{{Short description|American curler (born 1994)}} {{Infobox curler | name = Mackenzie Lank | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|7|4}} | birth_place = | Member Association = {{flagicon|North Dakota}} Dakota Territory (2007-2008; 2010-2011) <br> {{flagicon|USA}} Grand National (2008-2009; 2010-2016) <br> {{flagicon|Wisconsin}} Wisconsin (2009-2010) | World Championship appearances = 1 (2011) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's curling}} {{MedalCompetition | United States National Championships}} {{MedalGold|2011 Fargo| }} }}
'''Mackenzie Lank''' (born July 4, 1994) is an American curler.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Person/Details/6251|title=Personal details|website=results.worldcurling.org|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref> She has won the US Junior Championship twice and US Women's Championship once. She has frequently played with her mother, Patti Lank.
== Curling career == Lank competed in the United States Junior Curling Championships in 2008 and 2009, finishing eighth and seventh respectively.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/mackenzie-lank|title=Mackenzie Lank|website=Team USA|language=en|access-date=2023-07-22}}</ref>
During the 2010–2011 World Curling Tour (WCT), Lank played as lead on the team skipped by her mother, Patti Lank.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=21364&view=Teams|title=Mackenzie Lank Teams|website=www.curlingzone.com|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bemidjipioneer.com/sports/248353-fenson-rallies-win-7th-national-title|title=Fenson rallies to win 7th national title|date=2011-02-20|work=Bemidji Pioneer|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref> The National Championship earned the team a spot at the World Championships, where the team finished seventh with a record of 6–5.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/402|title=Capital One World Women's Curling Championship 2011: Tournament details|website=results.worldcurling.org|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref>
Lank skipped her own team at the 2011 US Junior Nationals,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org:443/Media/News/Curling/CURLING-Field-set-for-2011-USA-Curling-Junior-Nationals-in-Fairbanks|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524215535/https://www.teamusa.org/Media/News/Curling/CURLING-Field-set-for-2011-USA-Curling-Junior-Nationals-in-Fairbanks|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 24, 2019|title=CURLING Field set for 2011 USA Curling Junior Nationals in Fairbanks|website=Team USA|language=en|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref> earning a bronze medal, her first medal at Junior Nationals.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.teamusa.org:443/Media/News/Curling/CURLING-Minnesotas-Christensen-rink-wins-junior-womens-title|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524215537/https://www.teamusa.org/Media/News/Curling/CURLING-Minnesotas-Christensen-rink-wins-junior-womens-title|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 24, 2019|title=CURLING Minnesotas Christensen rink wins junior women's title|website=Team USA|language=en|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/content/duluth-curlers-win-national-title|title=Duluth curlers win national title|date=2012-02-05|work=Duluth News Tribune|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=21364&view=Events|title=Mackenzie Lank Events|website=www.curlingzone.com|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/504|title=XXVI. Winter Universiade 2013: Tournament details|website=results.worldcurling.org|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/485|title=World Junior Curling Championships 2014: Tournament details|website=results.worldcurling.org|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/527|title=World Junior Curling Championships 2015: Tournament details|website=results.worldcurling.org|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref> 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.<ref name=":0"/>
== Teams == {| class="wikitable" |- ! scope="col"| Season ! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead ! scope="col"| Alternate ! scope="col"| Coach ! scope="col"| Events |- ! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2010–2011 |Patti Lank || Caitlin Maroldo || Jessica Schultz || Mackenzie Lank || Christina Schwartz || || {{USWCC|2011|2011 USWCC}} {{Gold1}} |- ||Patti Lank || Caitlin Maroldo || Jessica Schultz || Mackenzie Lank ||Debbie McCormick ||Neil Harrison |{{WWCC|2011|2011 WWCC}} (7th) |- ! scope="row" rowspan=2| 2013–14 |Cory Christensen|| Rebecca Funk || Anna Bauman || Mackenzie Lank || Sonja Bauman ||John Benton||2013 WUG (8th)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.teamusa.org/Media/News/Curling/CURLING-USA-men-to-play-tiebreaker-for-playoff-berth-at-2013-World-University-Games|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103200315/https://www.teamusa.org/Media/News/Curling/CURLING-USA-men-to-play-tiebreaker-for-playoff-berth-at-2013-World-University-Games|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 3, 2020|title=CURLING: USA men to play tiebreaker for playoff berth at 2013 World University Games|date=Dec 15, 2013|work=USA Curling|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref> |- || Cory Christensen || Mackenzie Lank || Anna Bauman || Anna Hopkins || Tina Persinger || Linda Christensen || 2014 USJCC {{Gold1}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=May 2014|title=Minnesota girls, Washington boys capture national junior titles|url=https://content.yudu.com/A2ulcp/CurlingNewsSummer14|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=10|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref><br/>{{WJCC|2014|2014 WJCC}} (6th)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/485|title=World Junior Curling Championships 2014|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=Dec 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|date=May 2014|title=Cory Christensen leads American Ladies to 5–4 finish at World Junior Championships|url=https://content.yudu.com/A2ulcp/CurlingNewsSummer14|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=42|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref> |- ! scope="row"| 2014–15 |Cory Christensen ||Sarah Anderson || Mackenzie Lank ||Jenna Haag || Taylor Anderson || John Benton || 2015 USJCC {{Gold1}}<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=Spring 2015|title=Minnesota boys, High Performance girls capture 2015 Junior Nationals titles|url=https://www.teamusa.org/-/media/USA_Curling/Documents/Curling-News/Spring-2015/CNewsSpring2015_web.pdf|magazine=U.S. Curling News|pages=12–13|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref><br/>2015 USWCC (4th)<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=May 2015|title=Olympians Brown, Shuster lead teams to national titles|url=https://www.teamusa.org/-/media/USA_Curling/Documents/Curling-News/May-2015/May2015CNews.pdf|magazine=U.S. Curling News|pages=16–17|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref><br/>{{WJCC|2015|2015 WJCC}} (5th)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://results.worldcurling.org/Championship/Details/527|title=World Junior Curling Championships 2015|website=World Curling Federation|access-date=Dec 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Kolesar|first=Terry|date=May 2015|title=U.S. teams sweep to fifth-place in Estonia|url=https://www.teamusa.org/-/media/USA_Curling/Documents/Curling-News/May-2015/May2015CNews.pdf|magazine=U.S. Curling News|page=12|access-date=Jan 3, 2020}}</ref> |}
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