Sydney Galusha

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Sydney Galusha
Curler
Born (2009-07-20) July 20, 2009 (age 16)
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Team
Curling club Yellowknife Curling Club,
Yellowknife, NT [1]
Skip Sydney Galusha
Third Ella Skauge
Second Mackenzie Chiasson
Lead Brynn Chorostkowski
Curling career Curling pictogram.svg
Member AssociationFlag of the Northwest Territories.svg Northwest Territories
Hearts appearances1 (2025)

Sydney Galusha (born July 20, 2009) is a Canadian curler from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. [2] She currently skips her own junior team out of the Northwest Territories. She is known as the youngest curler to compete in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts at 15 years of age. [3]

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Career

Juniors

In 2024, Galusha competed in the 2024 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, as the skip for the Northwest Territories team. [4] Her rink would go on to finish the round robin with a 2-6 record, and finished 14th overall in the tournament. Galusha and her rink would return for the also skipped the 2025 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, where her rink finished the round robin with a 1-7 record, finishing 16th overall.

Womens

In 2025, she would join her mother, Kerry Galusha's rink at second to make a run at the 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. In the 2025 Northwest Territories Women's Curling Championship, her team would go on to defeat the Betti Delorey rink three games to one and qualify themselves for the 2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. [5] With this qualification, Galusha becomes the youngest curler on record to compete in the Scotties Tournaments of Hearts [3] At the 2025 Scotties, the team finished the round robin with a 3–5 record, and her mother, Kerry, announced her retirement from competitive curling.

Personal life

Galusha is the daughter of 21-time Northwest Territories Women's Curling Champion Kerry Galusha, and the niece of Canadian and World men's curling champion Kevin Koe, who skips a team out of Alberta, as well as Jamie Koe, who skips a team out of the Northwest Territories. [3]

Galusha also plays basketball, and was on the Northwest Territories women's team at the 2025 Canada Summer Games. [6]

Teams

SeasonSkipThirdSecondLeadAlternate
2023–24Kali SkaugeSydney Galusha Ella Skauge Brynn Chorostkowski
2024–25 Kerry Galusha Megan Koehler Sydney Galusha Shona Barbour Ella Skauge
Sydney GalushaElla SkaugeMackenzie ChiassonBrynn Chorostowski

References

  1. ↑ "Northwest Territories (Galusha) Profile". Curling Canada. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  2. ↑ "2025 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. February 12, 2025. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "2 teens, including veteran skip's daughter, to curl for Team N.W.T. at upcoming Scotties tournament". CBC. January 31, 2025. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  4. ↑ "2024 U21 Teams". Curling Canada. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  5. ↑ "New-look Team Galusha heading back to the national stage". NNSL. 24 January 2025. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Galusha hands off Northwest Territories women's curling torch to daughter at Hearts". TSN. February 16, 2025. Retrieved February 16, 2025.
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