Then McClure turned in another sparking display, assisted by solid leading from Ronnie Oliver to lift the pairs title.

The pairs title is wide open.

They then rushed to Norden to take the Thwaites men's pairs title.

His skaters have won 10 national singles and pairs titles.

He won the world junior championship in 1987, then won national pairs titles in 1989 and 1980 with Kristi Yamaguchi as a partner.

A successful defense of a major national team title is a rare event, but even rarer is a successful defense of a major national pairs title.

Despite an underwhelming performance, Aleksei Yagudin won the men's title tonight, a day after Yelena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze won the pairs title.

Joined by Glen, Patch also won the pairs title.

Stacey Kemp and David King won their fifth pairs title.

Last winter, she and her partner of seven years, Jason Dungjen, who is 30, won a national pairs title and finished fourth at the world championships.