2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials

2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials
Host city	Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Arena	Denny Sanford Premier Center
Dates	November 11–16
Men's winner	Team Casper
Curling club	Chaska CC, Chaska
Skip	Daniel Casper
Third	Luc Violette
Second	Ben Richardson
Lead	Aidan Oldenburg
Alternate	Rich Ruohonen
Coach	Jordan Moulton
Finalist	John Shuster
Women's winner	Team Peterson
Curling club	St. Paul CC, St. Paul
Skip	Tabitha Peterson
Third	Cory Thiesse
Second	Tara Peterson
Lead	Taylor Anderson-Heide
Coach	Cathy Overton-Clapham
Finalist	Elizabeth Cousins
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The 2025 United States Olympic Curling Team Trials for Men's and Women's curling is took place from November 11 to 16, 2025 in the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. ^[1] The men's and women's team trials each feature four teams who played in a double round robin tournament, with the top two teams then playing a best-of-three final. ^[2] The winner of both the men's (Team Daniel Casper) and women's (Team Tabitha Peterson) events represented the United States at the 2025 Olympic Qualification Event, with the goal of qualifying for the 2026 Winter Olympics. ^[1]

Qualification

The Men's and Women's trials each consisted of four teams. The winners of the 2024 and 2025 Men's and Women's National Championships each qualified, on the condition that they placed 6th or higher at the World Championships. The top United States teams on the World Curling Federation's Team Rankings that have not already qualified will then fill the trials until there are three teams each. However, because the 2025 men's team and 2024 and 2025 women's teams did not place in the top 6 at the World Championships, the top two ranked men's teams and top 3 ranked women's teams, based on the World Curling Team Rankings, qualified directly for trials. ^[3] The final slot at trials was filled with the winner of the 2025 United States Olympic Curling Team Pre-Trials. ^[4]

The following teams qualified to participate in the 2025 Curling Olympic Team Trials: ^{[3] [5]}

Men

Qualification	Qualifying Team(s)
Winner of the 2024 United States Men's Curling Championship	John Shuster
Top Ranked 2 Teams as of May 1, 2025	Korey Dropkin Daniel Casper
2025 United States Olympic Curling Team Pre-Trials	Caden Hebert

Women

Qualification	Qualifying Team(s)
Top 3 Ranked Teams as of May 1, 2025	Delaney Strouse Tabitha Peterson Elizabeth Cousins
2025 United States Olympic Curling Team Pre-Trials	Allory Johnson

Men

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: ^{[4] [6]}

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Daniel Casper	Luc Violette	Ben Richardson	Aidan Oldenburg	Rich Ruohonen	Chaska, Minnesota
Korey Dropkin	Tom Howell	Andrew Stopera	Mark Fenner		Duluth, Minnesota
Caden Hebert	Jackson Bestland	Benji Paral	Jack Wendtland	Daniel Laufer	Eau Claire, Wisconsin
John Shuster	Chris Plys	Colin Hufman	Matt Hamilton	John Landsteiner	Duluth, Minnesota

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings ^[2]

Key
	Teams to Playoff

Team W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC John Shuster 6 0 – 47 27 27 21 3 7 26.66 Daniel Casper 4 2 – 47 40 24 22 5 5 25.23 Korey Dropkin 2 4 – 41 38 23 22 6 6 19.48 Caden Hebert 0 6 – 25 55 19 28 2 1 32.32

Round Robin Summary Table

Pos.	Team	Casper		Dropkin		Hebert		Shuster		Record
		1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd
2	Casper	—		9–7	10–6	14–6	7–5	2–10	5–6	4–2
3	Dropkin	7–9	6–10	—		8–2	10–2	5–7	5–8	2–4
4	Hebert	6–14	5–7	2–8	2–10	—		3–8	7–8	0–6
1	Shuster	10–2	6–5	7–5	8–5	8–3	8–7	—		6–0

Round-robin results

All draws are listed in Central Time (UTC−06:00). ^[2]

Draw 1

Tuesday, November 11, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Caden Hebert	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	3
John Shuster	0	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	3	X	8

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Daniel Casper	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	3	0	0	2	9
Korey Dropkin	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	2	0	7

Draw 2

Tuesday, November 11, 7:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Caden Hebert	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2
Korey Dropkin	0	3	0	2	1	0	2	X	X	X	8

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Daniel Casper	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	2
John Shuster	3	0	4	0	1	2	X	X	X	X	10

Draw 3

Wednesday, November 12, 12:00 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Caden Hebert	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	X	X	6
Daniel Casper	2	0	2	0	3	0	2	5	X	X	14

Draw 4

Wednesday, November 12, 7:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster	1	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	6
Daniel Casper	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Korey Dropkin	1	1	0	0	2	0	6	X	X	X	10
Caden Hebert	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	2

Draw 5

Thursday, November 13, 12:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Korey Dropkin	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	6
Daniel Casper	0	2	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
John Shuster	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	8
Caden Hebert	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	7

Draw 6

Thursday, November 13, 7:00 pm

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Caden Hebert	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	X	5
Daniel Casper	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	2	0	X	7

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. ^[2]

	Best-of-three
	1	John Shuster	6	7	5
	2	Daniel Casper	7	6	7

Game 1

Friday, November 14, 7:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	6
Daniel Casper	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	7

Game 2

Saturday, November 15, 6:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	7
Daniel Casper	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	6

Game 3

Sunday, November 16, 6:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
John Shuster	0	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	X	5
Daniel Casper	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	X	7

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows: ^{[4] [7]}

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Elizabeth Cousins	Annmarie Dubberstein	Allison Howell	Elizabeth Janiak		Nashua, New Hampshire
Allory Johnson	Gianna Johnson	Morgan Zacher	Bailey Vaydich	Ella Wendling	Blaine, Minnesota
Tabitha Peterson	Cory Thiesse	Tara Peterson	Taylor Anderson-Heide		Saint Paul, Minnesota
Delaney Strouse (Fourth)	Anne O'Hara	Sydney Mullaney	Madison Bear (Skip) [a]		Traverse City, Michigan

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings ^[2]

Key
	Teams to Playoff
	Teams to Tiebreaker

Team W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC Tabitha Peterson 5 1 – 51 36 22 21 3 7 16.44 Elizabeth Cousins 3 3 2–0 47 44 31 26 0 12 26.80 Delaney Strouse 3 3 0–2 41 39 26 24 4 9 19.21 Allory Johnson 1 5 – 32 52 21 30 3 4 31.54

Round Robin Summary Table

Pos.	Team	Cousins		Johnson		Peterson		Strouse		Record
		1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd
2	Cousins	—		10–7	6–7	5–9	9–10	7–6	10–5	3–3
4	Johnson	7–10	7-6	—		4–10	5–9	5–9	4–8	1–5
1	Peterson	9–5	10–9	10–4	9–5	—		8–5	5–8	5–1
3	Strouse	6–7	5–10	9–5	8–4	5–8	8–5	—		3–3

Round-robin results

All draws are listed in Central Time (UTC−06:00). ^[2]

Draw 1

Tuesday, November 11, 12:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Allory Johnson	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	X	5
Delaney Strouse	1	0	3	0	2	2	0	0	1	X	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Elizabeth Cousins	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	X	5
Tabitha Peterson	2	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	0	X	9

Draw 2

Tuesday, November 11, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Allory Johnson	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	X	4
Tabitha Peterson	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	3	3	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Elizabeth Cousins	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	1	1	7
Delaney Strouse	1	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	6

Draw 3

Wednesday, November 12, 12:00 pm

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

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Allory Johnson	0	2	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	X	8
Elizabeth Cousins	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	X	10

Draw 4

Wednesday, November 12, 7:00 pm

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Delaney Strouse	0	0	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	X	5
Elizabeth Cousins	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	3	2	X	10

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tabitha Peterson	0	2	1	0	1	0	3	0	2	X	9
Allory Johnson	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	X	5

Draw 5

Thursday, November 13, 12:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tabitha Peterson	0	2	0	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	10
Elizabeth Cousins	1	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	9

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Delaney Strouse	0	1	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	X	8
Allory Johnson	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	0	X	4

Draw 6

Thursday, November 13, 7:00 pm

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

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Allory Johnson	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	3	0	1	7
Elizabeth Cousins	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	6

Tiebreaker

Friday, November 14, 8:00 am

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Elizabeth Cousins	0	0	1	0	3	0	2	0	1	2	9
Delaney Strouse	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	5

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. ^[2]

	Best-of-three
	1	Tabitha Peterson	7	8	X
	2	Elizabeth Cousins	4	4	X

Game 1

Friday, November 14, 2:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tabitha Peterson	0	1	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	X	7
Elizabeth Cousins	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	X	4

Game 2

Saturday, November 15, 2:00 pm

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Tabitha Peterson	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	X	8
Elizabeth Cousins	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	4

Notes

1. Madison Bear skipped Team Delaney Strouse.

References

1. "U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS FOR MEN's, WOMEN'S, AND WHEELCHAIR CURLING HEADED TO SIOUX FALLS". USA Curling. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
2. "2026 U.S Olympic Team Trials - Curling Schedule" (PDF). USA Curling. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
3. "SIX TEAMS QUALIFY FOR OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS IN SIOUX FALLS, FINAL TWO DETERMINED AT PRE-TRIALS EVENT". USA Curling. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
4. "TEAMS JOHNSON AND HEBERT SECURE FINAL BERTHS IN OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS". USA Curling. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
5. "PRELIMINARY NOTICE TO ATHLETE SELECTION PROCEDURES OLYMPIC GAMES, MILANO/CORTINA 2026" (PDF). USA Curling. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
6. "Men's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
7. "Women's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 21 September 2025.

External links

• Men's Event
• Women's Event