1985 U.S. Figure Skating Championships

The 1985 U.S. Figure Skating Championships was held in early 1985 at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold, silver, bronze, and pewter in four disciplines – men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing – across three levels: senior, junior, and novice.
The event was one of the criteria used to select the U.S. teams for the 1985 World Championships.

Senior results

Following the retirement of Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton, Brian Boitano landed seven triple jumps in the free skating to capture his first national title. Mark Cockerell, appearing in his ninth nationals, finished a career-best second, and Christopher Bowman moved up from eighth to fourth with an outstanding free skating.
Boitano would go on to capture the bronze medal at the 1985 World Championships.

Coming off a fourth-place finish at the 1984 Winter Olympics, Tiffany Chin was the heavy favorite and won all three phases of the competition to capture the crown. Second place finisher Debi Thomas became the first black American singles skater to qualify for the World Figure Skating Championships.
Chin would go on to win the bronze medal at the 1985 World Championships, while Thomas finished fifth in her World debut.

After her previous partner, Burt Lancon, turned professional, 1984 Olympian Jill Watson teamed with Peter Oppegard to take the pairs crown. They were followed in second place by siblings Natalie and Wayne Seybold.
Watson and Oppegard would finish fourth in the 1985 World Championships.

Rank	Name	SP	FP
1	Jill Watson / Peter Oppegard	1	1
2	Natalie Seybold / Wayne Seybold	2	2
3	Gillian Wachsman / Todd Waggoner	4	3
4	Susan Dungjen / Jason Dungjen	7	4
5	Katy Keeley / Joseph Mero	3	6
6	Sandy Hurtubise / Craig Maurizi	8	5
7	Maria Lako / Michael Blicharski	6	7
8	Karen Courtland / Robert Daw	5	9
9	Tammy Crowson / Jay Freeman	9	8
10	Ginger Tse / Archie Tse	12	10
11	Kristin Kriwanek / Doug Williams	10	11
12	Sheila Nobles / Tom Zakrajsek	14	12
13	Danielle Broussard / Christopher Hefner	13	13
WD	Margo Shoup / Patrick Page

Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert won their fifth consecutive national title and would go on to earn the bronze medal at the 1985 World Championships.

Rank	Name
1	Judy Blumberg / Michael Seibert
2	Renée Roca / Donald Adair
3	Suzanne Semanick / Scott Gregory
4	Lois Luciani / Russ Witherby
5	Susan Wynne / Joseph Druar
6	Susan Jorgensen / Robert Yokabaskas
7	Eva Hunyardi / Jay Pinkerton
8	Kristan Lowry / Chip Rossbach
9	Kandi Amelon / Alex Binnie
10	April Sargent / John D'Amelio
11	Karen Knieriem / Leif Erickson
12	Ann Hensel / John Stackhouse
13	Laura Wolfe / James Yorke
14	Sharon Minton / Kenton Webb

Rank	Name
1	Deveny Deck / Luke Hohmann
2	Shelly Propson / Jerod Swallow
3	Lori Blasko / Todd Sand
4	Shanda Smith / Brandon Smith
5	Kristi Yamaguchi / Rudy Galindo
6	Bridgit Drenser / David McGovern
7	Ashley Stevenson / Robert Pellaton
8	Jennifer Newman / Scott Wedland
9	Jill Kombeitz / Joel McKeever
10	Sara Powell / Robert Powell
11	Nancy Kerrigan / Bobby Martin
12	Nancy Schwarz / David Aboyoun
13	Deirdre Roach / Mike Beltch
14	Pam Warters / Jeff Warters

Todd Eldredge and Katie Wood took gold in the novice men's and ladies' categories, respectively.