1945 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

Figure skating competition 1945 US Figure Skating Championships National Championship March 2 March 5 1944-45 New York City, New York Skating Club of New York Madison Square Garden None (Senior)Richard Button (Junior) 1968-01-22 Big Crowd at Auditorium Thrilled By Brilliant "Minto Follies" https://books.google.com/books?id=Czc0AAAAIBAJ&dq=1945+US+Figure+Skating+Championships&pg=PA40&article_id=5487,4019392 Ottawa Citizen 2025-02-27 Gretchen Van Zandt Merrill (Senior) 1968-01-22 Fleming Claims 5th Skating Title https://books.google.com/books?id=wnBIAAAAIBAJ&dq=1943+U.S.+Figure+Skating+Championships&pg=PA31&article_id=6998,1741642 St. Petersburg Times Associated Press 2025-02-25Eileen Seigh (Junior) Donna Jeanne Pospisil and Jean Pierre Brunet (Senior)Betty Jean Higgins and Lyman E. Wakefield Jr. (Junior) Kathe Mehl Williams and Robert Swenning (Senior)Patsy Jones and Walter H. Bainbridge Jr. (Junior) 1944 U.S. Championships 1946 U.S. Championships The 1945 U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held from March 2-5 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.https://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/article/Skating_194501_14.pdf OFFICIAL USFSA, CFSA ANNOUNCEMENTS Gold, silver, and bronze medals were awarded in three disciplines – women's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice. For the second year in a row, Men's singles was only competed for at the junior and novice levels, as most of the country's top male figure skaters were in the military due to WWII.Young William Young Nancy 2010 World War II and the Postwar Years in America Bloomsbury Publishing USA 978-0-313-35653-7 https://books.google.com/books?id=KTHYEAAAQBAJ&dq=1945+U.S.+Figure+Skating+Championships+-wikipedia&pg=PA638 Senior results Women Rankhttps://magazinearchive.blob.core.windows.net/resources/article/Skating_194503_02.pdf The United States and North American Championships Name 1 Gretchen Van Zandt Merrill 2 Janette Ahrens 3 Madelon Olson 4 Margaret Grant 5 Phebe Tucker 6 Dorothy Glazier Pairs Rank Name 1 Donna Jean Pospisil / Jean Pierre Brunet 2 Ann McGean / Michael McGean 3 Marcella May / James Lochead Jr. Ice dancing (Gold dance) Rank Name 1 Kathe Mehl Williams / Robert Swenning 2 Marcella May / James Lochead Jr. 3 Mary Andresen / Jack Andresen Junior results Men Rank Name 1 Richard Button 2 Michael McGean 3 Robert Swenning Women Rank Name 1 Eileen Seigh 2 Yvonne Sherman 3 Joan Swanston 4 Shirley Lander 5 Barbara Uhl 6 Jeanne Leroux 7 Joan Yocum 8 Helen Uhl 9 Margaret Field 10 Charlotte Kaye 11 Beverley Compton Pairs Rank Name 1 Betty Jean Higgins / Lyman E. Wakefield Jr. 2 Yvonne Sherman / Robert Swenning 3 Karol Kennedy / Peter Kennedy 4 Yvonne Cameron / Dean Cameron 5 Nancy Lemmon / Charles W. Brinkman 6 Sally Blair / Huntington Blair 7 Anne Davies / Carleton C. Hoffner Jr. 8 Nancy Sue Jenkins / Hayes Alan Jenkins Ice dancing (Silver dance) Rank Name 1 Patsy Jones / Walter H. Bainbridge Jr. 2 Yvonne Cameron / Dean Cameron 3 Vivian Halliday / Richard C. Queisser 4 Ruth Parkinson / David J. Speck References Category:U.S. Figure Skating Championships United States Figure Skating Championships, 1945 US Figure Skating Championships