The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Series makes its U.S. stop this week at 2026 Saatva Skate America, the fourth of six events on the circuit. The competition runs Nov. 13-15 at Angel Of The Winds Arena in Everett, Washington.

The premier international figure skating event taking place in the United States, Skate America returns to the Pacific Northwest for the first time since 2018.

Eighteen athletes will represent the United States across all four disciplines.

2026 Olympic gold medalist Ilia Malinin headlines the U.S. lineup in Everett. The three-time and reigning World champion has his sights set on a fourth title at Skate America and ninth Grand Prix medal. A fourth gold medal would tie 2022 Olympic champion Nathan Chen and put him one short of tying a record-setting five golds held by Todd Eldredge.

Fan-favorite Jason Brown will take the ice for his seventh Skate America appearance. Brown enters the event with one thing on his mind after a disappointing performance at the 2026 U.S. Championships: redemption.

The final U.S. men's entry, Daniel Martynov, will make his Grand Prix debut. The Illinois native has already earned a silver medal and fifth-place finish at his two Challenger Series assignments this season.

Ice dancers Emilea Zingas and Vadym Kolesnik will skate in their first competition of the season in Washington.

They look to continue their momentum from last season that saw them earn silver at the 2026 U.S. Championships, place fifth at the 2026 Olympic Winter Games and earn a bronze medal at the ISU World Figure Skating Championships 2026.

The teams of Leah Neset and Artem Markelov and Katarina Wolfkostin and Dimitry Tsarevski will each be competing in their second Grand Prix events of the 2026-27 season.

Neset and Markelov captured bronze at the 2026 Lake Placid Ice Dance International before finishing fifth at 2026 Nebelhorn Trophy and at 2026 Grand Prix de France last month.

Wolfkostin and Tsarevski earned a top-10 placement at Nebelhorn Trophy then finished sixth at 2026 Skate Canada International.

In the pairs event, Alisa Efimova and Misha Mitrofanov will look to clinch their spot at the Grand Prix Final with a podium finish at Skate America. The team that trains in Norwood, Massachusetts, opened its season by winning their third Grand Prix medal, a silver at 2026 Skate Canada International. They hope to continue to build on their success from last season after winning their second consecutive U.S. title and gold at the 2026 ISU Four Continents Championships.

Joining them are two new teams as of this season: Audrey Shin and Spencer Akira Howe and Katie McBeath and Balazs Nagy. 

Shin and Howe enter their Grand Prix debut as a team with two international podium finishes under their belt. The duo earned the silver medal at the 2026 Nebelhorn Trophy and John Nicks Pairs Challenge, both of which are part of the ISU Challenger Series.

McBeath and Nagy will compete in their second competition together. They clinched the bronze medal at the 2026 John Nicks Pairs Challenge in September.

Three U.S. women will make their Grand Prix Series debuts.

Sophie Joline von Felten, the 2025 U.S. junior champion, will compete in back-to-back weekends on the Grand Prix circuit. Last week, she placed seventh at 2026 Cup of China in Shenzhen.

Logan Higase-Chen and Alexa Gasparotto will step on to Grand Prix ice for the first time in front of a home crowd.

Preceding von Felten as the 2024 U.S. junior women's champion, Higase-Chen placed third and fourth, respectively, at the 2026 Cranberry Cup International and Nebelhorn Trophy.

Gasparotto kickstarted her season at 2026 Kinoshita Group Cup, where she placed ninth.

Last season, Gasparotto became the eighth U.S. woman and first Black woman to land a triple Axel in competition.

Competition begins Friday evening with the men's and pairs short programs. All four disciplines will be in action Saturday before competition wraps up Sunday with the free dance and women's free skate.

To purchase tickets, visit https://usfigureskating.org/feature/2026SkateAmerica.

For those who can't be there in person, NBC and NBCSN will include television coverage on all three days of Skate America. In addition, Peacock will livestream every skater with all events available on Peacock for 72 hours following their conclusion. The full broadcast schedule can be found on the U.S. Figure Skating website and the Peacock streaming schedule is available at peacocktv.com/skating.

The Grand Prix Series, which started in 1995, consists of six international events in a cumulative point-scoring format. Each athlete or team is eligible to score points in up to two of the six scheduled events. The top six point-earners in each discipline qualify for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final 2026, set for Dec. 10-13 in Chongqing, China.

For a full schedule, results, news and more, visit the 2026 Saatva Skate America Competition Central.