US Figure Skating Championships 2017: Saturday Results and Updated Schedule

The finest figure skaters in the United States have made their way to Kansas City, Missouri, for the 2017 U.S. Figure Skating Championships from the Sprint Center and Silverstein Arena. 

Saturday's schedule kicked off the event that spans until Jan. 22 with the younger competitors taking the ice to get things underway. 

Here are championship results from Saturday:

Juvenile Dance- Fourteenstep	Competitors	Score
Juvenile Dance- Willow Waltz	Competitors	Score
Juvenile Girls- Free Skate	Competitors	Total Score
Intermediate Dance- European Waltz	Competitors	Score
Intermediate Dance- Rocker Foxtrot	Competitors	Total Score
Juvenile Boys- Free Skate	Competitors	Total Score
Juvenile Pairs- Free Skate	Competitors	Total Score
Intermediate Men- Short Program	Competitors	Total Score
Intermediate Ladies- Short Program	Competitors	Total Score
Intermediate Pairs- Short Program	Competitors	Total Score
First	Nastia Efimova, Jonathan Zhao	22.87
Second	Alice Serbin, Kenan Slevira	21.33
Third	Sabrina Foti, Christian Bennett	17.86
First	Alice Serbin, Kenan Slevira	21.78
Second	Nastia Efimova, Jonathan Zhao	21.76
Third	Elliana Peal, Ethan Peal	19.77
Gold	Madison Nguyen	58.95
Silver	Tamnhi Huynh	58.90
Bronze	Haley Scott	58.82
First	Katarina Wolfkostin, Howard Zhao	26.85
Second	Layla Karnes, Jeffrey Chen	24.89
Third	Claire Cain, Andrei Davydov	22.05
First	Katarina Wolfkostin, Howard Zhao	25.96
Second	Layla Karnes, Jeffrey Chen	21.51
Third	Maria Soldatova, Faddey Soldatov	21.26
Gold	William Annis	58.13
Silver	Robert Yampolsky	54.78
Bronze	Kai Kovar	54.62
Gold	Sydney Flaum, Chase Finster	46.64
Silver	Josephine Hagan, Evan Whitlow	45.59
Bronze	Jasmine Wong, Danylo Siianytsia	44.47
Gold	Ilia Malinin	44.85
Silver	Daniel Argueta	41.86
Bronze	Nicholas Hsieh	40.48
Gold	Stephanie Ciarochi	47.55
Silver	Emilia Murdock	44.04
Bronze	Christina Lin	42.42
Gold	Jade Esposito, Franz-Peter Jerosch	34.70
Silver	Masha Mokhova, Ivan Mokhov	34.40
Bronze	Altice Sollazo, Paul Yeung	32.30

And this is what the remaining schedule looks like:

Sunday, Jan. 15	Time (ET)
Monday, Jan. 16
Tuesday, Jan. 17
Wednesday, Jan. 18
Thursday, Jan. 19
Friday, Jan. 20
Saturday, Jan. 21
Sunday, Jan. 22
Juvenile Free Dance	9 a.m.
Intermediate Men's Free Skate	10:30 a.m.
Intermediate Free Dance	12:05 p.m.
Intermediate Ladies Free Skate	2:20 p.m.
Intermediate Pairs Free Skate	3:55 p.m.
Novice Ladies Short Program	10:50 a.m.
Novice Men's Short Program	12:25 p.m.
Novice Pairs Short Program	5:30 p.m.
Novice Ladies Free Skate	9:35 a.m.
Novice Men's Free Skate	11:20 a.m.
Novice Pairs Free Skate	2:25 p.m.
Novice Pattern Dance	6:35 p.m.
Junior Pairs Short Program	9:40 p.m.
Junior Men's Short Program	9:30 a.m.
Novice Free Dance	11 a.m.
Junior Ladies Short Program	7 p.m.
Junior Short Dance	9 p.m.
Junior Pairs Free Skate	12 p.m.
Senior Pairs Short Program	5:30 p.m.
Opening Ceremony	8:35 p.m.
Senior Ladies Short Program	9:05 p.m.
Junior Ladies Free Skate	9:30 a.m.
Junior Free Dance	11:35 a.m.
Junior Men's Free Skate	2:40 p.m.
Senior Short Dance	6 p.m.
Senior Men's Short Program	8:30 p.m.
Senior Pairs Free Skate (Group 1)	11 a.m.
Senior Free Dance (Group 1)	12:08 p.m.
Senior Ladies Free Skate (Part of Group 1)	7:30 p.m.
Senior Men's Free Skate (Groups 1 & 2)	2 p.m.

For the earlier events on Saturday, which included the juvenile and intermediate dance competitions, each pair's score between styles were added up to decipher a winner.

In the juvenile class, Nastia Efimova and Jonathan Zhao cruised to the gold with a first-place finish in the Fourteenstep and a second-place mark in the Willow Waltz.

With those near-top finishes, Efimova and Zhao won by over 1.5 points.

In the intermediate class, Katarina Wolfkostin and Howard Zhao dominated with a combined score of 52.81 between the European Waltz and Rocker Foxtrot. 

Their mark was 6.4 points better than the second-place duo of Layla Karnes and Jeffrey Chen.

Among other notable winners, Ilia Malinin put on a strong debut in the intermediate men's short program with a three-point victory over Daniel Argueta.

Last year, Malinin won gold in the juvenile boys free skate. 

It's just the appetizer to a week that will feature Gracie Gold, Ashley Wagner and Nathan Chen in the senior competitions.