The 2021 United States Olympic Curling Trials was held from November 12 to 21, 2021 at the Baxter Arena in Omaha, Nebraska. The trials featured six men's teams and six women's teams who played in a double round robin tournament. After the round robin, the top two teams on each side played a best-of-three playoff to determine the winner. The winner of both the men's and women's events will represent the United States at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.
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.
The following teams qualified to participate in the 2021 Curling Olympic Trials:
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:
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 KeyTeams to Playoff Team W L PF PA 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).
Draw 1 Friday, November 12, 7:30 pm
Draw 2 Saturday, November 13, 2:00 pm
Draw 3 Sunday, November 14, 9:00 am
Draw 4 Sunday, November 14, 7:00 pm
Draw 5 Monday, November 15, 12:00 pm
Draw 6 Monday, November 15, 8:00 pm
Draw 7 Tuesday, November 16, 2:00 pm
Draw 8 Wednesday, November 17, 9:00 am
Draw 9 Wednesday, November 17, 7:00 pm
Draw 10 Thursday, November 18, 2:00 pm
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.
Game 1 Friday, November 19, 5:00 pm
Game 2 Saturday, November 20, 5:00 pm
Game 3 Sunday, November 21, 5:00 pm
Women
Teams The teams are listed as follows:
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 KeyTeams to Playoff Team W L PF PA 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).
Draw 1 Saturday, November 13, 9:00 am
Draw 2 Saturday, November 13, 7:00 pm
Draw 3 Sunday, November 14, 2:00 pm
Draw 4 Monday, November 15, 8:00 am
Draw 5 Monday, November 15, 4:00 pm
Draw 6 Tuesday, November 16, 9:00 am
Draw 7 Tuesday, November 16, 7:00 pm
Draw 8 Wednesday, November 17, 2:00 pm
Draw 9 Thursday, November 18, 9:00 am
Draw 10 Thursday, November 18, 7:00 pm
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.
Game 1 Friday, November 19, 8:00 pm
Game 2 Saturday, November 20, 8:00 pm
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