Fremont’s Chen on U.S. team

Fremont’s Karen Chen is headed to her first Olympics after the top three finishers at the national championships Friday night at SAP Center in San Jose were selected Saturday to the U.S. team for the Pyeongchang Games.

Chen, the defending U.S. champion, placed third Friday and will compete alongside U.S. winner Bradie Tennell and second-place Mirai Nagasu in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Three-time U.S. champ Ashley Wagner, who complained about the marks after the free skate, was not included. Four years ago, Wagner also finished fourth but was placed on the team ahead of Nagasu. Wagner wound up with a bronze medal in the team event.

“I really took time to remodel myself, because I didn’t want to feel that regret,” Nagasu said on NBC’s “Today” show.

Tennell, 19, and Chen, 18, the 2017 U.S. winner, made their first Olympics. Nagasu, 24, was fourth at the 2010 Games.

U.S. Figure Skating uses a committee to decide the squad, and it went with the results of Friday night. Past performances and a variety of other data are included in the decision.

The remainder of the team — three men, three ice dance couples and one pair — is scheduled to be announced Sunday.

In pairs, the husband-wife team of Chris Knierim and Alexa Scimeca-Knierim won, likely securing their Olympic berth. Tarah Kayne and Danny O’Shea were second, and Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Nathan Bartholomay were third.