For the first time in her senior career, Amber Glenn is the U.S. women’s figure skating champion.
Having finished on the podium multiple times at nationals in the past, including a third-place finish last year, her overall score of 210.46 was enough to finally get Glenn the gold. It was her sixth U.S. championship appearance.
Glenn’s victory makes her the first openly LGBTQ+ skater to win the U.S. women’s title.
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“Being the first openly queer women’s champion is incredible,” Glenn said. “When I came out originally, I was terrified and I was scared it would affect my scores or something, but I didn’t care. It was worth it to see, over the last couple of years, the amount of young people that feel more comfortable in their environments at the rink.”
Josephine Lee grabbed the silver medal with a 204.13 overall score, but it was Isabeau Levito who was neck-and-neck with Glenn following Thursday’s short programs. Levito was sitting in first coming into the free skate, and Glenn was less than a half a point behind in second. Neither had their best performance Friday evening.
While Glenn was able to execute her triple axel early in the program, there were a few missed elements later in the performance that cost her points.
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