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2021 United States mixed doubles curling Olympic trials

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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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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

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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

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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

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The teams competing in the 2021 trials are:[6]

Female Male Locale
Sarah Anderson Korey Dropkin Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota
Madison Bear Andrew Stopera Minnesota Chaska, Minnesota
Jenna Burchesky Ben Richardson Massachusetts Walpole, Massachusetts
Cory Christensen John Shuster Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota
Aileen Geving Luc Violette Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota
Becca Hamilton Matt Hamilton Wisconsin Madison, Wisconsin
Vicky Persinger Chris Plys Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska / Minnesota Chaska, Minnesota
Tabitha Peterson Joe Polo Minnesota Chaska, Minnesota
Jamie Sinclair Rich Ruohonen Minnesota Chaska, Minnesota
Monica Walker Alex Leichter Massachusetts Boston, Massachusetts

Round-robin standings

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Final round-robin standings

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

Round-robin results

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

Draw 1

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Tuesday, October 26, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Bear / Stopera 0 1 0 0 2 0 X X 3
Minnesota Peterson / Polo (has hammer) 3 0 4 1 0 1 X X 9
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys (has hammer) 1 1 0 4 2 0 1 X 9
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 X 4
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 0 5
Wisconsin B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Geving / Violette 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 X 4
Minnesota Sinclair / Ruohonen (has hammer) 1 0 2 2 0 1 3 X 9
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 6
Massachusetts Burchesky / Richardson 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 8

Draw 2

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Tuesday, October 26, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Sinclair / Ruohonen 2 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 7
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter (has hammer) 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Wisconsin B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton 0 1 1 1 0 0 X X 3
Minnesota Geving / Violette (has hammer) 4 0 0 0 3 1 X X 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Massachusetts Burchesky / Richardson (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X 2
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys 1 0 2 1 0 5 X X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Bear / Stopera 2 0 5 1 0 2 0 X 10
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 0 1 X 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 X 2
Minnesota Peterson / Polo 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 X 5

Draw 3

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Wednesday, October 27, 10:00 am

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Geving / Violette 0 2 0 2 0 0 3 1 8
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster (has hammer) 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Massachusetts Burchesky / Richardson 0 1 2 0 0 0 5 0 8
Minnesota Bear / Stopera (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Peterson / Polo 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 0 6
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 4 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Wisconsin B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton (has hammer) 3 1 0 0 3 0 4 X 11
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Sinclair / Ruohonen 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 6
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys (has hammer) 1 1 0 1 0 3 0 1 7

Draw 4

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Wednesday, October 27, 2:30 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Massachusetts Burchesky / Richardson 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 6
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin (has hammer) 2 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 7
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster (has hammer) 2 1 2 0 2 X X X 7
Minnesota Sinclair / Ruohonen 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 1
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Geving / Violette (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 5
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 6
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Peterson / Polo 0 2 2 1 0 4 X X 9
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 3 0 X X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Wisconsin B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton (has hammer) 0 0 3 2 2 0 1 X 8
Minnesota Bear / Stopera 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 X 4

Draw 5

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Wednesday, October 27, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys 1 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 7
Wisconsin B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter (has hammer) 4 0 2 2 0 1 1 X 10
Minnesota Peterson / Polo 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 X 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Minnesota Sinclair / Ruohonen (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 5
Minnesota Bear / Stopera 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 3 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster (has hammer) 1 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 7
Massachusetts Burchesky / Richardson 0 1 1 0 2 0 1 0 5
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Geving / Violette 0 0 1 0 3 0 1 X 5
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin (has hammer) 2 2 0 3 0 1 0 X 8

Draw 6

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Thursday, October 28, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Peterson / Polo 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 4
Minnesota Sinclair / Ruohonen (has hammer) 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 1 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Geving / Violette 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 0 7
Massachusetts Burchesky / Richardson (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 6
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster (has hammer) 0 1 2 3 0 1 1 0 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin (has hammer) 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 X 8
Wisconsin B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 X 4
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Bear / Stopera 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 5
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 9

Draw 7

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Thursday, October 28, 7:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster 0 2 0 0 3 1 0 1 7
Minnesota Bear / Stopera (has hammer) 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin (has hammer) 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 X 5
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 3
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Wisconsin B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton (has hammer) 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 4 10
Minnesota Peterson / Polo 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys 0 3 0 3 0 1 0 1 8
Minnesota Geving / Violette (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Massachusetts Burchesky / Richardson 0 2 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 8
Minnesota Sinclair / Ruohonen (has hammer) 3 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 1 9

Draw 8

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Friday, October 29, 12:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 5
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys (has hammer) 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 6
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Sinclair / Ruohonen (has hammer) 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 8
Wisconsin B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton 0 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 5
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Bear / Stopera (has hammer) 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 0 7
Minnesota Geving / Violette 2 2 1 0 1 0 2 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Final
Massachusetts Burchesky / Richardson 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 0 0 7
Minnesota Peterson / Polo (has hammer) 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 8
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin 0 2 0 0 1 0 X X 3
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster (has hammer) 1 0 5 2 0 3 X X 11

Draw 9

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Friday, October 29, 6:00 pm

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Wisconsin B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton (has hammer) 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 X 5
Massachusetts Burchesky / Richardson 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X 2
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Bear / Stopera 0 4 2 0 1 0 0 1 8
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 3 1 0 6
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin (has hammer) 1 2 1 0 2 0 2 X 8
Minnesota Sinclair / Ruohonen 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 3
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Massachusetts Walker / Leichter 1 1 0 4 0 2 2 1 11
Minnesota Christensen / Shuster (has hammer) 0 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 7
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Peterson / Polo (has hammer) 1 1 0 1 1 0 3 X 7
Minnesota Geving / Violette 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 2

Tiebreakers

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Saturday, October 30, 8:00 am

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

Playoffs

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1 vs. 2

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Saturday, October 30, 2:30 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys (has hammer) 1 1 4 1 0 1 0 X 8
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 X 4

3 vs. 4

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Saturday, October 30, 12:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Sinclair / Ruohonen (has hammer) 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 6
Minnesota Peterson / Polo 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 5

Semifinal

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Sunday, October 31, 11:00 am

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
Minnesota Anderson / Dropkin (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 1 0 2 0 7
Minnesota Sinclair / Ruohonen 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 3 9

Final

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Sunday, October 31, 7:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
AlaskaMinnesota Persinger / Plys (has hammer) 1 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 7
Minnesota Sinclair / Ruohonen 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 0 6

References

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  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.