The 2016 U.S. Figure Skating Championships takes place later this month in St. Paul, Minnesota. I will be there LIVE with practice coverage, competition coverage, and my usual play-by-play and analysis. Get excited!

2016 U.S. Nationals #USChamps16

Schedule (senior events)

Thursday, January 21, 2016
- Pairs short - 12:45 p.m. PT / 2:45 p.m. CT / 3:45 p.m. ET / 5:45 a.m. Tokyo (1/22)
- Ladies short* - 5:30 p.m. PT / 7:30 p.m. CT / 8:30 p.m. ET / 10:30 a.m. Tokyo (1/22)
  *Includes the Opening Ceremony
Friday, January 22, 2016
- Short dance - 12:30 p.m. PT / 2:30 p.m. CT / 3:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 a.m. Tokyo (1/23)
- Men's short - 5:30 p.m. PT / 7:30 p.m. CT / 8:30 p.m. ET / 10:30 a.m. Tokyo (1/23)
Saturday, January 23, 2016
- Pairs free (group 1)/Free dance (group 1) - 7:00 a.m. PT / 9:00 a.m. CT / 10:00 a.m. ET / 12:00 a.m. Tokyo (1/24)
- Pairs free (groups 2/3)/Free dance (groups 2/3) - 11:30 a.m. PT / 1:30 p.m. CT / 2:30 p.m. ET / 4:30 a.m. Tokyo (1/24)
- Ladies free - 4:00 p.m. PT / 6:00 p.m. CT / 7:00 p.m. ET / 9:00 a.m. Tokyo (1/24)
Sunday, January 24, 2016
- Men's free - 11:00 a.m. PT / 1:00 p.m. CT / 2:00 p.m. ET / 4:00 a.m. Tokyo (1/25)

List of senior qualifiers (as of 1/15/2016) FULL LIST
Notations in parentheses indicate how skaters qualified for Nationals (P = Pacific Coast Sectionals, E = Eastern Sectionals, M = Midwestern Sectionals; number denotes which placement they achieved at that competition)

Reigning U.S. champion Jason Brown announced on 1/7/16 that he is withdrawing from Nationals due to a back strain. He does not yet know whether he would be healthy enough to petition for a medical bye for Worlds.

MEN
- Max Aaron (bye)
- WD Jason Brown (bye) via conference call
- Nathan Chen (bye)
- Timothy Dolensky (bye)
- WD Richard Dornbush (bye) back injury
- Scott Dyer (P3)
- WD Joshua Farris (bye) As of 1/5/16 list
- Grant Hochstein (bye)
- Ben Jalovick (E2)
- Alexander Johnson (M2)
- Daniel Kulenkamp (P4)
- Jimmy Ma (E1)
- Ross Miner (bye)
- WD: Jordan Moeller (M3)
- Curran Oi (E4)
- Shotaro Omori (P2)
- Sebastian Payannet (M4)
- Robert Przepioski (M5)
- Sean Rabbitt (P1)
- Adam Rippon (bye)
- Emmanuel Savary (E3)
- Eric Stinehart (M6)
- Vincent Zhou (bye)
LADIES
- Mariah Bell (bye)
- Ashley Cain (E2)
- Karen Chen (bye)
- Franchesca Chiera (E1)
- Christina Cleveland (M4)
- Polina Edmunds (bye)
- Alexis Gagnon (P4)
- Carly Gold (P1)
- Gracie Gold (bye)
- Courtney Hicks (bye)
- Avery Kurtz (M2)
- Katie McBeath (E3)
- Alexie Mieskoski (M3)
- Hannah Miller (bye)
- Heidi Munger (E4)
- Mirai Nagasu (bye)
- Tyler Pierce (bye)
- Elena Pulkinen (P3)
- Bradie Tennell (M1)
- Ashley Wagner (bye)
- Angela Wang (bye)
- Maria Yang (P2)
PAIRS
- Madeline Aaron/Max Settlage (bye)
- Jessica Calalang/Zack Sidhu (bye)
- Marissa Castelli/Mervin Tran (bye)
- Brianna de la Mora/Maxim Kurdukov (M2)
- WD Haven Denney/Brandon Frazier (bye)
- WD Gretchen Donlan/Nathan Bartholomay
- Caitlin Fields/Ernie Utah Stevens (M1)
- Cali Fujimoto/Nicholas Barsi-Rhyne (E3)
- Tarah Kayne/Daniel O'Shea (bye)
- Chelsea Liu/Brian Johnson (M)
- Alyssa McDougal/Paul Schatz (M)
- Jessica Pfund/Joshua Santillan (E1)
- Alexa Scimeca/Chris Knierim (bye)
- Alexandra Shaughnessy/James Morgan (E2)
- Erika Smith/AJ Reiss (P)
- Elizaveta Usmantseva/Matej Silecky (P)
DANCE
- Alexandra Aldridge/Matthew Blackmer (M2)
- Alissandra Aronow/Collin Brubaker (P2)
- Anastasia Cannuscio/Colin McManus (bye)
- Madison Chock/Evan Bates (bye)
- Kaitlin Hawayek/Jean-Luc Baker (bye)
- Madison Hubbell/Zachary Donohue (bye)
- Karina Manta/Joseph Johnson (P1)
- Charlotte Maxwell/Ryan Devereaux (E1)
- Gabriela Morrell Zucker/Andrejs Sitiks (E3)
- Tory Patsis/Nathaniel Fast (P4)
- Kseniya Ponomaryova/Oleg Altukhov (P3)
- Elicia Reynolds/Stephen Reynolds (E2)
- Maia Shibutani/Alex Shibutani (bye)
- Danielle Thomas/Daniel Eaton (M1)