The 2020 U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held from January 20–26, 2020 at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex in Greensboro, North Carolina. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior and junior levels. The results were part of the U.S. selection criteria for the 2020 Four Continents Championships, 2020 World Junior Championships, and the 2020 World Championships.
Greensboro was announced as the host in November 2018. The city previously hosted the event in 2011 and 2015.
Qualifying U.S. Figure Skating implemented a new qualifying structure beginning from the 2019–20 season. Competitors qualified through the National Qualifying Series (NQS), Regional (singles) and Sectional (pairs/ice dance) Challenges, and Sectional (singles) and U.S. (pairs/ice dance) Finals, held from June to November 2019, or earned a bye. The NQS is not mandatory, but the top six singles athletes in each section may earn a bye to the Sectional Singles Final, and the top three teams/couples in pairs and ice dance may earn a bye to the U.S. Final in their respective disciplines. The top four finishers at the Sectional Finals (singles) and the top twelve finishers at the U.S. Finals (pairs/ice dance) earned a spot at the National Figure Skating Championships.
Juvenile, intermediate, and novice skaters qualified for the National High Performance Development Team and Camp in lieu of participating at U.S. Championships.
Date Event Type Location Results June–September 2019National Qualifying Series (NQS) Various cities Details October 2–6, 2019 South Atlantic Regional ChallengeAston, Pennsylvania Details Eastern Ice Dance/Pairs Sectional Challenge Details Eastern Great Lakes Regional ChallengeLansing, Michigan Details Midwestern Ice Dance Sectional Challenge Details Northwest Pacific Regional Challenge Mountlake Terrace, Washington DetailsOctober 16–20, 2019 Southwestern Regional ChallengeColorado Springs, Colorado Details Midwestern Pairs Sectional Challenge Details Southwest Pacific Regional ChallengeIrvine, California Details Pacific Coast Pairs Sectional Challenge DetailsOctober 23–27, 2019 New England Regional ChallengeWestborough, Massachusetts Details North Atlantic Regional Challenge Details Upper Great Lakes Regional Challenge Saint Paul, Minnesota Details Central Pacific Regional ChallengeSalt Lake City, Utah Details Pacific Coast Ice Dance Sectional Challenge DetailsNovember 12–16, 2019 Eastern Sectional FinalHyannis, Massachusetts Details U.S. Ice Dance Final U.S. Final Details Midwestern Sectional FinalAllen, Texas Details U.S. Pairs Final U.S. Final Details Pacific Coast Sectional Final Wenatchee, Washington Details January 20–26, 2020 U.S. Championships Championship Greensboro, North Carolina Details
Minimum TES requirements In the senior division, all competitors that qualify through their placement at a Sectional Singles Final, the U.S. Pairs Final, or the U.S. Dance Final, must have met a minimum combined Technical Elements Score (TES) during the season to compete at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
Minimum technical scores (TES) Discipline Combined Men 92 Ladies 75 Pairs 68 Ice dance 65 May be attained at any official NQS event, a Regional or Sectional Challenge,a Sectional or U.S. Final, or any international competition
Entries A list of qualified skaters was published on November 26, 2019.
Seniors Several qualified skaters were unable to compete due to failure to achieve the minimum TES: Andrew Austin, Ben Jalovick, Tony Lu, and Jun Hong Chen in men's singles, Megan Wessenberg in ladies' singles, and Brynne McIsaac / Mark Sadusky in pairs. Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance Jason Brown Starr Andrews Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko Nathan Chen Maxine Marie Bautista Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Madison Chock / Evan Bates Ryan Dunk Mariah Bell Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe (withdrew) Caroline Green / Michael Parsons Tomoki Hiwatashi Karen Chen Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker William Hubbart Ting Cui (withdrew) Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Joonsoo Kim Alex Evans Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter Alexei Krasnozhon Amber Glenn Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Bailey Melton / Ryan O'Donnell Jimmy Ma Gracie Gold Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow Eva Pate / Logan Bye Jordan Moeller Caitlin Ha Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov Livvy Shilling / Alexander Petrov Yaroslav Paniot Hanna Harrell (withdrew) Maria Mokhova / Ivan Mokhov Camden Pulkinen Courtney Hicks Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan Sean Rabbitt Rena Ikenishi Olivia Serafini / Mervin Tran Emmanuel Savary Gabriella Izzo Allison Timlen / Justin Highgate-Brutman Andrew Torgashev Sarah Jung Dinh Tran Alysa Liu Vincent Zhou Emilia Murdock (withdrew) Alyssa Rich Paige Rydberg Bradie Tennell Sierra Venetta Emily Zhang
Juniors Names with an asterisk (*) denote novice skaters. Men Ladies Pairs Ice dance Lucas Altieri Lara Annunziata Sarah Burden / Jake Pagano Ella Ales / Daniel Tsarik Goku Endo Elsa Cheng* Sydney Cooke / Timmy Chapman Hilary Asher / Kyle Pearson Chase Finster Calista Choi Winter Deardorff / Mikhail Johnson Oona Brown / Gage Brown Nicolas Hsieh Hazel Collier* Kate Finster / Balázs Nagy Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov Joseph Kang Mia Eckels Sydney Flaum / Alex Wellman Katarina DelCamp / Ian Somerville Liam Kapeikis Hannah Herrera* Cate Fleming / Jedidiah Isbell Isabella Flores / Adam Bouaziz Joseph Klein* Tamnhi Huynh* Analise Gonzalez / Franz-Peter Jerosch Layla Karnes / Kenan Slevira Kai Kovar* Isabelle Inthisone Evelyn Grace Hanns / Jim Garbutt (withdrew) Angela Ling / Caleb Wein Seth Kurogi Mia Kalin Grace Knoop / Blake Eisenach (withdrew) Avonley Nguyen / Vadym Kolesnik Ilia Malinin (withdrew) Michelle Lee* Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard Anna Nicklas / Max Ryan (withdrew) Daniel Martynov* Isabeau Levito* Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia Cordelia Pride / Benjamin Lawless Samuel Mindra* Jessica Lin Arianna Varvoutis / Derrick Griffin Samantha Ritter / Jim Wang Maxim Naumov Maryn Pierce Breelie Taylor / Tyler Vollmer Matthew Nielsen Noelle Rosa Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov Jacob Sanchez* Ellen Slavicek Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen David Shapiro Lindsay Thorngren Eric Sjoberg Mauryn Tyack Daniel Turchin Kate Wang Robert Yampolsky*
Novice The top two novice finishers at each Sectional in men's and ladies' singles were added to the junior event at U.S. Championships. Sectional Men LadiesEastern1 Robert Yampolsky Isabeau Levito2 Jacob Sanchez Hazel CollierMidwestern1 Joseph Klein Elsa Cheng2 Daniel Martynov Tamnhi HuynhPacific Coast1 Samuel Mindra Michelle Lee2 Kai Kovar Hannah Herrera
Changes to preliminary entries Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs December 22 Senior ladies Ting Cui N/A Injury (right ankle) January 4 Junior ice dance Anna Nicklas / Max Ryan Breelie Taylor / Tyler Vollmer January 13 Senior ladies Hanna Harrell N/A Injury recovery Junior pairs Grace Knoop / Blake Eisenach N/A January 16 Senior ladies Emilia Murdock N/A Senior pairs Emily Chan / Spencer Akira Howe N/A Junior men Ilia Malinin N/A Junior pairs Evelyn Grace Hanns / Jim Garbutt N/A
Medal summary Senior Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Pewter Men Nathan Chen Jason Brown Tomoki Hiwatashi Vincent Zhou Ladies Alysa Liu Mariah Bell Bradie Tennell Karen Chen Pairs Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc Ice dance Madison Chock / Evan Bates Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko
Junior Discipline Gold Silver Bronze Pewter Men Maxim Naumov Eric Sjoberg Liam Kapeikis Lucas Altieri Ladies Lindsay Thorngren Isabeau Levito Calista Choi Isabelle Inthisone Pairs Kate Finster / Balazs Nagy Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia Winter Deardorff / Mikhail Johnson Cate Fleming / Jedidiah Isbell Ice dance Avonley Nguyen / Vadym Kolesnik Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen Oona Brown / Gage Brown Molly Cesanek / Yehor Yehorov
Senior results Senior men Rank Name Total points SP FS 1 Nathan Chen 330.17 1 114.13 1 216.04 2 Jason Brown 292.88 2 100.99 2 191.89 3 Tomoki Hiwatashi 278.08 5 94.21 3 183.87 4 Vincent Zhou 275.23 4 94.82 4 180.41 5 Andrew Torgashev 260.64 3 97.87 5 162.77 6 Alexei Krasnozhon 241.32 6 80.71 6 160.61 7 Camden Pulkinen 236.08 7 79.19 7 156.89 8 Dinh Tran 220.88 11 71.86 8 149.02 9 Sean Rabbitt 213.46 8 77.71 9 135.75 10 Yaroslav Paniot 209.79 9 77.10 10 132.69 11 Ryan Dunk 199.45 14 67.15 11 132.30 12 William Hubbart 195.87 13 69.11 12 126.76 13 Jimmy Ma 193.85 12 71.54 13 122.31 14 Jordan Moeller 191.25 10 71.87 14 119.38 15 Joonsoo Kim 177.03 15 60.13 15 116.90
Senior women Rank Name Total points SP FS 1 Alysa Liu 235.52 2 75.40 1 160.12 2 Mariah Bell 225.21 3 73.22 2 151.99 3 Bradie Tennell 220.86 1 78.96 3 141.904 Karen Chen 193.65 5 70.41 4 123.24 5 Amber Glenn 186.57 4 73.16 9 113.42 6 Starr Andrews 181.78 7 65.86 6 115.92 7 Sierra Venetta 176.37 11 57.98 5 118.39 8 Courtney Hicks 175.28 9 60.25 7 115.03 9 Gabriella Izzo 174.41 6 65.94 11 108.47 10 Rena Ikenishi 171.81 12 57.478 114.34 11 Maxine Marie Bautista 171.46 10 59.47 10 111.99 12 Gracie Gold 161.75 13 54.51 12 107.24 13 Emily Zhang 158.36 15 52.48 13 105.88 14 Paige Rydberg 150.12 8 60.82 16 89.30 15 Sarah Jung 149.38 17 51.09 14 98.29 16 Alex Evans 142.70 14 53.53 17 89.17 17 Caitlin Ha 139.37 16 51.48 18 87.89 18 Alyssa Rich 138.54 18 45.25 15 93.29
Senior pairs Rank Team Total points SP FS 1 Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim 216.15 1 77.06 2 139.09 2 Jessica Calalang / Brian Johnson 213.57 3 68.86 1 146.01 3 Tarah Kayne / Danny O'Shea 204.07 2 70.35 3 133.72 4 Ashley Cain-Gribble / Timothy LeDuc 197.12 4 67.56 4 128.26 5 Haven Denney / Brandon Frazier 186.25 6 61.33 5 124.92 6 Audrey Lu / Misha Mitrofanov 181.49 5 65.06 6 116.43 7 Olivia Serafini / Mervin Tran 171.21 7 61.08 7 110.13 8 Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan 165.93 8 58.48 8 107.45 9 Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker 164.12 9 57.95 9 106.17 10 Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow 147.07 12 50.86 10 96.21 11 Maria Mokhova / Ivan Mokhov 143.29 11 51.50 11 91.79 12 Allison Timlen / Justin Highgate-Brutman 135.10 10 55.60 12 79.50
Senior ice dance Rank Team Total points RD FD 1 Madison Chock / Evan Bates 221.86 1 87.63 1 134.23 2 Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue 217.19 2 86.31 2 130.88 3 Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker 201.16 3 82.59 3 118.57 4 Christina Carreira / Anthony Ponomarenko 194.16 4 78.02 4 116.14 5 Caroline Green / Michael Parsons 180.25 5 77.42 5 102.83 6 Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter 173.67 6 75.79 6 97.88 7 Eva Pate / Logan Bye 155.82 7 60.07 7 95.75 8 Livvy Shilling / Alexander Petrov 133.93 8 56.24 8 77.69 9 Bailey Melton / Ryan O'Donnell 96.02 9 39.47 9 56.55
Junior results Junior men Rank Name Total points SP FS 1 Maxim Naumov 206.92 1 70.75 2 136.17 2 Eric Sjoberg 202.38 6 62.97 1 139.41 3 Liam Kapeikis 189.15 2 68.12 4 121.03 4 Lucas Altieri 187.94 4 65.55 3 122.39 5 Nicholas Hsieh 183.54 5 65.20 5 118.34 6 Joseph Kang 177.80 3 67.84 7 109.96 7 Chase Finster 171.98 8 61.73 6 110.25 8 Matthew Nielsen 165.59 9 61.51 9 104.08 9 David Shapiro 165.39 12 58.69 8 106.70 10 Samuel Mindra 164.51 7 62.48 11 102.03 11 Kai Kovar 162.26 11 58.90 10 103.36 12 Daniel Martynov 158.54 13 56.63 12 101.91 13 Joseph Klein 155.98 15 55.83 13 100.15 14 Robert Yampolsky 147.62 16 50.48 14 97.14 15 Goku Endo 146.94 10 60.08 18 86.86 16 Daniel Turchin 145.09 14 55.93 17 89.16 17 Jacob Sanchez 142.19 17 49.21 15 92.98 18 Seth Kurogi 139.75 18 47.60 16 92.15
Junior women