[...] the pair is likely to be passed over for their training partners, Caydee Denney and John Coughlin, as U.S. Figure Skating tries to ensure the Americans will be able to send at least two pairs to next year's Sochi Olympics. The world championships also are the Olympic qualifier, and the Americans risk having only one team in Sochi if they send two inexperienced teams to worlds. Maia and Alex Shibutani cost themselves a third straight silver medal at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships. Yamaguchi and Galindo were the 1988 junior world champions in pairs, and won the senior titles at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in both 1989 and '90. Kaitlyn Hawayek has an honor to go along with her silver medal in junior ice dance. The program recognizes high school juniors and seniors who excel in academics, community involvement and skating, and is open to fulltime students with a GPA of 3.4 or higher. Christie Corn, singles, senior at Riverdale Country School in New York; Jacquelyn Cruz, synchronized skating, senior at Saint Viator High School in Arlington Heights, Ill.; Wilbur Ji, novice men, senior at Palo Alto (Calif.) Senior High School; Sage Kelner, synchronized skating, junior at Minnetonka (Minn.) High School; Brian Krentz, junior men, senior at New Trier Township High School in Winnetka, Ill.; Lauren Lapuck, synchronized skating, senior at Beaver Country Day School in Chestnut Hill, Mass.; Alexander Martin, novice ice dance, junior at International Academy West Campus in White Lake, Mich.; Holly Moore, junior ice dance, junior at Gilmour Academy in Gates Mills, Ohio; Jennifer Skerker, synchronized skater, senior at Lexington (Mass.) High School.
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