The Eastern Sectional Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating, which has been held since 1938. It is one of three sectional competitions, alongside the Midwestern Sectional Figure Skating Championships and Pacific Coast Sectional Figure Skating Championships.
Skaters compete in five levels: Senior, Junior, Novice, Intermediate, and Juvenile. Medals are given out in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth). Stand-alone sectional competitions are held for men's singles and women's singles, but as of the 2022-23 season, not for ice dance or pairs. Per 2022 Governing Council approval, the pathway for advancement in the two partnered disciplines has changed to: National Qualifying Series directly to U.S. Ice Dance Final and U.S. Pairs Final (both for entries from all sections), and then to U.S. Figure Skating Championships. [1] [2]
Modifications began in the 2019-20 season to the conventional structure that skaters who place in the top four at the Eastern Sectional advance to U.S. Figure Skating Championships. As of the 2019-20 season, the top two Novice skaters per sectional in men's singles and in women's singles advance to Junior-level competition at U.S. Figure Skating Championships [3] [4] -- which no longer hold singles competition at the level of Novice, Intermediate, or Juvenile. Starting with the 2022-23 season, only the top two Senior skaters per sectional in men's singles and in women's singles have been guaranteed to advance to U.S. Figure Skating Championships; next-best sectional scores nationwide (across all sections, in other words) have become necessary for other Senior singles competitors to advance. [5] [6]
For ice dance and pairs, U.S. Figure Skating Championships discontinued Novice, Intermediate and Juvenile competition starting in the 2019-20 season, [3] [7] but brought back Novice ice dance and Novice pairs for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 seasons. [8] [9]
Starting in the 2019-20 season, top Novice, Intermediate, and Juvenile skaters from Sectional Singles Finals (as they now are named), U.S. Ice Dance Final, and U.S. Pairs Final qualify for National High Performance Development Team camp. [10]
Notable skaters who have competed at Easterns over the years include Olympic gold medalists Dick Button, Tenley Albright, Carol Heiss, Dorothy Hamill, Scott Hamilton and Nancy Kerrigan.
Season | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Pewter | Details |
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2011 | Aston, Pennsylvania | Jack Newberry | Andrew Nagode | Marcus Mimidis | Alexander Bjelde | [30] |
2012 | Jamestown, New York | Tony Lu | Jimmy Ma | James Schetelich | Oleksiy Melnyk | [31] |
2013 | Hyannis, Massachusetts | Oleksiy Melnyk | Tony Lu | Daniel Petrenko | Aaron Gunderson-Smith | [32] |
2014 | Ashburn, Virginia | Sean Conlon | Andrew Torgashev | Eric Sjoberg | Bennett Gottlieb | [33] |
2015 | Wake Forest, North Carolina | William Hubbart | Peter Liu | Jonah Barrett | Andrew Uhrig | [34] |
2016 | Simsbury, Connecticut | Maxim Naumov | Ryan Dunk | Peter Liu | Ryan Vandoren | [35] |
2017 | Indian Trail, North Carolina | Joseph Kang | Maxim Naumov | Lucas Altieri | Jordan Evans | [36] |
2018 | Boxborough, Massachusetts | Nicholas Hsieh | Eric Prober | Lucas Altieri | Jordan Evans | [37] |
2019 | Wake Forest, North Carolina | Ilia Malinin | Eric Prober | William Annis | Philip Baker | [38] |
2020 | Hyannis, Massachusetts | Robert Yampolsky | Jacob Sanchez | Luke Wang | Jordan Evans | [39] |
2021-2022 | No competition held | [41] [42] | ||||
2023 | Norwood, Massachusetts | Zachary LoPinto | Aleksandr Fegan | Patrick Blackwell | Jared Sedlis | [43] |
2024 | Coral Springs, FL | Caleb Farrington | Alex Tankovic | Luke Witkowski | Brendan Man | [44] |
Season | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Pewter | Details |
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2011 | Aston, Pennsylvania | Ana Draovitch | Jordan Bauth | Mia Eisenhandler | Viviana Mathis | [30] |
2012 | Jamestown, New York | Madison Vinci | Brianna Laxson | Olivia Serafini | Morgan Sewall | [31] |
2013 | Hyannis, Massachusetts | Brynne McIsaac | Dalia Rivkin | Rebecca Peng | Megan Wessenberg | [32] |
2014 | Ashburn, Virginia | Carly Berrios | Rebecca Peng | Elise Romola | Selin Kang | [33] |
2015 | Wake Forest, North Carolina | Alexia Paganini | Jin Baseman | Haley Beavers | Lindsay Rosenberg | [34] |
2016 | Simsbury, Connecticut | Alexia Paganini | Haley Beavers | Gabriella Izzo | Mary-Katharine Mulera | [35] |
2017 | Indian Trail, North Carolina | Audrey Shin | Ting Cui | Ilana Sherman | Analise Gonzalez | [36] |
2018 | Boxborough, Massachusetts | Maddie Weiler | Violet Ushakova | Sarah Jung | Sophia Chouinard | [37] |
2019 | Wake Forest, North Carolina | Laura Jacobson | Arianna Concepcion | Indi Cha | Emily Zhang | [38] |
2020 | Hyannis, Massachusetts | Isabeau Levito | Hazel Collier | Clara Kim | Cathryn Limketkai | [39] |
2021-2022 | No competition held | [41] [42] | ||||
2023 | Norwood, Massachusetts | Ela Cui | Melania Blecic | Clara Delcamino-Yang | Meghan Huffman | [43] |
2024 | Coral Springs, FL | Zhiqi Zhang | Jasmine Clarke | Paige Parlapiano | Sofia Jarmoc | [44] |
Season | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Pewter | Details |
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2010 | Newark, Delaware | Kylie Duarte / Colin Grafton | Morgan Sowa / David Leenen | Marissa Spector / Christopher Nolan | Meredith Pipkin / Brett Dunie Neustadt | [29] |
2011 | Aston, Pennsylvania | Audrey Goldberg / Joseph Dolkiewicz | Alexandria Shaughnessy / James Morgan | Kay Bergdolt / Miles Addison | Allison Smith / Craig Segall | [30] |
2012 | Jamestown, New York | Alexandria Shaughnessy / James Morgan | Victoria LoRusso / Timothy Habeeb | Lianna Thomas / Gene Fu | Alexis Donahoe / James Rappold | [31] |
2013 | Hyannis, Massachusetts | Grace Knoop / Noah Chinault | Riley Herr / Michael Lueck | Kristen Jennings / Cody Dolkiewicz | Nicole Lee / Timothy Habeeb | [32] |
2014 | Ashburn, Virginia | Cirinia Gillett / Maximiliano Fernandez | Joy Weinberg / Michael Lueck | Grace Knoop / Noah Chinault | Gabriella Marvaldi / Cody Dolkiewicz | [33] |
2015 | Wake Forest, North Carolina | Darbie Burke / Griffin Schwab | Sarah Rose / Joseph Goodpaster | Alexandra Iovanna / Matthew Rounis | Juliette Erickson / Nathan Grundhofer | [34] |
2016 | Simsbury, Connecticut | Eli Kopmar / Jonah Barrett | Katherina Frantz / Nicholas Frantz | Sabrina Piliero / Nathaniel Dennler | Annabel Kim / Jonathan Kim | [35] |
2017 | Indian Trail, North Carolina | Erin Coleman / Derrick Griffin | Joanna Hubbart / William Hubbart | Hilary Asher / Nathan Rensing | No other competitors | [36] |
2018 | Boxborough, Massachusetts | Jade Hom / Franz-Peter Jerosch | Georgia Bush / Timmy Chapman | Joanna Hubbart / William Hubbart | Paige Ruggeri / Christopher Aaron Singletary | [37] |
2019 | Wake Forest, North Carolina | Cate Fleming / Jedidiah Isbell | Anastasiia Smirnova / Danil Siianytsia | Alexandra Schneiderhahn / Timmy Chapman | Alexandra Fakhroutdinov / Christopher Aaron Singletary | [38] |
2020 | Aston, PA | No sectional competition held | [45] | |||
2021- 2022 | No competition held | [41] [42] | ||||
2023- 2024 | No sectional competitions for pairs held going forward | [43] [44] [2] [46] |
Season | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Pewter | Details |
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2011 | Aston, Pennsylvania | Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons | Elliana Pogrebinsky / Ross Gudis | Morgan Grant / Luke Skala | Cassandra Jeandell / Damian Dodge | [30] |
2012 | Jamestown, New York | Whitney Miller / Kyle MacMillan | Rebecca Lucas / Yan Kazansky | Meara Lorello / William Dean | Karen Tong / David Cruikshank | [31] |
2013 | Hyannis, Massachusetts | Gigi Becker / Luca Becker | Katherine Gourianova / Alexander Petrov | Sammi Wren / Alexey Shchepetov | Rebecca Lucas / Yan Kazansky | [32] |
2014 | Ashburn, Virginia | Eliana Gropman / Ian Somerville | Gigi Becker / Luca Becker | Rebecca Lustig / Zachary Milestone | Kirsten Sjogren / Justin Curran | [33] |
2015 | Wake Forest, North Carolina | Caroline Green / Gordon Green | Rebecca Lustig / Zachary Milestone | Katherine Grosul / Cameron Colucci | Emma Gunter / Caleb Wein | [34] |
2016 | Simsbury, Connecticut | Caroline Green / Gordon Green | Emma Gunter / Caleb Wein | Molly Cesanek / Edward Jahoda | Rachel Gart / Lance Stanley | [35] |
2017 | Indian Trail, North Carolina | Jocelyn Haines / James Koszuta | Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov | Allie Rose / Spencer Emerson | Isabella Amoia / Cory Fraiman | [36] |
2018 | Boxborough, Massachusetts | Oona Brown / Gage Brown | Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov | Jordan Lin / Morgan Sletten | Anna Pettersson / TJ Carey | [37] |
2019 | Wake Forest, North Carolina | Elizabeth Tkachenko / Alexei Kiliakov | Jordan Lin / Morgan Sletten | Claire Cain / Andrei Davydov | Katherine Bronov / Oleksandr Kolosovskyi | [38] |
2020 Eastern Sectional Ice Dance Challenge | Aston, PA | Claire Cain / Andrei Davydov | Anna Lewis / Seiji Urano | Anna Gissibl / Benjamin Starr | Helena Carhart / Volodomyr Horovyi | [45] |
2020 U.S. Ice Dance Final | Hyannis, MA | Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal | Helen Carhart / Volodomyr Horovyi | Juliette Shadid / Lucas Shadid | Claire Cain / Andrey Davydov | [47] |
2021- 2022 | No competition held | [41] [42] | ||||
2023- 2024 | No sectional competitions for ice dance held going forward | [44] [2] [46] | ||||
2023 U.S. Ice Dance Final | Norwood, MA | Sylvia Li / Rowan Le Coq | Octavia Herai / Michael Boutsan | Emily Renzi / William Lissauer | Annalise Stapert / Maxim Korotcov | [43] |
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