Keenan Prochnow
Lockley/Prochnow at the 2019 World Junior Championships
Born (1997-12-31) December 31, 1997 (age 26)
Highland Park, Illinois
HometownLake Zurich, Illinois
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Figure skating career
CountryUnited States
CoachRockne Brubaker, Stefania Berton
Skating clubDuPage FSC
Began skating2004

Keenan Prochnow (born December 31, 1997) is an American pair skater. With his former skating partner, Laiken Lockley, he is the 2019 U.S. national junior champion. The pair placed within the top six at the 2019 World Junior Championships.

Personal life

Prochnow was born on December 31, 1997, in Highland Park, Illinois.[1] He graduated from Indiana University High School in 2016.[2]

Career

Prochnow began learning to skate in 2004.[1] He competed with Sophia Pearson for three seasons. The two won bronze in intermediate pairs at the 2014 U.S. Championships.

Prochnow teamed up with Laiken Lockley in April 2015.[2] During their first season together, the pair competed in the novice ranks, placing fifth at the 2016 U.S. Championships.

Lockley/Prochnow debuted on the ISU Junior Grand Prix series in October 2016. They took bronze in the junior pairs' category at the 2018 U.S. Championships. In April 2018, Lockley fractured a bone in her foot.[3]

Lockley/Prochnow won the junior pairs' title at the 2019 U.S. Championships.[4] They placed fifth in the short program, sixth in the free skate, and sixth overall at the 2019 World Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia.

Programs

(with Lockley)

Season Short program Free skating
2019–2020
  • I Can't Go On Without You
    by Kaleo
2018–2019
[1]
2017–2018
[5]
2016–2017
[6]
  • Les Retrouvailles
    by Yann Tiersen
    choreo. by Stefania Berton
2015–2016

Competitive highlights

JGP: Junior Grand Prix

Pairs with Lockley

International[7]
Event 15–16 16–17 17–18 18–19 19–20 20–21
Junior Worlds 6th
JGP Austria 4th
JGP Croatia 5th
JGP Czech Rep. 6th
JGP Germany 12th
JGP Latvia 5th
Bavarian Open 1st
National[2]
U.S. Champ. 5th N 5th J 3rd J 1st J 10th 8th
U.S. Pairs Final 3rd
Midwestern Sect. 1st N 2nd J 2nd J 1st J
Championship Series 2nd
Levels: N = Novice; J = Junior

Pairs with Pearson

National
Event 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14
U.S. Championships 3rd I
U.S. Junior Champ. 14th V
Midwestern Sectionals 7th V 5th V 1st I
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate

Men's singles

National
Event 2010–11 2013–14
Midwestern Sectionals 12th I
Upper Great Lakes Regionals 8th V 3rd I
Levels: V = Juvenile; I = Intermediate

References

  1. ^ a b c "Laiken LOCKLEY / Keenan PROCHNOW: 2018/2019". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 14, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Laiken Lockley and Keenan Prochnow". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on March 14, 2019.
    "Earlier versions". Archived from the original on July 1, 2018.
  3. ^ Miller, Darci (January 24, 2019). "Laiken Lockley and Keenan Prochnow Win Junior Pairs Title in Detroit". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on March 14, 2019.
  4. ^ Dean, Taylor (January 30, 2019). "U.S. Junior Champions Laiken Lockley and Keenan Prochnow Look Ahead". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on March 14, 2019.
  5. ^ "Laiken LOCKLEY / Keenan PROCHNOW: 2017/2018". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Laiken LOCKLEY / Keenan PROCHNOW: 2016/2017". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 31, 2017.
  7. ^ "Competition Results: Laiken LOCKLEY / Keenan PROCHNOW". International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 14, 2019.