Keegan Messing
Messing at the 2018 Skate Canada International
Born (1992-01-23) January 23, 1992 (age 32)
Girdwood, Alaska,
United States
HometownAnchorage, Alaska
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Figure skating career
Country Canada (2014–23)
 United States (2006–14)
DisciplineMen's singles
Began skating1995
RetiredMay 26, 2023
Highest WS8th (2021–22), (2020–21) & (2018–19)
Representing  Canada
Four Continents Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Colorado Springs Singles
Canadian Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Ottawa Singles
Gold medal – first place 2023 Oshawa Singles
Silver medal – second place 2018 Vancouver Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Saint John Singles
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Mississauga Singles

Keegan Messing (born January 23, 1992) is a Canadian-American retired figure skater. Representing Canada, he has competed at two Winter Olympic Games in 2018 and 2022. He has also appeared at three World Championships, placing as high as sixth. He is the 2023 Four Continents silver medalist, 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb champion, a two-time Nebelhorn Trophy champion (2018 and 2022), and a two-time Grand Prix medalist. At the national level, he is a two time Canadian national (2022 and 2023) champion.

Previously, representing the United States, he was the two-time International Cup of Nice champion (2011, 2012) and the 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy bronze medalist. He placed fourth at the 2010 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Keegan Messing was born on January 23, 1992, in Girdwood, Alaska.[1][2] He has two brothers, Paxon and Tanner; Paxon was killed in a motorcycle accident at age 26, in 2019.[3][4] Keegan holds dual U.S. and Canadian citizenship;[5] his mother was born in Edmonton, Alberta, and he is a great-great-grandson of Manzo Nagano, the first Japanese person to officially immigrate to Canada.[6][7] His father is a firefighter.[8]

In October 2018, he became engaged to his girlfriend Lane Hodson.[9] Messing and Hodson married in the summer of 2019.[10] Their son Wyatt was born in July 2021.[11] Their daughter Mia was born in January 2023.[12]

Career

Early career

Messing at the 2010 World Junior Championships
Messing at the 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy

Messing started skating at age 3 after watching the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer.[1] Naming Elvis Stojko as his biggest influence, Messing said: "Watching him skate made me want to skate". In addition to singles, Messing formerly competed in pair skating with Ellie Gottstein.[1]

Anne Durham coached Messing from 1995 to 1999.[4] He is now coached by Ralph Burghardt in Anchorage, Alaska.[13][14]

Messing won the junior silver medal at the 2009 U.S. Championships. The following season, he made his senior national debut, finishing ninth. He finished eighth at the 2011 U.S. Nationals.[15][16]

Messing won the 2011 Coupe de Nice after placing first in the short program and fourth in the free.[16] He then placed seventh at the 2012 U.S. Nationals, which would be his highest placement as an American senior. He won the bronze medal at the 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy, and repeated as the victor at the 2012 Coupe de Nice.[17]

At the 2013 U.S. Nationals, Messing placed sixteenth, followed by a twelfth-place finish the following year.

In July 2014, Messing said that he would begin competing for Canada.[4] In the 2014–15 season, he won bronze at the Skate Canada Challenge and qualified for the 2015 Canadian Championships. He placed fifth at Nationals, representing a club in Sherwood Park, Alberta.[6]

In the 2015–16 season, Messing placed fifth at the 2015 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy and eleventh at the 2015 Skate Canada International, his senior Grand Prix debut. He went on to place sixth at the 2016 Canadian Championships.

The 2016–17 season saw Messing compete at two Challenger events, placing fourth at the 2016 CS Autumn Classic International and winning a bronze medal at the 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb. He again placed fifth at the 2017 Canadian Championships.

2017–2018 season: Olympic and Worlds debut

Messing began the Olympic season at the 2017 CS Autumn Classic International, where he won the bronze medal behind Javier Fernandez and Yuzuru Hanyu. Competing on the Grand Prix circuit, he placed eighth at the 2017 Skate Canada International and fifth at the 2017 NHK Trophy.

Competing at the 2018 Canadian Championships that would decide the nation's delegation to the 2018 Winter Olympics, Messing placed third in both the short program and free skate, winning the silver medal behind Patrick Chan. Messing was named along with Chan to the Olympic team, as well as to the 2018 World Championships team alongside national bronze medallist Nam Nguyen.[18]

Competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea, Messing finished twelfth overall.[19] At his World Championships debut, Messing placed sixth in the short program with a new personal best score, qualifying for the final flight of the free skate. Messing placed eleventh in the free skate following errors for an eighth-place finish overall.[20]

2018–2019 season: Challenger gold, Grand Prix silver

Beginning the season at the 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, Messing placed first in both segments to win the gold medal, his first international win while representing Canada.[21]

Competing on the Grand Prix, Messing placed first in the short program at the 2018 Skate Canada International, following mistakes by presumed frontrunner Shoma Uno. He then placed second in the free skate, behind Uno, to win the silver medal overall, his first Grand Prix medal.[22] At the 2018 Rostelecom Cup, he placed fifth, having placed seventh in the short program and sixth in the free program.[23] He was initially named as the first alternate to the Grand Prix Final and was subsequently called up following the withdrawal of Yuzuru Hanyu due to injury.[24]

At the Final, Messing underrotated two jumps in the short program, placing sixth. He moved up to fifth place in the free skate, despite falling on a triple Axel and doubling a planned quadruple toe loop. Messing landed the quad Lutz in competition for the first time, the second Canadian skater to do so after Stephen Gogolev.[25]

At the 2019 Canadian Championships, Messing was considered a favourite going in but struggled in both programs. In the short program, he placed second behind Gogolev, despite falling on his opening quad attempt.[26] The free skate was also a challenge, and he dropped to third place, winning the bronze medal behind Nguyen and Gogolev. He was named to the Canadian teams for the Four Continents and World Championships.[27]

At the 2019 Four Continents Championships, Messing placed fifth in the short program after rough landings on his triple Axel and triple Lutz jumps.[28] He then placed third in the free program with a personal best score, winning a small bronze medal and placing fourth overall.[29] At the 2019 World Championships, Messing placed fifteenth after two error-riddled programs. The placements of Messing and Nguyen meant that Canada would have only one men's berth at the 2020 World Championships.[30] Messing concluded the season at the 2019 World Team Trophy, where he placed sixth overall among the twelve men, including a fourth-place free skate that featured only one error.[31]

2019–2020 season

Messing selected "Perfect" as his short program music for the season in commemoration of his marriage, the song having been the first dance at his wedding.[10] His first competition of the season was the 2019 CS Autumn Classic International, where he won the bronze medal with third-place finishes in both segments. Messing held the Japanese flag in aid of the event's winner, Yuzuru Hanyu, during the medal ceremony and was praised in the media for an example of good sportsmanship.[32]

Messing's younger brother Paxon was killed in a road accident days after the Autumn Classic.[3] Messing opted to compete on the Grand Prix a few weeks later.[33] Messing placed third in the short program at 2019 Skate America, fractions of a point behind Dmitri Aliev, and set a new personal best.[34] He struggled in the free skate, placing eighth and dropping to fourth place overall.[35] Messing performed a tribute to Paxon at the Skate America gala, saying it felt like "a last goodbye."[36] At his second Grand Prix, the 2019 Cup of China, he was fifth in the short program after falling on his quad toe loop and performing only a double Axel instead of a triple.[37] He was third in the free skate and finished fourth overall.[38]

Making only an error on his final triple Lutz, Messing placed first in the short program at the 2020 Canadian Championships.[39] He struggled in the free skate, falling on both his attempted quad jumps and making a number of other errors, and dropped to third place overall behind Roman Sadovsky and Nguyen.[40] Skate Canada assigned all three podium finishers to compete at the 2020 Four Continents Championships, declining for the time being to fill Canada's one berth at the 2020 World Championships.[41]

At Four Continents, Messing placed fourth in the short program with a clean program, which he cited as especially meaningful given his six-month wedding anniversary.[42] He struggled in the free skate, making several jump errors that dropped him to eighth place overall, with Nguyen, the highest-finishing Canadian skater, at sixth.[43]

2020–2021 season: Pandemic

The onset of the coronavirus pandemic disrupted Messing's normal plans, including touring and spending time in Canada with choreographers and the national team.[44] He was assigned to the 2020 Skate America event on the Grand Prix circuit, following the decision of the ISU to base assignments largely on training location.[45] Following the cancellation of the 2020 Skate Canada International event due to the pandemic and teammate Stephen Gogolev's withdrawal from Skate America, Messing was the only Canadian skater remaining with a Grand Prix assignment that year.[44] Messing placed third in the short program despite putting a hand down on his open quadruple jump and stumbling in his footwork.[46] Delivering a strong free skate with only two minor jump errors, he won the bronze medal, his second Grand Prix medal, which he dedicated to his fellow Canadian skaters who were unable to compete on the Grand Prix.[47]

Due to the difficulty of hosting in-person events, the 2021 Canadian Championships were cancelled. Messing also did not participate in the 2021 Skate Canada Challenge, a virtual qualifying competition.[48]

On February 25, Messing was announced as Canada's lone men's entry to the 2021 World Championships in Stockholm.[49] The stakes for his performance were high, as this was the primary qualifier for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and the only means for a country to earn more than one berth per discipline, which Messing would later call "quite a heavy burden."[50] Messing placed fifth in the short program with a clean skate.[51] In the free skate, he made only two errors at the end of the program, stepping out of a triple Axel and doubling a planned triple flip. He was sixth in that segment and placed sixth overall.[50] His performance guaranteed Canada one men's entry to the Olympics and the opportunity to qualify for a second one at the 2021 Nebelhorn Trophy.[52]

2021–2022 season: National title and Beijing Olympics

In celebration of the birth of his son Wyatt, Messing selected "Home" by Phillip Phillips for his free program music.[11]

Messing made his season debut at the 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy, where he placed first in the short program. He struggled in the free skate, placing seventh in that segment, and dropped to fourth overall. Despite this, he called the event "a great stepping stone for the rest of the season."[53] On the Grand Prix at the 2021 Skate Canada International, he placed third in the short program but again struggled in the free skate and dropped to fifth overall.[54] He was sixth at his second event, the 2021 Internationaux de France, producing his best free skate score of the season to date. Assessing his performance, Messing said that he "had slow start to the season as it's taken me time to figure things out. After Skate Canada, we decided to work on the long program and have a better strategy. It's still not perfect, but I feel like we are on the right track now."[55] 

Journeying from Alaska to Ottawa for the 2022 Canadian Championships in the midst of restrictions prompted by the Omicron variant, Messing's skates were initially lost in transit. He initially attempted to practice with a new pair of skates but had his original skates arrive in time for the beginning of competition on Friday. He placed first in the short program despite singling his triple Axel.[56] Messing also won the free skate despite a few jump errors, finally winning the Canadian national title.[57] He was named to his second Canadian Olympic team and indicated that he had not yet decided whether it would be his final year of competitive skating.[58]

Messing was originally scheduled to travel to Beijing with the bulk of the Canadian figure skating delegation. However, on February 1, it was reported that he had been unable to fly to China at that point due to the need to produce two negative PCR tests and that, as a result, his expected participation in the team event was especially in jeopardy.[59] Messing was eventually cleared to fly to travel to China via Montreal and Milan, arriving on Monday, a day in advance of the men's event. Five hours after arriving, he attended a practice session.[60] His travails received significant media coverage.[61] In the short program, Messing landed all his jumps successfully but lost his balance at multiple points during the step sequence, earning a score of 93.24 points to finish ninth in the segment.[62] He extolled the importance of "keeping the happy-go-lucky attitude. To hop on Olympic ice and to put out a performance I can be happy with, it means a lot."[63] Tenth in the free skate, with his main error being tripling a planned quad toe loop, Messing finished eleventh overall. He said he had hoped to remain in the top ten, but that "it wasn't in the cards, but at the same time, I can still leave here happy. This is still a program I can be proud of."[64] He announced afterward that he intended to compete for one more season, hoping to attend the next edition of the World Team Trophy.[65]

Messing concluded his season at the 2022 World Championships, in a men's field considerably more open than usual due to the absences of Nathan Chen and Yuzuru Hanyu and the International Skating Union banning all Russian athletes due to their country's invasion of Ukraine.[66] He was ninth in the short program but dropped to fourteenth after a rough free skate.[67]

2022–2023 season: Four Continents silver and retirement

Beginning the season at the 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy, Messing was third after the short program, where he performed poorly. A strong free skate carried him to the gold medal, and he noted afterward that it had been "a constant battle to overcome the nerves. In the short program, the nerves won. In the free skate, I was able to conquer them and put out a solid performance." He also shared the Fritz Geiger Trophy with the rest of the Canadian delegation as the top country in the competition.[68]

Messing commenced his planned final Grand Prix at the 2022 Skate Canada International. After a quad toe loop fall in the short program, he was fourth in that segment. He was third in the free skate but narrowly remained fourth overall, 0.31 points behind the bronze medalist Matteo Rizzo. Messing said afterward that he "couldn't have asked for a better skate" in the free and that he was "not skating for a medal but for myself this year."[69] In his final Grand Prix appearance at the 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo, he finished fourth in the short program but dropped to eighth after a twelfth-place free program.[70]

The 2023 Canadian Championships coincided with the due date for Messing's second child, but he opted to travel with his parents to compete there.[71] He placed first in the short program by over eight points.[72] He was second in the free skate after a number of jump errors at the beginning of his program, but remained first overall and won his second consecutive Canadian title. He departed immediately after the medal presentations, not staying for the gala the following day. Messing called the experience "such a joyous, sad, emotional whirlwind that I could not have ended on a better note. I could hang up my skates right now and just be happy forever."[73] He subsequently was able to return to Girdwood in time for the birth of his daughter.[12]

Despite falling on his open quad attempt in the short program of the 2023 Four Continents Championships, Messing placed second in the segment with a season-high international score of 86.70, winning a silver small medal. He was 5.20 points back of segment leader Kao Miura of Japan, and only 0.06 ahead of third-place American Jimmy Ma.[74][75] In the free skate, Messing was the penultimate skater, and produced a clean program, receiving a new personal best score in free (188.87) and overall (275.57), and a standing ovation from the crowd. He finished second overall in the segment, narrowly behind Miura, and won the silver medal. On winning his first ISU championship medal, Messing remarked that "it took me 28 years of skating to get here."[76][77]

Messing scored a new personal best of 98.75 in the short program at the 2023 World Championships, coming fourth in the segment. He said it was "incredible" to finally skate the program cleanly that season at the World Championships.[78] A singled attempt at a triple Axel and an invalid spin dropped him to seventh place overall, and eleventh in the free skate, but he called it a great event "to go out on."[79] He then joined Team Canada for the World Team Trophy, where several jump errors in the short saw him ninth in the segment.[80] He was seventh in the free skate, while Team Canada finished sixth overall. Despite mistakes, Messing said it was "very special" to have his last competitive skate with "all of my friends sitting in these boxes celebrating this moment with me."[81]

On May 26, 2023, Messing officially confirmed his retirement from competition, saying that "I don't feel burdened with what I couldn't achieve but fulfilled with what I've gained and accomplished. I can step away knowing that I've truly made a difference in the sport and that I've accomplished all I set out for."[82]

Programs

Season Short program Free skating Exhibition
2022–2023
[83]
2021–2022
[84]
2019–2021
[85][36][86]
2018–2019
[1]
  • The Sober Dawn
    (from City Lights)
    by Charlie Chaplin
  • The Reel Chaplin: A Symphonic Adventure, Pt. 2
    by Charlie Chaplin
    choreo. by Lance Vipond
  • Trashin' the Camp
    (from Tarzan)
2017–2018
[87]
  • The Sober Dawn
    (from City Lights)
    by Charlie Chaplin
  • The Reel Chaplin: A Symphonic Adventure, Pt. 2
    by Charlie Chaplin
    choreo. by Lance Vipond
2016–2017
[89][90]
2015–2016
[13]
  • The Pink Panther Theme
    by Henry Mancini
    choreo. by Douglas Webster
2014–2015
[91]
  • Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
    (from Monty Python's Life of Brian)
    by John Altman
    choreo. by Douglas Webster
2013–2014
[4]
  • The Mask of Zorro
    by James Horner
2012–2013
[91][92]
  • Sing, Sing, Sing
    by Louis Prima
    performed by Benny Goodman
    choreo. by Rory Flack
  • Trashin' the Camp
    (from Tarzan)
2011–2012
[91][4]
  • Pirates of the Caribbean
  • Trashin' the Camp
    (from Tarzan)
  • Rocky
2010–2011
[14]
2009-2010
[91][4]
  • The Incredible Hulk
    by Craig Armstrong
2007–2009
[4]

Competitive highlights

For Canada

Competition placements at senior level [93]
Season 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23
Winter Olympics 12th 11th
World Championships 8th 15th 6th 14th 7th
Four Continents 4th 8th 2nd
GP Final 5th
GP Cup of China 4th
GP Finland 8th
GP France 6th
GP NHK Trophy 5th
GP Rostelecom Cup 5th
GP Skate America 4th 3rd
GP Skate Canada 11th 8th 2nd 5th 4th
CS Autumn Classic 4th 3rd 3rd
CS Finlandia Trophy 4th
CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 3rd 1st
CS Nebelhorn Trophy 1st 1st
CS Nepela Memorial 5th
World Team Trophy 5th
(6th) 		6th
(8th)
Skate Canada Challenge 3rd 3rd
Canadian Championships 5th 6th 5th 2nd 3rd 3rd C 1st 1st

For the United States

Competition placements at senior level [93]
Season 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14
Coupe de Nice 1st 1st
Nebelhorn Trophy 3rd
U.S. Championships 9th 8th 7th 16th 12th
Competition placements at junior level [93][4]
Season 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11
World Junior Championships 4th 4th
JGP Final 5th
JGP Czech Republic 4th 4th
JGP Great Britain 13th 2nd
JGP Poland 6th
JGP Romania 1st
U.S. Championships 5th 2nd

Detailed results

ISU personal best scores in the +5/-5 GOE system 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 275.57 2023 Four Continents Championships
Short program TSS 98.75 2023 World Championships
TES 53.52 2023 World Championships
PCS 45.23 2023 World Championships
Free skating TSS 188.87 2023 Four Continents Championships
TES 95.99 2023 Four Continents Championships
PCS 92.88 2023 Four Continents Championships
ISU personal best scores in the +3/-3 GOE system 
Segment Type Score Event
Total TSS 255.43 2018 Winter Olympics
Short program TSS 93.00 2018 World Championships
TES 51.35 2018 World Championships
PCS 42.00 2017 CS Autumn Classic International
Free skating TSS 170.32 2018 Winter Olympics
TES 84.88 2018 Winter Olympics
PCS 85.44 2018 Winter Olympics

Senior level (for Canada)

Results in the 2014–15 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 19–25, 2015 Canada 2015 Canadian Championships 6 70.00 5 138.17 5 208.17
Results in the 2015–16 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 1–3, 2015 Slovakia 2015 CS Ondrej Nepela Trophy 4 73.16 5 122.51 5 195.67
Oct 30 – Nov 1, 2015 Canada 2015 Skate Canada International 10 67.13 11 115.12 11 182.25
Jan 18–24, 2016 Canada 2016 Canadian Championships 4 77.20 6 144.30 6 221.50
Results in the 2016–17 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 29 – Oct 1, 2016 Canada 2016 CS Autumn Classic International 3 75.41 4 139.69 4 215.10
Dec 7–10, 2016 Croatia 2016 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 2 76.39 6 146.91 3 223.30
Jan 16–22, 2017 Canada 2017 Canadian Championships 8 72.09 5 158.95 5 231.04
Results in the 2017–18 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 20–23, 2017 Canada 2017 CS Autumn Classic International 4 86.33 3 161.97 3 248.30
Oct 27–29, 2017 Canada 2017 Skate Canada International 5 82.17 10 135.58 8 217.75
Nov 10–12, 2017 Japan 2017 NHK Trophy 5 80.13 6 155.67 5 235.80
Jan 8–14, 2018 Canada 2018 Canadian Championships 3 90.98 3 173.60 2 259.25
Feb 14–25, 2018 South Korea 2018 Winter Olympics 10 85.11 12 170.32 12 255.43
Mar 19–25, 2018 Italy 2018 World Championships 6 93.00 11 159.30 8 252.30
Results in the 2018–19 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 26–29, 2018 Germany 2018 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 1 90.63 1 166.53 1 257.16
Oct 26–28, 2018 Canada 2018 Skate Canada International 1 95.05 2 170.12 2 265.17
Nov 16–18, 2018 Russia 2018 Rostelecom Cup 7 73.83 6 146.92 5 220.75
Dec 6-9, 2018 Canada 2018–19 Grand Prix Final 6 79.56 5 156.49 5 236.05
Jan 14-20, 2019 Canada 2019 Canadian Championships 2 87.18 3 160.26 3 247.44
Feb 7-10, 2019 United States 2019 Four Continents Championships 5 88.18 3 179.43 4 267.61
Mar 18-24, 2019 Japan 2019 World Championships 14 82.38 15 155.26 15 237.64
Apr 11-14, 2019 Japan 2019 World Team Trophy 9 79.75 4 178.04 5 (6) 257.79
Results in the 2019–20 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 12–14, 2019 Canada 2019 CS Autumn Classic International 3 89.57 3 166.45 3 256.02
Oct 25–27, 2019 United States 2019 Skate America 3 96.34 8 143.00 4 239.34
Nov 8–10, 2019 China 2019 Cup of China 5 76.80 3 160.56 4 237.36
Jan 13–19, 2020 Canada 2020 Canadian Championships 1 92.61 3 149.18 3 241.79
Feb 4–9, 2020 South Korea 2020 Four Continents Championships 4 94.03 8 149.90 8 243.93
Results in the 2020–21 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 23–24, 2020 United States 2020 Skate America 3 92.40 3 174.02 3 266.42
Mar 22–28, 2021 Sweden 2021 World Championships 5 93.51 6 176.75 6 270.26
Results in the 2021–22 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 7–10, 2021 Finland 2021 CS Finlandia Trophy 1 92.39 7 150.19 4 242.58
Oct 29–31, 2021 Canada 2021 Skate Canada International 3 93.28 10 145.06 5 238.34
Nov 19–21, 2021 France 2021 Internationaux de France 6 85.03 6 168.03 6 253.06
Dec 7–11, 2021 Croatia 2021 CS Golden Spin of Zagreb 1 90.26 5 164.81 1 255.07
Jan 6–12, 2022 Canada 2022 Canadian Championships 1 84.38 1 173.65 1 258.03
Feb 8–10, 2022 China 2022 Winter Olympics 9 93.24 10 172.37 11 265.61
Mar 21–27, 2022 France 2022 World Championships 9 91.18 17 143.85 14 235.03
Results in the 2022–23 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 21–24, 2022 Germany 2022 CS Nebelhorn Trophy 3 74.85 1 170.89 1 245.74
Oct 28–30, 2022 Canada 2022 Skate Canada International 4 79.69 3 171.03 4 250.72
Nov 25–27, 2022 Finland 2022 Grand Prix of Espoo 4 80.12 12 124.90 8 205.02
Jan 9–15, 2023 Canada 2023 Canadian Championships 1 94.40 2 163.38 1 257.78
Feb 7–12, 2023 United States 2023 Four Continents Championships 2 86.70 2 188.87 2 275.57
Mar 22–26, 2023 Japan 2023 World Championships 4 98.75 11 166.41 7 265.16
Apr 13–16, 2023 Japan 2023 World Team Trophy 9 79.75 7 172.99 6 (8) 252.74

Senior level (for the United States)

Results in the 2009–10 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 14–24, 2010 United States 2010 U.S. Championships 12 63.38 8 126.97 9 190.35
Results in the 2010–11 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 22–30, 2011 United States 2011 U.S. Championships 4 69.79 8 143.50 8 213.29
Results in the 2011–12 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 26–30, 2011 France 2011 Coupe Internationale de Nice 1 77.75 4 125.67 1 203.42
Jan 22–29, 2012 United States 2012 U.S. Championships 5 76.66 12 135.81 7 212.47
Results in the 2012–13 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 27–29, 2012 Germany 2012 Nebelhorn Trophy 3 68.56 4 142.22 3 210.78
Oct 24–28, 2012 France 2012 Coupe Internationale de Nice 1 80.11 2 144.33 1 224.44
Jan 19–27, 2013 United States 2013 U.S. Championships 13 64.06 16 123.28 16 187.34
Results in the 2013–14 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Jan 5–12, 2014 United States 2014 U.S. Championships 14 61.15 11 136.30 12 197.45

Junior level (for the United States)

Results in the 2007–08 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Oct 18–21, 2007 United Kingdom 2007 JGP John Curry Memorial 14 46.19 13 94.00 13 140.19
Jan 20–27, 2008 United States 2008 U.S. Championships (Junior) 6 57.11 5 119.52 5 176.63
Results in the 2008–09 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 17–21, 2008 Czech Republic 2008 JGP Czech Skate 3 57.85 5 102.51 4 160.36
Oct 15–18, 2008 United Kingdom 2008 JGP John Curry Memorial 3 64.70 1 123.51 2 188.21
Jan 18–25, 2009 United States 2009 U.S. Championships (Junior) 2 59.80 3 117.14 2 176.94
Results in the 2009–10 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 9–12, 2009 Poland 2009 JGP Toruń Cup 11 45.73 3 107.73 6 153.46
Mar 8–14, 2010 Netherlands 2010 World Junior Championships 2 68.90 4 128.13 4 197.03
Results in the 2010–11 season 
Date Event SP FS Total
P Score P Score P Score
Sep 8–12, 2010 Romania 2010 JGP Braşov Cup 2 65.33 1 122.05 1 187.38
Oct 13–16, 2010 Czech Republic 2010 JGP Czech Skate 4 61.53 4 116.37 4 177.90
Dec 9–12, 2010 China 2010–11 JGP Final 2 68.52 8 106.90 5 175.42
Feb 27 – Mar 6, 2011 South Korea 2011 World Junior Championships 1 72.58 7 122.49 4 195.07

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