| 2021 United States mixed doubles curling Olympic trials | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Eveleth, Minnesota |
| Arena | Curl Mesabi |
| Dates | October 26–31 |
| Winner |   Persinger / Plys |
| Female | Vicky Persinger |
| Male | Chris Plys |
| Finalist | Sinclair / Ruohonen |
| « 2017 2025 » | |
The 2021 United States mixed doubles curling Olympic trials were held from October 26 to 31, 2021, at Curl Mesabi in Eveleth, Minnesota. The trials featured ten teams played in a round robin tournament. After the round robin, the top four teams qualified for the page playoff. The winner of this event will represent the United States at the Olympic Qualification Event in hopes of reaching the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China.
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
The 2021 Trials were originally announced to be held in Irvine, California, but less than a month before they were to begin, the decision was made to move them to Eveleth, Minnesota due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
Qualification
The following teams qualified to participate in the 2021 mixed doubles trials:
| Qualification | Berths | Qualifying team(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Highest placing teams at the 2020 US Mixed Doubles Nationals | 3 | Tabitha Peterson / Joe Polo Cory Christensen / John Shuster Sarah Anderson / Korey Dropkin |
| Highest placing teams at the 2021 US Mixed Doubles Nationals | 4 | Vicky Persinger / Chris Plys Madison Bear / Andrew Stopera Aileen Geving / Luc Violette Jenna Burchesky / Ben Richardson |
| Winners of mixed doubles trials qualifier #1 | 1 | Becca Hamilton / Matt Hamilton |
| Winners of mixed doubles trials qualifier #2 | 1 | Jamie Sinclair / Rich Ruohonen |
| Highest-ranking non-qualified team from the two qualifiers | 1 | Monica Walker / Alex Leichter |
Teams
The teams competing in the 2021 trials are:
Round-robin standings
Final round-robin standings
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Teams to Playoffs | |
| Teams to Tiebreakers | |
|
Round-robin results
All draw times are listed in Central Daylight Time (UTC−05:00).
Draw 1
Tuesday, October 26, 12:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Bear / Stopera
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
Peterson / Polo 
|
3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 9 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Persinger / Plys
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 9 |
| Anderson / Dropkin
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Christensen / Shuster
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
 B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Geving / Violette
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sinclair / Ruohonen
|
1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | X | 9 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
 Walker / Leichter
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Burchesky / Richardson
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
Draw 2
Tuesday, October 26, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sinclair / Ruohonen
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Walker / Leichter
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Geving / Violette
|
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Burchesky / Richardson
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Persinger / Plys
|
1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | X | X | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Bear / Stopera
|
2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 10 |
| Anderson / Dropkin
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Christensen / Shuster
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Peterson / Polo
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | X | 5 |
Draw 3
Wednesday, October 27, 10:00 am
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Geving / Violette
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Christensen / Shuster
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Burchesky / Richardson
|
0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| Bear / Stopera
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Peterson / Polo
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Anderson / Dropkin
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton
|
3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | X | 11 |
| Walker / Leichter
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sinclair / Ruohonen
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Persinger / Plys
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Draw 4
Wednesday, October 27, 2:30 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Burchesky / Richardson
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Anderson / Dropkin
|
2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Christensen / Shuster
|
2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 7 |
| Sinclair / Ruohonen
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Geving / Violette
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Walker / Leichter
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Peterson / Polo
|
0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | X | 9 |
| Persinger / Plys
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | X | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton
|
0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Bear / Stopera
|
1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
Draw 5
Wednesday, October 27, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Persinger / Plys
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Walker / Leichter
|
4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | X | 10 |
| Peterson / Polo
|
0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Sinclair / Ruohonen
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Bear / Stopera
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Christensen / Shuster
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Burchesky / Richardson
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Geving / Violette
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Anderson / Dropkin
|
2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 |
Draw 6
Thursday, October 28, 12:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Peterson / Polo
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Sinclair / Ruohonen
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Geving / Violette
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Burchesky / Richardson
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Persinger / Plys
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Christensen / Shuster
|
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anderson / Dropkin
|
1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 8 |
| B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Bear / Stopera
|
0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Walker / Leichter
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
Draw 7
Thursday, October 28, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Christensen / Shuster
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Bear / Stopera
|
1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anderson / Dropkin
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Walker / Leichter
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 3 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| Peterson / Polo
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Persinger / Plys
|
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Geving / Violette
|
3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Burchesky / Richardson
|
0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Sinclair / Ruohonen
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
Draw 8
Friday, October 29, 12:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Walker / Leichter
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Persinger / Plys
|
0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sinclair / Ruohonen
|
2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Bear / Stopera
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Geving / Violette
|
2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Final |
| Burchesky / Richardson
|
0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Peterson / Polo
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anderson / Dropkin
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 3 |
| Christensen / Shuster
|
1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | X | X | 11 |
Draw 9
Friday, October 29, 6:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 |
| Burchesky / Richardson
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 2 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Bear / Stopera
|
0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Persinger / Plys
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anderson / Dropkin
|
1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 |
| Sinclair / Ruohonen
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Walker / Leichter
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Christensen / Shuster
|
0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Sheet E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Peterson / Polo
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 7 |
| Geving / Violette
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |
Tiebreakers
Saturday, October 30, 8:00 am
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sinclair / Ruohonen
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Christensen / Shuster
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton
|
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Peterson / Polo
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
Playoffs
| Page playoff system | Semifinal | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 | Persinger / Plys | 8 | 1 | Persinger / Plys | 7 | ||||||||
| 2 | Anderson / Dropkin | 4 | 3 | Sinclair / Ruohonen | 6 | ||||||||
| 2 | Anderson / Dropkin | 7 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Sinclair / Ruohonen | 9 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Sinclair / Ruohonen | 6 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Peterson / Polo | 5 | |||||||||||
1 vs. 2
Saturday, October 30, 2:30 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Persinger / Plys
|
1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 8 |
| Anderson / Dropkin
|
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 |
3 vs. 4
Saturday, October 30, 12:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Sinclair / Ruohonen
|
0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Peterson / Polo
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Semifinal
Sunday, October 31, 11:00 am
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Anderson / Dropkin
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Sinclair / Ruohonen
|
0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Final
Sunday, October 31, 7:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Final |
| Persinger / Plys
|
1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Sinclair / Ruohonen
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
References
- "2022 MXD Trials Home". USA Curling. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- "2022 Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials Draw". USA Curling. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- ^ "2022 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS FOR MIXED DOUBLES CURLING COVERAGE". USA Curling. October 25, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- "Great Park Ice to Host 2022 Olympic Mixed Doubles Curling Team Trials". NHL. January 21, 2020. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- "U.S. Olympic Curling Trials moves cities less than a month out". NBC Sports. September 27, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- "Teams". USA Curling. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
- "Schedule". USA Curling. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
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