The 1985 U.S. Figure Skating Championships was held in early 1985 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. 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 one of the criteria used to select the U.S. teams for the 1985 World Championships.

Senior results Men Following the retirement of Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton, Brian Boitano landed seven triple jumps in the free skating to capture his first national title. Mark Cockerell, appearing in his ninth nationals, finished a career-best second, and Christopher Bowman moved up from eighth to fourth with an outstanding free skating.

Boitano would go on to capture the bronze medal at the 1985 World Championships.

Rank Name CF SP FS 1 Brian Boitano 1 1 1 2 Mark Cockerell 2 2 2 3 Scott Williams 3 9 4 4 Christopher Bowman 10 3 3 5 Paul Wylie 4 6 6 6 Daniel Doran 7 7 5 7 Bobby Beauchamp 5 4 8 8 Craig Henderson 6 8 7 9 Angelo D'Agostino 12 5 9 10 David Fedor 9 11 10 11 James Cygan 8 12 12 12 John Filbig 14 11 14 13 Tom Cierniak 13 10 13 14 Tom Zakrajsek 14 13 14 15 Winfrid Mayer 15 15 15

Ladies Coming off a fourth-place finish at the 1984 Winter Olympics, Tiffany Chin was the heavy favorite and won all three phases of the competition to capture the crown. Second place finisher Debi Thomas became the first black American singles skater to qualify for the World Figure Skating Championships.

Chin would go on to win the bronze medal at the 1985 World Championships, while Thomas finished fifth in her World debut.

Rank Name CF SP FS 1 Tiffany Chin 1 1 1 2 Debi Thomas 2 2 3 3 Caryn Kadavy 5 3 2 4 Kathryn Adams 7 4 4 5 Jill Frost 3 7 6 6 Leslie Sikes 8 8 7 7 Jana Marie Sjodin 4 12 8 8 Yvonne Gomez 11 13 5 9 Sara MacInnes 6 5 14 10 Tracy Ernst 14 6 9 11 Staci McMullin 12 9 10 12 Maradith Feinberg 9 11 13 13 Debbie Walls 13 10 12 14 Leslie Friedman 10 14 15 15 Debbie Tucker 16 16 11 16 Cynthia Romano 15 15 16

Pairs After her previous partner, Burt Lancon, turned professional, 1984 Olympian Jill Watson teamed with Peter Oppegard to take the pairs crown. They were followed in second place by siblings Natalie and Wayne Seybold.

Watson and Oppegard would finish fourth in the 1985 World Championships.

Rank Name SP FP 1 Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard 1 1 2 Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold 2 2 3 Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner 4 3 4 Susan Dungjen / Jason Dungjen 7 4 5 Katy Keeley / Joseph Mero 3 6 6 Sandy Hurtubise / Craig Maurizi 8 5 7 Maria Lako / Michael Blicharski 6 7 8 Karen Courtland / Robert Daw 5 9 9 Tammy Crowson / Jay Freeman 9 8 10 Ginger Tse / Archie Tse 12 10 11 Kristin Kriwanek / Doug Williams 10 11 12 Sheila Nobles / Tom Zakrajsek 14 12 13 Danielle Broussard / Christopher Hefner 13 13 WD Margo Shoup / Patrick Page

Ice dancing Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert won their fifth consecutive national title and would go on to earn the bronze medal at the 1985 World Championships.

Rank Name 1 Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert 2 Renée Roca / Donald Adair 3 Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory 4 Lois Luciani / Russ Witherby 5 Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar 6 Susan Jorgensen / Robert Yokabaskas 7 Eva Hunyardi / Jay Pinkerton 8 Kristan Lowry / Chip Rossbach 9 Kandi Amelon / Alex Binnie 10 April Sargent / John D'Amelio 11 Karen Knieriem / Leif Erickson 12 Ann Hensel / John Stackhouse 13 Laura Wolfe / James Yorke 14 Sharon Minton / Kenton Webb

Junior results Men Rank Name CF SP FS 1 Doug Mattis 1 2 3 2 Erik Larson 5 3 1 3 Rudy Galindo 3 4 2 4 Scott Kurttila 2 1 4 5 John Saitta 4 5 5 6 Patrick Brault 6 7 Jeff Carstensen 8 8 Brian Grant 9 9 Jeff Freedman 11 10 Eddie Shipstad 10 11 Mark Mitchell 7 12 Todd Reynolds 13 13 Steven Rice 12 14 Jon De Paz 14

Ladies Rank Name CF SP FS 1 Jill Trenary 5 5 1 2 Tracey Damigella 3 (tie) 6 2 3 Holly Cook 6 3 3 4 Dedie Richards 2 4 5 5 Tracey Seliga 1 7 8 6 Sharon Barker 8 8 4 7 Jeri Campbell 9 1 7 8 Laura Edmunds 7 11 6 9 Micki McMahon 13 2 9 10 Kimberly Drenser 3 (tie) 13 11 11 Lisa Cornelius 10 12 Kristin Kriwanek 12 WD Julie Wasserman

Pairs (incomplete standings) Rank Name 1 Deveny Deck / Luke Hohmann 2 Shelly Propson / Jerod Swallow 3 Lori Blasko / Todd Sand 4 Shanda Smith / Brandon Smith 5 Kristi Yamaguchi / Rudy Galindo 6 Bridgit Drenser / David McGovern 7 Ashley Stevenson / Robert Pellaton 8 Jennifer Newman / Scott Wedland 9 Jill Kombeitz / Joel McKeever 10 Sara Powell / Robert Powell 11 Nancy Kerrigan / Bobby Martin 12 Nancy Schwarz / David Aboyoun 13 Deirdre Roach / Mike Beltch 14 Pam Warters / Jeff Warters

Ice dancing Rank Name 1 Jodie Balogh / Jerod Swallow 2 Tonia Kleinsasser / Daniel Stahl 3 Jill Helser / Michael Verlich 4 Tracy Sniadach / Charles Sinek 5 SKimberly Barget / James Schilling 6 Jeanne Miley / Christopher Macri 7 Amy Webster / John Millier 8 Colette Huber / Ron Kravette 9 Colleen Bowman / Doug Murray 10 Suzanne Murphy / Andrew Niebler 11 Jennifer Benz / Jeffrey Benz 12 Lisa Grove / Daniel Smith 13 Megan O'Donnell / David Shirt 14 Kelli Haveman / Shawn Rettstatt

Novice results Todd Eldredge and Katie Wood took gold in the novice men's and ladies' categories, respectively.

Men (incomplete standings) Rank Name 1 Todd Eldredge 2 Aren Nielsen 3 Alex Chang 4 Cameron Birky 5 Colin Vander Veen 6 Brian Rabin 7 Grant Noroyan 8 Shepherd Clark 9 Tim Dever 10 Doug Webster

Ladies (incomplete standings) Rank Name 1 Katie Wood 2 Cindy Bortz 3 Kyoko Ina 4 Kristi Yamaguchi 5 Kenna Bailey 6 Dena Galech 7 Dawn Latona 8 Shenon Badre 9 Nancy Kerrigan 10 Jill Weisenstein

Pairs

Ice dancing

References

External links Pairs' results