2021 United States Olympic curling trials

2021 United States Olympic Curling Trials
Host city	Omaha, Nebraska
Arena	Baxter Arena
Dates	November 12–21
Men's winner	Team Shuster
Curling club	Duluth CC, Duluth, MN
Skip	John Shuster
Third	Chris Plys
Second	Matt Hamilton
Lead	John Landsteiner
Coach	Sean Beighton
Finalist	Korey Dropkin
Women's winner	Team Peterson
Curling club	St. Paul CC, St. Paul, MN
Skip	Tabitha Peterson
Third	Nina Roth
Second	Becca Hamilton
Lead	Tara Peterson
Alternate	Aileen Geving
Coach	Laine Peters
Finalist	Cory Christensen
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The 2021 United States Olympic Curling Trials was held from November 12 to 21, 2021 at the Baxter Arena in Omaha, Nebraska. ^[1] The trials featured six men's teams and six women's teams who played in a double round robin tournament. ^[2] After the round robin, the top two teams on each side played a best-of-three playoff to determine the winner. ^[3] The winner of both the men's and women's events will represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. ^[4]

Qualification

As both John Shuster and Tabitha Peterson finished within the top six teams at the 2021 World Men's Curling Championship and the 2021 World Women's Curling Championship respectively, the United States earned an automatic berth into the 2022 Winter Olympics in the men's and women's events. ^{[5] [6]}

The following teams qualified to participate in the 2021 Curling Olympic Trials: ^[7]

Men

Qualification	Berths	Qualifying Team(s)
Winner of the 2020 United States Men's Curling Championship	1	John Shuster
Highest two placing teams at the 2021 United States Men's Curling Championship	2	Korey Dropkin Jed Brundidge
Winners of Trials Qualifier #1	1	Rich Ruohonen
Winners of Trials Qualifier #2	1	Greg Persinger
Highest ranking non-qualified team from the two qualifiers	1	Scott Dunnam

Women

Qualification	Berths	Qualifying Team(s)
Winner of the 2020 United States Women's Curling Championship	1	Tabitha Peterson
Highest two placing teams at the 2021 United States Women's Curling Championship	2	Cory Christensen Jamie Sinclair
Winners of Trials Qualifier #1	1	Madison Bear
Winners of Trials Qualifier #2	1	Delaney Strouse
Highest ranking non-qualified team from the two qualifiers	1	Kim Rhyme

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: ^[8]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Locale
Jed Brundidge	Evan Workin	Lance Wheeler	Cameron Rittenour	Nic Wagner	Dave Jensen	Saint Paul, Minnesota
Korey Dropkin	Joe Polo	Mark Fenner	Thomas Howell	Alex Fenson	Tim Solin	Duluth, Minnesota
Scott Dunnam	Hunter Clawson	Cody Clouser	Andrew Dunnam	Daniel Dudt	Bruce Clouser	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Greg Persinger (fourth)	Alex Leichter	Ben Richardson	Craig Brown (skip)	Dominik Märki	Chase Sinnett	Fairbanks, Alaska
Rich Ruohonen	Andrew Stopera	Colin Hufman	Phil Tilker	Kroy Nernberger	Pete Annis	Minneapolis, Minnesota
John Shuster	Chris Plys	Matt Hamilton	John Landsteiner		Sean Beighton	Chaska, Minnesota

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings ^[9]

Key
	Teams to Playoff

Team W L PF PA EW EL BE SE John Shuster 9 1 83 41 46 31 2 16 Korey Dropkin 7 3 69 52 43 37 5 13 Rich Ruohonen 6 4 65 70 44 41 5 11 Scott Dunnam 4 6 68 71 41 43 3 14 Greg Persinger 4 6 64 71 39 44 0 9 Jed Brundidge 0 10 37 81 28 45 6 2

Round-robin results

All draws are listed in Central Time (UTC−06:00). ^[10]

Draw 1

Friday, November 12, 7:30 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Persinger	0	1	0	3	0	3	0	2	0	2	11
Rich Ruohonen	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	7

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Dunnam	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	1	2	X	9
Korey Dropkin	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	X	5

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

Draw 2

Saturday, November 13, 2:00 pm

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

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Persinger	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	X	10
Jed Brundidge	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	4

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rich Ruohonen	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	4
Korey Dropkin	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	7

Draw 3

Sunday, November 14, 9:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Korey Dropkin	2	0	1	0	1	0	2	3	0	X	9
Greg Persinger	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	X	7

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

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Dunnam	2	0	1	2	0	1	0	3	0	0	9
Jed Brundidge	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	1	8

Draw 4

Sunday, November 14, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rich Ruohonen	0	1	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	1	8
Scott Dunnam	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	0	7

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jed Brundidge	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	5
Korey Dropkin	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	6

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

Draw 5

Monday, November 15, 12:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
John Shuster	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	8
Korey Dropkin	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	7

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Dunnam	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	7
Greg Persinger	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	8

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jed Brundidge	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	2
Rich Ruohonen	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	X	5

Draw 6

Monday, November 15, 8:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jed Brundidge	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	2
Greg Persinger	1	3	0	3	1	0	X	X	X	X	8

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Korey Dropkin	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	8
Rich Ruohonen	2	0	1	0	3	1	0	2	0	2	11

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster	2	0	1	0	4	1	3	X	X	X	11
Scott Dunnam	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	X	3

Draw 7

Tuesday, November 16, 2:00 pm

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

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jed Brundidge	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	X	5
Scott Dunnam	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	3	1	X	10

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Persinger	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	2
Korey Dropkin	1	3	0	2	0	2	X	X	X	X	8

Draw 8

Wednesday, November 17, 9:00 am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Korey Dropkin	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	1	X	7
Jed Brundidge	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	2

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

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Scott Dunnam	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	6
Rich Ruohonen	2	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7

Draw 9

Wednesday, November 17, 7:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Greg Persinger	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	4
Scott Dunnam	1	1	0	1	2	0	6	X	X	X	11

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rich Ruohonen	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	6
Jed Brundidge	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	5

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

Draw 10

Thursday, November 18, 2:00 pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jed Brundidge	0	1	0	3	0	0	X	X	X	X	4
John Shuster	0	0	2	0	4	5	X	X	X	X	11

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Korey Dropkin	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	X	6
Scott Dunnam	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	X	3

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Rich Ruohonen	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	7
Greg Persinger	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	6

Playoff

The final round was between the top two teams at the end of the round robin. The teams played a best-of-three series. ^[11]

	Best-of-three
	1	John Shuster	4	7	5
	2	Korey Dropkin	8	3	4

Game 1

Friday, November 19, 5:00 pm

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

Game 2

Saturday, November 20, 5:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Korey Dropkin	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
John Shuster	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	2	7

Game 3

Sunday, November 21, 5:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Korey Dropkin	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	1	4
John Shuster	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	5

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: ^[8]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Locale
Madison Bear	Annmarie Dubberstein	Taylor Drees	Allison Howell		Jordan Moulton	Chaska, Minnesota
Cory Christensen	Sarah Anderson	Vicky Persinger	Taylor Anderson		Cathy Overton-Clapham	Chaska, Minnesota
Tabitha Peterson	Nina Roth	Becca Hamilton	Tara Peterson	Aileen Geving	Laine Peters	Chaska, Minnesota
Kim Rhyme	Libby Brundage	Cait Flannery	Katie Rhyme	Lexi Lanigan	Bill Rhyme	Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jamie Sinclair	Monica Walker	Cora Farrell	Elizabeth Cousins		Mark Lazar	Charlotte, North Carolina
Delaney Strouse	Anne O'Hara	Sydney Mullaney	Rebecca Rodgers	Susan Dudt	Amy Harnden	Minneapolis, Minnesota

Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings ^[9]

Key
	Teams to Playoff

Team W L PF PA EW EL BE SE Tabitha Peterson 9 1 87 46 46 35 4 16 Cory Christensen 7 3 72 62 41 38 2 10 Jamie Sinclair 4 6 65 72 39 44 3 8 Kim Rhyme 4 6 60 74 38 41 6 8 Delaney Strouse 3 7 67 80 45 47 3 12 Madison Bear 3 7 53 70 38 42 5 13

Round-robin results

All draws are listed in Central Time (UTC−06:00). ^[12]

Draw 1

Saturday, November 13, 9:00 am

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cory Christensen	3	0	0	0	3	3	X	X	X	X	9
Kim Rhyme	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Delaney Strouse	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	X	5
Tabitha Peterson	0	2	0	1	0	3	2	0	0	X	8

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Madison Bear	1	1	0	2	3	1	2	X	X	X	10
Jamie Sinclair	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	2

Draw 2

Saturday, November 13, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Delaney Strouse	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	1	1	X	8
Madison Bear	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	X	3

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cory Christensen	0	1	3	0	1	0	1	3	0	X	9
Jamie Sinclair	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	2	X	6

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kim Rhyme	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	2	1	7
Tabitha Peterson	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	5

Draw 3

Sunday, November 14, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tabitha Peterson	2	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	1	X	9
Cory Christensen	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	5

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kim Rhyme	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	X	8
Madison Bear	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Delaney Strouse	2	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	7
Jamie Sinclair	0	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	8

Draw 4

Monday, November 15, 8:00 am

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kim Rhyme	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	3	2	1	10
Delaney Strouse	2	0	2	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	9

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jamie Sinclair	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	7
Tabitha Peterson	0	0	0	2	1	0	1	2	0	2	8

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cory Christensen	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	1	1	8
Madison Bear	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	5

Draw 5

Monday, November 15, 4:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Madison Bear	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	X	3
Tabitha Peterson	2	0	4	0	0	1	2	X	X	X	9

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Delaney Strouse	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	6
Cory Christensen	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	8

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jamie Sinclair	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	2	0	X	8
Kim Rhyme	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	X	5

Draw 6

Tuesday, November 16, 9:00 am

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jamie Sinclair	1	0	1	0	3	0	3	2	X	X	10
Cory Christensen	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	3

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tabitha Peterson	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	1	X	7
Kim Rhyme	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Madison Bear	0	1	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	X	7
Delaney Strouse	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2

Draw 7

Tuesday, November 16, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Madison Bear	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	3	1	8
Kim Rhyme	0	0	2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	7

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Jamie Sinclair	0	0	3	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	0	8
Delaney Strouse	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	9

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cory Christensen	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	X	4
Tabitha Peterson	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	X	9

Draw 8

Wednesday, November 17, 2:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tabitha Peterson	0	3	2	2	2	0	X	X	X	X	9
Jamie Sinclair	2	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	3

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Madison Bear	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	4
Cory Christensen	1	0	0	1	0	4	0	1	1	X	8

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Delaney Strouse	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	1	10
Kim Rhyme	0	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	6

Draw 9

Thursday, November 18, 9:00 am

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Cory Christensen	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	8
Delaney Strouse	0	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	6

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kim Rhyme	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	3	X	7
Jamie Sinclair	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	4

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tabitha Peterson	2	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	3	X	9
Madison Bear	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	X	4

Draw 10

Thursday, November 18, 7:00 pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Jamie Sinclair	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	9
Madison Bear	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	5

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tabitha Peterson	3	0	0	3	3	0	1	4	X	X	14
Delaney Strouse	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	5

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kim Rhyme	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	X	6
Cory Christensen	0	0	6	0	2	0	1	0	1	X	10

Playoff

The final round was between the top two teams at the end of the round robin. The teams played a best-of-three series. ^[13]

	Best-of-three
	1	Tabitha Peterson	8	9	X
	2	Cory Christensen	7	4	X

Game 1

Friday, November 19, 8:00 pm

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tabitha Peterson	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	8
Cory Christensen	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	7

Game 2

Saturday, November 20, 8:00 pm

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tabitha Peterson	1	1	0	3	1	0	2	1	X	X	9
Cory Christensen	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	X	X	4

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