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1928 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
Type:National Championship
Date:March 26 – March 27
Location:New Haven
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The 1928 U.S. Figure Skating Championships were held on March 26 and 27 in New Haven.

Senior results[edit]

Men[edit]

With defending champion Nathaniel Niles unable to compete in singles this year, 1927 silver medalist Roger Turner captured the title, with 1927 junior champion Frederick Goodridge finishing second.

Rank Name
1 Roger Turner
2 Frederick Goodridge
3 Dr. Walter Langer
4 Ferrier Martin

Ladies[edit]

Ladies Champion Maribel Vinson

With the absence of defending champion Beatrix Loughran, Maribel Vinson easily won the competition. Following a fourth-place finish at the 1928 Winter Olympics and a silver medal at the 1928 World Figure Skating Championships, Vinson was unanimously judged in first place.

Rank Name
1 Maribel Vinson
2 Suzanne Davis

Pairs[edit]

After ten consecutive pairs crowns, Theresa Weld Blanchard and Nathaniel Niles were narrowly defeated by Maribel Vinson and Thornton Coolidge, giving Vinson a pair of gold medals in New Haven.

Rank Name
1 Maribel Vinson / Thornton Coolidge
2 Theresa Weld Blanchard / Nathaniel Niles
3 Ada Bauman / George Braakman

Junior results[edit]

Men[edit]

Rank Name
1 J. Lester Madden
2 George Hill
3 Roy Shipstad
4 Joseph Savage
5 Heaton Robertson
6 Thornton Coolidge
7 Richard Hapgood
8 William Nagle
9 Edmond Brigham
10 Robert Rothman
11 Charles Wyman
12 Dr. L. Shepard

Ladies[edit]

Rank Name
1 Virginia Badger
2 Hudla Berger
3 Evelyn Chandler Mapes
4 Grace Madden
5 Margaret Bennett
6 Gertrude Meredith
7 Annabelle Boyrer
8 Charlotte Hopkins
9 Dorothea Sanders

Pairs[edit]

Rank Name
1 Grace Madden / J. Lester Madden
2 Dorothy Weld / Richard Hapgood
3 Ethel Bijur / Bedell Harned

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