1988 US Figure Skating Championships

1988 US Figure Skating Championships
Denver, Colorado
Type	National Championship
Date	January 4 - 10
Season	1987-88
Location	Denver, Colorado
Country	USA
Venue	McNichols Sports Arena
Champions
Men's	Brian Boitano
Women's	Debi Thomas
Pairs	Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard
Ice Dance	Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory
Junior Men's	Christopher Mitchell
Junior Women's	Dena Galech
Junior Pairs	Kenna Bailey / John Denton
Junior Ice Dance	Elizabeth Punsalan / Shawn Rettstatt
Novice Boys	Chris Browne
Novice Girls	Caroline Lee
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1988 US Figure Skating Championships were the national figure skating championships of the United States for the 1987-88 season. Its results determined the skaters who would qualify for the 1988 Winter Olympics, 1988 World Championships, and 1988 World Junior Championships. It was held at the McNichols Sports Arena in Denver, Colorado.

Senior Men Results

Place	Name	Hometown	Points	CF	SP	FS
1	Brian Boitano	Sunnyvale, California	2.0	1	1	1
2	Paul Wylie	Denver, Colorado	5.0	3	3	2
3	Christopher Bowman	Los Angeles, California	5.0	2	2	3
4	Daniel Doran	Denver, Colorado	8.0	4	4	4
5	Angelo D'Agostino	Glen Ellyn, Illinois	11.8	8	5	5
6	Scott Williams	Redondo Beach, California	13.0	5	10	6
7	James Cygan	Colorado Springs, Colorado	14.0	6	6	8
8	Todd Eldredge	South Chatham, Massachusetts	15.2	9	7	7
9	Doug Mattis	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	19.8	7	9	12
10	Rudy Galindo	San Jose, California	20.4	10	11	10
11	Scott Kurttila	Seattle, Washington	20.8	11	8	11
12	Erik Larson	Ramona, California	25.6	19	13	9
13	Mark Mitchell	Hamden, Connecticut	28.4	14	15	14
14	Craig Heath	Mill Valley, California	29.6	15	14	15
15	John Filbig	Garden Grove, California	29.6	13	12	17
16	Patrick Brault	Azusa, California	30.0	17	17	13
17	Brian Grant	Potsdam, New York	31.6	12	16	18
18	Jon Robinson	Knoxville, Tennessee	35.6	20	19	16
19	Tom Zakrajsek	Cleveland, Ohio	36.6	16	20	19
20	Todd Reynolds	Houston, Texas	38.0	18	18	20

Senior Ladies Results

Place	Name	Hometown	Points	CF	SP	FS
1	Debi Thomas	San Jose, California	2.0	1	1	1
2	Jill Trenary	Colorado Springs, Colorado	5.0	3	3	2
3	Caryn Kadavy	Colorado Springs, Colorado	5.0	2	2	3
4	Jeri Campbell	Garden City, Michigan	9.0	4	4	5
5	Tonya Harding	Portland, Oregon	12.4	8	9	4
6	Holly Cook	Bountiful, Utah	12.6	7	6	6
7	Cindy Bortz	Los Angeles, California	12.6	6	5	7
8	Tracey Damigella	Easton, Massachusetts	19.2	5	8	13
9	Kelly Ann Szmurlo	Milwaukee, Wisconsin	20.2	9	12	10
10	Kristi Yamaguchi	Fremont, California	21.0	13	13	8
11	Tonia Kwiatkowski	Broadview Heights, Ohio	22.2	14	7	11
12	Nancy Kerrigan	Stoneham, Massachusetts	23.8	18	10	9
13	Lisa Cornelius	Apple Valley, Minnesota	24.2	11	14	12
14	Julie Wasserman	Yonkers, New York	26.8	10	17	14
15	Rory Flack-Burghart	Spring Valley, California	30.8	19	11	15
16	Kathaleen Kelly	Lake Placid, New York	32.4	12	18	18
17	Tracie Brown	Weston, Massachusetts	32.6	15	19	16
18	Elisa Scheuermann	Westfield, New Jersey	33.3	16	16	17
19	Jodi Friedman	Denver, Colorado	35.2	17	15	19

Senior Pairs Results

Place	Name	Hometown	Points	SP	FS
1	Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard	Bloomington, Indiana / Knoxville, Tennessee	1.4	1	1
2	Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner	Greenwich, Connecticut / Schaumburg, Illinois	2.8	2	2
3	Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold	Marion, Indiana	4.2	3	3
4	Katy Keeley / Joseph Mero	San Diego, California / Contra Costa, California	5.6	4	4
5	Kristi Yamaguchi / Rudy Galindo	Fremont, California / San Jose, California	7.0	5	5
6	Calla Urbanski / Michael Blicharski	Chicago, Illinois / Trenton, Michigan	9.6	9	6
7	Sharon Carz / Doug Williams	Addison, Illinois / Los Angeles, California	10.2	8	7
8	Lori Blasko / Todd Sand	Los Angeles, California	10.8	7	8
9	Ginger Tse / Archie Tse	Atlanta, Georgia	11.4	6	9
10	Kellie Creel / Robert Pellaton	Orange, California / San Diego, California	14.0	10	10
11	Shelly Propson / Scott Wendland	Rochester, Michigan / Spokane, Washington	15.8	12	11
12	Shanda Smith / Brandon Smith	Rochester, Michigan	17.4	11	13
13	Karen Courtland / David Goodman	Whippany, New Jersey / New Bedford, Massachusetts	18.0	15	12
14	Elaine Asanakis / Joel McKeever	New York City, New York / Dallas, Texas	19.6	14	14
15	Maria Lako / Rocky Marval	Flat Rock, Michigan / New Egypt, New Jersey	20.2	13	15
16	Julianne Thompson / Brian Geddeis	Colorado Springs, Colorado / Rockford, Illinois	22.4	16	16

Senior Ice Dance Results

Place	Name	Hometown	Points	CD	PD	FD
1	Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory	Bridgeville, Pennsylvania / Skaneateles, New York	2.0	1	1	1
2	Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar	Camillus, New York / Amherst, New York	4.0	2	2	2
3	April Sargeant / Russ Witherby	Ogdensburg, New York / Cincinnati, Ohio	6.6	4	3	3
4	Renée Roca / James Yorke	Rochester, New York / Stamford, Connecticut	7.4	3	4	4
5	Jodie Balogh / Jerod Swallow	Livonia, Michigan	10.6	6	5	5
6	Karen Knierim / Leif Erickson	Colorado Springs, Colorado / Shadyside, Ohio	11.4	5	6	6
7	Elizabeth McLean / Ari Leib	Falmouth, Massachusetts / Lexington, Massachusetts	14.0	7	7	7
8	Jeanne Miley / Michael Verlich	West Chester, Pennsylvania / Montclair, California	16.0	8	8	8
9	Dorothi Rodek / Robert Nardozza	Dallas, Texas	18.0	9	9	9
10	Ann Hensel / Ron Kravette	Summit, New Jersey / Costa Mesa, California	20.0	10	10	10
11	Jennifer Benz / Jeffrey Benz	Murrysville, Pennsylvania	22.0	11	11	11
12	Lisa Grove / Scott Myers	Newark, Delaware	25.0	12	12	13
13	Heidi Hahn / Bill Aquilino	Newark, Delaware / Wilmington, Delaware	25.6	14	13	12
14	Jacqueline Yarema / Kenton Webb	St. Louis, Missouri	27.4	13	14	14

Junior Men Results

Place	Name	Hometown	Points	CF	SP	FS
1	Christopher Mitchell	Rolling Hills, California	4.4	2	3	2
2	Aren Nielsen	Grandview, Missouri	5.0	4	4	1
3	Cameron Birky	Danville, California	5.6	3	2	3
4	Shepherd Clark	Atlanta, Georgia	7.0	1	1	6
5	Richard Sears	Marietta, Georgia	10.6	7	6	4
6	Colin Vander Veen	Atlanta, Georgia	10.6	6	5	5
7	Alex Chang	Long Beach, California	12.8	5	7	7
8	Tim Dever	Phoenix, Arizona	18.0	8	8	10
9	Scott Davis	Great Falls, Montana	20.0	11	11	9
10	Grant Rorvick	Hudson, Wisconsin	21.4	13	14	8
11	Gig Siruno	Minnetonka, Minnesota	21.6	10	9	12
12	Phillip DiGuglielmo	Belleville, New Jersey	22.6	12	10	11
13	Tommy Jasper	Elgin, Illinois	23.6	9	13	13
14	Lance Travis	Greensboro, North Carolina	27.2	14	12	14

Junior Ladies Results

Place	Name	Hometown	Points	CF	SP	FS
1	Dena Galech	Seattle, Washington	6.0	7	2	1
2	Jennifer Leng	Andover, Massachusetts	8.4	5	1	5
3	Shenon Badre	Park Ridge, Illinois	9.6	6	10	2
4	Jessica Mills	Chicago, Illinois	10.4	8	4	4
5	Dawn Duhamel	Shrewsbury, Massachusetts	10.8	3	5	7
6	Elizabeth Wright	Lakewood, Colorado	12.4	2	8	8
7	Katie Wood	Winnetka, Illinois	12.8	1	3	11
8	Tisha Walker	Thousand Oaks, California	13.6	13	7	3
9	Kathryn Curielli	Burnsville, Minnesota	16.2	11	9	6
10	Jennifer Flock	Stockton, California	18.6	12	6	9
11	Tina McPherson	Alexandria, Virginia	19.8	9	11	10
12	Liane Moscato	Peabody, Massachusetts	20.2	4	12	13
13	Melia Heimbuck	Arvada, Colorado	23.2	10	13	12

Junior Pairs Results

Place	Name	Hometown	Points	SP	FS
1	Kenna Bailey / John Denton	Centerville, Utah / Bridgewater, Massachusetts	1.4	1	1
2	Jennifer Heurlin / John Fredericksen	Glendale Heights, Illinois / Arlington Heights, Illinois	3.2	3	2
3	Natasha Kuchiki / Richard Alexander	Los Angeles, California / Simi Valley, California	3.8	2	3
4	Paula Visingardi / Jeb Rand	Fraser, Michigan / Marietta, Georgia	5.6	4	4
5	Sara Powell / Robert Powell	Raynham, Massachusetts	7.0	5	5
6	Anne Marie Wells / Brian Wells	Potomac, Maryland	8.4	6	6
7	Catherine Baffo / John Liotta	Utica, Michigan / Spring Valley, New York	9.8	7	7
8	Jocelyn Cox / Brad Cox	Mount Horeb, Wisconsin	12.2	8	9
9	Dawn Piepenbrink / Tim Dever	Phoenix, Arizona	12.4	11	8
10	Hilary Olney / Jeffrey Meyers	Buffalo, New York / Stockton, California	13.6	9	10
11	Wendy Weston / Alexander Enzmann	Hyannis, Massachusetts / San Diego, California	15.0	10	11
12	Dawn Goldstein / Troy Goldstein	Culver City, California	16.8	12	12
13	Aimee Offner / Brian Helgenberg	Norristown, Pennsylvania / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	18.2	13	13
14	Tiffany Bailey / Richard Gillam	Marietta, Georgia / Atlanta, Georgia	19.6	14	14

Junior Ice Dance Results

Place	Name	Hometown	Points	CD	PD	FD
1	Elizabeth Punsalan / Shawn Rettstatt	Sheffield Lake, Ohio / Dallas, Texas		1	1
	Tiffany Veltre / Duane Greenleaf	Long Beach, California		2	3
	Jennifer Goolsbee / Peter Chupa	Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan		3	2
	Rachel Mayer / Peter Breen	Wellesley, Massachusetts / Brockton, Massachusetts		4	4
	Kara Berger / Jay Barton	San Diego, California / Torrance, California		5	5
	Jeannine Jones / Michael Shroge	Parma Heights, Ohio / Middleburg Heights, Ohio		6	7
	Holly Robbins / Jonathan Stine	Colorado Springs, Colorado / Peoria, Illinois		7	6
	Andrea Chow / Martin Chow	Flushing, New York		8	8
	Elizabeth Davidson / Collin Sullivan	Hallowell, Massachusetts / Columbus, Indiana		9	9
	Regina Woodward / James Curtis	Ardmore, Pennsylvania / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania		10	10
	Dana Schneider / Stephan Laumann	South Pasadena, California / Thousand Oaks, California		11	11
	Wendy Mirsky / Peter Mirsky	Short Hills, New Jersey		12	14
13	Julie Benz / David Schilling	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania / Detroit, Michigan		13	12
	Katherine Williamson / Ben Williamson	St. Joseph, Missouri		14	13

Novice Boys Results

Place	Name	Hometown	Points	CF	FS
1	Chris Browne	Dallas, Texas		1
2	Michael Chack	Brick, New Jersey		9
3	Paul Dulebohn	Germantown, Maryland		6
4	Clay Sniteman	Farmington, Utah		5
5	John Reppucci	Bourne, Massachusetts		2
6	Michael Weiss	Olney, Maryland		3
7	Richard Alexander	Simi Valley, California		12
8	David Grindstaff	Apple Valley, Minnesota		7
9	John Fredericksen	Arlington Heights, Illinois		13
10	John Wright	Fort Wayne, Indiana		4
11	Christopher Beck	Chino, California		10
12	Michael Orr	Bloomfield Hills, Michigan		8
WD	Randy Scott	Palm Springs, California		11

Novice Girls Results

Place	Name	Hometown	Points	CF	FS
1	Caroline Lee	Downers Grove, Illinois	5.0	4	1
2	Robyn Petroskey	Golden Valley, Minnesota	5.0	2	3
3	Allyson Fenlon	Aurora, Colorado	5.0	1	4
4	Natasha Kuchiki	Los Angeles, California	7.0	5	2
5	Stephanie Bush	Orange, California	10.0	3	7
6	Karen Gooley	Haddon Township, New Jersey	13.0	7	6
7	Heather Sniteman	Farmington, Utah	15.0	6	9
8	Jennifer Davidson	Hidden Hills, California	16.0	11	5
9	Marianne Diliberti	Levittown, New York	16.0	8	8
10	Janet Hoschek	Tenafly, New Jersey	19.0	9	10
11	Robin Pilossoph	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	22.0	10	12
12	Stephanie Hillstrom	Roseville, Minnesota	23.0	12	11

Represented States

	State	Hometown	Name
1	Arizona	Phoenix (Maricopa)	Dawn Piepenbrink Tim Dever
2	California	Azusa (Los Angeles) Chino (San Bernardino) Contra Costa (Contra Costa) Costa Mesa (Orange) Culver City (Los Angeles) Danville (Contra Costa) Fremont (Alameda) Garden Grove (Orange) Hidden Hills (Los Angeles) Long Beach (Los Angeles) Los Angeles (Los Angeles) Mill Valley (Marin) Montclair (San Bernardino) Orange (Orange) Palm Springs (Riverside) Ramona (San Diego) Redondo Beach (Los Angeles) Rolling Hills (Los Angeles) San Diego (San Diego) San Jose (Santa Clara) Simi Valley (Ventura) South Pasadena (Los Angeles) Spring Valley (San Diego) Stockton (San Joaquin) Sunnyvale (Santa Clara) Thousand Oaks (Ventura) Torrance (Los Angeles)	Alex Chang Alexander Enzmann Brian Boitano Cameron Birky Christopher Beck Christopher Bowman Christopher Mitchell Cindy Bortz Craig Heath Dana Schneider Dawn Goldstein Debi Thomas Doug Williams Duane Greenleaf Erik Larson Jay Barton Jeffrey Meyers Jennifer Davidson Jennifer Flock John Filbig Joseph Mero Kara Berger Katy Keeley Kellie Creel Kristi Yamaguchi Lori Blasko Michael Verlich Natasha Kuchiki Patrick Brault Randy Scott Richard Alexander Robert Pellaton Ron Kravette Rory Flack-Burghart Rudy Galindo Scott Williams Stephan Laumann Stephanie Bush Tiffany Veltre Tisha Walker Todd Sand Troy Goldstein
3	Colorado	Arvada (Adams/Jefferson) Aurora (Adams/Arapahoe/Douglas) Colorado Springs (El Paso) Denver (Denver) Lakewood (Jefferson)	Allyson Fenlon Caryn Kadavy Daniel Doran Elizabeth Wright Holly Robbins James Cygan Jill Trenary Jodi Friedman Julianne Thompson Karen Knierim Melia Heimbuck Paul Wylie
4	Connecticut	Greenwich (Fairfield) Hamden (New Haven) Stamford (Fairfield)	Gillian Wachsman James Yorke Mark Mitchell
5	Delaware	Newark (New Castle) Wilmington (New Castle)	Bill Aquilino Heidi Hahn Lisa Grove Scott Myers
6	Georgia	Atlanta (DeKalb/Fulton) Marietta (Cobb)	Archie Tse Colin Vander Veen Ginger Tse Jeb Rand Richard Gillam Richard Sears Shepherd Clark Tiffany Bailey
7	Illinois	Addison (DuPage) Arlington Heights (Cook) Chicago (Cook/DuPage) Downers Grove (DuPage) Elgin (Cook/Kane) Glen Ellyn (DuPage) Glendale Heights (DuPage) Park Ridge (Cook) Peoria (Peoria) Rockford (Ogle/Winnebago) Schaumburg (Cook/DuPage) Winnetka (Cook)	Angelo D'Agostino Brian Geddeis Calla Urbanski Caroline Lee Jennifer Heurlin Jessica Mills John Fredericksen Jonathan Stine Katie Wood Sharon Carz Shenon Badre Todd Waggoner Tommy Jasper
8	Indiana	Bloomington (Monroe) Columbus (Bartholomew) Fort Wayne (Allen) Marion (Grant)	Collin Sullivan Jill Watson John Wright Natalie Seybold Wayne Seybold
9	Maryland	Germantown (Montgomery) Olney (Montgomery) Potomac (Montgomery)	Anne Marie Wells Brian Wells Michael Weiss Paul Dulebohn
10	Massachusetts	Andover (Essex) Bourne (Barnstable) Bridgewater (Plymouth) Brockton (Plymouth) Easton (Bristol) Falmouth (Barnstable) Hallowell (?) Hyannis (Barnstable) Lexington (Middlesex) New Bedford (Bristol) Peabody (Essex) Raynham (Bristol) Shrewsbury (Worcester) South Chatham (Barnstable) Stoneham (Middlesex) Wellesley (Norfolk) Weston (Middlesex)	Ari Leib David Goodman Dawn Duhamel Elizabeth Davidson Elizabeth McLean Jennifer Leng John Denton John Reppucci Liane Moscato Nancy Kerrigan Peter Breen Rachel Mayer Robert Powell Sara Powell Todd Eldredge Tracey Damigella Tracie Brown Wendy Weston
11	Michigan	Bloomfield Hills (Oakland) Detroit (Wayne) Flat Rock (Monroe/Wayne) Fraser (Macomb) Garden City (Wayne) Grosse Pointe Woods (Wayne) Livonia (Wayne) Rochester (Oakland) Trenton (Wayne) Utica (Macomb)	Brandon Smith Catherine Baffo David Schilling Jennifer Goolsbee Jeri Campbell Jerod Swallow Jodie Balogh Maria Lako Michael Blicharski Michael Orr Paula Visingardi Peter Chupa Shanda Smith Shelly Propson
12	Minnesota	Apple Valley (Dakota) Burnsville (Dakota) Golden Valley (Hennepin) Minnetonka (Hennepin) Roseville (Ramsey)	David Grindstaff Gig Siruno Kathryn Curielli Lisa Cornelius Robyn Petroskey Stephanie Hillstrom
13	Missouri	Grandview (Jackson) St. Joseph (Andrew/Buchanan) St. Louis (St. Louis)	Aren Nielsen Ben Williamson Jacqueline Yarema Katherine Williamson Kenton Webb
14	Montana	Great Falls (Cascade)	Scott Davis
15	New Jersey	Belleville (Essex) Brick (Ocean) Haddon Township New Egypt (Ocean) Short Hills (Essex) Summit (Union) Tenafly (Bergen) Westfield (Union) Whippany (Morris)	Ann Hensel Elisa Scheuermann Janet Hoschek Karen Courtland Karen Gooley Michael Chack Peter Mirsky Phillip DiGuglielmo Rocky Marval Wendy Mirsky
16	New York	Amherst (Erie) Buffalo (Erie) Camillus (Onondaga) Flushing (Queens) Lake Placid (Essex) Levittown (Nassau) New York City (Bronx/Kings/New York/Queens/Richmond) Ogdensburg (St. Lawrence) Potsdam (St. Lawrence) Rochester (Monroe) Skaneateles (Onondaga) Spring Valley (Rockland) Yonkers (Westchester)	Andrea Chow April Sargeant Brian Grant Elaine Asanakis Hilary Olney John Liotta Joseph Druar Julie Wasserman Kathaleen Kelly Marianne Diliberti Martin Chow Renée Roca Scott Gregory Susan Wynne
17	North Carolina	Greensboro (Guilford)	Lance Travis
18	Ohio	Broadview Heights (Cuyahoga) Cincinnati (Hamilton) Cleveland (Cuyahoga) Middleburg Heights (Cuyahoga) Parma Heights (Cuyahoga) Shadyside (Belmont) Sheffield Lake (Lorain)	Elizabeth Punsalan Jeannine Jones Leif Erickson Michael Shroge Russ Witherby Tom Zakrajsek Tonia Kwiatkowski
19	Oregon	Portland (Clackamas/Multnomah/Washington)	Tonya Harding
20	Pennsylvania	Ardmore (Delaware/Montgomery) Bridgeville (Allegheny) Murrysville (Westmoreland) Norristown (Montgomery) Philadelphia (Philadelphia) Pittsburgh (Allegheny) West Chester (Chester)	Aimee Offner Brian Helgenberg Doug Mattis James Curtis Jeanne Miley Jeffrey Benz Jennifer Benz Julie Benz Regina Woodward Robin Pilossoph Suzanne Semanick
21	Tennessee	Knoxville (Knox)	Jon Robinson Peter Oppegard
22	Texas	Dallas (Collin/Dallas/Denton/Kaufman/Rockwall) Houston (Fort Bend/Harris/Montgomery)	Chris Browne Dorothi Rodek Joel McKeever Robert Nardozza Shawn Rettstatt Todd Reynolds
23	Utah	Bountiful (Davis) Centerville (Davis) Farmington (Davis)	Clay Sniteman Heather Sniteman Holly Cook Kenna Bailey
24	Virginia	Alexandria (Alexandria)	Tina McPherson
25	Washington	Seattle (King) Spokane (Spokane)	Dena Galech Scott Kurttila Scott Wendland
26	Wisconsin	Hudson (St. Croix) Milwaukee (Milwaukee/Washington/Waukesha) Mount Horeb (Dane)	Brad Cox Grant Rorvick Jocelyn Cox Kelly Ann Szmurlo

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