BOSTON — Cincinnati's Robert Shmalo (Walnut Hills High) and ice dancing partner Kimberly Navarro of Santa Rosa, Calif., were sixth after the compulsories Tuesday night at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

        Two-time defending national ice dance champions Naomi Lang and Peter Tchernyshev were in first place.

        Beata Handra and Charles Sinek, fourth after the compulsories last year, were in second place. Jessica Joseph, an Olympian in 1998, and her new partner, Brandon Forsyth, were third in their very first competition together.

        Deborah Koegel and Oleg Fediukov, the bronze medalists last season, withdrew after the first dance. Fediukov tripped after the routine, bruising his quadriceps muscle around his left knee.

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