2003 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

2003 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Type:	National championships
Date:	January 12 – 19
Season:	2002–03
Location:	Dallas, Texas
Host:	U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:	American Airlines Center
Champions
Men's singles: Michael Weiss (Senior) & Dennis Phan (Junior)
Women's singles: Michelle Kwan (Senior) & Erica Archambault (Junior)
Pairs: Tiffany Scott and Philip Dulebohn (Senior) & Amy Howerton and Steven Pottenger (Junior)
Ice dance: Naomi Lang and Peter Tchernyshev (Senior) & Morgan Matthews and Maxim Zavozin (Junior)
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The 2003 U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held from January 12 to 19, 2003, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas. Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance at the senior, junior, and novice levels. The results were part of the U.S. selection criteria for the 2003 World Championships, 2003 Four Continents Championships, and 2003 World Junior Championships. At the senior level, Michael Weiss won the men's event, Michelle Kwan won the women's event, Tiffany Scott and Philip Dulebohn won the pairs event, and Naomi Lang and Peter Tchernyshev won the ice dance event. At the junior level, Dennis Phan won the men's event, Erica Archambault won the women's event, Amy Howerton and Steven Pottenger won the pairs event, and Morgan Matthews and Maxim Zavozin won the ice dance event.

"Disaster in Dallas"

The 2003 Nationals are generally considered to be one of the worst-skated championships in U.S. championships history with the name "Disaster in Dallas" being given to the event.

The senior men's and pairs competitions were the most notable "disaster" of the night. Johnny Weir, who had been in medal contention after the short program, hit the barrier during his free skating, got up and restarted his program, then had to withdraw, starting a long chain of bad skating in the men's free. Also, there were numerous errors in the pairs event. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Senior results

Men's singles

Men's results ^[4]

Rank	Skater	Total	SP	FS
	Michael Weiss	3.0	4	1
	Timothy Goebel	3.5	1	3
	Ryan Jahnke	5.0	6	2
4	Scott Smith	6.5	5	4
5	Matthew Savoie	7.5	3	6
6	Parker Pennington	8.5	7	5
7	Evan Lysacek	11.5	9	7
8	Nicholas LaRoche	12.0	8	8
9	Ryan Bradley	16.5	15	9
10	Braden Overett	17.0	14	10
11	Michael Villarreal	17.5	13	11
12	Danny Clausen	17.5	11	12
13	Benjamin Miller	18.0	10	13
14	Jordan Wilson	23.0	18	14
15	Kurt Fromknecht	23.0	16	15
16	Shaun Rogers	25.5	19	16
WD	Johnny Weir	Withdrew	2	Withdrew from competition
	Derrick Delmore		12
	Shepherd Clark		17

Women's singles

Women's results ^[5]

Rank	Skater	Total	SP	FS
	Michelle Kwan	1.5	1	1
	Sarah Hughes	3.5	3	2
	Sasha Cohen	4.0	2	3
4	Ann Patrice McDonough	7.0	6	4
5	Jennifer Kirk	7.0	4	5
6	Yebin Mok	8.5	5	6
7	Beatrisa Liang	11.0	8	7
8	Amber Corwin	11.5	7	8
9	Louann Donovan	13.5	9	9
10	Alissa Czisny	16.0	14	9
11	Jennifer Don	16.0	10	11
12	Andrea Gardiner	18.5	13	12
13	Lindsey Weber	19.0	12	13
14	Kim Ryan	22.0	16	14
15	Joan Cristobal	25.0	18	16
16	Kailee Watson	25.5	21	15
17	Patricia Mansfield	27.0	20	17
18	Krissa Miller	27.5	19	18
19	Kelsey Drewel	27.5	17	19
20	Amber Czisny	27.5	15	20
WD	Angela Nikodinov	Withdrew	11	Withdrew from competition

Pairs

Pairs results ^[6]

Rank	Team	Total	SP	FS
	Tiffany Scott Philip Dulebohn	1.5	1	1
	Kathryn Orscher Garrett Lucash	4.0	4	2
	Rena Inoue John Baldwin	5.5	5	3
4	Larisa Spielberg Craig Joeright	5.5	3	4
5	Stephanie Kalesavich Aaron Parchem	6.0	2	5
6	Jennifer Don Jonathon Hunt	9.0	6	6
7	Laura Handy Jeremy Allen	11.5	9	7
8	Tiffany Stiegler Johnnie Stiegler	12.0	8	8
9	Marcy Hinzmann Steve Hartsell	12.5	7	9
10	Kristen Roth Michael McPherson	16.0	12	10
11	Tiffany Vise Laureano Ibarra	16.0	10	11
12	Amanda Evora Mark Ladwig	17.5	11	12
13	Emma Phibbs Devin Patrick	19.0	13	13
14	Stacey Pensgen Derek Trent	21.0	14	14
15	Lindsay Rogeness Brian Rogeness	23.0	16	15
16	Jacqueline Matson Don Baldwin	23.5	15	16

Ice dance

Ice dance results ^[7]

Rank	Team	Total	C1	C2	OD	FD
	Naomi Lang Peter Tchernyshev	2.6	1	1	2	1
	Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto	3.4	2	2	1	2
	Melissa Gregory Denis Petukhov	6.0	3	3	3	3
4	Loren Galler-Rabinowitz David Mitchell	8.0	4	4	4	4
5	Emilie Nussear Mathew Gates	12.0	6	9	5	6
6	Christie Moxley Aleksandre Kirsanov	12.6	5	5	6	7
7	Kimberly Navarro Robert Shmalo	14.0	10	10	8	5
8	Kendra Goodwin Chris Obzansky	14.8	7	6	7	8
9	Hilary Gibbons Justin Pekarek	17.4	8	7	9	9
10	Lydia Manon Vitaliy Shalin	19.4	9	8	10	10
11	Christina Zepeda Nicholas Hart	22.0	11	11	11	11
12	Eleanor Langhans Ian Ross-Frye	24.0	12	12	12	12

Junior results

Men's singles

Men's results

Rank	Skater	Total	SP	FS
	Dennis Phan	2.0	2	1
2	Jordan Brauninger	2.5	1	2
3	Adam Aronowitz	5.5	5	3
4	Christopher Toland	5.5	3	4
5	Jason Wong	6.0	4	5
6	Wesley Campbell	9.0	6	6
7	Mauro Bruni	10.5	7	7
8	Dustin Brinsmade	12.0	8	8
9	Pierre Balian	14.5	11	9
10	Ben Woolwine	14.5	9	10
11	Luis Hernández	16.0	10	11
12	Nathan Evancho	18.0	12	12

Women's singles

Women's results

Rank	Skater	Total	SP	FS
	Erica Archambault	2.0	2	1
2	Natalie Mecher	2.5	1	2
3	Danielle Kahle	6.5	7	3
4	Alexandra Patterson	7.0	4	5
5	Jane Bugaeva	8.0	8	4
6	Adriana DeSanctis	8.5	3	7
7	Shanell Noji	9.0	6	6
8	Stephanie Rosenthal	11.5	5	9
9	Sandra Jean Rucker	12.5	9	8
10	Kristina Olson	16.5	13	10
11	Emily Hughes	17.0	12	11
12	Lisa Dannemiller	17.5	11	12
13	Megan Williams-Stewart	19.0	10	14
14	Katie Stewart	20.0	14	13

Pairs

Pairs results

Rank	Team	Total	SP	FS
	Amy Howerton / Steven Pottenger	1.5	1	1
2	Brittany Vise / Nicholas Kole	3.0	2	2
3	Colette Appel / Lee Harris	5.0	4	3
4	Chelsea Meador / Josh Martin	6.5	3	5
5	Christie Baca / Scott Smith	7.0	6	4
6	Brooke Castile / Benjamin Okolski	8.5	5	6
7	Andrea Varraux / David Pelletier	11.5	9	7
8	Amanda Harris / David Sanders	11.5	7	8
9	Shantel Jordan / Jeremy Barrett	14.0	10	9
10	Janice Mayne / Deryck Szatkowski	14.0	8	10
11	Tatiana Klunchoo / Manny Gardner	16.5	11	11
12	Marina Kolomey / Yevgeniy Shvetsov	18.0	12	12

Ice dancing

Rank	Name	TFP	C1	C2	OD	FD
1	Morgan Matthews / Maxim Zavozin	3.2	4	4	1	1
2	Kirsten Frisch / Brent Bommentre	3.6	1	1	2	2
3	Flo Steed / Augie Hill	5.6	2	2	3	3
4	Carly Donowick / Leo Ungar	7.6	3	3	4	4
5	Victoria Devins / Kevin O'Keefe	10.6	5	5	6	5
6	Sarah Solomon / Benjamin Cohen	12.6	7	6	5	7
7	Meryl Davis / Charlie White	12.8	6	7	7	6
8	Stephanie Ellis / Patrick Connelly	16.0	8	8	8	8
9	Jennifer Wester / Jonathan Harris	18.8	10	9	10	9
10	Lindsay Evans / Christian Wilson	20.2	9	10	9	11
11	Alisa Allapach / Benjaman Westenberger	21.0	11	11	11	10
12	Kimberley Steffey / Richard Brown	24.0	12	12	12	12

International team selections

World Championships

U.S. delegation to the 2003 World Championships

No.	Men	Women	Pairs	Ice dance
1	Michael Weiss	Michelle Kwan	Tiffany Scott Philip Dulebohn	Naomi Lang Peter Tchernyshev
2	Timothy Goebel	Sarah Hughes	Kathryn Orscher Garrett Lucash	Tanith Belbin Benjamin Agosto
3	Ryan Jahnke	Sasha Cohen	Rena Inoue John Baldwin	—

U.S. alternates to the 2003 World Championships

No.	Men	Women	Pairs	Ice dance
1	Scott Smith	Ann Patrice McDonough	Larisa Spielberg Craig Joeright	Melissa Gregory Denis Petukhov
2	Matthew Savoie	Jenny Kirk	Stephanie Kalesavich Aaron Parchem	Loren Galler-Rabinowitz David Mitchell
3	Parker Pennington	Yebin Mok	Jennifer Don Jonathon Hunt	Emilie Nussear Mathew Gates

Four Continents Championships

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Timothy Goebel	Sarah Hughes	Tiffany Scott / Philip Dulebohn	Naomi Lang / Peter Tchernyshev
2	Ryan Jahnke	Ann Patrice McDonough	Kathryn Orscher / Garrett Lucash	Tanith Belbin / Benjamin Agosto
3	Scott Smith	Jenny Kirk	Rena Inoue / John Baldwin	Melissa Gregory / Denis Petukhov
1st alternate	Matthew Savoie	Yebin Mok	Larisa Spielberg / Craig Joeright	Loren Galler-Rabinowitz / David Mitchell
2nd alternate	Parker Pennington	Amber Corwin	Stephanie Kalesavich / Aaron Parchem	Emilie Nussear / Mathew Gates
3rd alternate	Evan Lysacek	Louann Donovan	Jennifer Don / Jonathon Hunt	Kimberly Navarro / Robert Shmalo

World Junior Championships

	Men	Ladies	Pairs	Ice dancing
1	Parker Pennington	Yebin Mok	Jennifer Don / Jonathon Hunt	Loren Galler-Rabinowitz / David Mitchell
2	Evan Lysacek	Beatrisa Liang	Tiffany Stiegler / Johnnie Stiegler	Morgan Matthews / Maxim Zavozin
3		Louann Donovan	Tiffany Vise / Laureano Ibarra	Kristen Frisch / Brent Bommentre
1st alternate	Nicholas LaRoche	Alissa Czisny	Kristen Roth / Michael McPherson	Flo Steed / Augie Hill
2nd alternate	Dennis Phan	Erica Arcambault	Amy Howerton / Steven Pottenger	Carly Donowick / Leo Unger
3rd alternate	Jordan Brauninger	Natalie Mecher	Brittany Vise / Nicholas Kole	Victoria Devins / Kevin O'Keefe

References

1. Robbins, Liz (19 January 2003). "FIGURE SKATING; Hughes and Cohen No Match For Kwan's Grace and Style" – via NYTimes.com.
2. "USATODAY.com - Kwan stands alone again at top, while U.S. men can't even stand". usatoday30.usatoday.com.
3. "USATODAY.com - Weiss wins third U.S. title on ugly afternoon". usatoday30.usatoday.com.
4. "Championship Men – Final Standings". U.S. Figure Skating . January 18, 2003. Archived from the original on August 20, 2005. Retrieved August 20, 2005.
5. "Championship Ladies – Final Standings". U.S. Figure Skating . January 18, 2003. Archived from the original on August 19, 2004. Retrieved August 19, 2004.
6. "Championship Pairs – Final Standings". U.S. Figure Skating . January 17, 2003. Archived from the original on August 19, 2004. Retrieved August 19, 2004.
7. "Championship Dance – Final Standings". U.S. Figure Skating . Archived from the original on August 19, 2004. Retrieved August 19, 2004.

External links

• 2003 United States Figure Skating Championships