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The 2021 United States Olympic Curling Trials was held from November 12 to 21, 2021 at the Baxter Arena in Omaha, Nebraska.[1] The trials featured six men's teams and six women's teams who played in a double round robin tournament.[2] After the round robin, the top two teams on each side played a best-of-three playoff to determine the winner.[3] The winner of both the men's and women's events will represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.[4]

2021 United States Olympic Curling Trials
Host cityOmaha, Nebraska
ArenaBaxter Arena
DatesNovember 12–21
Men's winnerMinnesota Team Shuster
Curling clubDuluth CC, Duluth, MN
SkipJohn Shuster
ThirdChris Plys
SecondMatt Hamilton
LeadJohn Landsteiner
CoachSean Beighton
FinalistMinnesota Korey Dropkin
Women's winnerMinnesota Team Peterson
Curling clubSt. Paul CC, St. Paul, MN
SkipTabitha Peterson
ThirdNina Roth
SecondBecca Hamilton
LeadTara Peterson
AlternateAileen Geving
CoachLaine Peters
FinalistMinnesota Cory Christensen
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Qualification edit

As both John Shuster and Tabitha Peterson finished within the top six teams at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship and the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship respectively, the United States earned an automatic berth into the 2022 Winter Olympics in the men's and women's events.[5][6]

The following teams qualified to participate in the 2021 Curling Olympic Trials:[7]

Men edit

Qualification Berths Qualifying Team(s)
Winner of the 2020 United States Men's Curling Championship 1   John Shuster
Highest two placing teams
at the 2021 United States Men's Curling Championship		 2   Korey Dropkin
  Jed Brundidge
Winners of Trials Qualifier #1 1   Rich Ruohonen
Winners of Trials Qualifier #2 1   Greg Persinger
Highest ranking non-qualified team from the two qualifiers 1   Scott Dunnam

Women edit

Qualification Berths Qualifying Team(s)
Winner of the 2020 United States Women's Curling Championship 1   Tabitha Peterson
Highest two placing teams
at the 2021 United States Women's Curling Championship		 2   Cory Christensen
  Jamie Sinclair
Winners of Trials Qualifier #1 1   Madison Bear
Winners of Trials Qualifier #2 1   Delaney Strouse
Highest ranking non-qualified team from the two qualifiers 1   Kim Rhyme

Men edit

Teams edit

The teams are listed as follows:[8]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Locale
Jed Brundidge Evan Workin Lance Wheeler Cameron Rittenour Nic Wagner Dave Jensen   Saint Paul, Minnesota
Korey Dropkin Joe Polo Mark Fenner Thomas Howell Alex Fenson Tim Solin   Duluth, Minnesota
Scott Dunnam Hunter Clawson Cody Clouser Andrew Dunnam Daniel Dudt Bruce Clouser   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Greg Persinger (fourth) Alex Leichter Ben Richardson Craig Brown (skip) Dominik Märki Chase Sinnett   Fairbanks, Alaska
Rich Ruohonen Andrew Stopera Colin Hufman Phil Tilker Kroy Nernberger Pete Annis   Minneapolis, Minnesota
John Shuster Chris Plys Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner Sean Beighton   Chaska, Minnesota

Round-robin standings edit

Final round-robin standings[9]

Key
Teams to Playoff
Team W L PF PA EW EL BE SE
  John Shuster 9 1 83 41 46 31 2 16
  Korey Dropkin 7 3 69 52 43 37 5 13
  Rich Ruohonen 6 4 65 70 44 41 5 11
  Scott Dunnam 4 6 68 71 41 43 3 14
  Greg Persinger 4 6 64 71 39 44 0 9
  Jed Brundidge 0 10 37 81 28 45 6 2

Round-robin results edit

All draws are listed in Central Time (UTC−06:00).[10]

Draw 1 edit

Friday, November 12, 7:30 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Greg Persinger   0 1 0 3 0 3 0 2 0 2 11
  Rich Ruohonen 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scott Dunnam 0 1 1 3 0 0 1 1 2 X 9
  Korey Dropkin   2 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 X 5
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Shuster   3 1 1 1 2 1 X X X X 9
  Jed Brundidge 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X X X 0

Draw 2 edit

Saturday, November 13, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scott Dunnam 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 X X 3
  John Shuster   2 0 2 2 2 0 0 1 X X 9
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Greg Persinger   1 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 X 10
  Jed Brundidge 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Rich Ruohonen 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 4
  Korey Dropkin   0 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 X 7

Draw 3 edit

Sunday, November 14, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Korey Dropkin   2 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 0 X 9
  Greg Persinger 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 X 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Rich Ruohonen 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 5
  John Shuster   1 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 3 X 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scott Dunnam   2 0 1 2 0 1 0 3 0 0 9
  Jed Brundidge 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 1 8

Draw 4 edit

Sunday, November 14, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Rich Ruohonen   0 1 0 1 2 0 2 1 0 1 8
  Scott Dunnam 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 0 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Jed Brundidge   1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 5
  Korey Dropkin 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 6
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Greg Persinger 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 4
  John Shuster   2 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 X 8

Draw 5 edit

Monday, November 15, 12:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  John Shuster   0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 8
  Korey Dropkin 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 7
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scott Dunnam   0 0 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 7
  Greg Persinger 1 1 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 8
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Jed Brundidge   0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
  Rich Ruohonen 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 X 5

Draw 6 edit

Monday, November 15, 8:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Jed Brundidge   0 0 1 0 0 1 X X X X 2
  Greg Persinger 1 3 0 3 1 0 X X X X 8
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Korey Dropkin 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 3 0 8
  Rich Ruohonen   2 0 1 0 3 1 0 2 0 2 11
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Shuster   2 0 1 0 4 1 3 X X X 11
  Scott Dunnam 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X X X 3

Draw 7 edit

Tuesday, November 16, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Shuster   3 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 X 9
  Rich Ruohonen 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 5
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Jed Brundidge   1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 X 5
  Scott Dunnam 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 3 1 X 10
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Greg Persinger 0 0 1 0 1 0 X X X X 2
  Korey Dropkin   1 3 0 2 0 2 X X X X 8

Draw 8 edit

Wednesday, November 17, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Korey Dropkin   2 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 X 7
  Jed Brundidge 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 X 2
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Shuster 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 X 8
  Greg Persinger   0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 4
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Scott Dunnam 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 0 6
  Rich Ruohonen   2 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7

Draw 9 edit

Wednesday, November 17, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Greg Persinger 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 X X X 4
  Scott Dunnam   1 1 0 1 2 0 6 X X X 11
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Rich Ruohonen 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 6
  Jed Brundidge   0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 5
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Korey Dropkin 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 X X 6
  John Shuster   0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 X X 1

Draw 10 edit

Thursday, November 18, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Jed Brundidge   0 1 0 3 0 0 X X X X 4
  John Shuster 0 0 2 0 4 5 X X X X 11
Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Korey Dropkin   0 1 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 X 6
  Scott Dunnam 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 3
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Rich Ruohonen 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 7
  Greg Persinger   0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 6

Playoff edit

The final round was between the top two teams at the end of the round robin. The teams played a best-of-three series.[11]

Best-of-three
     
1   John Shuster 4 7 5
2   Korey Dropkin 8 3 4

Game 1 edit

Friday, November 19, 5:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  John Shuster   0 1 0 1 1 0 1 X X X 4
  Korey Dropkin 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 X X X 8

Game 2 edit

Saturday, November 20, 5:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Korey Dropkin   0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3
  John Shuster 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 2 7

Game 3 edit

Sunday, November 21, 5:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Korey Dropkin 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4
  John Shuster   0 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 5

Women edit

Teams edit

The teams are listed as follows:[8]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Locale
Madison Bear Annmarie Dubberstein Taylor Drees Allison Howell Jordan Moulton   Chaska, Minnesota
Cory Christensen Sarah Anderson Vicky Persinger Taylor Anderson Cathy Overton-Clapham   Chaska, Minnesota
Tabitha Peterson Nina Roth Becca Hamilton Tara Peterson Aileen Geving Laine Peters   Chaska, Minnesota
Kim Rhyme Libby Brundage Cait Flannery Katie Rhyme Lexi Lanigan Bill Rhyme   Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jamie Sinclair Monica Walker Cora Farrell Elizabeth Cousins Mark Lazar   Charlotte, North Carolina
Delaney Strouse Anne O'Hara Sydney Mullaney Rebecca Rodgers Susan Dudt Amy Harnden   Minneapolis, Minnesota

Round-robin standings edit

Final round-robin standings[9]

Key
Teams to Playoff
Team W L PF PA EW EL BE SE
  Tabitha Peterson 9 1 87 46 46 35 4 16
  Cory Christensen 7 3 72 62 41 38 2 10
  Jamie Sinclair 4 6 65 72 39 44 3 8
  Kim Rhyme 4 6 60 74 38 41 6 8
  Delaney Strouse 3 7 67 80 45 47 3 12
  Madison Bear 3 7 53 70 38 42 5 13

Round-robin results edit

All draws are listed in Central Time (UTC−06:00).[12]

Draw 1 edit

Saturday, November 13, 9:00 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Cory Christensen 3 0 0 0 3 3 X X X X 9
  Kim Rhyme   0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X X 1
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Delaney Strouse 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 X 5
  Tabitha Peterson   0 2 0 1 0 3 2 0 0 X 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Madison Bear 1 1 0 2 3 1 2 X X X 10
  Jamie Sinclair   0 0 2 0 0 0 0 X X X 2

Draw 2 edit

Saturday, November 13, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Delaney Strouse   1 1 3 0 0 1 0 1 1 X 8
  Madison Bear 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Cory Christensen 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 X 9
  Jamie Sinclair   1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 X 6
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Kim Rhyme   1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 1 7
  Tabitha Peterson 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 5

Draw 3 edit

Sunday, November 14, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Tabitha Peterson   2 0 1 0 0 4 1 0 1 X 9
  Cory Christensen 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 X 5
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Kim Rhyme 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 X 8
  Madison Bear   1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Delaney Strouse   2 0 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 7
  Jamie Sinclair 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 8

Draw 4 edit

Monday, November 15, 8:00 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Kim Rhyme 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 10
  Delaney Strouse   2 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Jamie Sinclair   1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 7
  Tabitha Peterson 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 2 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Cory Christensen   2 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 8
  Madison Bear 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 5

Draw 5 edit

Monday, November 15, 4:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Madison Bear   0 1 0 2 0 0 0 X X X 3
  Tabitha Peterson 2 0 4 0 0 1 2 X X X 9
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Delaney Strouse 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 6
  Cory Christensen   1 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Jamie Sinclair   0 2 0 0 2 0 2 2 0 X 8
  Kim Rhyme 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 5

Draw 6 edit

Tuesday, November 16, 9:00 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Jamie Sinclair   1 0 1 0 3 0 3 2 X X 10
  Cory Christensen 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X 3
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Tabitha Peterson   2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 X 7
  Kim Rhyme 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Madison Bear   0 1 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 X 7
  Delaney Strouse 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2

Draw 7 edit

Tuesday, November 16, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Madison Bear 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 1 8
  Kim Rhyme   0 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 7
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
  Jamie Sinclair 0 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 8
  Delaney Strouse   0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 1 1 9
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Cory Christensen 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 X 4
  Tabitha Peterson   3 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 X 9

Draw 8 edit

Wednesday, November 17, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Tabitha Peterson 0 3 2 2 2 0 X X X X 9
  Jamie Sinclair   2 0 0 0 0 1 X X X X 3
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Madison Bear   0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 4
  Cory Christensen 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 1 X 8
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Delaney Strouse   1 2 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 10
  Kim Rhyme 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 6

Draw 9 edit

Thursday, November 18, 9:00 am

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Cory Christensen   3 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 8
  Delaney Strouse 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Kim Rhyme   1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 3 X 7
  Jamie Sinclair 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Tabitha Peterson   2 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 3 X 9
  Madison Bear 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 4

Draw 10 edit

Thursday, November 18, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Jamie Sinclair   0 2 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 3 9
  Madison Bear 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 5
Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Tabitha Peterson   3 0 0 3 3 0 1 4 X X 14
  Delaney Strouse 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 X X 5
Sheet 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Kim Rhyme   0 1 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 X 6
  Cory Christensen 0 0 6 0 2 0 1 0 1 X 10

Playoff edit

The final round was between the top two teams at the end of the round robin. The teams played a best-of-three series.[13]

Best-of-three
     
1   Tabitha Peterson 8 9 X
2   Cory Christensen 7 4 X

Game 1 edit

Friday, November 19, 8:00 pm

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Tabitha Peterson   2 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 0 8
  Cory Christensen 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 7

Game 2 edit

Saturday, November 20, 8:00 pm

Sheet 3 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
  Tabitha Peterson 1 1 0 3 1 0 2 1 X X 9
  Cory Christensen   0 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 X X 4

References edit

  1. ^ "2022 Team Trials Home". USA Curling. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  2. ^ "ULTIMATE FAN GUIDE TO THE U.S. TEAM TRIALS FOR CURLING". Omaha Sports Commission. November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  3. ^ "2022 Team Trials Draw". USA Curling. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  4. ^ "2022 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS CURLING". USA Curling. November 5, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  5. ^ Michael Burns (April 9, 2021). "United States, Canada and Great Britain qualify for spot at Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022". World Curling Federation. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  6. ^ Steve Seixeiro (May 8, 2021). "Canada and United States claim final LGT World Women's play-off places and qualify for Beijing 2022". World Curling Federation. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  7. ^ "USA Curling Athlete Selection Procedure" (PDF). USA Curling. September 8, 2021. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  8. ^ a b "List of Teams". USA Curling. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  9. ^ a b "Standings". CurlingZone. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  10. ^ "Men's Results". CurlingZone. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  11. ^ "Men's Playoff". CurlingZone. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  12. ^ "Women's Results". CurlingZone. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
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