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The U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships is an annual synchronized skating competition, sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating, held to determine the national champions of the United States. It was first held in 1984. Teams compete in eight levels: juvenile, intermediate, novice, junior, senior, collegiate, adult and masters. The top two senior teams then go on to compete at the World Synchronized Skating Championships, while at the Junior level the teams competing at the World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships is predetermined by a Junior World Qualifier competition. The teams competing at the Junior Level at the U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships are competing for international assignment for the next years. ==Name changes== When first held in 1984, the competition was called the U.S. Precision Championships.〔"Fact Sheet", U.S. Figure Skating, http://www.usfigureskating.org/content/FactSheet.pdf (accessed July 27, 2011).〕 Subsequently, up to and including 1999, this competition was called the U.S. Precision Team Skating (Synchronized Skating) Championships.〔"1999 U.S. Precision Team Skating (Synchronized Skating) Championships", U.S. Figure Skating, http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_details.asp?id=20424 (accessed July 27, 2011).〕 In 2000, the name of the competition was changed to U.S. Synchronized Team Skating Championships.〔"2000 U.S. Synchronized Team Skating Championships", U.S. Figure Skating, http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_details.asp?id=22173 (accessed July 27, 2011).〕 In 2008, the current name U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships was adopted.〔"2008 U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships", U.S. Figure Skating, http://www.usfigureskating.org/event_details.asp?id=37860 (accessed July 27, 2011).〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「U.S. Synchronized Skating Championships」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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