The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition organized by the United States Figure Skating Association. In addition to determining the national champions, the event was used to determine the U.S. teams for the World Figure Skating Championships and the Four Continents Championships. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth) in five disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and compulsory figures (mixed) – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice. The 1999 Championships took place on February 7–14, 1999 at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah.
It was the final U.S. Championships that included a competition in figures, which had appeared at every U.S. nationals since it began. For the only time, figures were a mixed event separated only by the three levels, with men and women competing against each other. The final skater to trace a figure at Nationals was Lauren Hill.
Senior results
Men
The 1999 Championships were the first of three U.S. Men's titles (1999, 2000, 2003) for Michael Weiss. This was the third appearance in the U.S. Championships for silver medalist, Trifun Zivanovic; and was his highest placing. Bronze medalist Timothy Goebel went on to win the Championships the following year.
Ladies
For 1999 Ladies Champion Michelle Kwan, this was the third of her nine U.S. titles. Silver medalist Naomi Nari Nam was appearing for the first time in the Senior Ladies competition. Despite her second-place finish, she was not sent to the World Championships because she was not age-eligible. The 1999 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, the corresponding World-level event for which she was age-eligible, had been held earlier that season. The bronze medal win was Angela Nikodinov's first time on the U.S. Ladies' medals stand. She would take 3rd place again in 2001.
Junior results
Men
| Rank |
Name |
TFP |
SP |
FS |
| 1 |
Ryan Bradley | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
Don Baldwin | 4.0 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 |
Parker Pennington | 5.0 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |
Johnny Weir | 6.5 | 7 | 3 |
| 5 |
Kurt Fromknecht | 9.0 | 8 | 5 |
| 6 |
Daniel Lee | 9.0 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 |
Braden Overett | 9.5 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 |
Joshua Figurido | 11.5 | 5 | 9 |
| 9 |
Jordan Wilson | 12.5 | 11 | 7 |
| 10 |
Eric Schoyer | 16.0 | 10 | 11 |
| 11 |
William Rasmussen | 16.5 | 13 | 10 |
| 12 |
James Yoo | 17.5 | 9 | 13 |
| 13 |
Sean Cavillo | 18.0 | 12 | 12 |
| 14 |
L. Jason Heffron | 22.5 | 17 | 14 |
| 15 |
Matthew Wesenberg | 23.0 | 16 | 15 |
| 16 |
Robert Brathwaite | 23.5 | 15 | 16 |
| 17 |
Fitzhugh Middleton | 24.0 | 14 | 17 |
Pairs
| Rank |
Name |
TFP |
SP |
FS |
| 1 |
Sima Ganaba / Amir Ganaba | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
Jaisa MacAdam / Garrett Lucash | 3.5 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 |
Megan Sierk / Dustin Sierk | 4.0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 |
Katie Gadkowski / Derek Trent | 6.0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 |
Lindsay Rogeness / Brian Rogeness | 8.0 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 |
Emily Morgan / Justin Cogley | 10.0 | 8 | 6 |
| 7 |
Jessica Waldstein / Devin Patrick | 11.5 | 9 | 7 |
| 8 |
Kacy Niemeier / John Gerth | 11.5 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 |
Shawna Tennile Winter / Aaron Parchem | 11.5 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 |
Molly Beth Quigley / Kelby Renfro | 15.0 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 |
Carey Floyd / Eric Bohnstedt | 16.5 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 |
Stephanie McBath / David Gordon | 18.0 | 12 | 12 |
| WD |
Erin Rex / John Wagner | | 13 | |
Ice dancing
| Rank |
Name |
TFP |
CD1 |
CD2 |
OD |
FD |
| 1 |
Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
Emilie Nussear / Brandon Forsyth | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 |
Crystal Lynn Beckerdite / Matt Healy | 7.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 |
Alison Newman / Michel Klus | 7.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |
Jesica Valentine / Matthew Kossack | 10.0 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 |
Anna Berry / Christopher Hayes | 12.0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 |
Brandy Taylor / Vincent VanVliet | 14.6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| 8 |
Elizabeth Philpot / Dirk Peterson | 16.4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 |
| 9 |
Penny Schnering / Timothy Jones | 17.0 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| 10 |
Katy Hill / Nick Traxler | 21.6 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 11 |
| 11 |
Alyssa Hicks / Ty Cockrum | 21.8 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 10 |
| 12 |
Sarah Thebaud / Russell Thebaud | 25.0 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 |
| WD |
Disa Steiber / Patrick Connolly | | 10 | 10 | 11 | |
Novice results
Men
| Rank |
Name |
TFP |
SP |
FS |
| 1 |
Evan Lysacek | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 |
Nicholas LaRoche | 4.5 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |
Bradford Griffies | 5.5 | 7 | 2 |
| 4 |
Benjamin Miller | 5.5 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 |
Zachary Grenier | 7.0 | 4 | 5 |
| 6 |
Michael Villarreal | 7.5 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 |
Shaun Rogers | 11.5 | 9 | 7 |
| 8 |
Joseph Cabral | 12.0 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 |
Rusty Fein | 13.0 | 6 | 10 |
| 10 |
Matthew Quon | 15.0 | 12 | 9 |
| 11 |
Benny Wu | 17.0 | 10 | 12 |
| 12 |
Dustin Brinsmade | 17.5 | 13 | 11 |
| 13 |
Michael Sasaki | 19.5 | 11 | 14 |
| 14 |
Daniel Steffel | 20.0 | 14 | 13 |
Ladies
| Rank |
Name |
TFP |
SP |
FS |
| 1 |
Deanna Stellato | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
Andrey Rose Chua | 3.0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 |
Beatrisa Liang | 4.5 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 |
Midori Williams | 6.0 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 |
Katie McGuire | 8.0 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 |
Joanna Glick | 9.5 | 7 | 6 |
| 7 |
Megan Ignatowicz | 11.5 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 |
Evelyn Kong | 12.0 | 10 | 7 |
| 9 |
Jody deDeugd | 13.5 | 11 | 8 |
| 10 |
Kim Ryan | 14.0 | 8 | 10 |
| 11 |
Crystal Calayag | 15.5 | 9 | 11 |
| 12 |
Amber Czisny | 18.0 | 12 | 12 |
Pairs
| Rank |
Name |
TFP |
SP |
FS |
| 1 |
Terese Anselmi / Michael Adler | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
Colette Appel / Adam Kaplan | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 |
Amanda Ross / Michael McPherson | 5.0 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 |
Anna Campos / Ronnie Biancosino | 7.5 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 |
Morgan Stanley / Val Rising-Moore | 8.0 | 8 | 4 |
| 6 |
Alexander Ainsworth / Noah Abrahams | 9.5 | 9 | 5 |
| 7 |
Tiffany Vise / Ryan Bradley | 9.5 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 |
Melanie Maltby / Jeremy Allen | 11.0 | 6 | 8 |
| 9 |
Brooke Kayland / Kirk Forbes | 13.5 | 7 | 10 |
| 10 |
Tarah McGarvey / Joseph Jorgens | 14.0 | 10 | 9 |
| 11 |
Erin Goto / Scott Smith | 16.5 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 |
Abigail Alfajora / Brian Webster | 18.0 | 12 | 12 |
| 13 |
Lauren Lubow / Sean Tilley | 19.5 | 13 | 13 |
Senior
| Rank |
Name |
CF1 |
CF2 |
CF3 |
Fact. places |
| 1 |
Lisa Frenzel Swain | 2 | 6 | 1 | 9.0 |
| 2 |
Sonja Gullen | 1 | 1 | 8 | 10.0 |
| 3 |
Lauren Hill | 7 | 4 | 2 | 13.0 |
| 3 |
Lynne Petta | 4 | 3 | 6 | 13.0 |
| 5 |
Kharen Kloeffler | 10 | 2 | 3 | 15.0 |
| 6 |
Nell Alexander | 5 | 9 | 4 | 18.0 |
| 6 |
Josselyn Baumgartner | 6 | 7 | 5 | 18.0 |
| 8 |
Amy Brolsma | 9 | 5 | 7 | 21.0 |
| 8 |
Cammi Bruns | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21.0 |
| 10 |
Erika Grigg | 8 | 12 | 9 | 29.0 |
| 11 |
Domenica Palandro | 12 | 10 | 11 | 33.0 |
| 12 |
Tracy Dedrick | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34.0 |
Junior
| Rank |
Name |
CF1 |
CF2 |
CF3 |
Fact. places |
| 1 |
Jessica Koslow | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5.0 |
| 1 |
Erin White | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5.0 |
| 3 |
Lindsey Westbrook | 4 | 2 | 9 | 15.0 |
| 4 |
Kristin Griffitts | 7 | 5 | 5 | 17.0 |
| 5 |
Megan O'Brian | 5 | 6 | 7 | 18.0 |
| 6 |
Jessica Berg | 6 | 10 | 4 | 20.0 |
| 6 |
Nicole Lemanski | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20.0 |
| 8 |
Tami Trenter | 3 | 12 | 8 | 23.0 |
| 9 |
Lani Lilsson | 11 | 4 | 11 | 26.0 |
| 9 |
Marika Perry | 8 | 8 | 10 | 26.0 |
| 11 |
Shannon Edens | 12 | 9 | 6 | 27.0 |
| 12 |
Jennifer Kauffman | 9 | 11 | 12 | 32.0 |
Novice
| Rank |
Name |
Maj places |
| 1 |
Abbey Spresser | 5/1 |
| 2 |
Melissa Orr | 9/2 |
| 3 |
Lesley Loss | 5/3 |
| 4 |
Casey Rhodes | 5/4 |
| 5 |
Emily Bobel | 5/6 TOM 22 |
| 6 |
Lindsay Crawford | 5/6 TOM 26 |
| 7 |
Victoria Bowa | 7/7 |
| 8 |
Virginia Meyer | 5/7 |
| 9 |
DeVonne Johnson | 6/8 |
| 10 |
Devon Davis | 8/10 |
| 11 |
Maria Gaudiel | 7/11 |
| 12 |
Rachel Berry | 9/12 |
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