1996 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

1996 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Type:	National Championship
Date:	January 13 – 21
Season:	1995–96
Location:	San Jose, California
Venue:	San Jose Arena
Champions
Men's singles: Rudy Galindo
Ladies' singles: Michelle Kwan
Pair skating: Jenni Meno / Todd Sand
Ice dance: Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow
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The 1996 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place between January 13 and 21, 1996 in San Jose, California. Skaters competed in five disciplines across three levels. The disciplines of the competition were men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and compulsory figures. The levels of competition were Senior, Junior, and Novice. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth). In the figures event, the novice competitors skated one figure, and the juniors and seniors skated three.

The event served to help choose the U.S. team to the 1996 World Championships. The 1996 World Junior Championships had been held prior to the national championships and so the World Junior Championships team had been chosen at a World Juniors selection competition earlier in the year.

Senior results[]

Men[]

Rank	Name	FP	SP	FS
1	Rudy Galindo	2.5	3	1
2	Todd Eldredge	2.5	1	2
3	Dan Hollander	5.0	4	3
4	Scott Davis	6.0	2	5
5	Michael Weiss	6.5	5	4
6	Shepherd Clark	9.0	6	6
7	Trifun Zivanovic	11.5	9	7
8	Aren Nielsen	11.5	7	8
9		14.5	11	9
10	Johnnie Bevan	15.0	10	10
11	John Baldwin Jr.	17.0	8	13
12		17.5	13	11
13	Jere Michael	19.0	14	12
14		22.0	16	14
15		23.5	17	15
16	Philip Dulebohn	23.5	15	16
WD	Derrick Delmore		12

Ladies[]

Rank	Name	FP	SP	FS
1	Michelle Kwan	1.5	1	1
2	Tonia Kwiatkowski	3.0	2	2
3	Tara Lipinski	5.5	5	3
4	Sydne Vogel	6.0	4	4
5	Karen Kwan	8.0	6	5
6	Amber Corwin	11.5	11	6
7	Brittney McConn	11.5	9	7
8	Angela Nikodinov	12.5	7	9
9		14.0	12	8
10	Alice Sue Claeys	15.0	10	10
11	Jessica Mills	15.0	8	11
12		19.0	14	12
13		19.5	15	12
14		20.5	13	14
15		23.5	17	15
16		24.0	16	16
WD	Nicole Bobek		3

Pairs[]

Rank	Name	FP	SP	FS
1	Jenni Meno / Todd Sand	2.0	2	1
2	Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen	2.5	1	2
3	Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells	5.0	4	3
4	Stephanie Stiegler / John Zimmerman	5.5	3	4
5	/ Lance Travis	7.5	7	5
6	/	9.0	6	6
7	/	10.5	5	8
8	Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell	11.5	9	7
9	Melanie Lambert / Fred Palascak	13.0	8	9
10	/	16.0	12	10
11	/	18.0	14	11
12	/	18.5	13	12
13	/	18.5	11	13
14	/	22.0	16	14
15	Amanda Magarian /	22.5	15	15
WD	/		10

Ice dancing[]

Rank	Name	FP	CD1	CD2	OD	FD
1	Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow	2.2	1	2	1	1
2	Renée Roca / Gorsha Sur	3.8	2	1	2	2
3	Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates	7.2	7	5	3	3
4	Kate Robinson / Peter Breen	8.0	4	4	4	4
5	Amy Webster / Ron Kravette	9.2	3	3	5	5
6	/	13.4	5	6	7	7
7	/	15.0	10	8	9	6
8	/ Oleg Fediukov	16.2	8	9	8	8
9	/	16.2	6	7	6	10
10	/	18.8	9	10	10	9
11	/ Robert Daw	22.0	11	11	11	11
12	/	25.6	15	14	13	12
13	/ Peter Tchernyshev	27.0	12	12	12	15
14	/	27.6	13	15	15	13
15	Debbie Koegel /	28.2	14	15	14	14

Junior results[]

Men[]

Rank	Name	FP	SP	FS
1	Timothy Goebel	1.5	1	1
2		4.5	5	2
3	Ryan Jahnke	5.0	4	3
4		6.5	3	5
5	Don Baldwin	7.0	2	6
6		8.0	8	4
7		10.5	7	7
8		12.0	6	9
9		12.5	9	8
10		15.0	10	10
11		16.5	11	11
12		18.0	12	12
13		19.5	13	13

Ladies[]

Rank	Name	FP	SP	FS
1	Shelby Lyons	3.0	4	1
2		3.0	2	2
3		3.5	1	3
4		5.5	3	4
5		7.5	5	5
6		9.5	7	6
7		10.0	6	7
8	Andrea Gardiner	12.0	8	8
9		13.5	9	9
10		17.0	14	10
11		17.5	13	11
12		17.5	11	12
13		18.0	10	13
14	Tina Lee	19.0	12	13

Pairs[]

Rank	Name	FP	SP	FS
1	/ Jered Guzman	1.5	1	1
2	/	3.0	2	2
3	/ J. Paul Binnebose	5.0	4	3
4	Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler	6.5	5	4
5	/	6.5	3	5
6	/ Craig Joeright	9.5	7	6
7	/	10.0	6	7
8	/	12.5	9	8
9	/	13.5	11	8
10	Laura Handy / Jim Peterson	14.0	8	10
11	/	16.0	10	11
12	/	18.0	12	12
13	/	19.5	13	13

Ice dancing[]

Rank	Name	FP	CD1	CD2	OD	FD
1	Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler	2.2	2	1	1	1
2	Naomi Lang /	3.8	1	2	2	2
3	/	7.2	6	3	4	3
4	/	7.4	4	4	3	4
5	/ Brandon Forsyth	10.4	3	9	5	5
6	/	12.2	7	6	6	6
7	/	13.2	5	5	7	7
8	Melissa Gregory /	15.8	8	7	8	8
9	/	18.8	9	10	10	9
10	/	19.0	10	8	9	10
11	/	23.2	12	11	11	12
12	/	23.4	11	12	13	11
13	Kristin Fraser /	25.4	13	13	12	13

Novice results[]

Men[]

Rank	Name	FP	SP	FS
1		2.0	2	1
2		4.0	4	2
3		4.5	3	3
4	Matthew Savoie	4.5	1	4
5		8.0	6	5
6		8.5	5	6
7		12.5	7	9
8		13.0	12	7
9		13.5	11	8
10		14.5	9	10
11	Derek Trent	16.0	10	11
12	Steve Hartsell	17.0	8	13
13		19.5	15	12
14		22.0	16	14
15		22.0	14	15
WD	Jered Guzman		13

Ladies[]

Rank	Name	FP	SP	FS
1		2.0	2	1
2		4.5	3	3
3		4.5	1	4
4		7.5	11	2
5		8.5	5	6
6		10.0	4	8
7	Angie Lien	11.5	13	5
8	Erin Pearl	11.5	9	7
9	Danielle Hartsell	14.0	10	9
10		14.0	8	10
11	Laura Handy	14.0	6	11
12		15.5	7	12
13		19.0	12	13

Pairs[]

Rank	Name	FP	SP	FS
1	/	1.5	1	1
2	/ Andrew Muldoon	3.0	2	2
3	/	5.0	4	3
4	/	5.5	3	4
5	/	8.0	6	5
6	/ Derrick Delmore	8.5	5	6
7	/	10.5	7	7
8	/	12.0	8	8
9	/	15.0	12	9
10	/	15.5	11	10
11	/	16.0	10	11

Ice dancing[]

Rank	Name	FP	CD1	CD2	OD	FD
1	Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek	2.0	1	1	1	1
2	/	5.0	3	3	3	2
3	/	5.0	2	2	2	3
4	/	8.2	4	5	4	4
5	/	10.2	7	4	5	5
6	/ Owen Swift	13.4	6	7	8	6
7	/	14.0	5	9	7	7
8	/ Benjamin Agosto	15.0	8	6	6	8
9	/	17.8	9	8	9	9
10	Kimberly Navarro /	21.8	11	12	12	10
11	/	21.6	12	11	10	11
12	/	22.6	10	10	11	12

External links[]

• 1996 U.S. Championships