The 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place between January 20 and 27th at the Xcel Energy Center in Saint Paul, Minnesota . Skaters competed in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles , pair skating , and ice dancing – across three levels of competition – senior, junior, and novice. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth).
The event was used to determine the U.S. teams for the 2008 World Championships , 2008 Four Continents Championships , and 2008 World Junior Championships .
Competition notes [ ] Reigning four-time ice dancing silver medalists Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov withdrew before the event due to injury.
Reigning silver medalist single skater Emily Hughes withdrew before the event due to injury.
Ladies gold medalist Mirai Nagasu , silver medalist Rachael Flatt , and pewter medalist Caroline Zhang were not placed on the World or Four Continents team because they were not age-eligible.
Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir tied in the overall score, with Weir winning the short program and Lysacek winning the free skating. Lysacek won the title on the first tiebreak under International Skating Union rules, which was the free skating score. Qualifying [ ] Qualification for the U.S. Championships begins at one of nine regional competitions. The regions are 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 advance to one of three sectional competitions (Eastern, Midwestern, and Pacific Coast). Skaters who place in the top four at sectionals advance to the U.S. Championships.
The top five finishers in each discipline from the previous year are given byes to the U.S. Championships, as are any skaters who qualify for the Junior or the Senior Grand Prix Final . Skaters are also given byes through a qualifying competition if they are assigned to an international event during the time that qualifying event is to take place. For example, if a skater is competing at an event at the same time as his or her regional competition, that skater would receive a bye to sectionals. If a skater is competing at an event at the same time as his or her sectional competition, that skater would qualify for the national event without having had to compete at a sectional championship.
Senior results [ ] Men [ ]
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
SP
FS
1
Evan Lysacek DuPage FSC
244.77*
2
82.05
1
162.72
2
Johnny Weir SC of New York
244.77*
1
83.40
2
161.37
3
Stephen Carriere SC of Boston
228.06
3
76.66
3
151.40
4
Jeremy Abbott Broadmoor SC
221.85
5
73.28
4
148.57
5
Ryan Bradley Broadmoor SC
221.31
4
74.20
5
147.11
6
Scott Smith SC of Boston
210.55
6
66.34
6
144.21
7
Wesley Campbell
Nashville FSC
200.10
8
65.53
7
134.57
8
Shaun Rogers Univ of Delaware FSC
195.96
13
64.11
9
131.85
9
Tommy Steenberg SC of Northern Virginia
195.32
12
64.22
10
131.10
10
Dennis Phan All Year FSC
193.75
15
59.27
8
134.48
11
Parker Pennington Washington FSC
188.82
10
65.32
13
123.50
12
Geoffry Varner Peninsula SC
184.52
9
65.40
14
119.12
13
Eliot Halverson St. Paul FSC
183.67
17
56.03
11
127.64
14
Denver FSC
182.86
16
57.18
12
125.68
15
Derrick Delmore Washington FSC
180.83
7
65.67
16
115.16
16
Douglas Razzano Coyotes SC of Arizona
180.21
11
64.83
15
115.38
17
All Year FSC
164.35
14
61.66
18
102.69
18
Rohene Ward Starlight Ice Dance Club
160.45
18
54.83
17
105.62
* Weir and Lysacek tied in the overall score. Lysacek won the title on the tiebreaker, which was the free skating placement.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Ladies [ ]
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
SP
FS
1
Mirai Nagasu Pasadena FSC
190.41
1
70.23
3
120.18
2
Rachael Flatt Broadmoor SC
188.73
3
62.91
1
125.82
3
Ashley Wagner Washington FSC
188.56
2
65.15
2
123.41
4
Caroline Zhang All Year FSC
173.16
7
53.49
4
119.67
5
Bebe Liang All Year FSC
164.87
6
55.10
5
109.77
6
Katrina Hacker SC of Boston
158.28
5
56.87
6
101.41
7
Kimmie Meissner Univ of Delaware FSC
157.56
4
57.58
7
99.98
8
Melissa Bulanhagui Univ of Delaware FSC
149.22
8
52.77
8
96.45
9
Alissa Czisny Detroit SC
146.38
9
50.58
9
95.80
10
Becky Bereswill Houston FSC
137.65
14
46.52
10
91.13
11
All Year FSC
132.80
15
44.86
11
87.94
12
Danielle Kahle All Year FSC
132.22
10
50.46
13
81.76
13
Megan Williams-Stewart Univ of Delaware FSC
130.40
12
49.23
14
81.17
14
Chrissy Hughes Highland SC
126.84
16
43.36
12
83.48
15
Duluth FSC
125.13
11
49.47
15
75.66
16
All Year FSC
116.30
17
42.62
16
73.68
17
Angie Lien Duluth FSC
112.25
13
47.42
20
64.83
18
Megan Hyatt Wagon Wheel FSC
108.69
19
35.32
17
73.37
19
SC of New York
107.49
18
40.76
18
66.73
20
All Year FSC
99.20
20
33.22
19
65.98
Pairs [ ] Ice dancing [ ]
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
CD
OD
FD
1
Tanith Belbin / Ben Agosto Arctic FSC
216.07
1
41.86
1
64.29
1
109.92
2
Meryl Davis / Charlie White Arctic FSC / Detroit SC
206.82
2
40.59
2
62.69
2
103.54
3
Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre Santa Rosa FSC / Philadelphia SC & HS
187.94
3
35.38
3
58.71
3
93.85
4
Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates Ann Arbor FSC
175.16
4
34.00
4
57.62
6
83.54
5
Jennifer Wester / Daniil Barantsev Dallas FSC / Detroit SC
169.37
5
30.46
6
53.26
5
85.65
6
Jane Summersett / Todd Gilles Broadmoor SC
166.86
10
26.31
5
53.35
4
87.20
7
/
Stars FSC of Texas
161.17
7
28.53
7
51.20
7
81.44
8
/ Chris Obzansky
Oklahoma City FSC / Salt Lake Figure Skating
157.10
6
28.69
8
48.72
8
79.69
9
Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt All Year FSC / Stars FSC of Texas
151.50
8
27.76
9
46.33
9
77.41
10
/
All Year FSC / Stars FSC of Texas
138.20
9
26.83
10
44.97
10
66.40
11
Clare Farrell /
St. Louis SC / Univ of Delaware FSC
130.90
11
23.84
11
42.71
11
64.35
12
/
Pittsburgh FSC
120.51
12
21.09
12
38.42
12
61.00
13
/
Stars FSC of Texas
105.71
13
20.84
13
30.75
13
54.12
Junior results [ ] Men [ ]
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
SP
FS
1
Adam Rippon SC of New York
213.76
1
71.33
1
142.43
2
Brandon Mroz Broadmoor SC
203.63
3
65.89
2
137.74
3
All Year FSC
182.27
4
60.01
4
122.26
4
Richard Dornbush All Year FSC
179.27
12
52.46
3
126.81
5
Keegan Messing Anchorage FSC
176.63
6
57.11
5
119.52
6
Curran Oi SC of Boston
176.44
2
68.15
10
108.29
7
Alexander Johnson Braemar-City of Lakes FSC
169.19
5
59.12
9
110.07
8
Armin Mahbanoozadeh Washington FSC
167.76
9
53.29
6
114.47
9
Detroit SC
167.70
7
56.43
8
111.27
10
Austin Kanallakan Broadmoor SC
165.06
10
53.02
7
112.04
11
Grant Hochstein St. Clair Shores FSC
162.12
8
53.84
11
108.28
12
Univ of Delaware FSC
152.68
11
52.89
13
99.79
13
Max Aaron Coyotes SC of Arizona
146.98
13
49.52
14
97.46
14
Park FSC
145.30
16
43.20
12
102.10
15
DuPage FSC
141.46
14
45.32
15
96.14
16
New Haven SC
116.52
15
43.71
16
72.81
Ladies [ ]
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
SP
FS
1
Alexe Gilles Broadmoor SC
156.17
3
52.63
1
103.54
2
Angela Maxwell Dallas FSC
150.11
1
54.91
3
95.20
3
SC of Boston
149.60
2
54.59
4
95.01
4
Kristine Musademba Washington FSC
143.86
5
49.10
5
94.76
5
Amanda Dobbs Peninsula SC
142.76
6
47.36
2
95.40
6
All Year FSC
137.70
4
49.50
6
88.20
7
Kirsten Olson Starlight Ice Dance Club
130.21
7
46.56
7
83.65
8
Ellie Kawamura All Year FSC
122.74
8
45.53
8
77.21
9
Univ of Delaware FSC
110.76
11
40.17
9
70.59
10
SC of New York
110.72
9
44.97
11
65.75
11
All Year FSC
108.68
12
40.16
10
68.52
12
Alexa Scimeca DuPage FSC
104.20
10
43.74
12
60.46
13
Tampa Bay SC
97.54
13
39.70
13
57.84
14
Broadmoor SC
91.40
14
39.47
14
51.93
Pairs [ ]
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
SP
FS
1
Jessica Rose Paetsch / Jon Nuss Broadmoor SC
143.19
2
52.13
1
91.06
2
/
Southwest Florida FSC
137.36
3
50.83
2
86.53
3
Chelsi Guillen / Danny Curzon Coyotes SC of Arizona
134.58
1
53.65
4
80.93
4
/
Detroit SC
129.75
5
47.04
3
82.71
5
/ Nathan Bartholomay
Univ of Delaware FSC
124.71
6
45.56
5
79.15
6
/
ISC of Fort Collins / All Year FSC
123.69
4
47.14
6
76.55
7
/
Lansing SC / Detroit SC
113.90
10
38.99
7
74.91
8
/
Nashville FSC
113.42
9
41.63
8
71.79
9
/
Detroit SC / Coyotes SC of Arizona
107.41
8
42.53
10
64.88
10
/
Los Angeles FSC / Elite Training Academy
104.02
12
35.70
9
68.32
11
/
Univ of Delaware FSC
101.50
11
38.41
11
63.09
12
/ Nathan Miller
Broadmoor SC
100.70
7
43.34
13
57.36
13
/
SC of Boston
95.64
13
34.15
12
61.49
Ice dancing [ ]
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
CD
OD
FD
1
Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell Ann Arbor FSC
167.48
1
34.61
3
50.66
1
82.21
2
Piper Gilles / Timothy McKernan Broadmoor SC
161.66
2
30.97
4
50.24
2
80.45
3
Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein All Year FSC / Arctic FSC
161.40
4
29.92
1
53.03
3
78.45
4
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani SC of New York / Broadmoor SC
157.80
7
27.66
2
52.32
4
77.82
5
/
Arctic FSC / Coyotes SC of Arizona
154.09
8
27.42
5
49.17
5
77.50
6
Pilar Bosley / John Corona Peninsula SC / Philadelphia SC & HS
144.37
3
30.07
6
48.35
9
65.95
7
Sara Bailey / Charter Oak FSC / Univ of Delaware FSC
141.62
5
29.29
11
42.25
6
70.08
8
Anastasia Cannuscio / Dean Copely Univ of Delaware FSC / SC of New York
140.14
6
28.50
7
45.51
8
66.13
9
Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello Univ of Delaware FSC
139.14
9
26.37
8
44.88
7
67.89
10
/
Broadmoor SC / All Year FSC
131.72
11
24.61
9
44.56
10
62.55
11
/
Detroit SC / Spokane FSC
127.62
12
24.06
10
43.70
12
59.86
12
/
St. Moritz ISC / Ann Arbor FSC
127.12
13
23.41
12
41.91
11
61.80
13
/
All Year FSC / Broadmoor SC
124.74
10
25.42
13
40.21
13
59.11
Novice results [ ] Men [ ]
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
SP
FS
1
Daniel O'Shea Skokie Valley SC
145.92
1
46.89
1
99.03
2
Ross Miner SC of Boston
135.81
4
44.85
3
90.96
3
All Year FSC
133.70
3
45.03
4
88.67
4
Georgia FSC
133.24
2
46.59
5
86.65
5
Atlanta FSC
132.31
6
39.26
2
93.05
6
Pavilion SC of Cleve. Hghts
121.64
5
40.77
6
80.87
7
Timothy LeDuc Eastern Iowa FSC
104.93
7
33.84
8
71.09
8
Jamestown SC
103.89
8
31.66
7
72.23
9
All Year FSC
100.85
9
30.61
9
70.24
10
Queen City FSC
89.65
10
28.50
10
61.15
11
Peninsula SC
84.69
12
25.66
11
59.03
12
Santa Rosa FSC
83.36
11
26.46
12
56.90
Ladies [ ]
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
SP
FS
1
Broadmoor SC
110.38
2
37.26
1
73.12
2
Texas Gulf Coast FSC
108.41
1
38.86
4
69.55
3
Felicia Zhang SC of New York
106.02
4
35.83
2
70.19
4
Agnes Zawadzki DuPage FSC
104.18
6
34.10
3
70.08
5
All Year FSC
103.01
5
34.30
6
68.71
6
Vermont SC
98.51
10
28.96
5
69.55
7
Gretchen Donlan SC of Boston
95.56
3
36.12
9
59.44
8
Univ of Delaware FSC
95.49
8
31.72
7
63.77
9
Los Angeles FSC
88.54
9
30.14
10
58.40
10
Yellowstone Valley FSC
87.60
12
26.37
8
61.23
11
All Year FSC
86.40
7
33.68
12
52.72
12
Christina Gao Northern Kentucky SC
83.75
11
27.52
11
56.23
Pairs [ ]
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
SP
FS
1
Brynn Carman / Christopher Knierim Broadmoor SC
120.53
2
37.01
1
83.52
2
/ Andrew Speroff
Broadmoor SC
116.99
1
37.35
3
79.64
3
Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir Smithfield FSC / Colonial FSC
116.42
4
35.62
2
80.80
4
/
All Year FSC / Los Angeles FSC
113.80
3
35.93
4
77.87
5
Cassie Andrews / Indiana World Sk Acad FSC
102.26
6
30.68
5
71.58
6
/
All Year FSC
98.41
5
32.33
6
66.08
7
/
Sun Valley FSC / SC of Wilmington
93.65
7
30.17
7
63.48
8
Ashley Cain / Stars FSC of Texas / Dallas FSC
92.63
8
29.45
8
63.18
9
/
Shaker FSC / SC of New York
87.03
9
26.91
9
60.12
10
/
Inland Empire FSC / Los Angeles FSC
83.50
10
26.86
10
56.64
11
/
Colonial SC of Pennsylvania / Princeton SC
74.07
11
24.50
11
49.57
12
/
Peninsula SC
67.01
12
21.27
12
45.74
Ice dancing [ ]
Rank
Name
Club
Total points
CD1
CD2
FD
1
/
Univ of Delaware FSC / North Atlantic FSC
110.69
1
25.54
3
23.98
1
61.17
2
/ Nathan Truesdell
Washington FSC / Arctic FSC
106.27
3
23.65
1
25.79
3
56.83
3
/ Andrew Korda
SC of Boston
103.85
5
22.13
4
22.47
2
59.25
4
/
Ann Arbor FSC / All Year FSC
103.15
2
24.25
5
22.37
4
56.53
5
/
Center I&B of Western PA / SC of New York
98.83
4
23.13
2
25.67
7
50.03
6
/ Colin McManus
SC of Boston / Brooklyn FSC of Ohio
95.85
8
21.34
6
21.97
6
52.54
7
/
Peninsula SC / Ann Arbor FSC
95.16
9
20.45
8
20.94
5
53.77
8
/ Travis Mager
Palomares FSC / Columbia FSC
93.27
7
21.74
7
21.69
8
49.84
9
/
Ice Works SC / Bowie FSC
90.63
6
22.10
9
20.71
9
47.82
10
/ Robert Cuthbertson
Stars FSC of Texas / Stars FSC of Texas
82.47
10
19.74
10
18.47
11
44.26
11
/ Brett Ryan
Los Angeles FSC / San Diego FSC
80.85
11
18.57
11
16.86
10
45.42
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