1985 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

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1985 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Type:National Championship
Season:1984–85
Location:Kansas City, Missouri
Champions
Men's singles:
Brian Boitano
Ladies' singles:
Tiffany Chin
Pair skating:
Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard
Ice dance:
Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert
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The 1985 U.S. Figure Skating Championships was held in early 1985 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth) in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice.

The event was one of the criteria used to select the U.S. teams for the 1985 World Championships.

Senior results[]

Men[]

Following the retirement of Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton, Brian Boitano landed seven triple jumps in the free skating to capture his first national title.[1][2] Mark Cockerell, appearing in his ninth nationals, finished a career-best second, and Christopher Bowman moved up from eighth to fourth with an outstanding free skating.[3]

Boitano would go on to capture the bronze medal at the 1985 World Championships.

(incomplete standings)

Rank Name CF SP FS
1 Brian Boitano 1 1
2 Mark Cockerell 2 2
3 Scott Williams 3
4 Christopher Bowman 10
5 Paul Wylie

Ladies[]

Coming off a fourth-place finish at the 1984 Winter Olympics, Tiffany Chin was the heavy favorite and won all three phases of the competition to capture the crown.[4][5][6] Second place finisher Debi Thomas became the first black American singles skater to qualify for the World Figure Skating Championships.[7]

Chin would go on to win the bronze medal at the 1985 World Championships, while Thomas finished fifth in her World debut.

Rank Name CF SP FS
1 Tiffany Chin 1 1 1
2 Debi Thomas 2 2 3
3 Caryn Kadavy 5 3 2
4 7 4 4
5 3 7 6
6 8 8 7
7 4 12 8
8 Yvonne Gomez 5
9 6 5 14
10 14 6 9
11 11
12 13
13 12
14 15
15 10
16 16

Pairs[]

After her previous partner, Burt Lancon, turned professional, 1984 Olympian Jill Watson teamed with Peter Oppegard to take the pairs crown. They were followed in second place by siblings Natalie and Wayne Seybold.[8]

Watson and Oppegard would finish fourth in the 1985 World Championships.

(incomplete standings)

Rank Name SP FP
1 Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard 1 1
2 Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold 2 2
3 Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner
4 Susan Dungjen / Jason Dungjen
5 Katy Keeley / Joseph Mero
6 /
7 /
8 Karen Courtland / Robert Daw
9 /
10 /

Ice dancing[]

Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert won their fifth consecutive national title and would go on to earn the bronze medal at the 1985 World Championships.

(incomplete standings)

Rank Name
1 Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert
2 Renée Roca / Donald Adair
3 Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory
4 / Russ Witherby
5 Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar
6 /
7 /
8 /
9 /
11 Ann Hensel / John Stackhouse

Junior results[]

Men[]

Rank Name CF SP FS
1 1 2 3
2 Erik Larson 5 3 1
3 Rudy Galindo 3 4 2
4 Scott Kurttila 2 1 4
5 4 5 5
6 6
7 8
8 9
9 11
10 10
11 Mark Mitchell 7
12 Todd Reynolds 13
13 12
14 14

Ladies[]

Rank Name CF SP FS
1 Jill Trenary 5 5 1
2 Tracey Damigella 3 (tie) 6 2
3 Holly Cook 6 3 3
4 2 4 5
5 1 7 8
6 8 8 4
7 Jeri Campbell 9 1 7
8 7 11 6
9 13 2 9
10 3 (tie) 13 11
11 10
12 12
WD

Pairs[]

(incomplete standings)

Rank Name
1 /
2 / Jerod Swallow
3 / Todd Sand
4 /
5 Kristi Yamaguchi / Rudy Galindo
6 /
7 Ashley Stevenson /
8 /
9 / Joel McKeever
10 /
11 Nancy Kerrigan /
12 /
13 /
14 /

Ice dancing[]

Rank Name
1 / Jerod Swallow
2 /
3 /
4 / Charles Sinek
5 /
6 /
7 Amy Webster /
8 / Ron Kravette
9 /
10 Suzanne Murphy /
11 /
12 /
13 /
14 /

Novice results[]

Todd Eldredge and Katie Wood took gold in the novice men's and ladies' categories, respectively.[9]

Men[]

(incomplete standings)

Rank Name
1 Todd Eldredge
2 Aren Nielsen
3
4
5
6
7
8 Shepherd Clark
9 Tim Dever
10 Doug Webster

Ladies[]

(incomplete standings)

Rank Name
1 Katie Wood
2 Cindy Bortz
3 Kyoko Ina
4 Kristi Yamaguchi
5
6
7
8
9 Nancy Kerrigan
10

Pairs[]

Ice dancing[]

References[]

  1. ^ "U.S. Figure Skating Championships : Boitano Wins, and Chin Retains Lead". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Finally out from under Scott Hamilton's shadow, Brian Boitano..." UPI Archives. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  3. ^ "U.S. FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS : Cockerell Misses 1st by a Toe or Two or Three". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Chin Is Leader in U.S. Figure Skating Championships". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  5. ^ "U.S. Figure Skating Championships : Boitano Wins, and Chin Retains Lead". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
  6. ^ "U.S. Figure Skating Championships : Chin Is Fast and Flawless in Winning Women's Title". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Skater cuts a fresh figure". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  8. ^ "National Title Goes To A New Pair Of Skaters". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  9. ^ Bramstedt, Connie (January 31, 1985). "Thirteen-year-old Katie Wood survived a dynamic freestyle skating performance..." UPI.

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