1998 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
# 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).

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

* During this competition, Michael Weiss attempted a quadruple lutz jump in his free skating. He put his free foot down on the landing and so the jump was not ratified as complete.
* Despite withdrawing with injury, Jenni Meno / Todd Sand were named to the Olympic Team.
* In the senior ladies event, Amber Corwin, Andrea Gardiner, and Sydne Vogel tied for 7th place in the free skating on Majority Of Placements. Through the Total Ordinary Majority (TOM) tiebreak, Vogel's portion of the tie was broken and she placed 9th in that segment. Corwin and Gardiner's tie was unbreakable and so they shared the placement of 7th in the free skating.
* In the novice pairs event, five teams tied for 8th place in the short program (Tiffany Vise / Ryan Bradley, Erica Christensen / David Gibbons, Krystan McCloy / Jack McCloy, Lindsay Rogeness / Brian Rogeness, Amanda Ross / Michael McPherson). The tie between Vise/Bradley, Christensen/Gibbons and McCloy/McCloy was broken through the Total Ordinary Majority (TOM) tiebreak. The tie between Rogeness/Rogeness and Ross/McPherson was unbreakable and so they shared the placement of 11th in the short program.
* There were several unbreakable ties in the figures competition on the junior and senior levels. Kharen Kloeffler and Brooke Pitman tied for the junior gold, Josselyn Baumgartner and Alecia Moore tied for the junior bronze, Jessica Koslow and Amy Miyoshi tied for seventh place in juniors, Olivia Baer and Sara Stach tied for eleventh place in juniors, and Jaime Clark and Jamie Walzer tied for eighth place in seniors.

## Senior results

### Men

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

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

### Men

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

### Men

| 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

| 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

| 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

| 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

### Senior

| 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

| 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

| 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 | |
