ST. PAUL, Minn. — Tarah Kayne and Danny O’Shea took the ice last at the U.S. Championships, just needing to skate cleanly to win their first national pairs title.
Cautious but calm, Kayne and O’Shea did what their rivals couldn’t and clinched a lopsided win with a record score Saturday.
They earned 142.04 points for the long program for 211.65 total, the highest mark ever at nationals, to beat defending champs Alexa Scimeca and Christopher Knierim.
Kayne and O’Shea led after the short program, and when Scimeca and Knierim made several mistakes, the title was there for the taking.