Keenan Prochnow

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.

Keenan Prochnow
Lockley/Prochnow at the 2019 World Junior Championships
Born	(1997-12-31) December 31, 1997 (age 25) Highland Park, Illinois
Hometown	Lake Zurich, Illinois
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Figure skating career
Country	United States
Coach	Rockne Brubaker, Stefania Berton
Skating club	DuPage FSC
Began skating	2004

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	Seven Nation Army by Scott Bradley's Postmodern Jukebox	I Can't Go On Without You by Kaleo
2018–2019 ^[1]	If I Ain't Got You by Alicia Keys choreo. by Stefania Berton	Cloud Atlas by Tom Tykwer, Johnny Klimek, Reinhold Heil choreo. by Stefania Berton
2017–2018 ^[5]	Clair de Lune (from Suite bergamasque) by Claude Debussy choreo. by Stefania Berton	Les Retrouvailles by Yann Tiersen choreo. by Stefania Berton
2016–2017 ^[6]	A Chorus Line by Marvin Hamlisch choreo. by Stefania Berton	Les Retrouvailles by Yann Tiersen choreo. by Stefania Berton
2015–2016	Manhattan Skyline by David Shire Stayin' Alive by Bee Gees	Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen

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. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on March 14, 2019.
2. "Laiken Lockley and Keenan Prochnow". U.S. Figure Skating. from the original on March 14, 2019.
   . 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. 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. from the original on March 14, 2019.
5. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018.
6. . International Skating Union. Archived from the original on May 31, 2017.
7. "Competition Results: Laiken LOCKLEY / Keenan PROCHNOW". International Skating Union. from the original on March 14, 2019.

External links

• Laiken Lockley / Keenan Prochnow at the International Skating Union