2016 US Nationals General Info

dorispulaski · Dec 18, 2015

The 2016 U.S. Figure Skating Championships will take place Jan. 15-24 in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Icenetwork will provide live coverage of the event to Season Pass Subscribers

Official Event Web Page from usfsa.org
Ice Network Event Page: Videos, Schedule, Results links will be here
Provisional Schedule (thanks MFarone!)
Qualified Entries (thanks golden411icecoverage!)
The event's Facebook
Their Twitter
Their Instagram
Detailed Results and Protocols
Videos and Results thread
GS TV and Livestream Thread

What time is it now in St. Paul, Minnesota?
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/st-paul

Compare to a time zone near you?
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclo...136&p5=179&p6=224&p7=248&p8=33&p9=240&p10=236

A.H.Black · Jan 1, 2016

The schedule (another thanks - MFarone) has only one column for Tuesday. It looks like something is missing.

Anyone with any word on practice groups?

cheerknithanson · Jan 3, 2016

Since it's now the same month as nationals has it hit any of you like a train that nationals is so soon?

MFarone · Jan 3, 2016

Yes. The mad scramble to take care of everything and make all arrangements has begun.

cheerknithanson said:
Since it's now the same month as nationals has it hit any of you like a train that nationals is so soon?

CoyoteChris · Jan 4, 2016

MFarone said:
Yes. The mad scramble to take care of everything and make all arrangements has begun.

The next two weeks will go fast!

Layback11 · Jan 5, 2016

cheerknithanson said:
Since it's now the same month as nationals has it hit any of you like a train that nationals is so soon?

Yup...

humbaba · Jan 5, 2016

Ice-dance.com has put up its page for the 2016 US National Championships. Lots of interesting stuff there. I especially like the "competitors" page. All the qualifying teams from Senior down to Juvenile are listed, with photos, bios, program information, etc. It's a treasure trove of information.

http://www.eventcoverage.ice-dance.com/ms/usnationals16/

ice coverage · Jan 13, 2016

USFS has published the OFFICIAL color-coded schedule of practices and competitions.

** N.B.: It still is labeled as "Tentative Schedule, Draft 6.1" and "Subject to change" **.

http://www.2016uschampionships.com/files/9214/5237/7358/2016USFSChampsMatrixScheduleDraft6.1.pdf (dated Jan 5)

The link was added today to the official event site's Schedule page:

http://www.2016uschampionships.com/event/schedule/

ice coverage · Jan 15, 2016

From USFS press release:

A new feature for 2016, NBC will feature behind-the-scenes access through its All-Access page on NBCSports.com, including live scoring and leaderboards, video features, fan polls and more.

http://usfigureskating.org/Story.asp?id=51752&type=media (Jan 15)

I'm curious to see what this new feature is like :popcorn:

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dorispulaski · Jan 15, 2016

Meanwhile, the results page is now active.

[*]Detailed Results and Protocols

ice coverage · Jan 15, 2016

Now live on the USFS fanzone site:

2016 Prudential #USChamps16 Competition Central (one-stop-"shopping" page with links and information galore)
http://www.usfigureskatingfanzone.com/uncategorized/2016-prudential-uschamps16-competition-central/

Among many other things, it includes the schedule for autograph sessions on the event concourse:

Friday, January 22
6:45-7:15 p.m. – Championship pairs and ice dance (top four after the short program/dance)
Location: Outside section 124

Saturday, January 23

2:45-3:15 p.m. – Miss Minnesota 2015 Rachel Latuff & Miss Minnesota 2015 Outstanding Team Rachel Weyandt
Location: Friends of Figure Skating Lounge (Section 115)

5:15-6:15 p.m. – Championship men (top four after the short program)
Location: Outside section 124

Sunday, January 24
12:30-1:15 p.m. – Championships ladies medalists
Location: Outside section 124

BTW, as an unrelated thing, a meet-and-greet with Mirai is being sponsored by John Wilson Blades:

Tuesday, January 19
6:00 - 7:30 pm CST
Pierce Skate & Ski
208 W 98th St, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55420
https://www.facebook.com/events/825471224245609/

cali1079 · Jan 16, 2016

any idea what's going on with Torgashev? I know he injured his ankle in June but I figured he'd be here

dorispulaski · Jan 16, 2016

I added bio links to the OPs when I could. Icenetwork by preference, tracings.net, second, otherwise a variety of soutces including skaters'official websites.

I am still missing quite a few music listings.

ice coverage · Jan 16, 2016

cali1079 said:
any idea what's going on with Torgashev? I know he injured his ankle in June but I figured he'd be here

Per Torgashev's brief letter in Nov when he withdrew from sectionals, his ankle was not healed 100%.

http://figureskatersonline.com/andrewtorgashev/a-letter-from-andrew/

More recently, a bit of good news is that he was invited to perform in the Katia Gordeeva show and was able to do so.

dorispulaski said:
I added bio links to the OPs when I could. Icenetwork by preference, tracings.net, second, otherwise a variety of soutces including skaters'official websites. ...

Thanks, Doris

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cali1079 · Jan 16, 2016

okay, thanks. Guess I'll have to divert my attention to Paige and Grant

doze · Jan 16, 2016

I have tickets to the ladies free but I dont want to go for the whole 3 hours if not more. Do you guys think it's possible to go for only the last half?

MFarone · Jan 16, 2016

I think the Ladies FS will be almost 4 hours :jaw:

. I can't think of any reason you can't just attend the second half of the competition. Keep in mind that other fans may be occupying your seats or have sprawled out to use your seats for coats, bags, purses, etc. It would be polite to wait until the skater is leaving the ice to move down the aisle to your seat. If it looks like your seats are occupied you might was to alert an usher.

doze said:
I have tickets to the ladies free but I dont want to go for the whole 3 hours if not more. Do you guys think it's possible to go for only the last half?

matmuh · Jan 16, 2016

doze said:
I have tickets to the ladies free but I dont want to go for the whole 3 hours if not more. Do you guys think it's possible to go for only the last half?

in addition to MFarone's reply, if i remember right skating order isnt related to any ranking for SP so any top lady could be at 1st or 2nd group

ice coverage · Jan 20, 2016

U.S. Figure Skating Championships: Making the music happen

By John Shipley
Posted: 01/20/2016 12:01:00 AM CST
http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_29405032/making-music-happen-at-u-s-figure-skating

Q+A and article re veteran volunteers Mike Wittmann and Chip Rauth.
Wittmann, 57, of Maplewood, is the audio chair for nationals; Rauth, 62, of Bloomington, is the audio technical chair.

Interesting window into what their roles entail (and have entailed over many years of changing technology).

Couldn't think of a better thread in which to post the article.

ice coverage · Jan 21, 2016

2016 U.S. Championships Event Program (very large PDF -- don't say I didn't warn you):

http://www.usfigureskating.org/content/2016 US Championships Program.pdf (78 pages)

2016 US Nationals General Info

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