1998 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

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1998 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Type:National Championship
Date:January 4 – 11
Season:1997–98
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Venue:CoreStates Center
Champions
Men's singles:
Todd Eldredge
Ladies' singles:
Michelle Kwan
Pair skating:
Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen
Ice dance:
Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow
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The 1998 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place on January 4–11, 1998 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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).

The event served to help choose the U.S. teams to the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 1998 World Championships. The 1998 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.

This was the penultimate year of compulsory figures being competed at the U.S. Championships. The novice competitors skated one figure, the juniors and seniors skated three.

Competition notes[]

  • During this competition, Michael Weiss attempted a quadruple lutz jump in his free skating. He put his free foot down on the landing and so the jump was not ratified as complete.[1]
  • Despite withdrawing with injury, Jenni Meno / Todd Sand were named to the Olympic Team.[2][3]
  • In the senior ladies event, Amber Corwin, Andrea Gardiner, and Sydne Vogel tied for 7th place in the free skating on Majority Of Placements. Through the Total Ordinary Majority (TOM) tiebreak, Vogel's portion of the tie was broken and she placed 9th in that segment. Corwin and Gardiner's tie was unbreakable and so they shared the placement of 7th in the free skating.
  • In the novice pairs event, five teams tied for 8th place in the short program (Tiffany Vise / Ryan Bradley, / , / , / , / Michael McPherson). The tie between Vise/Bradley, Christensen/Gibbons and McCloy/McCloy was broken through the Total Ordinary Majority (TOM) tiebreak. The tie between Rogeness/Rogeness and Ross/McPherson was unbreakable and so they shared the placement of 11th in the short program.
  • There were several unbreakable ties in the figures competition on the junior and senior levels. and tied for the junior gold, and Alecia Moore tied for the junior bronze, and tied for seventh place in juniors, and tied for eleventh place in juniors, and Jaime Clark and tied for eighth place in seniors.

Senior results[]

Men[]

In his winning free skating, Eldredge attempted but fell on a quad toe loop attempt.[4]

Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Todd Eldredge 1.5 1 1
2 Michael Weiss 3.0 2 2
3 Scott Davis 4.5 3 3
4 Shepherd Clark 6.0 4 4
5 Derrick Delmore 9.5 9 5
6 Dan Hollander 9.5 7 6
7 Trifun Zivanovic 11.5 5 9
8 Ryan Jahnke 13.5 11 8
9 Michael Chack 14.0 14 7
10 16.0 10 11
11 Matthew Savoie 16.5 13 10
12 John Baldwin 17.0 8 13
13 Jere Michael 18.0 12 12
14 22.0 16 14
15 22.5 15 15
16 25.0 18 16
17 25.5 17 17
WD Timothy Goebel 6

Ladies[]

Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Michelle Kwan 1.5 1 1
2 Tara Lipinski 4.0 4 2
3 Nicole Bobek 4.0 2 3
4 Tonia Kwiatkowski 6.5 3 5
5 Angela Nikodinov 7.0 6 4
6 Amber Corwin 9.5 5 7
7 Brittney McConn 10.0 8 6
8 Andrea Gardiner 10.5 7 7
9 Sydne Vogel 13.5 9 9
10 Shelby Lyons 15.0 10 10
11 17.0 12 11
12 19.5 15 12
13 Stacey Pensgen 19.5 13 13
14 19.5 11 14
15 22.0 14 15
16 24.5 17 16
17 25.0 16 17
WD Alice Sue Claeys

Pairs[]

Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen 1.5 1 1
2 Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells 3.5 3 2
3 Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell 5.5 5 3
4 Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler 7.5 7 4
5 / Jered Guzman 8.0 6 5
6 Laura Handy / J. Paul Binnebose 8.0 4 6
7 Katie Barnhart / Charles Bernard 11.0 8 7
8 Tiffany Scott / Philip Dulebohn 13.0 10 8
9 / 13.5 9 9
10 / 15.5 11 10
11 / James Peterson 18.0 14 11
12 / 18.5 13 12
13 / 19.0 12 13
WD Jenni Meno / Todd Sand 2

Ice dancing[]

Rank Name TFP CD1 CD2 OD FD
1 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow 2.0 1 1 1 1
2 Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler 4.4 3 3 2 2
3 Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev 6.6 2 2 3 4
4 Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates 7.0 4 4 4 3
5 Kate Robinson / Peter Breen 10.0 5 5 5 5
6 Deborah Koegel / Oleg Fediukov 12.0 6 6 6 6
7 / 14.0 7 7 7 7
8 Beata Handra / Charles Sinek 16.0 8 8 8 8
9 / 18.8 11 11 9 9
10 / 20.4 9 10 11 10
11 / 20.8 10 9 10 11
12 / 25.0 12 12 12 13
13 Tiffany Hyden / Paul Frey 25.2 14 13 13 12
14 / 28.2 15 14 14 14
WD / 13

Junior results[]

Men[]

Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Scott Smith 1.5 1 1
2 4.5 5 2
3 4.5 3 3
4 6.0 4 4
5 Don Baldwin 6.0 2 5
6 9.0 6 6
7 11.5 9 7
8 12.0 8 8
9 14.5 7 11
10 Jonathon Hunt 15.0 12 9
11 15.5 11 10
12 17.0 10 12

Ladies[]

Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Sarah Hughes 1.5 1 1
2 4.0 4 2
3 Erin K. Pearl 4.5 3 3
4 Naomi Nari Nam 5.0 2 4
5 7.5 5 5
6 9.5 7 6
7 11.0 8 7
8 12.5 9 8
9 14.5 11 9
10 16.5 13 10
11 17.0 10 12
12 17.0 6 14
13 18.0 14 11
14 19.0 12 13

Pairs[]

Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 / Matthew Evers 3.0 4 1
2 / Garrett Lucash 3.5 3 2
3 Larisa Spielberg / Craig Joeright 3.5 1 3
4 Tiffany Sfikas / 7.0 2 6
5 Stephanie Kalesavich / 7.5 5 5
6 / Andrew Muldoon 8.0 8 4
7 / 11.5 7 8
8 / 12.5 11 7
9 / Jonathon Hunt 13.5 9 9
10 / 15.0 10 10
11 / 17.0 6 14
12 Jessica Miller / 17.5 13 11
13 / 19.0 14 12
14 / 19.0 12 13

Ice dancing[]

Rank Name TFP CD1 CD2 OD FD
1 Melissa Gregory / 2.4 2 2 1 1
2 Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek 3.6 1 1 2 2
3 / 7.0 4 4 4 3
4 / 7.0 3 3 3 4
5 / 10.0 5 5 5 5
6 / Matthew Healy 13.2 6 6 8 6
7 / Benjamin Agosto 13.4 7 7 6 7
8 / 15.6 8 9 7 8
9 / 18.6 10 11 9 9
10 Kimberly Navarro / 21.2 11 12 11 10
11 / 23.6 12 10 12 12
12 / 24.0 13 13 13 11
WD / 9 8 10

Novice results[]

Men[]

Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Parker Pennington 1.5 1 1
2 Ryan Bradley 3.5 3 2
3 Johnny Weir 4.0 2 3
4 Nicholas LaRoche 6.0 4 4
5 9.0 6 6
6 10.5 11 5
7 13.0 12 7
8 13.0 10 8
9 Benjamin Miller 13.0 8 9
10 13.5 7 10
11 13.5 5 11
12 16.5 9 12

Ladies[]

Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Elizabeth Kwon 2.5 3 1
2 5.0 2 4
3 Jennifer Kirk 5.5 7 2
4 Sara Wheat 5.5 5 3
5 7.5 1 7
6 Sasha Cohen 8.0 6 5
7 8.0 4 6
8 12.0 8 8
9 14.0 10 9
10 15.5 11 10
11 16.5 9 12
12 17.0 12 11

Pairs[]

Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 / 1.5 1 1
2 / 3.5 3 2
3 / 5.0 4 3
4 / Derek Trent 6.0 2 5
5 / 6.5 5 4
6 Tiffany Vise / Ryan Bradley 10.0 8 6
7 / 10.5 7 7
8 / Michael McPherson 13.5 11 8
9 / 14.5 11 9
10 / 15.0 10 10
11 / 15.0 6 12
12 / 15.5 9 11

Ice dancing[]

Rank Name TFP CD1 CD2 CD3 FD
1 / 6.0 1 1 1 1
2 / 14.0 2 2 4 2
3 Kendra Goodwin / 17.0 3 3 2 3
4 / 29.0 6 8 3 4
5 / 29.0 4 4 6 5
6 Lydia Manon / Chris Obzansky 33.0 5 5 5 6
7 Laura Munana / Luke Munana 43.0 8 7 7 7
8 / 45.0 7 6 8 8
9 / 57.0 11 9 10 9
10 Kakani Young / 60.0 9 10 11 10
11 / 66.0 12 12 9 11
12 / 69.0 10 11 12 12

Figures results[]

Senior[]

Rank Name TFP Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3
1 3.0 1 1 1
2 10.0 2 2 6
3 11.0 4 4 3
4 12.0 7 3 2
5 14.0 5 5 4
6 20.0 3 10 7
7 25.0 8 12 5
8 Jaime Clark 26.0 6 11 9
8 26.0 9 9 8
10 27.0 10 6 11
11 29.0 11 8 10
12 31.0 12 7 12

Junior[]

Rank Name TFP Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3
1 11.0 7 3 1
1 11.0 3 1 7
3 15.0 5 6 4
3 Alecia Moore 15.0 2 10 3
5 16.0 1 9 6
6 17.0 4 2 11
7 20.0 10 8 2
7 20.0 8 4 8
9 23.0 6 7 10
10 28.0 11 12 5
11 29.0 12 5 12
11 29.0 9 11 9
13 39.0 13 13 13

Novice[]

Rank Name J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 Maj TOM TO
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7/1
2 3 2 4 4 3 3 2 5/3
3 3 2 2 3 6 11 4 4/3
4 7 4 6 2 2 4 5 4/4 12 30
5 5 9 3 11 4 2 3 4/4 12 37
6 2 5 5 5 7 7 6 4/5
7 8 7 6 6 11 6 10 4/7
8 9 6 8 7 8 7 8 6/8
9 11 10 10 9 5 7 11 5/10 41
10 6 10 9 12 10 12 7 5/10 42
11 10 8 11 10 12 5 12 4/10 33
12 12 12 12 8 9 10 9 4/10 36

References[]

  1. ^ Hersh, Philip. "ELDREDGE TRIES A QUAD, LANDS HIS 5TH NATIONAL TITLE". chicagotribune.com.
  2. ^ Hersh, Philip. "DESPITE FOOT INJURY, MENO-SAND NAMED TO NAGANO PAIRS TEAM". chicagotribune.com.
  3. ^ Hersh, Philip. "MENO-SAND TAKES THE HARD ROAD TO WINTER GAMES". chicagotribune.com.
  4. ^ Hersh, Philip. "ELDREDGE TRIES QUAD, LANDS 5TH U.S. TITLE". chicagotribune.com.

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