The Midwestern Sectional Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating. It is one of three sectional competitions, alongside the Eastern 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 sectionals 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 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]
Senior medalists
editMen
editWomen
editPairs
editIce Dance
editJunior medalists
editMen
editWomen
editPairs
editIce Dance
editNovice medalists
editMen
editSeason | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Pewter | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Ann Arbor, MI | Lukas Kaugars | Troy Tomasello | Jordan Moeller | Cale Ambroz | [52] |
2012 | Fort Collins, CO | Brian Krentz | Chase Belmontes | Nicholas Vrdoljak | Kyle Shropshire | [53] |
2013 | Cleveland, OH | Tomoki Hiwatashi | Nicholas Vrdoljak | Daniel Kulenkamp | Luke West | [54] |
2014 | East Lansing, MI | Luke West | Anthony Boucher | Eric Stinehart | Colton Johnson | [55] |
2015 | Geneva, IL | Kelvin Li | Colton Johnson | Ivan Mohkov | Benjamin Shou | [56] |
2016 | Strongsville, OH | Sasha Lunin | William Hubbart | Derek Wagner | Jun-Hong Chen | [57] |
2017 | Colorado Springs, CO | Alex Wellman | Jonathan Yang | Joonsoo Kim | Luke Ferrante | [58] |
2018 | Bloomington, MN | Jonathan Yang | Nathan Chapple | Chase Finster | Daniel Argueta | [59] |
2019 | Fort Wayne, IN | Matthew Nielsen | Daniel Argueta | Joseph Klein | Daniel Tioumentsev | [60] |
2020 | Allen, TX | Joseph Klein | Daniel Martynov | Daniel Borisov | Timothy Bergal | [61] |
2021- 2022 |
No competition held | [62][63][64] | ||||
2023 | East Lansing, MI | Nicholas Brooks | Lorenzo Elano | Peter Malakhov | Mark Williams | [65] |
2024 | Bloomington, MN | Marlo Rosen | Ryedin Rudedenman | Alvin Luu | Zenith Chen | [66] |
Women
editSeason | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Pewter | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Ann Arbor, MI | Hannah Miller | Barbie Long | Mariah Bell | Jessica Pfund | [52] |
2012 | Fort Collins, CO | Avery Kurtz | Amber Glenn | Bradie Tennell | Madison Deluca | [53] |
2013 | Cleveland, OH | Morgan Flood | Bradie Tennell | Ashley Shin | Emily Mei-Lin Chan | [54] |
2014 | East Lansing, MI | Vivian Le | Emily Chan | Paige Rydberg | Riley Shin | [55] |
2015 | Geneva, IL | Emily Chan | Sarah Nunez | Pooja Kalyan | Ashlee Raymond | [56] |
2016 | Strongsville, OH | Gabrielle Noullet | Kaitlyn Nguyen | Meiryla Findley | Shan Ashley Lin | [57] |
2017 | Colorado Springs, CO | Pooja Kalyan | Hanna Harrell | Alyssa Rich | Angelina Huang | [58] |
2018 | Bloomington, MN | Ariela Masarsky | Emilea Zingas | Jessica Lin | Calista Choi | [59] |
2019 | Fort Wayne, IN | Calista Choi | Isabelle Inthisone | Alyssa Chan | Abby Slovin | [60] |
2020 | Allen, TX | Elsa Cheng | Tamnhi Huynh | Audrey Meredith | Amber Barth | [61] |
2021- 2022 |
No competition held | [62][63][64] | ||||
2023 | East Lansing, MI | Jessica Jurka | Olivia Flores | Pearl Rojas | Emilia Nemirovsky | [65] |
2024 | Bloomington, MN | Emilia Nemirovsky | Angela Shao | Katie Holling | Cayla Smith | [66] |
Pairs
editSeason | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Pewter | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Ann Arbor, MI | Brianna de la Mora / Taylor Wilson | Caitlin Fields / Jason Pacini | Stefanie Griffin / Jordan Griffin | no other competitors | [52] |
2012 | Fort Collins, CO | Caitlin Fields / Jason Pacini | Danielle Viola / Alexander Johnson | Christina Zaitsev / Ernie Utah Stevens | Allison Smith / Anthony Evans | [53] |
2013 | Cleveland, OH | Kaitlin Budd / Nikita Cheban | Christina Zaitsev / Ernie Utah Stevens | Sophia Dai / Jeffrey Fishman | Madeline Gallagher / Jonathon Horton | [54] |
2014 | East Lansing, MI | Lindsay Weinstein / Jacob Simon | Madeline Gallagher / Jonathon Horton | Kailey Matkin / Justin Highgate-Brutman | Linde LaChance / Kenneth Anderson | [55] |
2015 | Geneva, IL | Kate Finster / Eric Hartley | Jacquelyn Green / Rique Newby-Estrella | Vanessa Chen / Robert Przepioski | Emily Chan / Misha Mitrofanov | [56] |
2016 | Strongsville, OH | Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow | Ainsley Peterson / Kristopher Ogren | Ashlee Raymond / Misha Mitrofanov | Joanna Hubbart / William Hubbart | [57] |
2017 | Colorado Springs, CO | Ainsley Peterson / Kristopher Ogren | Isabelle Goldstein / Keyton Bearinger | Eliana Secunda / Blake Eisenach | Cora DeWyre / Jacob Nussle | [58] |
2018 | Bloomington, MN | Masha Mokhova / Ivan Mohkov | Isabelle Goldstein / Keyton Bearinger | Isabelle Martins / Ryan Bedard | Hilary Asher / Nathaniel Dennler | [59] |
2019 | Fort Wayne, IN | Isabelle Goldstein / Keyton Bearinger | Sarah Burden / Jake Pagano | Campbell Young / Mikhail Gumba | no other competitors | [60] |
2020 Midwestern Sectional Pairs Challenge | Colorado Springs, CO | Natasha Mishkutionok / Daniel Tioumentsev | Aleksandra Prudsky / Enoch Chen | Juliette Reed / Jordan Gillette | no other competitors | [67] |
2020 U.S. Pairs Final | Allen, TX | Natasha Mishkutionok / Daniel Tioumentsev | Faye Kropf / Sasha Lunin | Sonia Baram / Blake Edwards | Juliette Reed / Jordan Gillette | [68] |
2021- 2022 |
No competition held | [62][63][64] | ||||
2023- 2024 |
No sectional competition for pairs held going forward | [66][2][69] | ||||
2023 U.S. Pairs Final | East Lansing, MI | Audrey Park / Carter Griffin | Graceann Gottschalk / Collin Motley | Annie Bai / Andrew Bai | Tyler VanWagner / Patrick VanWagner | [65] |
Ice Dance
editSeason | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Pewter | Details |
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2011 | Ann Arbor, MI | Kaitlin Hawayek / Michael Bramante | Holly Moore / Daniel Klaber | Jessica Mancini / Tyler Brooks | Brittany Schmucker / Adam Munday | [52] |
2012 | Fort Collins, CO | Holly Moore / Daniel Klaber | Hannah Rosinski / Jacob Jaffe | Madison George / Brad Kleffman | Sierra Chadwick / Alexander Martin | [53] |
2013 | Cleveland, OH | Sierra Chadwick / Alexander Martin | Tory Patsis / Joseph Johnson | Kimberly Berkovich / Micah Jaffe | Ashlyn Gaughan / Cody Lithco | [54] |
2014 | East Lansing, MI | Danielle Thomas / Alexander Martin | Maeve Pascoe / Micah Jaffe | Madison Fox / Val Katsman | Payten Howland / Jason Cohn | [55] |
2015 | Geneva, IL | Eleanor Babaev / Scott Wenner | Coco Becker / Val Katsman | Rachel Gart / Lance Stanley | Heidi Washburn / Jeffrey Fishman | [56] |
2016 | Strongsville, OH | Sophia Elder / Christopher Elder | Allie Rose / Spencer Emerson | Claire Purnell / Lucas Purnell | Leah Krauskopf / Caleb Niva | [57] |
2017 | Colorado Springs, CO | Sophia Elder / Christopher Elder | Claire Purnell / Lucas Purnell | Isabel Blahunka / Will Shawver | Susan Talbot / Ryan O'Donnell | [58] |
2018 | Bloomington, MN | Katarina Wolfkostin / Howard Zhao | Paulina Brykalova / Daniel Brykalov | Isabella Flores / Mikhail Gumba | Isabel Blahunka / Will Shawver | [59] |
2019 | Fort Wayne, IN | Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal | Maria Brown / Marius Driscoll | no other competitors | [60] | |
2020 Midwestern Sectional Ice Dance Challenge | East Lansing, MI | Elliana Peal / Ethan Peal | Maria Brown / Marius Driscoll | Vanessa Pham / Jonathan Rogers | Gabriela Hernandez / Noah Lafornara | [70] |
2021- 2022 |
No competition held | [62][63][64] | ||||
2023- 2024 |
No sectional competition for ice dance held going forward | [62][2][69] | ||||
2024 U.S. Ice Dance Final | Bloomington, MN | Jasmine Robertson / Cooper Cornwell | Anaelle Kouevi / Yann Homawoo | Michelle Deych / Ryan Hu | Ja Yi Kirwan / Drake Tong | [66] |
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External links
edit- 1999 Midwestern Sectional Championships
- 2002 Midwestern Sectional Championships
- 2003 Midwestern Sectional Championships
- 2004 Midwestern Sectional Championships
- 2005 Midwestern Sectional Championships
- 2006 Midwestern Sectional Championships
- 2007 Midwestern Sectional Championships
- 2008 Midwestern Sectional Championships
- 2009 Midwestern Sectional Championships
- 2010 Midwestern Sectional Championships
- 2011 Midwestern Sectional Championships
- 2012 Midwestern Sectional Championships