Colorado Springs, Colo. (May 7, 2010) – U.S. Figure Skating announced today the individuals and teams that will compose the A, B and C team envelopes for the 2010-11 season. Those athletes assigned to the Reserve Team envelope will be announced at a later date.
The envelope level is primarily determined by the athlete’s performance in international and U.S. Figure Skating competitions during the previous season, and is used to determine funding levels. It is not used as a strict guideline for selections to international competitions.
The funding for the athletes on the A, B and C team envelopes will be determined by tiers within each envelope. Further information about the criteria for each tier can be found on the U.S. Figure Skating web site at http://www.usfigureskating.org/Athletes.asp?id=350.
Team A – Tier One
Ladies: Rachael Flatt
Men: Jeremy Abbott, Evan Lysacek
Pairs: Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett
Ice Dancing: Meryl Davis and Charlie White
Team A – Tier Two
Ladies: Mirai Nagasu
Men: Adam Rippon, Johnny Weir
Pairs: Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig, Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne Brubaker
Ice Dancing: Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto, Emily Samuelson and Evan Bates
Team B – Tier One
Ladies: Sasha Cohen, Ashley Wagner, Caroline Zhang
Men: Ryan Bradley
Pairs: Rena Inoue and John Baldwin
Ice Dancing: Madison Chock and Greg Zuerlein, Madison Hubbell and Keiffer Hubbell, Maia Shibutani and Alex Shibutani
Team B – Tier Two
Ladies: Alissa Czisny, Christina Gao, Agnes Zawadzki
Men: Jason Brown, Ross Miner
Pairs: Felicia Zhang and Taylor Toth
Team C – Tier One
Ladies: Kiri Baga, Lindsay Davis, Amanda Dobbs, Alexe Gilles, Ellie Kawamura, Angela Maxwell, Kristine Musademba, Yasmin Siraj
Men: Max Aaron, Richard Dornbush, Joshua Farris, Grant Hochstein, Austin Kanallakan, Armin Mahbanoozadeh, Keegan Messing, Brandon Mroz
Pairs: Brynn Carman and A.J. Reiss, Amanda Dobbs and Joseph Jacobsen, Britney Simpson and Nathan Miller, Erika Smith and Nathan Bartholomay, Caitlin Yankowskas and John Coughlin
Ice Dancing: Lauri Bonacorsi and Travis Mager, Isabella Cannuscio and Ian Lorello, Rachel Tibbetts and Collin Brubaker
Team C – Tier Two
Ladies: Melissa Bulanhagui, Ashley Cain, Nina Jiang, Leah Keiser, Katrina Kulgeyko
Men: Stephen Carriere, Nathan Chen, Timothy Dolensky, Scott Dyer, Emmanuel Savary, Alexander Zahradnicek
Pairs: Ashley Cain and Josh Reagan, Kylie Duarte and Colin Grafton, Mandy Garza and Brandon Frazier, Chloe Katz and Joseph Lynch
Ice Dancing: Alexandra Aldridge and Daniel Eaton, Lynn Kriengkrairut and Logan Giulietti-Schmitt, Anastasia Olson and Jordan Cowan, Danvi Pham and Vu Pham, Joylyn Yang and Jean-Luc Baker
– About U.S. Figure Skating –
U.S. Figure Skating is the national governing body for the sport of figure skating in the United States as recognized by the United States Olympic Committee and the International Skating Union. U.S. Figure Skating is comprised of more than 700 member clubs, collegiate clubs, and school-affiliated clubs and more than 900 registered Basic Skills skating schools representing approximately 170,000 members. U.S. Figure Skating is charged with the development of the sport on all levels within the United States including athletes, officials, sanctioning of events and exhibitions, and establishing the rules and guidelines by which the sport is governed.
