2018 Skate America
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| 2018 Skate America | |
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| Type: | Grand Prix |
| Date: | October 19 – 21 |
| Season: | 2018–19 |
| Location: | Everett, Washington |
| Host: | U.S. Figure Skating |
| Venue: | Angel of the Winds Arena |
| Champions | |
Men's singles:  Nathan Chen | |
Ladies' singles:  Satoko Miyahara | |
Pairs:  Evgenia Tarasova / Vladimir Morozov | |
| Ice dance: Madison Hubbell / Zachary Donohue | |
| Previous: 2017 Skate America | |
| Next: 2019 Skate America | |
| Next Grand Prix: 2018 Skate Canada International | |
The 2018 Skate America was the first event of six in the 2018–19 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett, Washington on October 19–21. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2018–19 Grand Prix Final.
Changes to preliminary assignments
The ISU published the preliminary assignments on June 29, 2018.[1]
| Date | Discipline | Withdrew | Added | Reason/Other notes | Refs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 9 and 31 | Pairs |  Yu Xiaoyu / Zhang Hao |
 Minerva Fabienne Hase / Nolan Seegert |
Foot injury (Yu) | [2][3] |
| July 18 and September 7 | Ice dance |  Yura Min / Alexander Gamelin |
 Robynne Tweedale / Joseph Buckland |
Split | [4][5] |
| August 9 and 16 | Ladies |  Nicole Rajičová |
 Alaine Chartrand |
[6][7] | |
| August 15 and 16 | Men |  Jorik Hendrickx |
Kevin Reynolds |
[8] | |
| September 10 | Men | N/A | Jimmy Ma |
Host pick | [9] |
| Ladies | Megan Wessenberg | ||||
| Pairs | Nica Digerness / Danny Neudecker | ||||
| Ice dance | Karina Manta / Joseph Johnson | ||||
| October 8 and 9 | Pairs | Li Xiangning / Xie Zhong |
Evelyn Walsh / Trennt Michaud |
[10][11] | |
| October 15 | Ladies | Elena Radionova |
N/A | Back injury | [12] |