The 2017 Prudential
U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The U.S. Figure Skating Championships are an annual figure skating competition organized by U.S. Figure Skating to crown the national champions of the United States. The first U.S. Championships were held in 1914 in New Haven, Connecticut, a ...
were held from January 14–22 at the Sprint Center in
Kansas City, Missouri
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and Silverstein Eye Centers Arena in
Independence, Missouri
Independence is a city in and one of two county seats of Jackson County, Missouri, United States. It is a satellite city of Kansas City, Missouri, and is the largest suburb on the Missouri side of the Kansas City metropolitan area. In 2020 Unite ...
.
[ 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 ...
, and ice dancing
Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. A ...
at the senior, junior, novice, intermediate, and juvenile levels. The results were part of the U.S. selection criteria for the 2017 Four Continents, 2017 World Junior Championships, and the 2017 World Championships.
Kansas City was announced as the host in December 2015.[
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Qualifying
Competitors qualified at regional and sectional competitions held from October to November 2016 or earned a bye.
In November 2016, 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 a ...
published the list of skaters who had qualified or received a bye to the 2017 U.S. Championships.[ A number of skaters later withdrew, including ]Adam Rippon
Adam Richard Rippon (born November 11, 1989) is a retired American competitive Figure skating, figure skater and media personality. He is the Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Team event, 2018 Olympic bronze medalist in the team eve ...
, Polina Edmunds
Polina Edmunds Bast (born May 18, 1998) is a retired American figure skater. She is the 2015 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, 2015 Four Continents champion, the 2014 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic, 2014 CS U.S. Classi ...
,[ ]Alexa Scimeca Knierim
Alexa Paige Knierim ( Scimeca; born June 10, 1991) is an American former competitive pair skater. With her skating partner, Brandon Frazier, she is the 2022 World champion, the 2023 World silver medalist, a 2022 Olympic gold medalist in the ...
/ Chris Knierim
Christopher Knierim (born November 5, 1987) is an American former pair skater. With his wife, Alexa Scimeca Knierim, he is a 2018 Olympic bronze medalist in the figure skating team event, a two-time Four Continents medalist ( 2016 silver, 2014 ...
,[ Caitlin Fields / Ernie Utah Stevens, and ]Jessica Calalang
Jessica Noelle Calalang (born February 24, 1995) is an American pair skater. With her current partner Brian Johnson (figure skater), Brian Johnson, she is a three-time U.S. Figure Skating Championships, U.S. national silver medalist (2020–22) an ...
/ Zack Sidhu.[
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Medal summary
Senior
Junior
Novice
Intermediate
Juvenile
Senior results
Senior men
Senior ladies
Senior pairs
Kayne/O'Shea withdrew due to a concussion. She hit her head while attempting a throw triple flip during the short program on January 19.[
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Senior ice dance
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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
According to a rule change made by 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 a ...
in autumn 2016 and approved in December, champions at the 2017 U.S. Championships no longer automatically qualify to the World Championships.[
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Four Continents
The team for the 2017 Four Continents Championships was announced on January 21 and 22, 2017.[
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World Junior Championships
The team for the 2017 World Junior Championships was announced on January 21 and 22, 2017.[
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World Championships
The team for the 2017 World Championships was announced on January 21 and 22, 2017.[
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References
http://www.usfigureskating.org/leaderboard/results/2017/24267/results.html
External links
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