# 1983 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

The 1983 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place at Pittsburgh Civic Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with the female champion crowned February 3, 1983, and male champion crowned February 4, 1983. Medals were awarded in three colors: gold (first), silver (second), and bronze (third) in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice.
The event determined the U.S. team for the 1983 World Championships.

## Senior results
### Men

| Rank | Name | CF | SP | FS |
| 1 | Scott Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Brian Boitano | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Mark Cockerell | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Bobby Beauchamp | 4 | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Paul Wylie | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Scott Williams | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Tom Dickson | 5 | 7 | 8 |
| 8 | J. Scott Driscoll | 7 | 8 | 7 |
| 9 | James White | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | James Cygan | 8 | 10 | 11 |
| 11 | Robert Rosenbluth | 11 | 11 | 10 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | CF | SP | FS |
| 1 | Rosalynn Sumners | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Elaine Zayak | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Tiffany Chin | 5 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Vikki de Vries | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Melissa Thomas | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| 6 | Kelly Webster | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 7 | Jill Frost | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Jacki Farrell | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Staci McMullin | 12 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Jennifer Newman | 11 | 11 | 10 |
| 11 | Leslie Sikes | 9 | 10 | 13 |
| 12 | Maradith Feinberg | 10 | 15 | 11 |
| 13 | Debi Thomas | 15 | 12 | 12 |
| 14 | Caroline Silby | 13 | 13 | 14 |
| 15 | Maria Causey | 14 | 14 | 15 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | SP | FS |
| 1 | Kitty Carruthers / Peter Carruthers | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Lea Ann Miller / William Fauver | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Jill Watson / Burt Lancon | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Gillian Wachsman / Robert Daw | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Lynne Freeman / Jay Freeman | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | Katy Keeley / Gary Kemp | 7 | 6 |
| 7 | Maria DiDomenico / Peter Oppergard | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Debra Fahy / Craig Maurizi | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Cara Gill / Craig Gill | 11 | 10 |
| 11 | Kimberly Barget / Ronald Holbrook | 12 | 11 |
| 12 | Margo Shoup / Patrick Page | 10 | 12 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | CD | OD | FD |
| 1 | Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Elisa Spitz / Scott Gregory | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Carol Fox / Richard Dalley | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Renée Roca / Donald Adair | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | Susan Jorgensen / Robert Yokabaskas | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Eleanor De Vera / James Yorke | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Eva Hunyadi / Jay Pinkerton | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Lois Luciani / Russ Witherby | 9 | 9 | 9 |
| 10 | Karen Knieriem / Philip Piasecki | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Robi Shepard / Kelly Witt | 11 | 11 | 11 |
| 12 | Sandra McGee / Frank Summers | 12 | 12 | 12 |

## Junior results
### Men

| Rank | Name | CF | SP | FS |
| 1 | Christopher Bowman | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2 | Angelo D'Agostino | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| 3 | Daniel Doran | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| 4 | David Fedor | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 5 | Craig Henderson | 6 | 10 | 4 |
| 6 | David Jamison | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | John Paul Licari | 8 | 4 | 6 |
| 8 | Doug Mattis | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 9 | Erik Larson | 11 | 11 | 8 |
| 10 | Billy Lawe | 7 | 12 | 11 |
| 11 | Scott Kurtilla | 12 | 8 | 10 |
| 12 | Tom Zakrajsek | 10 | 9 | 12 |
| 13 | Scott Wendland | 13 | 13 | 13 |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | CF | SP | FS |
| 1 | Kathryn Adams | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Yvonne Gómez | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Rosanna Tovi | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Sara MacInnes | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 5 | Vicki Singer | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Kathy Rissmiller | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 7 | Jana Sjodin | 5 | 8 | 7 |
| 8 | Valory Vennes | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| 9 | Wendy Lee Weston | 7 | 10 | 10 |
| 7 | Laura-Ann Edmunds | 10 | 9 | 9 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | SP | FS |
| 1 | Susan Dungjen / Jason Dungjen | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Sandy Hurtubise / Karl Kurtz | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Sue Falzone / Michael Blicharski | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Loreen Koshi / Doug Williams | 4 | 5 |
| 5 | Maria Lako / Joseph Mero | 7 | 4 |
| 6 | Jan Waggoner / Todd Waggoner | 6 | 6 |
| 7 | Jeannine Jones / Tony Jones | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Michelle Dudley / Bobby Davis | 10 | 8 |
| 9 | Erin O'Neill / Buzzie O'Neill | 8 | 9 |
| 10 | Kellee Murchison / David McGovern | 9 | 10 |
| 11 | Susanne Steiner / Stephen Kennedy | 11 | 11 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | CD | OD | FD |
| 1 | Suzanne Semanick / Alexander Miller | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Kandi Amelon / Alec Binnie | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Colleen McGuire --> / William Lyons III | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Christina Yatsuhashi / Keith Yatsuhashi | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Kristan Lowery / Chip Rossbach | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | Dorothy Rodek / Robert Nardozza | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | Laura Wolfe / John Stackhoue | 7 | 7 | 7 |
| 8 | Monika Gerhauser / Andrew Niebler | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| 9 | Jessica Campbell / Glenn Cummings | 10 | 11 | 9 |
| 10 | April Sargent / John D'Amelio | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| 11 | Wendy Hilliers / Christopher Nacri | 11 | 9 | 11 |
| 12 | Colette Huber / Bob Tiernan | 12 | 12 | 12 |

## Sources

* Swift, E.M. (February 14, 1983). "The Thinner was the Winner". Sports Illustrated. Vol. 58, no. 6. p. 75. Retrieved February 18, 2024.