1989 United States Figure Skating Championships
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The U.S. Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition
Figure skating competition
-International:* International competitions sanctioned by the International Skating Union. These competitions are held using ISU rules; skaters are entered by their respective national skating federations....

 organzied by the United States Figure Skating Association
United States Figure Skating Association
U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating on ice in the United States. It is recognized as such by the United States Olympic Committee "USOC" under the Ted Stevens Olympic and Amateur Sports Act and is the United States member of the International Skating...

. In addition to determining the national champions, the event was used to determine the U.S. teams for the World Figure Skating Championships
World Figure Skating Championships
The World Figure Skating Championships is an annual figure skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union in which elite figure skaters compete for the title of World Champion...

. Skaters competed in three levels: Senior, Junior, and Novice. Medals were awarded in four disciplines: Ladies singles
Single skating
Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, Men's singles
Single skating
Single skating is a discipline of figure skating, wherein a single person skates alone. Men's singles and ladies' singles are both Olympic disciplines and are both governed by the International Skating Union. The other Olympic figure skating events are pair skating and ice dancing...

, Pairs
Pair skating
Pair skating is a figure skating discipline. International Skating Union regulations describe pair teams as consisting of "one lady and one man." The sport is distinguished from ice dancing and single skating by elements unique to pair skating, including overhead lifts, twist lifts, death spirals,...

, and Ice dance
Ice dancing
Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976....

. Medals were given out in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth).

The 1989 Championships took place in Baltimore, Maryland.

Men

Rank Name CF SP FS
1 Christopher Bowman
Christopher Bowman
Christopher Nicol' Bowman was an American figure skater. He was a two-time U.S. national champion and two-time World medalist. He won the 1983 World Junior Figure Skating Championships and competed in two Olympic Winter Games, placing 7th in 1988 and 4th in 1992.-Biography:Bowman was born in...

 
4 1 1
2 Daniel Doran  1 4
3 Paul Wylie
Paul Wylie
Paul Stanton Wylie is an American figure skater and 1992 Olympic silver medalist.-Biography:Born in Dallas, Texas, Wylie began skating at the age of three. At age eleven, his family moved to Denver, Colorado, where he began to train with Carlo Fassi...

 
6 2
4 Erik Larson
Erik Larson (figure skater)
Erik Larson is a former American figure skater. In 1985 he was coached by 1960 Squaw Valley Olympic bronze medalist Barbara Ann Roles Williams, and he became the first American figure skater to win a World Junior Championship title in the United States. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=121k2H4tpwo....

 
5 Todd Eldredge
Todd Eldredge
Todd James Eldredge is an American figure skater. He is the 1996 World Champion and a six-time national champion .-Biography:...

 
6 Angelo D'Agostino 
7 James Cygan 
8 Mark Mitchell 
9 Doug Mattis 
10 Craig Heath 
11 Aren Nielsen
Aren Nielsen
Aren Nielsen is an American former competitive figure skater. He is currently the Skating Director at the Atlanta IceForum, in Duluth, GA.-Competitive highlights:-Other competitive highlights:-External links:...

 
12 Steven Rice 
13 Troy Goldstein 
14 Jon Robinson 
15 Chris Mitchell 

Ladies

Rank Name CF SP FS
1 Jill Trenary
Jill Trenary
Jill Ann Trenary is an American figure skater. She was a 3-time U.S. champion and won the World Figure Skating Championships in 1990....

 
1 1 2
2 Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi-Hedican is an American figure skater. She is the 1992 Olympic Champion in ladies' singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two...

 
8 2 1
3 Tonya Harding
Tonya Harding
Tonya Maxine Harding is an American figure skating champion. In 1991 she won the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and placed second in the World Championships. She was the second woman, and the first American woman, to complete a triple axel jump in competition...

 
4 3 3
4 Holly Cook
Holly Cook
Holly Cook-Tanner is an American figure skater. She is the 1990 World and U.S. bronze medalist. She was coached by Chris Sherard. She now coaches at the South Davis Recreation Center in Bountiful, Utah. Cook is a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...

 
3 4
5 Nancy Kerrigan
Nancy Kerrigan
Nancy Ann Kerrigan is a two-time American Olympic figure skating medalist and 1993 U.S. champion.-Early life and skating career:...

 
5
6 Kelly Ann Szmurlo  8
7 Cindy Bortz
Cindy Bortz
Cindy Bortz is a former American figure skater. She is the 1987 World Junior champion.She is now married...

 
6
8 Tonia Kwiatkowski
Tonia Kwiatkowski
Tonia Kwiatkowski is an American figure skater and coach. She is the 1996 United States silver medalist and a three-time World team member, twice finishing in the top ten at the World Championships. She competed in 13 U.S. National Championships. Carol Heiss Jenkins and Glyn Watts were her longtime...

 
7
9 Tracey Damigella  9
10 Jenni Meno
Jenni Meno
Jenni Meno is an American pair skater. She first partnered with Scott Wendland and won two medals at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. She began skating with her future husband Todd Sand in April 1992...

 
10
11 Jennifer Leng  12
12 Kathaleen Kelly  11
13 Kathryn Curielli  13
WD Jeri Campbell  2

Pairs

Rank Name SP FS
1 Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristi Yamaguchi
Kristine Tsuya "Kristi" Yamaguchi-Hedican is an American figure skater. She is the 1992 Olympic Champion in ladies' singles. Yamaguchi also won two World Figure Skating Championships in 1991 and 1992 and a U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992. She won one junior world title in 1988 and two...

 / Rudy Galindo
Rudy Galindo
Val Joe "Rudy" Galindo is an American figure skater who competed in both single skating and pair skating. As a single skater, he is the 1996 U.S. national champion and 1987 World Junior Champion. As a pairs skater, he competed with Kristi Yamaguchi and was the 1988 World Junior Champion and the...

 
2 1
2 Natalie Seybold
Natalie Seybold
Natalie Seybold-Catron was an American figure skater. She competed in pairs with her brother Wayne Seybold. The duo captured a pair of silver medals at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics....

 / Wayne Seybold
Wayne Seybold
Wayne Seybold was an American pair skater. He competed with his sister Natalie Seybold. The duo captured a pair of silver medals at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships and competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics...

 
1 2
3 Katy Keeley / Joseph Mero  3 3
4 Sharon Carz / Doug Williams 
5 Calla Urbanski
Calla Urbanski
Calla V. Urbanski-Petka is an American pair skater. With partner Rocky Marval, she is the 1992-1993 U.S. National Champion. They finished 10th at the 1992 Winter Olympics. They were dubbed "The Waitress and the Truck Driver" by the media because of their former occupations. They split up in the...

 / Mark Naylor 
6 Kenna Bailey / John Denton 
7 Kellie Creel / Bob Pellaton 
8 Elaine Asanakis / Joel McKeever 
9 Paula Visingardi / Jason Dungjen
Jason Dungjen
Jason Dungjen is an American retired pair skater who was a two-time U.S. national champion. He is currently a skating coach....

 
10 Ginger Tse / Archie Tse 
11 Maria Lako / Rocky Marval
Rocky Marval
Rocky Marval is an American pair skater. With partner Calla Urbanski, he is the 1992–1993 U.S. National Champion. They finished 10th at the 1992 Winter Olympics....

 
12 Shelley Propson / Scott Wendland
Scott Wendland
Scott Wendland was an American figure skater. He competed in pairs with Jenni Meno and the duo skated in the 1992 Winter Olympics. However, after that season, Meno left Wendland for another partner.-Men's singles:-Pairs :...

 
13 Wendy Weston / Alexander Enzmann 
14 Shanda Smith / Brandon Smith 
15 Juliane Thompson / Brian Geddeis 
16 Pam Warters / Jeff Warters 

Ice dancing

Rank Name CD1 CD2 OD FD
1 Susan Wynne
Susan Wynne
Susan "Susie" Wynne is a former American ice dancer and current figure skating analyst and commentator. She competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics with Joseph Druar. The duo won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice. She later competed with Russ Witherby...

 / Joseph Druar
Joseph Druar
Joseph Druar was an American ice dancer. He competed at the 1988 Winter Olympics with Susie Wynne. The duo won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice.-Results:-Navigation:...

 
1
2 April Sargent
April Sargent
April Sargent is an American ice dancer. Skating with Russ Witherby, she won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in 1992 and competed in the Winter Olympics that year. She currently coaches at the Philadelphia Skating Club & Humane Society....

 / Russ Witherby
Russ Witherby
Russ Witherby is an American coach and former competitive figure skater. He competed in ice dance with several partners. He and April Sargent Thomas competed in the 1992 Winter Olympics...

 
2
3 Suzanne Semanick
Suzanne Semanick
Suzanne "Suzy" Semanick was an American figure skater. She competed in ice dance at the 1988 Winter Olympics with Scott Gregory. The pair won the gold medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships twice. She later paired with Ron Kravette and won 2 bronze medals at the United States Figure Skating...

 / Ron Kravette 
3
4 Jeanne Miley / Michael Verlich  4
5 Beth McLean / Ari Lieb  5
6 Jodie Balogh / Jerod Swallow
Jerod Swallow
Jerod Swallow is an American ice dancer. With his partner and wife Elizabeth Punsalan, he is a five-time U.S. national champion, two-time Skate America champion, and competed twice in the Winter Olympics....

 
6
7 Tracy Sniadach / Leif Erickson  7
8 Elizabeth Punsalan
Elizabeth Punsalan
Elizabeth Punsalan or Swallow is an American ice dancer. With her partner and husband Jerod Swallow, she is a five-time U.S. national champion, two-time Skate America champion, and competed twice in the Winter Olympics.- Career :Early in her career, Punsalan competed with Christopher Rettstatt,...

 / Christopher Rettstatt 
8
9 Dorothi Rodek / Robert Nardozza  9
10 Lisa Grove / Scott Myers  11
11 Regina Woodward / Charles Sinek
Charles Sinek
Charles Sinek is an American ice dancer. With partner and wife Beata Handra, he is the 1999-2002 U.S. national pewter medalist.-Biography:...

 
10
12 Jennifer Benz / Jeffrey Benz  12
13 Jennifer Goolsbee / James Schilling  13
14 Tiffany Veltre / Duane Greenleaf  14
WD Renée Roca
Renee Roca
Renée Roca is an American ice dancer and choreographer. She is a three-time U.S. national champion with different partners. Competing with partner Donald Adair, she is the 1986 U.S. national champion. She later teamed up with Russian skater Gorsha Sur, with whom she is the 1993 and 1995 U.S...

 / James Yorke 

Men

Rank Name
1
2
3 John Baldwin Jr.
4

Ladies

(incomplete standings)
Rank Name CF SP FS
1 Kyoko Ina
Kyoko Ina
is a Japanese-American figure skater. With partner John Zimmerman, she is a three-time U.S. national champion and 2002 Olympian. With partner Jason Dungjen, she was a two-time U.S. Champion and a 1994 & 1998 Olympian.- Life and career :...

 
1
2 Jessica Mills
Jessica Mills
Jessica Mills is a former American figure skater. She won the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in 1989. She is the sister of Olympic gymnast Phoebe Mills. -Results:-References:...

 
2
3 Tisha Walker 

Ice dancing

Rank Name CD1 CD2 OD FD
1 Rachel Mayer
Rachel Mayer
Rachel L. Mayer is an American ice dancer. With partner Peter Breen, she represented the United States at the 1992 Winter Olympics where they placed 15th.-Biography:...

 / Peter Breen 
1
2 Wendy Millette / James Curtis  2
3 Jeannine Jones / Michael Shroge  3
4 Ann-Morton Neale / Laurence Shaffer  4
5 Kara Berger / Jay Barton  5 (tie)
6 Elisa Marie Curtis / Neale Smull  5 (tie)
7 Krista Schulz / Jonathan Stine  7
8 Andrea Chow / Martin Chow  8
9 Katherine Williamson / Ben Williamson  9
10 Lesle Lane / Rob Ferendo  10
11 Rachel Lane / Eric Meier  11
12 Dana Scheider / Stephen Laumann 12
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