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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, and featured the men's, women's, and pairs events. They have been held without interruption since 1920. Ice dance was added as an event in 1936.
Skaters may qualify for the national championships by competing at either the Pacific Coast Sectional Finals, Eastern Sectional Finals, Midwestern Sectional Finals, U.S. Ice Dance Finals, or U.S. Pairs Finals. Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior and junior levels. The results of the competition are among the criteria used to determine the American teams to the World Championships, World Junior Championships, Four Continents Championships, and Winter Olympics.
Dick Button and Roger Turner are tied for winning the most U.S. championships in men's singles (with seven each), while Maribel Vinson and Michelle Kwan are tied for winning the most championships in women's singles (with nine each). Theresa Weld-Blanchard and Nathaniel Niles hold the record in pair skating (with nine), while Meryl Davis and Charlie White, and Madison Chock and Evan Bates, are tied for winning the most championships in ice dance (with six each).
The inaugural championship took place in 1914 in New Haven, Connecticut, and was contested by skaters from both the United States and Canada. Norman Scott of Canada won the men's event as well as the pairs event with his partner, Jeanne Chevalier. Theresa Weld of the United States won the women's event. No competitions were held from 1915 to 1917 due to World War I and again in 1919. The championships returned in 1920 and have been held continuously since.
Men's singles, women's singles, and pair skating have been contested since the championships began. Ice dance was added in 1936, incorporating the waltz, fourteenstep, tango, and foxtrot. A live orchestra provided the music.
There were no full cancellations of the championships due to World War II as there had been during World War I; only the senior men's events were cancelled in 1944 and 1945, because all but one of the skaters who would have competed had enlisted in the military. Arthur Preusch II, the only remaining senior men's competitor, instead performed in exhibition.
Roughly two weeks after the 1961 U.S. Championships, the airplane carrying most of the U.S. national team to the World Championships in Prague crashed while on approach to Brussels Airport in Belgium. All passengers on board Sabena Flight 548 were killed, including all of the recently crowned U.S. champions: men's champion Bradley Lord, women's champion Laurence Owen, pairs champions Maribel Owen and Dudley Richards, and ice dance champions Diane Sherbloom and Larry Pierce. Nine-time U.S. champion and coach Maribel Vinson-Owen, mother of both Laurence and Maribel, was on the flight as well. Also killed were men's silver medalist Gregory Kelley, women's silver medalist Stephanie Westerfeld, women's bronze medalist Rhode Lee Michelson, pairs silver medalists Ila Ray Hadley and Ray Hadley Jr., pairs bronze medalists Laurie Hickox and William Hickox, ice dance silver medalists Dona Lee Carrier and Roger Campbell, and ice dance bronze medalists Patricia Dineen and Robert Dineen, in addition to fourteen family members, coaches, and skating officials who were accompanying the team. Out of respect, the 1961 World Championships were cancelled the next day.
Beginning with the 1988 U.S. Championships, pewter medals have been awarded to the fourth-place finishers in each event. Compulsory figures, which had been a required element of men's and women's single skating since the championships began, were retired after the 1990 U.S. Championships, although they continued as a separate event for men and women from 1991 to 1999, when they were retired altogether.
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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, and featured the men's, women's, and pairs events. They have been held without interruption since 1920. Ice dance was added as an event in 1936.
Skaters may qualify for the national championships by competing at either the Pacific Coast Sectional Finals, Eastern Sectional Finals, Midwestern Sectional Finals, U.S. Ice Dance Finals, or U.S. Pairs Finals. Medals are awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior and junior levels. The results of the competition are among the criteria used to determine the American teams to the World Championships, World Junior Championships, Four Continents Championships, and Winter Olympics.
Dick Button and Roger Turner are tied for winning the most U.S. championships in men's singles (with seven each), while Maribel Vinson and Michelle Kwan are tied for winning the most championships in women's singles (with nine each). Theresa Weld-Blanchard and Nathaniel Niles hold the record in pair skating (with nine), while Meryl Davis and Charlie White, and Madison Chock and Evan Bates, are tied for winning the most championships in ice dance (with six each).
The inaugural championship took place in 1914 in New Haven, Connecticut, and was contested by skaters from both the United States and Canada. Norman Scott of Canada won the men's event as well as the pairs event with his partner, Jeanne Chevalier. Theresa Weld of the United States won the women's event. No competitions were held from 1915 to 1917 due to World War I and again in 1919. The championships returned in 1920 and have been held continuously since.
Men's singles, women's singles, and pair skating have been contested since the championships began. Ice dance was added in 1936, incorporating the waltz, fourteenstep, tango, and foxtrot. A live orchestra provided the music.
There were no full cancellations of the championships due to World War II as there had been during World War I; only the senior men's events were cancelled in 1944 and 1945, because all but one of the skaters who would have competed had enlisted in the military. Arthur Preusch II, the only remaining senior men's competitor, instead performed in exhibition.
Roughly two weeks after the 1961 U.S. Championships, the airplane carrying most of the U.S. national team to the World Championships in Prague crashed while on approach to Brussels Airport in Belgium. All passengers on board Sabena Flight 548 were killed, including all of the recently crowned U.S. champions: men's champion Bradley Lord, women's champion Laurence Owen, pairs champions Maribel Owen and Dudley Richards, and ice dance champions Diane Sherbloom and Larry Pierce. Nine-time U.S. champion and coach Maribel Vinson-Owen, mother of both Laurence and Maribel, was on the flight as well. Also killed were men's silver medalist Gregory Kelley, women's silver medalist Stephanie Westerfeld, women's bronze medalist Rhode Lee Michelson, pairs silver medalists Ila Ray Hadley and Ray Hadley Jr., pairs bronze medalists Laurie Hickox and William Hickox, ice dance silver medalists Dona Lee Carrier and Roger Campbell, and ice dance bronze medalists Patricia Dineen and Robert Dineen, in addition to fourteen family members, coaches, and skating officials who were accompanying the team. Out of respect, the 1961 World Championships were cancelled the next day.
Beginning with the 1988 U.S. Championships, pewter medals have been awarded to the fourth-place finishers in each event. Compulsory figures, which had been a required element of men's and women's single skating since the championships began, were retired after the 1990 U.S. Championships, although they continued as a separate event for men and women from 1991 to 1999, when they were retired altogether.