Curling competition at Eveleth, Minnesota
The 2021 United States mixed doubles curling Olympic trials were held from October 26 to 31, 2021, at Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, Minnesota.[1] The trials featured ten teams played in a round robin tournament. After the round robin, the top four teams qualified for the page playoff.[2] The winner of this event will represent the United States at the Olympic Qualification Event in hopes of reaching the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.[3]
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The 2021 Trials were originally announced to be held in Irvine, California,[4] but less than a month before they were to begin, the decision was made to move them to Eveleth, Minnesota due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[5]
Qualification
The following teams qualified to participate in the 2021 mixed doubles trials:[3]
Teams
The teams competing in the 2021 trials are:[6]
Female | Male | Locale |
Sarah Anderson | Korey Dropkin | Duluth, Minnesota |
Madison Bear | Andrew Stopera | Chaska, Minnesota |
Jenna Burchesky | Ben Richardson | Walpole, Massachusetts |
Cory Christensen | John Shuster | Duluth, Minnesota |
Aileen Geving | Luc Violette | Duluth, Minnesota |
Becca Hamilton | Matt Hamilton | Madison, Wisconsin |
Vicky Persinger | Chris Plys | Fairbanks, Alaska / Chaska, Minnesota |
Tabitha Peterson | Joe Polo | Chaska, Minnesota |
Jamie Sinclair | Rich Ruohonen | Chaska, Minnesota |
Monica Walker | Alex Leichter | Boston, Massachusetts |
Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings
Key |
| Teams to Playoffs |
| Teams to Tiebreakers |
Round-robin results
All draw times are listed in Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).[7]
Draw 1
Tuesday, October 26, 12:00 pm
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
![Alaska](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Alaska.svg/21px-Flag_of_Alaska.svg.png) Persinger / Plys | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 9 |
Anderson / Dropkin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 4 |
Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Walker / Leichter | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Burchesky / Richardson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
Draw 2
Tuesday, October 26, 7:00 pm
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Burchesky / Richardson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
![Alaska](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Alaska.svg/21px-Flag_of_Alaska.svg.png) Persinger / Plys | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | X | X | 9 |
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Bear / Stopera | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 10 |
Anderson / Dropkin | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
Draw 3
Wednesday, October 27, 10:00 am
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Burchesky / Richardson | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
Bear / Stopera | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Peterson / Polo | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Anderson / Dropkin | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | X | 11 |
Walker / Leichter | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
Draw 4
Wednesday, October 27, 2:30 pm
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Burchesky / Richardson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Anderson / Dropkin | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Geving / Violette | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Walker / Leichter | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Draw 5
Wednesday, October 27, 7:00 pm
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Walker / Leichter | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 10 |
Peterson / Polo | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Christensen / Shuster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Burchesky / Richardson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Draw 6
Thursday, October 28, 12:00 pm
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Geving / Violette | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Burchesky / Richardson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Anderson / Dropkin | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 8 |
B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Bear / Stopera | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Walker / Leichter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
Draw 7
Thursday, October 28, 7:00 pm
Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Anderson / Dropkin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
Walker / Leichter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 3 |
Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
Burchesky / Richardson | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Sinclair / Ruohonen | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Draw 8
Friday, October 29, 12:00 pm
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
Walker / Leichter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
![Alaska](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Alaska.svg/21px-Flag_of_Alaska.svg.png) Persinger / Plys | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
Burchesky / Richardson | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Peterson / Polo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
Draw 9
Friday, October 29, 6:00 pm
Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
Burchesky / Richardson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
Tiebreakers
Saturday, October 30, 8:00 am
Playoffs
1 vs. 2
Saturday, October 30, 2:30 pm
Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
![Alaska](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Alaska.svg/21px-Flag_of_Alaska.svg.png) Persinger / Plys | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 |
Anderson / Dropkin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 |
3 vs. 4
Saturday, October 30, 12:00 pm
Semifinal
Sunday, October 31, 11:00 am
Final
Sunday, October 31, 7:00 pm
References
- ^ "2022 MXD Trials Home". USA Curling. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- ^ "2022 Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials Draw". USA Curling. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- ^ a b "2022 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS FOR MIXED DOUBLES CURLING COVERAGE". USA Curling. October 25, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- ^ "Great Park Ice to Host 2022 Olympic Mixed Doubles Curling Team Trials". NHL. January 21, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- ^ "U.S. Olympic Curling Trials moves cities less than a month out". NBC Sports. September 27, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- ^ "Teams". USA Curling. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- ^ "Schedule". USA Curling. Retrieved October 26, 2021.