# 2018 Skate America

The 2018 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington on October 19–21. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final.

## Entries

The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.
| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Belgium | | Loena Hendrickx | | |
| Canada | Nam Nguyen Kevin Reynolds | Alaine Chartrand | Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud | |
| Czech Republic | Michal Březina | | | |
| France | Romain Ponsart | Laurine Lecavelier | | |
| Georgia | Morisi Kvitelashvili | | | |
| Germany | | | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert | Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck |
| Israel | Alexei Bychenko | | | |
| Italy | Matteo Rizzo | | | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri |
| Japan | | Marin Honda Satoko Miyahara Kaori Sakamoto | | |
| Malaysia | Julian Zhi Jie Yee | | | |
| Poland | | | | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev |
| Russia | Sergei Voronov | Sofia Samodurova Polina Tsurskaya | Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro |
| Ukraine | | | | Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin |
| United Kingdom | | | | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland |
| United States | Nathan Chen Jimmy Ma Vincent Zhou | Starr Andrews Bradie Tennell Megan Wessenberg | Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue Karina Manta / Joseph Johnson Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter |

### Changes to preliminary assignments

| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes |
| July 9 and 31 | Pairs | Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | Foot injury (Yu) |
| July 18 and September 7 | Ice dance | Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin | Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland | Split |
| August 9 and 16 | Ladies | Nicole Rajičová | Alaine Chartrand | |
| August 15 and 16 | Men | Jorik Hendrickx | Kevin Reynolds | |
| September 10 | Men | N/A | Jimmy Ma | Host pick |
| September 10 | Ladies | N/A | Megan Wessenberg | Host pick |
| September 10 | Pairs | N/A | Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker | Host pick |
| September 10 | Ice dance | N/A | Karina Manta / Joseph Johnson | Host pick |
| October 8 and 9 | Pairs | Li Xiangning / Xie Zhong | Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud | |
| October 15 | Ladies | Elena Radionova | N/A | Back injury |

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Nathan Chen | United States | 280.57 | 1 | 90.58 | 1 | 189.99 |
| 2 | Michal Březina | Czech Republic | 239.51 | 2 | 82.09 | 2 | 157.42 |
| 3 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 226.44 | 4 | 78.18 | 4 | 148.26 |
| 4 | Matteo Rizzo | Italy | 225.81 | 5 | 78.09 | 5 | 147.72 |
| 5 | Vincent Zhou | United States | 225.75 | 6 | 76.38 | 3 | 149.37 |
| 6 | Nam Nguyen | Canada | 212.99 | 9 | 69.86 | 6 | 143.13 |
| 7 | Julian Zhi Jie Yee | Malaysia | 207.51 | 3 | 81.52 | 9 | 125.99 |
| 8 | Morisi Kvitelashvili | Georgia | 205.12 | 11 | 68.58 | 7 | 136.54 |
| 9 | Alexei Bychenko | Israel | 197.47 | 10 | 69.69 | 8 | 127.78 |
| 10 | Romain Ponsart | France | 187.92 | 8 | 71.48 | 11 | 116.44 |
| 11 | Kevin Reynolds | Canada | 185.63 | 12 | 61.62 | 10 | 124.01 |
| 12 | Jimmy Ma | United States | 185.06 | 7 | 71.53 | 12 | 113.53 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Satoko Miyahara | Japan | 219.71 | 1 | 73.86 | 1 | 145.85 |
| 2 | Kaori Sakamoto | Japan | 213.90 | 2 | 71.29 | 2 | 142.61 |
| 3 | Sofia Samodurova | Russia | 198.70 | 3 | 64.41 | 3 | 134.29 |
| 4 | Bradie Tennell | United States | 192.89 | 5 | 61.72 | 4 | 131.17 |
| 5 | Laurine Lecavelier | France | 172.41 | 7 | 59.57 | 5 | 112.84 |
| 6 | Megan Wessenberg | United States | 170.33 | 6 | 60.20 | 6 | 110.13 |
| 7 | Polina Tsurskaya | Russia | 159.45 | 8 | 58.42 | 8 | 101.03 |
| 8 | Marin Honda | Japan | 158.04 | 4 | 62.74 | 9 | 95.30 |
| 9 | Alaine Chartrand | Canada | 155.49 | 11 | 46.99 | 7 | 108.50 |
| 10 | Starr Andrews | United States | 150.56 | 9 | 56.03 | 10 | 94.53 |
| WD | Loena Hendrickx | Belgium | withdrew | 10 | 54.13 | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | Russia | 204.85 | 1 | 71.24 | 1 | 133.61 |
| 2 | Alisa Efimova / Alexander Korovin | Russia | 178.98 | 2 | 62.38 | 3 | 116.60 |
| 3 | Ashley Cain / Timothy LeDuc | United States | 175.06 | 4 | 57.72 | 2 | 117.34 |
| 4 | Alexa Scimeca Knierim / Chris Knierim | United States | 171.56 | 5 | 57.31 | 4 | 114.25 |
| 5 | Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert | Germany | 162.10 | 3 | 60.04 | 5 | 102.06 |
| 6 | Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker | United States | 151.21 | 7 | 51.56 | 6 | 99.65 |
| 7 | Annika Hocke / Ruben Blommaert | Germany | 144.53 | 6 | 53.36 | 7 | 91.17 |
| 8 | Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud | Canada | 129.06 | 8 | 44.71 | 8 | 84.35 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | RD | RD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | United States | 200.82 | 1 | 78.43 | 1 | 122.39 |
| 2 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy | 192.30 | 2 | 75.01 | 2 | 117.29 |
| 3 | Tiffany Zahorski / Jonathan Guerreiro | Russia | 181.38 | 3 | 73.30 | 4 | 108.08 |
| 4 | Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter | United States | 180.57 | 4 | 72.44 | 3 | 108.13 |
| 5 | Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson | Great Britain | 170.70 | 5 | 64.71 | 5 | 105.99 |
| 6 | Natalia Kaliszek / Maksym Spodyriev | Poland | 163.05 | 6 | 62.78 | 6 | 100.27 |
| 7 | Katharina Müller / Tim Dieck | Germany | 158.11 | 7 | 60.12 | 7 | 97.99 |
| 8 | Alexandra Nazarova / Maxim Nikitin | Ukraine | 156.16 | 8 | 58.32 | 8 | 97.84 |
| 9 | Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland | Great Britain | 152.69 | 9 | 57.77 | 9 | 94.92 |
| 10 | Karina Manta / Joseph Johnson | United States | 139.33 | 10 | 51.89 | 10 | 87.44 |