Mackenzie Lank

Mackenzie Lank (born July 4, 1994) is an American curler.^[1] She has won the US Junior Championship twice and US Women's Championship once. She has frequently played with her mother, Patti Lank.

Mackenzie Lank
Curler
Born	(1994-07-04) July 4, 1994 (age 30)
Curling career
Member Association	Dakota Territory (2007-2008; 2010-2011) Grand National (2008-2009; 2010-2016) Wisconsin (2009-2010)
World Championship appearances	1 (2011)
Medal record Women's curling United States National Championships 2011 Fargo

Curling career

Lank competed in the United States Junior Curling Championships in 2008 and 2009, finishing eighth and seventh respectively.^[2]

During the 2010–2011 World Curling Tour (WCT), Lank played as lead on the team skipped by her mother, Patti Lank.^[3] Lank remained in this position at the 2011 United States Women's Curling Championship, where Team Lank beat Allison Pottinger in the final to claim the gold medal.^[4] The National Championship earned the team a spot at the World Championships, where the team finished seventh with a record of 6–5.^[5]

Lank skipped her own team at the 2011 US Junior Nationals,^[6] earning a bronze medal, her first medal at Junior Nationals.^[2] The following year, at the 2012 Junior Nationals, Lank played third for Miranda Solem. Team Solem earned the silver medal, losing the final 8–10 to Cory Christensen.^[7][8]

Lank resumed her position of lead on her mother's team at the 2012 Continental Cup of Curling. For the 2012 US Women's Championship Lank played as alternate, again for her mother's team. The team finished eighth with a 3–6 record. Lank moved to playing third for Team Lank for the 2012 St. Paul Cash Spiel, a WCT event, where they won the tournament.^[9] Lank again played third for her mother at the 2013 US Championship. The team finished the round robin with a record of 5–4, tied for fourth place. In the tiebreaker to determine the fourth playoff team, Lank's team lost to Alexandra Carlson.

Towards the end of 2013, Lank joined Cory Christensen's team to represent the United States at the Winter Universiade Games in Trentino, Italy. The American women finished eighth with a record of 3–6.^[10] Lank continued to play with Team Christensen for the 2014 US Junior Nationals where they won the gold medal. At the 2014 World Juniors Lank's team finished 6th with a 5–4 record.^[11] Lank and Team Christensen won again at the 2015 US Junior Nationals and at that year's World Junior Championship they improved to fifth place, with a similar record of 5–5.^[12] Just before competing at the World Juniors the team played in the US Women's Curling Championship in Kalamazoo. Lank's team had a 8–1 record through the round robin, which put them in the 3rd playoff position. In the 3 vs 4 page playoff game Lank's Team Christensen played against Team Lank, skipped by Mackenzie's mother Patti. Team Lank defeated Team Christensen 10–4.

Personal life

Lank currently lives in Peterborough, Ontario.^[2]

Teams

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
2010–2011	Patti Lank	Caitlin Maroldo	Jessica Schultz	Mackenzie Lank	Christina Schwartz		2011 USWCC
	Patti Lank	Caitlin Maroldo	Jessica Schultz	Mackenzie Lank	Debbie McCormick	Neil Harrison	2011 WWCC (7th)
2013–14	Cory Christensen	Rebecca Funk	Anna Bauman	Mackenzie Lank	Sonja Bauman	John Benton	2013 WUG (8th)[13]
	Cory Christensen	Mackenzie Lank	Anna Bauman	Anna Hopkins	Tina Persinger	Linda Christensen	2014 USJCC [14] 2014 WJCC (6th)[15][16]
2014–15	Cory Christensen	Sarah Anderson	Mackenzie Lank	Jenna Haag	Taylor Anderson	John Benton	2015 USJCC [17] 2015 USWCC (4th)[18] 2015 WJCC (5th)[19][20]

References

1. "Personal details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
2. "Mackenzie Lank". Team USA. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
3. "Mackenzie Lank Teams". www.curlingzone.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
4. "Fenson rallies to win 7th national title". Bemidji Pioneer. 2011-02-20. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
5. "Capital One World Women's Curling Championship 2011: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
6. "CURLING Field set for 2011 USA Curling Junior Nationals in Fairbanks". Team USA. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
7. "CURLING Minnesotas Christensen rink wins junior women's title". Team USA. Archived from the original on May 24, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
8. "Duluth curlers win national title". Duluth News Tribune. 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
9. "Mackenzie Lank Events". www.curlingzone.com. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
10. "XXVI. Winter Universiade 2013: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
11. "World Junior Curling Championships 2014: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
12. "World Junior Curling Championships 2015: Tournament details". results.worldcurling.org. Retrieved 2019-05-24.
13. "CURLING: USA men to play tiebreaker for playoff berth at 2013 World University Games". USA Curling. Dec 15, 2013. Archived from the original on January 3, 2020. Retrieved Jan 3, 2020.
14. Kolesar, Terry (May 2014). "Minnesota girls, Washington boys capture national junior titles". U.S. Curling News. p. 10. Retrieved Jan 3, 2020.
15. "World Junior Curling Championships 2014". World Curling Federation. Retrieved Dec 27, 2019.
16. "Cory Christensen leads American Ladies to 5–4 finish at World Junior Championships". U.S. Curling News. May 2014. p. 42. Retrieved Jan 3, 2020.
17. Kolesar, Terry (Spring 2015). "Minnesota boys, High Performance girls capture 2015 Junior Nationals titles" (PDF). U.S. Curling News. pp. 12–13. Retrieved Jan 3, 2020.
18. Kolesar, Terry (May 2015). "Olympians Brown, Shuster lead teams to national titles" (PDF). U.S. Curling News. pp. 16–17. Retrieved Jan 3, 2020.
19. "World Junior Curling Championships 2015". World Curling Federation. Retrieved Dec 27, 2019.
20. Kolesar, Terry (May 2015). "U.S. teams sweep to fifth-place in Estonia" (PDF). U.S. Curling News. p. 12. Retrieved Jan 3, 2020.

External links

• Mackenzie Lank at World Curling
• Mackenzie Lank at Team USA (archived)