 64.29 | 1 | 109.92 |
| 2 | Meryl Davis /Charlie White | 206.82 | 2 | 40.59 | 2 | 62.69 | 2 | 103.54 |
| 3 | Kimberly Navarro /Brent Bommentre | 187.94 | 3 | 35.38 | 3 | 58.71 | 3 | 93.85 |
| 4 | Emily Samuelson /Evan Bates | 175.16 | 4 | 34.00 | 4 | 57.62 | 6 | 83.54 |
| 5 | Jennifer Wester /Daniil Barantsev | 169.37 | 5 | 30.46 | 6 | 53.26 | 5 | 85.65 |
| 6 | Jane Summersett /Todd Gilles | 166.86 | 10 | 26.31 | 5 | 53.35 | 4 | 87.20 |
| 7 | Charlotte Maxwell /Nick Traxler | 161.17 | 7 | 28.53 | 7 | 51.20 | 7 | 81.44 |
| 8 | Mimi Whetstone /Chris Obzansky | 157.10 | 6 | 28.69 | 8 | 48.72 | 8 | 79.69 |
| 9 | Lynn Kriengkrairut /Logan Giulietti-Schmitt | 151.50 | 8 | 27.76 | 9 | 46.33 | 9 | 77.41 |
| 10 | Mauri Gustafson /Joel Dear | 138.20 | 9 | 26.83 | 10 | 44.97 | 10 | 66.40 |
| 11 | Clare Farrell /Charles Fishpaw | 130.90 | 11 | 23.84 | 11 | 42.71 | 11 | 64.35 |
| 12 | Marsha Snyder /Peter Fischl | 120.51 | 12 | 21.09 | 12 | 38.42 | 12 | 61.00 |
| 13 | Stacy Kim /Jonathan Harris | 105.71 | 13 | 20.84 | 13 | 30.75 | 13 | 54.12 |
| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Rippon | 213.76 | 1 | 71.33 | 1 | 142.43 |
| 2 | Brandon Mroz | 203.63 | 3 | 65.89 | 2 | 137.74 |
| 3 | Andrew Gonzales | 182.27 | 4 | 60.01 | 4 | 122.26 |
| 4 | Richard Dornbush | 179.27 | 12 | 52.46 | 3 | 126.81 |
| 5 | Keegan Messing | 176.63 | 6 | 57.11 | 5 | 119.52 |
| 6 | Curran Oi | 176.44 | 2 | 68.15 | 10 | 108.29 |
| 7 | Alexander Johnson | 169.19 | 5 | 59.12 | 9 | 110.07 |
| 8 | Armin Mahbanoozadeh | 167.76 | 9 | 53.29 | 6 | 114.47 |
| 9 | William Brewster | 167.70 | 7 | 56.43 | 8 | 111.27 |
| 10 | Austin Kanallakan | 165.06 | 10 | 53.02 | 7 | 112.04 |
| 11 | Grant Hochstein | 162.12 | 8 | 53.84 | 11 | 108.28 |
| 12 | Zachary DeWulf | 152.68 | 11 | 52.89 | 13 | 99.79 |
| 13 | Max Aaron | 146.98 | 13 | 49.52 | 14 | 97.46 |
| 14 | Daniel Raad | 145.30 | 16 | 43.20 | 12 | 102.10 |
| 15 | Osadolo Irowa | 141.46 | 14 | 45.32 | 15 | 96.14 |
| 16 | Theron James | 116.52 | 15 | 43.71 | 16 | 72.81 |
| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexe Gilles | 156.17 | 3 | 52.63 | 1 | 103.54 |
| 2 | Angela Maxwell | 150.11 | 1 | 54.91 | 3 | 95.20 |
| 3 | Brittney Rizo | 149.60 | 2 | 54.59 | 4 | 95.01 |
| 4 | Kristine Musademba | 143.86 | 5 | 49.10 | 5 | 94.76 |
| 5 | Amanda Dobbs | 142.76 | 6 | 47.36 | 2 | 95.40 |
| 6 | Victoria Rackohn | 137.70 | 4 | 49.50 | 6 | 88.20 |
| 7 | Kirsten Olson | 130.21 | 7 | 46.56 | 7 | 83.65 |
| 8 | Ellie Kawamura | 122.74 | 8 | 45.53 | 8 | 77.21 |
| 9 | Rebecca Stern | 110.76 | 11 | 40.17 | 9 | 70.59 |
| 10 | Jane Ruan | 110.72 | 9 | 44.97 | 11 | 65.75 |
| 11 | Carolyn-Ann Alba | 108.68 | 12 | 40.16 | 10 | 68.52 |
| 12 | Alexa Scimeca | 104.20 | 10 | 43.74 | 12 | 60.46 |
| 13 | Masha Leonov | 97.54 | 13 | 39.70 | 13 | 57.84 |
| 14 | Victoria Fairchild | 91.40 | 14 | 39.47 | 14 | 51.93 |
| Rank | Name | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jessica Rose Paetsch / Jon Nuss | 143.19 | 2 | 52.13 | 1 | 91.06 |
| 2 | Tracy Tanovich /Michael Chau | 137.36 | 3 | 50.83 | 2 | 86.53 |
| 3 | Chelsi Guillen / Danny Curzon | 134.58 | 1 | 53.65 | 4 | 80.93 |
| 4 | Andrea Best /Trevor Young | 129.75 | 5 | 47.04 | 3 | 82.71 |
| 5 | Meg Byrne /Nathan Bartholomay | 124.71 | 6 | 45.56 | 5 | 79.15 |
| 6 | Lisa Moore /Justin Gaumond | 123.69 | 4 | 47.14 | 6 | 76.55 |
| 7 | Jaylyn Kelly /Gabe Woodruff | 113.90 | 10 | 38.99 | 7 | 74.91 |
| 8 | Janyce Okamoto /Ryan Berning | 113.42 | 9 | 41.63 | 8 | 71.79 |
| 9 | Megan Gueli /Grant Marron | 107.41 | 8 | 42.53 | 10 | 64.88 |
| 10 | Arielle Trujillo /Daniyel Cohen | 104.02 | 12 | 35.70 | 9 | 68.32 |
| 11 | Rachel DeRita /Brandon Accardi | 101.50 | 11 | 38.41 | 11 | 63.09 |
| 12 | Claire Davis / Nathan Miller | 100.70 | 7 | 43.34 | 13 | 57.36 |
| 13 | Molly Schleicher /Christopher Schleicher | 95.64 | 13 | 34.15 | 12 | 61.49 |
| Rank | Name | Total points | CD | OD | FD | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison Hubbell /Keiffer Hubbell | 167.48 | 1 | 34.61 | 3 | 50.66 | 1 | 82.21 |
| 2 | Piper Gilles / Timothy McKernan | 161.66 | 2 | 30.97 | 4 | 50.24 | 2 | 80.45 |
| 3 | Madison Chock /Greg Zuerlein | 161.40 | 4 | 29.92 | 1 | 53.03 | 3 | 78.45 |
| 4 | Maia Shibutani /Alex Shibutani | 157.80 | 7 | 27.66 | 2 | 52.32 | 4 | 77.82 |
| 5 | Shannon Wingle /Ryan Devereaux | 154.09 | 8 | 27.42 | 5 | 49.17 | 5 | 77.50 |
| 6 | Pilar Bosley / John Corona | 144.37 | 3 | 30.07 | 6 | 48.35 | 9 | 65.95 |
| 7 | Sara Bailey /Kyle Herring | 141.62 | 5 | 29.29 | 11 | 42.25 | 6 | 70.08 |
| 8 | Anastasia Cannuscio /Dean Copely | 140.14 | 6 | 28.50 | 7 | 45.51 | 8 | 66.13 |
| 9 | Isabella Cannuscio /Ian Lorello | 139.14 | 9 | 26.37 | 8 | 44.88 | 7 | 67.89 |
| 10 | Rachel Tibbetts /Collin Brubaker | 131.72 | 11 | 24.61 | 9 | 44.56 | 10 | 62.55 |
| 11 | Rachael Richardson /Brad Coulter | 127.62 | 12 | 24.06 | 10 | 43.70 | 12 | 59.86 |
| 12 | Kaylyn Patitucci /Karl Edelmann | 127.12 | 13 | 23.41 | 12 | 41.91 | 11 | 61.80 |
| 13 | Michelle Pennington /Andrew Skillington | 124.74 | 10 | 25.42 | 13 | 40.21 | 13 | 59.11 |
| Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Rippon | Mirai Nagasu | Bianca Butler / Joseph Jacobsen | Emily Samuelson /Evan Bates |
| 2 | Brandon Mroz | Rachael Flatt | Jessica Rose Paetsch / Jon Nuss | Madison Hubbell /Keiffer Hubbell |
| 3 | Tommy Steenberg | Caroline Zhang | Chelsi Guillen / Danny Curzon | |
| 1st alternate | Eliot Halverson | Alexe Gilles | Kaela Pflumm /Christopher Pottenger | Piper Gilles / Timothy McKernan |
| 2nd alternate | Douglas Razzano | Angela Maxwell | Meg Byrne /Nathan Bartholomay | Madison Chock /Greg Zuerlein |
| 3rd alternate | Andrew Gonzales | Melissa Bulanhagui | Arielle Trujillo /Daniyel Cohen | Shannon Wingle /Ryan Devereaux |