2025 United States Olympic curling team pre-trials

2025 United States Olympic
Curling Team Pre-Trials
Host cityCharlotte, North Carolina (men's)
Chaska, Minnesota (women's)
ArenaCharlotte Curling Association (men's)
Chaska Curling Center (women's)
DatesSeptember 11–14
Men's winnerWisconsin Team Hebert
Curling clubEau Claire CC, Eau Claire
SkipCaden Hebert
ThirdJackson Bestland
SecondBenji Paral
LeadJack Wendtland
FinalistMinnesota Chase Sinnett
Women's winnerMinnesota Team Johnson
Curling clubChaska CC, Chaska
SkipAllory Johnson
ThirdGianna Johnson
SecondMorgan Zacher
LeadBailey Vaydich
AlternateElla Wendling
FinalistNorth Dakota Christine McMakin
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The 2025 United States Olympic Curling Team Pre-Trials were held from September 11 to 14. The men's event was held at the Charlotte Curling Association in Charlotte, North Carolina while the women's event took place at the Chaska Curling Center in Chaska, Minnesota.[1] The event qualified one men's (Team Caden Hebert) and one women's team (Team Allory Johnson) for the 2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials in Sioux Falls.[1]

Qualification process

Any team in the Top 100 on the World Curling Team Rankings List at the conclusion of the 2024–25 season, not already qualified for the Olympic Team Trials, was invited. Five Men's teams and two Women's teams under that criteria elected to compete in the pre-trials.

Men

Men's teams:[1]

  1. Minnesota Wesley Wendling
  2. Minnesota Chase Sinnett
  3. Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam
  4. North Dakota Timothy Hodek
  5. Wisconsin Caden Hebert

Women

Women's teams:[1]

  1. North Dakota Christine McMakin
  2. Minnesota Allory Johnson

Men

Teams

The Teams are listed as follows:[2]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Scott Dunnam Cody Clouser Lance Wheeler Andrew Dunnam Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Caden Hebert Jackson Bestland Benji Paral Jack Wendtland Wisconsin Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Timothy Hodek Evan Workin Josh Moore Nathan Parry North Dakota Fargo, North Dakota
Samuel Strouse (Fourth) Kevin Tuma Chase Sinnett (Skip) Connor Kauffman Coleman Thurston Minnesota Minneapolis, Minnesota
Wesley Wendling Ethan Sampson Jake Zeman Marius Kleinas Minnesota Chaska, Minnesota

Round robin standings

Final Round Robin Standings

Key
Team to 2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials
Team W L W–L DSC
Wisconsin Caden Hebert 3 1 54.30
Minnesota Chase Sinnett 2 2 1–1 20.83
Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam 2 2 1–1 43.37
North Dakota Timothy Hodek 2 2 1–1 49.83
Minnesota Wesley Wendling 1 3 30.77

Round robin results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−03:00).[3]

Draw 1

Thursday, September 11, 7:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Chase Sinnett (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 2 0 2 9
Wisconsin Caden Hebert 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Timothy Hodek 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X X X 2
Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam (has hammer) 2 0 2 0 1 3 1 X X X 9

Draw 2

Friday, September 12, 12:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
North Dakota Timothy Hodek 1 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 8
Minnesota Chase Sinnett (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Minnesota Wesley Wendling (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
Wisconsin Caden Hebert 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 2 8

Draw 3

Friday, September 12, 7:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Wesley Wendling 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 7
North Dakota Timothy Hodek (has hammer) 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 3 8
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 5
Minnesota Chase Sinnett (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 9

Draw 4

Saturday, September 13, 12:00 pm

Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam 0 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 0 0 2 9
Minnesota Wesley Wendling (has hammer) 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 0 7
Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Final
Wisconsin Caden Hebert 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 0 2 9
North Dakota Timothy Hodek (has hammer) 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 7

Draw 5

Saturday, September 13, 7:00 pm

Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Caden Hebert (has hammer) 2 0 0 2 5 0 1 0 0 X 10
Pennsylvania Scott Dunnam 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 X 6
Sheet E 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Chase Sinnett (has hammer) 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
Minnesota Wesley Wendling 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 7

Women

Teams

The teams are listed as follows:[1]

Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Locale
Allory Johnson Gianna Johnson Morgan Zacher Bailey Vaydich Ella Wendling Minnesota Chaska, Minnesota
Christine McMakin Miranda Scheel Jenna Burchesky Rebecca Rodgers North Dakota Fargo, North Dakota

Standings

Best-of-five
      
Minnesota Allory Johnson 8 4 9 8 10
North Dakota Christine McMakin 4 8 6 10 4

Results

All draw times are listed in Eastern Time (UTC−03:00).[4]

Game 1

Friday, September 12, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Christine McMakin 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 X 4
Minnesota Allory Johnson (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 1 X 8

Game 2

Friday, September 12, 3:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Allory Johnson 0 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 X 4
North Dakota Christine McMakin (has hammer) 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 2 X 8

Game 3

Saturday, September 13, 9:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Christine McMakin (has hammer) 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 6
Minnesota Allory Johnson 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 9

Game 4

Saturday, September 13, 3:00 pm

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Allory Johnson 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 0 2 0 8
North Dakota Christine McMakin (has hammer) 2 0 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 1 10

Game 5

Sunday, September 14, 10:00 am

Sheet 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
North Dakota Christine McMakin 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X X 4
Minnesota Allory Johnson (has hammer) 0 2 0 2 1 0 2 3 X X 10

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "SIX TEAMS QUALIFY FOR OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS IN SIOUX FALLS, FINAL TWO DETERMINED AT PRE-TRIALS EVENT". USA Curling. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  2. ^ "2025 Men's Olympic Pre-Trials Teams". USA Curling. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  3. ^ "Draw Schedule". USA Curling. Retrieved September 1, 2025.
  4. ^ "Draw Schedule". USA Curling. Retrieved September 1, 2025.