Competitions are dated on a calendar-year basis

Example:

Grand Prix and Junior Grand Prix events during the 2012-13 skating year are dated 2012, since they occurred on or before December 31, 2012, even though they are typically referred to as 2013 events. Similarly, Ashburn, VA hosted the 2014 US Eastern Sectional Championships November 19-23, 2013, so they are dated 2013. Most other events (Nationals, Worlds, Junior Worlds, Four Continents, Val Gardena Trophy, Olympics) are referred to by their calendar year, avoiding date confusion. For example, the 2013 US National Figure Skating Championships hosted January 19-27, 2013 in Omaha, Nebraska is listed as 2013.

Pewter medals

Only gold, silver and bronze medals are awarded at international competitions but fourth-place finishes are listed here as "pewter". No such medal is in fact awarded. However, pewter medals are awarded at US Figure Skating qualifying competitions, including Nationals. To preserve database integrity -- i.e., to generate important internal and external SCNY reports -- we employ the same caption for all fourth-place finishes, namely "pewter." The awarding of pewter medals at USFS qualifying competitions began in 1985.