2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships Explained

2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Comptype:	National Championship
Startdate:	January 18
Enddate:	25
Skatingseason:	2008–09
Location:	Cleveland, Ohio
Host:	U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:	Quicken Loans Arena
Championmen:	Jeremy Abbott
Championladies:	Alissa Czisny
Championpairs:	Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker
Championdance:	Meryl Davis / Charlie White
Previouscomp:	2008 U.S. Championships
Nextcomp:	2010 U.S. Championships

The 2009 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place from January 18 to 25th 2009 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.^[1] Skaters competed in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – and across three levels: 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 2009 World Championships, 2009 Four Continents Championships, and 2009 World Junior Championships.

Qualifying

Qualification for the U.S. Championships began 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 placed in the top four at sectionals advanced to the U.S. Championships.

The top five finishers in each discipline from the previous year were given byes to the U.S. Championships, as were any skaters who qualify for the Junior or the Senior Grand Prix Final. Skaters were also given byes through a qualifying competition if they are assigned to an international event during the time that qualifying event was to take place. For example, if a skater competed at an event at the same time as his or her regional competition, that skater would receive a bye to sectionals. If a skater competed 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.

Competition notes

Reigning ice dancing champions Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto withdrew before the event began due to injury to Agosto.^[2]
2007 ladies' champion Kimberly Meissner withdrew before the event due to injury.^[3]
Senior ladies Katrina Hacker and Mirai Nagasu both earned an overall score of 54.79 in the short program. The tie was broken by the technical elements mark, by which Hacker had beaten Nagasu by 2.05 points. Hacker therefore placed 5th while Nagasu placed 6th in that segment of the competition.
Senior ladies Laney Diggs and Kristine Musademba tied for 10th place in the overall score. The tie was broken by the free skating segment and so Diggs placed ahead of Musademba overall.

Senior results

Men's singles

Rank	Name	Total points	SP		FS
1		241.89	1	86.40	1	155.49
2		229.70	4	74.88	2	154.82
3		229.10	2	83.59	4	145.51
4		221.40	5	74.05	3	147.35
5		203.99	7	70.76	5	133.23
6		194.03	6	72.76	8	121.27
7		193.76	12	62.22	6	131.54
8		192.48	3	76.17	10	116.31
9		185.31	8	69.36	11	115.95
10	Tommy Steenberg	184.99	14	59.77	7	125.22
11		183.25	9	69.11	12	114.14
12		175.72	10	64.13	13	111.59
13		171.14	18	51.09	9	120.05
14		164.14	16	57.00	14	107.14
15	William Brewster	152.80	13	60.23	16	92.57
16	Jonathan Cassar	151.10	17	55.72	15	95.38
17	Jason Wong	140.73	11	63.40	17	77.33
WD			15	58.01
WD

Ladies' singles

Rank	Name	Total points	SP		FS
1		178.06	1	65.75	3	112.31
2		173.78	2	60.19	2	113.59
3		171.08	3	58.91	4	112.17
4		165.33	12	50.28	1	115.05
5		159.99	6	54.79	5	105.20
6	Katrina Hacker	156.28	5	54.79	6	101.49
7	Brittney Rizo	151.23	4	55.43	9	95.80
8		151.22	13	50.02	7	101.20
9		151.20	11	50.30	8	100.90
10	Laney Diggs	147.48	9	52.30	10	95.18
11		147.48	7	53.48	11	94.00
12		145.33	8	53.13	13	92.20
13	Taylor Firth	139.49	16	46.29	12	93.20
14		135.15	10	51.49	16	83.66
15	Molly Oberstar	130.71	15	46.73	15	83.98
16	Chrissy Hughes	128.32	21	37.86	14	90.46
17	Tenile Victorsen	126.74	14	46.84	17	79.90
18		124.57	17	46.25	18	78.32
19	Karen Zhou	120.05	18	44.96	19	75.09
20	Melissa Telecky	106.96	20	40.70	20	66.26
21	Blake Rosenthal	101.39	19	43.48	21	57.91
22	Brittney Westdorp	88.70	23	33.99	22	54.71
23	Tatyana Khazova	86.03	22	34.97	23	51.06

Pairs

Rank	Name	Total points	SP		FS
1		178.76	2	61.12	1	117.64
2		176.27	1	61.51	2	114.76
3		171.08	3	61.11	3	109.97
4		159.95	6	52.98	4	106.97
5		157.01	5	54.46	6	102.55
6		156.15	7	52.06	5	104.09
7		153.67	4	56.09	8	97.58
8		148.91	8	51.16	7	97.75
9	Laura Lepzinski / Ethan Burgess	141.21	12	45.09	9	96.12
10		130.87	10	47.67	10	83.20
11	MeeRan Trombley / Laureano Ibarra	129.61	9	48.63	12	80.98
12	Lindsay Davis / Alexander Merritt	125.33	11	45.87	14	79.46
13	Bianca Butler / Joseph Jacobsen	124.46	15	42.73	11	81.73
14	Stephanie Kuban / Steven Elefante	123.21	16	42.25	13	80.96
15	Lisa Moore / Justin Gaumond	112.57	17	38.60	16	73.97
16	Andrea Best / Trevor Young	112.15	19	36.64	15	75.51
17	Chelsi Guillen / Danny Curzon	108.06	13	44.63	18	63.43
18		105.99	14	43.35	19	62.64
19	Kendra Moyle / Steven Pottenger	105.43	18	38.31	17	67.12

Ice dance

Rank	Name	Total points	CD		OD		FD
1		201.68	1	39.93	1	61.93	1	99.82
2		181.64	2	36.28	2	56.97	2	88.39
3		176.30	3	35.22	6	54.30	3	86.78
4		171.51	4	32.52	4	54.51	4	84.48
5	Morgan Matthews / Leif Gislason	169.62	6	31.59	3	55.03	5	83.00
6		169.35	5	32.48	5	54.43	6	82.44
7		165.71	7	31.18	7	52.83	7	81.70
8		151.59	9	27.81	8	48.92	8	74.86
9	Charlotte Maxwell / Nick Traxler	143.60	11	26.74	10	45.10	9	71.76
10	Clare Farrell / Charles Fishpaw	135.30	12	25.78	11	41.11	10	68.41
11	Jessica Perino / William Avila	127.35	10	26.74	13	38.84	11	61.77
12	Lauren Corry / Alexander Lorello	121.62	14	21.59	12	39.50	12	60.53
13	Kellene Ratko / Jonathan Harris	107.58	13	21.74	15	31.37	13	54.47
14	Emma Cyders / Ievgenii Krasniak	107.29	15	20.11	14	36.31	14	50.87
WD			8	29.66	9	47.65

Junior results

Men's singles

Rank	Name	Total points	SP		FS
1		183.80	1	66.62	2	117.18
2		176.94	2	59.80	3	117.14
3		171.08	7	51.68	1	119.40
4		162.15	9	51.24	4	110.91
5		160.30	8	51.38	5	108.92
6		159.12	3	59.29	8	99.83
7	Alexander Aiken	157.99	10	51.16	6	106.83
8	Andrew Gonzales	153.19	4	58.76	10	94.43
9	Michael Chau	145.78	12	42.87	7	102.91
10		145.04	11	50.57	9	94.47
11	Juran Yang	142.75	5	58.37	12	84.38
12	Peter Max Dion	141.22	6	52.58	11	88.64
13	David Wang	117.34	13	41.16	13	76.18
14	Pine Kopka-Ross	99.98	14	33.35	14	66.63
WD

Ladies' singles

Rank	Name	Total points	SP		FS
1	DeeDee Leng	132.49	1	53.57	3	78.92
2		131.25	2	51.82	1	79.43
3		128.69	3	49.45	2	79.24
4		126.17	4	49.21	5	76.96
5	Kendall Wyckoff	123.88	5	47.12	6	76.76
6		120.90	6	43.47	4	77.43
7		116.52	7	43.21	8	73.31
8	Carolyn-Ann Alba	112.35	12	37.96	7	74.39
9		111.68	11	39.25	9	72.43
10	Keli Zhou	110.87	8	42.96	10	67.91
11		106.60	10	39.65	11	66.95
12	Marissa Secundy	105.16	9	42.28	12	62.88
13		95.57	13	33.85	13	61.72

Pairs

Rank	Name	Total points	SP		FS
1	Tracy Tanovich / Michael Chau	135.50	3	46.84	1	88.66
2		134.92	1	48.31	2	86.61
3		129.87	2	47.57	3	82.30
4	Britney Simpson / Nathan Miller	122.44	4	46.39	5	76.05
5	Molly Aaron / Daniyel Cohen	118.16	7	42.04	4	76.12
6		115.82	8	41.86	6	73.96
7	Lauren Farr / Mac Kern	115.79	5	43.41	7	72.38
8	Ameena Sheikh / Aaron VanCleave	113.44	9	41.74	8	71.70
9	Kloe Bautista / Galvani Hopson	109.70	6	42.81	10	66.89
10	Megan Gueli / Grant Marron	108.42	10	40.05	9	68.37
11		101.00	12	35.79	11	65.21
12	Rachel DeRita / Brandon Accardi	97.98	11	37.34	12	60.64
13	Emily Glassberg / Gabe Woodruff	89.05	13	29.52	13	59.53

Ice dance

Rank	Name	Total points	CD		OD		FD
1		167.81	1	32.90	1	52.89	1	82.02
2		161.03	2	31.98	2	52.70	2	76.35
3		151.10	3	29.50	3	47.33	3	74.27
4	Shannon Wingle / Timothy McKernan	145.05	4	28.92	6	45.49	5	70.64
5		144.80	8	27.58	5	45.90	4	71.32
6	Rachel Tibbetts / Collin Brubaker	143.20	5	28.54	4	47.19	7	67.47
7	Sara Bailey / Kyle Herring	136.18	12	24.86	9	43.63	6	67.69
8	Chloe Wolf / Rhys Ainsworth	134.19	7	27.67	11	41.45	8	65.07
9		133.27	10	26.06	8	44.20	10	63.01
10		132.52	11	25.49	10	42.11	9	64.92
11	Elyse Matsumoto / Patrick Mays	128.74	9	26.68	7	45.40	11	56.66
12	Katie Wyble / Justin Morrow	116.82	6	28.14	12	35.37	12	53.31
13		102.58	14	17.51	13	33.59	13	51.48
WD	Brittany Marshall / Ashley Deavers		13	23.11	14	29.64

International team selections

World Championships

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Jeremy Abbott	Alissa Czisny	Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker	Meryl Davis / Charlie White
2	Evan Lysacek	Rachael Flatt	Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett	Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates
3	Brandon Mroz			Tanith Belbin / Ben Agosto
1st alternate	Johnny Weir	Caroline Zhang	Rena Inoue / John Baldwin	Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre
2nd alternate	Ryan Bradley	Ashley Wagner	Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig	Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell
3rd alternate	Stephen Carriere	Mirai Nagasu	Brooke Castile / Ben Okolski	Jane Summersett / Todd Gilles
4th alternate				Trina Pratt / Chris Obzansky

Four Continents Championships

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Jeremy Abbott	Alissa Czisny	Keauna McLaughlin / Rockne Brubaker	Meryl Davis / Charlie White
2	Brandon Mroz	Rachael Flatt	Caydee Denney / Jeremy Barrett	Emily Samuelson / Evan Bates
3	Evan Lysacek	Caroline Zhang	Rena Inoue / John Baldwin	Kimberly Navarro / Brent Bommentre
1st alternate	Ryan Bradley	Ashley Wagner	Amanda Evora / Mark Ladwig	Jane Summersett / Todd Gilles
2nd alternate	Johnny Weir	Mirai Nagasu	Brooke Castile / Ben Okolski	Trina Pratt / Chris Obzansky
3rd alternate	Curran Oi	Katrina Hacker	Chloé Katz / Joseph Lynch	Lynn Kriengkrairut / Logan Giulietti-Schmitt

World Junior Championships

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Curran Oi	Mirai Nagasu	Brynn Carman / Chris Knierim	Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein
2	Adam Rippon	Ashley Wagner	Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir	Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell
3	Ross Miner	Caroline Zhang		Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani
1st alternate	Armin Mahbanoozadeh	Katrina Hacker	Molly Aaron / Daniyel Cohen	Piper Gilles / Zachary Donohue
2nd alternate	Alexander Johnson	Alexe Gilles	Brittany Chase / Andrew Speroff	Shannon Wingle / Timothy McKernan
3rd alternate	Richard Dornbush	Brittney Rizo	Kloe Bautista / Galvani Hopson	Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello
4th alternate		Angela Maxwell

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Quicken Loans Arena - Upcoming Event . 2008-01-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080129161801/http://www.theqarena.com/publish/events/event_437.php . 2008-01-29 . dead.
http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_story.asp?id=42408 Injury Forces Belbin and Agosto to Withdraw from 2009 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships
News: 2007 U.S. Champion Kimmie Meissner Withdraws from 2009 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships . . 19 January 2009 . 19 January 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090125060541/http://usfigureskating.org/event_story.asp?id=42468 . 25 January 2009.