Mackenzie Bent
Mackenzie Bent (born June 11, 1997) is a Canadian ice dancer. With partner Dmitre Razgulajevs, she is the 2016 Canadian junior champion. With former partner Garrett MacKeen, she is the 2014 Canadian junior champion and finished 5th at two World Junior Championships.
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 Mackenzie Bent in 2014, with Garrett MacKeen | |
| Personal information | |
| Country represented | Canada |
| Born | June 11, 1997 Port Perry, Ontario |
| Home town | Uxbridge, Ontario |
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) |
| Partner | Dmitre Razgulajevs |
| Former partner | Garrett MacKeen |
| Coach | Carol Lane, Jon Lane, Juris Razgulajevs |
| Choreographer | Carol Lane, Juris Razgulajevs |
| Skating club | Uxbridge FSC Scarborough FSC |
| Training locations | Toronto (Scarborough), Ontario |
| Began skating | 2000 |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 133.27 2015 JGP United States |
| Short dance | 55.76 2016 JGP Spain |
| Free dance | 78.39 2015 JGP United States |
Personal life
Mackenzie Bent was born on June 11, 1997 in Port Perry, Ontario, Canada.[1] As of 2016, she is studying international relations at the University of Toronto.[2]
Career
Partnership with MacKeen
Bent/MacKeen won the novice bronze medal at the Canadian Championships in January 2011. Making their ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut, they took the bronze medal in Braşov, Romania in September of the same year. They placed fifth at their second JGP assignment, in Tallinn, Estonia, and fourth on the junior level at the 2012 Canadian Championships.[3]
Bent/MacKeen returned to the JGP series in 2012–13, winning a bronze medal in Linz, Austria and placing fourth in Zagreb, Croatia. Junior silver medalists at the 2013 Canadian Championships, they were named in Canada's team to the 2013 World Junior Championships in Milan, Italy. Ranked fourth in the short dance and seventh in the free dance, they finished fifth overall in their debut at the competition.
Competing in the 2013–14 JGP series, Bent/MacKeen won gold in Riga, Latvia and finished 6th in Košice, Slovakia. After winning the junior title at the 2014 Canadian Championships, they were assigned to the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria; they placed ninth in the short, 12th in the free, and 12th overall.
During the 2014–15 JGP season, Bent/MacKeen won gold in Ostrava, Czech Republic and silver in Tallinn, Estonia. Their results qualified them for the 2014–15 JGP Final in Barcelona, where they placed fourth. Having already won the junior title, they were required to compete on the senior level at the 2015 Canadian Championships. They finished sixth and were sent again to Tallinn to compete at their third Junior Worlds. They came in fifth after ranking second in the short and eighth in the free. They parted ways at the end of the season.
Partnership with Razgulajevs
Bent teamed up with Dmitre Razgulajevs in spring 2015.[1] Making their international debut, they won the silver medal at the 2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix event in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They finished 5th at their second JGP assignment, in Logroño, Spain. The two missed the Skate Canada Challenge in December because Razgulajevs experienced vertigo but the following month they won the junior gold medal at the 2016 Canadian Championships.[2] Ranked ninth in both segments, they finished ninth at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.
Having aged out of juniors, Bent/Razgulajevs moved up to the senior level in the 2016–17 season. They placed fourth at the Lake Placid Ice Dance International.
Programs
With Razgulajevs
| Season | Short dance | Free dance |
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| 2016-17[4] |
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| 2015–16 [1] |
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With MacKeen
| Season | Short dance | Free dance | Exhibition |
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| 2014–15 [5][6] |
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| 2013–14 [7] |
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| 2012–13 [8] |
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Competitive highlights
CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix
With Razgulajevs
| International[9] | ||
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| Event | 2015–16 | 2016–17 |
| CS Nepela Memorial | 12th | |
| CS U.S. Classic | 11th | |
| Lake Placid IDI | 4th | |
| International: Junior[9] | ||
| World Junior Champ. | 9th | |
| JGP Spain | 5th | |
| JGP United States | 2nd | |
| National[9] | ||
| Canadian Champ. | 1st J | |
| J: Junior level | ||
References
- "Mackenzie BENT / Dmitre RAZGULAJEVS: 2015/2016". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 27, 2016.
- McNair, Brian (February 11, 2016). "Uxbridge's Mackenzie Bent and Ajax's Dmitre Razgulajevs off to junior worlds in Hungary". Uxbridge Times Journal. Durham Region.
- "Competition Results: Mackenzie BENT / Garrett MACKEEN". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on September 29, 2015.
- . International Skating Union https://web.archive.org/web/20160527071506/http://www.isuresults.com/bios/isufs00054626.htm. Archived from the original on 2016-05-27. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - Slater, Paula (August 26, 2014). "Double duty for Canada's Bent and MacKeen". Golden Skate.
- "Mackenzie BENT / Garrett MACKEEN: 2014/2015". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 20, 2015.
- "Mackenzie BENT / Garrett MACKEEN: 2013/2014". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on June 21, 2014.
- "Mackenzie BENT / Garrett MACKEEN: 2012/2013". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 4, 2013.
- "Competition Results: Mackenzie BENT / Dmitre RAZGULAJEVS". International Skating Union.
External links
Media related to Mackenzie Bent at Wikimedia Commons