The 2016 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held from January 15–24 in Saint Paul, Minnesota at the Xcel Energy Center and Bloomington Ice Garden.[1] men's singles, ladies singles , pair skating , and ice dancing at the senior, junior, novice, intermediate, and juvenile levels. The results were part of the U.S. selection criteria for the 2016 Four Continents , 2016 World Junior Championships , and the 2016 World Championships .
The host was announced in November 2012.[2]
Qualifying [ ] Competitors qualified at regional and sectional competitions held from October to November 2015.
Date
Event
Location
Results
October 3–5, 2015
2016 Central Pacific Regionals
San Jose, California
Results
October 3–5, 2015
2016 North Atlantic Regionals
Lake Placid, New York
Results
October 3–6, 2015
2016 Southwestern Regionals
Independence, Missouri
Results
October 10–12, 2015
2016 Northwest Pacific Regionals
Montlake, Washington
Results
October 10–13, 2015
2016 Southwest Pacific Regionals
Pasadena, California
Results
October 10–13, 2015
2016 Upper Great Lakes Regionals
Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin
Results
October 17–20, 2015
2016 South Atlantic Regionals
Aston, Pennsylvania
Results
October 17–20, 2015
2016 New England Regionals
Boxborough, Massachusetts
Results
October 17–20, 2015
2016 Eastern Great Lakes Regionals
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Results
November 17–21, 2015
2016 Eastern Sectionals
Simsbury, Connecticut
Results
November 17–21, 2015
2016 Midwestern Sectionals
Strongsville, Ohio
Results
November 17–21, 2015
2016 Pacific Coast Sectionals
Burbank, California
Results
January 16–24, 2016
2016 U.S. Championships
Saint Paul, Minnesota
Results
Following sectional competitions, U.S. Figure Skating published a list of skaters who had qualified or earned a bye. Skaters who subsequently withdrew included Jason Brown , Jordan Moeller , Joshua Farris , Richard Dornbush , and Lydia Erdman / Alexey Shchepetov.[3]
Medal summary [ ] Senior [ ] Junior [ ] Novice [ ] Intermediate [ ]
Discipline
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Pewter
Men
Jordan Evans
Ladies
Alysa Liu
Pairs
/
/
/
/
Ice dancing
/
Avonley Nguyen /
/
/
Juvenile [ ] [4]
Senior results [ ] Senior men [ ]
Rank
Name
Total
SP
FS
1
Adam Rippon
270.75
3
88.01
1
182.74
2
Max Aaron
269.55
1
91.83
3
177.72
3
Nathan Chen
266.93
4
86.33
2
180.60
4
Grant Hochstein
252.84
6
79.26
4
173.58
5
Ross Miner
248.01
2
90.90
6
157.11
6
Alexander Johnson
241.94
7
73.69
5
168.25
7
Timothy Dolensky
236.13
5
80.01
7
156.12
8
Vincent Zhou
217.23
8
68.10
8
149.13
9
Sean Rabbitt
192.63
9
66.71
10
125.92
10
187.34
13
56.97
9
130.37
11
182.10
12
59.67
11
122.43
12
Shotaro Omori
181.49
10
63.82
13
117.67
13
Emmanuel Savary
179.32
11
62.96
15
116.36
14
172.68
14
56.10
14
116.58
15
167.33
19
48.16
12
119.17
16
Jimmy Ma
161.63
15
51.95
17
109.68
17
160.54
16
49.38
16
111.16
18
Curran Oi
150.06
18
48.66
18
101.40
19
141.50
17
49.11
19
92.39
Senior ladies [ ]
Rank
Name
Total
SP
FS
1
Gracie Gold
210.46
2
62.50
1
147.96
2
Polina Edmunds
207.51
1
70.19
2
137.32
3
Ashley Wagner
197.88
4
62.41
3
135.47
4
Mirai Nagasu
188.84
5
59.64
4
129.20
5
Tyler Pierce
188.50
3
62.45
5
126.05
6
Bradie Tennell
181.33
7
58.26
6
123.07
7
Hannah Miller
174.42
9
57.86
7
116.56
8
Karen Chen
168.75
12
54.86
8
113.89
9
Courtney Hicks
168.04
11
54.93
9
113.11
10
Angela Wang
163.17
10
55.23
10
107.94
11
Mariah Bell
160.03
6
58.85
11
101.18
12
140.38
8
57.94
16
82.44
13
133.52
14
46.94
13
86.58
14
Ashley Cain
131.89
13
48.35
15
83.54
15
131.46
18
41.48
12
89.98
16
121.81
17
41.49
17
80.32
17
121.27
16
41.63
18
79.64
18
120.20
21
36.34
14
83.86
19
107.96
15
42.41
21
65.55
20
107.29
19
41.27
20
66.02
21
105.56
22
33.24
19
72.32
22
101.65
20
38.22
22
63.43
Senior pairs [ ] Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea won both segments to win their first national title by nearly 15 points, with a total score of 211.65 points. Defending champions Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim earned silver with a total of 196.80 points. Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran placed third in both segments to earn bronze, and Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage maintained their fourth-place standing from the short to earn pewter.
Senior ice dance [ ] Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani overcame a 0.47 point deficit from the short dance to overtake defending champions Madison Chock / Evan Bates and win their first senior national title.
[4]
Junior results [ ] Junior men [ ]
Rank
Name
Total
SP
FS
1
Tomoki Hiwatashi
202.73
1
65.90
1
136.83
2
Kevin Shum
187.95
3
62.28
2
125.67
3
Alexei Krasnozhon
176.21
7
53.96
3
122.25
4
170.78
4
57.85
5
112.93
5
168.23
9
50.98
4
117.25
6
164.39
2
62.50
9
101.89
7
Anthony Boucher
164.01
8
51.42
6
112.59
8
Sean Conlon
157.88
5
54.61
7
103.27
9
156.85
6
54.45
8
102.40
10
148.58
10
50.78
11
97.80
11
Camden Pulkinen
145.39
11
46.80
10
98.59
12
123.78
12
44.46
12
79.32
Junior ladies [ ]
Rank
Name
Total
SP
FS
1
Emily Chan
180.83
1
66.74
1
114.09
2
Vivian Le
166.36
2
57.02
2
109.34
3
Megan Wessenberg
154.21
5
50.81
3
103.40
4
146.14
6
49.20
4
96.94
5
141.44
4
51.48
5
89.96
6
128.54
8
45.20
8
83.34
7
128.33
9
44.10
7
84.23
8
127.35
10
42.96
6
84.39
9
123.15
7
46.69
11
74.46
10
Paige Rydberg
121.74
11
41.35
9
80.39
11
120.46
12
40.10
10
80.36
12
113.59
3
53.02
12
60.57
Junior pairs [ ]
Rank
Name
Total
SP
FS
1
/
139.24
2
48.80
1
90.44
2
Lindsay Weinstein / Jacob Simon
138.90
1
49.54
2
89.36
3
/
129.01
5
44.31
3
84.70
4
/
120.91
4
45.38
8
75.33
5
/
118.95
8
40.06
5
78.89
6
/
118.84
7
42.03
6
76.81
7
/
118.64
10
38.26
4
80.38
8
/ Miles Addison
117.25
3
46.29
10
70.96
9
Sara Rose /
114.25
9
38.43
7
75.82
10
Jessica Lee /
112.40
6
42.77
11
69.63
11
/ Kenneth Anderson
109.91
11
37.56
9
72.35
12
Megan Griffin /
97.36
12
33.56
12
63.80
Junior ice dance [ ] Novice results [ ] Novice men [ ]
Rank
Name
Total
SP
FS
1
Eric Sjoberg
171.68
1
54.53
1
117.15
2
Peter Liu
151.90
3
52.23
2
99.67
3
Maxim Naumov
148.73
2
53.37
5
95.36
4
142.83
4
47.46
4
95.37
5
Ryan Dunk
140.94
9
41.51
3
99.43
6
128.24
12
34.87
6
93.37
7
127.34
7
44.09
7
83.25
8
126.64
5
46.16
9
80.48
9
Max Lake
122.13
8
41.62
8
80.51
10
119.05
11
40.87
10
78.18
11
113.13
6
44.12
11
69.01
12
103.44
10
41.03
12
62.41
Novice ladies [ ]
Rank
Name
Total
SP
FS
1
150.93
1
52.35
1
98.58
2
Alexia Paganini
142.88
2
47.20
2
95.68
3
129.04
3
43.53
3
85.51
4
Ashley Lin
126.09
6
42.28
5
83.81
5
124.33
9
39.61
4
84.72
6
Starr Andrews
122.77
4
42.77
6
80.00
7
118.15
5
42.68
8
75.47
8
116.46
8
39.73
7
76.73
9
Gabriella Izzo
113.94
7
42.15
9
71.79
10
104.11
10
35.80
10
68.31
11
88.28
11
32.95
11
55.33
WD
Novice pairs [ ]
Rank
Name
Total
SP
FS
1
/
126.13
1
41.66
1
84.47
2
Isabella Gamez /
117.70
2
39.89
2
77.81
3
/
113.69
6
36.82
4
76.87
4
/
112.89
7
35.17
3
77.72
5
Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow
109.96
3
37.74
7
72.22
6
/ Misha Mitrofanov
109.56
8
34.61
5
74.95
7
Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker
108.52
4
37.22
8
71.30
8
/
104.38
9
31.62
6
72.76
9
/ Nicolas Frantz
102.43
5
36.92
9
65.51
10
/ Jonathan Kim
80.40
11
24.50
10
55.90
11
/
77.98
10
24.62
11
53.36
12
/
62.92
12
19.54
12
43.38
Novice ice dance [ ]
Rank
Name
Total
PD1
PD2
FD
1
Caroline Green / Gordon Green
144.37
1
30.53
1
31.77
1
82.07
2
/
122.10
2
25.62
2
24.45
2
72.03
3
/ Christopher Elder
99.21
3
25.26
3
22.18
7
51.77
4
/
90.26
5
18.22
5
18.07
4
53.97
5
Molly Cesanek /
88.75
6
17.30
4
18.63
6
52.82
6
/
88.63
4
18.31
6
17.23
5
53.09
7
Amanda Miller /
86.02
9
15.30
7
16.26
3
54.46
8
/
78.88
10
14.50
9
15.28
9
49.10
9
/
76.99
12
13.38
10
14.27
8
49.34
10
/
76.72
7
16.53
8
15.34
12
44.85
11
/
75.09
8
16.02
11
12.73
11
46.34
12
/
74.11
11
14.08
12
12.37
10
47.66
International team selections [ ] Winter Youth Olympics [ ] The team for the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics was announced in October 2015.[5]
Four Continents [ ] The team for the 2016 Four Continents Championships was announced on January 24, 2016.[6]
World Junior Championships [ ] The team for the 2016 World Junior Championships was announced on January 24, 2016.[6] Nathan Chen withdrew due to injury and was replaced by first alternate Tomoki Hiwatashi .[7]
World Championships [ ] The team for the 2016 World Championships was announced on January 24, 2016.[6] Nathan Chen withdrew due to injury and was replaced by first alternate Grant Hochstein .[7] Polina Edmunds withdrew due to an injury and first alternate, Mirai Nagasu will replace her.[8]
References [ ]
^ "2016 Prudential U.S. Figure Skating Championships Begin Saturday in Saint Paul, Minnesota" . U.S. Figure Skating ^ "Media Release from Xcel Energy Center" . November 28, 2012.^ "Qualifiers" (PDF) . U.S. Figure Skating . December 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 5, 2015.^ a b "Archived copy" . Archived from the original on 2019-09-12. Retrieved 2016-01-23 .{{cite web }}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link )^ "2015-16 International Competition Season Assignments/Results" . U.S. Figure Skating . October 13, 2015. Archived from the original on October 14, 2015.^ a b c "U.S. Figure Skating Announces ISU Championship Event Selections" . U.S. Figure Skating . January 24, 2016. Archived from the original on January 25, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2016 .^ a b "Chen Undergoes Left Hip Surgery" . U.S. Figure Skating the original on December 17, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2016 .^ http://www.usfigureskating.org/story?id=89503
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