2016 U.S. Figure Skating Championships Explained
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. 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.
Qualifying
Competitors qualified at regional and sectional competitions held from October to November 2015.
| Date | Event | Location | Results |
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| 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.
Medal summary
Senior
Junior
Novice
| Discipline | align=center bgcolor=gold | Gold | align=center bgcolor=silver | Silver | align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | Bronze | align=center bgcolor=d1c571 | Pewter |
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| Men | Eric Sjoberg | Peter Liu | Maxim Naumov | William Hubbart |
| 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 | |
Intermediate
| Discipline | align=center bgcolor=gold | Gold | align=center bgcolor=silver | Silver | align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | Bronze | align=center bgcolor=d1c571 | Pewter |
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| 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
| Discipline | align=center bgcolor=gold | Gold | align=center bgcolor=silver | Silver | align=center bgcolor=cc9966 | Bronze | align=center bgcolor=d1c571 | Pewter |
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| 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
Senior ladies
| Rank | Name | Total | SP | FS |
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| 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 |
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| 6 | Bradie Tennell | 181.33 | 7 | 58.26 | 6 | 123.07 |
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| 7 | Hannah Miller | 174.42 | 9 | 57.86 | 7 | 116.56 |
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| 8 | Karen Chen | 168.75 | 12 | 54.86 | 8 | 113.89 |
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| 9 | Courtney Hicks | 168.04 | 11 | 54.93 | 9 | 113.11 |
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| 10 | Angela Wang | 163.17 | 10 | 55.23 | 10 | 107.94 |
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| 11 | Mariah Bell | 160.03 | 6 | 58.85 | 11 | 101.18 |
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| 12 | Franchesca Chiera | 140.38 | 8 | 57.94 | 16 | 82.44 |
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| 13 | Katie McBeath | 133.52 | 14 | 46.94 | 13 | 86.58 |
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| 14 | Ashley Cain | 131.89 | 13 | 48.35 | 15 | 83.54 |
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| 15 | Heidi Munger | 131.46 | 18 | 41.48 | 12 | 89.98 |
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| 16 | Christina Cleveland | 121.81 | 17 | 41.49 | 17 | 80.32 |
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| 17 | Alexie Mieskoski | 121.27 | 16 | 41.63 | 18 | 79.64 |
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| 18 | Maria Yang | 120.20 | 21 | 36.34 | 14 | 83.86 |
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| 19 | Carly Gold | 107.96 | 15 | 42.41 | 21 | 65.55 |
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| 20 | Avery Kurtz | 107.29 | 19 | 41.27 | 20 | 66.02 |
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| 21 | Alexis Gagnon | 105.56 | 22 | 33.24 | 19 | 72.32 |
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| 22 | Elena Pulkinen | 101.65 | 20 | 38.22 | 22 | 63.43 | |
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Senior pairs
Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea won both segments to win their first national title by nearly 15 points, with a total score of 211.65 points. Defending champions Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim earned silver with a total of 196.80 points. Marissa Castelli / Mervin Tran placed third in both segments to earn bronze, and Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage maintained their fourth-place standing from the short to earn pewter.
Senior ice dance
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani overcame a 0.47 point deficit from the short dance to overtake defending champions Madison Chock / Evan Bates and win their first senior national title.
[1] Junior results
Junior men
| Rank | Name | Total | SP | FS |
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| 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 |
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| 6 | Tony Lu | 164.39 | 2 | 62.50 | 9 | 101.89 |
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| 7 | Anthony Boucher | 164.01 | 8 | 51.42 | 6 | 112.59 |
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| 8 | Sean Conlon | 157.88 | 5 | 54.61 | 7 | 103.27 |
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| 9 | Justin Ly | 156.85 | 6 | 54.45 | 8 | 102.40 |
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| 10 | Chase Belmontes | 148.58 | 10 | 50.78 | 11 | 97.80 |
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| 11 | Camden Pulkinen | 145.39 | 11 | 46.80 | 10 | 98.59 |
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| 12 | Yamato Rowe | 123.78 | 12 | 44.46 | 12 | 79.32 | |
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Junior ladies
| Rank | Name | Total | SP | FS |
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| 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 |
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| 6 | Vanna Giang | 128.54 | 8 | 45.20 | 8 | 83.34 |
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| 7 | Akari Nakahara | 128.33 | 9 | 44.10 | 7 | 84.23 |
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| 8 | Shannon Porter | 127.35 | 10 | 42.96 | 6 | 84.39 |
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| 9 | Anna Grace Davidson | 123.15 | 7 | 46.69 | 11 | 74.46 |
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| 10 | Paige Rydberg | 121.74 | 11 | 41.35 | 9 | 80.39 |
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| 11 | Brynne McIsaac | 120.46 | 12 | 40.10 | 10 | 80.36 |
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| 12 | Carly Berrios | 113.59 | 3 | 53.02 | 12 | 60.57 | |
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Junior pairs
| Rank | Name | Total | SP | FS |
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| 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 |
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| 6 | Ai Setoyama / David-Alexandre Paradis | 118.84 | 7 | 42.03 | 6 | 76.81 |
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| 7 | Gabriella Marvaldi / Cody Dolkiewicz | 118.64 | 10 | 38.26 | 4 | 80.38 |
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| 8 | Kay Bergdolt / Miles Addison | 117.25 | 3 | 46.29 | 10 | 70.96 |
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| 9 | Sara Rose / Joseph Goodpaster | 114.25 | 9 | 38.43 | 7 | 75.82 |
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| 10 | Jessica Lee / Brandon Kozlowski | 112.40 | 6 | 42.77 | 11 | 69.63 |
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| 11 | Linde LeChance / Kenneth Anderson | 109.91 | 11 | 37.56 | 9 | 72.35 |
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| 12 | Megan Griffin / Andrew Civiello | 97.36 | 12 | 33.56 | 12 | 63.80 | |
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Junior ice dance
Novice results
Novice men
| Rank | Name | Total | SP | FS |
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| 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 |
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| 6 | Derek Wagner | 128.24 | 12 | 34.87 | 6 | 93.37 |
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| 7 | Sasha Lunin | 127.34 | 7 | 44.09 | 7 | 83.25 |
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| 8 | Jun-Hong Chen | 126.64 | 5 | 46.16 | 9 | 80.48 |
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| 9 | Max Lake | 122.13 | 8 | 41.62 | 8 | 80.51 |
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| 10 | Paul Yeung | 119.05 | 11 | 40.87 | 10 | 78.18 |
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| 11 | Ryan VanDoren | 113.13 | 6 | 44.12 | 11 | 69.01 |
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| 12 | Mark Sadusky | 103.44 | 10 | 41.03 | 12 | 62.41 | |
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Novice ladies
| Rank | Name | Total | SP | FS |
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| 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 |
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| 6 | Starr Andrews | 122.77 | 4 | 42.77 | 6 | 80.00 |
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| 7 | Mary-Katharine Mulera | 118.15 | 5 | 42.68 | 8 | 75.47 |
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| 8 | Marina Capatina | 116.46 | 8 | 39.73 | 7 | 76.73 |
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| 9 | Gabriella Izzo | 113.94 | 7 | 42.15 | 9 | 71.79 |
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| 10 | Meiryla Findley | 104.11 | 10 | 35.80 | 10 | 68.31 |
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| 11 | Nhi Do | 88.28 | 11 | 32.95 | 11 | 55.33 |
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| WD | Kaitlyn Nguyen | | | | | | |
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Novice pairs
| Rank | Name | Total | SP | FS |
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| 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 |
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| 6 | Ashlee Raymond / Misha Mitrofanov | 109.56 | 8 | 34.61 | 5 | 74.95 |
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| 7 | Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker | 108.52 | 4 | 37.22 | 8 | 71.30 |
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| 8 | Ainsley Peterson / Kristofer Ogren | 104.38 | 9 | 31.62 | 6 | 72.76 |
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| 9 | Katherina Frantz / Nicolas Frantz | 102.43 | 5 | 36.92 | 9 | 65.51 |
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| 10 | Annabel Kim / Jonathan Kim | 80.40 | 11 | 24.50 | 10 | 55.90 |
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| 11 | Sabrina Piliero / Nathaniel Dennler | 77.98 | 10 | 24.62 | 11 | 53.36 |
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| 12 | Cora DeWyre / Jacob Nussle | 62.92 | 12 | 19.54 | 12 | 43.38 | |
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Novice ice dance
| Rank | Name | Total | PD1 | PD2 | FD |
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| 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 |
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| 6 | Jillian Moyer / Jarred Druzynski | 88.63 | 4 | 18.31 | 6 | 17.23 | 5 | 53.09 |
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| 7 | Amanda Miller / Nikolay Usanov | 86.02 | 9 | 15.30 | 7 | 16.26 | 3 | 54.46 |
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| 8 | Allie Rose / Spencer Emerson | 78.88 | 10 | 14.50 | 9 | 15.28 | 9 | 49.10 |
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| 9 | Leah Krauskopf / Caleb Niva | 76.99 | 12 | 13.38 | 10 | 14.27 | 8 | 49.34 |
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| 10 | Rachel Gart / Lance Stanley | 76.72 | 7 | 16.53 | 8 | 15.34 | 12 | 44.85 |
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| 11 | Claire Purnell / Lucas Purnell | 75.09 | 8 | 16.02 | 11 | 12.73 | 11 | 46.34 |
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| 12 | Cherri Chen / YuanShi Jin | 74.11 | 11 | 14.08 | 12 | 12.37 | 10 | 47.66 | |
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International team selections
Winter Youth Olympics
The team for the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics was announced in October 2015.[2]
Four Continents
The team for the 2016 Four Continents Championships was announced on January 24, 2016.
World Junior Championships
The team for the 2016 World Junior Championships was announced on January 24, 2016. Nathan Chen withdrew due to injury and was replaced by first alternate Tomoki Hiwatashi.
World Championships
The team for the 2016 World Championships was announced on January 24, 2016. Nathan Chen withdrew due to injury and was replaced by first alternate Grant Hochstein.On March 23, it was announced that Polina Edmunds withdrew due to an injury and first alternate, Mirai Nagasu will replace her.[3]
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Archived copy . 2016-01-23 . 2019-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190912175203/https://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2016/18516/results.html . dead .
- Web site: 2015-16 International Competition Season Assignments/Results . . October 13, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151014032158/http://www.usfigureskating.org/Athletes.asp?id=216 . October 14, 2015 .
- Web site: Welcome to U.S. Figure Skating . www.usfigureskating.org . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160406065438/http://www.usfigureskating.org/story?id=89503 . 2016-04-06.
