CAREER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
World Junior silver medalists (2018)
World Junior bronze medalists (2017)
Four Continents bronze medalists (2024, '22)
Junior Grand Prix Final silver medalists (2017)
U.S. silver medalists (2025, '24)
U.S. bronze medalists (2023)
U.S. pewter medalists (2020)
U.S. junior champions (2018)
U.S. junior silver medalists (2017)
U.S. junior pewter medalists (2016)
Grand Prix Series medals: 4
2025-26 SEASON NOTES
RD Music: TBA
FD Music: TBA
IJS PERSONAL BESTS
International Competition
RD – 81.51 (2025 World Championships)
FD – 123.37 (2025 World Championships)
Final Score – 204.88 (2025 World Championships)
U.S. Qualifying Competition
RD – 83.19 (2024 U.S. Championships)
FD – 127.93 (2025 U.S. Championships)
Final Score – 210.79 (2025 U.S. Championships)
HISTORICAL PERSONAL BESTS (pre 2018-19 season)
International Competition
SD – 64.10 (2017 Junior Grand Prix Final)
FD – 94.15 (2017 World Junior Championships)
Final Score – 157.19 (2016 Junior Grand Prix, Russia)
U.S. Qualifying Competition
SD – 68.70 (2018 U.S. Championships, Junior)
FD – 98.48 (2017 U.S. Championships, Junior)
Final Score – 165.06 (2017 U.S. Championships, Junior)
SKATING NOTES
Announced partnership in April 2014.
Carreira began skating at age 3 because her mom was a skating coach ... Previously skated with S.P. Malette Paquette ... Previously coached by Igor Shpilband and Pasquale Camerlengo.
Ponomarenko began skating at age 5 because he loved going fast ... Previously skated with Sarah Feng, with whom he competed at the U.S. Championships ... Previously coached by his father, Sergei Ponomarenko, as well as Igor Shpilband.
PERSONAL NOTES
Carreira graduated high school in 2019 ... Currently attends University of Concordia ... Aspires to go to law school ... French is her first language ... Received a Skate Canada Athlete of the Year Award for the Quebec Section in 2011 ... Was born with two dislocated hips and was told she would never run or play sports ... Parents Are Carlos and Lyna ... Has a brother named David ... Has a dog named Charlie and a pet chinchilla ... Has a springer spaniel named Bailey and a miniature poodle named Gucci ... Enjoys reading, drawing and playing with her dog.
Ponomarenko’s parents, Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko, are the only ice dance team to win an Olympic medal of every color, winning bronze in 1984, silver in 1988 and gold in 1992 ... Has a brother, Tim, and a ragdoll cat named Lucy ... Graduated from Novi High School in Novi, Michigan, in 2019 ... After skating, he would like to pursue a career in sports psychology ... Enjoys hockey, cooking and music production.
PREVIOUS SEASON NOTES
- 2024-25 Season Notes
RD Music: "Long Tall Sally" by Little Richard and "I Just Want to Make Love to You" by Etta James
FD Music: Music from Carmen Suite by Rodion Schedrin
- 2023-24 Season Notes
RD Music: "Whole Lotta Trouble" and "Edge Of Seventeen" by Stevie Nicks
FD Music: "The Girl With The Plum" and "Meeting Laura" from Perfume - The Story Of A Murderer and "Strictly Taboo" and "Deceit And Betrayal" by Audiomachine
- 2022-23 Season Notes
RD Music: “Kind of Latin Rhythm" by the Juju Orchestra, "Where do I Begin" by Shrley Bassey" and "Samba" by Gloria Estefan
FD Music: “Summertime" by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald
- 2021-22 Season Notes
RD Music: "Batdance" by Prince
FD Music: "Wicked Game" by Daisy Gray and Yola Recoba
- 2020-21 Season Notes
RD Music: “Too Darn Hot" by Cole Porter from Kiss Me Kate
FD Music: Music from Doctor Zhivago
- 2019-20 Season Notes
RD Music: “Too Darn Hot" from Kiss Me Kate
FD Music: Flamenco medley
- 2018-19 Season Notes
RD Music: “Maria de Buenos Aires” by Astor Piazzolla & “Jealousy Tango” by Katica Illenyi
FD Music: "Bloodstream" and "Angel" by Tokio Myers
- 2017-18 Season Notes
SD Music: "Perhaps" by Pussycat Dolls and "Conga" by Gloria Estefan
FD Music: Selections from the W.E. soundtrack
- 2016-17 Season Notes
SD Music: "Why Don't You Do Right" by Jessica Rabbit
FD Music: "Exogenesis: Symphony Part III" by Muse
- 2015-16 Season Notes
SD Music: Charlie Chaplin Medley
FD Music: Selections of music by Goran Bregovic
- 2014-15 Season Notes
SD Music: "Chica Boom" and "Let's Get Loud" by Jennifer Lopez
FD Music: Micmacs Medley
Costumes designed by Cherryl Ann Cabana and Lilya Dukler
COMPETITIVE HISTORY
- 2025 World Championships – 5th
- 2025 Four Continents Championships – 4th
- 2025 U.S. Championships – 2nd
- 2024 Cup of China – 3rd
- 2024 NHK Trophy – 2nd
- 2024 Budapest Trophy – 1st
- 2024 Nebelhorn Trophy – 2nd
- 2024 World Championships – 7th
- 2024 Four Continents Championships – 3rd
- 2024 U.S. Championships – 2nd
- 2023 Grand Prix Espoo – 4th
- 2023 Grand Prix de France – 4th
- 2023 Finlandia Trophy – 2nd
- 2023 Nebelhorn Trophy – 4th
- 2023 World Championships – 10th
- 2023 Four Continents Championships – 4th
- 2023 U.S. Championships – 3rd
- 2022 Golden Spin of Zagreb – 1st
- 2022 Grand Prix Espoo – 4th
- 2022 MK John Wilson Trophy – 4th
- 2022 Four Continents Championships – 3rd
- 2022 U.S. Championships – 7th
- 2021 Internationaux de France – 5th
- 2021 Skate Canada International – 8th
- 2021 Finlandia Trophy – 8th
- 2021 Lombardia Trophy – 4th
- 2020 Skate America® – 3rd
- 2020 U.S. Championships – 4th
- 2019 NHK Trophy – 6th
- 2019 Asian Open Figure Skating Trophy – 1st
- 2019 Skate America® – 6th
- 2019 Nebelhorn Trophy – 3rd
- 2019 U.S. International Classic – 2nd
- 2019 Lake Placid Ice Dance International – 2nd
- 2019 U.S. Championships – 5th
- 2018 Tallinn Trophy – 1st
- 2018 Rostelecom Cup – 3rd
- 2018 Helsinki Grand Prix – 5th
- 2018 Nebelhorn Trophy – 3rd
- 2018 U.S. International Classic – 2nd
- 2018 World Junior Championships – 2nd
- 2018 U.S. Championships, Junior – 1st
- 2017 Junior Grand Prix Final – 2nd
- 2017 Junior Grand Prix (Belarus) – 1st
- 2017 Junior Grand Prix (Austria) – 1st
- 2017 Lake Placid Ice Dance International, Junior – 1st
- 2017 World Junior Championships – 3rd
- 2017 U.S. Championships, Junior – 2nd
- 2016 Junior Grand Prix Final – 4th
- 2016 Junior Grand Prix (Russia) – 2nd
- 2016 Junior Grand Prix (France) – 2nd
- 2016 U.S. Championships, Junior – 4th
- 2016 Pacific Coast Sectionals, Junior – 1st
- 2015 Junior Grand Prix (Poland) – 2nd
- 2015 Junior Grand Prix (Latvia) – 4th
- 2015 Lake Placid Ice Dance International, Junior – 2nd
- 2015 U.S. Championships, Junior – 5th
- 2015 Pacific Coast Sectionals, Junior – 3rd
- 2014 Junior Grand Prix (Estonia) – 4th
- 2014 Junior Grand Prix (Czech Republic) – 5th
