Early years Pogrebinsky began skating as a three-year-old in San Jose. From 2005 to 2009, she was coached by
Marina Klimova and
Sergei Ponomarenko in California. Pogrebinsky teamed up with Ross Gudis in March 2009. They were coached by Alexei Kiliakov, Elena Novak, and Dmytri Ilin in
Wheaton and
Rockville, Maryland. Making their
ISU Junior Grand Prix debut, they placed 6th in
Lake Placid, New York, and 11th in
Bled, Slovenia in 2012, before placing 5th in junior dance at the
2013 U.S. Championships. In the
2013–14 season, they competed at two more JGP events – finishing 4th in
Riga, Latvia, and 6th in
Gdańsk, Poland – and placed 5th for the second year in a row at the
U.S. Championships.
Partnership with Benoit Pogrebinsky teamed up with
Alex Benoit in March 2014 after a tryout in
Novi, Michigan, that was suggested by
Igor Shpilband. Their international debut came at the
2014–15 ISU Junior Grand Prix (JGP) in
Aichi; after placing fifth in Japan, Pogrebinsky/Benoit were sent to the JGP in
Zagreb, Croatia, where they finished 8th. In January 2015, they won the junior bronze medal at the
2015 U.S. Championships and were selected to compete at the
2015 World Junior Championships in
Tallinn. Ranked 12th in the short dance, they qualified for the free dance (14th) and finished 13th overall in Estonia. During the
2015–16 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, Pogrebinsky/Benoit placed fourth in
Linz, Austria, and won the bronze medal in
Logroño, Spain. They repeated as junior national bronze medalists and were assigned to the
2016 World Junior Championships in
Debrecen, Hungary; they placed fifth in the short dance, fourth in the free, and fourth overall. Pogrebinsky/Benoit decided to compete on the senior level in the 2016–2017 season. Making their
Grand Prix debut, they placed 7th at the
2016 Skate America and 6th at the
2016 Rostelecom Cup. They won bronze at the
2016 CS Tallinn Trophy and then the pewter medal (fourth place) at the
2017 U.S. Championships. In their second senior season, the two finished 7th at both of their Grand Prix assignments and took bronze at the
2017 CS Tallinn Trophy before placing 7th at the
2018 U.S. Championships. Their coaches included
Igor Shpilband, Adrienne Lenda,
Greg Zuerlein, and
Fabian Bourzat. In March 2018, Benoit announced his decision to retire from competitive skating while Pogrebinsky said that she would search for another partner. == Programs ==