Skate America (Competition)

found: Wikipedia, October 21, 2013:Skate America (Skate America; an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series; organized by the United States Figure Skating Association; the first Skate America (officially called Norton Skate [no publications in OCLC]) was held in 1979 in Lake Placid, New York, and was the test event for the 1980 Winter Olympic Games. It was incorporated into the Grand Prix Series in 1995, the year of the series' inception. On September 27, 2001, the Heinz Frozen Foods Company agreed to become an official sponsor of the USFSA. This gave them the right to rename the competition to Smart Ones Skate America, using their brand name of frozen foods) 2013 Skate America (The 2013 Hilton HHonors Skate America is an international figure skating competition in the 2013-2014 season. It is the first of six events in the 2013-14 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a series of senior-level invitational competitions)

found: 2013 Skate America website, October 21, 2013:home page (© 2013 Skate America; Detroit; U.S. Figure Skating) HTML header (2013 Hilton HHonors Skate America)

found: International Skating Union official site, October 21, 2013:home page (Hilton HHonors Skate America; 18-20 Oct, Detroit, MI, USA)

found: Meryl Davis/Charlie White dominate at Skate America, via NBC OlympicTalk website, Oct 19, 2013, viewed October 21, 2013(Skate America)

found: Machida is Skate America winner, via Washington post website, October 19, 2013, viewed October 21, 2013(Skate America)

found: OCLC, October 21, 2013(usage: Skate America International '85; 1992 Skate America International; Skate America; Smart Ones Skate America; ABC Sports Skate America; ABC Sports Skate America 2000)

[See also related access points for individual instances of this competition which include specific information about the number, date, or place of the individual competition.]