KANSAS CITY — The U.S. Figure Skating Championships started with a surprise. A big one.
Ashley Cain and Timothy LeDuc, in their first year together, topped the pairs short program with a clean performance. The pre-event favorites all erred on Thursday evening.
Cain and LeDuc scored 69.33 points, edging Haven Denney and Brandon Frazier by 3.96 points. Deanna Stellato and Nathan Bartholomay are third, followed by Marissa Castelli and Mervin Tran.
Bartholomay and Castelli were Sochi Olympians with different partners.