1998 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

The 1998 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place on January 4–11, 1998 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 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).

1998 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Type:National Championship
Date:January 4 – 11
Season:1997–98
Location:Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Venue:CoreStates Center
Champions
Men's singles:
Todd Eldredge
Ladies' singles:
Michelle Kwan
Pairs:
Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen
Ice dance:
Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow
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The event served to help choose the U.S. teams to the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 1998 World Championships. The 1998 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.

This was the penultimate year of compulsory figures being competed at the U.S. Championships. The novice competitors skated one figure, the juniors and seniors skated three.

Competition notes

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Senior results

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In his winning free skating, Eldredge attempted but fell on a quad toe loop attempt.[4]

Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Todd Eldredge 1.5 1 1
2 Michael Weiss 3.0 2 2
3 Scott Davis 4.5 3 3
4 Shepherd Clark 6.0 4 4
5 Derrick Delmore 9.5 9 5
6 Dan Hollander 9.5 7 6
7 Trifun Zivanovic 11.5 5 9
8 Ryan Jahnke 13.5 11 8
9 Michael Chack 14.0 14 7
10 Matthew Kessinger 16.0 10 11
11 Matthew Savoie 16.5 13 10
12 John Baldwin 17.0 8 13
13 Jere Michael 18.0 12 12
14 Jeff Merica 22.0 16 14
15 Eric Bohnstedt 22.5 15 15
16 Brian Buetsch 25.0 18 16
17 Michael Edgren 25.5 17 17
WD Timothy Goebel 6

Ladies

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Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Michelle Kwan 1.5 1 1
2 Tara Lipinski 4.0 4 2
3 Nicole Bobek 4.0 2 3
4 Tonia Kwiatkowski 6.5 3 5
5 Angela Nikodinov 7.0 6 4
6 Amber Corwin 9.5 5 7
7 Brittney McConn 10.0 8 6
8 Andrea Gardiner 10.5 7 7
9 Sydne Vogel 13.5 9 9
10 Shelby Lyons 15.0 10 10
11 Sarah Devereaux 17.0 12 11
12 Morgan Rowe 19.5 15 12
13 Stacey Pensgen 19.5 13 13
14 Emily Freedman 19.5 11 14
15 Lindsay Page 22.0 14 15
16 Amy Evidente 24.5 17 16
17 Christine Kong 25.0 16 17
WD Alice Sue Claeys

Pairs

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Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen 1.5 1 1
2 Shelby Lyons / Brian Wells 3.5 3 2
3 Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell 5.5 5 3
4 Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler 7.5 7 4
5 Natalie Vlandis / Jered Guzman 8.0 6 5
6 Laura Handy / J. Paul Binnebose 8.0 4 6
7 Katie Barnhart / Charles Bernard 11.0 8 7
8 Tiffany Scott / Philip Dulebohn 13.0 10 8
9 Naomi Grabow / Benjamin Oberman 13.5 9 9
10 Christine Moxley / Jeffrey Weiss 15.5 11 10
11 Stephanie Woodman / James Peterson 18.0 14 11
12 Sara Ward / Bert Cording 18.5 13 12
13 Ilana Goldfogel / Erik Schultz 19.0 12 13
WD Jenni Meno / Todd Sand 2

Ice dancing

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Rank Name TFP CD1 CD2 OD FD
1 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow 2.0 1 1 1 1
2 Jessica Joseph / Charles Butler 4.4 3 3 2 2
3 Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev 6.6 2 2 3 4
4 Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates 7.0 4 4 4 3
5 Kate Robinson / Peter Breen 10.0 5 5 5 5
6 Deborah Koegel / Oleg Fediukov 12.0 6 6 6 6
7 Julia Bikbova / John Lee 14.0 7 7 7 7
8 Beata Handra / Charles Sinek 16.0 8 8 8 8
9 Azumi Sagara / Jonathan Magalnick 18.8 11 11 9 9
10 Leslie Soderberg / David Lipowitz 20.4 9 10 11 10
11 Elizabeth Buhl / Augustine DiBella 20.8 10 9 10 11
12 Jayna Cronin / Yovanny Durango 25.0 12 12 12 13
13 Tiffany Hyden / Paul Frey 25.2 14 13 13 12
14 Rebecca DeWitt / Marc Fenczak 28.2 15 14 14 14
WD Tami Tyler / Thomas Gaasbeck 13

Junior results

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Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Scott Smith 1.5 1 1
2 Braden Overett 4.5 5 2
3 Kurt Fromknecht 4.5 3 3
4 Daniel Lee 6.0 4 4
5 Don Baldwin 6.0 2 5
6 Everett Weiss 9.0 6 6
7 Joshua Figurido 11.5 9 7
8 Eric Schroyer 12.0 8 8
9 Jonathan Keen 14.5 7 11
10 Jonathon Hunt 15.0 12 9
11 Robert Schupp 15.5 11 10
12 John Wagner 17.0 10 12

Ladies

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Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Sarah Hughes 1.5 1 1
2 Andrea R. Aggeler 4.0 4 2
3 Erin K. Pearl 4.5 3 3
4 Naomi Nari Nam 5.0 2 4
5 Susan K. Ng 7.5 5 5
6 Camie Doyle 9.5 7 6
7 Lisa Nesuda 11.0 8 7
8 Christine Frcka 12.5 9 8
9 Abigail L. Gleeson 14.5 11 9
10 Elizabeth O'Donnell 16.5 13 10
11 Adrienne M. Luoma 17.0 10 12
12 Kimberly A. Kilby 17.0 6 14
13 Christy Taylor 18.0 14 11
14 J. J. Matthews 19.0 12 13

Pairs

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Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Heather Allebach / Matthew Evers 3.0 4 1
2 Jaisa MacAdam / Garrett Lucash 3.5 3 2
3 Larisa Spielberg / Craig Joeright 3.5 1 3
4 Tiffany Sfikas / Josiah Modes 7.0 2 6
5 Stephanie Kalesavich / Amaan Archer 7.5 5 5
6 Carissa Guild / Andrew Muldoon 8.0 8 4
7 Megan Sierk / Dustin Sierk 11.5 7 8
8 Amy Brewster / Scott Omlor 12.5 11 7
9 Jessica Hunt / Jonathon Hunt 13.5 9 9
10 Whitney Gaynor / David Delago 15.0 10 10
11 Lisa Weitzman / Marc Weitzman 17.0 6 14
12 Jessica Miller / Kevin Garrett 17.5 13 11
13 Darby Gaynor / Robert Van Uitert 19.0 14 12
14 Brandi Seabol / Jason Robertson 19.0 12 13

Ice dancing

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Rank Name TFP CD1 CD2 OD FD
1 Melissa Gregory / James Shuford 2.4 2 2 1 1
2 Jamie Silverstein / Justin Pekarek 3.6 1 1 2 2
3 Crystal Beckerdite / Raphael Kelling 7.0 4 4 4 3
4 Cerise Henzes / Walter Lang 7.0 3 3 3 4
5 Alison Newman / Michel Klus 10.0 5 5 5 5
6 Katherin Jorck / Matthew Healy 13.2 6 6 8 6
7 Katy Hill / Benjamin Agosto 13.4 7 7 6 7
8 Anna Berry / Christopher Hayes 15.6 8 9 7 8
9 Jesica Valentine / Matthew Kossack 18.6 10 11 9 9
10 Kimberly Navarro / Nicholas Hart 21.2 11 12 11 10
11 Elizabeth Philpot / Dirk Peterson 23.6 12 10 12 12
12 Alyssa Hicks / Ty Cockrum 24.0 13 13 13 11
WD Shannon Simon / Jason Simon 9 8 10

Novice results

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Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Parker Pennington 1.5 1 1
2 Ryan Bradley 3.5 3 2
3 Johnny Weir 4.0 2 3
4 Nicholas LaRoche 6.0 4 4
5 Michael Villarreal 9.0 6 6
6 Matthew Bohannan 10.5 11 5
7 Matthew Wesenberg 13.0 12 7
8 Jordan Wilson 13.0 10 8
9 Benjamin Miller 13.0 8 9
10 Bradford Griffies 13.5 7 10
11 Joseph Cabral 13.5 5 11
12 Benny Wu 16.5 9 12

Ladies

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Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Elizabeth Kwon 2.5 3 1
2 Jennifer Markham 5.0 2 4
3 Jennifer Kirk 5.5 7 2
4 Sara Wheat 5.5 5 3
5 Kristen Adamczyk 7.5 1 7
6 Sasha Cohen 8.0 6 5
7 Carina Chen 8.0 4 6
8 Cara Morrissey 12.0 8 8
9 Jessica Stewart 14.0 10 9
10 Lindsey Berg 15.5 11 10
11 Rebecca Erb 16.5 9 12
12 Crystal Calayag 17.0 12 11

Pairs

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Rank Name TFP SP FS
1 Christine Jaszewski / Joshua Murphy 1.5 1 1
2 Emily Morgan / Justin Cogley 3.5 3 2
3 Jessica Waldstein / Devin Patrick 5.0 4 3
4 Katie Gadkowski / Derek Trent 6.0 2 5
5 Sima Ganaba / Amir Ganaba 6.5 5 4
6 Tiffany Vise / Ryan Bradley 10.0 8 6
7 Erin Rex / John Wagner 10.5 7 7
8 Amanda Ross / Michael McPherson 13.5 11 8
9 Lindsay Rogeness / Brian Rogeness 14.5 11 9
10 Krystan McCloy / Jack McCloy 15.0 10 10
11 Deborah Blinder / Anthony Gioia 15.0 6 12
12 Erica Christensen / David Gibbons 15.5 9 11

Ice dancing

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Rank Name TFP CD1 CD2 CD3 FD
1 Penny Schnering / Timothy Jones 6.0 1 1 1 1
2 Wendi Mangiagli / Andre LeBlanc 14.0 2 2 4 2
3 Kendra Goodwin / Paul Goldner 17.0 3 3 2 3
4 Kristyn Starr / Nick Traxler 29.0 6 8 3 4
5 Tara Esshaki / Rory McKendrick 29.0 4 4 6 5
6 Lydia Manon / Chris Obzansky 33.0 5 5 5 6
7 Laura Munana / Luke Munana 43.0 8 7 7 7
8 Caitlin Obremski / Brian Boissonneault 45.0 7 6 8 8
9 Carrie O'Connor / Paul Arthur Kimzey 57.0 11 9 10 9
10 Kakani Young / Ikaika Young 60.0 9 10 11 10
11 Allison Elenbaas / Eric Mirkin 66.0 12 12 9 11
12 Jann Napier / Michael Lewis 69.0 10 11 12 12

Figures results

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Senior

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Rank Name TFP Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3
1 Cassy Papajohn 3.0 1 1 1
2 Lynne Petta 10.0 2 2 6
3 Sarah Devereaux 11.0 4 4 3
4 Elizabeth Handley 12.0 7 3 2
5 Lisa A.F. Swain 14.0 5 5 4
6 April Jackson 20.0 3 10 7
7 Christine Maze 25.0 8 12 5
8 Jaime Clark 26.0 6 11 9
8 Jamie Walzer 26.0 9 9 8
10 Megan Raymond 27.0 10 6 11
11 Domenica Palandro 29.0 11 8 10
12 Heather Higgins 31.0 12 7 12

Junior

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Rank Name TFP Figure 1 Figure 2 Figure 3
1 Kharen Kloeffer 11.0 7 3 1
1 Brooke Pitman 11.0 3 1 7
3 J. Baumgartner 15.0 5 6 4
3 Alecia Moore 15.0 2 10 3
5 Erin White 16.0 1 9 6
6 Lauren Hill 17.0 4 2 11
7 Jessica Koslow 20.0 10 8 2
7 Amy Miyoshi 20.0 8 4 8
9 Miriam Gelfand 23.0 6 7 10
10 Tracy Dedrick 28.0 11 12 5
11 Olivia Baer 29.0 12 5 12
11 Sarah Stach 29.0 9 11 9
13 Mindy Rosen 39.0 13 13 13

Novice

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Rank Name J1 J2 J3 J4 J5 J6 J7 Maj TOM TO
1 Erin Elbe 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 7/1
2 Milissa Orr 3 2 4 4 3 3 2 5/3
3 Nicole Lemanski 3 2 2 3 6 11 4 4/3
4 Alicia Towns 7 4 6 2 2 4 5 4/4 12 30
5 Mary Braun 5 9 3 11 4 2 3 4/4 12 37
6 Casey Rhodes 2 5 5 5 7 7 6 4/5
7 Jessica Moore 8 7 6 6 11 6 10 4/7
8 Lindsay Crawford 9 6 8 7 8 7 8 6/8
9 Heather McDonough 11 10 10 9 5 7 11 5/10 41
10 Kelsey Davidson 6 10 9 12 10 12 7 5/10 42
11 Abbey Spresser 10 8 11 10 12 5 12 4/10 33
12 Valerie Wolenter 12 12 12 8 9 10 9 4/10 36

References

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  1. ^ Hersh, Philip. "ELDREDGE TRIES A QUAD, LANDS HIS 5TH NATIONAL TITLE". chicagotribune.com.
  2. ^ Hersh, Philip. "DESPITE FOOT INJURY, MENO-SAND NAMED TO NAGANO PAIRS TEAM". chicagotribune.com.
  3. ^ Hersh, Philip. "MENO-SAND TAKES THE HARD ROAD TO WINTER GAMES". chicagotribune.com.
  4. ^ Hersh, Philip. "ELDREDGE TRIES QUAD, LANDS 5TH U.S. TITLE". chicagotribune.com.
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