A young girl from northern California made history last week when she became the youngest woman to ever win the United States Figure Skating Championships.

At just 13 years of age, Alysa Liu managed to become the U.S. Figure Skating Champion after winning the competition in Detroit, Michigan. Along the way to her win, Alysa managed to land two triple axels and even became just the fourth American female to land even a single triple axel during a competition. On top of that, Alysa is the first female figure skater ever to successfully land two in a competition.

Alysa was able to beat out the 2018 champion Bradie Tennell, who came in second place, as well as 22 year-old Mariah Bell, who took third. Alysa’s reaction when she saw her score of 217.51 and realized she was in first place was priceless!

Making Alysa’s victory even sweeter was the fact that Tara Lipinski, who held the previous record of being the youngest U.S. figure skating champion at 14, was there to congratulate her. Tara could not have been happier that Alysa had broken her record!

“Records are made to be broken […] It is quite an honor that she is the one to do it. What a phenomenal talent,” Tara said.

Though she is the U.S. Women’s Figure Skating champion, Alysa will unfortunately not be able to compete at the World Championships in March because the completion has a minimum age requirement of 15. This means that Bradie and Mariah will be representing the U.S. at the competition in her place.

Though Alysa won’t be able to compete internationally until 2022, which is the year of the next Winter Olympics, the young girl said that she is in no rush.

“I’m not too worried about [waiting],” Alysa said. “Because I get more time to work on my jumps, skating skills, spins, and just trying to learn more.”

It’s good to see that she has a good attitude to go with her amazing talent! We can’t wait to see where Alysa’s career takes her in the years to come!