Background
Mackenzie Bent was born on June 11, 1997 in Portuguese Perry, Ontario, Canada.
Mackenzie Bent was born on June 11, 1997 in Portuguese Perry, Ontario, Canada.
As of 2016, she is studying international relations at the University of Toronto. Partnership with MacKeen
They placed 5th at their second JGP assignment, in Tallinn, Estonia, and fourth on the junior level at the 2012 Canadian Championships. 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.
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.
Their results qualified them for the 2014-2015 JGP Final in Barcelona, where they placed fourth. They finished 6th and were sent again to Tallinn to compete at their third Junior Worlds.
They came in 5th after ranking second in the short and 8th in the free.
They parted ways at the end of the season. Partnership with Razgulajevs
Bent teamed up with Dmitre Razgulajevs in spring 2015. They finished 5th at their second JGP assignment, in Logroño, Spain.
With Razgulajevs
With MacKeen.
With partner Dmitre Razgulajevs, she is the 2016 Canadian junior champion. With former partner Garrett MacKeen, she 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 International Skating Union Junior Grand Prix (JGP) debut, they took the bronze medal in Braşov, Romania in September of the same year. Bent/MacKeen returned to the JGP series in 2012-2013, winning a bronze medal in Linz, Austria and placing fourth in Zagreb, Croatia. Competing in the 2013-2014 JGP series, Bent/MacKeen won gold in Riga, Latvia and finished 6th in Košice, Slovakia. During the 2014-2015 JGP season, Bent/MacKeen won gold in Ostrava, Czechoslovakian Republic and silver in Tallinn, Estonia. Having already won the junior title, they were required to compete on the senior level at the 2015 Canadian Championships. Making their international debut, they won the silver medal at the 2015-2016 International Skating Union Junior Grand Prix event in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The two missed the Skate Canada Challenge in December because Razgulajevs experienced vertigo but the following month they won the junior gold medal at the 2016 Canadian Championships.