2021 United States mixed doubles curling Olympic trials

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]

2021 United States mixed doubles
curling Olympic trials
Host cityEveleth, Minnesota
ArenaCurl Mesabi
DatesOctober 26–31
WinnerAlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys
FemaleVicky Persinger
MaleChris Plys
FinalistMinnesota Sinclair / Ruohonen
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic edit

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 edit

The following teams qualified to participate in the 2021 mixed doubles trials:[3]

Qualification Berths Qualifying team(s)
Highest placing teams at the 2020 US Mixed Doubles Nationals 3 Tabitha Peterson / Joe Polo
Cory Christensen / John Shuster
Sarah Anderson / Korey Dropkin
Highest placing teams at the 2021 US Mixed Doubles Nationals 4 Vicky Persinger / Chris Plys
Madison Bear / Andrew Stopera
Aileen Geving / Luc Violette
Jenna Burchesky / Ben Richardson
Winners of mixed doubles trials qualifier #1 1 Becca Hamilton / Matt Hamilton
Winners of mixed doubles trials qualifier #2 1 Jamie Sinclair / Rich Ruohonen
Highest-ranking non-qualified team from the two qualifiers 1 Monica Walker / Alex Leichter

Teams edit

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 edit

Final round-robin standings

Key
Teams to Playoffs
Teams to Tiebreakers
Team W L
   Persinger / Plys 6 3
  Anderson / Dropkin 6 3
  Sinclair / Ruohonen 5 4
  B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton 5 4
  Peterson / Polo 5 4
  Christensen / Shuster 5 4
  Walker / Leichter 4 5
  Geving / Violette 4 5
  Bear / Stopera 3 6
  Burchesky / Richardson 2 7

Round-robin results edit

All draw times are listed in Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).[7]

Draw 1 edit

Tuesday, October 26, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Bear / Stopera 0 1 0 0 2 0 X X 3
  Peterson / Polo   3 0 4 1 0 1 X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
   Persinger / Plys   1 1 0 4 2 0 1 X 9
  Anderson / Dropkin 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Christensen / Shuster 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 5
  B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton   1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Geving / Violette 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 X 4
  Sinclair / Ruohonen   1 0 2 2 0 1 3 X 9
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 edit

Tuesday, October 26, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sinclair / Ruohonen 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 7
  Walker / Leichter   0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton 0 1 1 1 0 0 X X 3
  Geving / Violette   4 0 0 0 3 1 X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Burchesky / Richardson   0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2
   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
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Christensen / Shuster   1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
  Peterson / Polo 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 X 5

Draw 3 edit

Wednesday, October 27, 10:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Geving / Violette 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 8
  Christensen / Shuster   1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 5
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
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sinclair / Ruohonen 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 6
   Persinger / Plys   1 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 7

Draw 4 edit

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 B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Christensen / Shuster   2 1 2 0 2 X X X 7
  Sinclair / Ruohonen 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 1
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
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Peterson / Polo 0 2 2 1 0 4 X X 9
   Persinger / Plys   1 0 0 0 3 0 X X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton   0 0 3 2 2 0 1 X 8
  Bear / Stopera 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 4

Draw 5 edit

Wednesday, October 27, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
   Persinger / Plys 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 7
  B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton   0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 6
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 C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
  Sinclair / Ruohonen   1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5
  Bear / Stopera 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 8
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
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Geving / Violette 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 X 5
  Anderson / Dropkin   2 2 0 3 0 1 0 X 8

Draw 6 edit

Thursday, October 28, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Peterson / Polo 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
  Sinclair / Ruohonen   0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 6
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 C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
   Persinger / Plys 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 6
  Christensen / Shuster   0 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 8
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 edit

Thursday, October 28, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Christensen / Shuster 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 7
  Bear / Stopera   1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 6
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 C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton   0 0 0 1 2 0 3 4 10
  Peterson / Polo 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
   Persinger / Plys 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 8
  Geving / Violette   3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 7
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 edit

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
   Persinger / Plys   0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sinclair / Ruohonen   2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 8
  B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Bear / Stopera   0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 7
  Geving / Violette 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 9
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
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Anderson / Dropkin 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 3
  Christensen / Shuster   1 0 5 2 0 3 X X 11

Draw 9 edit

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
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Bear / Stopera 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 8
   Persinger / Plys   1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Anderson / Dropkin   1 2 1 0 2 0 2 X 8
  Sinclair / Ruohonen 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Walker / Leichter 1 1 0 4 0 2 2 1 11
  Christensen / Shuster   0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Peterson / Polo   1 1 0 1 1 0 3 X 7
  Geving / Violette 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2

Tiebreakers edit

Saturday, October 30, 8:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sinclair / Ruohonen   2 0 2 0 0 4 0 X 8
  Christensen / Shuster 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 X 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton 1 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 5
  Peterson / Polo   0 0 2 1 1 0 0 4 8

Playoffs edit

1 vs. 2 edit

Saturday, October 30, 2:30 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
   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 edit

Saturday, October 30, 12:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Sinclair / Ruohonen   0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 6
  Peterson / Polo 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 5

Semifinal edit

Sunday, October 31, 11:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
  Anderson / Dropkin   2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 7
  Sinclair / Ruohonen 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 3 9

Final edit

Sunday, October 31, 7:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
   Persinger / Plys   1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 7
  Sinclair / Ruohonen 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 6

References edit

  1. ^ "2022 MXD Trials Home". USA Curling. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  2. ^ "2022 Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials Draw". USA Curling. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "2022 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS FOR MIXED DOUBLES CURLING COVERAGE". USA Curling. October 25, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  4. ^ "Great Park Ice to Host 2022 Olympic Mixed Doubles Curling Team Trials". NHL. January 21, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  5. ^ "U.S. Olympic Curling Trials moves cities less than a month out". NBC Sports. September 27, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  6. ^ "Teams". USA Curling. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  7. ^ "Schedule". USA Curling. Retrieved October 26, 2021.