They finished with 178.76 points, edging newcomers Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett by about 2½ points. Rena Inoue and John Baldwin, national champions in 2004 and 2006, were third.

On paper, the 6-foot-2 John Coughlin and 5-0 Caydee Denney look like a mismatch as a pairs skating team. But it all comes together on the ice.

Defending champs Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett rallied to finish third after a poor short program, but it wasn't enough to secure a third straight trip to the world championships.

Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett pulled off a major upset at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships on Thursday. They won the short program and beat defending champions Keauna McLaughlin and Rockne ...

In this an Oct. 1, 2013, file photo, U.S. figure skating pairs Caydee Denney and John Coughlin speak with reporters during a news conference in Park City, Utah. .

Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett skated a high-energy, action-packed program to "Scheherazade" on Saturday in Spokane, Wash., that was not only worthy of the title at the U.S. Figure Skating ...

Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett won the pairs title at the United States figure skating championships on Saturday, clinching a spot on the U.S. squad for next month's Vancouver Olympics.

SPOKANE, Wash. -- A few months back, Caydee Denney and Jeremy Barrett were doing a simulated competition with training partners Amanda Evora and Mark Ladwig and the other pairs teams in their rink.

Broadmoor Skating Club pair Caydee Denney and John Coughlin will begin competition Wednesday at the world championships in Nice, France, hoping to prove that their recent string of success wasn ...

On paper, the 6-foot-2 John Coughlin and 5-0 Caydee Denney look like a mismatch as a pairs skating team. But it all comes together on the ice.