2012 United States Men's Curling Championship – Qualification

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Qualification for the 2012 United States Men's Curling Championship took place in two rounds in January at various locations throughout the nation. The number of entrants to the national championships was cut down to eleven teams through a playdown system of regional qualifiers and a challenge round.

Qualification system

As with last year, teams qualified for the men's nationals either by qualifying automatically as one of the top two teams on the World Curling Tour Order of Merit, by qualifying through a regional qualifier, or by qualifying through the challenge round. The two teams that qualified automatically to the championships were chosen based on the Order of Merit upon the conclusion of the Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel. ^[1] This year, the teams were those skipped by Tyler George and Craig Brown. ^[2] The other eight spots in the nationals were awarded as follows: five were awarded to the top finishers in the regional qualifiers, and three were awarded to the top finishers in the challenge round. ^[1]

The qualification rounds were all held with the double knockout provision in place. The double knockout provision states that a team is eliminated from qualifying for the nationals if the team has at least two losses in their win-loss record. If there are teams with less than two losses, they will play each other until the number of teams still able to qualify matches the number of qualification spots available.

Regional qualifiers

The qualifiers were held from January 4 to 8 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Seattle, Washington, Grand Forks, North Dakota, and Laurel, Maryland, given that at least five teams sign up at each qualifier. If there were less than five teams signed up at any site, the qualifier at that site would have been cancelled, and teams could either be moved to an alternate site or cancel their registration. Qualifiers with more than ten teams would have been held in a knockout format, and qualifiers with less than ten teams would have been held in a round robin format. Each qualifier site was awarded one or more qualification spots to the nationals based on the strength of field at each qualifier site. ^[1] The strength of field of each team was calculated using Order of Merit points, past participation in national championships and world championships, and final ranks at past national championships. In total, five teams qualified from the four regional qualifiers, and eight teams moved from the qualifiers to the challenge round. This year, the teams that qualified from the regional qualifiers were those skipped by Heath McCormick, Wes Johnson, John Shuster, Owen Sampson, and Blake Morton.

Challenge round

The top eight finishers from the regional qualifiers that did not qualify for the nationals were invited to play in the challenge round, which were held from January 19 to 22 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Two other teams that were not qualified to either the nationals or the challenge round were then invited based on their Order of Merit points. If a team qualifying to the challenge round through a regional qualifier declined its invitation, the spot would have been filled based on the Order of Merit. A maximum of ten teams could play at the challenge round. ^[1] The number of teams invited from each qualifier were determined using the strength of field system. The challenge round was played in a round robin format. At the conclusion of the round robin, the top three teams were chosen to qualify to the nationals. This year, those teams were those skipped by Eric Fenson, Mike Farbelow, and Todd Birr.

Regional qualifiers

All four qualifiers were held at their respective locations from January 4 to 8. A total of 39 teams registered to participate in the regional qualifiers. Of these teams, three teams qualified directly to the nationals without participation in the qualifying rounds. The rink skipped by Pete Fenson did not have to participate in the qualifiers due to their participation on behalf of the United States at the 2012 USA-Brazil Challenge. Two teams, skipped by Tyler George and Craig Brown, qualified directly to the nationals by virtue of their Order of Merit rankings. If Fenson was one of the top two ranked Order of Merit teams, there would only have been one other team qualifying directly to the nationals via Order of Merit, but Fenson was not one of the top two ranked Order of Merit teams, so the top two ranked teams qualified directly to the nationals.

Participating teams

The following is a list of all teams registered to participate in the regional qualifiers. ^[3] The teams skipped by Pete Fenson, Craig Brown, and Tyler George qualified automatically, and as such did not need to participate in the qualifying rounds. ^[2]

Key
	Teams Directly to Nationals
	Teams to challenge round

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Laurel Qualifier
Joe Calabrese	Michael Mengel	Jason Sethi	Brian Anderson		Fairport, New York
Brandon Corbett	Sean Murray	Mark Mooney	Mike Graziano		Rochester, New York
Brian Damon	Michael Stefanik	Peter Drechsler	Arthur Merkley		Schenectady, New York
Brian Galebach	Richard Ashford	Brandon Kiraly	Eric Clawson		Columbia, Maryland
Matt Holtwick	Benjamin Levy	Nik Geller	Philip Wolf		Elyria, Ohio
Heath McCormick	William Stopera	Martin Sather	Dean Gemmell		New York, New York
Clark Raven	Jeff Pulli	Jason Scott	Christopher Lopez		Rochester, New York
Derek Surka	Alex Leichter	Bryan Fink	Jared Wydysh		New Haven, Connecticut
Richard Van Cuyck	Scott Parmelee	Joshua Ozarowsky	Tristan Mondy	Aaron Crawley	Fairport, New York
Seattle Qualifier
Sean Beighton	Andrew Ernst	Samuel Galey	MacAllan Guy		Seattle, Washington
Benjamin Guzman	Doug Schaak	Charles Taggart	Christopher Rimple		Seattle, Washington
Wes Johnson	Brady Clark	Darren Lehto	Steve Lundeen		Seattle, Washington
Doug Kauffman	Paul Lyttle	Liam Barksdale	John Rasmussen		Seattle, Washington
Christopher Pleasants	Zachary Radmer	Jon Chartrand	Richard Burmeister		Seattle, Washington
Grand Forks Qualifier
Ryan Berg	Mitch Oakland	Al Gulseth	Jordan Brown		West Fargo, North Dakota
Todd Birr	Greg Romaniuk	Doug Pottinger	Thomas O'Connor	Kevin Birr	Mankato, Minnesota
Scott Brown	Evan Workin	Braden Burckhard	Ryan Westby		Fargo, North Dakota
Joey Erjavec	Steven Gebauer	Daniel Ruehl	Marty Jurek	Noah Johnson
Eric Fenson	Trevor Andrews	Quentin Way	Mark Lazar		Bemidji, Minnesota
Pete Fenson	Shawn Rojeski	Joe Polo	Ryan Brunt		Bemidji, Minnesota
Tyler George	Christopher Plys	Rich Ruohonen	Aanders Brorson		Duluth, Minnesota
Mark Haluptzok	John Israelson	Randy Hovet	Jon Chandler		Bemidji, Minnesota
Kevin Kakela	Kurt Disher	Kyle Kakela	Pete Annis		Rolla, North Dakota
Adam Kitchens	Brandon Myhre	Alex Kitchens	Nathan Myhre		Devils Lake, North Dakota
Bill Morehouse	Cameron Delaney	Joel Cooper [a]	Ash Nelson		Utica, New York
Owen Sampson	Ned Sampson	Tucker Smith	Kyle Young		Edmore, North Dakota
John Shuster	Zach Jacobson	Jared Zezel	John Landsteiner		Duluth, Minnesota
Jason Smith	Jeffrey Isaacson	Aaron Wald	Connor McLeod		Fort Myers, Florida
Matt Stevens	Cody Stevens	Robert Liapis	Jeff Breyen		Bemidji, Minnesota
Peter Stolt	Jerod Roland	Brad Caldwell	Erik Ordway		St. Paul, Minnesota
Green Bay Qualifier
Josh Bahr	Chris Bond	John Muller	Atticus Wallace		Bemidji, Minnesota
Ryan Lemke (fourth)	John Benton (skip)	John Lilla	Steve Day		Medford, Wisconsin
Joey Bonfoey	Joel Dietz	Matt Carlson	Ted Trolson		Duluth, Minnesota
Craig Brown	Kroy Nernberger	Matt Hamilton	Derrick Casper		Madison, Wisconsin
Mike Farbelow	Kevin Deeren	Kraig Deeren	Tim Solin		Minneapolis, Minnesota
Blake Morton	Marcus Fonger	Tommy Juszczyk	Calvin Weber		McFarland, Wisconsin
Paul Pustovar	Nicholas Myers	Andrew Jukich	Jeff Puleo	Harold Rutan	Hibbing, Minnesota
Matt Rudig	Dan Wiza	Jeff Kuemmel	Michael Krajewski		Madison, Wisconsin
Greg Wilson	David Brown	Jeremy Roe	Richard Maskel		Vernon Hills, Illinois

Laurel qualifier

The Laurel qualifier was held at the Potomac Curling Club in Laurel, Maryland. It was held in a round robin format. At the conclusion of the round robin, the top team qualified directly to the Nationals, and the second-ranked team qualified to the challenge round. ^[5] The team skipped by Heath McCormick qualified directly to the Nationals, ^[2] and the team skipped by Derek Surka qualified to the challenge round. ^[6]

Standings

Final round-robin standings Skip W L Heath McCormick 8 0 Brandon Corbett 5 3 Brian Damon 5 3 Derek Surka 5 3 Joe Calabrese 4 4 Brian Galebach 3 4 Clark Raven 2 4 Matt Holtwick 1 6 Richard Van Cuyck 1 7

Standings after tiebreakers Skip W L Heath McCormick 8 0 Derek Surka 7 3 Brandon Corbett 5 4 Brian Damon 5 4 Joe Calabrese 4 4 Brian Galebach 3 4 Clark Raven 2 4 Matt Holtwick 1 6 Richard Van Cuyck 1 7

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Thursday, January 5, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brian Galebach	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	X	4
Joe Calabrese	3	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	5	X	14

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Heath McCormick	3	2	1	1	0	3	X	X	X	X	10
Richard Van Cuyck	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	2

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Clark Raven	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	5
Derek Surka	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	6

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Matt Holtwick	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	X	5
Brandon Corbett	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	4	1	X	9

Draw 2

Thursday, January 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brandon Corbett	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	3
Clark Raven	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	1	X	6

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Brian Galebach	2	0	4	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	11
Matt Holtwick	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	10

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Heath McCormick	0	1	0	3	2	0	6	X	X	X	12
Brian Damon	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	4

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Derek Surka	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	5
Richard Van Cuyck	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	7

Draw 3

Friday, January 6, 9:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brian Damon	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	X	6
Brian Galebach	2	2	1	0	2	0	3	0	1	X	11

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Joe Calabrese	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	4
Brandon Corbett	0	1	0	1	1	2	0	2	0	X	7

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Derek Surka	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	1	0	X	8
Matt Holtwick	1	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	5

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Heath McCormick	0	3	0	5	0	1	0	X	X	X	9
Clark Raven	1	0	1	0	1	0	2	X	X	X	5

Draw 4

Friday, January 6, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Derek Surka	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	3
Brandon Corbett	3	2	0	2	0	2	X	X	X	X	9

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Matt Holtwick	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	3
Heath McCormick	0	2	0	3	0	4	X	X	X	X	9

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brian Galebach	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	X	7
Richard Van Cuyck	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brian Damon	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	1	X	8
Joe Calabrese	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	3

Draw 5

Friday, January 6, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Heath McCormick	0	1	0	3	2	3	X	X	X	X	9
Joe Calabrese	1	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	2

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Richard Van Cuyck	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	2
Clark Raven	1	0	1	2	0	2	5	X	X	X	11

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brian Damon	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	4
Derek Surka	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	1	6

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brandon Corbett	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	X	X	7
Brian Galebach	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	2

Draw 6

Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Brandon Corbett	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	4
Brian Damon	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	5

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Derek Surka	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	1	7
Brian Galebach	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	6

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Joe Calabrese	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	5	X	10
Clark Raven	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Richard Van Cuyck	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	4
Matt Holtwick	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	1	X	7

Draw 7

Saturday, January 7, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Joe Calabrese	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	8
Matt Holtwick	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	0	1	0	7

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Clark Raven	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	6
Brian Damon	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	1	7

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Richard Van Cuyck	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	2
Brandon Corbett	2	0	2	3	0	2	X	X	X	X	9

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brian Galebach	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	2
Heath McCormick	2	0	3	2	2	X	X	X	X	X	9

Draw 8

Saturday, January 7, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Derek Surka	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	5
Heath McCormick	2	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	7

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Richard Van Cuyck	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	3
Joe Calabrese	0	1	0	2	1	2	1	3	X	X	10

Sheet 3	Final
Clark Raven	NP
Brian Galebach	NP

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Matt Holtwick	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	X	X	4
Brian Damon	2	1	0	0	0	3	2	0	X	X	8

Draw 9

Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brian Damon	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	X	8
Richard Van Cuyck	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	X	5

Sheet 2	Final
Matt Holtwick	NP
Clark Raven	NP

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brandon Corbett	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	6
Heath McCormick	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	9

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Derek Surka	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	7
Joe Calabrese	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	1	X	X	2

Tiebreakers

	Round 1					Round 2
						Brandon Corbett		5
	Derek Surka		11			Derek Surka		6
	Brian Damon		6

Round 1

Sunday, January 8, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Derek Surka	2	0	1	0	0	3	0	5	X	X	11
Brian Damon	0	1	0	1	3	0	1	0	X	X	6

Round 2

Sunday, January 8, 7:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Brandon Corbett	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	5
Derek Surka	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	6

Seattle qualifier

The Seattle qualifier was held at the Granite Curling Club in Seattle, Washington. It was held in a round robin format. At the conclusion of the round robin, the top team qualified directly to the Nationals, and the second-ranked team qualified to the challenge round. ^[5] The team skipped by Wes Johnson qualified directly to the Nationals, ^[2] while the team skipped by Sean Beighton qualified to the challenge round. ^[6]

Standings

Final round-robin standings Skip W L Wes Johnson 4 0 Sean Beighton 3 1 Benjamin Guzman 1 3 Doug Kauffman 1 3 Christopher Pleasants 1 3

Standings after tiebreakers Skip W L Wes Johnson 5 0 Sean Beighton 3 2 Benjamin Guzman 1 3 Doug Kauffman 1 3 Christopher Pleasants 1 3

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Thursday, January 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wes Johnson	4	0	4	0	0	2	X	X	X	X	10
Doug Kauffman	0	1	0	2	1	0	X	X	X	X	4

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sean Beighton	1	0	3	2	0	2	0	1	X	X	9
Christopher Pleasants	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3

Draw 2

Friday, January 6, 1:00 pm

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wes Johnson	2	0	2	0	3	1	1	0	X	X	9
Benjamin Guzman	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	4

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Doug Kauffman	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	2	8
Christopher Pleasants	1	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	7

Draw 3

Friday, January 6, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Christopher Pleasants	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	4
Wes Johnson	0	3	0	0	2	2	3	X	X	X	10

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Benjamin Guzman	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	4
Sean Beighton	0	1	0	0	2	2	1	0	2	X	8

Draw 4

Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Christopher Pleasants	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	2	X	8
Benjamin Guzman	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	2

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Doug Kauffman	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2
Sean Beighton	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	5

Draw 5

Saturday, January 7, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Benjamin Guzman	0	1	0	2	3	0	2	1	0	X	9
Doug Kauffman	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	X	7

Sheet 5	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sean Beighton	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	6
Wes Johnson	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	7

Tiebreaker

The "tiebreaker" was played in accordance with the double knockout provision. Wes Johnson and Sean Beighton were the top two teams in the pool, and even though Johnson was undefeated, a deciding game needed to be held between Johnson and Beighton. Beighton had one loss (from losing to Johnson), and Johnson had none. If Beighton had won the tiebreaker, he and Johnson would have had one loss apiece, and would have needed to decide which team would advance to the nationals by playing another tiebreaker, which would have given one team two losses, therefore eliminating that team from the top spot. Johnson won this tiebreaker, so Beighton, with two losses, took second place.

Saturday, January 7, 7:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Wes Johnson	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6
Sean Beighton	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	5

Grand Forks qualifier

The Grand Forks qualifier was held at the Grand Forks Curling Club in Grand Forks, North Dakota. It will be held in a triple knockout format. Two teams qualified directly to the Nationals, and four teams qualified to the challenge round. ^[5] The team skipped by John Shuster qualified directly to the Nationals by winning the A Event, and the team skipped by Owen Sampson qualified directly to the Nationals by winning the B Event. ^[2] Teams skipped by Eric Fenson, Peter Stolt, Ryan Berg, and Todd Birr qualified to the challenge round. ^[6]

Knockout brackets

A event

The qualifier in the A event will be qualified to participate in the Nationals.

	First Knockout					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Qualifier 1
	Mark Haluptzok		8
	Owen Sampson		12			Owen Sampson		4
						Todd Birr		9
											Todd Birr		6
	Kevin Kakela		10								Kevin Kakela		5
	Scott Brown		8			Kevin Kakela		7
	Eric Fenson					Eric Fenson		0
	Adam Kitchens															Todd Birr		5
	Peter Stolt		7													John Shuster		10
	Bill Morehouse		5			Peter Stolt		3
						John Shuster		9
											John Shuster		8
	Matt Stevens		4								Jason Smith		4
	Ryan Berg		7			Ryan Berg		4
						Jason Smith		9

B event

The qualifier in the B event will be qualified to participate in the Nationals.

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To Pre-Qualifier
											Owen Sampson		4
	Owen Sampson		10								Jason Smith		3
	Bill Morehouse		3			Owen Sampson		10
	Matt Stevens		6			Eric Fenson		5
	Eric Fenson		7

	Round of 16					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					To Pre-Qualifier
																Ryan Berg		10
																Kevin Kakela		7
						Ryan Berg		11
	Scott Brown		4			Adam Kitchens		3
	Adam Kitchens		8								Ryan Berg		6
											Peter Stolt		5
						Mark Haluptzok		6
						Peter Stolt		7

	Pre-Qualifier					Qualifier 2
	Owen Sampson		6
	Ryan Berg		3			Owen Sampson		8
						Todd Birr		6

C event

All qualifiers in the C event will qualify to participate in the challenge round.

	Semifinals					Qualifier 1
						1	Kevin Kakela	2
	2	Adam Kitchens	3				Eric Fenson	6
	3	Eric Fenson	8

	Qualifier 2
	1	Jason Smith	6
	2	Peter Stolt	9

	Semifinals					Qualifier 3
						1	Ryan Berg	9
	2	Matt Stevens	11				Matt Stevens	3
	3	Mark Haluptzok	8

	Semifinals					Qualifier 4
						1	Todd Birr	9
	2	Steve Brown	8				Bill Morehouse	2
	3	Bill Morehouse	9

Knockout results

Draw 1

Thursday, January 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Peter Stolt	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	7
Bill Morehouse	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	5

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Kakela	3	0	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	10
Scott Brown	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	3	1	0	8

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Matt Stevens	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	4
Ryan Berg	1	0	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	X	7

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mark Haluptzok	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	8
Owen Sampson	0	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	5	12

Draw 2

Friday, January 6, 9:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Owen Sampson	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	4
Todd Birr	0	2	2	0	4	0	1	X	X	X	9

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Berg	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	4
Jason Smith	0	3	0	2	0	0	4	0	X	X	9

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Eric Fenson	3	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	X	X	9
Adam Kitchens	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	4

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

Draw 3

Friday, January 6, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Brown	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	4
Adam Kitchens	0	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	2	X	8

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Owen Sampson	3	0	1	3	0	3	X	X	X	X	10
Bill Morehouse	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	3

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Kakela	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	X	X	X	7
Eric Fenson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	0

Draw 4

Friday, January 6, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Matt Stevens	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	6
Eric Fenson	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	7

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mark Haluptzok	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	6
Peter Stolt	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	7

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Berg	2	1	0	2	1	1	0	4	X	X	11
Adam Kitchens	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	3

Draw 5

Saturday, January 7, 9:00 am

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

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6
Kevin Kakela	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	5

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Berg	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	6
Peter Stolt	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	5

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Owen Sampson	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	3	X	10
Eric Fenson	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	X	5

Draw 6

Saturday, January 7, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Owen Sampson	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4
Jason Smith	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3

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

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Berg	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	3	1	10
Kevin Kakela	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	7

Draw 7

Saturday, January 7, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Owen Sampson	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	X	6
Ryan Berg	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Steve Brown	0	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	8
Bill Morehouse	1	1	0	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	9

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Adam Kitchens	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	3
Eric Fenson	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	1	X	X	8

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Matt Stevens	1	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	2	3	11
Mark Haluptzok	0	0	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	0	8

Draw 8

Sunday, January 8, 9:00 am

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr	0	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	6
Owen Sampson	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	8

Draw 9

Sunday, January 8, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jason Smith	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	6
Peter Stolt	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	2	1	2	9

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kevin Kakela	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2
Eric Fenson	0	0	1	2	1	0	2	X	X	X	6

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Berg	0	3	0	4	0	1	0	1	X	X	9
Matt Stevens	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr	2	3	0	4	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
Bill Morehouse	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	2

Green Bay qualifier

The Green Bay qualifier was held at the Green Bay Curling Club in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was held in a round robin format. At the conclusion of the round robin, one team qualified directly to the Nationals, and two teams qualified to the challenge round. ^[5] The team skipped by Blake Morton qualified directly to the Nationals, ^[2] while the teams skipped by John Benton and Mike Farbelow qualified to the challenge round. ^[6]

Standings

Final round-robin standings Skip W L John Benton 3 2 Mike Farbelow 3 2 Blake Morton 3 2 Paul Pustovar 3 2 Joey Bonfoey 2 3 Matt Rudig 1 4

Standings after tiebreakers Skip W L Blake Morton 5 2 John Benton 4 3 Mike Farbelow 4 3 Paul Pustovar 3 4 Joey Bonfoey 2 3 Matt Rudig 1 4

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Thursday, January 5, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Joey Bonfoey	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	1
Paul Pustovar	2	0	0	1	0	1	3	X	X	X	7

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Benton	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	1	7
Blake Morton	0	3	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	8

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Farbelow	1	1	3	4	3	X	X	X	X	X	12
Matt Rudig	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	0

Draw 2

Thursday, January 5, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Farbelow	3	0	0	1	2	0	3	X	X	X	9
Blake Morton	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Matt Rudig	0	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	3
Paul Pustovar	4	1	0	4	0	2	X	X	X	X	11

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
John Benton	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	0	7
Joey Bonfoey	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	9

Draw 3

Friday, January 6, 2:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Paul Pustovar	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3
John Benton	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	4

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Farbelow	2	0	0	1	1	1	4	X	X	X	9
Joey Bonfoey	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	1

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Matt Rudig	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	3
Blake Morton	0	0	1	2	3	1	0	0	2	X	9

Draw 4

Friday, January 6, 8:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Blake Morton	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	6
Joey Bonfoey	1	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	1	X	10

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Benton	0	0	0	3	3	3	X	X	X	X	9
Matt Rudig	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Paul Pustovar	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	8
Mike Farbelow	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	7

Draw 5

Saturday, January 7, 11:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Benton	0	3	0	3	1	0	3	X	X	X	10
Mike Farbelow	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Blake Morton	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	2	8
Paul Pustovar	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Joey Bonfoey	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	4
Matt Rudig	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	6

Tiebreakers

Round 1

Saturday, January 7, 4:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Blake Morton	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	7
Mike Farbelow	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	5

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Benton	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	4	X	X	8
Paul Pustovar	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	2

Round 2

Saturday, January 7, 9:00 pm

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Blake Morton	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	X	7
John Benton	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	3

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Farbelow	5	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	8
Paul Pustovar	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	X	X	X	4

Challenge round

The challenge round was held from January 19 to 22 at the Eau Claire Curling Club in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. A maximum of ten teams could compete in the challenge round, and three teams advanced to the nationals. ^[5] A maximum of eight teams from the qualifiers could compete in the challenge round, while a minimum of two teams were chosen based on their Order of Merit. The teams skipped by Eric Fenson, Mike Farbelow, and Todd Birr advanced to the nationals.

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: ^[6]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale	Qualification method
Ryan Lemke (fourth)	John Benton (skip)	John Lilla	Steve Day		Medford, Wisconsin	Green Bay Qualifier
Mike Farbelow	Kevin Deeren	Kraig Deeren	Tim Solin		Minneapolis, Minnesota	Green Bay Qualifier
Sean Beighton 1	Andrew Ernst	Samuel Galey	MacAllan Guy		Seattle, Washington	Seattle Qualifier
Ryan Berg	Mitch Oakland	Al Gulseth	Jordan Brown		West Fargo, North Dakota	Grand Forks Qualifier
Todd Birr	Greg Romaniuk	Doug Pottinger	Thomas O'Connor	Kevin Birr	Mankato, Minnesota	Grand Forks Qualifier
Eric Fenson	Trevor Andrews	Quentin Way	Mark Lazar		Bemidji, Minnesota	Grand Forks Qualifier
Peter Stolt	Jerod Roland	Brad Caldwell	Erik Ordway		St. Paul, Minnesota	Grand Forks Qualifier
Derek Surka	Alex Leichter	Chris Bond	Jared Wydysh	Bryan Fink	New Haven, Connecticut	Laurel Qualifier
Paul Pustovar	Nicholas Myers	Andrew Jukich	Jeff Puleo	Harold Rutan	Hibbing, Minnesota	Order of Merit
Sean Murray	Scott Edie	Mark Mooney	Mike Graziano	Brandon Corbett	Rochester, New York	Order of Merit

Notes

1. ^ Beighton declined his berth to the challenge round.

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings

Skip	W	L
Eric Fenson	7	1
Mike Farbelow	6	2
Todd Birr	6	2
Derek Surka	5	3
John Benton	3	5
Paul Pustovar	3	5
Peter Stolt	2	5
Ryan Berg	2	6
Sean Murray	1	6

Round-robin results

Draw 1

Thursday, January 19, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Benton	0	0	0	2	2	0	3	0	1	X	8
Peter Stolt	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Derek Surka	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	2
Mike Farbelow	2	1	2	0	1	0	1	X	X	X	7

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Berg	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
Todd Birr	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	0	1	X	7

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Eric Fenson	1	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	3	11
Paul Pustovar	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	2	0	8

Draw 2

Thursday, January 19, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Sean Murray	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	2	1	8
Todd Birr	0	0	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	7

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Eric Fenson	0	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	2	X	8
John Benton	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	3

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Paul Pustovar	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	4
Peter Stolt	1	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	5

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Berg	1	0	1	0	3	0	X	X	X	X	5
Mike Farbelow	0	2	0	5	0	7	X	X	X	X	14

Draw 3

Friday, January 20, 9:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Peter Stolt	0	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	6
Eric Fenson	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	7

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Paul Pustovar	2	1	0	2	0	2	3	X	X	X	10
Ryan Berg	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	X	X	X	4

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sean Murray	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	3
John Benton	0	0	3	0	2	0	3	X	X	X	8

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr	1	1	0	2	1	0	4	X	X	X	9
Derek Surka	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2

Draw 4

Friday, January 20, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Berg	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4
Derek Surka	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	7

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Farbelow	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	3
Peter Stolt	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	7

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	5
Eric Fenson	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	7

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Paul Pustovar	0	0	3	0	1	2	0	1	1	X	8
Sean Murray	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	4

Draw 5

Friday, January 20, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr	0	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	X	X	7
Peter Stolt	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	3

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Ryan Berg	3	0	0	2	1	1	1	X	X	X	8
Sean Murray	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	2

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Derek Surka	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	X	7
Paul Pustovar	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	5

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Farbelow	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	8
John Benton	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	4

Draw 6

Saturday, January 21, 9:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Farbelow	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	X	X	8
Paul Pustovar	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Benton	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	4
Derek Surka	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	6

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Eric Fenson	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	X	X	X	7
Sean Murray	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	X	2

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Peter Stolt	0	1	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	7
Ryan Berg	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	8

Draw 7

Saturday, January 21, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Eric Fenson	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	6
Ryan Berg	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	5

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Sean Murray	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	X	4
Mike Farbelow	0	0	2	0	3	2	0	2	X	X	9

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Peter Stolt	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	5
Derek Surka	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	6

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Benton	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	X	3
Todd Birr	0	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	6

Draw 8

Saturday, January 21, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Derek Surka	2	1	0	1	0	5	X	X	X	X	9
Sean Murray	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	2

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Todd Birr	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	0	3	X	9
Paul Pustovar	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Benton	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	7
Ryan Berg	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Farbelow	2	0	2	2	3	0	X	X	X	X	9
Eric Fenson	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	1

Draw 9

Sunday, January 22, 9:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Paul Pustovar	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	2	1	7
John Benton	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	6

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Derek Surka	0	3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	8
Eric Fenson	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	3	0	0	2	10

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Mike Farbelow	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	3
Todd Birr	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	3	X	X	8

Sheet 4	Final
Sean Murray	NP
Peter Stolt	NP

Notes

1. Cooper is now known as JayCee due to gender transition. ^[4]

References

1. United States Curling Association. "2011–12 USCA Championships Rules and Procedures" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-12-15. Retrieved 2011-11-27.
2. "Qualified teams, 2012 Nationals". USA Curling.
3. "Men's and Women's Playdown Teams" (PDF). 15 November 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
4. Arielle Duhaime-Ross (September 5, 2019). "How This Trans Athlete Is Fighting Back After Being Banned by USA Powerlifting". Vice. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
5. "Berth allocations announced for Men's qualifiers; schedules set". United States Curling Association.
6. "Men's challenge round teams". USA Curling.