Garrett MacKeen | |
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Personal information | |
Country represented | Canada |
Born |
Burnaby, British Columbia |
March 23, 1994
Home town | Oshawa, Ontario |
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
Former partner | Mackenzie Bent |
Coach | Carol and Jon Lane Juris Razgulajevs |
Choreographer | Carol Lane Juris Razgulajevs |
Skating club | Scarboro FSC Bowmanville FSC |
Training locations | Toronto, Ontario |
Began skating | 1997 |
ISU personal best scores | |
Combined total | 144.51 2014 JGP Estonia |
Short dance | 59.83 2014 JGP Estonia |
Free dance | 84.68 2014 JGP Estonia |
Garrett MacKeen (born March 23, 1994 in Burnaby) is a Canadian ice dancer. With former partner Mackenzie Bent, he is the 2014 Canadian junior champion and finished 5th at two World Junior Championships.
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 5th at their second JGP assignment, in Tallinn, Estonia, and fourth on the junior level at the 2012 Canadian Championships.
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 4th in the short dance and 7th in the free dance, they finished 5th 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 9th in the short, 12th in the free, and 12th overall.