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
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline defined by the International Skating Union (ISU) as "the skating of two persons in unison who perform their movements in such harmony with each other as to give the impression of genuine Pair Skating a ...
, 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.[
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Qualifying
Competitors qualified at regional and sectional competitions held from October to November 2015.
Following sectional competitions, U.S. Figure Skating
U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating in the United States. It is recognized as such by the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee "USOPC" under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act an ...
published a list of skaters who had qualified or earned a bye. Skaters who subsequently withdrew included Jason Brown, Jordan Moeller, Joshua Farris
Joshua Farris (born January 6, 1995) is a former American competitive figure skater. He is the 2015 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2013 World Junior champion, a two-time Junior Grand Prix Final medalist (silver in 2012, bronze in 2011), ...
, Richard Dornbush, and Lydia Erdman / Alexey Shchepetov.[
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Medal summary
Senior
Junior
Novice
Intermediate
Juvenile
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Senior results
Senior men
Senior ladies
Senior pairs
Tarah Kayne
Tarah Kayne (born April 28, 1993) is an American retired competitive pair skater. With former partner Daniel O'Shea (figure skater), Daniel O'Shea, she is the 2018 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 2018 Four Continents champion, 2014 ...
/ 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
Alexa Paige Knierim, née Scimeca (born June 10, 1991) is an American pair skater. With her skating partner, Brandon Frazier, she is the 2022 World champion, a 2022 Olympic silver medalist in the figure skating team event, the 2022 Grand Prix ...
/ Chris Knierim earned silver with a total of 196.80 points. Marissa Castelli
Marissa Castelli (born August 20, 1990) is an American retired pair skater. With her skating partner, Mervin Tran, she is the 2017 U.S. national silver medalist.
With her former partner, Simon Shnapir, she is the 2013 Four Continents bronze me ...
/ 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.
Junior results
Junior men
Junior ladies
Junior pairs
Junior ice dance
Novice results
Novice men
Novice ladies
Novice pairs
Novice ice dance
International team selections
Winter Youth Olympics
The team for the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics
The 2016 Winter Youth Olympics ( no, Olympiske vinterleker for ungdom 2016; nn, Olympiske vinterleikane for ungdom 2016), officially known as the II Winter Youth Olympic Games, took place in and around Lillehammer, Norway, between 12 February an ...
was announced in October 2015.
Four Continents
The team for the 2016 Four Continents Championships was announced on January 24, 2016.[
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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
Tomoki Richard Hiwatashi (born January 20, 2000) is an American figure skater. He is the 2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen Trophy bronze medalist and a two-time U.S. national medalist.
He is also the 2019 World Junior champion, the 2016 W ...
.[
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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
Polina Edmunds (born May 18, 1998) is a retired American figure skater. She is the 2015 Four Continents champion, the 2014 CS U.S. Classic champion, and a two-time U.S. national silver medalist (2014, 2016). She represented the United States at ...
withdrew due to an injury and first alternate, Mirai Nagasu will replace her.[ ]
References
External links
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Schedule of events
at IceNetwork
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