Pikesville’s Ting Cui and Bradie Tennell, the 2018 U.S. women’s figure skating, will lead the three-woman U.S. delegation to the Four Continents figure skating championships, which will be held Feb. 5-10 at Honda Center in Anaheim.

Cui’s strong performance in her long program at the U.S. championships on Friday night lifted her to fifth place after ranking 12th following her short program.

Tennell, who finished ninth at the Olympics but contributed toward a bronze medal in the team event, finished second Friday at this year’s U.S. championships in Detroit. She set an American record of 76.60 in her short program but was passed in the long program by 13-year-old jumping sensation Alysa Liu, who despite being U.S. champion is too young to compete at Four Continents.

Mariah Bell, who finished third in the U.S. championships, also was selected to compete in the Four Continents event. Bell trains in Lakewood with coach Rafael Arutunian. Bell and Tennell also are scheduled to compete in the world championships in Saitama, Japan, in March.

The Four Continents competition is open to skaters from the Americas, Asia, Africa and Oceania. The U.S. skaters who will compete in the pairs, ice dance and men’s events will be announced on Sunday.

Japan’s Shoma Uno, who won the Olympic silver medal at Pyeongchang, will lead a strong Japanese women’s delegation that includes current Grand Prix Final champion Rika Kihira and the last two Four Continents champions, Mai Mihara and Kaori Sakamoto.

On Friday at the U.S. Figure Skating Championship, 13-year-old Alysa Liu stole the show, breezing through a free skate that included two triple axels and dethroning 2018 winner Tennell. Liu became the youngest winner of an individual title at this event, and after her score was posted, she put her hands over her face, overcome with emotion.

“I was just happy that I beat my personal record, and I did a clean long program,” Liu said.

Liu had already landed a triple axel in the short program Thursday, and she was in second place behind Tennell entering Friday. Tennell fell during her long program, and Liu, skating immediately after, seized the opportunity. Her first triple axel was in combination with a double toe loop. Then she landed another triple axel, and by the time she finished her performance — set to “Witches of Eastwick” by John Williams — she was beaming.

Tara Lipinski was the youngest women’s champion at nationals after winning at age 14 in 1997, and Scott Allen also was 14 when he won in 1964. Now a commentator with NBC, Lipinski was there Friday when her record fell.

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

The women’s competition was without several big names, with Karen Chen, Mirai Nagasu and Gracie Gold all missing it for various reasons. Now Liu looks like she could provide a boost for American figure skating. The U.S. hasn’t won an Olympic medal in women’s figure skating since 2006.

Associated Press contributed to this story.