Mon., Jan. 18, 2010

Photos: Novice ladies, pairs

Ashley Cain skates her way into first place during the novice ladies short program at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Monday, Jan, 18, 2010, at the Spokane Arena. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)

Update: 6:46 p.m. Just added photos from the novice pairs free skate competition. In final results, Ashley Cain and Joshua Reagan placed first, Tori Vollmer and Zack Sidhu were second, and Mandy Garza and Brandon Frazier placed third.

On Monday afternoon the novice ladies took to the Spokane Arena ice for their short program competition. Ashley Cain placed first, Katarina Kulgeyko took second, and Leah Keiser finished in third place heading into Tuesday's free skate.

Posted Jan. 18, 2010, 3:24 p.m.