clutch athletes. “If they really want something, they
can make it happen at the right time,” No- vak said. “Tey can bring it all together in a competition when the pressure is on.” Tere is no shortage of great ice dance teams in the U.S., and McNamara
and Carpenter will surely be in the mix for years to come. And while medals and titles are nice, they’re striving for something big- ger.
“You can be one of many, or you can
have a special quality that sets you apart,” Novak said. “Tis is our goal.”
GETTING TO KNOW
Lorraine McNamara HOMETOWN: Germantown, Maryland
SKATING CLUB: Peninsula Figure Skating Club in San Jose, California YEAR IN SCHOOL: Senior in high school
HOBBIES: Reading (favorite book is The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton), spending time with her family, volunteering and listening to music from the 1970s
TWITTER: @mcnamaracarpent INSTAGRAM: lorrainekmac
IF YOU COULD HAVE DINNER WITH ANYONE, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY? Actress Sandra Bullock because “she seems like she’s got it going on. She seems like a genuinely good person “ and does what makes her happy and makes others happy in the process. “
WHAT’S SOMETHING SKATING MAGAZINE READERS WOULD BE SURPRISED TO LEARN ABOUT YOU? “I am the youngest of six kids. I have four older brothers and one older sister.”
GETTING TO KNOW Quinn Carpenter HOMETOWN: Wheaton, Maryland
SKATING CLUB: Washington Figure Skating Club in Rockville, Maryland
YEAR IN SCHOOL: Second-year student at Montgomery College
HOBBIES: Spending time with family, reading, driving and writing
IF YOU COULD HAVE DINNER WITH ANYONE, WHO WOULD IT BE AND WHY? Horacio Pagani, founder of the Pagani, the Italian sports car company
FAVORITE SPORTS CAR: Pagani Huayra
WHAT’S SOMETHING SKATING MAGAZINE READERS WOULD BE SURPRISED TO LEARN ABOUT YOU? I played the Irish fiddle when I was younger.
Left, McNamara and Carpenter perform their free dance to selections from Carmen at the 2016 U.S. Championships. Bottom, Lorraine McNamara and Quinn Carpenter earned their second consecutive U.S. junior title earlier this year in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
SKATING 39
JAY ADEFF/U.S. FIGURE SKATING
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92
