2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

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2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Type:National championship
Date:January 3 – 9
Season:2021–22
Location:Nashville, Tennessee
Host:U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:Bridgestone Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
Nathan Chen (S)
Kai Kovar (J)
Women's singles:
Mariah Bell (S)
Clare Seo (J)
Pairs:
Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc (S)
Sonia Baram / Daniel Tioumentsev (J)
Ice dance:
Madison Chock / Evan Bates (S)
Leah Neset / Artem Markelov (J)
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The 2022 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships was held from January 3–9, 2022 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.[1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance at the senior and junior levels. The results were part of the U.S. selection criteria for the 2022 World Championships, 2022 World Junior Championships, the 2022 Four Continents Championship, and the 2022 Winter Olympics.

Nashville was announced as the host in October 2019.[2] It previously hosted the event in 1997.

Qualifying

U.S. Figure Skating announced that due to ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Championship Series announced the previous year would be used again.

U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series

The Championship Series consists of eight events held in October and November 2021. Skaters can select up to two competitions and will then be advanced to Nationals or the High Performance Development Team based on their highest score, rather than their placement.

Schedule

The Championship Series will consist of the following competitions:

Date Disc. Location Results
October 4–10, 2021 M/W/D Blaine, Minnesota Details
October 12–16, 2021 M/W/P Henderson, Nevada Details
October 13–17, 2021 M/W Allen, Texas Details
October 27–30, 2021 M/W Leesburg, Virginia Details
November 2–5, 2021 M/W Fort Wayne, Indiana Details
November 9–13, 2021 M/W/P Norwood, Massachusetts Details
November 16–20, 2021 M/W/D Alpharetta, Georgia Details
November 17–20, 2021 M/W Spokane, Washington Details

Advancement to Nationals

More information on advancement to Nationals was announced after a webinar on June 30.[3]

If the maximum number of competitors isn't reached through byes, additional spots will be available at the Championship Series. Competitors from the Championship Series will be selected on the next best total combined score. If the number of athletes with three international competitions from the approved competition list exceeds the number of available byes (4 for senior singles, 3 for senior pairs, and 5 for senior ice dance, 3 for all junior disciplines), byes will be awarded based on highest to lowest total score in the following order of importance:

  • ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating
  • ISU Junior Grand Prix
  • ISU Challenger Series

There will be a minimum required score for all athletes to compete to be decided in fall of 2021. Approved international competitions applicable for byes are the Grand Prix Series, Junior Grand Prix Series, Challenger Series, and Junior and Senior Grand Prix Final.[4]

Seniors

Singles

Singles skaters can advance to Nationals in the following ways:

  • Qualifying for the same event at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final or the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
  • Top 5 finish at the 2021 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating Championships
  • 2021 U.S. Figure Skating World Team Members (not including alternates)
  • Medalists in the singles event at the most recent Olympic Winter Games
  • Athletes who are assigned to and compete at three international assignments classified as an ISU Grand Prix, ISU Junior Grand Prix, and or ISU Challenger Series event
  • The top two total combined scores from each section in the U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series
  • The next best top three scores from the nation in the U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series.

There will be a maximum of 18 spots.

Pairs

Pairs can advance to Nationals in the following ways:

  • Qualifying for the same event at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final or the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
  • Top 5 finish at the 2021 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating
  • 2021 U.S. Figure Skating World Team Members (not including alternates)
  • Medalists in the pairs event at the most recent Olympic Winter Games
  • Athletes who are assigned to and compete at three international assignments classified as an ISU Grand Prix, ISU Junior Grand Prix, and or ISU Challenger Series event
  • The top four total combined scores from the nation in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships Series

There will be a maximum of 12 spots.

Ice dance

Ice dance teams can advance to Nationals in the following ways:

  • Qualifying for the same event at the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final or the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
  • Top 5 finish at the 2021 Toyota U.S. Figure Skating
  • 2021 U.S. Figure Skating World Team Members (not including alternates)
  • Medalists in the ice dance event at the most recent Olympic Winter Games
  • Athletes who are assigned to and compete at three international assignments classified as an ISU Grand Prix, ISU Junior Grand Prix, and or ISU Challenger Series event
  • The top five total combined scores from the nation in the U.S. Figure Skating Championships Series

There will be a maximum of 15 spots.

Juniors

Singles

Singles skaters can advance to Nationals in the following ways:

  • Qualifying for the same event at the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
  • Athletes who are assigned to and compete at three international assignments classified as an ISU Junior Grand Prix, and or ISU Challenger Series event
  • The top three total combined scores from each section in the U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series
  • The next best top three scores from the nation in the U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series
  • The top three total combined novice scores from the nation in the U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series

There will be a maximum of 18 spots.

Pairs

Pairs can advance to Nationals in the following ways:

  • Qualifying for the same event at the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
  • Athletes who are assigned to and compete at three international assignments classified as an ISU Junior Grand Prix, and or ISU Challenger Series event
  • The top nine total combined scores from each section in the U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series

There will be a maximum of 12 spots.

Ice dance

Ice dance teams can advance to Nationals in the following ways:

  • Qualifying for the same event at the ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
  • Athletes who are assigned to and compete at three international assignments classified as an ISU Junior Grand Prix, and or ISU Challenger Series event
  • The top twelve total combined scores from each section in the U.S. Figure Skating Championship Series

There will be a maximum of 15 spots.

Entries

U.S. Figure Skating published the official list of preliminary entries on November 29, 2021.[5]

Senior

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
Jason Brown Starr Andrews Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Emily Bratti / Ian Somerville
Nathan Chen Mariah Bell Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
Artur Dmitriev Karen Chen Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov
Ryan Dunk Amber Glenn Sydney Cooke / Keyton Bearinger Madison Chock / Evan Bates
Mitchell Friess Gracie Gold Kate Finster / Matej Silecky Cayla Cottrell / Uladzislau Palkhouski
Tomoki Hiwatashi (withdrew) Hanna Harrell Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier Caroline Green / Michael Parsons
William Hubbart Finley Hawk (withdrew) Chelsea Liu / Danny O'Shea (withdrew) Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
Liam Kapeikis Jill Heiner Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
Jimmy Ma Rena Ikenishi Katie McBeath / Nathan Bartholomay Raffaella Koncius / Alexey Shchepetov
Ilia Malinin Gabriella Izzo Maria Mokhova / Ivan Mokhov (withdrew) Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov
Maxim Naumov (withdrew) Isabeau Levito Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez Cara Murphy / Joshau Levitt
Yaroslav Paniot Alysa Liu Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia (withdrew) Avonley Nguyen / Grigory Smirnov
Sebastien Payannet Audrey Shin Eva Pate / Logan Bye
Camden Pulkinen Bradie Tennell (withdrew) Livvy Shilling / Ryan O'Donnell
Eric Sjoberg (withdrew) Lindsay Thorngren Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen
Dinh Tran Sierra Venetta
Paul Yeung Kate Wang
Vincent Zhou Wren Warne-Jacobsen

Juniors

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
Will Annis Sonia Baram Sonia Baram / Daniel Tioumentsev Kristina Bland / Matthew Sperry
Philip Baker (added) Gwen Bloesch Brooke Barret / Levon Davis Oona Brown / Gage Brown (withdrew)
Lucas Broussard (withdrew) Elsa Cheng Winter Deardorff / Jake Pagano Helena Carhart / Volodymyr Horovyi
Goku Endo Hazel Collier Cate Fleming / Chase Finster Olivia Dietrich / Eduard Pylypenko
Allan Fisher Sarah Everhardt Ashley Fletcher / Aiden Brown (withdrew) Isabella Flores / Dmitry Tsarevski (withdrew)
Jonathan Hildebrandt Hannah Herrera Ellie Kam / Ian Meyh Madeline Freeman / Christian Bennett (added)
Joseph Klein Mia Kalin Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard Madeleine Gans / Jim Wang
Kai Kovar Katie Krafchik Lilianna Murray / Jordan Gillette (added) Jenna Hauer / Benjamin Starr
Lake Liao Ashley Leahy (withdrew) Catherine Rivers / Timmy Chapman Rebecca Kerscher / Davis Ortonward (withdrew)
Samuel Mindra (withdrew) Josephine Lee Mandy Romero / Kristofer Ogren Romy Malcom / Noah Lafornara
Antonio Monaco Soho Lee (withdrew) Cayla Smith / Andy Deng Anabelle Larson / Lucas Appel (withdrew)
Nhat-Viet Nguyen Elyce Lin-Gracey Megan Wessenberg / Blake Eisenach Angela Ling / Caleb Wein
Matthew Nielsen (withdrew) Hannah Lofton Sylvia Wong / Skylar Weirens Leah Neset / Artem Markelov
Jacob Sanchez Rinako Oya (added) Caroline Mullen / Brendan Mullen
Taira Shinohara Abigail Ross Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal
Beck Strommer Clare Seo Vanessa Pham / Jonathan Rogers
Michael Xie Katie Shen
Robert Yampolsky Adele Zheng
Maxim Zharkov Ava Ziegler

Changes to preliminary entries

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
December 9 Senior men Maxim Naumov Injury [5]
Junior ice dance Anabelle Larson / Lucas Appel Madeline Freeman / Christian Bennett Split
December 27 Senior pairs Chelsea Liu / Danny O'Shea Injury
Junior pairs Ashley Fletcher / Aiden Brown Lilianna Murray / Jordan Gillette
December 28 Junior women Ashley Leahy Rinako Oya
December 31 Senior women Bradie Tennell Injury[6]
January 1 Senior pairs Maria Mokhova / Ivan Mokhov
Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia Positive COVID-19 test[7]
Junior men Lucas Broussard Philip Baker
Junior ice dance Isabella Flores / Dimitry Tsarevski Personal reasons (Tsarevski)[8]
January 2 Oona Brown / Gage Brown Positive COVID-19 test[9]
January 3 Junior men Samuel Mindra
Matthew Nielsen
Junior ice dance Rebecca Kerscher / Davis Ortonward
January 4 Senior women Finley Hawk
Junior women Soho Lee
January 5 Senior men Tomoki Hiwatashi Positive COVID-19 test[10]
January 7 Eric Sjoberg

Schedule

All times are listed in local time (UTC-06:00).[1]

Date Time Event
January 4 12:00 Junior Pairs Short Program
Junior Men Short Program
20:15 Junior Ice Dance Rhythm Dance
January 5 09:00 Junior Women Short Program
12:00 Junior Men Free Skate
Junior Pairs Free Skate
20:30 Junior Ice Dance Free Dance
January 6 11:45 Junior Women Free Skate
15:45 Senior Pairs Short Program
18:30 Senior Women Short Program
January 7 14:00 Senior Ice Dance Rhythm Dance
18:30 Senior Women Free Skate
January 8 14:00 Senior Men Short Program
17:45 Senior Pairs Free Skate
19:25 Senior Ice Dance Free Dance
January 9 11:15 Senior Men Free Skate
18:30 Skating Spectacular

Medal summary

Senior

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Pewter
Men Nathan Chen Ilia Malinin Vincent Zhou Jason Brown
Women Mariah Bell Karen Chen Isabeau Levito Gabriella Izzo
Pairs Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe
Ice dance Madison Chock / Evan Bates Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Caroline Green / Michael Parsons

Junior

Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Pewter
Men Kai Kovar Will Annis Maxim Zharkov Joseph Klein
Women Clare Seo Ava Ziegler Josephine Lee Katie Shen
Pairs Sonia Baram / Daniel Tioumentsev Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard Catherine Rivers / Timmy Chapman Megan Wessenberg / Blake Eisenach
Ice dance Leah Neset / Artem Markelov Angela Ling / Caleb Wein Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal Vanessa Pham / Jonathan Rogers

Senior results

Senior men

William Hubbart withdrew prior to the event due to testing positive for COVID-19. Yaroslav Paniot withdrew during the free skate due to boot issues.

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Nathan Chen 328.01 1 115.39 1 212.62
2 Ilia Malinin 302.48 3 103.46 2 199.02
3 Vincent Zhou 290.16 2 112.78 4 177.38
4 Jason Brown 289.78 4 100.84 3 188.94
5 Camden Pulkinen 260.41 6 90.16 5 170.25
6 Jimmy Ma 226.98 5 91.62 8 135.36
7 Liam Kapeikis 221.31 8 73.77 6 147.54
8 Dinh Tran 215.72 9 71.18 7 144.54
9 Ryan Dunk 191.36 11 65.66 9 125.70
10 Paul Yeung 183.74 13 60.01 10 123.73
11 Artur Dmitriev 183.01 12 62.40 11 120.61
12 Mitchell Friess 171.19 10 66.07 13 105.12
13 Sebastian Payannet 162.28 14 48.52 12 113.76
WD Yaroslav Paniot withdrew 7 88.68 withdrew from competition
WD William Hubbart withdrew from competition

Senior women

Alysa Liu and Amber Glenn withdrew after the short program due to testing positive for COVID-19.[11][12]

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Mariah Bell 216.25 1 75.55 1 140.70
2 Karen Chen 213.85 2 74.55 3 139.30
3 Isabeau Levito 210.75 4 71.00 2 139.75
4 Gabriella Izzo 188.11 7 67.51 4 120.60
5 Lindsay Thorngren 186.38 5 70.22 7 116.16
6 Audrey Shin 180.58 9 61.77 5 118.81
7 Kate Wang 178.20 8 64.27 8 113.93
8 Hanna Harrell 175.66 12 56.99 6 118.67
9 Starr Andrews 173.04 11 59.43 9 113.61
10 Gracie Gold 171.92 6 67.61 12 104.31
11 Jill Heiner 171.54 10 60.30 10 111.24
12 Sierra Venetta 164.24 15 53.88 11 110.36
13 Rena Ikenishi 158.69 13 55.32 13 103.37
14 Wren Warne-Jacobsen 143.39 16 48.45 14 94.94
WD Alysa Liu withdrew 3 71.42 withdrew from competition
WD Amber Glenn withdrew 14 54.80 withdrew from competition

Senior pairs

Alexa Knierim & Brandon Frazier withdrew prior to the event after Frazier tested positive for COVID-19.[13]

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc 225.23 1 79.39 1 145.84
2 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson 209.87 2 77.48 2 132.39
3 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov 191.54 3 68.11 3 123.43
4 Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe 177.25 4 61.94 5 115.31
5 Katie McBeath / Nathan Bartholomay 167.10 6 50.11 4 116.99
6 Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez 148.37 7 49.80 6 98.57
7 Kate Finster / Matej Silecky 144.14 5 54.68 8 89.46
8 Sydney Cooke / Keyton Bearinger 136.31 8 44.28 7 92.03
WD Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier withdrew from competition

Senior ice dance

Avonley Nguyen & Grigory Smirnov withdrew prior to the event due to Smirnov's hip injury.[14] Raffaella Koncius & Alexey Shchepetov withdrew before the free dance due to testing positive for COVID-19.

Rank Name Total points RD FD
1 Madison Chock / Evan Bates 227.37 1 91.94 2 135.43
2 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 225.59 2 89.39 1 136.20
3 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker 205.68 4 79.39 3 126.29
4 Caroline Green / Michael Parsons 203.27 3 80.85 4 122.42
5 Emily Bratti / Ian Somerville 187.98 6 76.70 6 111.28
6 Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen 187.27 7 75.28 5 111.99
7 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko 185.82 5 77.90 7 107.92
8 Eva Pate / Logan Bye 180.72 8 73.06 8 107.66
9 Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov 179.35 9 73.04 9 106.31
10 Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov 172.11 10 70.07 10 102.04
11 Cayla Cottrell / Uladzislau Palkhouski 118.80 13 49.82 11 68.98
12 Livvy Shilling / Ryan O'Donnell 115.43 12 50.90 13 64.53
13 Cara Murphy / Joshua Levitt 106.01 14 40.49 12 65.52
WD Raffaella Koncius / Alexey Shchepetov withdrew 11 52.63 withdrew from competition
WD Avonley Nguyen / Grigory Smirnov withdrew from competition

Junior results

Junior men

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Kai Kovar 204.68 2 68.70 1 135.98
2 Will Annis 202.87 1 75.81 2 127.06
3 Maxim Zharkov 188.15 3 67.07 3 121.08
4 Joseph Klein 176.97 5 63.71 4 113.26
5 Robert Yampolsky 173.78 8 61.45 5 112.33
6 Beck Strommer 173.13 4 64.44 7 108.69
7 Taira Shinohara 172.64 6 61.85 6 110.79
8 Jonathan Hildebrandt 158.35 7 61.65 12 96.70
9 Jacob Sanchez 155.03 13 48.41 8 106.62
10 Antonio Monaco 154.07 11 53.63 9 100.44
11 Goku Endo 152.56 10 54.37 11 98.19
12 Philip Baker 151.14 9 59.84 13 91.30
13 Michael Xie 149.69 12 49.26 10 100.43
14 Nhat-Viet Nguyen 138.14 14 47.59 14 90.55
15 Lake Liao 131.58 16 44.00 15 87.58
16 Allan Fisher 125.50 15 45.37 16 80.13

Junior women

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Clare Seo 185.53 1 67.38 2 118.15
2 Ava Ziegler 175.50 4 60.24 3 115.26
3 Josephine Lee 172.08 3 60.61 4 111.47
4 Katie Shen 170.77 8 51.20 1 119.57
5 Elyce Lin-Gracey 166.96 2 62.53 6 104.43
6 Mia Kalin 155.58 5 57.13 7 98.45
7 Adele Zheng 153.76 6 55.57 8 98.19
8 Elsa Cheng 147.62 7 53.61 9 94.01
9 Hannah Herrera 147.32 16 40.80 5 106.52
10 Abigail Ross 138.34 9 50.72 11 87.62
11 Sarah Everhardt 136.79 11 48.47 10 88.32
12 Gwen Bloesch 128.09 14 41.18 12 86.91
13 Sonia Baram 123.96 17 40.45 13 83.51
14 Katie Krafchik 121.20 10 49.44 17 71.76
15 Hannah Lofton 118.74 13 42.08 14 76.66
16 Rinako Oya 117.55 12 43.62 16 73.93
17 Hazel Collier 116.13 15 40.97 15 75.16

Junior pairs

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Sonia Baram / Daniel Tioumentsev 171.36 1 62.26 1 109.10
2 Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard 144.71 2 54.89 2 89.82
3 Catherine Rivers / Timmy Chapman 130.75 5 45.70 3 85.05
4 Megan Wessenberg / Blake Eisenach 129.09 7 44.82 4 84.27
5 Cayla Smith / Andy Deng 126.11 3 48.70 6 77.41
6 Cate Fleming / Chase Finster 125.43 6 45.30 5 80.13
7 Winter Deardorff / Jake Pagano 117.28 8 44.14 7 73.14
8 Brooke Barrett / Levon Davis 106.36 12 33.43 8 72.93
9 Mandy Romero / Kristofer Ogren 105.53 11 33.61 9 71.92
10 Sylvia Wong / Skylar Weirens 104.28 9 37.68 10 66.60
11 Lilianna Murray / Jordan Gillette 100.18 10 37.09 11 63.09
WD Ellie Kam / Ian Meyh withdrew 4 46.16 withdrew from competition

Junior ice dance

Rank Name Total points RD FD
1 Leah Neset / Artem Markelov 155.84 2 64.31 1 91.53
2 Angela Ling / Caleb Wein 153.58 1 64.99 2 88.59
3 Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal 140.67 5 54.94 3 85.73
4 Vanessa Pham / Jonathan Rogers 140.08 3 55.36 4 84.72
5 Helena Carhart / Volodymyr Horovyi 136.20 4 54.97 5 81.23
6 Jenna Hauer / Benjamin Starr 128.92 6 50.85 7 78.07
7 Caroline Mullen / Brendan Mullen 127.35 8 47.90 6 79.45
8 Kristina Bland / Matthew Sperry 123.63 7 49.57 8 74.06
9 Romy Malcolm / Noah Lafornara 108.18 9 44.27 9 63.91
10 Madeleine Gans / Jim Wang 100.92 10 43.74 11 57.18
11 Madeline Freeman / Christian Bennett 99.69 12 38.39 10 61.30
12 Olivia Dietrich / Eduard Pylypenko 95.93 11 39.44 12 56.49

International team selections

Four Continents Championships

The 2022 Four Continents Championships were held from January 18–23 in Tallinn, Estonia. Teams will be selected using the Athlete Selection criteria.[15] The women's team was named on January 8, 2022.[16]

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Tomoki Hiwatashi Starr Andrews Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe Emily Bratti / Ian Somerville
2 Jimmy Ma Gabriella Izzo Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
3 Camden Pulkinen Audrey Shin Katie McBeath / Nathan Bartholomay Caroline Green / Michael Parsons
1st alt. Ryan Dunk Hanna Harrell Eva Pate / Logan Bye
2nd alt. Sierra Venetta Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov
3rd alt. Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov

Olympic Games

The 2022 Winter Olympics were held from February 4–20 in Beijing, China. Teams were selected using the Athlete Selection criteria.[17] The women's team was announced on January 8, 2022.[18]

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Jason Brown Mariah Bell Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Madison Chock / Evan Bates
2 Nathan Chen Karen Chen Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
3 Vincent Zhou Alysa Liu Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
1st alt. Ilia Malinin Lindsay Thorngren Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Caroline Green / Michael Parsons
2nd alt. Camden Pulkinen Amber Glenn Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Emily Bratti / Ian Somerville
3rd alt. Jimmy Ma Gabriella Izzo Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen

World Junior Championships

Commonly referred to as "Junior Worlds", the 2022 World Junior Championships were held from April 13–17, 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia. Teams were selected using the Athlete Selection criteria.[19] The full team was named on February 3, 2022.[20]

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Lucas Broussard (withdrew) Isabeau Levito Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard (withdrew) Oona Brown / Gage Brown
2 Liam Kapeikis Clare Seo Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia Angela Ling / Caleb Wein
3 Ilia Malinin Lindsay Thorngren Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen
1st alt. Kai Kovar (called up) Josephine Lee Catherine Rivers / Timmy Chapman[a] Leah Neset / Artem Markelov
2nd alt. Matthew Nielsen Kanon Smith Cate Fleming / Chase Finster Helena Carhart / Volodymyr Horovyi
3rd alt. Robert Yampolsky Ava Ziegler

World Championships

The 2022 World Championships were held from March 21–27 in Montpellier, France. Teams were selected using the Athlete Selection criteria.[21] The women's team was named on January 8, 2022.[16]

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
1 Nathan Chen (withdrew) Mariah Bell Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Madison Chock / Evan Bates
2 Ilia Malinin Karen Chen Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue
3 Vincent Zhou Alysa Liu Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker
1st alt. Jason Brown Amber Glenn Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Caroline Green / Michael Parsons
2nd alt. Camden Pulkinen (called up) Lindsay Thorngren Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Emily Bratti / Ian Somerville
3rd alt. Jimmy Ma Gabriella Izzo Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko

Notes

  1. ^ Pending attainment of TES minimums.

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