The 2016 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 15–24 in

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at the Xcel Energy Center and Bloomington Ice Garden. 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 2016 Four Continents, 2016 World Junior Championships, and the 2016 World Championships. The host was announced in November 2012.

Qualifying

Competitors qualified at regional and sectional competitions held from October to November 2015. Following sectional competitions,

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 a list of skaters who had qualified or earned a bye. Skaters who subsequently withdrew included Jason Brown, Jordan Moeller,

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, ...

Richard Dornbush Richard Dornbush (born August 27, 1991) is a retired American former figure skater. He is the 2014 Lombardia Trophy champion, the 2010–11 Grand Prix Final champion, and the 2011 U.S. National silver medalist. Personal life Richard Dornbus ...

, and Lydia Erdman / Alexey Shchepetov.

Medal summary

Senior

Junior

Novice

Intermediate

Juvenile

Senior results

Senior men

Senior ladies

Senior pairs

Tarah Kayne /

Daniel O'Shea Daniel "Danny" O'Shea (born February 13, 1991) is an American pair skater. He currently competes with Ellie Kam. With Kam, he is the 2024 Four Continents bronze medalist, 2024 Skate America silver medalist, 2024 NHK Trophy bronze medalist, ...

won both segments to win their first national title by nearly 15 points, with a total score of 211.65 points. Defending champions Alexa Scimeca /

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 ...

earned silver with a total of 196.80 points. Marissa Castelli /

Mervin Tran Mervin Tran (born September 22, 1990) is a retired Canadian pair skater. Competing for Japan with former partner Narumi Takahashi, he is the 2012 World bronze medalist, the 2010 World Junior silver medalist, the 2010 JGP Final champion, and ...

placed third in both segments to earn bronze, and Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage maintained their fourth-place standing from the short to earn pewter.

Senior ice dance

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 overcame a 0.47 point deficit from the short dance to overtake defending champions

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 win their first senior national title.

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

Winter Youth Olympics

The team for the

2016 Winter Youth Olympics The 2016 Winter Youth Olympics (; ), officially known as the II Winter Youth Olympic Games, took place in and around Lillehammer, Norway, from 12 to 21 February 2016. They were the fourth Youth Olympic Games and the second winter edition. Lilleha ...

was announced in October 2015.

Four Continents

The team for the 2016 Four Continents Championships was announced on January 24, 2016.

World Junior Championships

The team for the 2016 World Junior Championships was announced on January 24, 2016.

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 ...

withdrew due to injury and was replaced by first alternate

Tomoki Hiwatashi Tomoki Richard Hiwatashi (born January 20, 2000) is an American figure skater. He is the 2018 CS Inge Solar Memorial – Alpen Trophy, 2018 Alpen Trophy bronze medalist and a two-time 2019 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, U.S. national medalist ...

World Championships

The team for the 2016 World Championships was announced on January 24, 2016.

withdrew due to injury and was replaced by first alternate

Grant Hochstein Grant Hochstein (born July 16, 1990) is an American former figure skater. He is the 2016 CS Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist and a two-time U.S. national pewter medalist (2016, 2017). He has finished in the top ten at three ISU Championships, i ...

. On March 23, it was announced that

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 ...

withdrew due to an injury and first alternate,

Mirai Nagasu is an American former competitive Figure skating, figure skater. She is a Figure skating at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Team event, 2018 Olympic Games team event bronze medalist, three-time Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, Four Co ...

will replace her.

References

External links

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