The Pacific Coast Sectional Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. It is one of three sectional competitions, alongside the Midwestern Sectional Figure Skating Championships and Eastern Sectional Figure Skating Championships.
Skaters compete in five levels: Senior, Junior, Novice, Intermediate, and Juvenile. Medals are given out in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth). Stand-alone sectional competitions are held for men's singles and women's singles, but as of the 2022-23 season, not for ice dance or pairs. Per 2022 Governing Council approval, the pathway for advancement in the two partnered disciplines has changed to: National Qualifying Series directly to U.S. Ice Dance Final and U.S. Pairs Final (both for entries from all sections), and then to U.S. Figure Skating Championships.[1][2]
Modifications began in the 2019-20 season to the conventional structure that skaters who place in the top four at sectionals advance to U.S. Figure Skating Championships. As of the 2019-20 season, the top two Novice skaters per sectional in men's singles and in women's singles advance to Junior-level competition at U.S. Figure Skating Championships[3][4] -- which no longer hold singles competition at the level of Novice, Intermediate, or Juvenile. Starting with the 2022-23 season, only the top two Senior skaters per sectional in men's singles and in women's singles have been guaranteed to advance to U.S. Figure Skating Championships; next-best sectional scores nationwide (across all sections, in other words) have become necessary for other Senior competitors to advance.[5][6]
For ice dance and pairs, U.S. Figure Skating Championships discontinued Novice, Intermediate and Juvenile competition starting in the 2019-20 season,[3][7] but brought back Novice ice dance and Novice pairs for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons.[8][9]
Starting in the 2019-20 season, top Novice, Intermediate, and Juvenile skaters from Sectional Singles Finals (as they now are named), U.S. Ice Dance Final, and U.S. Pairs Final qualify for National High Performance Development Team camp.[10]
The 2018 Pacific Coast Sectionals were held in Spokane, Washington.
Senior medalists
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editWomen
editPairs
editIce Dance
editJunior medalists
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editWomen
editPairs
editIce Dance
editNovice medalists
editMen
edit| Season | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Pewter | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Jackson Hole, Wyoming | Nathan Chen | Shotaro Omori | Philip Warren | Cordero Zuckerman | [36] |
| 2011 | Culver City, California | Nathan Chen | Nix Phengsy | Spencer Howe | Cordero Zuckerman | [37] |
| 2012 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Vincent Zhou | Kevin Shum | Spencer Howe | Wilbur Ji | [38] |
| 2013 | Provo, Utah | Daniel Samohin | Paolo Borromeo | Harrison Wong | Albert Zeng | [39] |
| 2014 | Oakland, California | Paolo Borromeo | Harrison Wong | Micah Tang | Justin Ly | [40] |
| 2015 | Spokane, Washington | Justin Ly | Eric Sjoberg | Daniil Shamis | Kendrick Weston | [41] |
| 2016 | Burbank, California | Eric Sjoberg | Paul Yeung | Max Lake | Mark Sadusky | [42] |
| 2017 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Paul Yeung | Dinh Tran | Patrick Frohling | Max Wang | [43] |
| 2018 | Spokane, Washington | Goku Endo | Max Lake | Joshua Simkin | Henry Privett-Mendoza | [44] |
| 2019 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Liam Kapeikis | Henry Privett-Mendoza | Samuel Mindra | Samir Mallya | [45] |
| 2020 | Wenatchee, Washington | Samuel Mindra | Kai Kovar | Michael Xie | Samir Mallya | [46] |
| 2021-2022 | No competition held | [47][48] | ||||
| 2023 | San Francisco, California | Vaclav Vasquez | Connor OGrady | Aaron Li | Laz Lune | [49] |
| 2024 | Tacoma, Washington | August Perthus | Ryan William Azadpour | Ethan Yan | Ethan Kormanyos | [50] |
| 2025 | Ogden, Utah | Ethan Yan | Michael Jin | Hitonari Tani | Jinbo Yao | [58] |
Women
edit| Season | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Pewter | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Jackson Hole, Wyoming | Katarina Kulgeyko | Courtney Hicks | Amanda Hofmann | Polina Edmunds | [36] |
| 2011 | Culver City, California | Katia Gorodetsky | Alana Walker | Ysabel Tran | Amanda Hofmann | [37] |
| 2012 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Karen Chen | Dyllan Mcintee | Amanda Gelb | Selena Zhao | [38] |
| 2013 | Provo, Utah | Amy Lin | Elizabeth Nguyen | Tyler Pierce | Sarah Feng | [39] |
| 2014 | Oakland, California | Daniela Dryden | Cheyenne Taylor | Rona Maeda | Hina Ueno | [40] |
| 2015 | Spokane, Washington | Nina Ouellette | Akari Nakahara | Anna Grace Davidson | Meiryla Findley | [41] |
| 2016 | Burbank, California | Sierra Venetta | Starr Andrews | Marina Capatina | Nhi Do | [42] |
| 2017 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Isabella Miller | Alysa Liu | Lily Sun | Emma Coppess | [43] |
| 2018 | Spokane, Washington | Christina Lin | Beverly Zhu | Noelle Rosa | Amie Miyagi | [44] |
| 2019 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Aubrey Ignacio | Alena Budko | Kate Wang | Allison Zheng | [45] |
| 2020 | Wenatchee, Washington | Michelle Lee | Hannah Herrera | Gwen Bloesch | Lindsay Mattenson | [46] |
| 2021-2022 | No competition held | [47][48] | ||||
| 2023 | San Francisco, California | Annika Chao | Keira Hilbelink | Cleo Park | Teryn Kim | [49] |
| 2024 | Tacoma, Washington | Elena Wilson | Hannah Kim | Kendall Harman | Saya Carpenter | [50] |
| 2025 | Ogden, Utah | Hannah Kim | Carina Tanabe | Aya Zeleznikar | Joanne Liu | [59] |
Pairs
edit| Season | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Pewter | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Jackson Hole, Wyoming | Tori Vollmer / Zack Sidhu | Christina Guterres / Justin Schumann | Mandy Garza / Brandon Frazier | Morgan Agster / Adam Civiello | [36] |
| 2011 | Culver City, California | Madeline Aaron / Max Settlage | Chelsea Liu / Devin Perini | Annamarie Pearce / Craig Norris | Janelle Unger / Robert Przepioski | [37] |
| 2012 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Chelsea Liu / Devin Perini | Elise Middleton / Robert Hennings | Hannah Klopstock / Chadwick Phillips | Nancy Xu / Robert Przepioski | [38] |
| 2013 | Provo, Utah | Elise Middleton / Robert Hennings | Juliette Erickson / Connor Fleming | No other competitors | [39] | |
| 2014 | Oakland, California | Ai Setoyama / David Botero | Jessica Lee / Robert Hennings | Alexandria Yao / Connor Fleming | Reagan King / Rique Newby-Estrella | [40] |
| 2015 | Spokane, Washington | Hannah Klopstock / Brandon Kozlowski | Megan Griffin / Andrew Civiello | Alexandria Yao / Connor Fleming | Sapphire Jaeckel / Matthew Scoralle | [41] |
| 2016 | Burbank, California | Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker | Isabella Gamez / Griffin Schwab | Emma Coppess / Robert Hennings | Sapphire Jaeckel / Matthew Scoralle | [42] |
| 2017 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Greta Crafoord / John Crafoord | Jasmine Fendi / Joshua Fendi | Grace Knoop / Mark Sadusky | Maxine Weatherby / Jonathan Kim | [43] |
| 2018 | Spokane, Washington | Jasmine Fendi / Joshua Fendi | Ashley Haywood / Alec Schmitt | Milena Markin / Matthew Essigmann | No other competitors | [44] |
| 2019 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Taylor Nordquist / Mark Sadusky | No other competitors | [45] | ||
| 2020 | Irvine, CA | Ashley Fletcher / Scott Dudley | Kayla Black / Kamden Black | Sonia Baram / Blake Edwards | No other competitors | [53] |
| 2021-2022 | no competition held | [47][48] | ||||
| 2023- 2024 |
No sectional competition for pairs held going forward | [2][54] | ||||
| 2024 U.S. Pairs Final | Tacoma, Washington | Baylen Taich / Michael Chapa | Jolena Grohne / Reede Lunt | Sofia Jarmoc / Luke Witkowski | Milada Kovar / Nickolai Apter | [50] |
Ice Dance
edit| Season | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Pewter | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Jackson Hole, Wyoming | Joylyn Yang / Jean-Luc Baker | Madeline Heritage /
Nathaniel Fast |
Amanda Bertsch / Samuel Rashba | Kassy Kova / Justin Ross | [36] |
| 2011 | Culver City, California | Bryna Oi / Mark Jahnke | Roxette Howe / Ryan Farmer | Jessica Demaria / Dean Miller | Grace Deissroth / Brett Mueller | [37] |
| 2012 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Chloe Lewis / Logan Bye | Stacey Siddon / Jared Weiss | Hannah Pfeifer / Grant Lorello | Lauren Leonesio Dustin Perini | [38] |
| 2013 | Provo, Utah | Chloe Lewis / Logan Bye | Sarah Feng / Anthony Ponomarenko | Lauren Leonesio / Quinn Chambers | Vivian Luo / Darrell Cheung | [39] |
| 2014 | Oakland, California | Sarah Feng / Anthony Ponomarenko | Gwen Sletten / Eliot Verburg | Karina Manta / Jonathan Thompson | Alexis Middleton / Michael Valdez | [40] |
| 2015 | Spokane, Washington | Cassidy Klopstock / Logan Leonesio | Elizabeth Addas / Jonathan Schultz | Alexis Middleton / Michael Valdez | Kimberly Wei / Ilias Fourati | [41] |
| 2016 | Burbank, California | Jillian Moyer / Jared Druzynski | Amanda Miller / Nikolay Usanov | Gianna Buckley / J.T. Michel | Cherri Chen / Yuanshi Jin | [42] |
| 2017 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Katarina DelCamp / Maxwell Gart | Cherri Chen / Yuanshi Jin | Leah Krauskopf / Caleb Niva | Molly Cesanek / Nikolay Usanov | [43] |
| 2018 | Spokane, Washington | Caroline Liu / Kenan Slevira | Gianna Buckley / Jeffrey Chen | Cordelia Pride / Benjamin Lawless | Maxine Weatherby / Dmitry Bogomol | [44] |
| 2019 | Salt Lake City, Utah | Layla Karnes / Kirill Aksenov | Cordelia Pride / Benjamin Lawless | Anna Nicklas / Max Ryan | Breelie Taylor / Tyler Vollmer | [45] |
| 2020 | Salt Lake City, UT | Juliette Shadid / Lucas Shadid | Zoe Sensenbrenner / Matthew Sperry | Olivia Dietrich / Eduard Pylypenko | no other competitors | [55] |
| 2021-2022 | no competition held | [47][48] | ||||
| 2023- 2024 |
No sectional competition for ice dance held going forward | [2][54] | ||||
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External links
edit- 1999 Pacific Coast Sectionals
- 2002 Pacific Coast Sectionals
- 2003 Pacific Coast Sectionals
- 2004 Pacific Coast Sectionals
- 2005 Pacific Coast Sectionals
- 2006 Pacific Coast Sectionals
- 2007 Pacific Coast Sectionals
- 2008 Pacific Coast Sectionals
- 2009 Pacific Coast Sectionals
- 2010 Pacific Coast Sectionals
- 2011 Pacific Coast Sectionals
- 2012 Pacific Coast Sectionals
- 2015 Pacific Coast Sectionals