The 2016 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from December 2-7, 2015 at the Denver Curling Club in Denver, Colorado.[1][2] Jason Smith and Jessica Schultz, both from Minnesota, won the tournament.[3] The champions, along with the silver and bronze medal winners, earned a spot in the United States Mixed Doubles World Trials in February 2016, where the U.S. representative for the 2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Karlstad, Sweden was decided.[4][5]
| 2016 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Denver, Colorado |
| Arena | Denver Curling Club |
| Dates | December 2-7, 2015 |
| Winner | Jessica Schultz and Jason Smith |
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Teams
editTwenty nine teams qualified to compete in the championship.[2][6][7]
| Female | Male | State(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Taylor Anderson | Alex Fenson |  Minnesota
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| Danielle Buchbinder | Michael Rupp |  New York
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| Cristin Clark | Brady Clark |  Washington
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| Stephanie Senneker | Bret Jackson |  Michigan
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| Christon Clark | Logan Tingley |  Indiana,  Ohio
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| Becca Wood | Brett Davis |  Colorado
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| Frances Walsh | Stephen Grant | Washington
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| Emily Good | MacAllan Guy | Washington
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| Jessica Schultz | Jason Smith | Minnesota
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| Keri VanNorman | Cameron Kim |  California
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| Dena Rosenberry | Darrick Kizlyk | Colorado
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| Tracy Heuermann | Ron Kloth |  Arizona
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| Alexandra Carlson | Alex Leichter | Minnesota,  Massachusetts
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| Jenny Levy | Ben Levy | Michigan
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| Kathy Jackson | Murray Jackson |  North Carolina
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| Jillian Walker | Derrick McLean | Washington
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| Nina Roth | Kroy Nernberger |  Wisconsin
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| Teri Olson | Scott Olson | Massachusetts
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| Kelsey Ostrowski | Gary Mazzotta | Minnesota
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| Catharine Persinger | Greg Persinger |  Alaska
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| Allison Pottinger | Doug Pottinger | Minnesota
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| Cynthia Smith | Matthew Culbertson | Colorado
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| Elaine Smith-Koop | Joshua Engle |  Oregon
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| Maureen Stolt | Peter Stolt | Minnesota
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| Larissa Unruh | Samuel Unruh |  North Dakota
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| Nicole Vassar | Sam Williams | Massachusetts
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| Monica Walker | Sean Beighton | Massachusetts, Washington
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| Sarah Thuriot | Doug Weimerskirch | Minnesota
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| Stephanie Martin | Dan Wiza |  Illinois, Wisconsin
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Competition
editFormat
editInstead of the usual round robin group play leading into playoffs, the 2016 Championship was structured with three tiers of brackets to create a triple elimination tournament. All 29 teams began in the A event bracket, if they lost they moved down to the B event bracket and if they lost again they moved to the C event bracket. If a team lost a game in the C event they were eliminated from the tournament. The winners of the A and B brackets played for the championship. However, all three bracket winners qualified for the US World Trials to compete to represent the United States at the 2016 World Mixed Doubles Championship. [8]
A event bracket
edit| Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Martin/Wiza | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Levy/Levy | 3 | Martin/Wiza | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Clark/Clark | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clark/Clark | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Leichter/Carlson | 6 | Leichter/Carlson | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Smith-Koop/Engle | 4 | Leichter/Carlson | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Persinger/Persinger | 9 | Persinger/Persinger | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Culbertson/Smith | 1 | Leichter/Carlson | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nernberger/Roth | 15 | Nernberger/Roth | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kim/VanNorman | 1 | Nernberger/Roth | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Olson/Olson | 8 | Unruh/Unruh | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Unruh/Unruh | 10 | Nernberger/Roth | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Anderson/Fenson | 7 | Anderson/Fenson | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kloth/Heuermann | 3 | Anderson/Fenson | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Good/Guy | 9 | Good/Guy | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Davis/Wood | 2 | Leichter/Carlson | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Williams/Vassar | 6 | Smith/Schultz | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weimerskirch/Thuriot | 3 | Williams/Vassar | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pottinger/Pottinger | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pottinger/Pottinger | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Walker/Beighton | 13 | McLean/Walker | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Clark/Tingley | 1 | Walker/Beighton | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| McLean/Walker | 6 | McLean/Walker | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Grant/Walsh | 4 | Pottinger/Pottinger | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson/Senneker | 18 | Smith/Schultz | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Ostrowski/Mazzotta | 4 | Jackson/Senneker | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stolt/Stolt | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stolt/Stolt | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Smith/Schultz | 10 | Smith/Schultz | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Jackson/Jackson | 4 | Smith/Schultz | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Kizlyk/Rosenberry | 7 | Kizlyk/Rosenberry | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Buchbinder/Rupp | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Finals
editThe winners of the A and B brackets played for the championship.
Monday, December 7, 11:00 am MT[10]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Smith/Schultz | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 9 |
Pottinger/Pottinger 
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
References
edit- ^ Reader, Clarke (2015-12-07). "Curling center attracts national attention". Lakewood Sentinel. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
- ^ a b "Mixed Doubles Program Proof - Nov 30.pdf". Denver Curling Club. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
- ^ "Olympians clinch 2016 mixed doubles national title". Team USA. Archived from the original on December 21, 2015. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
- ^ "Mixed Doubles Championship Preview". Team USA. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
- ^ Brown, Derek (2015-10-01). "Update on Mixed Doubles World Trials". USA Curling. Archived from the original on 2016-01-02. Retrieved 2020-01-31.
- ^ "29 teams set to compete in 2016 Mixed Doubles National Championship". USA Curling. 2015-11-07. Archived from the original on December 28, 2015. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
- ^ "USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
- ^ "Day one of mixed doubles championship". Team USA. Archived from the original on December 6, 2015. Retrieved 2019-06-07.
- ^ "USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: A Event". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2019-06-24.
- ^ "USA Mixed Doubles National Championship: Scores". CurlingZone. Retrieved 2019-06-07.