Skating on home soil in Norwood, Massachusetts, the United States won four medals at the 2026 U.S. Synchronized Skating International Classic - the penultimate ISU Challenger Series Synchronized Skating event of the season.

In the senior event, the Haydenettes claimed silver, their eighth total Challenger Series medal and second of the 2025-26 season.

Additionally, three U.S. teams swept the junior podium in Norwood. Teams Elite junior led the way with gold, their 10th Challenger Series medal. Skyliners junior secured silver, while the Lexettes earned bronze — their eighth and fourth Challenger Series medals, respectively.

The Haydenettes didn't have to travel far for this competition, skating at their home club, The Skating Club of Boston.

The 32-time U.S. champions captured silver with a total score of 217.67, adding another Challenger Series medal to their already impressive trophy shelf.

Skating to "Crazy Train" by Joseph William Morgan, the reigning World bronze medalists delivered a clean performance in the short program, scoring 79.21 points. All five elements garnered Level 4 marks and positive grades of execution. The star of the program was their Level 4 intersection with a Level 4 point of intersection, which at 10.20 points, was their highest-scoring element.

Entering the free skate in first place, the Haydenettes scored Level 4s on six straight elements during their program set to "Somewhere Only We Know" by Sons of Serendip, starting with a group lift that collected 10.72 points. They also earned Level 4s on their no hold element, intersection, pair element, twizzle element and move element.

Though they dropped to third in the free skate with a score of 138.46, they held on to their position in the top three to take the second spot on the podium.

Also competing for the stars and stripes in the senior event, the Skyliners finished in fifth with 197.86 total points and Teams Elite earned a sixth-place finish and 195.76 points overall.

The reigning U.S. bronze medalists, the Skyliners' Level 4 move element that kicked off their short program themed to "lose control" was their highest-scoring element of the performance at 9.38 points. They also received Level 4 marks on their synchronized spins, intersection and traveling element, ending day one with 72.21 points.

The Skyliners' winner takes it all-themed free skate featured four level 4 elements, including a Level 4 intersection with a Level 4 point of intersection that collected 9.15 points and move element that added 9.10 points to their free skate score of 125.65.

Returning to the senior division for the first time since the 2022-23 season, Teams Elite skated to sixth place with season's best scores in the free skate and overall. The team that trains out of Northbrook, Illinois, bookended their short program to "O mio babbino caro" by Vincent Ott with a Level 4 synchronized spin and Level 4 traveling element, both of which contributed a combined 15.42 points to a 71.91-point showing in the short program. 

In their eye of the storm-themed free skate, Teams Elite earned positive grades of execution on all elements, including their Level 4 intersection with a Level 4 point of intersection that scored 9.00 points and their pair element which tallied 8.68 points.

In total, they received 123.85 points in the free skate.

In the junior division, Teams Elite junior captured gold, their 10^th total Challenger Series medal and sixth straight gold. With this win, they extend an undefeated streak that began in January 2025. 

The two-time and reigning U.S. champions came out of the gate strong in the short program, earning Level 4 distinctions on every element. Three of the five elements in their program set to the powerful ballad "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston earned over nine points, including their Level 4 intersection with a Level 4 point of intersection that collected 9.75 points. They entered Saturday's free skate in first place with 77.72 points.

Teams Elite junior kept their foot on the gas on day two. Performing to music from Carmen, they scored 10.65 for both of their Level 4 intersections and collected Level 4s on their synchronized spin and traveling element. Their final free skate score of 136.53 was just over 14 points ahead of second place.  

Their final score of 214.25 put them ahead of the competition by a margin of 17.52 points.

Standing on the podium at a Challenger Series for the eighth time was Skyliners junior with the silver medal. This finish marks their second Challenger Series podium of the season after clinching bronze at 2026 Britannia Cup earlier this month.

The reigning World Junior bronze medalists kicked off the competition with their gangster-themed short program that tallied 74.28 points. The performance featured four Level 4 elements, three of which earned over nine points. Their program component score of 33.32 was just 0.27 points away from first place.

Skyliners junior's Carmen-themed free skate scored positive grades of execution on all but one element. They opened their performance with three Level 4 elements — their move element, intersection, and traveling element — then concluded with another intersection and a synchronized spin that also received Level 4 designations.

They claimed a free skate score of 122.45 for a two-day total of 196.73.

The Lexettes rounded out the podium with bronze, claiming their fourth Challenger Series medal not only on home soil, but in front of a home crowd at the club they train at – The Skating Club of Boston.

The highest-scoring elements in their short program set to "Black Book" by Ori were their Level 4 twizzle element that scored 9.10 points followed by a Level 3 intersection with a Level 3 point of intersection worth 8.99 points. The reigning U.S. junior bronze medalists concluded day one with a score of 69.53.

The Lexettes free skate to "The Four Seasons" by Antonio Vivaldi, was highlighted by two Level 4 intersections, both of which earned 9.15 points. They also secured Level 4s for their opening synchronized spin and their traveling element for a free skate score of 114.60 and 184.13 points overall.

Team Image finished fifth with 178.65 points in total.

Skating to "Shake, Rumble and Quake" by Bonti and Latif, the reigning U.S. pewter medalists gave a solid performance in the short program portion of competition, collecting Level 4s on three elements. Their intersection was their highest-scoring element of the segment, adding 8.27 points to a short program score of 65.33.

Team Image delivered another clean performance in the free skate. Skating to a theme of "the life of Bach," they opened with their strongest element -  a Level 4 move element that generated nearly nine points. The Team out of New Jersey would go on to earn Level 4 marks on their two intersections, traveling element and synchronized spin. They tallied a free skate score of 113.32.

For full results and to follow the final event of the 2026 ISU Challenger Series Synchronized Skating, visit the Challenger Series Competition Central on the U.S. Figure Skating website.