2021 U.S. MIXED DOUBLES NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
The 2021 U.S. Mixed Doubles National Championship is set to take place May 19-23 at the Wausau Curling Club in Wausau, Wis.
“We are thrilled to be in Wausau hosting these National Championships,” said USA Curling CEO Jeff Plush. “The Wausau Curling Club has been a fantastic host and the ice crew, participants, staff, and volunteers on site are sure to make this a world class event.”
Wausau Curling Club, home to eight sheets of curling ice (six of which will be used in the upcoming Championship) and an expansive warm room will provide the ideal venue to host a bubbled environment that best ensures the health and safety of all participants, volunteers, and staff while 24 mixed doubles teams from across the country compete for the national title.
“We’re really proud of our facility,” said Wausau Curling Club President Randy Brandner. “Our club members have really rallied around this event and we’re excited to be a stop on the road to Beijing 2022.”
Due to COVID-19, the 2021 U.S. Mixed Doubles National Championship was postponed and consequently, the 2020 U.S. Mixed Doubles National Champions (Tabitha Peterson and Joe Polo) are currently representing the United States at the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Aberdeen, Scotland.
Although the 2021 U.S. Mixed Doubles National Championship will not advance a team to the World Championships, it will serve as a qualification event for the 2022 Mixed Doubles Olympic Trials as the top four teams in the field will earn berths to the Trials.
FORMAT
The 24 teams are divvied up into four pools of six. Every team will play a five-game round robin against the other teams in their pool and the top two seeded teams from each pool will advance to the playoffs.
Pool A: Persinger/Plys, Burchesky/Richardson, McMakin/Fenson, Rodgers/Casper, O’Hara/Thurston, and Foote/Hagberg
Pool B: Walker/Leichter, Rhyme/Smith, Mullaney/Sinnett, Moores/Wheeler, Podoll/Parry, and Rohrbacher/Visnich
Pool C: Bear/Stopera, Anderson/Clawson, Stolt/Stolt, Strouse/Connolly, Dudt/Dudt, and Avalong/Franey
Pool D: Sinclair/Ruohonen, Geving/Violette, Yavarow/Strouse, Wood/Banyai, Bookhout/Wiza, and Page/Oldenburg
PLAYOFFS
Teams in the playoffs will be ranked first by their win-loss record and then by draw shot challenge. The four pool winners will be ranked 1-4 seeds, and the four pool runners-up will be ranked 5-8 seeds.
FOLLOW ALONG
Live scoring of the 2021 U.S. Mixed Doubles National Championship will be available on the USA Curling website throughout the duration of the event and TESN coverage will be livestreaming the playoffs of the Championship on May 22-23.
USA Curling is sponsored by Toyota, Goldline, Twin Cities Orthopedics, Training HAUS, Brakebush, ISS (Ice, Sports & Solar), and Sitrin, and is partnered with IHG, Rock Solid Productions Inc., 12th End Sports Network, Laurie Artiss Ltd. – The Pin People, and United Airlines.
