2021 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The 2021 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held from January 11–21, 2021 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior and junior levels. The results were part of the U.S. selection criteria for the 2021 World Championships. It would also have been part of the selection criteria for the 2021 World Junior Championships and the 2021 Four Continents Championship, but the events were cancelled.
| 2021 U.S. Figure Skating Championships | |
|---|---|
| Type: | National championship |
| Date: | January 11 – 21 |
| Season: | 2020–21 |
| Location: | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
| Venue: | Orleans Arena |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles: Nathan Chen (S) Eric Prober (J) | |
| Ladies' singles: Bradie Tennell (S) Isabeau Levito (J) | |
| Pair skating: Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier (S) Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia (J) | |
| Ice dance: Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue (S) Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen (J) | |
| Previous: 2020 U.S. Championships | |
| Next: 2022 U.S. Championships | |
San Jose, which previously hosted the event in 1996, 2012, and 2018, was announced as the original host in October 2019.[2] On November 9, 2020, U.S. Figure Skating announced that, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the event would be moved to Las Vegas, Nevada.[3] After the success of 2020 Skate America's bubble environment in the same arena, USFSA implemented the same structure for the 2021 U.S. Championships. Las Vegas had never hosted the event prior to this year. San Jose was awarded the right to host the 2023 U.S. Championships.
No audience was allowed to be present at the event.[3]
Qualifying
U.S. Figure Skating announced a new qualifying structure, the U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series, to replace Regionals and Sectionals due to skaters' delayed training times resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.
USFSA Championship Series
The Championship Series consists of eight events held in November and December 2020. Skaters can select up to two competitions and will then be advanced to Nationals or the High Performance Development Team based on their highest score, rather than their placement. A list of the skaters who qualified for either will be made available on December 7th.
On November 2, 2020, USFSA moved the Championship Series to a virtual format.[4] The following changes occurred as a result of the shift:
- Senior and junior athletes registered for the Series and not previously qualified for the 2021 U.S. Championships were offered the opportunity to compete in a virtual qualifying competition for the remaining entry positions without needing to earn a minimum technical element score.
- Novice, intermediate and juvenile competitors registered for the Series were offered the opportunity to participate in high-level competitive program to identify the National High Performance Development Team. The program will offer a variety of virtual and in-person opportunities January through May, as conditions allow.
Schedule
The Championship Series was scheduled to comprise the following competitions:
| Date | Disc. | Location |
|---|---|---|
| November 9–13, 2020 | M/L | Blaine, Minnesota |
| November 10–15, 2020 | M/L/P | Norwood, Massachusetts |
| November 11–14, 2020 | M/L | Spokane, Washington |
| M/L | Alpharetta, Georgia | |
| November 17–20, 2020 | M/L/D | Fort Wayne, Indiana |
| November 24–28, 2020 | M/L/P | Henderson, Nevada |
| December 1–6, 2020 | M/L/D | Leesburg, Virginia |
| M/L | Frisco, Texas |
ISP Points Challenge
Over the month of September, USFSA held the virtual ISP (International Selection Pool) Points Challenge to allow skaters to be judged by ISU-level judges. Skaters also competed for $200,000 in prize money. The competition was used to give senior skaters byes to Nationals and was used in the selection of future international assignments, as conditions allowed.[5]
Senior medalists
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Nathan Chen | Jason Brown | Tomoki Hiwatashi | Details |
| Ladies | Mariah Bell | Bradie Tennell | Amber Glenn | Details |
| Pairs | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc | Details |
| Ice dance | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | Details |
Junior medalists
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Daniel Martynov | Lucas Broussard | Will Annis | Details |
| Ladies | Isabeau Levito | Jessica Lin | Tamnhi Huynh | Details |
| Pairs | Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia | Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard | Haley Scott / Nick Hubbart | Details |
| Ice dance | Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen | Oona Brown / Gage Brown | Katarina DelCamp / Ian Somerville | Details |
Advancement to Nationals
Athletes and teams receiving a bye were required to register for the Championship Series. Although senior-level skaters were eligible to earn byes from the ISP Points Challenge, it did not award byes for junior-level skaters. Consideration for additional byes based on international-type events will be evaluated on a case by case basis.[6] As of November 2, the Championships Series was replaced by a virtual qualifying competition, resulting in changes to the qualification structure.[4]
On November 9th, it was announced only Junior and Senior events were to be skated, with Juvenile, Intermediate, and Novice skaters in either the High Performance Development Camp or the International Selection Pool allowed to skate up. No Senior Ice Dance event would be held in the series due to a lack of entries. Only 12 Entries in the Junior Singles event would move forward to Nationals, along with 8 Junior Pairs and 10 Junior Ice Dance entries. Skaters already with byes were told not to enter, and they would receive more information. There will be no minimum score this year. Senior entries in the Singles events qualifying for Nationals remain the same - 9, but Pairs was lowered to 5.
The results will be posted during the week of December 21st. Video submissions to the series will be available on public format, including the US Figure Skating Fan Zone and Peacock Premium.[7][8]
Seniors
Singles skaters advanced to Nationals in the following ways:
- Placing in the Top 5 in the previous year's Nationals
- Top 4 scores from the ISP Points Challenge (excluding the top 5 byes)
- Top 9 scores from the Championship Series
Pairs teams advanced to Nationals in the following ways:
- Placing in the Top 5 in the previous year's Nationals
- Top 4 scores from the ISP Points Challenge (excluding the top 5 byes)
- Top 5 scores in the Championship Series (A sixth spot was opened after the split of Kayne/O'Shea.)
Ice dance teams advanced to Nationals in the following ways:
- Placing in the Top 5 in the previous year's Nationals
- Top 4 scores from the ISP Points Challenge (excluding the top 5 byes)
- Due to the number of entries, there was no senior ice dance event during the Championship Series.
There will be no alternates to the senior events.[8]
Juniors
Junior singles skaters advance to Nationals in the following ways:
- Top 12 scores in the Championship Series
Junior pairs skaters advance to Nationals in the following ways:
- Top 8 scores in the Championship Series
Junior ice dance skaters advance to Nationals in the following ways:
- Top 10 scores in the Championship Series.
The next two ranked skaters in each discipline will be alternates to the events.[8]
Entries
Seniors
U.S. Figure Skating published a list of entries on December 22, 2020.[9] Skaters either earned a bye based on their placement at the 2020 U.S. Championships and/or the ISP Points Challenge or qualified through the Championships Series.
| Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Brown | Starr Andrews | Hilary Asher / Ryan O'Donnell | |
| Nathan Chen | Mariah Bell | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc | |
| Ryan Dunk | Karen Chen | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | |
| Mitchell Friess | Amber Glenn | Emily Chan / Spencer Howe | Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov |
| Tomoki Hiwatashi | Gracie Gold | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | |
| Joseph Kang | Hanna Harrell | Evelyn Grace Hanns / Jim Garbutt | Caroline Green / Michael Parsons |
| Joonsoo Kim | Finley Hawk | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | |
| Alexei Krasnozhon | Rena Ikenishi | Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue |
| Peter Liu | Gabriella Izzo | Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow | Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov |
| Jimmy Ma | Pooja Kalyan | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | Cara Murphy / Joshua Levitt |
| Jordan Moeller | Alysa Liu | Katie McBeath / Nathan Bartholomay | Eva Pate / Logan Bye |
| Maxim Naumov | Heidi Munger | Livvy Shilling / Alexander Petrov | |
| Yaroslav Paniot | Emilia Murdock | Olivia Serafini / Mervin Tran | Breelie Taylor / Tyler Vollmer |
| Camden Pulkinen | |||
| Eric Sjoberg | Audrey Shin | ||
| Bradie Tennell | |||
| Dinh Tran | Lindsay Thorngren | ||
| Vincent Zhou | Violeta Ushakova |
Juniors
U.S. Figure Skating published a list of entries on December 22, 2020.[9] Skaters qualified through the Championships Series.
| Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas Broussard | Elsa Cheng | Haley Conrad / Kristofer Ogren | Oona Brown / Gage Brown |
| Nicholas Hsieh | Tamnhi Huynh | Sydney Cooke / Keyton Bearinger | Katarina DelCamp / Ian Somerville |
| Liam Kapeikis | Mia Kalin | Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard | Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski |
| Joseph Klein | Isabeau Levito | Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez | Angela Ling / Caleb Wein |
| Daniel Martynov | Jessica Lin | Aleksandra Prudsky / Daniel Tioumentsev | Leah Neset / Artem Markelov |
| Samuel Mindra | Maryn Pierce | Juliette Reed / Jordan Gillette | Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal |
| Matthew Nielsen | Abigail Ross | Catherine Rivers / Timmy Chapman | Vanessa Pham / Jonathan Rogers |
| Eric Prober | Clare Seo | Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia | Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov |
| Jacob Sanchez | Kanon Smith | Gracie Vainik / Daniel Brykalov | |
| Michael Xie | Kate Wang | Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen | |
| Robert Yampolsky | Adele Zheng | ||
| Maxim Zharkov | Ava Ziegler | ||
| Alternates[10] | |||
| Goku Endo | Hannah Lofton | Megan Voigt / Chase Finster | Klara Kowar / TJ Carey |
| Will Annis | Sofia Frank | Katherine Eskander / Jacob Nussle | Claire Cain / Alexander Colucci |
Changes to preliminary entries
| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 10 | Senior pairs | Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea | N/A | Split | [11] |
| December 28 | Senior ice dance | Adrienne Carhart / Ivan Gurianov | N/A | Split[12] | [13] |
| January 5 | Senior men | Andrew Torgashev | N/A | Injury recovery[14] | [15] |
| January 10 | Senior pairs | Sarah Burden / Matthew Rounis | N/A | COVID-19 exposure[16] | [17] |
| Winter Deardorff / Mikhail Johnson | |||||
| Brynne McIsaac / Mark Sadusky | |||||
| Senior ice dance | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko | ||||
| January 12 | Senior ladies | Paige Rydberg | N/A | Positive COVID-19 test | [18] |
| January 17 | Junior ice dance | Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen | N/A | Torn ACL (Chen) | [19] |
| January 18 | N/A | Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen | Re-added following further medical consultation |
[20] |
Schedule
Due to the bubble environment, the Orleans Arena will host all practices and competitions. Senior events will be held from January 12–17 and Junior events from January 19–21.[21] Also due to the bubble environment, there are specific entry/leaving dates for each of the Senior disciplines, with all Junior-level skaters arriving on January 18th.[22]
| Date | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| January 12 | All Day | Unofficial Senior Practices (except Men) |
| January 13 | All Day | Official Senior Practices (except Men) |
| January 14 | 2:58 PM | Senior Pairs Short Program |
| 6:12 PM | Senior Ladies Short Program | |
| January 15 | 12:58 PM | Senior Ice Dance Rhythm Dance |
| 6:12 PM | Senior Ladies Free Skate | |
| January 16 | 12:11 PM | Senior Men Short Program |
| 4:01 PM | Senior Pairs Free Program (Group One) | |
| 4:58 PM | Senior Ice Dance Free Dance (Group One) | |
| 5:55 PM | Senior Pairs Free Program (Groups Two & Three) | |
| 7:28 PM | Senior Ice Dance Free Dance (Groups Two & Three) | |
| January 17 | 12:55 PM | Senior Men Free Program |
| 5:01 PM | Las Vegas Skating Spectacular | |
| January 19 | All Day | Official Junior Practices (all events) |
| January 20 | 12:55 PM | Junior Pairs Short Program |
| 3:00 PM | Junior Ladies Short Program | |
| 4:59 PM | Junior Ice Dance Rhythm Dance | |
| 7:00 PM | Junior Men Short Program | |
| January 21 | 12:55 PM | Junior Pairs Free Program |
| 3:00 PM | Junior Ladies Free Program | |
| 4:59 PM | Junior Ice Dance Free Dance | |
| 6:56 PM | Junior Men Free Program |
Medal summary
Senior
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Pewter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Nathan Chen | Vincent Zhou | Jason Brown | Yaroslav Paniot |
| Ladies | Bradie Tennell | Amber Glenn | Karen Chen | Alysa Liu |
| Pairs | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov |
| Ice dance | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | Caroline Green / Michael Parsons |
Junior
| Discipline | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Pewter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men | Eric Prober | Joseph Klein | Samuel Mindra | Jacob Sanchez |
| Ladies | Isabeau Levito | Kanon Smith | Clare Seo | Ava Ziegler |
| Pairs | Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia | Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard | Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez | Catherine Rivers / Timmy Chapman |
| Ice dance | Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen | Oona Brown / Gage Brown | Katarina DelCamp / Ian Somerville | Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski |
Senior results
Senior men
| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nathan Chen | Salt Lake Figure Skating | 322.28 | 1 | 113.92 | 1 | 208.36 |
| 2 | Vincent Zhou | SC of San Francisco | 291.38 | 2 | 107.79 | 2 | 183.59 |
| 3 | Jason Brown | Skokie Valley SC | 276.92 | 3 | 100.92 | 4 | 176.00 |
| 4 | Yaroslav Paniot | All Year FSC | 266.97 | 4 | 83.74 | 3 | 183.23 |
| 5 | Maxim Naumov | SC of Boston | 244.20 | 5 | 83.53 | 5 | 160.67 |
| 6 | Jimmy Ma | SC of Boston | 230.78 | 6 | 82.30 | 8 | 148.48 |
| 7 | Tomoki Hiwatashi | DuPage FSC | 230.14 | 9 | 75.51 | 6 | 154.63 |
| 8 | Camden Pulkinen | Broadmoor SC | 220.10 | 8 | 80.08 | 9 | 140.02 |
| 9 | Eric Sjoberg | Los Angeles FSC | 213.39 | 11 | 74.01 | 10 | 139.38 |
| 10 | Dinh Tran | SC of San Francisco | 210.79 | 10 | 74.03 | 11 | 136.76 |
| 11 | Alexei Krasnozhon | SC of Boston | 206.76 | 16 | 54.53 | 7 | 152.23 |
| 12 | Joseph Kang | University of Delaware FSC | 203.45 | 7 | 79.30 | 14 | 124.15 |
| 13 | Joonsoo Kim | Los Angeles FSC | 197.12 | 13 | 69.04 | 12 | 128.08 |
| 14 | Ryan Dunk | Baltimore FSC | 192.66 | 14 | 65.60 | 13 | 127.06 |
| 15 | Jordan Moeller | Northern Ice SC | 191.33 | 12 | 71.09 | 15 | 120.24 |
| 16 | Peter Liu | SC of Wilmington | 171.18 | 15 | 56.92 | 16 | 114.26 |
| 17 | Mitchell Friess | St. Paul FSC | 163.07 | 17 | 48.88 | 17 | 114.19 |
Senior ladies
| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bradie Tennell | Skokie Valley SC | 232.61 | 1 | 79.40 | 1 | 153.21 |
| 2 | Amber Glenn | Dallas FSC | 215.33 | 5 | 70.83 | 2 | 144.50 |
| 3 | Karen Chen | Peninsula SC | 214.98 | 4 | 70.99 | 3 | 143.99 |
| 4 | Alysa Liu | St. Moritz ISC | 213.39 | 2 | 76.36 | 4 | 137.03 |
| 5 | Mariah Bell | Rocky Mountain FSC | 199.95 | 3 | 72.37 | 5 | 127.58 |
| 6 | Lindsay Thorngren | Ice House of New Jersey FSC | 178.89 | 6 | 62.54 | 7 | 116.35 |
| 7 | Audrey Shin | SC of New York | 176.82 | 10 | 57.74 | 6 | 119.08 |
| 8 | Gabriella Izzo | Academy at Mitchell Johansson Method | 171.76 | 7 | 62.32 | 9 | 109.44 |
| 9 | Rena Ikenishi | SC of New York | 169.89 | 8 | 60.14 | 8 | 109.75 |
| 10 | Pooja Kalyan | Ozark FSC | 157.46 | 9 | 58.29 | 12 | 99.17 |
| 11 | Finley Hawk | ISC of Indianapolis | 152.84 | 14 | 52.08 | 11 | 100.76 |
| 12 | Starr Andrews | Los Angeles FSC | 152.13 | 17 | 45.93 | 10 | 106.20 |
| 13 | Gracie Gold | IceWorks SC | 149.05 | 12 | 53.88 | 13 | 95.17 |
| 14 | Emilia Murdock | SC of San Francisco | 138.80 | 15 | 51.25 | 14 | 87.55 |
| 15 | Violeta Ushakova | SC of New York | 136.26 | 16 | 49.76 | 15 | 86.50 |
| 16 | Heidi Munger | Academy at Mitchell Johansson Method | 136.05 | 13 | 52.11 | 16 | 83.94 |
| 17 | Hanna Harrell | SC of Boston | 130.72 | 11 | 56.93 | 17 | 73.79 |
Senior pairs
| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier | DuPage FSC / All Year FSC | 228.10 | 1 | 77.46 | 1 | 150.64 |
| 2 | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | DuPage FSC / Detroit SC | 205.29 | 2 | 71.30 | 3 | 133.99 |
| 3 | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc | SC of New York / Los Angeles FSC | 200.52 | 4 | 65.81 | 2 | 134.71 |
| 4 | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | SC of Boston / SC of Boston | 197.97 | 3 | 69.56 | 4 | 128.41 |
| 5 | Emily Chan / Spencer Howe | SC of Boston / SC of Boston | 177.06 | 5 | 60.41 | 5 | 116.65 |
| 6 | Olivia Serafini / Mervin Tran | SC of New York / SC of New York | 169.88 | 6 | 59.23 | 6 | 110.65 |
| 7 | Katie McBeath / Nathan Bartholomay | Winterhurst FSC / Southwest Florida FSC | 163.73 | 7 | 58.23 | 7 | 105.50 |
| 8 | Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow | DuPage FSC / DuPage FSC | 145.24 | 9 | 45.34 | 8 | 99.90 |
| 9 | Evelyn Grace Hanns / Jim Garbutt | Broadmoor SC / Champions Edge SC | 140.93 | 8 | 47.98 | 9 | 92.95 |
Senior ice dance
| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | RD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | Lansing SC / Lansing SC | 224.56 | 2 | 89.66 | 1 | 134.90 |
| 2 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates | All Year FSC / Ann Arbor FSC | 222.93 | 1 | 90.10 | 2 | 132.83 |
| 3 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker | Detroit SC / Seattle SC | 212.55 | 3 | 85.28 | 3 | 127.27 |
| 4 | Caroline Green / Michael Parsons | Pavilion SC of Cleveland Heights / Washington FSC | 192.39 | 4 | 80.10 | 4 | 112.29 |
| 5 | Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov | ION FSC / Peninsula FSC | 177.40 | 5 | 71.11 | 5 | 106.29 |
| 6 | Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov | Peninsula SC / ION FSC | 162.86 | 6 | 65.87 | 6 | 96.99 |
| 7 | Eva Pate / Logan Bye | Strongsville SC / SC of New York | 154.93 | 7 | 64.37 | 7 | 90.56 |
| 8 | Livvy Shilling / Alexander Petrov | Columbus FSC / Hershey FSC | 131.10 | 8 | 53.81 | 8 | 77.29 |
| 9 | Hilary Asher / Ryan O'Donnell | Skokie Valley SC / SC of Houston | 122.68 | 9 | 51.38 | 9 | 71.30 |
| 10 | Breelie Taylor / Tyler Vollmer | Atlanta FSC / Los Angeles FSC | 100.76 | 10 | 39.40 | 10 | 61.36 |
| 11 | Cara Murphy / Joshua Levitt | Arctic FSC / Pittsburgh FSC | 96.91 | 11 | 36.62 | 11 | 60.29 |
Junior results
Junior men
| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eric Prober | Panthers FSC | 192.83 | 3 | 65.04 | 1 | 127.79 |
| 2 | Joseph Klein | Skokie Valley SC | 187.30 | 4 | 63.60 | 2 | 123.70 |
| 3 | Samuel Mindra | Portland ISC | 181.49 | 8 | 60.37 | 3 | 121.12 |
| 4 | Jacob Sanchez | Hudson Valley SC | 177.55 | 1 | 66.91 | 6 | 110.64 |
| 5 | Daniel Martynov | Great Lakes FSC | 176.45 | 6 | 62.06 | 5 | 114.39 |
| 6 | Lucas Broussard | Highland SC | 175.49 | 12 | 55.06 | 4 | 120.43 |
| 7 | Matthew Nielsen | Winterhurst FSC | 172.30 | 5 | 62.31 | 7 | 109.99 |
| 8 | Michael Xie | All Year FSC | 163.84 | 11 | 57.89 | 8 | 105.95 |
| 9 | Liam Kapeikis | Wenatchee FSC | 162.89 | 9 | 58.37 | 9 | 104.52 |
| 10 | Robert Yampolsky | North Jersey FSC | 160.85 | 7 | 61.60 | 10 | 99.25 |
| 11 | Nicholas Hsieh | SC of Wilmington | 152.99 | 10 | 57.93 | 11 | 95.06 |
| 12 | Maxim Zharkov | Dallas FSC | 141.27 | 2 | 65.51 | 12 | 75.76 |
Junior ladies
| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Isabeau Levito | SC of Southern New Jersey | 187.48 | 1 | 65.66 | 2 | 121.82 |
| 2 | Kanon Smith | All Year FSC | 185.88 | 2 | 62.52 | 1 | 123.36 |
| 3 | Clare Seo | Broadmoor SC | 173.51 | 3 | 60.27 | 3 | 113.24 |
| 4 | Ava Ziegler | SC of New York | 160.77 | 8 | 53.73 | 4 | 107.04 |
| 5 | Elsa Cheng | Skokie Valley SC | 158.85 | 7 | 53.75 | 5 | 105.10 |
| 6 | Kate Wang | SC of San Francisco | 158.01 | 4 | 58.28 | 6 | 99.73 |
| 7 | Adele Zheng | DuPage FSC | 149.89 | 6 | 55.83 | 10 | 94.06 |
| 8 | Mia Kalin | St. Moritz ISC | 149.65 | 10 | 51.92 | 8 | 97.73 |
| 9 | Jessica Lin | Dallas FSC | 147.57 | 11 | 51.55 | 9 | 96.02 |
| 10 | Abigail Ross | Wasatch FSC | 143.89 | 9 | 53.35 | 11 | 90.54 |
| 11 | Tamnhi Huynh | Dallas FSC | 140.17 | 5 | 57.94 | 12 | 82.23 |
| 12 | Maryn Pierce | Broadmoor SC | 138.92 | 12 | 41.05 | 7 | 97.87 |
Junior pairs
| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia | Yarmouth Ice Club / All Year FSC | 169.85 | 1 | 59.07 | 1 | 110.78 |
| 2 | Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard | Chicago FSC / Northern Ice SC | 148.02 | 2 | 52.14 | 2 | 95.88 |
| 3 | Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez | Panthers FSC / Arctic FSC | 137.29 | 4 | 47.07 | 3 | 90.22 |
| 4 | Catherine Rivers / Timmy Chapman | Knoxville FSC / Central Florida FSC | 134.01 | 5 | 45.97 | 4 | 88.04 |
| 5 | Sydney Cooke / Keyton Bearinger | Elite Edge SC / Detroit SC | 131.39 | 3 | 48.61 | 5 | 82.78 |
| 6 | Aleksandra Prudsky / Daniel Tioumentsev | SC of Houston / Dallas FSC | 119.38 | 6 | 43.31 | 6 | 76.07 |
| 7 | Haley Conrad / Kristofer Ogren | Dallas FSC / Kansas City FSC | 97.32 | 8 | 34.54 | 7 | 62.78 |
| 8 | Juliette Reed / Jordan Gillette | Skokie Valley SC / Skokie Valley SC | 94.74 | 7 | 35.17 | 8 | 59.57 |
Junior ice dance
| Rank | Name | Club | Total points | RD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen | Peninsula SC / Peninsula SC | 167.22 | 1 | 68.81 | 1 | 98.41 |
| 2 | Oona Brown / Gage Brown | SC of New York / SC of New York | 162.91 | 2 | 66.20 | 2 | 96.71 |
| 3 | Katarina DelCamp / Ian Somerville | Dallas FSC / Washington FSC | 147.30 | 3 | 60.26 | 3 | 87.04 |
| 4 | Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski | Broadmoor SC / All Year FSC | 146.40 | 4 | 59.98 | 4 | 86.42 |
| 5 | Angela Ling / Caleb Wein | Peninsula SC / Washington FSC | 140.47 | 5 | 56.27 | 5 | 84.20 |
| 6 | Leah Neset / Artem Markelov | Magic City FSC / Magic City FSC | 128.02 | 6 | 50.76 | 6 | 77.26 |
| 7 | Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov | Washington FSC / Washington FSC | 124.55 | 7 | 48.33 | 7 | 76.22 |
| 8 | Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal | Scott Hamilton SC / Scott Hamilton SC | 109.73 | 9 | 43.71 | 8 | 66.02 |
| 9 | Vanessa Pham / Jonathan Rogers | SC of Houston / Texas Gulf Coast FSC | 109.66 | 8 | 44.58 | 9 | 65.08 |
| 10 | Gracie Vainik / Daniel Brykalov | SC of Novi / All Year FSC | 104.07 | 10 | 40.99 | 10 | 63.08 |
Controversy
U.S. Figure Skating maintained strict COVID-19 protocols within the bubble, including asking skaters to don a mask immediately after leaving the ice, but appeared to apply inconsistent requirements to skaters who had come into contact with positive cases prior to the event. After three senior pairs teams training under the same coach came into contact with a COVID-positive case, they voluntarily chose to withdraw out of precaution, whereas senior ice dance team Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko appeared to be asked to withdraw by the federation.[16] However, Carreira/Ponomarenko's rinkmates and coaches were able to attend the competition, despite Carreira/Ponomarenko having come into contact with the positive case at their training rink. In addition, coach Tom Zakrajsek was unable to travel to the event due to contracting COVID-19 in early January and one of his students, Paige Rydberg, also tested positive upon arrival in Las Vegas; despite this, no contact tracing protocols were enacted, with the remaining athletes from Zakrajsek's training group and rink being allowed to compete.[23]
International team selections
World Championships
The World Championships are scheduled to be held from March 22–28 in Stockholm, Sweden. U.S. Figure Skating announced the ladies' team on January 16 and the men's, pairs, and ice dance teams on January 17.[24][25]
| Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dance | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jason Brown | Karen Chen | Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson | Madison Chock / Evan Bates |
| 2 | Nathan Chen | Bradie Tennell | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Brandon Frazier* | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker |
| 3 | Vincent Zhou | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | ||
| 1st alt. | Tomoki Hiwatashi | Amber Glenn | Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc | Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko |
| 2nd alt. | Maxim Naumov | Mariah Bell | Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov | Caroline Green / Michael Parsons |
| 3rd alt. | Camden Pulkinen | Audrey Shin | Emily Chan / Spencer Howe* | Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov* |
* Pending attainment of senior TES minimums
Four Continents Championships
The 2021 Four Continents Championships, to be held from February 9–14 in Sydney, Australia, were cancelled.[26]
World Junior Championships
The 2021 World Junior Championships were scheduled from March 1–7 in Harbin, China, but were cancelled on November 24.[27]
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