Figure skating competition
The 2019 GEICO U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held from January 18, 2019 – January 27, 2019 at the Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, Michigan . Medals will be 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 will be part of the U.S. selection criteria for the 2019 Four Continents Championships , 2019 World Junior Championships , and the 2019 World Championships .
Detroit was announced as the host in November 2017.[ 1]
Qualifying
Competitors qualified at regional and sectional competitions, held from October to November 2018, or earned a bye. The top four finishers in each discipline at sectionals earned a spot at the National Figure Skating Championships. A list of qualified skaters was published on December 13, 2018.[ 2]
Date
Event
Type
Location
Results
October 3–7, 2018
Upper Great Lakes
Regional
Peoria, Illinois
[ 3]
October 3–7, 2018
Northwest Pacific
Regional
Sherwood, Oregon
[ 4]
October 3–7, 2018
South Atlantic
Regional
Coral Springs, Florida
[ 5]
October 10–14, 2018
Central Pacific
Regional
Vacaville, California
[ 6]
October 10–14, 2018
Southwestern
Regional
Plano, Texas
[ 7]
October 10–14, 2018
New England
Regional
Boston, Massachusetts
[ 8]
October 17–21, 2018
Southwest Pacific
Regional
Anaheim, California
[ 9]
October 17–21, 2018
North Atlantic
Regional
Lake Placid, New York
[ 10]
October 17–21, 2018
Eastern Great Lakes
Regional
Ann Arbor, Michigan
[ 11]
November 13–17, 2018
Eastern
Sectional
Wake Forest, North Carolina
[ 12]
November 13–17, 2018
Midwestern
Sectional
Fort Wayne, Indiana
[ 13]
November 13–17, 2018
Pacific Coast
Sectional
Salt Lake City, Utah
[ 14]
January 18–27, 2019
U.S. Championships
Final
Detroit, Michigan
[ 15]
Entries
Changes to preliminary entries
Schedule
The Little Caesars Arena, the home of the Detroit Red Wings which opened in September 2017, will host all junior and senior (Championship) level practices and competitions. The Detroit Skating Club will host all Juvenile, Intermediate and Novice practice sessions and competitions from January 18 – 22, 2019.[ 21]
Date
Time
Event
January 22
5:30 PM
Junior Ladies and Junior Men Short Program
January 23
10:30 AM
Junior Pairs Short Program
3:00 PM
Junior Rhythm Dance
5:30 PM
Junior Ladies and Junior Men Free Skate
January 24
12:00 PM
Junior Pairs Free Skate
4:00 PM
Senior Pairs Short Program
7:45 PM
Senior Ladies Short Program
January 25
12:00 PM
Junior Free Dance
3:45 PM
Senior Rhythm Dance
6:30 PM
Senior Ladies Free Skate
January 26
9:15 AM
Senior Pairs Free Skate and Senior Men Short Program
1:15 PM
Senior Pairs Free Skate and Senior Men Short Program
6:00 PM
Senior Free Dance
January 27
2:00 PM
Senior Men Free Skate
8:00 PM
Skating Spectacular
Medal summary
Senior
Junior
Novice
Juvenile
Senior results
Senior men
Senior ladies
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
SP
FS
1
Alysa Liu
St. Moritz ISC
217.51
2
73.89
1
143.62
2
Bradie Tennell
Skokie Valley SC
213.59
1
76.60
4
136.99
3
Mariah Bell
Rocky Mountain FSC
212.40
3
70.30
2
142.10
4
Hanna Harrell
Dallas FSC
203.11
5
68.16
5
134.95
5
Ting Cui
Baltimore FSC
194.30
12
54.64
3
139.66
6
Megan Wessenberg
Mitchell Johansson Method
182.55
7
60.37
6
122.18
7
Amber Glenn
Dallas FSC
180.73
4
69.86
8
110.87
8
Starr Andrews
Los Angeles FSC
175.70
8
58.66
7
117.04
9
Emmy Ma
Mitchell Johansson Method
174.82
6
65.13
9
109.69
10
Akari Nakahara
All Year FSC
166.76
10
57.72
10
109.04
11
Brynne McIsaac
Los Angeles FSC
157.34
11
56.46
13
100.88
12
Sierra Venetta
SC of San Francisco
152.93
18
47.77
11
105.16
13
Rena Ikenishi
SC of New York
152.70
16
51.01
12
101.69
14
Heidi Munger
Mitchell Johansson Method
151.85
15
52.37
14
99.48
15
Hannah Miller
Lansing SC
148.38
14
52.75
15
95.63
16
Courtney Hicks
All Year FSC
145.95
13
53.04
16
92.91
17
Julia Biechler
Colonial FSC
133.88
17
50.98
17
82.90
WD
Pooja Kalyan
Ozark FSC
withdrew
9
58.64
withdrew from competition
Senior pairs
Senior ice dance
Junior results
Junior men
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
SP
FS
1
Ryan Dunk
Baltimore FSC
201.43
2
68.58
1
132.85
2
Dinh Tran
SC of San Francisco
196.03
4
64.84
2
131.19
3
Joonsoo Kim
Los Angeles FSC
187.95
1
70.72
4
117.23
4
Peter Liu
SC of Wilmington
182.32
5
64.33
3
117.99
5
Lucas Altieri
Pines FSC
172.87
6
60.94
7
111.93
6
Joseph Kang
University of Delaware FSC
170.98
11
54.42
5
116.56
7
David Shapiro
Detroit SC
166.85
7
57.30
8
109.55
8
Max Lake
All Year FSC
165.69
12
52.43
6
113.26
9
Alex Wellman
Broadmoor SC
163.20
9
55.70
9
107.50
10
Eric Sjoberg
Los Angeles FSC
161.99
10
55.54
10
106.45
11
Luke Ferrante
SC of Huntsville
161.89
3
65.08
11
96.81
12
Chase Finster
Northern Kentucky SC
132.25
8
56.27
12
75.98
Junior ladies
Junior pairs
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
SP
FS
1
Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow
DuPage FSC / DuPage FSC
163.35
1
61.52
1
101.83
2
Kate Finster / Balazs Nagy
Northern Kentucky SC / Broadmoor SC
149.48
2
59.65
2
89.83
3
Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard
Chicago FSC / Northern Ice SC
141.97
3
52.16
3
89.81
4
Maria Mokhova / Ivan Mokhov
Chelsea FSC / Chelsea FSC
136.61
4
48.47
4
88.14
5
Grace Knoop / Blake Eisenach
Southwest Florida FSC / Rocky Mountain FSC
128.87
5
47.31
5
81.56
6
Ainsley Peterson / Matthew Rounis
All Year FSC / Broadmoor FSC
124.35
6
44.46
6
79.89
7
Sarah Rose / Jim Garbutt
Champions Edge SC / Champions Edge SC
119.76
8
44.14
7
75.62
8
Evelyn Grace Hanns / Kristofer Ogrens
Broadmoor SC / Kansas City FSC
116.15
7
44.23
8
71.92
9
Cora DeWyre / Jacob Nussle
Ice House Skating Academy / Ice House Skating Academy
103.61
9
35.74
9
67.87
Junior ice dance
Novice results
Novice men
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
SP
FS
1
William Annis
Yarmouth Ice Club
168.08
1
61.27
3
106.81
2
Matthew Nielsen
Strongsville SC
167.64
4
57.83
1
109.81
3
Ilia Malinin
Washington FSC
167.05
2
59.60
2
107.45
4
Joseph Klein
Skokie Valley SC
154.39
3
59.10
6
95.29
5
Liam Kapeikis
Wenatchee FSC
151.92
8
49.09
4
102.85
6
Eric Prober
Pines FSC
151.81
5
53.37
5
98.44
7
Henry Privett-Mendoza
FSC of Southern California
138.69
6
51.82
8
86.87
8
Daniel Tioumentsev
Dallas FSC
137.46
7
50.84
9
86.62
9
Philip Baker
Colonial FSC
131.16
9
46.62
10
84.54
10
Daniel Argueta
SC of Houston
127.44
12
39.95
7
87.49
11
Samuel Mindra
Portland ISC
123.29
10
42.48
11
80.81
12
Samir Mallya
Los Angeles FSC
121.12
11
42.35
12
78.77
Novice ladies
Novice pairs
Novice ice dance
International team selections
World Championships
U.S. Figure Skating began announcing the team for the 2019 World Championships on January 26.[ 22] [ 23] [ 24]
Four Continents Championships
U.S. Figure Skating began announcing the team for the 2019 Four Continents Championships on January 26.[ 22] [ 23] [ 24]
World Junior Championships
U.S. Figure Skating began announcing entries for the 2019 World Junior Championships team on January 26. The men and ladies will be selected after a training camp.[ 22] [ 23] [ 24] The men and ladies were announced on February 5.[ 25]
U.S. Figure Skating invited the following skaters to a selection camp for Junior Worlds.
References
^ "Detroit Selected to Host the 2019 U.S. Figure Skating Championships" . U.S. Figure Skating . November 9, 2017.
^ "2019 GEICO U.S. Figure Skating Championships Competitors" (PDF) . 2019uschampionships.com . December 13, 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2018.
^ "2019 Upper Great Lakes Regional FS Championships" . www.usfigureskating.org .
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^ "2019 South Atlantic Regional FS Championships" . www.usfigureskating.org .
^ "2019 Central Pacific Regional Championships" . www.usfigureskating.org .
^ "2019 Southwestern Regional Championships" . www.usfigureskating.org .
^ "2019 New England Regional FS Championships" . www.usfigureskating.org .
^ "2019 Southwest Pacific Regional FS Championships" . www.usfigureskating.org .
^ "2019 North Atlantic Regional FS Championships" . www.usfigureskating.org .
^ "2019 Eastern Great Lakes Regional FS Championships" . www.usfigureskating.org .
^ "2019 Eastern Sectional FS Championships" . www.usfigureskating.org .
^ "2019 Midwestern Sectional FS Championship" . www.usfigureskating.org .
^ "2019 Pacific Coast Sectional FS Championships" . www.usfigureskating.org .
^ "2019 GEICO U.S. Figure Skating Championships" . www.usfigureskating.org . Archived from the original on 2019-02-13. Retrieved 2019-01-27 .
^ Pfund, Jessica ; Santillan, Joshua (January 2, 2019). "2019 Season Recap" .
^ Chen, Karen (January 4, 2019). "With a broken heart, I've decided to sit out US National Championships this year" (Instagram ). Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
^ Gold, Gracie (January 9, 2019). "Since my return to competitive skating, I've had one mantra: Trust the Process" (Instagram ). Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
^ Wang, Angela (January 13, 2019). "Absolutely devastated to have to withdraw from the US Championships due to illness and injury" (Instagram ). Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
^ "2019 GEICO U.S. Figure Skating Championships Competitors (1/14/2019)" (PDF) . U.S. Figure Skating . January 14, 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019 .
^ "Schedule - 2019 US Figure Skating Championships in Detroit" .
^ a b c "U.S. Figure Skating Announces Ladies Selections for World and Four Continents Teams, and World Junior Camp" . U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone . January 26, 2019. Archived from the original on January 26, 2019.
^ a b c "U.S. Figure Skating Announces Pairs and Ice Dance Selections for World, Four Continents and World Junior Teams" . U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone . January 27, 2019. Archived from the original on January 27, 2019.
^ a b c "U.S. Figure Skating Announces Men's Selections for World and Four Continents Teams, and World Junior Camp" . U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone . January 27, 2019.
^ "U.S. Figure Skating Announces Ladies and Men's Selections for ISU World Junior Team" . U.S. Figure Skating Fan Zone . February 5, 2019.
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