Figure skating competition
The 1997 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place between February 8 and February 16, 1997, in Nashville, Tennessee . The primary venue was the Nashville Arena and the secondary was the Nashville Municipal Auditorium . Skaters competed in five disciplines across three levels. The disciplines of the competition were men's singles, ladies' singles , pair skating , ice dancing , and compulsory figures . The levels of competition were Senior, Junior, and Novice. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth). In the figures event, the novice competitors skated one figure, and the juniors and seniors skated three.
The event served to help choose the U.S. team to the 1997 World Championships . The 1997 World Junior Championships had been held prior to the national championships and so the World Junior Championships team had been chosen at a World Juniors selection competition earlier in the year.
Senior results
Men
Michael Weiss attempted to become the first American to land the quad toe loop and was initially believed to have been successful but three hours after the competition, U.S. Figure Skating ruled the jump had been two-footed and did not ratify it.[1] [2]
Ladies
World Champion Michelle Kwan was the frontrunner but had a free skating where she fell twice and landed three clean triples. Lipinski won the title and became the youngest U.S. ladies' champion, ahead of Sonya Klopfer who won the title in 1951 at the age of 15.[3] [2] She also performed the first triple loop-triple loop combo ever in her free skating.[3]
Rank
Name
Club
TFP
SP
FS
1
Tara Lipinski
Detroit SC
2.0
2
1
2
Michelle Kwan
Los Angeles FSC
3.5
1
3
3
Nicole Bobek
Los Angeles FSC
5.0
6
2
4
Angela Nikodinov
All Year FSC
6.5
5
4
5
Amber Corwin
All Year FSC
7.0
4
5
6
Tonia Kwiatkowski
Winterhurst FSC
7.5
3
6
7
Karen Kwan
Boston University
10.5
7
7
8
Shelby Lyons
Broadmoor SC
12.0
8
8
9
Lisa Bell
Broadmoor SC
13.5
9
9
10
Alizah Allen
The SC of New York
15.0
10
10
11
Kyoko Ina
The SC of New York
17.5
11
12
12
Brittney McConn
Atlanta FSC
18.0
14
11
13
Erin Sutton
Detroit SC
20.0
12
14
14
Lindsey Page
St. Clair Shores FSC
20.5
15
13
15
Serena Phillips
St. Moritz ISC
22.5
13
16
16
Kathaleen Kelly Cutone
Colonial FSC
23.5
17
15
17
Amy D'Entremont
Colonial FSC
25.0
16
17
18
Robyn Petroskey
Broadmoor SC
27.0
18
18
19
Diane Halber
Los Angeles FSC
29.0
20
19
20
Jacqie Turner
Arctic Blades FSC
29.5
19
20
WD
Sydne Vogel
Broadmoor SC
Pairs
Ice dancing
Rank
Name
Club
TFP
CD1
CD2
OD
FD
1
Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow
Detroit SC
2.0
1
1
1
1
2
Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates
Detroit SC
4.0
2
2
2
2
3
Kate Robinson / Peter Breen
Detroit SC / Broadmoor SC
6.2
4
3
3
3
4
Amy Webster / Ron Kravette
SC of Boston
8.6
3
5
5
4
5
Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev
Detroit SC / SC of Lake Placid
9.2
5
4
4
5
6
Deborah Koegel / Oleg Fediukov
Charter Oak FSC / Colonial FSC
12.0
6
6
6
6
7
Tami Tyler / Jonathan Nichols
Palomares FSC / Univ of Delaware FSC
14.6
9
8
7
7
8
Cheryl Demkowski / Greg Maddalone
Peninsula FSC / Univ of Delaware FSC
15.6
7
7
8
8
9
Margot Contois / Robert Peal
Univ of Delaware FSC / Skokie Valley SC
17.8
8
9
9
9
10
Beata Handra / Charles Sinek
St. Moritz ISC
20.4
11
11
10
10
11
Julia Bikbova / James Swanson
Skokie Valley SC / Univ of Delaware FSC
22.0
10
12
11
11
12
Felita Yost Carr / Alexei Komarov
Los Angeles FSC / Babson FSC
24.8
12
13
13
12
13
Jayna Cronin / Kurt Dreger
Winter Club - Indianapolis / Univ of Delaware FSC
25.8
13
10
12
14
14
Dawn Ponte / Paul Frey
Los Angeles FSC / SC of Boston
27.0
14
14
14
13
Junior results
Men
Rank
Name
Club
TFP
SP
FS
1
Matt Savoie
Illinois Valley FSC
1.5
1
1
2
Justin Dillon
St. Moritz ISC
4.0
4
2
3
Michael Edgren
Tampa Bay SC
6.0
2
5
4
Kurt Fromknecht
Winterhurst FSC
6.5
5
4
5
Ryan Jahnke
St. Clair Shores FSC
7.0
8
3
6
Braden Overett
Denver FSC
7.5
3
6
7
Joshua Figurido
SC of Boston
11.5
7
8
8
Peter St. Germaine
Ind/World Sk Acad FS
12.0
10
7
9
Dwayne Parker
Gardens FSC of MD
15.0
12
9
10
Robert Brathwaite
All Year FSC
15.0
6
12
11
Jonathan Keen
Los Angeles FSC
15.5
9
11
12
James Yoo
Colorado SC
17.0
14
10
13
Everett Weiss
Los Angeles FSC
19.5
13
13
14
Robert Schupp
FSC of Erie
19.5
11
14
Ladies
Rank
Name
Club
TFP
SP
FS
1
Andrea Gardiner
Houston FSC
2.0
2
1
2
Erin Pearl
SC of Maine
2.5
1
2
3
Morgan Rowe
Yarmouth Ice Club
5.0
4
3
4
J. J. Matthews
Anchorage FSC
7.5
7
4
5
Jenni Tew
Winterhurst FSC
7.5
3
6
6
Lindsey Weber
Detroit SC
9.5
9
5
7
Laura Handy
Univ of Delaware FSC
11.0
8
7
8
Cohen Duncan
Los Angeles FSC
11.0
6
8
9
Kristen Treni
Jamestown SC
12.5
5
10
10
Elizabeth O'Donnell
Los Angeles FSC
15.5
13
9
11
Sarah Call
FSC of Bloomington
16.0
10
11
12
Mika Kadona
Los Angeles FSC
18.0
12
12
13
Alexandrea Shybut
Ind/World Sk Acad FSC
19.5
11
13
Pairs
Rank
Name
Club
TFP
SP
FS
1
Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler
Los Angeles FSC
2.0
2
1
2
Katie Barnhart / Charles Bernard
Huntsville FSC
2.5
1
2
3
Tiffany Scott / Philip Dulebohn
Colonial FSC / Univ of Delaware FSC
4.5
3
3
4
Laura Handy / James Peterson
Univ of Delaware FSC / Lakewood Winter Club
6.0
4
4
5
Christina Connally / Arnold Myint
Nashville FSC
9.0
8
5
6
Rebecca Erb / Joel Vinson
St. Moritz ISC / Peninsula FSC
9.5
7
6
7
Lisa Weitzman / Marc Weitzman
Broadmoor SC / Cantiague FSC
11.0
6
8
8
Carissa Guild / Andrew Muldoon
Philadelphia SC & HS / Univ of Delaware FSC
11.5
9
7
9
Heather Allebach / Matthew Evers
Univ of Delaware FSC / Red River Valley FSC
11.5
5
9
10
Anne MacWilliams / Josiah Modes
Tampa Bay SC
15.0
10
10
11
Jessica Miller / Kevin Garrett
Queen City FSC / Utah FSC
16.5
11
11
12
Kelly Peterman / Matthew Stuart
St. Moritz ISC / Peninsula FSC
19.0
14
12
13
Alexis Nolte / John Gerth
Lakewood Winter Club / Nashville FSC
19.0
12
13
14
Whitney Gaynor / David Delago
Peninsula FSC / St. Moritz ISC
20.5
13
14
Ice dancing
Rank
Name
Club
TFP
CD1
CD2
OD
FD
1
Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler
Detroit SC
2.0
1
1
1
1
2
Kerrie O'Donnell / Brandon Forsyth
Colonial FSC
4.0
2
2
2
2
3
Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek
Detroit SC
6.0
3
3
3
3
4
Melissa Gregory / James Shuford
Broadmoor SC / Skokie Valley SC
8.0
4
4
4
4
5
Crystal Beckerdite / Raphael Kelling
Palomares FSC / Broadmoor SC
10.2
5
6
5
5
6
Susanna Stapleford / Vincent VanVliet
Univ of Delaware FSC
12.8
6
5
6
7
7
Elizabeth Philpot / Nicholas Hart
Dallas FSC
15.0
9
7
7
6
8
Cerise Henzes / Walter Lang, IV
SC of Boston / Los Angeles FSC
16.8
8
9
9
8
9
Shannon Simon / Jason Simon
SC of Mt. Lebanon / Peninsula FSC
16.8
7
8
8
9
10
Tiffany Hyden / Jonathan Magalnick
Broadmoor SC / Arizona FSC
20.2
10
11
10
10
11
Jennifer Sejnowski / Richard Brown
Detroit SC
23.2
12
13
12
11
12
Alyssa Hicks / Edmund Hollis
Seattle SC
24.8
13
12
13
12
13
Tara Modlin / Dmitri Boundoiukin
Metropolitan FSC / SC of Lake Placid
27.0
14
14
14
13
WD
Mollie Klurfeld / Martin Sivorinovsky
Univ of Delaware FSC / Peninsula FSC
11
10
11
Novice results
Men
Rank
Name
TFP
SP
FS
1
Daniel Lee
1.5
1
1
2
Simeon Hanks
4.0
2
2
3
William Rasmussen
6.0
6
3
4
Amir Ganaba
6.0
4
4
5
Rohene Ward
7.5
3
6
6
Scott Smith
7.5
7
5
7
Ryan Bradley
9.5
5
7
8
Matthew Bohannan
13.5
8
9
9
Kirk Forbes
14.0
12
8
10
Jonathon Hunt
14.5
9
10
11
Joseph Walsh
16.5
11
11
12
C. Fitzhugh Middleton
17.0
10
12
Ladies
Rank
Name
TFP
SP
FS
1
Naomi Nari Nam
1.5
1
1
2
Lisa Nesuda
4.0
4
2
3
Ann Patrice McDonough
4.5
3
3
4
Kimberly Kilby
5.0
2
4
5
Jennifer Markham
9.0
6
6
6
Stacey Pensgen
9.5
9
5
7
Jacqueline Hernandez
10.5
7
7
8
Lindsay Sherp
10.5
5
8
9
Abigail Gleeson
14.0
10
9
10
Adrienne Luoma
16.0
12
10
11
Jessica Stewart
16.0
8
12
12
April Hillel
16.5
11
11
Pairs
Rank
Name
TFP
SP
FS
1
Stephanie Kalesavich / Amaan Archer
1.5
1
1
2
Jaisa-Summer MacAdam / Garrett Lucash
4.0
4
2
3
Megan Sierk / Dustin Sierk
4.5
3
3
4
Carey Floyd / David Tankersley
5.0
2
4
5
Lisa Bright / Jason Robertson
7.5
5
5
6
Emily Morgan / Justin Cogley
9.0
6
6
7
Bonnie Moen / James Bonnie
10.5
7
7
8
Jessica Waldstein / Everett Weiss
12.0
8
8
9
Amy Wiseley / L. Jason Heffron
14.0
10
9
10
Jessica Hunt / Jonathon Hunt
15.5
9
11
11
Julia Glovack / Patrick McCarthey
16.0
12
10
12
Sima Ganaba / Amir Ganaba
17.5
11
12
13
Laura Munana / Luke Munana
19.5
13
13
Ice dancing
Rank
Name
CD1
CD2
CD3
FD
1
Jessica Valentine / Matthew Kossack
1
1
1
1
2
Alison Mewman / Joshua Abrahams
4
3
4
2
3
Katy Hill / Benjamin Agosto
3
2
3
3
4
Katherine Jorck / Matthew Healy
2
4
2
5
5
Anna Berry / Christopher Hayes
5
6
5
4
6
Sarah Thebaud / Russell Thebaud
6
5
7
6
7
Megan Papier / Dirk Peterson
7
9
6
7
8
Sarah Bickford / Owen Swift
8
8
9
8
9
Kristyn Starr / Nick Traxler
9
7
11
9
10
Carrie O'Connor / Paul Kimzey
10
12
12
10
11
Sarah Alesafar / John Wagner
11
11
10
11
12
Michelle Orban / Brice Porter
12
10
8
12
Figures results
Senior men
Rank
Name
CF1
CF2
CF3
1
Everett Weiss
1
1
1
2
Robert Shmalo
2
2
2
Senior ladies
Rank
Name
CF1
CF2
CF3
1
Melanie Dupon
1
1
1
2
McKenzie Savidge
3
3
3
3
Sarah Devereaux
4
4
4
4
Brandy Biddle
2
5
6
5
Elizabeth Handley
5
2
9
5
Cassy Papajohn
6
8
2
7
Jaime Clark
7
6
8
8
Katy Jarvela
8
7
7
9
Heather Higgins
11
9
5
10
Lynne Petta
12
11
10
10
Jessica Rubin
9
12
12
12
Christine Maze
13
10
11
13
Susan Blaisdell
10
13
13
Junior men
Rank
Name
CF1
CF2
CF3
1
Scott Sarbacker
1
3
1
2
Christopher Mattern
2
1
4
3
Colin Bennett
4
2
2
4
Scott Sheets
3
4
3
Junior ladies
Rank
Name
CF1
CF2
CF3
1
Cammi Bruns
2
1
1
2
Emily Best
3
4
2
3
Jessica Vieth
4
4
4
4
Heather Lee
1
3
12
5
Whitney Luke
9
2
9
6
Kelley Young
7
8
6
7
Josselyn Baumgartner
14
6
3
7
Jessica Koslow
6
10
7
9
Stephanie Schrag
10
9
5
10
Wendy Mangum
8
7
10
11
Erika Grigg
11
11
8
12
April Jackson
5
12
14
13
Nicole Buckles
12
14
11
14
Amy Thompson
13
13
13
Novice men
Rank
Name
1
David Fisch
2
Dan Kuhn
3
Christopher Young
Novice ladies
Rank
Name
1
Kharen Kloeffler
2
Lauren Hill
3
Kristin Griffitts
4
Alicia Towns
5
Danielle Piro
6
Lauren Rider
7
Megan O'Brien
8
Vinita Huddleston
9
Emily Brown
10
Jodi Hebenton
11
Kristen Scheu
12
Emily Bobel
References
^ Penner, Mike (February 16, 1997). "All Quarrel, No Quad in Nashville" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved November 1, 2011 .
^ a b Longman, Jere (February 16, 1997). "Kwan's Slips Open Door For a Younger Champion" . The New York Times . Retrieved October 31, 2011 .
^ a b Swift, E.M. (February 24, 1997). "Kid Stuff" . Sports Illustrated . Retrieved November 1, 2011 .
External links
1996–97 figure skating season
ISU Championships ISU Grand Prix Senior Internationals National Championships
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