2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The senior ladies' podium
Type:National Championship
Date:January 20 – 27
Season:2007–08
Location:Saint Paul, Minnesota
Venue:Xcel Energy Center
Champions
Men's singles:
Evan Lysacek
Ladies' singles:
Mirai Nagasu
Pairs:
Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker
Ice dance:
Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto
Previous:
2007 U.S. Championships
Next:
2009 U.S. Championships

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 Total points SP FS
1 Evan Lysacek 244.77[a] 2 82.05 1 162.72
2 Johnny Weir 244.77[a] 1 83.40 2 161.37
3 Stephen Carriere 228.06 3 76.66 3 151.40
4 Jeremy Abbott 221.85 5 73.28 4 148.57
5 Ryan Bradley 221.31 4 74.20 5 147.11
6 Scott Smith 210.55 6 66.34 6 144.21
7 Wesley Campbell 200.10 8 65.53 7 134.57
8 Shaun Rogers 195.96 13 64.11 9 131.85
9 Tommy Steenberg 195.32 12 64.22 10 131.10
10 Dennis Phan 193.75 15 59.27 8 134.48
11 Parker Pennington 188.82 10 65.32 13 123.50
12 Geoffry Varner 184.52 9 65.40 14 119.12
13 Eliot Halverson 183.67 17 56.03 11 127.64
14 Braden Overett 182.86 16 57.18 12 125.68
15 Derrick Delmore 180.83 7 65.67 16 115.16
16 Douglas Razzano 180.21 11 64.83 15 115.38
17 Michael Villarreal 164.35 14 61.66 18 102.69
18 Rohene Ward 160.45 18 54.83 17 105.62
  1. ^ a b 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 Total points SP FS
1 Mirai Nagasu 190.41 1 70.23 3 120.18
2 Rachael Flatt 188.73 3 62.91 1 125.82
3 Ashley Wagner 188.56 2 65.15 2 123.41
4 Caroline Zhang 173.16 7 53.49 4 119.67
5 Bebe Liang 164.87 6 55.10 5 109.77
6 Katrina Hacker 158.28 5 56.87 6 101.41
7 Kimmie Meissner 157.56 4 57.58 7 99.98
8 Melissa Bulanhagui 149.22 8 52.77 8 96.45
9 Alissa Czisny 146.38 9 50.58 9 95.80
10 Becky Bereswill 137.65 14 46.52 10 91.13
11 Tenile Victorsen 132.80 15 44.86 11 87.94
12 Danielle Kahle 132.22 10 50.46 13 81.76
13 Megan Williams-Stewart 130.40 12 49.23 14 81.17
14 Chrissy Hughes 126.84 16 43.36 12 83.48
15 Molly Oberstar 125.13 11 49.47 15 75.66
16 Karen Zhou 116.30 17 42.62 16 73.68
17 Angie Lien 112.25 13 47.42 20 64.83
18 Megan Hyatt 108.69 19 35.32 17 73.37
19 Stephanie Roth 107.49 18 40.76 18 66.73
20 Laney Diggs 99.20 20 33.22 19 65.98

Pairs

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker 190.74 1 66.54 1 124.20
2 Rena Inoue / John Baldwin 183.17 2 65.24 2 117.93
3 Brooke Castile / Ben Okolski 175.07 3 58.95 3 116.12
4 Tiffany Vise / Derek Trent 161.20 5 53.97 4 107.23
5 Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig 158.94 4 57.10 5 101.84
6 Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin 153.80 6 52.09 6 101.71
7 Naomi Nari Nam / Themistocles Leftheris 145.89 8 48.51 7 97.38
8 Chloé Katz / Joseph Lynch 142.29 7 50.62 8 91.67
9 Bianca Butler / Joseph Jacobsen 136.65 11 45.33 9 91.32
10 MeeRan Trombley / Laureano Ibarra 130.29 12 44.39 10 85.90
11 Kaela Pflumm / Christopher Pottenger 127.27 10 46.73 12 80.54
12 Katie Beriau / Alexander Merritt 125.52 9 47.09 14 78.43
13 Amber Wehrle / Nicholas Kole 125.17 13 43.64 11 81.53
14 Laura Lepzinski / Ethan Burgess 119.40 14 42.89 15 76.51
15 Kendra Moyle / Steven Pottenger 117.98 15 38.03 13 79.95

Ice dancing

Rank Name Total points CD OD FD
1 Tanith Belbin / Ben Agosto 216.07 1 41.86 1 64.29 1 109.92
2 Meryl Davis / Charlie White 206.82 2 40.59 2 62.69 2 103.54
3 Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre 187.94 3 35.38 3 58.71 3 93.85
4 Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates 175.16 4 34.00 4 57.62 6 83.54
5 Jennifer Wester / Daniil Barantsev 169.37 5 30.46 6 53.26 5 85.65
6 Jane Summersett / Todd Gilles 166.86 10 26.31 5 53.35 4 87.20
7 Charlotte Maxwell / Nick Traxler 161.17 7 28.53 7 51.20 7 81.44
8 Mimi Whetstone / Chris Obzansky 157.10 6 28.69 8 48.72 8 79.69
9 Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt 151.50 8 27.76 9 46.33 9 77.41
10 Mauri Gustafson / Joel Dear 138.20 9 26.83 10 44.97 10 66.40
11 Clare Farrell / Charles Fishpaw 130.90 11 23.84 11 42.71 11 64.35
12 Marsha Snyder / Peter Fischl 120.51 12 21.09 12 38.42 12 61.00
13 Stacy Kim / Jonathan Harris 105.71 13 20.84 13 30.75 13 54.12

Junior results

Men

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Adam Rippon 213.76 1 71.33 1 142.43
2 Brandon Mroz 203.63 3 65.89 2 137.74
3 Andrew Gonzales 182.27 4 60.01 4 122.26
4 Richard Dornbush 179.27 12 52.46 3 126.81
5 Keegan Messing 176.63 6 57.11 5 119.52
6 Curran Oi 176.44 2 68.15 10 108.29
7 Alexander Johnson 169.19 5 59.12 9 110.07
8 Armin Mahbanoozadeh 167.76 9 53.29 6 114.47
9 William Brewster 167.70 7 56.43 8 111.27
10 Austin Kanallakan 165.06 10 53.02 7 112.04
11 Grant Hochstein 162.12 8 53.84 11 108.28
12 Zachary DeWulf 152.68 11 52.89 13 99.79
13 Max Aaron 146.98 13 49.52 14 97.46
14 Daniel Raad 145.30 16 43.20 12 102.10
15 Osadolo Irowa 141.46 14 45.32 15 96.14
16 Theron James 116.52 15 43.71 16 72.81

Ladies

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Alexe Gilles 156.17 3 52.63 1 103.54
2 Angela Maxwell 150.11 1 54.91 3 95.20
3 Brittney Rizo 149.60 2 54.59 4 95.01
4 Kristine Musademba 143.86 5 49.10 5 94.76
5 Amanda Dobbs 142.76 6 47.36 2 95.40
6 Victoria Rackohn 137.70 4 49.50 6 88.20
7 Kirsten Olson 130.21 7 46.56 7 83.65
8 Ellie Kawamura 122.74 8 45.53 8 77.21
9 Rebecca Stern 110.76 11 40.17 9 70.59
10 Jane Ruan 110.72 9 44.97 11 65.75
11 Carolyn-Ann Alba 108.68 12 40.16 10 68.52
12 Alexa Scimeca 104.20 10 43.74 12 60.46
13 Masha Leonov 97.54 13 39.70 13 57.84
14 Victoria Fairchild 91.40 14 39.47 14 51.93

Pairs

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Jessica Rose Paetsch / Jon Nuss 143.19 2 52.13 1 91.06
2 Tracy Tanovich / Michael Chau 137.36 3 50.83 2 86.53
3 Chelsi Guillen / Danny Curzon 134.58 1 53.65 4 80.93
4 Andrea Best / Trevor Young 129.75 5 47.04 3 82.71
5 Meg Byrne / Nathan Bartholomay 124.71 6 45.56 5 79.15
6 Lisa Moore / Justin Gaumond 123.69 4 47.14 6 76.55
7 Jaylyn Kelly / Gabe Woodruff 113.90 10 38.99 7 74.91
8 Janyce Okamoto / Ryan Berning 113.42 9 41.63 8 71.79
9 Megan Gueli / Grant Marron 107.41 8 42.53 10 64.88
10 Arielle Trujillo / Daniyel Cohen 104.02 12 35.70 9 68.32
11 Rachel DeRita / Brandon Accardi 101.50 11 38.41 11 63.09
12 Claire Davis / Nathan Miller 100.70 7 43.34 13 57.36
13 Molly Schleicher / Christopher Schleicher 95.64 13 34.15 12 61.49

Ice dancing

Rank Name Total points CD OD FD
1 Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell 167.48 1 34.61 3 50.66 1 82.21
2 Piper Gilles / Timothy McKernan 161.66 2 30.97 4 50.24 2 80.45
3 Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein 161.40 4 29.92 1 53.03 3 78.45
4 Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani 157.80 7 27.66 2 52.32 4 77.82
5 Shannon Wingle / Ryan Devereaux 154.09 8 27.42 5 49.17 5 77.50
6 Pilar Bosley / John Corona 144.37 3 30.07 6 48.35 9 65.95
7 Sara Bailey / Kyle Herring 141.62 5 29.29 11 42.25 6 70.08
8 Anastasia Cannuscio / Dean Copely 140.14 6 28.50 7 45.51 8 66.13
9 Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello 139.14 9 26.37 8 44.88 7 67.89
10 Rachel Tibbetts / Collin Brubaker 131.72 11 24.61 9 44.56 10 62.55
11 Rachael Richardson / Brad Coulter 127.62 12 24.06 10 43.70 12 59.86
12 Kaylyn Patitucci / Karl Edelmann 127.12 13 23.41 12 41.91 11 61.80
13 Michelle Pennington / Andrew Skillington 124.74 10 25.42 13 40.21 13 59.11

International team selections

World Championships

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
1 Evan Lysacek Ashley Wagner Rena Inoue / John Baldwin Tanith Belbin / Ben Agosto
2 Johnny Weir Bebe Liang Brooke Castile / Ben Okolski Meryl Davis / Charlie White
3 Stephen Carriere Kimmie Meissner Kim Navarro / Brent Bommentre
1st alternate Jeremy Abbott Katrina Hacker Tiffany Vise / Derek Trent Jennifer Wester / Daniil Barantsev
2nd alternate Ryan Bradley Melissa Bulanhagui Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig Jane Summersett / Todd Gilles
3rd alternate Scott Smith Alissa Czisny Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin Charlotte Maxwell / Nick Traxler

Four Continents Championships

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
1 Evan Lysacek Ashley Wagner Rena Inoue / John Baldwin Meryl Davis / Charlie White
2 Johnny Weir Bebe Liang Brooke Castile / Ben Okolski Kim Navarro / Brent Bommentre
3 Stephen Carriere Katrina Hacker Tiffany Vise / Derek Trent Jennifer Wester / Daniil Barantsev
1st alternate Jeremy Abbott Alexe Gilles Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig Jane Summersett / Todd Gilles
2nd alternate Ryan Bradley Melissa Bulanhagui Caitlin Yankowskas / John Coughlin Charlotte Maxwell / Nick Traxler
3rd alternate Scott Smith Alissa Czisny Naomi Nari Nam / Themi Leftheris Mimi Whetstone / Chris Obzansky

World Junior Championships

Men Ladies Pairs Ice dancing
1 Adam Rippon Mirai Nagasu Bianca Butler / Joseph Jacobsen Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates
2 Brandon Mroz Rachael Flatt Jessica Rose Paetsch / Jon Nuss Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell
3 Tommy Steenberg Caroline Zhang Chelsi Guillen / Danny Curzon
1st alternate Eliot Halverson Alexe Gilles Kaela Pflumm / Christopher Pottenger Piper Gilles / Timothy McKernan
2nd alternate Douglas Razzano Angela Maxwell Meg Byrne / Nathan Bartholomay Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein
3rd alternate Andrew Gonzales Melissa Bulanhagui Arielle Trujillo / Daniyel Cohen Shannon Wingle / Ryan Devereaux

References

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  2. ^ Borzi, Pat (28 January 2008). "Tie Breaker Allows Lysacek to Defend Title" – via NYTimes.com.
  3. ^ "SI.com - Writers - E.M. Swift: Rare tie spices up Lysacek-Weir U.S. rivalry - Sunday January 27, 2008 8:51PM". Archived from the original on 2008-01-31. Retrieved 2011-02-02.
  4. ^ "Tiebreaker brings Lysacek national title over rival Weir - USATODAY.com". usatoday30.usatoday.com.
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