In pairs, the duo of Tarah Kayne and Danny O’Shea won their first ISU title, scoring a personal best 128.68 in their free skate for an overall score of 194.42.
"Winning this event means so much to us, more than winning in any other year because of what we had to go through, coming back from injury," said Kayne, who underwent knee surgery in February. "This year was very tough. I spent many months off the ice while Danny was training by himself. Not only to be here as a competitor but to have won the event -- that's huge for us."
Also in pairs, Ashley Cain and Timothy LeDuc tallied a personal best free skate score of 123.85 for 190.61 overall points and took home the silver medal.
It marks the first time in history that the United States has finished first and second in the pairs competition at Four Continents, and is the first pairs title for the United States since 2006.
Tae Ok Ryom and Ju Sik Kim of the People’s Republic of Korea finished third. Americans Deanna Stellato and Nathan Bartholomay were fifth. All three American teams set personal bests in both segments.
In the ice dance competition, Kaitlin Hawayek and Jean-Luc Baker won the ice dance title, winning both segments with a total score of 174.29.
"We set out to give solid performances this week, and to come and show the consistency that we've been training for, and I think we did a great job on that," Hawayek said. "Being on top of the podium is just the icing on top of the cake. It's a great honor."
They finished fifth at the event in 2015.
Carolane Soucisse and Shane Firus of Canada took the silver medal, while Kana Muramoto and Chris Reed of Japan took bronze,
The American teams of Lorraine McNamara and Quinn Carpenter and Rachel and Michael Parsons finished fourth and sixth, respectively. Both teams are in their first senior-level seasons.
In the men’s event, Jason Brown came from behind to take the bronze medal. In fourth after the short program, Brown scored 179.44 in his free skate to earn a spot on the podium with 269.22 overall points.
Boyang Jin of China won the event, just edging out Japan’s Shoma Uno.
Max Aaron finished in fifth place and Grant Hochstein finished in 11th place.
All three American ladies finished in the top ten. Mariah Bell led the way with a 185.84-point, fifth-place finish.
Starr Andrews, who was skating in her first senior level ISU championship event, finished an impressive seventh, and Angela Wang rounded out the group in ninth place.
The Japanese swept the podium with Kaori Sakamoto, Mai Mihara and Satoko Miyahara finishing first, second and third, respectively.
