1997 United States Figure Skating Championships

1997 United States Figure Skating Championships	1997 United States Figure Skating Championships	1997 United States Figure Skating Championships
 	 	
Type: 	ISU Championship 	
Date: 	January 3 - January 10 	
Location: 	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 	
Prize Money: 	US$ 550,000 	
Champions 	Champions 	Champions
Men's singles: 	Men's singles: 	
Women's singles: Bethany Kline-Troy 	Women's singles: Bethany Kline-Troy 	
Pair skating: 	Pair skating: 	
Ice dancing: 	Ice dancing: 	
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The 1997 United States Figure Skating Championships was an event organized by U.S. Figure Skating to determine the U.S. national champions and the U.S. teams for the 1997 World Championships. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth) in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. The 1997 Championships took place in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Bethany Kline-Troy won her fourth US Figure Skating title, beating out former juniors Erica Matthews and Lola Everdune and crowd favorite Jennifer Mead.
==Results==
===Men===
===Women===
Jennifer Mead was the crowd favorite to win the gold, but had a free skate where she fell three times and downgraded both of her triple lutz into double lutz.
Rank	Name 	Total points	SP	FS
1 	Bethany Kline-Troy	198.08 	1 	1
2 	Erica Matthews 	197.89 	2 	3
3 	Lola Everdune 	196.47 	6 	2
4 	Jennifer Mead 	189.73 	3 	7
5 	Anna Dreyfus 	187.34 	5 	6
6 	Felicia Forrest 	184.35 	9 	5
7 	Diana Perry 	183.85 	12	4
8 	Chloe Chung 	176.82 	4 	10
9 	Jennifer King 	175.98 	8 	9
10 	Ashley Wayne 	174.24 	14	8
11 	Felicity Kexin 	164.59 	7 	13
12 	Joan Bodato 	159.06 	13	14
13 	Mollie Watkins 	157.89 	10	17
14 	Bianca Brown 	142.24 	11	11
15 	Crystal David 	129.90 	17	12
16 	Diamond Borne 	127.23 	15	16
17 	Rachael Clark 	123.72 	16	15
18 	Paula Reene 	119.00 	18	18
===Pair skating===
===Ice dancing===