2018 Skate America: Who, what, where and when

Here’s a one-stop shop for everything you need to know about 2018 Skate America, which takes place Oct. 19-21 at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett:

What is Skate America?

Skate America is the first of six stops in the International Skating Union Grand Prix of Figure Skating’s 2018-19 season. The Grand Prix of Figure Skating is the biggest senior international skating series in the world, meaning all of the world’s best figure skaters in each of the four classifications — ladies, men, pairs and ice dance — take part. Athletes are only invited to participate in two of the six Grand Prix events, so Skate America doesn’t include all the world’s best skaters, like the Olympics or the World Championships. However, Skate America still features a strong international field that includes multiple U.S. national champions and World Championships medalists.

This is the second time Skate America is taking place in Everett. The event was held at what was then named Comcast Arena in 2008, when it set the Skate America attendance record.

What is the competition schedule?

The event includes five sessions, one on Friday and two each on Saturday and Sunday. Here’s how it breaks down:

FRIDAY

7:30 p.m. — Pairs Short Program and Men’s Short Program

SATURDAY

1:15 p.m. — Pairs Free Skate and Men’s Free Skate

7:15 p.m. — Ladies Short Program and Rhythm Dance

SUNDAY

11 a.m. — Ladies Free Skate and Free Dance

6:15 p.m. — Skating Spectacular (exhibition)

Who’s competing?

Here’s who’s entered in each discipline, along with their country. Reigning U.S. national champions are indicated by a *, past World Championships medalists are indicated by a #:

LADIES

Loena Hendrickx, Belgium

Alaine Chartrand, Canada

Laurine Lecavelier, France

#Sakoto Miyahara, Japan

Kaori Sakamoto, Japan

Marin Honda, Japan

#Elena Radionova, Russia (Radionova withdrew Monday because of a back injury)

Polina Tsurskaya, Russia

Sofia Samodurova, Russia

*Bradie Tennell, USA

Starr Andrews, USA

Megan Wessenberg, USA

MEN

Nam Nguyen, Canada

Kevin Reynolds, Canada

Michal Brezina, Czech Republic

Romain Ponsart, France

Morisi Kvitelashvili, Georgia

Alexei Bychenko, Israel

Mateo Rizzo, Italy

Julian Zhi Jie Yee, Malaysia

Sergei Voronov, Russia

*#Nathan Chen, USA

Jimmy Ma, USA

Vincent Zhou, USA

PAIRS

Xiangning Li and Zhong Xie, China

Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nolan Seegert, Germany

Annika Hocke and Ruben Blommaert, Germany

Alisa Efimova and Alexander Korovin, Russia

#Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov, Russia

Ashley Cain and Timothy LeDuc, USA

*Alexa Scimeca Knierim and Chris Knierim, USA

Nica Digerness and Danny Neudecker, USA

ICE DANCE

Katharina Muller and Tim Dieck, Germany

Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson, Great Britain

Robynne Tweedale and Joseph Buckland, Great Britain

Charlene Guignard and Marco Fabbri, Italy

Natalia Kaliszek and Maksym Spodyriev, Poland

Tiffani Zagorski and Jonathan Guerreiro, Russia

Alexandra Nazarova and Mazim Nikitin, Ukraine

*#Madison Hubbell and Zachary Donohue, USA

Karina Manta and Joe Johnson, USA

Lorraine McNamara and Quinn Carpenter, USA

Are tickets still available?

Yes. All-session tickets, as well as tickets for individual sessions, can be purchased at the Angel of the Winds Arena website or by calling the arena at 1-866-332-8499.

What do attendees need to know?

For those planning on attending, the arena website includes pages with directions and parking information, as well as arena policies such as what kind of bags can be brought into the arena.

Is the event being televised?

Yes. The Oct. 20 afternoon session (Pairs Free Skate and Men’s Free Skate) and Oct. 21 early session (Women’s Free Skate and Free Dance) are being aired live by the NBC Sports Network. Portions will also be aired on tape on NBC at 9:30 a.m. on Oct. 21 and at noon on Oct. 27.