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The 2025 U.S. Figure Skating Championships continued on Friday, as the Rhythm Dance and Women’s Free Skate events took place in Wichita, Kansas.
Athletes competed for national titles while also attempting to showcase themselves for a spot on the United States’ team in the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.
Madison Chock and Evan Bates built a large lead following the rhythm dance heading into Saturday’s free dance, while Amber Glenn took home a gold medal after the Women’s Free Skate.
Here are the full results from Friday’s action as well as the remaining schedule for the competition.
Rhythm Dance
- Madison Chock/Evan Bates: 92.16
- Christina Carreira/Anthony Ponomarenko: 82.86
- Emilea Zingas/Vadym Kolesnik: 82.13
- Caroline Green/Michael Parsons: 82.13
- Oona Brown/Gage Brown: 77.38
- Katarina Wolfkostin/Dimitry Tsarevski: 76.27
- Emily Bratti/Ian Somerville: 75.25
- Eva Pate/Logan Bye: 73.64
- Leah Neset/Artem Markelov: 72.17
- Annabelle Morozov/Jeffrey Chen: 70.64
- Amy Cui/Jonathan Rogers: 68.78
- Vanessa Pham/Anton Spiridonov: 64.00
- Raffaella Koncius/Alexey Shchepetov: 63.48
- Grace Yi/Danila Savelev: 53.21
- Michela Melillo/Karl Schapfel: 47.02
Women’s Final
- Amber Glenn: 216.79
- Alysa Liu: 215.33
- Sarah Everhardt: 207.36
- Bradie Tennell: 199.94
- Sherry Zhang: 188.48
- Starr Andrews: 185.97
- Josephine Lee: 182.69
- Elyce Lin-Gracey: 179.22
- Sonja Hilmer: 178.54
- Logan Higase-Chen: 175.82
- Mia Kalin: 168.43
- Lindsay Thorngren: 159.88
- Alexa Gasparotto: 151.46
- Brooke Gewalt: 147.69
- Alina Bonillo: 144.28
- Michelle Lee: 139.60
- Ting Cui: 126.63
- Alex Evans: 121.71
Remaining Schedule
Saturday, Jan. 25
Championship Men’s Short Program Groups 1 and 2, 10:58 a.m. ET
Championship Free Dance Groups 1 and 2, 12:50 p.m. ET
Championship Men’s Short Program Group 3, 2:36 p.m. ET
Championship Free Dance Group 3, 3:38 p.m. ET
Championship Pairs Free Skate, 7:35 p.m. ET
Sunday, Jan. 26
Championship Men’s Free Skate, 2:47 p.m. ET
Two-time defending world champions Madison Chock and Evan Bates took a 9.3-point lead over Christina Carreira and Anthony Ponomarenko after Friday’s competition, an impressive feat considering the second and seventh-place finishers were separated by 7.61 points.
They were able to stand atop the leaderboard despite Chock feeling under the weather during the event.
“Experiences like today really help us a lot,” Bates said afterwards, via NBC Sports’ Nick Zaccardi. “I mean, it’s not fun to skate when you’re not feeling your best, but knowing we can still go out and perform well under any circumstances is such a confidence boost.”
Amber Glenn sat at No. 3 on the leaderboard following Thursday’s short program, trailing 2022 Olympian Alysa Liu and 2018 Olympic team bronze medallist Bradie Tennell.
Glenn made up ground in Friday’s free skate performance that was highlighted by a triple axel, ultimately defending her U.S. crown.
Liu finished second, while Sarah Everhardt sat at No. 3. Tennell just missed the podium, finishing fourth.
The U.S. Championships will continue on Saturday, starting with the men’s short program.
