1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

Figure skating competition January 2025 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships File:1994_U.S._Figure_Skating_Championships_Poster.jpg National Championship January 4 8 1993–94 Detroit, Michigan Joe Louis Arena Scott Davis None Jenni Menoand Todd Sand Elizabeth Punsalanand Jerod Swallow 1993 U.S. Championships 1995 U.S. Championships The 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit, Michigan. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth) in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice. The event was used to determine the U.S. teams for the 1994 Winter Olympics and the 1994 World Championships. The competition was famous for the return of previous Olympians Brian Boitano and Elaine Zayak, as well as the pre-competition attack on Nancy Kerrigan by associates of skater Tonya Harding. Harding subsequently was stripped of her ladies' championship title after she pleaded guilty to failing to report the assault to the police after the fact, although she maintains that she had no knowledge of the attack beforehand. Medalists Senior Event Gold Silver Bronze Pewter Men Scott Davis Brian Boitano Aren Nielsen Todd Eldredge Ladies No championno-champ † Michelle Kwan Nicole Bobek Elaine Zayak Pairs Jenni Meno / Todd Sand Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen Karen Courtland / Todd Reynolds Natasha Kuchiki / Rocky Marval Ice dancing Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow Susan Wynne / Russ Witherby Amy Webster / Ron Kravette Wendy Millette / Jason Tebo no-champ † In June 1994, U.S. Figure Skating voted to no longer recognize Tonya Harding's 1994 win. U.S. Title Is Taken Back From Harding Associated Press The New York Times July 1, 1994 http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70710FD3C5D0C728CDDAE0894DC494D81 Sep 28, 2010 The gold medal position was left vacant; the other competitors did not move up one position. Junior Event Gold Silver Bronze Pewter Men Jere Michael Jason Sylvia Johnnie Bevan Matthew Kessinger Ladies Jennifer Karl Amanda Ward Lisa Bell Chrisha Gossard Pairs Nicole Bateson Rock / Keith Tindall Cheryl Marker / Todd Price Sara Ward / J. Paul Binnebose Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell Ice dancing Laura Gayton / Oleg Fediukov Carissa Green / Gregory Maddalone Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates Nicole Dumonceaux / John Repucci Senior results Men Rank Name SP FS 1 Scott Davis 2 1 2 Brian Boitano 1 2 3 Aren Nielsen 5 3 4 Todd Eldredge 3 4 5 Mark Mitchell 6 5 6 Shepherd Clark 4 6 7 Rudy Galindo 9 7 8 Michael Weiss 7 8 9 Damon Allen 8 9 10 Dan Hollander 11 10 11 Colin VanderVeen 10 11 12 Gig Siruno 12 12 13 John Baldwin Jr. 18 13 14 Paul Dulebohn 16 14 15 Mel Chapman 15 15 16 Glenn Armstrong 18 16 WD Steven Smith13 WD Larry Holliday 14 Ladies Rank Name SP FS DSQ Tonya Harding DSQ DSQ 2 Michelle Kwan 3 2 3 Nicole Bobek 2 3 4 Elaine Zayak 4 4 5 Tonia Kwiatkowski 6 5 6 Michelle Cho 7 6 7 Lisa Ervin 5 8 8 Jessica Mills 8 7 9 Teresa Aiello 11 9 10 Amanda Farkas 10 10 11 Lisa Matras 13 11 12 Keri Anne Thomas 9 13 13 Denise Long 15 12 14 Lisa Talbot 16 14 15 Jennifer Verili 14 15 16 Patricia Mansfield 18 16 WD Jenna Pittman 12 Melissa Ann Nelson 17 Pairs Rank Name SP FS 1 Jenni Meno / Todd Sand 1 1 2 Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen 2 2 3 Karen Courtland / Todd Reynolds 3 3 4 Natasha Kuchiki / Rocky Marval 4 4 5 Stephanie Stiegler / Lance Travis 7 5 6 Tristen Vega / Joel McKeever 6 6 7 Calla Urbanski / Joseph Mero 5 7 8 Jennifer Perez / John Frederiksen 8 8 9 Aimee Offner / Brad Cox 10 9 10 Sharon Carz / Troy Goldstein 12 10 11 Holly Benson / Steven Moore 11 11 12 Tracey Damigella / Doug Williams 14 12 13 Laura Murphy / Brian Wells 13 13 14 Robin Heckler / Jeff Tilley 9 15 15 Erin Moorad / Richard Gillam 16 14 WD Dawn Piepenbrink / Nick Castaneda 15 Ice dancing Rank Name CD1 CD2 OD FD 1 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow 2 1 1 1 2 Susan Wynne / Russ Witherby 3 4 3 2 3 Amy Webster / Ron Kravette 4 3 4 3 4 Wendy Millette / Jason Tebo 5 5 6 4 5 Tamara Kuchiki / Neale Smull 7 6 5 5 6 Galit Chait / Maxim Sevostianov 6 7 7 6 7 Julia Bikbova / Robert Peal 8 8 8 7 8 Christina Fitzgerald / Mark Fitzgerald 9 9 9 8 9 Cheryl Demkowski / Sean Gates 11 10 10 9 10 Mica Darley / Michael Sklutovsky 12 11 11 10 11 Elizabeth Buhl / Augustine DiBella 10 12 12 12 12 Tiffani Tucker / Collin Vail Sullivan 13 13 13 11 13 Sian Matthews / Yovanny Durango 14 14 14 13 14 Melissa Boney / Gerald Miele 15 15 15 14 WD Renee Roca / Gorsha Sur 1 2 2 Junior results Men Rank Name SP FS 1 Jere Michael 1 1 2 Jason Sylvia 2 3 3 Johnnie Bevan 5 2 4 Matthew Kessinger 6 4 5 Eric Bohnstedt 4 5 6 Trifun Zivanovic 3 6 7 Derrick Delmore 8 7 8 Roman Fraden 7 8 9 Derek Stedingh 9 9 10 Jamie Loper 11 10 11 Eddie Gornik 12 11 12 Michael Edgren 10 13 13 Erik Rockwell 13 12 14 Michael Demetrius Orr 13 14 Ladies Rank Name SP FS 1 Jennifer Karl 4 1 2 Amanda Ward 3 2 3 Lisa Bell 1 4 4 Crisha Gossard 6 3 5 Angela Nikodinov 2 5 6 Amy D'Entremont 7 6 7 Brittney McConn 5 7 8 Amber Corwin 8 8 9 Emily Freedman 10 9 10 Jaime Lea Lund 11 10 11 Serena Phillips 9 12 12 Kristy Venasky 12 11 Pairs Rank Name SP FS 1 Nicole Bateson-Rock / Keith Tindall 1 1 2 Cheryl Marker / Todd Price 2 2 3 Sara Ward / J. Paul Binnebose 4 3 4 Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell 3 4 5 Celina Taylor / Mel Chapman 5 5 6 Ari Blank / Jeb Gerth 8 6 7 Nicole Perry / David Delago 6 7 8 Anne Ramos / Benjamin Oberman 9 8 9 Lauren Weldon / Jim Peterson 7 9 10 Kristen Youlden / Fred Palascak 10 10 11 Melanie Lambert / Robert Van Uitert 11 11 12 Erin Fisher / Eddy Zeidler 16 12 13 Erin Covington / Brandon Powell 12 14 14 Akemi Kawaguchi / Ron Brilliant 15 13 15 Allison Rochford / Robert Rochford 13 15 16 Breanne Heldman / Jeremiah Jackson 12 16 Ice dancing Rank Name CD1 CD2 OD FD 1 Laura Gayton / Oleg Fediukov 1 1 1 1 2 Carissa Green / Gregory Maddalone 2 2 2 2 3 Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates 3 3 3 3 4 Nicole Dumonceaux / John Repucci 5 5 4 4 5 Jayna Cronin / Jonathan Nichols 4 4 5 5 6 Tami Tyler / Stith Letsinger 6 6 6 6 7 Kari Downey / Garrett Brockert 7 7 7 7 8 Kristina Feliciano / Alex Jacoby 8 8 8 8 9 Jamie Coffey / Kurt Dreger 9 9 9 10 10 Dawn Ponte / Paul Frey 13 10 10 9 11 Michelle Poley / Kevin Spada 10 11 11 12 12 Darlin Baker / D.J. Gray 12 12 12 11 13 Daniela Lopez / Andres Lopez 15 14 14 13 14 Celia Cohen / Shawn Jellse 14 15 13 14 15 Jenny Dahlen / Sergei Lihachov 11 13 15 15 Reinstatement of professionals to amateur status Amateurs who turned professional had been banned from returning to compete as amateurs. This ban was removed and Brian Boitano and Elaine Zayak sought to compete in order to go to the 1994 Winter Olympics. Having retired from competitive skating after winning Olympic gold in 1988 and the 1988 World Championships, four time men's champion Brian Boitano announced a comeback and would compete to get a place on the 1994 Olympic team. This was highly controversial as he had skated professionally for many years and fought to get former professionals reinstated for amateur competitions. He placed second behind Scott Davis and made the Olympic team as the United States had 2 spots.FIGURE SKATING; Golden Boy Boitano Settles for a Second (Published 1994) The New York Times January 7, 1994 https://web.archive.org/web/20190824130315/https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/07/sports/figure-skating-golden-boy-boitano-settles-for-a-second.html?scp=2 2019-08-24 live https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/07/sports/figure-skating-golden-boy-boitano-settles-for-a-second.html?scp=2&sq=brian+boitano+davis&st=nyt Kerrigan–Harding controversy Assault of Nancy Kerrigan The January 6, 1994, attack on 1993 champion and Ladies gold frontrunner Nancy Kerrigan preceded the event. The widely publicized attack took place during a practice session for the 1994 U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Detroit. Tonya Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, and her bodyguard, Shawn Eckardt,December 15, 2007 Player in attack on Kerrigan dies at 40 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071215/ap_on_re_us/obit_griffith https://web.archive.org/web/20071218172722/http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071215/ap_on_re_us/obit_griffith December 18, 2007 Yahoo! News Associated Press hired Shane Stant to strike Kerrigan on the knee, though Stant actually struck Kerrigan's thigh a few inches above the knee. Kerrigan's injury forced her withdrawal, and Harding won the event. After Harding admitted to helping to cover up the attack, the USFSA and United States Olympic Committee initiated proceedings to remove her from the 1994 Olympic team, but Harding retained her place after threatening legal action.http://massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=3 Mass Moments: Skater Nancy Kerrigan Assaulted 2009-04-14 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20101126033602/http://massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=3 2010-11-26 She finished eighth in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, while Kerrigan, who recovered from her injuries, finished second.http://www.oregonlive.com/tonya-harding/1994/02/1994_winter_olympics_tonya_har.html 1994 Winter Olympics: Tonya Harding finishes 8th in women's figure skating 26 February 1994 Collision During a warm-up, ice dancer Renée Roca was skating backward and collided with the team of Galit Chait and Maksim Sevostyanov, fracturing a bone in her left arm. Two hours later, she returned from the hospital with her arm in a cast and decided to try to compete. She and partner Gorsha Sur placed second in the rhumba, however, Roca was unable to secure a firm grip with her left hand, and had to withdraw from the rest of the competition. References https://www.nytimes.com/1994/01/06/sports/olympics-roca-ice-dancer-breaks-arm-but-comes-back-to-skate-on.html OLYMPICS; Roca, Ice Dancer, Breaks Arm But Comes Back to Skate On Jere Longman January 6, 1994 September 7, 2011 The New York Times External links men's and ladies' results https://web.archive.org/web/20100701054217/http://main.put.com/Skate/ July 1, 2010 Category:U.S. Figure Skating Championships Category:Sports competitions in Detroit United States Figure Skating Championships, 1994 United States Figure Skating Championships, 1994 Category:January 1994 sports events in the United States Category:1994 in sports in Michigan Category:1994 in Detroit