Timothy McKernan
| Timothy McKernan | |
|---|---|
| Personal information | |
| Full name | Timothy A. McKernan II |
| Country represented | Australia |
| Former country(ies) represented | United States |
| Born |
July 29, 1989 York, Pennsylvania |
| Home town | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Partner | Kimberley Hew-Low |
| Former partner | Shannon Wingle, Piper Gilles, Alicia Wallace |
| Former coach | Igor Shpilband. Marina Zueva |
| Former choreographer | Tom Dickson, Igor Shpilband |
| Skating club | Broadmoor Skating Club |
| ISU personal best scores | |
| Combined total | 125.68 2008 JGP Ostrava |
| Comp. dance | 20.04 2008 JGP Ostrava |
| Original dance | 43.80 2008 JGP Ostrava |
| Free dance | 61.84 2008 JGP Ostrava |
Timothy A. McKernan II (born July 29, 1989) is an American ice dancer who skates in partnership with Kimberley Hew-Low for Australia. They competed in the free dance at the 2017 Four Continents Championships. Representing the United States with Piper Gilles, McKernan won one medal on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series and became the 2008 U.S. national junior silver medalist.
McKernan was born in York, Pennsylvania. He is an army brat and has lived all over the country. His mother, Vicky, is a Lieutenant Colonel in the US Army Reserve. His father, Timothy A. McKernan Sr., is a Colonel in the U.S. Army and was deployed to Afghanistan at the time of the 2007 U.S. Championships and to Iraq at the time of the 2008 U.S. Figure Skating Championships.
After graduating from Cheyenne Mountain High School, McKernan attended the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and then Eastern Michigan University.
McKernan competed with Alicia Wallace in the 2002–03 season on the juvenile level. They competed at the 2003 U.S. Junior Championships and placed 9th in their qualifying group.
In January 2003, he teamed up with Piper Gilles. They began competing on the Intermediate level in 2004. During their career, they were the 2007 U.S. Junior Pewter Medalists and the 2008 U.S. Junior silver medalists. They announced the end of their partnership on May 22, 2008. Gilles / McKernan were coached by Patti Gottwein, Christopher Dean, and Rich Griffin.
...
Wikipedia