Lorraine McNamara

Lorraine McNamara
McNamara/Carpenter at the 2015-16 JGP Final
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1999-02-18) February 18, 1999 Washington, D.C.
Home town	Germantown, Maryland
Height
Partner	Quinn Carpenter
Coach	Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, Dmitri Ilin
Choreographer	Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak
Skating club	Peninsula SC, San Jose
Training locations	Rockville, Maryland
Former training locations	Wheaton, Maryland
Began skating	2001
ISU personal best scores
Combined total	163.65 2016 Junior Worlds
Short dance	66.25 2015 JGP United States
Free dance	97.40 2016 Junior Worlds
Medal record Representing United States Figure skating: Ice dancing World Junior Championships 2016 Debrecen Ice dancing 2015 Tallinn Ice dancing Junior Grand Prix Final 2015-16 Barcelona Ice dancing 2013–14 Fukuoka Ice dancing

Lorraine McNamara (born February 18, 1999) is an American ice dancer. With partner Quinn Carpenter, she is the 2016 World Junior champion, 2015 World Junior silver medalist, the 2015 JGP Final Champion, and a two-time U.S. national junior champion.

Personal life

Lorraine McNamara was born February 18, 1999 in Washington, D.C.. She has four brothers and one sister. She attends Connelly School of the Holy Child in Potomac, Maryland.

Career

On the ice from age two and a half, McNamara began training under Elena Novak at the Wheaton Ice Dance Academy at age five. She teamed up with her first ice dancing partner when she was six and skated with him for five months.

McNamara began competing with Quinn Carpenter in October 2006. They won the junior bronze medal at the 2012 U.S. Championships but McNamara was too young to be sent to the 2012 World Junior Championships.

2012–13 season

In 2012–13, McNamara/Carpenter became age-eligible for junior internationals. In August 2012, they finished sixth in their Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut, in Courchevel, France. They placed fourth the following month at their second JGP assignment, in Istanbul, Turkey. After winning the junior bronze medal at the U.S. Championships, McNamara/Carpenter were assigned to the World Junior Championships in Milan. They placed 8th in the short dance, 11th in the free dance, and 9th overall in Italy.

2013–14 season

McNamara/Carpenter won their first international medals during the 2013–14 JGP series, taking silver in Riga, Latvia and then gold in Minsk, Belarus. Their results qualified them to the JGP Final in Fukuoka, Japan, where they won the bronze medal. The duo won the junior silver medal at the 2014 U.S. Championships and finished fourth at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, after placing third in the short and fifth in the free.

2014–15 season

In the 2014–15 JGP series, McNamara/Carpenter won bronze in Ostrava, Czech Republic and silver in Dresden, Germany, finishing as second alternates for the JGP Final. In January 2015, they won the junior titles at the Mentor Nestle Nesquik Torun Cup and then at the U.S. Championships. In March, they were awarded the silver medal at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn, Estonia. Third in both segments, they finished second overall to Russia's Anna Yanovskaya / Sergey Mozgov by a margin of 9.09 points and ahead of Ukraine's Oleksandra Nazarova / Maksym Nikitin by 0.82.

2015–16 season

McNamara/Carpenter won gold at both of their 2015–16 JGP assignments, in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Toruń, Poland. In December 2015, they were awarded gold at the 2015–16 JGP Final, outscoring silver medalists Alla Loboda / Pavel Drozd by over eight points. In January 2016, they won their second national junior title, finishing ahead of Rachel Parsons / Michael Parsons by 4.58 points. In March, they competed at the World Junior Championships in Debrecen, Hungary. Ranked second in the short dance and first in the free dance, McNamara/Carpenter won the gold medal by a margin of 0.91 over the Parsons.

Programs

McNamara/Carpenter at the 2015-16 JGP Final podium

(with Carpenter)

Season	Short dance	Free dance	Exhibition
2015–2016	Anitra's Dance In the Hall of the Mountain King (from Peer Gynt) by Edvard Grieg choreo. by Elena Novak, Alexei Kiliakov	Carmen: by Georges Bizet Changing of the Guard Dance Second Intermezzo Scene choreo. by Elena Novak, Alexei Kiliakov	I Want It That Way by the Backstreet Boys
2014–2015	Heart of Africa by Nature Lounge Club	The Phantom of the Opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber The Phantom of the Opera The Music of the Night The Phantom of the Opera	Beneath Your Beautiful by Labrinth ft. Emeli Sandé
2013–2014	Bublitchki performed by The Barry Sisters Chiribim Chiribom performed by The Barry Sisters	Discombobulate (from Sherlock Holmes) by Hans Zimmer The Godfather Waltz by Nino Rota Discombobulate
2012–2013	Ramalama Bang Bang by Róisín Murphy Zombie Blues by Flipron Ramalama Bang Bang by Róisín Murphy	Roméo et Juliette, de la Haine à l'Amour by Gerard Presgurvic Le Balcon Les Rois Du Monde
2011–2012	Kaboom by Ursula 1000 Gabriel's Oboe by Ennio Morricone	The Four Seasons by Antonio Vivaldi performed by TechnoClassica

Competitive highlights

(with Carpenter)

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

2012–present

International
Event	2012–13	2013–14	2014–15	2015–16
Junior Worlds	9th	4th	2nd	1st
JGP Final		3rd		1st
JGP Belarus		1st
JGP Czech Rep.			3rd
JGP France	6th
JGP Germany			2nd
JGP Latvia		2nd
JGP Poland				1st
JGP Turkey	4th
JGP USA				1st
MNNT Cup			1st J.
National
U.S. Champ.	3rd J.	2nd J.	1st J.	1st J.
Eastern Sect.	1st J.
J. = Junior level

2006–2012

National
Event	06–07	07–08	08–09	09–10	10–11	11–12
U.S. Championships				6th N.	9th J.	3rd J.
U.S. Junior Champ.		4th Jv.	4th I.
Eastern Sectionals			4th I.	4th N.		3rd J.
Pacific Sectionals					2nd J.
South Atlantic Regionals	6th Jv.
Levels: Jv. = Juvenile, I. Intermediate, N. = Novice, J. = Junior Pewter medals for 4th place awarded only at U.S. events.

External links

• Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter at the International Skating Union
• Lorraine McNamara / Quinn Carpenter at IceNetwork.com