2022 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic

The 2022 CS U.S. International Figure Skating Classic was held on September 12–15, 2022, at the Olympic Center in Lake Placid, New York. It was the first event of the 2022–23 ISU Challenger Series.^[1] Medals were awarded in men's singles, women's singles, pair skating, and ice dance.

2022 CS U.S. International Classic
Type:	ISU Challenger Series
Date:	September 12 – 16
Season:	2022–23
Location:	Lake Placid, New York, United States
Host:	U.S. Figure Skating
Venue:	Olympic Center
Champions
Men's singles: Ilia Malinin
Women's singles: Kim Ye-lim
Pairs: Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini
Ice dance: Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
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American skater Ilia Malinin landed the first ever quadruple Axel in competition at this event.^[2]

Entries

The International Skating Union published the list of entries on August 18, 2022.^[3]

Country	Men[4]	Women[5]	Pairs[6]	Ice dance[7]
Australia	—	Victoria Alcantara	—	—
Azerbaijan		—		Samantha Ritter / Daniel Brykalov
Canada	Wesley Chiu		Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Éthier	Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac
	Stephen Gogolev		Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland	Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker
Cyprus	—	Marilena Kitromilis	—	—
Czech Republic		Eliška Březinová
Estonia	Arlet Levandi	—
France	Kévin Aymoz
Great Britain	—			Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson
Greece		Alexandra Panagiota Manis		—
Israel	Mark Gorodnitsky	—		Mariia Nosovitskaya / Mikhail Nosovitskiy
Italy	Daniel Grassl	Alessia Tornaghi	Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini	Leia Dozzi / Pietro Papetti
Japan	—	Mana Kawabe	—	Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto
Mexico	Donovan Carrillo	Andrea Montesinos Cantú		—
Mongolia	—	Merilyn Otgonbayar
New Zealand		Jocelyn Hong		Charlotte Lafond-Fournier / Richard Kang-in Kam
Philippines		Sofia Lexi Jacqueline Frank		—
Poland		—		Olivia Oliver / Elliott Graham
South Korea		Kim Ye-lim You Young		—
United States	Jimmy Ma	Jill Heiner	Emily Chan / Spencer Howe	Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov
	Ilia Malinin	Sonja Hilmer	Maria Mokhova / Ivan Mokhov	Eva Pate / Logan Bye
	Camden Pulkinen	Audrey Shin	Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez	Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen
	Eric Sjoberg	—	Megan Wessenberg / Blake Eisenach	—

Changes to preliminary assignments

Date	Disc.	Withdrew	Added	Ref.
August 22	Women	Ella Chen	—	[5]
	Pairs	—	Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini	[6]
	Ice dance	Angela Ling / Caleb Wein	—	[7]
September 6	Men	Edrian Paul Celestino		[4]
	Women	Gabriella Izzo		[5]
September 13		Tara Prasad
	Pairs	Anastasia Vaipan-Law / Luke Digby		[6]

Results

Men's singles

During the free skate, Ilia Malinin successfully performed the very first quadruple Axel in competition.^[2]

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
	Ilia Malinin	United States	257.28	6	71.84	1	185.44
	Kévin Aymoz	France	236.17	1	83.52	2	152.65
	Camden Pulkinen	United States	219.49	3	77.44	4	142.05
4	Mark Gorodnitsky	Israel	218.83	2	77.65	5	141.18
5	Jimmy Ma	United States	216.76	8	69.88	3	146.88
6	Stephen Gogolev	Canada	208.43	5	72.89	6	135.54
7	Arlet Levandi	Estonia	202.29	7	70.02	7	132.27
8	Donovan Carrillo	Mexico	181.44	9	68.10	10	113.34
9	Eric Sjoberg	United States	179.09	11	47.49	8	131.60
10	Wesley Chiu	Canada	171.69	10	55.14	9	116.55
WD	Daniel Grassl	Italy	withdrew	4	73.69	withdrew from competition

Women's singles

Rank	Skater	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
	Kim Ye-lim	South Korea	190.64	5	58.32	1	132.32
	You Young	South Korea	183.40	1	63.19	2	120.21
	Mana Kawabe	Japan	180.11	2	62.68	3	117.43
4	Audrey Shin	United States	176.44	3	61.16	5	115.28
5	Sonja Hilmer	United States	174.76	6	57.93	4	116.53
6	Jocelyn Hong	New Zealand	162.54	4	60.76	6	101.78
7	Jill Heiner	United States	142.53	9	47.41	7	95.12
8	Alessia Tornaghi	Italy	133.48	8	49.06	9	84.42
9	Marilena Kitromilis	Cyprus	129.64	7	52.55	11	77.09
10	Eliška Březinová	Czech Republic	129.15	10	43.03	8	86.12
11	Sofia Lexi Jacqueline Frank	Philippines	115.89	13	37.62	10	78.27
12	Victoria Alcantara	Australia	108.84	11	41.25	12	67.59
13	Andrea Montesinos Cantú	Mexico	103.29	12	39.86	13	63.43

Pairs

Rank	Team	Nation	Total points	SP		FS
	Rebecca Ghilardi / Filippo Ambrosini	Italy	189.22	1	64.78	1	124.44
	Emily Chan / Spencer Howe	United States	181.81	2	61.71	2	120.10
	Valentina Plazas / Maximiliano Fernandez	United States	166.25	3	56.20	3	110.05
4	Maria Mokhova / Ivan Mokhov	United States	160.21	4	54.65	4	106.64
5	Kelly Ann Laurin / Loucas Éthier	Canada	150.81	5	50.48	5	100.33
6	Megan Wessenberg / Blake Eisenach	United States	138.22	6	46.94	6	91.28
7	Lori-Ann Matte / Thierry Ferland	Canada	132.15	7	46.13	7	86.02

Ice dance

Rank	Team	Nation	Total points	RD		FD
	Lilah Fear / Lewis Gibson	Great Britain	190.80	1	77.22	1	113.58
	Eva Pate / Logan Bye	United States	179.63	3	72.66	2	106.97
	Lorraine McNamara / Anton Spiridonov	United States	179.03	2	73.17	4	105.86
4	Marie-Jade Lauriault / Romain Le Gac	Canada	175.67	4	69.72	3	106.95
5	Haley Sales / Nikolas Wamsteeker	Canada	170.11	5	66.04	5	104.07
6	Katarina Wolfkostin / Jeffrey Chen	United States	164.07	6	60.69	6	103.38
7	Misato Komatsubara / Tim Koleto	Japan	155.94	7	60.38	7	95.56
8	Mariia Nosovitskaya / Mikhail Nosovitskiy	Israel	154.29	8	59.44	8	94.85
9	Leia Dozzi / Pietro Papetti	Italy	149.39	10	57.76	9	91.63
10	Olivia Oliver / Elliott Graham	Poland	148.19	9	58.33	10	89.86
11	Charlotte Lafond-Fournier / Richard Kang-in Kam	New Zealand	139.41	11	57.67	11	81.74
12	Samantha Ritter / Daniel Brykalov	Azerbaijan	131.10	12	54.63	12	76.47