2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
| 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | National championship |
| Date: | January 20 – 26 |
| Season: | 2024–25 |
| Location: | Wichita, Kansas |
| Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
| Venue: | Intrust Bank Arena |
| Previous: 2024 U.S. Championships | |
| Next: 2026 U.S. Championships | |
The 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships will be held January 20-26, 2025, at the Intrust Bank Arena in Wichita, Kansas.[1] Medals will be awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels. The results will be part of the U.S. selection criteria for the 2025 Four Continents Championships, 2025 World Championships, and 2025 World Junior Championships.
Qualifying
[edit]Skaters qualified for the U.S. Championships by competing in the National Qualifying Series, a series of competitions that allowed skaters to qualify for Sectionals, U.S. Pairs Final, and U.S. Ice Dance Final in November.[2] Skaters could receive a bye to the finals through competing in at least one Grand Prix, Junior Grand Prix, or Challenger competition. Additional junior competitors could qualify through having won the 2024 U.S. Championships at the junior level. Additional senior competitors could qualify thorugh having won the 2024 sectional singles final at the senior level.
Advancement to U.S. Championships
[edit]Skaters advanced by either having a bye or competing at Singles Sectionals, U.S. Pairs, or U.S. Ice Dance Finals.
Senior skaters were eligible for a bye through meeting one of the following criteria:[3]
- Placing in the top five at the 2024 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
- Selection to the 2024 World Championships team
- Winning a medal at the 2022 Winter Olympics
- Qualifying for the same event at the Grand Prix Final or the Junior Grand Prix Final
- Competing at three international assignments classified as an ISU Grand Prix, ISU Junior Grand Prix, or ISU Challenger Series event
Junior skaters were eligible for a bye through meeting one of the following criteria:[3]
- Qualifying for the same event at the Junior Grand Prix Final
- Competing at three international assignments classified as an ISU Junior Grand Prix or ISU Challenger Series event
If the number of athletes with three international competitions from the approved competition list exceeded the number of available byes, byes were awarded based on the highest to lowest total score in the following order of importance:
There was a minimum required Technical Element Score for all athletes to compete.
After accounting for all byes, the top placements from Singles Sectionals, U.S. Pairs, or U.S. Ice Dance Finals were then used until the maximum number of competitors for each event was met.
Seniors
[edit]Singles
[edit]Singles skaters could advance to the U.S. Championships in the following ways:
- Receiving a bye
- Having one of the top two total combined scores from each section in the Sectional Singles Final
- Having the next-best score nationwide in the Sectional Singles Final until the maximum was met
There were a maximum of 18 spots.
Pairs
[edit]Pairs could advance to the U.S. Championships in the following ways:
- Receiving a bye
- Having one of the top placements at the U.S. Pairs Final until the maximum was met
There were a maximum of 12 spots.
Ice dance
[edit]Ice dance teams could advance to the U.S. Championships in the following ways:
- Receiving a bye
- Having one of the top placements at the U.S. Ice Dance Final until the maximum was met
There were a maximum of 15 spots.
Juniors
[edit]Singles
[edit]Singles skaters could advance to the U.S. Championships in the following ways:
- Receiving a bye
- Having one of the top four total combined scores from each section in the Sectional Singles Final
- Having one of the top two total combined novice scores from each section in the Sectional Singles Final
There were a maximum of 18 spots.
Pairs
[edit]Pairs teams could advance to the U.S. Championships in the following ways:
- Receiving a bye
- Having one of the top eight total combined scores in the U.S. Pairs Final
There were a maximum of 8 spots.
Ice dance
[edit]Ice dance teams could advance to the U.S. Championships in the following ways:
- Receiving a bye
- Having one of the top ten total combined scores in the U.S. Ice Dance Final
There were a maximum of 10 spots.
Entries
[edit]U.S. Figure Skating published the official list of preliminary entries on November 25, 2024.[2]
Senior
[edit]Junior
[edit]| Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
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| Ryan William Azadpour | Sofia Bezkorovainaya |
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| Patrick Blackwell | Annika Chao |
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| Thomas Chen | Alayna Coats |
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| Lorenzo Elano | Ela Cui |
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| Sergei Evseev | Mia Iwase |
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| Aleksandr Fegan | Jiaying Ellyse Johnson |
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| Isaac Fulton | Jessica Jurka |
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| Kirk Haugeto | Hannah Kim |
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| Michael Jin | Teryn Kim |
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| Louis Mallane | Skylar Lautowa-Peguero |
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| Brendan Man | Emilia Nemirovsky | — |
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| Arsen Meghavoryan | Cleo Park |
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| Evan Neuhaus | Maria Platonova | — | |
| Jared Sedlis | Angela Shao | ||
| Alek Tankovic | Carina Tanabe | ||
| Vaclav Vasquez | Kaya Tiernan | ||
| Ethan Yan | Sophie Joline von Felten | ||
| David Zhao | Annabelle Wilkins |
References
[edit]- ^ "2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships". U.S. Figure Skating.
- ^ a b "2025 Prevagen U.S. Figure Skating Championships Lineup Announced". U.S. Figure Skating. November 25, 2024.
- ^ a b "2025 SINGLES, PAIRS AND ICE DANCE QUALIFYING SEASON ATHLETE BYE & ADVANCEMENT CRITERIA Lineup Announced" (PDF). U.S. Figure Skating.
External links
[edit]- [1] at SkatingScores.com