The 2013 U.S. Figure Skating Championships was the national figure skating championships of the United States for the 2012–13 season. The event was held at the CenturyLink Center Omaha in

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on January 19–27, 2013. 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 and novice levels. For the first time, the event was expanded to include juvenile and intermediate level competitions, previously held at a separate event. The results are part of the U.S. selection criteria for the 2013 World Junior Championships, 2013 Four Continents Championships and 2013 World Championships.

Overview

The 2013 event was the second time that Omaha hosted the U.S. Championships. Competitors qualified at the

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, or Pacific Coast Sectional Championships or earned a bye. Defending champion

Jeremy Abbott Jeremy Abbott (born June 5, 1985) is a former American Figure skating, figure skater. He is the 2008 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final, Grand Prix Final champion, a two-time (2007, 2011) Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Four Conti ...

won the men's short program, with

Ross Miner Ross Miner (born January 24, 1991) is an American skating coach and retired competitive figure skater. He is the 2012 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Four Continents bronze medalist, 2009 ISU Junior Grand Prix, JGP Final bronze med ...

in second and

Joshua Farris Joshua Farris (born January 6, 1995) is a retired American competitive figure skater. He is the 2015 Four Continents silver medalist, the 2013 World Junior Championship gold medalist, a two-time Junior Grand Prix Final medalist (silver in 2012, ...

in third.

Max Aaron Maxwell Theodore "Max" Aaron (born February 25, 1992) is an American former figure skater. He is the 2013 U.S. national champion, the 2015 Skate America champion, the 2011 U.S. national junior champion, and a three-time U.S. International Cl ...

placed first in the free skate, Miner was second, and Abbott third. Aaron won gold, his first senior national medal, Miner took silver, Abbott the bronze, and Farris the pewter medal. Defending champion

Ashley Wagner Ashley Elisabeth Wagner (born May 16, 1991) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2016 World Figure Skating Championships, 2016 World silver medalist, a Figure skating at the 2014 Winter Olympics, 2014 Olympic bronze medali ...

was first in the ladies' short program, followed by

Agnes Zawadzki Agnes Elizabeth Zawadzki (born July 31, 1994) is an American former competitive figure skater. She is the 2012 Cup of Russia, Rostelecom Cup bronze medalist and a two-time U.S. Figure Skating Championships, U.S. national bronze medalist (2012 U.S ...

and

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. Gracie Gold won the long program and rose from 9th to claim the silver medal, while Wagner was second in the segment but first overall and won her second national title. Bronze medalist Zawadzki's combined score kept her on the podium and Courtney Hicks took the pewter medal. None of the top three partnerships from 2012 competed in the pairs event, Denney / Coughlin being absent due to Coughlin's surgery and the other two pairs having split. Longtime pair Marissa Castelli / Simon Shnapir won the short program ahead of relatively new teams Felicia Zhang / Nathan Bartholomay and Alexa Scimeca / Christopher Knierim. Castelli / Shnapir were third in the free skate but remained first in the overall standings and took their first national title, while silver went to Scimeca / Knierim and bronze to Zhang / Bartholomay. Defending champions Meryl Davis / Charlie White were first in the short dance ahead of

Madison Chock Madison La'akea Te-Lan Hall Chock (born July 2, 1992) is an American ice dancer. Together with her husband and skating partner Evan Bates, she is a 2022 Olympic gold medalist in the team event, a three-time World champion (2023, 2024 and 2025), ...

Evan Bates Evan Bates (born February 23, 1989) is an American ice dancer. With his wife and skating partner, Madison Chock, he is the 2022 Olympic gold medalist in the Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Team event, team event, a three-time World ...

and

Maia Shibutani Maia Harumi Shibutani (born July 20, 1994) is an American ice dancer. Partnered with her brother Alex Shibutani, she is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist (2018), a three-time World medalist (silver in 2016, bronze in 2011 and 2017), the 2016 F ...

/ Alex Shibutani. The standings were the same in the free dance. Davis / White won their fifth national title, Chock / Bates took silver, their first time on the podium as a team, the Shibutanis settled for bronze, and Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue took the pewter medal. Vincent Zhou, Shotaro Omori,

Nathan Chen Nathan Wei Chen (born May 5, 1999) is an American figure skating, figure skater. He is the Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's singles, 2022 Olympic champion, a three-time World Figure Skating Championships#Men, World champion ...

, and Jimmy Ma were the medalists in the junior men's event. Polina Edmunds, Mariah Bell, Barbie Long, and Karen Chen were the junior ladies' medalists. Britney Simpson / Matthew Blackmer, Jessica Calalang / Zack Sidhu, Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage, and Chelsea Liu / Devin Perini were the junior pairs' medalists. Alexandra Aldridge / Daniel Eaton, Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker, Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter, and Holly Moore / Daniel Klaber were the medalists in the junior ice dancing event. Attendance was 90,760.

Senior results

Senior men

Senior ladies

Senior pairs

Senior ice dancing

Junior results

Junior men

Junior ladies

Junior pairs

Junior ice dancing

International assignments

U.S. Figure Skating announced international assignments on January 27, 2013.

Four Continents Championships

World Junior Championships

World Championships

References

External links

2013 United States Figure Skating Championships results
at U.S. Figure Skating {{DEFAULTSORT:United States Figure Skating Championships 2013

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