2016 national champions Tarah Kayne and Danny O’Shea lead the pairs’ short program at the U.S. Championships in Detroit on Thursday.
They skate under a new coach this year, Dalilah Sappenfield, and have said they understand the high stakes: only one U.S. pair will be sent to the world championships in March.
Kayne and O’Shea totaled 71.83 points in the short program, followed by Ashley Cain and Timothy LeDuc with 70.47 points in second place.
Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier, theb 2017 U.