| 1985 U.S. Figure Skating Championships | |
| Comptype: | National Championship |
| Skatingseason: | 1984–85 |
| Location: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Championmen: | Brian Boitano |
| Championladies: | Tiffany Chin |
| Championpairs: | Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard |
| Championdance: | Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert |
| Previouscomp: | 1984 U.S. Championships |
| Nextcomp: | 1986 U.S. Championships |
The 1985 U.S. Figure Skating Championships was held in early 1985 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth) in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice.
The event was one of the criteria used to select the U.S. teams for the 1985 World Championships.
Following the retirement of Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton, Brian Boitano landed seven triple jumps in the free skating to capture his first national title.[1] [2] Mark Cockerell, appearing in his ninth nationals, finished a career-best second, and Christopher Bowman moved up from eighth to fourth with an outstanding free skating.[3]
Boitano would go on to capture the bronze medal at the 1985 World Championships.
| Rank | Name | CF | SP | FS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 4 | 10 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 12 | 5 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 9 | 11 | 10 | ||
| 11 | 8 | 12 | 12 | ||
| 12 | 14 | 11 | 14 | ||
| 13 | 13 | 10 | 13 | ||
| 14 | 14 | 13 | 14 | ||
| 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |
Coming off a fourth-place finish at the 1984 Winter Olympics, Tiffany Chin was the heavy favorite and won all three phases of the competition to capture the crown.[4] [5] [6] Second place finisher Debi Thomas became the first black American singles skater to qualify for the World Figure Skating Championships.[7]
Chin would go on to win the bronze medal at the 1985 World Championships, while Thomas finished fifth in her World debut.
| Rank | Name | CF | SP | FS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 7 | 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 8 | 8 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | 12 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 11 | 13 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 6 | 5 | 14 | ||
| 10 | 14 | 6 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 12 | 9 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 9 | 11 | 13 | ||
| 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | ||
| 14 | 10 | 14 | 15 | ||
| 15 | 16 | 16 | 11 | ||
| 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 |
After her previous partner, Burt Lancon, turned professional, 1984 Olympian Jill Watson teamed with Peter Oppegard to take the pairs crown. They were followed in second place by siblings Natalie and Wayne Seybold.[8]
Watson and Oppegard would finish fourth in the 1985 World Championships.
(incomplete standings)
| Rank | Name | SP | FP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | ||||
| 4 | ||||
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| 7 | ||||
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| 9 | ||||
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Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert won their fifth consecutive national title and would go on to earn the bronze medal at the 1985 World Championships.
(incomplete standings)
| Rank | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert | |
| 2 | Renée Roca / Donald Adair | |
| 3 | Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory | |
| 4 | Lois Luciani / Russ Witherby | |
| 5 | Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar | |
| 6 | Susan Jorgensen / Robert Yokabaskas | |
| 7 | Eva Hunyardi / Jay Pinkerton | |
| 8 | Kristan Lowry / Chip Rossbach | |
| 9 | Kandi Amelon / Alex Binnie | |
| 11 | Ann Hensel / John Stackhouse |
| Rank | Name | CF | SP | FS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 6 | ||||
| 7 | 8 | ||||
| 8 | 9 | ||||
| 9 | 11 | ||||
| 10 | 10 | ||||
| 11 | 7 | ||||
| 12 | 13 | ||||
| 13 | 12 | ||||
| 14 | 14 |
| Rank | Name | CF | SP | FS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 3 (tie) | 6 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 9 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 7 | 11 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 13 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 10 | 3 (tie) | 13 | 11 | ||
| 11 | 10 | ||||
| 12 | 12 | ||||
| WD |
(incomplete standings)
| Rank | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deveny Deck / Luke Hohmann | |
| 2 | Shelly Propson / Jerod Swallow | |
| 3 | Lori Blasko / Todd Sand | |
| 4 | Shanda Smith / Brandon Smith | |
| 5 | Kristi Yamaguchi / Rudy Galindo | |
| 6 | Bridgit Drenser / David McGovern | |
| 7 | Ashley Stevenson / Robert Pellaton | |
| 8 | Jennifer Newman / Scott Wedland | |
| 9 | Jill Kombeitz / Joel McKeever | |
| 10 | Sara Powell / Robert Powell | |
| 11 | Nancy Kerrigan / Bobby Martin | |
| 12 | Nancy Schwarz / David Aboyoun | |
| 13 | Deirdre Roach / Mike Beltch | |
| 14 | Pam Warters / Jeff Warters |
| Rank | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jodie Balogh / Jerod Swallow | |
| 2 | Tonia Kleinsasser / Daniel Stahl | |
| 3 | Jill Helser / Michael Verlich | |
| 4 | Tracy Sniadach / Charles Sinek | |
| 5 | SKimberly Barget / James Schilling | |
| 6 | Jeanne Miley / Christopher Macri | |
| 7 | Amy Webster / John Millier | |
| 8 | Colette Huber / Ron Kravette | |
| 9 | Colleen Bowman / Doug Murray | |
| 10 | Suzanne Murphy / Andrew Niebler | |
| 11 | Jennifer Benz / Jeffrey Benz | |
| 12 | Lisa Grove / Daniel Smith | |
| 13 | Megan O'Donnell / David Shirt | |
| 14 | Kelli Haveman / Shawn Rettstatt |
Todd Eldredge and Katie Wood took gold in the novice men's and ladies' categories, respectively.[9]
(incomplete standings)
| Rank | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Todd Eldredge | |
| 2 | ||
| 3 | Alex Chang | |
| 4 | Cameron Birky | |
| 5 | Colin Vander Veen | |
| 6 | Brian Rabin | |
| 7 | Grant Noroyan | |
| 8 | Shepherd Clark | |
| 9 | Tim Dever | |
| 10 | Doug Webster |
(incomplete standings)
| Rank | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katie Wood | |
| 2 | Cindy Bortz | |
| 3 | Kyoko Ina | |
| 4 | Kristi Yamaguchi | |
| 5 | Kenna Bailey | |
| 6 | Dena Galech | |
| 7 | Dawn Latona | |
| 8 | Shenon Badre | |
| 9 | Nancy Kerrigan | |
| 10 | Jill Weisenstein |