2010 United States Figure Skating Championships
The 2010 United States Figure Skating Championships was the United States Figure Skating Championships of the 2009-2010 figure skating season. It was the national championship of the United States. In addition, the event was used to determine the U.S. teams for the 2010 World Figure Skating Championships, the 2010 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and the 2010 Four Continents Championships, as well as being among the criteria used to determine the team for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Skaters competed in four disciplines across three levels: men's singles, ladies singles, pair skating, and ice dancing, and the levels of competition were Senior, Junior, and Novice. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth).
The 2010 Championships took place between January 14 and January 24 in Spokane, Washington at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. The event was organized by U.S. Figure Skating. The title sponsor was AT&T.
The Olympics were to begin 18 days after the end of the U.S. Championships. The senior-level Championship events were therefore spread out over two weekends to allow the skaters approximately 4 weeks between the end of their event and the start of the corresponding Olympic competition.[1]
Olympic team selection
The results of the 2010 U.S. Championships were among the criteria used to determine the 2010 Olympic team. The competitions used in the selection process were, in order of priority:[2]
- 2010 U.S. Championships
- 2009-2010 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
- 2009 World Figure Skating Championships
- 2009 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships
- 2009 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
- 2009-2010 ISU Junior Grand Prix Final
The United States had qualified 3 Olympic spots in men's singles and ice dancing and 2 Olympic spots in ladies singles and pair skating.[3] The entrants are nominated by U.S. Figure Skating and must be confirmed by the United States Olympic Committee.[2]
The nominees in each discipline were announced following the completion of that discipline's competition. The pairs entrants were nominated on January 16, the men on January 17, and the ladies and ice dancers on January 23.[2]
Competition notes
- The senior compulsory dance was the Golden Waltz.
Qualification
Qualification for the U.S. Championships began at one of nine regional competitions: 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 competition advanced to one of three sectional competitions: Eastern, Midwestern, and Pacific Coast. Skaters who placed in the top four at the sectional competitions advanced to the U.S. Championships.
Byes to the competition[4] were given to skaters who had won medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics or the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships; to the top five finishers in each senior-level discipline at the 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships; to any skaters who qualified for the 2009-2010 Junior or Senior Grand Prix Final in the discipline in which they qualified; and to any skater who was assigned to an international event that occurred at the same time as their sectional championship.
Byes
The following skaters have been given byes to the 2010 U.S. Championships and did not have to compete at regionals or sectionals.
Men's singles byes |
Skater |
Section |
Level of bye |
Reason For Bye |
Jeremy Abbott |
Midwestern Section |
Senior |
Top 5 placement in 2009 |
Brandon Mroz |
Midwestern Section |
Senior |
Top 5 placement in 2009 |
Evan Lysacek |
Midwestern Section |
Senior |
Reigning World medalist &
Top 5 placement in 2009 |
Ryan Bradley |
Midwestern Section |
Senior |
Top 5 placement in 2009 |
Johnny Weir |
Eastern Section |
Senior |
Top 5 placement in 2009 |
Richard Dornbush |
Pacific Coast Section |
Senior |
Qualified to Junior Grand Prix Final |
Grant Hochstein |
Midwestern Section |
Senior |
Qualified to Junior Grand Prix Final |
Ross Miner |
Eastern Section |
Senior |
Qualified to Junior Grand Prix Final |
Stephen Carriere |
Eastern Section |
Senior |
Grand Prix Assignment (CAN) |
Armin Mahbanoozadeh |
Eastern Section |
Senior |
Grand Prix Assignment (CAN) |
Adam Rippon |
Eastern Section |
Senior |
Grand Prix Assignment (JPN) |
Tommy Steenberg |
Eastern Section |
Senior |
Merano Cup Assignment |
Ladies singles byes |
Skater |
Section |
Level of bye |
Reason For Bye |
Sasha Cohen |
Pacific Coast Section |
Senior |
Reigning Olympic medalist |
Alissa Czisny |
Midwestern Section |
Senior |
Top 5 placement in 2009 |
Rachael Flatt |
Midwestern Section |
Senior |
Top 5 placement in 2009 |
Caroline Zhang |
Pacific Coast Section |
Senior |
Top 5 placement in 2009 |
Ashley Wagner |
Eastern Section |
Senior |
Top 5 placement in 2009 |
Mirai Nagasu |
Pacific Coast Section |
Senior |
Top 5 placement in 2009 |
Angela Maxwell |
Eastern Section |
Senior |
Qualified to Junior Grand Prix Final |
Christina Gao |
Midwestern Section |
Senior |
Qualified to Junior Grand Prix Final |
Ellie Kawamura |
Pacific Coast Section |
Senior |
Qualified to Junior Grand Prix Final |
Kiri Baga |
Midwestern Section |
Junior |
Qualified to Junior Grand Prix Final |
Becky Bereswill |
Midwestern Section |
Senior |
Grand Prix Assignment (JPN) |
Alexe Gilles |
Midwestern Section |
Senior |
Grand Prix Assignment (USA) |
Emily Hughes |
Eastern Section |
Senior |
Grand Prix Assignment (USA) |
Ice dancers Morgan Matthews / Leif Gislason would have received a bye due to their 5th place finish. However, the team dissolved following the 2008-2009 season.
Schedule
All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8)
- Friday, January 15:
- 8:50 AM - 10:35 AM: Junior men's short program
- 1:30 PM - 4:50 PM: Senior pairs short program
- Opening ceremony
- 6:45 PM - 11:05 PM: Senior men's short program
- Saturday, January 16:
- 11:05 AM - 3:00 PM: Senior pairs free skate
- 7:30 PM - 9:15 PM: Junior pairs short program
- Sunday, January 17:
- 10:30 AM - 3:00 PM: Senior men's free skate
- 3:40 PM - 5:15 PM: Novice men's short program
- 5:30PM - 7:20 PM: Novice pairs short program
- 9:00 PM - 11:00 PM: Junior men's free skate
- Monday, January 18:
- 12:05 PM - 1:40 PM: Novice ladies short program
- 2:00PM - 4:20 PM: Novice pairs free skate
- 6:45 PM - 8:30 PM: Novice men's free skate
- 8:45 PM - 10:50 PM: Junior pairs free skate
- Tuesday, January 19:
- 8:10 AM - 10:40 AM: Novice compulsory dance
- 11:00 AM - 12:45 PM: Novice ladies free skate
- 7:45 PM - 9:35 PM: Junior compulsory dance
- Wednesday, January 20:
- 10:00 AM - 11:50 AM: Novice free dance
- 3:40 PM - 5:30 PM: Junior ladies short program
- 7:45 PM - 9:50 PM: Junior original dance
- Thursday, January 21:
- 10:30 AM - 12:50 PM: Senior compulsory dance
- 3:45 PM - 6:20 PM: Junior free dance
- 7:30 PM - 11:00 PM: Senior ladies short program
- Hall of fame induction ceremony
- Friday, January 22:
- 10:00 AM - 12:10 PM: Junior ladies free skate
- 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Senior original dance
- Saturday, January 23:
- 11:40 AM - 3:00 PM: Senior free dance
- 4:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Senior ladies free skate
- Sunday, January 24:
- 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM: Exhibition gala
Senior-level results
Senior men
Senior ladies
Senior pairs
Senior ice dancing
Junior-level results
Junior men
Rank |
Name |
Club |
Total Points |
SP |
FS |
1 |
Jason Brown |
Skokie Valley SC |
195.22 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
Joshua Farris |
Broadmoor SC |
195.03 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
Max Aaron |
Broadmoor SC |
191.86 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
Scott Dyer |
Columbia FSC (MD) |
178.49 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
Alexander Zahradnicek |
SC of Wilmington Inc |
168.64 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
Austin Kanallakan |
Los Angeles FSC |
164.98 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
Juran Yang |
St Paul FSC |
154.70 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
Christopher Caluza |
All Year FSC |
153.87 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
Peter Max Dion |
Skating Club of Boston |
151.34 |
6 |
11 |
10 |
Alexander Aiken |
Atlanta FSC |
150.76 |
12 |
6 |
11 |
Sean Rabbitt |
Glacier Falls FSC |
148.55 |
10 |
10 |
12 |
Grisha Fournier |
All Year FSC |
142.77 |
11 |
12 |
Junior ladies
Rank |
Name |
Club |
Total Points |
SP |
FS |
1 |
Agnes Zawadzki |
Broadmoor SC |
171.87 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Yasmin Siraj |
Skating Club of Boston |
151.05 |
4 |
2 |
3 |
Lindsay Davis |
All Year FSC |
133.97 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
Kiri Baga |
FSC of Bloomington |
127.35 |
2 |
9 |
5 |
Nina Jiang |
Texas Gulf Coast FSC |
126.38 |
11 |
3 |
6 |
Felicia Zhang |
SC of New York Inc |
124.21 |
8 |
5 |
7 |
Angela Wang |
Salt Lake Figure Skating |
123.53 |
3 |
10 |
8 |
Vanessa Lam |
All Year FSC |
121.79 |
6 |
8 |
9 |
McKinzie Daniels |
Springfield FSC |
119.69 |
9 |
7 |
10 |
Marissa Secundy |
Broadmoor SC |
112.71 |
13 |
6 |
11 |
Kendall Wyckoff |
Vermont SC |
110.86 |
7 |
11 |
12 |
Katlynn McNab |
All Year FSC |
99.87 |
10 |
12 |
13 |
Haley Dunne |
Washington FSC |
94.32 |
12 |
13 |
Junior pairs
Rank |
Name |
Club |
Total Points |
SP |
FS |
1 |
Felicia Zhang / Taylor Toth |
SC of New York Inc / University of Delaware FSC |
153.80 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Britney Simpson / Nathan Miller |
Broadmoor SC |
147.29 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
Erika Smith / Nathan Bartholomay |
University of Delaware FSC |
133.54 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Carolyn-Ann Alba / Christopher Knierim |
All Year FSC / Broadmoor SC |
133.19 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
Brynn Carman / AJ Reiss |
Broadmoor SC / Los Angeles FSC |
130.00 |
7 |
3 |
6 |
Brittany Chase / Grant Marron |
Broadmoor SC / Coyotes SC of Arizona |
118.31 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
Haven Denney / Daniel Raad |
Southwest Florida FSC / Park FSC |
118.18 |
8 |
6 |
8 |
Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff |
Skating Club of Boston / Broadmoor SC |
118.10 |
5 |
9 |
9 |
Olivia Gibbons / Tyler Harris |
Skating Club of Boston |
110.19 |
10 |
8 |
10 |
Megan Gueli / Gabe Woodruff |
Detroit SC |
99.35 |
9 |
11 |
11 |
Becky Du / Sergey Sidorov |
Dallas FSC |
93.83 |
11 |
10 |
Junior ice dancing
Rank |
Name |
Club |
Total Points |
CD |
OD |
FD |
1 |
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani |
SC of New York Inc / Arctic FSC |
180.69 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Rachel Tibbetts / Collin Brubaker |
Broadmoor SC / All Year FSC |
160.61 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue |
Broadmoor SC |
160.21 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello |
University of Delaware FSC |
151.88 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
Anastasia Olson / Jordan Cowan |
Ann Arbor FSC / All Year FSC |
146.86 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager |
Peninsula SC / Columbia FSC (MD) |
144.90 |
5 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus |
University of Delaware FSC / Skating Club of Boston |
143.76 |
6 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely |
Arctic FSC / All Year FSC |
143.43 |
7 |
6 |
7 |
9 |
Gabrielle Friedenberg / Benjamin Nykiel |
Washington FSC / Bowie FSC |
130.72 |
11 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
Katharine Zeigler / Baxter Burbank |
Essex SC of NJ / Fairbanks FSC |
116.47 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
11 |
Natalie Wojton / Michael Soyfer |
Peninsula SC / IceWorks SC |
112.46 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
12 |
Kristen Nardozzi / Robert Cuthbertson |
Chicago FSC / Stars FSC of Texas |
104.14 |
13 |
12 |
13 |
13 |
Janine Halstead / Robert Knopf |
SC of New York Inc |
101.46 |
14 |
13 |
12 |
14 |
Katie Donaldson / Brock Jacobs |
Wichita FSC |
97.63 |
12 |
14 |
14 |
Novice-level results
Novice men
Rank |
Name |
Club |
Total Points |
SP |
FS |
1 |
Nathan Chen |
Salt Lake Figure Skating |
137.04 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
Emmanuel Savary |
University of Delaware FSC |
133.65 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
Timothy Dolensky |
Atlanta FSC |
133.17 |
9 |
1 |
4 |
Philip Warren |
Inland Empire FSC |
126.48 |
3 |
6 |
5 |
Austin Wagner |
SC of Wilmington Inc |
125.14 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Harrison Choate |
Skating Club of Boston |
124.08 |
5 |
4 |
7 |
William Littlefield |
Dallas FSC |
121.50 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
Lukas Kaugars |
Broadmoor SC |
120.72 |
6 |
9 |
9 |
Shotaro Omori |
Los Angeles FSC |
113.16 |
10 |
8 |
10 |
Cordero Zuckerman |
Fairbanks FSC |
107.86 |
8 |
11 |
11 |
Timothy Koleto |
Broadmoor SC |
102.16 |
12 |
10 |
12 |
Troy Tomasello |
Strongsville SC |
97.02 |
11 |
12 |
Novice ladies
Rank |
Name |
Club |
Total Points |
SP |
FS |
1 |
Leah Keiser |
All Year FSC |
136.66 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
Ashley Cain |
Stars FSC of Texas |
133.95 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
Katarina Kulgeyko |
Los Angeles FSC |
133.48 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Gracie Gold |
Springfield FSC |
123.61 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
Courtney Hicks |
All Year FSC |
118.22 |
7 |
5 |
6 |
Polina Edmunds |
Peninsula SC |
117.97 |
4 |
6 |
7 |
Renee Kono |
Houston FSC |
111.44 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
Jessica Noelle Calalang |
DuPage FSC |
103.73 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
Courtney Taylor |
SC of New York Inc |
98.54 |
11 |
8 |
10 |
Abby Kimmelman |
SC of New York Inc |
94.89 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
Allison Timlen |
Columbia FSC (MD) |
88.23 |
10 |
12 |
12 |
Nicole Rajic |
SC of New York Inc |
80.82 |
12 |
11 |
Novice pairs
Rank |
Name |
Club |
Total Points |
SP |
FS |
1 |
Ashley Cain / Joshua Reagan |
Stars FSC of Texas |
121.78 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
Tori Vollmer / Zack Sidhu |
Inland Empire FSC / Las Vegas FSC |
113.23 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
Mandy Garza / Brandon Frazier |
Texas Gulf Coast FSC / All Year FSC |
112.69 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
Kylie Duarte / Colin Grafton |
Colonial FSC |
106.01 |
6 |
5 |
5 |
Jessica Noelle Calalang / Daniel O'Shea |
DuPage FSC / Skokie Valley SC |
105.72 |
7 |
4 |
6 |
Olivia Oltmanns / Joshua Santillan |
Kansas City FSC / All Year FSC |
103.16 |
3 |
8 |
7 |
Christina Guterres / Justin Schumann |
All Year FSC / San Diego FSC |
101.69 |
5 |
6 |
8 |
Morgan Agster / Adam Civiello |
Coyotes SC of Arizona |
99.54 |
8 |
7 |
9 |
Morgan Sowa / David Leenen |
Skating Club of Boston |
96.59 |
9 |
9 |
10 |
Lauren Gifford / Timothy LeDuc |
Eastern Iowa FSC |
94.01 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
Marissa Spector / Christopher Nolan |
All Year FSC / Atlanta FSC |
92.03 |
11 |
10 |
12 |
Meredith Pipkin / Brett Dunie Neustadt |
University of Delaware FSC / Washington FSC |
83.38 |
12 |
12 |
Novice ice dancing
Rank |
Name |
Club |
Total Points |
CD1 |
CD2 |
FD |
1 |
Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton |
Detroit SC |
112.22 |
1 |
6 |
1 |
2 |
Danvi Pham / Vu Pham |
Washington FSC |
110.65 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
Joylyn Yang / Jean-Luc Baker |
Seattle SC |
110.06 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
Kristina Rexford / Michael Parsons |
Washington FSC |
105.56 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Danielle Gamelin / Alexander Gamelin |
SC of New York Inc |
100.40 |
6 |
4 |
8 |
6 |
Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter |
Washington FSC |
99.81 |
5 |
5 |
9 |
7 |
Heather Buckner / Nicholas Taylor |
Nashville FSC / SC of Wilmington Inc |
98.08 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
Lauren McKernan / Adam Munday |
Broadmoor SC / Highland SC |
97.50 |
8 |
8 |
5 |
9 |
Madeline Heritage / Nathaniel Fast |
Portland ISC |
93.23 |
9 |
11 |
6 |
10 |
Hannah Rosinski / Paul Shapiro |
Pavilion SC of Cleveland Heights |
89.17 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
11 |
Amanda Bertsch / Samuel Rashba |
Ann Arbor FSC / All Year FSC |
85.88 |
11 |
9 |
11 |
12 |
Kassy Kova / Justin Ross |
San Diego FSC |
76.05 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
International Team Selections
Olympic Team
The nominations to the Olympic team were announced as follows[5][7]:
World Team
The World team was announced as follows:[5][7]
Four Continents Team
The Four Continents team was announced as follows:[5][7]
World Junior Team
The World Junior team was announced as follows:[5][7]
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