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.
| 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 | |
Entries edit
Changes to preliminary assignments edit
- 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 edit
Men edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
| 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 edit
- ^ "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 edit
- 2015 Skate America at the International Skating Union
- Starting orders and result details