2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

The 2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place between January 14 and 24 at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane, Washington with AT&T as the title sponsor. Skaters competed in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth).

2010 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Type:National Championship
Date:January 14 – 24
Season:2009–10
Location:Spokane, Washington
Venue:Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
Jeremy Abbott
Ladies' singles:
Rachael Flatt
Pairs:
Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett
Ice dance:
Meryl Davis / Charlie White
Previous:
2009 U.S. Championships
Next:
2011 U.S. Championships

The Olympics were to begin 18 days after the end of the U.S. Championships. The senior-level Championship events were therefore spread out over two weekends to allow the skaters approximately four weeks between the end of their event and the start of the corresponding Olympic competition.[1]

The event was among the criteria used to select the U.S. teams for the 2010 Winter Olympics, 2010 World Championships, 2010 Four Continents Championships, and 2010 World Junior Championships.

The senior compulsory dance was the Golden Waltz.

Olympic team selection

The results of the 2010 U.S. Championships were among the criteria used to determine the 2010 Olympic team. The competitions used in the selection process were, in order of priority:[2]

  1. 2010 U.S. Championships
  2. 2009–10 Grand Prix Final
  3. 2009 World Championships
  4. 2009 Four Continents Championships
  5. 2009 World Junior Championships
  6. 2009–10 Junior Grand Prix Final

The United States had qualified 3 Olympic spots in men's singles and ice dancing and 2 Olympic spots in ladies singles and pair skating.[3] The entrants are nominated by U.S. Figure Skating and must be confirmed by the United States Olympic Committee.[2]

The nominees in each discipline were announced following the completion of that discipline's competition. The pairs entrants were nominated on January 16, the men on January 17, and the ladies and ice dancers on January 23.[2]

Qualification

Qualification for the U.S. Championships began at one of nine regional competitions: 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 competition advanced to one of three sectional competitions: Eastern, Midwestern, and Pacific Coast. Skaters who placed in the top four at the sectional competitions advanced to the U.S. Championships.

Byes to the competition[4] were given to skaters who had won medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics or the 2009 World Figure Skating Championships; to the top five finishers in each senior-level discipline at the 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships; to any skaters who qualified for the 2009–10 Junior or Senior Grand Prix Final in the discipline in which they qualified; and to any skater who was assigned to an international event that occurred at the same time as their sectional championship.

Byes

The following skaters have been given byes to the 2010 U.S. Championships and did not have to compete at regionals or sectionals.

Men's singles byes
Skater Section Level of bye Reason for bye
Jeremy Abbott Midwestern Section Senior Top 5 placement in 2009
Brandon Mroz Midwestern Section Senior Top 5 placement in 2009
Evan Lysacek Midwestern Section Senior Reigning World medalist &
Top 5 placement in 2009
Ryan Bradley Midwestern Section Senior Top 5 placement in 2009
Johnny Weir Eastern Section Senior Top 5 placement in 2009
Richard Dornbush Pacific Coast Section Senior Qualified to Junior Grand Prix Final
Grant Hochstein Midwestern Section Senior Qualified to Junior Grand Prix Final
Ross Miner Eastern Section Senior Qualified to Junior Grand Prix Final
Stephen Carriere Eastern Section Senior Grand Prix assignment (CAN)
Armin Mahbanoozadeh Eastern Section Senior Grand Prix assignment (CAN)
Adam Rippon Eastern Section Senior Grand Prix Assignment (JPN)
Tommy Steenberg Eastern Section Senior Merano Cup assignment
Ladies' singles byes
Skater Section Level of bye Reason for bye
Sasha Cohen Pacific Coast Section Senior Reigning Olympic medalist
Alissa Czisny Midwestern Section Senior Top 5 placement in 2009
Rachael Flatt Midwestern Section Senior Top 5 placement in 2009
Caroline Zhang Pacific Coast Section Senior Top 5 placement in 2009
Ashley Wagner Eastern Section Senior Top 5 placement in 2009
Mirai Nagasu Pacific Coast Section Senior Top 5 placement in 2009
Angela Maxwell Eastern Section Senior Qualified to Junior Grand Prix Final
Christina Gao Midwestern Section Senior Qualified to Junior Grand Prix Final
Ellie Kawamura Pacific Coast Section Senior Qualified to Junior Grand Prix Final
Kiri Baga Midwestern Section Junior Qualified to Junior Grand Prix Final
Becky Bereswill Midwestern Section Senior Grand Prix assignment (JPN)
Alexe Gilles Midwestern Section Senior Grand Prix assignment (USA)
Emily Hughes Eastern Section Senior Grand Prix assignment (USA)
Pair skating byes
Pair team Section Level of bye Reason for bye
Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker Midwestern Section Senior Top 5 placement in 2009
Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett Eastern Section Senior Top 5 placement in 2009
Rena Inoue / John Baldwin Pacific Coast Section Senior Top 5 placement in 2009
Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig Eastern Section Senior Top 5 placement in 2009
Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski Midwestern Section Senior Top 5 placement in 2009
Britney Simpson / Nathan Miller Midwestern Section Junior Qualified to Junior Grand Prix Final
Ice dancing byes
Ice dance team Section Level of bye Reason for bye
Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto Midwestern Section Senior Reigning Olympic medalist &
Reigning World medalist
Meryl Davis / Charlie White Midwestern Section Senior Top 5 placement in 2009
Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates Midwestern Section Senior Top 5 placement in 2009
Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre Eastern Section Senior Top 5 placement in 2009
Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell Midwestern Section Senior Top 5 placement in 2009
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani Midwestern Section Junior Qualified to Junior Grand Prix Final
Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello Eastern Section Junior Qualified to Junior Grand Prix Final

Ice dancers Morgan Matthews / Leif Gislason would have received a bye due to their 5th-place finish. However, the team dissolved following the 2008–09 season.

Senior results

Men

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Jeremy Abbott263.66187.851175.81
2 Evan Lysacek238.63283.693154.94
3 Johnny Weir232.09383.515148.58
4 Ryan Bradley225.97670.632155.34
5 Adam Rippon225.07472.914152.16
6 Brandon Mroz201.271064.456136.82
7 Grant Hochstein192.73865.557127.18
8 Armin Mahbanoozadeh190.98572.5613118.42
9 Keegan Messing190.351263.388126.97
10 Jason Wong186.46964.5610121.90
11 Richard Dornbush184.28765.7912118.49
12 Jonathan Cassar182.232055.539126.70
13 Tommy Steenberg179.211659.1711120.04
14 Dennis Phan175.971362.5115113.46
15 Douglas Razzano175.041164.2717110.77
16 Parker Pennington173.031561.5816111.45
17 Alexander Johnson168.292254.2914114.00
18 Andrew Gonzales167.251462.3819104.87
19 Shaun Rogers165.001858.6218106.38
20 Michael Solonoski150.762155.262095.50
21 Wesley Campbell146.961955.982190.98
22 Daniel Raad127.382349.322278.06
WD Stephen Carriere1758.68

Ladies

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Rachael Flatt200.11369.351130.76
2 Mirai Nagasu188.78170.063118.72
3 Ashley Wagner184.70462.552122.15
4 Sasha Cohen174.28269.634104.65
5 Christina Gao156.53556.265100.27
6 Amanda Dobbs150.72656.11794.61
7 Beatrisa Liang147.711051.98695.73
8 Alexe Gilles143.31953.54889.77
9 Emily Hughes140.60853.751086.85
10 Alissa Czisny140.37754.181186.19
11 Caroline Zhang138.271149.94988.33
12 Melissa Bulanhagui129.211445.601283.61
13 Becky Bereswill127.961544.601383.36
14 Samantha Cesario119.201644.331574.87
15 Laney Diggs114.381842.871671.51
16 Kristiene Gong112.921248.112164.81
17 Blake Rosenthal112.421743.431868.99
18 Chelsea Morrow111.731346.352065.38
19 Christina-Maria Sperduto109.892331.621478.27
20 Tatyana Khazova108.891941.631967.26
21 Ellie Kawamura103.332133.511769.82
22 Rebecca Stern97.222232.492264.73
WD Kayla Howey2035.59

Pairs

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett190.30163.011127.29
2 Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig173.78358.763115.02
3 Rena Inoue / John Baldwin173.18457.772115.41
4 Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski169.95555.644114.31
5 Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker165.73752.555113.18
6 Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin164.83262.096102.74
7 Amanda Dobbs / Joseph Jacobsen152.66655.32897.34
8 Tiffany Vise / Don Baldwin149.62951.88797.74
9 Molly Aaron / Daniyel Cohen146.60852.19994.41
10 Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir142.531149.281093.25
11 Tracy Tanovich / Michael Chau136.561349.001185.56
12 Andrea Best / Trevor Young130.881445.731285.15
13 Kendra Moyle / Steven Pottenger128.641249.221479.42
14 Ameena Sheikh / Aaron VanCleave127.731049.871577.86
15 Lisa Moore / Justin Gaumond126.251544.151382.10
16 Laura Lepzinski / Ethan Burgess119.851642.471677.38

Ice dance

Rank Name Total points CD OD FD
1 Meryl Davis / Charlie White222.29145.42168.111108.76
2 Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto218.51245.02266.892106.60
3 Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates190.69437.36359.60393.73
4 Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre186.42337.60457.60491.22
5 Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein177.48634.12554.87588.49
6 Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell173.87534.33654.16685.38
7 Jane Summersett / Todd Gilles163.08730.72752.48879.88
8 Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt156.53930.00945.52781.01
9 Trina Pratt / Chris Obzansky156.42830.43848.86977.13
10 Shannon Wingle / Timothy McKernan132.431321.751044.731065.95
11 Stephanie Zastrow / Michael Lueck124.711122.581336.731165.40
12 Katie Wyble / Justin Morrow123.941023.071236.921263.95
13 Grace Cho / Dmitry Ponomarev115.121222.391433.861358.87
14 Lauren Corry / Alexander Lorello113.461419.151140.171454.14
15 Elizabeth Chan / Jason Deveikis88.101514.391528.631545.08

Junior results

Men

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Jason Brown195.22262.102133.12
2 Joshua Farris195.03458.241136.79
3 Max Aaron191.86162.173129.69
4 Scott Dyer178.49557.344121.15
5 Alexander Zahradnicek168.64755.205113.44
6 Austin Kanallakan164.98361.907103.08
7 Juran Yang154.70854.298100.41
8 Christopher Caluza153.87954.12999.75
9 Peter Max Dion151.34655.841195.50
10 Alexander Aiken150.761247.456103.31
11 Sean Rabbitt148.551050.941097.61
12 Grisha Fournier142.771147.771295.00

Ladies

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Agnes Zawadzki171.87163.141108.73
2 Yasmin Siraj151.05450.722100.33
3 Lindsay Davis133.97550.22483.75
4 Kiri Baga127.35255.51971.84
5 Nina Jiang126.381140.98385.40
6 Felicia Zhang124.21845.19579.02
7 Angela Wang123.53352.881070.65
8 Vanessa Lam121.79648.49873.30
9 McKinzie Daniels119.69942.91776.78
10 Marissa Secundy112.711334.09678.62
11 Kendall Wyckoff110.86746.001164.86
12 Katlynn McNab99.871042.431257.44
13 Haley Dunne94.321239.991354.33

Pairs

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Felicia Zhang / Taylor Toth153.80157.16196.64
2 Britney Simpson / Nathan Miller147.29256.74290.55
3 Erika Smith / Nathan Bartholomay133.54449.56483.98
4 Carolyn-Ann Alba / Christopher Knierim133.19352.43580.76
5 Brynn Carman / AJ Reiss130.00742.54387.46
6 Brittany Chase / Grant Marron118.31642.59775.72
7 Haven Denney / Daniel Raad118.18841.86676.32
8 Gretchen Donlan / Andrew Speroff118.10544.85973.25
9 Olivia Gibbons / Tyler Harris110.191036.77873.42
10 Megan Gueli / Gabe Woodruff99.35940.441158.91
11 Becky Du / Sergey Sidorov93.831133.061060.77

Ice dance

Rank Name Total points CD OD FD
1 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani180.69135.72156.17188.80
2 Rachel Tibbetts / Collin Brubaker160.61233.76349.24377.61
3 Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue160.21430.81251.04278.36
4 Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello151.88330.94447.65473.29
5 Anastasia Olson / Jordan Cowan146.86828.71547.11571.04
6 Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager144.90529.88745.88669.14
7 Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus143.76629.50845.84868.42
8 Charlotte Lichtman / Dean Copely143.43728.78645.97768.68
9 Gabrielle Friedenberg / Benjamin Nykiel130.721125.30940.11965.31
10 Katharine Zeigler / Baxter Burbank116.47925.651035.211055.61
11 Natalie Wojton / Michael Soyfer112.461025.581132.901153.98
12 Kristen Nardozzi / Robert Cuthbertson104.141322.201232.761349.18
13 Janine Halstead / Robert Knopf101.461418.531332.151250.78
14 Katie Donaldson / Brock Jacobs97.631222.331429.021446.28

International team selections

Winter Olympics

The nominations to the Olympic team were announced as follows:[5][6][7]

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
1 Jeremy Abbott Rachael Flatt Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett Meryl Davis / Charlie White
2 Evan Lysacek Mirai Nagasu Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto
3 Johnny Weir Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates
1st alternate Ryan Bradley Ashley Wagner Rena Inoue / John Baldwin Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre
2nd alternate Adam Rippon Sasha Cohen Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein
3rd alternate Brandon Mroz Christina Gao Brooke Castile / Ben Okolski Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell

World Championships

The World Championships team was announced as follows:[5][6][7]

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
1 Jeremy Abbott Rachael Flatt Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett Meryl Davis / Charlie White
2 Evan Lysacek Mirai Nagasu Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto
3 Johnny Weir Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates
1st alternate Ryan Bradley Ashley Wagner Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre
2nd alternate Adam Rippon Sasha Cohen Brooke Castile / Ben Okolski Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein
3rd alternate Brandon Mroz Bebe Liang Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell
4th alternate Amanda Dobbs / Joseph Jacobsen

Four Continents Championships

The Four Continents Championships team was announced as follows:[5][6][7]

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
1 Ryan Bradley Amanda Dobbs Brooke Castile / Ben Okolski Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein
2 Brandon Mroz Alexe Gilles Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell
3 Adam Rippon Caroline Zhang Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin Jane Summersett / Todd Gilles
1st alternate Armin Mahbanoozadeh Melissa Bulanhagui Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt
2nd alternate Douglas Razzano Becky Bereswill Andrea Best / Trevor Young Trina Pratt / Chris Obzansky
3rd alternate Alex Johnson Shannon Wingle / Timothy McKernan

World Junior Championships

The World Junior Championships team was announced as follows:[5][6][7]

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
1 Grant Hochstein Christina Gao Brynn Carman / A.J. Reiss Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
2 Armin Mahbanoozadeh Ashley Wagner Britney Simpson / Nathan Miller Rachel Tibbetts / Collin Brubaker
3 Ross Miner Agnes Zawadzki Felicia Zhang / Taylor Toth Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue
1st alternate Keegan Messing Kiri Baga Ashley Cain / Joshua Reagan Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello
2nd alternate Richard Dornbush Lindsay Davis Tori Vollmer / Zack Sidhu Anastasia Olson / Jordan Cowan
3rd alternate Jason Brown Melissa Bulanhagui Kylie Duarte / Colin Grafton Lauri Bonacorsi / Travis Mager

References

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