The 2022 U.S. Figure Skating Championships was held January 3–9, 2022, at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, 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 city in October 2019. It had 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 consisted of eight events held in October and November 2021. Skaters selected up to two competitions and then advanced to Nationals or the High Performance Development Team based on their highest score, rather than their placement.
Schedule The Championship Series consisted 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.
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.
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.
Senior Men Women Pairs Ice dance Jason Brown Starr Andrews Nathan Chen Mariah Bell Artur Dmitriev Karen Chen Ryan Dunk Amber Glenn Mitchell Friess Gracie Gold William Hubbart Hanna Harrell Liam Kapeikis Jill Heiner Jimmy Ma Rena Ikenishi Ilia Malinin Gabriella Izzo Yaroslav Paniot Isabeau Levito rowspan="7" Sebastien Payannet Alysa Liu Camden Pulkinen Audrey Shin Dinh Tran Lindsay Thorngren Paul Yeung Sierra Venetta Vincent Zhou Kate Wang Wren Warne-Jacobsen
Junior Men Women Pairs Ice dance Will Annis Sonia Baram Philip Baker Gwen Bloesch Goku Endo Elsa Cheng Allan Fisher Hazel Collier Jonathan Hildebrandt Sarah Everhardt Joseph Klein Hannah Herrera Kai Kovar Mia Kalin Lake Liao Katie Krafchik Antonio Monaco Josephine Lee Nhat-Viet Nguyen Elyce Lin-Gracey Jacob Sanchez Hannah Lofton Taira Shinohara Rinako Oya Beck Strommer Abigail Ross rowspan="5" colspan="2" Michael Xie Clare Seo Robert Yampolsky Katie Shen Maxim Zharkov Adele Zheng Ava Marie Ziegler
Changes to preliminary assignments Date Discipline Withdrew Added Notes December 9, 2021 Senior men Maxim Naumov Injury Junior ice dance Split December 27, 2021 Senior pairs Injury Junior pairs December 28, 2021 Junior women Ashley Leahy Rinako Oya December 31, 2021 Senior women Bradie Tennell rowspan="3" Injury January 1, 2022Senior pairs Positive COVID-19 test Junior men Lucas Broussard Philip Baker Junior ice dance rowspan="9" Personal reasons (Tsarevski) January 2, 2022 Positive COVID-19 test January 3, 2022Junior men Samuel Mindra Matthew Nielsen Junior ice dance January 4, 2022 Senior women Finley Hawk Junior women Soho Lee January 5, 2022Senior men Tomoki Hiwatashi Positive COVID-19 test January 7, 2022 Eric Sjoberg
Schedule
Date Discipline Time Segment January 4 Junior pairs 12:00 Short program Junior men Junior ice dance 20:15 Rhythm dance January 5 Junior women 09:00 Short program Junior men 12:00 Free skate Junior pairs Junior ice dance 20:30 Free danceJanuary 6 Junior women 11:45 Free skate Senior pairs 15:45 Short program Senior women 18:30January 7 Senior ice dance 14:00 Rhythm dance Senior women 18:30 Free skateJanuary 8 Senior men 14:00 Short program Senior pairs 17:45 Free skate Senior ice dance 19:25 Free danceJanuary 9 Senior men 11:15 Free skate 18:30 Skating Spectacular All times are listed in local time (UTC-06:00).
Medal summary Senior Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Pewter Men Women Pairs Ice dance
Junior Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Pewter Men Women Pairs Ice dance
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 FS1 Nathan Chen328.01 1 115.391212.622 Ilia Malinin302.48 3 103.462199.023 Vincent Zhou290.16 2 112.784177.384 Jason Brown289.78 4 100.843188.94 5 Camden Pulkinen260.41 6 90.165170.25 6 Jimmy Ma226.98 5 91.628135.36 7 Liam Kapeikis221.31 8 73.776147.54 8 Dinh Tran215.72 9 71.187144.54 9 Ryan Dunk191.36 11 65.669125.70 10 Paul Yeung183.74 13 60.0110123.73 11 Artur Dmitriev183.01 12 62.4011120.61 12 Mitchell Friess171.19 10 66.0713105.12 13 Sebastian Payannet162.28 14 48.5212113.76 WD Yaroslav Paniot 7 88.68 colspan=2 William Hubbart colspan=5
Senior women Alysa Liu and Amber Glenn withdrew after the short program due to testing positive for COVID-19.
Rank Name Total points SP FS1 Mariah Bell 216.25 1 75.55 1 140.702 Karen Chen 213.85 2 74.55 3 139.303 Isabeau Levito 210.75 4 71.00 2 139.754 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 Alysa Liu 3 71.42 colspan=2 Amber Glenn 14 54.80 colspan=2
Senior pairs Alexa Knierim & Brandon Frazier withdrew prior to the event after Frazier tested positive for COVID-19.
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 Alexa Knierim / Brandon Frazier colspan=5
Senior ice dance Avonley Nguyen & Grigory Smirnov withdrew prior to the event due to Smirnov's hip injury. Raffaella Koncius & Alexey Shchepetov withdrew before the free dance due to testing positive for COVID-19.