The 2008 United States Figure Skating Championships was the figure skating national championship to determine the national champions of the United States for the 2007–08 season. Organized by the U.S. Figure Skating, it determined the national champions and was also used to determine the U.S. teams for the 2008 World, World Junior, and Four Continents Championships.
Skaters competed in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels of competition – senior, junior, and novice. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth).
The 2008 Championships took place between January 20 and 27th at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Competition notes
- Reigning four-time ice dancing silver medalists Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov withdrew before the event due to injury.
- Reigning silver medalist single skater Emily Hughes withdrew before the event due to injury.
- Ladies gold medalist Mirai Nagasu, silver medalist Rachael Flatt, and pewter medalist Caroline Zhang were not placed on the World or Four Continents team because they were not age-eligible.
- Evan Lysacek and Johnny Weir tied in the overall score, with Weir winning the short program and Lysacek winning the free skating. Lysacek won the title on the first tiebreak under International Skating Union rules, which was the free skating score.
Qualifying
Qualification for the U.S. Championships begins 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 place in the top four at sectionals advance to the U.S. Championships.
The top five finishers in each discipline from the previous year are given byes to the U.S. Championships, as are any skaters who qualify for the Junior or the Senior Grand Prix Final. Skaters are also given byes through a qualifying competition if they are assigned to an international event during the time that qualifying event is to take place. For example, if a skater is competing at an event at the same time as his or her regional competition, that skater would receive a bye to sectionals. If a skater is competing 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.
Senior results
Men
* Weir and Lysacek tied in the overall score. Lysacek won the title on the tiebreaker, which was the free skating placement.[1][2][3][4][5]
Ladies
Pairs
Ice dancing
Junior results
Men
| Rank |
Name |
Club |
Points |
SP |
FS |
| 1 |
Adam Rippon | SC of New York | 213.76 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
Brandon Mroz | Broadmoor SC | 203.63 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 |
Andrew Gonzales | All Year FSC | 182.27 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 |
Richard Dornbush | All Year FSC | 179.27 | 12 | 3 |
| 5 |
Keegan Messing | Anchorage FSC | 176.63 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 |
Curran Oi | SC of Boston | 176.44 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 |
Alexander Johnson | Braemar-City of Lakes FSC | 169.19 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 |
Armin Mahbanoozadeh | Washington FSC | 167.76 | 9 | 6 |
| 9 |
William Brewster | Detroit SC | 167.70 | 7 | 8 |
| 10 |
Austin Kanallakan | Broadmoor SC | 165.06 | 10 | 7 |
| 11 |
Grant Hochstein | St. Clair Shores FSC | 162.12 | 8 | 11 |
| 12 |
Zachary DeWulf | Univ of Delaware FSC | 152.68 | 11 | 13 |
| 13 |
Max Aaron | Coyotes SC of Arizona | 146.98 | 13 | 14 |
| 14 |
Daniel Raad | Park FSC | 145.30 | 16 | 12 |
| 15 |
Osadolo Irowa | DuPage FSC | 141.46 | 14 | 15 |
| 16 |
Theron James | New Haven SC | 116.52 | 15 | 16 |
Ladies
| Rank |
Name |
Club |
Points |
SP |
FS |
| 1 |
Alexe Gilles | Broadmoor SC | 156.17 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 |
Angela Maxwell | Dallas FSC | 150.11 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
Brittney Rizo | SC of Boston | 149.60 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |
Kristine Musademba | Washington FSC | 143.86 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 |
Amanda Dobbs | Peninsula SC | 142.76 | 6 | 2 |
| 6 |
Victoria Rackohn | All Year FSC | 137.70 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 |
Kirsten Olson | Starlight Ice Dance Club | 130.21 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 |
Ellie Kawamura | All Year FSC | 122.74 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 |
Rebecca Stern | Univ of Delaware FSC | 110.76 | 11 | 9 |
| 10 |
Jane Ruan | SC of New York | 110.72 | 9 | 11 |
| 11 |
Carolyn-Ann Alba | All Year FSC | 108.68 | 12 | 10 |
| 12 |
Alexa Scimeca | DuPage FSC | 104.20 | 10 | 12 |
| 13 |
Masha Leonov | Tampa Bay SC | 97.54 | 13 | 13 |
| 14 |
Victoria Fairchild | Broadmoor SC | 91.40 | 14 | 14 |
Pairs
| Rank |
Name |
Club |
Points |
SP |
FS |
| 1 |
Jessica Rose Paetsch / Jon Nuss | Broadmoor SC | 143.19 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 |
Tracy Tanovich / Michael Chau | Southwest Florida FSC | 137.36 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 |
Chelsi Guillen / Danny Curzon | Coyotes SC of Arizona | 134.58 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 |
Andrea Best / Trevor Young | Detroit SC | 129.75 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 |
Meg Byrne / Nathan Bartholomay | Univ of Delaware FSC | 124.71 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 |
Lisa Moore / Justin Gaumond | ISC of Fort Collins / All Year FSC | 123.69 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 |
Jaylyn Kelly / Gabe Woodruff | Lansing SC / Detroit SC | 113.90 | 10 | 7 |
| 8 |
Janyce Okamoto / Ryan Berning | Nashville FSC | 113.42 | 9 | 8 |
| 9 |
Megan Gueli / Grant Marron | Detroit SC / Coyotes SC of Arizona | 107.41 | 8 | 10 |
| 10 |
Arielle Trujillo / Daniyel Cohen | Los Angeles FSC / Elite Training Academy | 104.02 | 12 | 9 |
| 11 |
Rachel DeRita / Brandon Accardi | Univ of Delaware FSC | 101.50 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 |
Claire Davis / Nathan Miller | Broadmoor SC | 100.70 | 7 | 13 |
| 13 |
Molly Schleicher / Christopher Schleicher | SC of Boston | 95.64 | 13 | 12 |
Ice dancing
| Rank |
Name |
Club |
Points |
CD |
OD |
FD |
| 1 |
Madison Hubbell / Keiffer Hubbell | Ann Arbor FSC | 167.48 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 |
Piper Gilles / Timothy McKernan | Broadmoor SC | 161.66 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 |
Madison Chock / Greg Zuerlein | All Year FSC / Arctic FSC | 161.40 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 |
Maia Shibutani / Alex Shibutani | SC of New York / Broadmoor SC | 157.80 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 |
Shannon Wingle / Ryan Devereaux | Arctic FSC / Coyotes SC of Arizona | 154.09 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 |
Pilar Bosley / John Corona | Peninsula SC / Philadelphia SC & HS | 144.37 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 7 |
Sara Bailey / Kyle Herring | Charter Oak FSC / Univ of Delaware FSC | 141.62 | 5 | 11 | 6 |
| 8 |
Anastasia Cannuscio / Dean Copely | Univ of Delaware FSC / SC of New York | 140.14 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 |
Isabella Cannuscio / Ian Lorello | Univ of Delaware FSC | 139.14 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| 10 |
Rachel Tibbetts / Collin Brubaker | Broadmoor SC / All Year FSC | 131.72 | 11 | 9 | 10 |
| 11 |
Rachael Richardson / Brad Coulter | Detroit SC / Spokane FSC | 127.62 | 12 | 10 | 12 |
| 12 |
Kaylyn Patitucci / Karl Edelmann | St. Moritz ISC / Ann Arbor FSC | 127.12 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| 13 |
Michelle Pennington / Andrew Skillington | All Year FSC / Broadmoor SC | 124.74 | 10 | 13 | 13 |
Novice results
Men
| Rank |
Name |
Club |
Points |
SP |
FS |
| 1 |
Daniel O'Shea | Skokie Valley SC | 145.92 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 |
Ross Miner | SC of Boston | 135.81 | 4 | 3 |
| 3 |
David Wang | All Year FSC | 133.70 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 |
Alexander Zahradnicek | Georgia FSC | 133.24 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |
Alexander Aiken | Atlanta FSC | 132.31 | 6 | 2 |
| 6 |
Victor Travis | Pavilion SC of Cleve. Hghts | 121.64 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 |
Timothy LeDuc | Eastern Iowa FSC | 104.93 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 |
Peter Max Dion | Jamestown SC | 103.89 | 8 | 7 |
| 9 |
William Knop | All Year FSC | 100.85 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 |
Ryan Hartley | Queen City FSC | 89.65 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 |
Sam Koch | Peninsula SC | 84.69 | 12 | 11 |
| 12 |
Michael Helgren | Santa Rosa FSC | 83.36 | 11 | 12 |
Ladies
| Rank |
Name |
Club |
Points |
SP |
FS |
| 1 |
Marissa Secundy | Broadmoor SC | 110.38 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 |
Sophia Lamay | Texas Gulf Coast FSC | 108.41 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |
Felicia Zhang | SC of New York | 106.02 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 |
Agnes Zawadzki | DuPage FSC | 104.18 | 6 | 3 |
| 5 |
Song King | All Year FSC | 103.01 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 |
Kendall Wyckoff | Vermont SC | 98.51 | 10 | 5 |
| 7 |
Gretchen Donlan | SC of Boston | 95.56 | 3 | 9 |
| 8 |
Holly Alexander | Univ of Delaware FSC | 95.49 | 8 | 7 |
| 9 |
Victoria Hecht | Los Angeles FSC | 88.54 | 9 | 10 |
| 10 |
Samiera Abou-Nasr | Yellowstone Valley FSC | 87.60 | 12 | 8 |
| 11 |
Stephanie Rigley | All Year FSC | 86.40 | 7 | 12 |
| 12 |
Christina Gao | Northern Kentucky SC | 83.75 | 11 | 11 |
Pairs
| Rank |
Name |
Club |
Points |
SP |
FS |
| 1 |
Brynn Carman / Christopher Knierim | Broadmoor SC | 120.53 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 |
Brittany Chase / Andrew Speroff | Broadmoor SC | 116.99 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir | Smithfield FSC / Colonial FSC | 116.42 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 |
Kloe Bautista / Galvani Hopson | All Year FSC / Los Angeles FSC | 113.80 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 |
Cassie Andrews / Nicholas Anderson | Indiana World Sk Acad FSC | 102.26 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 |
Christina Guterres / Steven Hsu | All Year FSC | 98.41 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 |
Lauren Farr / John Kern | Sun Valley FSC / SC of Wilmington | 93.65 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 |
Ashley Cain / Sergey Sidorov | Stars FSC of Texas / Dallas FSC | 92.63 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 |
Jennifer Sulc / Steven Aviram | Shaker FSC / SC of New York | 87.03 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 |
Tori Vollmer / David Sparks | Inland Empire FSC / Los Angeles FSC | 83.50 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 |
Molly Moskowitz / Tyler Harris | Colonial SC of Pennsylvania / Princeton SC | 74.07 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 |
Cali Fujimoto / Nicholas Barsi-Rhyne | Peninsula SC | 67.01 | 12 | 12 |
Ice dancing
| Rank |
Name |
Club |
Points |
CD1 |
CD2 |
FD |
| 1 |
Chloe Wolf / Rhys Ainsworth | Univ of Delaware FSC / North Atlantic FSC | 110.69 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2 |
Megan Evans / Nathan Truesdell | Washington FSC / Arctic FSC | 106.27 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
Una Donegan / Andrew Korda | SC of Boston | 103.85 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| 4 |
Anastasia Olson / Jordan Cowan | Ann Arbor FSC / All Year FSC | 103.15 | 2 | 5 | 4 |
| 5 |
Katie Wyble / Justin Morrow | Center I&B of Western PA / SC of New York | 98.83 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 |
Kate McDermott / Colin McManus | SC of Boston / Brooklyn FSC of Ohio | 95.85 | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 |
Elyse Matsumoto / Patrick Mays | Peninsula SC / Ann Arbor FSC | 95.16 | 9 | 8 | 5 |
| 8 |
Lauren Ely / Travis Mager | Palomares FSC / Columbia FSC | 93.27 | 7 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 |
Liza Branella / Benjamin Nykiel | Ice Works SC / Bowie FSC | 90.63 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 |
Grace Lee Sells / Robert Cuthbertson | Stars FSC of Texas / Stars FSC of Texas | 82.47 | 10 | 10 | 11 |
| 11 |
Hayley SooHoo / Brett Ryan | Los Angeles FSC / San Diego FSC | 80.85 | 11 | 11 | 10 |
International team selections
World team
Four Continents team
World Junior team
References
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