1994 United States Figure Skating Championships
Type:National Championship
Date:January 4 – 8
Season:1993–94
Location:Detroit, Michigan
Venue:Joe Louis Arena
Champions
Men's singles:
Scott Davis
Ladies' singles:
Tonya Harding DQ
Pairs:
Jenni Meno / Todd Sand
Ice dance:
Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow
Previous:
1993 U.S. Championships
Next:
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
MenScott DavisBrian BoitanoAren NielsenTodd Eldredge
LadiesNo championMichelle KwanNicole BobekElaine Zayak
PairsJenni Meno / Todd SandKyoko Ina / Jason DungjenKaren Courtland / Todd ReynoldsNatasha Kuchiki / Rocky Marval
Ice dancingElizabeth Punsalan / Jerod SwallowSusan Wynne / Russ WitherbyAmy Webster / Ron KravetteWendy Millette / Jason Tebo

^† In June 1994, U.S. Figure Skating voted to no longer recognize Tonya Harding's 1994 win.[1] The gold medal position was left vacant; the other competitors did not move up one position.

Junior

Event Gold Silver Bronze Pewter
MenJere MichaelJason SylviaJohnnie BevanMatthew Kessinger
LadiesJennifer KarlAmanda WardLisa BellChrisha Gossard
PairsNicole Bateson Rock / Keith TindallCheryl Marker / Todd PriceSara Ward / J. Paul BinneboseDanielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell
Ice dancingLaura Gayton / Oleg FediukovCarissa Green / Gregory MaddaloneEve Chalom / Mathew GatesNicole Dumonceaux / John Repucci

Novice

Event Gold Silver Bronze Pewter
MenTimothy GoebelPete St. GermainePeter KongkasemBert Cording
LadiesCohen DuncanTara LipinskiJennifer JohMelanie Price
PairsBrie Teaboldt / John ZimmermanGretel Reich / Stephen BidonSarah Booth / Matthew ButtreyNatalie Vlandis / Jered Guzman
Ice dancingJessica Joseph / Charles Butler Jr.Natalie Wolenter / David GrattaShannon Simon / Jason SimonPamela Meininger / Keith Schonrock III

Senior results

Men

Rank Name SP FS
1 Scott Davis21
2 Brian Boitano12
3 Aren Nielsen53
4 Todd Eldredge34
5 Mark Mitchell65
6 Shepherd Clark46
7 Rudy Galindo97
8 Michael Weiss78
9 Damon Allen89
10 Dan Hollander1110
11 Colin VanderVeen1011
12 Gig Siruno1212
13 John Baldwin Jr.1813
14 Paul Dulebohn1614
15 Mel Chapman1515
16 Glenn Armstrong1816
WD Steven Smith13
WD Larry Holliday14

Ladies

Rank Name SP FS
1 Tonya Harding11
2 Michelle Kwan32
3 Nicole Bobek23
4 Elaine Zayak44
5 Tonia Kwiatkowski65
6 Michelle Cho76
7 Lisa Ervin58
8 Jessica Mills87
9 Teresa Aiello119
10 Amanda Farkas1010
11 Lisa Matras1311
12 Keri Anne Thomas913
13 Denise Long1512
14 Lisa Talbot1614
15 Jennifer Verili1415
16 Patricia Mansfield1816
WD Jenna Pittman12
WD Melissa Ann Nelson17
WD Nancy Kerrigan
WD Tanya Street

Pairs

Rank Name SP FS
1 Jenni Meno / Todd Sand11
2 Kyoko Ina / Jason Dungjen22
3 Karen Courtland / Todd Reynolds33
4 Natasha Kuchiki / Rocky Marval44
5 Stephanie Stiegler / Lance Travis75
6 Tristen Vega / Joel McKeever66
7 Calla Urbanski / Joseph Mero57
8 Jennifer Perez / John Frederiksen88
9 Aimee Offner / Brad Cox109
10 Sharon Carz / Troy Goldstein1210
11 Holly Benson / Steven Moore1111
12 Tracey Damigella / Doug Williams1412
13 Laura Murphy / Brian Wells1313
14 Robin Heckler / Jeff Tilley915
15 Erin Moorad / Richard Gillam1614
WD Dawn Piepenbrink / Nick Castaneda15

Ice dancing

Rank Name CD1 CD2 OD FD
1 Elizabeth Punsalan / Jerod Swallow2111
2 Susan Wynne / Russ Witherby3432
3 Amy Webster / Ron Kravette4343
4 Wendy Millette / Jason Tebo5564
5 Tamara Kuchiki / Neale Smull7655
6 Galit Chait / Maxim Sevostianov6776
7 Julia Bikbova / Robert Peal8887
8 Christina Fitzgerald / Mark Fitzgerald9998
9 Cheryl Demkowski / Sean Gates1110109
10 Mica Darley / Michael Sklutovsky12111110
11 Elizabeth Buhl / Augustine DiBella10121212
12 Tiffani Tucker / Collin Vail Sullivan13131311
13 Sian Matthews / Yovanny Durango14141413
14 Melissa Boney / Gerald Miele15151514
WD Renee Roca / Gorsha Sur122

Junior results

Men

Rank Name SP FS
1 Jere Michael11
2 Jason Sylvia23
3 Johnnie Bevan52
4 Matthew Kessinger64
5 Eric Bohnstedt45
6 Trifun Zivanovic36
7 Derrick Delmore87
8 Roman Fraden78
9 Derek Stedingh99
10 Jamie Loper1110
11 Eddie Gornik1211
12 Michael Edgren1013
13 Erik Rockwell1312
14 Michael Demetrius Orr1314

Ladies

Rank Name SP FS
1 Jennifer Karl41
2 Amanda Ward32
3 Lisa Bell14
4 Crisha Gossard63
5 Angela Nikodinov25
6 Amy D'Entremont76
7 Brittney McConn57
8 Amber Corwin88
9 Emily Freedman109
10 Jaime Lea Lund1110
11 Serena Phillips912
12 Kristy Venasky1211

Pairs

Rank Name SP FS
1 Nicole Bateson-Rock / Keith Tindall11
2 Cheryl Marker / Todd Price22
3 Sara Ward / J. Paul Binnebose43
4 Danielle Hartsell / Steve Hartsell34
5 Celina Taylor / Mel Chapman55
6 Ari Blank / Jeb Gerth86
7 Nicole Perry / David Delago67
8 Anne Ramos / Benjamin Oberman98
9 Lauren Weldon / Jim Peterson79
10 Kristen Youlden / Fred Palascak1010
11 Melanie Lambert / Robert Van Uitert1111
12 Erin Fisher / Eddy Zeidler1612
13 Erin Covington / Brandonb Powell1214
14 Akemi Kawaguchi / Ron Brilliant1513
15 Allison Rochford / Robert Rochford1315
16 Breanne Heldman / Jeremiah Jackson1216

Ice dancing

Rank Name CD1 CD2 OD FD
1 Laura Gayton / Oleg Fediukov1111
2 Carissa Green / Gregory Maddalone2222
3 Eve Chalom / Mathew Gates3333
4 Nicole Dumonceaux / John Repucci5544
5 Jayna Cronin / Jonathan Nichols4455
6 Tami Tyler / Stith Letsinger6666
7 Kari Downey / Garrett Brockert7777
8 Kristina Feliciano / Alex Jacoby8888
9 Jamie Coffey / Kurt Dreger99910
10 Dawn Ponte / Paul Frey1310109
11 Michelle Poley / Kevin Spada10111112
12 Darlin Baker / D.J. Gray12121211
13 Daniela Lopez / Andres Lopez15141413
14 Celia Cohen / Shawn Jellse14151314
15 Jenny Dahlen / Sergei Lihachov11131515

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.[2]

Kerrigan–Harding controversy

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,[3] 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.[4] She finished eighth in the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, while Kerrigan, who recovered from her injuries, finished second.[5]

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.[6] Two hours later, she returned from the hospital with her arm in a cast and decided to try to compete.[6] She and partner Gorsha Sur placed second in the rhumba, however, Roca was unable to secure a firm grip with her left hand,[6] and had to withdraw from the rest of the competition.

References

  1. "U.S. Title Is Taken Back From Harding". The New York Times. Associated Press. July 1, 1994. Retrieved Sep 28, 2010.
  2. "FIGURE SKATING; Golden Boy Boitano Settles for a Second (Published 1994)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2019-08-24.
  3. "Player in attack on Kerrigan dies at 40". Yahoo! News. Associated Press. December 15, 2007. Archived from the original on December 18, 2007.
  4. "Mass Moments: Skater Nancy Kerrigan Assaulted". Archived from the original on 2010-11-26. Retrieved 2009-04-14.
  5. "1994 Winter Olympics: Tonya Harding finishes 8th in women's figure skating". 26 February 1994.
  6. 1 2 3 Longman, Jere (January 6, 1994). "OLYMPICS; Roca, Ice Dancer, Breaks Arm But Comes Back to Skate On". The New York Times. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
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