Madison Chock & Evan Bates teamed up in 2011. Both were in long-term on-ice partnerships prior to forming their partnership.
Chock skated with Greg Zuerlein from the spring of 2006 until 2011. Together they won the 2009 U.S. junior title and World Junior Championships. They finished ninth at the 2011 World Championships. Chock was the 2006 U.S. intermediate pewter medalist with Kurt Lingenfelter.
Bates skated with Emily Samuelson for the last decade, winning the 2008 World Junior title and representing the U.S. at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Samuelson & Bates won U.S. national titles at the intermediate, novice and junior levels and won several U.S. national medals at the senior level.
