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] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of 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
Novice
Discipline |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Pewter |
Men |
Eric Sjoberg |
Peter Liu |
Maxim Naumov |
Ryan Dunk |
Ladies |
Haley Beavers |
Alexia Paganini |
Sierra Venetta |
Ashley Lin |
Pairs |
Elli Kopmar / Jonah Barrett |
Isabella Gamez / Griffin Schwab |
Sapphire Jaeckel / Matthew Scoralle |
Emma Coppess / Robert Hennings |
Ice dancing |
Caroline Green / Gordon Green |
Emma Gunter / Caleb Wein |
Sophia Elder / Christopher Elder |
Gianna Buckley / JT Michel |
Discipline |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Pewter |
Men |
Joseph Kang |
Alex Wellman |
Jordan Evans |
Lucas Altieri |
Ladies |
Alysa Liu |
Sophia Chouinard |
Alyssa Rich |
Angelina Huang |
Pairs |
Jasmine Fendi / Joshua Fendi |
Eliana Secunda / Blake Eisenach |
Berit Cummings / Jabe Roberts |
Isabelle Goldstein / Keyton Berringer |
Ice dancing |
Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov |
Avonley Nguyen / Maxwell Gart |
Isabella Amoia / Cory Fraiman |
Jordan Lin / Morgan Sletten |
Juvenile
[4]
Discipline |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Pewter |
Men |
Ilia Malinin |
Samuel Mindra |
Maxim Zharkov |
Philip Baker |
Ladies |
Stephanie Ciarochi |
Hanna Harrell |
Reagan Scott |
Jill Heiner |
Pairs |
Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard |
Julia Curran / Franz-Peter Jerosch |
Cate Fleming / Jedidiah Isbell |
Jenna Gordon / Ian Meyh |
Ice dancing |
Layla Karnes / Jeffrey Chen |
Maria Soldatova / Faddey Soldatov |
Claire Cain / Andrei Davydov |
Shin Lei Case / Maxim Zharkov |
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 |
Daniel Kulenkamp |
187.34 |
13 |
56.97 |
9 |
130.37 |
11 |
Scott Dyer |
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 |
Sebastien Payannet |
172.68 |
14 |
56.10 |
14 |
116.58 |
15 |
Ben Jalovick |
167.33 |
19 |
48.16 |
12 |
119.17 |
16 |
Jimmy Ma |
161.63 |
15 |
51.95 |
17 |
109.68 |
17 |
Robert Przepioski |
160.54 |
16 |
49.38 |
16 |
111.16 |
18 |
Curran Oi |
150.06 |
18 |
48.66 |
18 |
101.40 |
19 |
Eric Stinehart |
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 |
Franchesca Chiera |
140.38 |
8 |
57.94 |
16 |
82.44 |
13 |
Katie McBeath |
133.52 |
14 |
46.94 |
13 |
86.58 |
14 |
Ashley Cain |
131.89 |
13 |
48.35 |
15 |
83.54 |
15 |
Heidi Munger |
131.46 |
18 |
41.48 |
12 |
89.98 |
16 |
Christina Cleveland |
121.81 |
17 |
41.49 |
17 |
80.32 |
17 |
Alexie Mieskoski |
121.27 |
16 |
41.63 |
18 |
79.64 |
18 |
Maria Yang |
120.20 |
21 |
36.34 |
14 |
83.86 |
19 |
Carly Gold |
107.96 |
15 |
42.41 |
21 |
65.55 |
20 |
Avery Kurtz |
107.29 |
19 |
41.27 |
20 |
66.02 |
21 |
Alexis Gagnon |
105.56 |
22 |
33.24 |
19 |
72.32 |
22 |
Elena Pulkinen |
101.65 |
20 |
38.22 |
22 |
63.43 |
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 |
Paolo Borromeo |
170.78 |
4 |
57.85 |
5 |
112.93 |
5 |
Oleksiy Melnyk |
168.23 |
9 |
50.98 |
4 |
117.25 |
6 |
Tony Lu |
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 |
Justin Ly |
156.85 |
6 |
54.45 |
8 |
102.40 |
10 |
Chase Belmontes |
148.58 |
10 |
50.78 |
11 |
97.80 |
11 |
Camden Pulkinen |
145.39 |
11 |
46.80 |
10 |
98.59 |
12 |
Yamato Rowe |
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 |
Rebecca Peng |
146.14 |
6 |
49.20 |
4 |
96.94 |
5 |
Alice Yang |
141.44 |
4 |
51.48 |
5 |
89.96 |
6 |
Vanna Giang |
128.54 |
8 |
45.20 |
8 |
83.34 |
7 |
Akari Nakahara |
128.33 |
9 |
44.10 |
7 |
84.23 |
8 |
Shannon Porter |
127.35 |
10 |
42.96 |
6 |
84.39 |
9 |
Anna Grace Davidson |
123.15 |
7 |
46.69 |
11 |
74.46 |
10 |
Paige Rydberg |
121.74 |
11 |
41.35 |
9 |
80.39 |
11 |
Brynne McIsaac |
120.46 |
12 |
40.10 |
10 |
80.36 |
12 |
Carly Berrios |
113.59 |
3 |
53.02 |
12 |
60.57 |
Junior pairs
Rank |
Name |
Total |
SP |
FS |
1 |
Joy Weinberg / Maximiliano Fernandez |
139.24 |
2 |
48.80 |
1 |
90.44 |
2 |
Lindsay Weinstein / Jacob Simon |
138.90 |
1 |
49.54 |
2 |
89.36 |
3 |
Meiryla Findley / Austin Hale |
129.01 |
5 |
44.31 |
3 |
84.70 |
4 |
Madeleine Gallagher / Justin Highgate-Brutman |
120.91 |
4 |
45.38 |
8 |
75.33 |
5 |
Jacquelyn Green / Rique Newby-Estrella |
118.95 |
8 |
40.06 |
5 |
78.89 |
6 |
Ai Setoyama / David-Alexandre Paradis |
118.84 |
7 |
42.03 |
6 |
76.81 |
7 |
Gabriella Marvaldi / Cody Dolkiewicz |
118.64 |
10 |
38.26 |
4 |
80.38 |
8 |
Kay Bergdolt / Miles Addison |
117.25 |
3 |
46.29 |
10 |
70.96 |
9 |
Sara Rose / Joseph Goodpaster |
114.25 |
9 |
38.43 |
7 |
75.82 |
10 |
Jessica Lee / Brandon Kozlowski |
112.40 |
6 |
42.77 |
11 |
69.63 |
11 |
Linde LeChance / Kenneth Anderson |
109.91 |
11 |
37.56 |
9 |
72.35 |
12 |
Megan Griffin / Andrew Civiello |
97.36 |
12 |
33.56 |
12 |
63.80 |
Junior ice dance
Rank |
Name |
Total |
SP |
FS |
1 |
Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter |
170.04 |
1 |
73.42 |
1 |
96.62 |
2 |
Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons |
165.46 |
2 |
70.29 |
2 |
95.17 |
3 |
Elliana Pogrebinsky / Alex Benoit |
155.94 |
3 |
65.98 |
3 |
89.96 |
4 |
Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko |
152.79 |
4 |
64.81 |
5 |
87.98 |
5 |
Julia Biechler / Damian Dodge |
146.38 |
5 |
57.82 |
4 |
88.56 |
6 |
Chloe Lewis / Logan Bye |
136.45 |
7 |
56.02 |
6 |
80.43 |
7 |
Eliana Gropman / Ian Somerville |
135.44 |
6 |
57.69 |
7 |
77.75 |
8 |
Gigi Becker / Luca Becker |
126.34 |
8 |
52.78 |
8 |
73.56 |
9 |
Alina Efimova / Kyle MacMillan |
113.99 |
10 |
49.76 |
9 |
64.23 |
10 |
Katherine Grosul / Cameron Colucci |
111.97 |
9 |
52.53 |
10 |
59.44 |
11 |
Aya Takai / Alexander Martin |
103.37 |
11 |
49.03 |
12 |
54.34 |
12 |
Elizabeth Addas / Jonathan Schultz |
95.28 |
12 |
37.88 |
11 |
57.40 |
13 |
Rebecca Lucas / Jacob Schedl |
91.08 |
13 |
37.73 |
13 |
53.35 |
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 |
William Hubbart |
142.83 |
4 |
47.46 |
4 |
95.37 |
5 |
Ryan Dunk |
140.94 |
9 |
41.51 |
3 |
99.43 |
6 |
Derek Wagner |
128.24 |
12 |
34.87 |
6 |
93.37 |
7 |
Sasha Lunin |
127.34 |
7 |
44.09 |
7 |
83.25 |
8 |
Jun-Hong Chen |
126.64 |
5 |
46.16 |
9 |
80.48 |
9 |
Max Lake |
122.13 |
8 |
41.62 |
8 |
80.51 |
10 |
Paul Yeung |
119.05 |
11 |
40.87 |
10 |
78.18 |
11 |
Ryan VanDoren |
113.13 |
6 |
44.12 |
11 |
69.01 |
12 |
Mark Sadusky |
103.44 |
10 |
41.03 |
12 |
62.41 |
Novice ladies
Rank |
Name |
Total |
SP |
FS |
1 |
Haley Beavers |
150.93 |
1 |
52.35 |
1 |
98.58 |
2 |
Alexia Paganini |
142.88 |
2 |
47.20 |
2 |
95.68 |
3 |
Sierra Venetta |
129.04 |
3 |
43.53 |
3 |
85.51 |
4 |
Ashley Lin |
126.09 |
6 |
42.28 |
5 |
83.81 |
5 |
Gabrielle Noullet |
124.33 |
9 |
39.61 |
4 |
84.72 |
6 |
Starr Andrews |
122.77 |
4 |
42.77 |
6 |
80.00 |
7 |
Mary-Katharine Mulera |
118.15 |
5 |
42.68 |
8 |
75.47 |
8 |
Marina Capatina |
116.46 |
8 |
39.73 |
7 |
76.73 |
9 |
Gabriella Izzo |
113.94 |
7 |
42.15 |
9 |
71.79 |
10 |
Meiryla Findley |
104.11 |
10 |
35.80 |
10 |
68.31 |
11 |
Nhi Do |
88.28 |
11 |
32.95 |
11 |
55.33 |
WD |
Kaitlyn Nguyen |
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Novice pairs
Rank |
Name |
Total |
SP |
FS |
1 |
Elli Kopmar / Jonah Barrett |
126.13 |
1 |
41.66 |
1 |
84.47 |
2 |
Isabella Gamez / Griffin Schwab |
117.70 |
2 |
39.89 |
2 |
77.81 |
3 |
Sapphire Jaeckel / Matthew Scoralle |
113.69 |
6 |
36.82 |
4 |
76.87 |
4 |
Emma Coppess / Robert Hennings |
112.89 |
7 |
35.17 |
3 |
77.72 |
5 |
Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow |
109.96 |
3 |
37.74 |
7 |
72.22 |
6 |
Ashlee Raymond / Misha Mitrofanov |
109.56 |
8 |
34.61 |
5 |
74.95 |
7 |
Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker |
108.52 |
4 |
37.22 |
8 |
71.30 |
8 |
Ainsley Peterson / Kristofer Ogren |
104.38 |
9 |
31.62 |
6 |
72.76 |
9 |
Katherina Frantz / Nicolas Frantz |
102.43 |
5 |
36.92 |
9 |
65.51 |
10 |
Annabel Kim / Jonathan Kim |
80.40 |
11 |
24.50 |
10 |
55.90 |
11 |
Sabrina Piliero / Nathaniel Dennler |
77.98 |
10 |
24.62 |
11 |
53.36 |
12 |
Cora DeWyre / Jacob Nussle |
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 |
Emma Gunter / Caleb Wein |
122.10 |
2 |
25.62 |
2 |
24.45 |
2 |
72.03 |
3 |
Sophia Elder / Christopher Elder |
99.21 |
3 |
25.26 |
3 |
22.18 |
7 |
51.77 |
4 |
Gianna Buckley / JT Michel |
90.26 |
5 |
18.22 |
5 |
18.07 |
4 |
53.97 |
5 |
Molly Cesanek / Edward Jahoda |
88.75 |
6 |
17.30 |
4 |
18.63 |
6 |
52.82 |
6 |
Jillian Moyer / Jarred Druzynski |
88.63 |
4 |
18.31 |
6 |
17.23 |
5 |
53.09 |
7 |
Amanda Miller / Nikolay Usanov |
86.02 |
9 |
15.30 |
7 |
16.26 |
3 |
54.46 |
8 |
Allie Rose / Spencer Emerson |
78.88 |
10 |
14.50 |
9 |
15.28 |
9 |
49.10 |
9 |
Leah Krauskopf / Caleb Niva |
76.99 |
12 |
13.38 |
10 |
14.27 |
8 |
49.34 |
10 |
Rachel Gart / Lance Stanley |
76.72 |
7 |
16.53 |
8 |
15.34 |
12 |
44.85 |
11 |
Claire Purnell / Lucas Purnell |
75.09 |
8 |
16.02 |
11 |
12.73 |
11 |
46.34 |
12 |
Cherri Chen / YuanShi Jin |
74.11 |
11 |
14.08 |
12 |
12.37 |
10 |
47.66 |
International team selections