2025 United States Olympic curling trials
| 2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials | |
|---|---|
| Host city | Sioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Arena | Denny Sanford Premier Center |
| Dates | November 11–16 |
| Men's winner | |
| Curling club | Chaska CC, Chaska |
| Skip | Daniel Casper |
| Third | Luc Violette |
| Second | Ben Richardson |
| Lead | Aidan Oldenburg |
| Alternate | Rich Ruohonen |
| Coach | Jordan Moulton |
| Finalist | |
| Women's winner | |
| Curling club | St. Paul CC, St. Paul |
| Skip | Tabitha Peterson |
| Third | Cory Thiesse |
| Second | Tara Peterson |
| Lead | Taylor Anderson-Heide |
| Coach | Cathy Overton-Clapham |
| Finalist | |
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The 2025 United States Olympic Curling Team Trials for Men's and Women's curling is took place from November 11 to 16, 2025 in the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[1] The men's and women's team trials each feature four teams who played in a double round robin tournament, with the top two teams then playing a best-of-three final.[2] The winner of both the men's (Team Daniel Casper) and women's (Team Tabitha Peterson) events represented the United States at the 2025 Olympic Qualification Event, where both qualified for the 2026 Winter Olympics.[1]
Qualification
The Men's and Women's trials each consisted of four teams. The winners of the 2024 and 2025 Men's and Women's National Championships each qualified, on the condition that they placed 6th or higher at the World Championships. The top United States teams on the World Curling Federation's Team Rankings that have not already qualified will then fill the trials until there are three teams each. However, because the 2025 men's team and 2024 and 2025 women's teams did not place in the top 6 at the World Championships, the top two ranked men's teams and top 3 ranked women's teams, based on the World Curling Team Rankings, qualified directly for trials.[3] The final slot at trials was filled with the winner of the 2025 United States Olympic Curling Team Pre-Trials.[4]
The following teams qualified to participate in the 2025 Curling Olympic Team Trials:[3][5]
Men
| Qualification | Qualifying Team(s) |
|---|---|
| Winner of the 2024 United States Men's Curling Championship | |
| Top Ranked 2 Teams as of May 1, 2025 | |
| 2025 United States Olympic Curling Team Pre-Trials |
Women
| Qualification | Qualifying Team(s) |
|---|---|
| Top 3 Ranked Teams as of May 1, 2025 | |
| 2025 United States Olympic Curling Team Pre-Trials |
Men
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:[4][6]
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Casper | Luc Violette | Ben Richardson | Aidan Oldenburg | Rich Ruohonen | |
| Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Andrew Stopera | Mark Fenner | ||
| Caden Hebert | Jackson Bestland | Benji Paral | Jack Wendtland | Daniel Laufer | |
| John Shuster | Chris Plys | Colin Hufman | Matt Hamilton | John Landsteiner |
Round Robin Standings
Final Round Robin Standings[2]
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Teams to Playoff | |
|
| Pos. | Team | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | |||
| 2 | N/a | 9–7 | 10–6 | 14–6 | 7–5 | 2–10 | 5–6 | 4–2 | ||
| 3 | 7–9 | 6–10 | N/a | 8–2 | 10–2 | 5–7 | 5–8 | 2–4 | ||
| 4 | 6–14 | 5–7 | 2–8 | 2–10 | N/a | 3–8 | 7–8 | 0–6 | ||
| 1 | 10–2 | 6–5 | 7–5 | 8–5 | 8–3 | 8–7 | N/a | 6–0 | ||
Round-robin results
All draws are listed in Central Time (UTC−06:00).[2]
Draw 1
Tuesday, November 11, 12:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 | |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
Draw 2
Tuesday, November 11, 7:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 | |
| 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | X | X | X | 10 |
Draw 3
Wednesday, November 12, 12:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 6 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | X | X | 14 |
Draw 4
Wednesday, November 12, 7:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |
| 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | X | X | X | 10 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 2 |
Draw 5
Thursday, November 13, 12:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
Draw 6
Thursday, November 13, 7:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 |
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.[2]
| Best-of-three | ||||||
| 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | |||
| 2 | 7 | 6 | 7 | |||
Game 1
Friday, November 14, 7:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Game 2
Saturday, November 15, 6:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
Game 3
Sunday, November 16, 6:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 |
Women
Teams
The teams are listed as follows:[4][7]
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Cousins | Annmarie Dubberstein | Allison Howell | Elizabeth Janiak | ||
| Allory Johnson | Gianna Johnson | Morgan Zacher | Bailey Vaydich | Ella Wendling | |
| Tabitha Peterson | Cory Thiesse | Tara Peterson | Taylor Anderson-Heide | ||
| Delaney Strouse (Fourth) | Anne O'Hara | Sydney Mullaney | Madison Bear (Skip)[a] |
Round Robin Standings
Final Round Robin Standings[2]
| Key | |
|---|---|
| Teams to Playoff | |
| Teams to Tiebreaker | |
|
| Pos. | Team | Record | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | |||
| 2 | N/a | 10–7 | 6–7 | 5–9 | 9–10 | 7–6 | 10–5 | 3–3 | ||
| 4 | 7–10 | 7–6 | N/a | 4–10 | 5–9 | 5–9 | 4–8 | 1–5 | ||
| 1 | 9–5 | 10–9 | 10–4 | 9–5 | N/a | 8–5 | 5–8 | 5–1 | ||
| 3 | 6–7 | 5–10 | 9–5 | 8–4 | 5–8 | 8–5 | N/a | 3–3 | ||
Round-robin results
All draws are listed in Central Time (UTC−06:00).[2]
Draw 1
Tuesday, November 11, 12:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 5 | |
| 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | X | 9 |
Draw 2
Tuesday, November 11, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | X | 10 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Draw 3
Wednesday, November 12, 12:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 8 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 10 |
Draw 4
Wednesday, November 12, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | X | 10 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | X | 9 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 5 |
Draw 5
Thursday, November 13, 12:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Sheet D | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 8 | |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
Draw 6
Thursday, November 13, 7:00 pm
| Sheet A | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | |
| 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | X | 8 |
| Sheet B | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Tiebreaker
Friday, November 14, 8:00 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
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.[2]
| Best-of-three | ||||||
| 1 | 7 | 8 | X | |||
| 2 | 4 | 4 | X | |||
Game 1
Friday, November 14, 2:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 7 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |
Game 2
Saturday, November 15, 2:00 pm
| Sheet C | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 8 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 |
Notes
- ^ Madison Bear skipped Team Delaney Strouse.
References
- ^ a b "U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS FOR MEN's, WOMEN'S, AND WHEELCHAIR CURLING HEADED TO SIOUX FALLS". USA Curling. Retrieved 26 March 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g "2026 U.S Olympic Team Trials - Curling Schedule" (PDF). USA Curling. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ^ a b "SIX TEAMS QUALIFY FOR OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS IN SIOUX FALLS, FINAL TWO DETERMINED AT PRE-TRIALS EVENT". USA Curling. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
- ^ a b c "TEAMS JOHNSON AND HEBERT SECURE FINAL BERTHS IN OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS". USA Curling. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ^ "PRELIMINARY NOTICE TO ATHLETE SELECTION PROCEDURES OLYMPIC GAMES, MILANO/CORTINA 2026" (PDF). USA Curling. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ^ "Men's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
- ^ "Women's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
