| 2015 Skate America | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | October 23 – 25 |
| Season: | 2015–16 |
| Location: | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
| Venue: | UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles: 
Max Aaron | |
Ladies' singles: 
Evgenia Medvedeva | |
Pairs: 
Sui Wenjing /
Han Cong | |
| Ice dance:
Madison Chock /
Evan Bates | |
| Previous: 2014 Skate America | |
| Next: 2016 Skate America | |
| Next GP: 2015 Skate Canada International | |
The 2015 Progressive Skate America was the first event of six in the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 23–25. [1] Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final.
Entries
Changes to preliminary assignments
- On August 21, three out of the four host picks were announced as Ross Miner, Karen Chen, and Gretchen Donlan / Nathan Bartholomay. [6] [7] [8]
- On August 26, the fourth host pick was officially announced as Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus. [9]
- On October 21, Gretchen Donlan / Nathan Bartholomay were replaced by Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan as Donlan / Bartholomay withdrew due to Donlan recovering from an illness. [10] [11]
Results
Men
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Max Aaron | 
United States
|
258.95 | 1 | 86.67 | 2 | 172.28 |
| 2 | Shoma Uno | 
Japan
|
257.43 | 4 | 80.78 | 1 | 176.65 |
| 3 | Jason Brown |
United States
|
238.47 | 8 | 78.64 | 3 | 159.83 |
| 4 | Yan Han |
China
|
236.03 | 2 | 86.53 | 5 | 149.50 |
| 5 | Konstantin Menshov |
Russia
|
230.79 | 3 | 86.15 | 6 | 144.64 |
| 6 | Adian Pitkeev |
Russia
|
230.75 | 5 | 79.90 | 4 | 150.85 |
| 7 | Ross Miner |
United States
|
215.11 | 7 | 78.96 | 8 | 136.15 |
| 8 | Brendan Kerry | 
Australia
|
203.48 | 11 | 65.41 | 7 | 138.07 |
| 9 | Denis Ten | 
Kazakhstan
|
201.52 | 6 | 79.02 | 11 | 122.50 |
| 10 | Takahito Mura |
Japan
|
200.83 | 10 | 71.66 | 9 | 129.17 |
| 11 | Florent Amodio | 
France
|
197.45 | 9 | 71.96 | 10 | 125.49 |
| 12 | Alexei Bychenko | 
Israel
|
171.83 | 12 | 50.68 | 12 | 121.15 |
Ladies
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evgenia Medvedeva |
Russia
|
206.01 | 1 | 70.92 | 2 | 135.09 |
| 2 | Gracie Gold |
United States
|
202.80 | 2 | 65.39 | 1 | 137.41 |
| 3 | Satoko Miyahara |
Japan
|
188.07 | 3 | 65.12 | 3 | 122.95 |
| 4 | Elizabet Tursynbaeva |
Kazakhstan
|
178.56 | 7 | 59.26 | 4 | 119.30 |
| 5 | Karen Chen |
United States
|
172.54 | 4 | 62.28 | 6 | 110.26 |
| 6 | Yulia Lipnitskaya |
Russia
|
170.63 | 5 | 62.24 | 7 | 108.39 |
| 7 | Nicole Rajičová | 
Slovakia
|
167.32 | 12 | 50.33 | 5 | 116.99 |
| 8 | Mariah Bell |
United States
|
160.94 | 11 | 52.73 | 8 | 108.21 |
| 9 | Park So-youn | 
South Korea
|
159.66 | 10 | 53.78 | 9 | 105.88 |
| 10 | Haruka Imai |
Japan
|
158.65 | 9 | 56.52 | 10 | 102.13 |
| 11 | Miyu Nakashio |
Japan
|
153.29 | 8 | 57.01 | 11 | 96.28 |
| 12 | Alaine Chartrand | 
Canada
|
148.20 | 6 | 59.40 | 12 | 88.80 |
Pairs
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | FS | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sui Wenjing / Han Cong |
China
|
202.00 | 2 | 68.28 | 1 | 133.72 |
| 2 | Alexa Scimeca / Chris Knierim |
United States
|
191.97 | 1 | 69.69 | 4 | 122.28 |
| 3 | Julianne Séguin / Charlie Bilodeau |
Canada
|
189.49 | 4 | 64.85 | 3 | 124.64 |
| 4 | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov |
Russia
|
189.06 | 5 | 63.41 | 2 | 125.65 |
| 5 | Wang Xuehan / Wang Lei |
China
|
171.77 | 3 | 64.95 | 6 | 106.82 |
| 6 | Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea |
United States
|
165.99 | 6 | 58.38 | 5 | 107.61 |
| 7 | Kristina Astakhova / Alexei Rogonov |
Russia
|
157.97 | 7 | 58.25 | 8 | 99.72 |
| 8 | Jessica Pfund / Joshua Santillan |
United States
|
151.40 | 8 | 50.20 | 7 | 101.20 |
Ice dancing
| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | FD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madison Chock / Evan Bates |
United States
|
173.22 | 1 | 70.56 | 1 | 102.66 |
| 2 | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov |
Russia
|
162.21 | 2 | 62.76 | 2 | 99.45 |
| 3 | Piper Gilles / Paul Poirier |
Canada
|
157.58 | 3 | 61.33 | 3 | 96.25 |
| 4 | Kaitlin Hawayek / Jean-Luc Baker |
United States
|
150.69 | 4 | 56.54 | 4 | 94.15 |
| 5 | Anastasia Cannuscio / Colin McManus |
United States
|
143.67 | 6 | 52.92 | 5 | 90.75 |
| 6 | Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov |
Russia
|
140.92 | 5 | 53.35 | 6 | 87.57 |
| 7 | Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin | 
Ukraine
|
135.60 | 7 | 50.53 | 7 | 85.07 |
| 8 | Wang Shiyue / Liu Xinyu |
China
|
129.59 | 8 | 49.37 | 8 | 80.22 |
References
- ^ "Milwaukee to serve as host of 2015 Skate America". IceNetwork.com. 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Entry/Resultlist - Men". ISU. 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Entry/Resultlist - Ladies". ISU. 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Entry/Resultlist - Pairs". ISU. 15 June 2015.
- ^ "Entry/Resultlist - Ice Dance". ISU. 15 June 2015.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Men" (PDF). August 21, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-09-02. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Pairs" (PDF). August 21, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-22. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Ladies" (PDF). August 21, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-22. Retrieved 2015-08-24.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating 2015/16 - Ice Dance" (PDF). August 26, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-08-29. Retrieved 2015-08-30.
- ^ "ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating - Pairs" (PDF). ISU. October 21, 2015.
- ^ "Pfund and Santillan compete at 2015 Progressive Skate America". USFSA. October 21, 2015.
External links
- 2015 Skate America at the International Skating Union
- Starting orders and result details