2025 United States Olympic curling trials

2025 United States Olympic Curling Trials
Host citySioux Falls, South Dakota
ArenaDenny Sanford Premier Center
DatesNovember 11–16
Men's winnerMinnesota Team Casper
Curling clubChaska CC, Chaska
SkipDaniel Casper
ThirdLuc Violette
SecondBen Richardson
LeadAidan Oldenburg
AlternateRich Ruohonen
CoachJordan Moulton
FinalistMinnesota John Shuster
Women's winnerMinnesota Team Peterson
Curling clubSt. Paul CC, St. Paul
SkipTabitha Peterson
ThirdCory Thiesse
SecondTara Peterson
LeadTaylor Anderson-Heide
CoachCathy Overton-Clapham
FinalistNew Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins
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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 Minnesota John Shuster
Top Ranked 2 Teams as of May 1, 2025 Minnesota Korey Dropkin
Minnesota Daniel Casper
2025 United States Olympic Curling Team Pre-Trials Wisconsin Caden Hebert

Women

Qualification Qualifying Team(s)
Top 3 Ranked Teams as of May 1, 2025 Michigan Delaney Strouse
Minnesota Tabitha Peterson
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins
2025 United States Olympic Curling Team Pre-Trials Minnesota Allory Johnson

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 Minnesota Chaska, Minnesota
Korey Dropkin Tom Howell Andrew Stopera Mark Fenner Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota
Caden Hebert Jackson Bestland Benji Paral Jack Wendtland Daniel Laufer Wisconsin Eau Claire, Wisconsin
John Shuster Chris Plys Colin Hufman Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner Minnesota Duluth, Minnesota

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings[2]

Key
Teams to Playoff
Team W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
Minnesota John Shuster 6 0 47 27 27 21 3 7 26.66
Minnesota Daniel Casper 4 2 47 40 24 22 5 5 25.23
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 2 4 41 38 23 22 6 6 19.48
Wisconsin Caden Hebert 0 6 25 55 19 28 2 1 32.32
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos. Team Minnesota Casper Minnesota Dropkin Wisconsin Hebert Minnesota Shuster Record
1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd
2 Minnesota Casper N/a 9–7 10–6 14–6 7–5 2–10 5–6 4–2
3 Minnesota Dropkin 7–9 6–10 N/a 8–2 10–2 5–7 5–8 2–4
4 Wisconsin Hebert 6–14 5–7 2–8 2–10 N/a 3–8 7–8 0–6
1 Minnesota Shuster 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
Wisconsin Caden Hebert (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
Minnesota John Shuster 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
Minnesota Daniel Casper 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 2 9
Minnesota Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 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
Wisconsin Caden Hebert 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
Minnesota Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 X X X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Daniel Casper 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X X X 2
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 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
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 7
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 0 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 5
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Wisconsin Caden Hebert 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 X X 6
Minnesota Daniel Casper (has hammer) 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
Minnesota John Shuster 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 6
Minnesota Daniel Casper (has hammer) 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 X X X 10
Wisconsin Caden Hebert 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
Minnesota Korey Dropkin 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 6
Minnesota Daniel Casper (has hammer) 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
Minnesota John Shuster 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
Wisconsin Caden Hebert (has hammer) 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
Minnesota Korey Dropkin (has hammer) 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5
Minnesota John Shuster 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
Wisconsin Caden Hebert 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 X 5
Minnesota Daniel Casper (has hammer) 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 Minnesota John Shuster 6 7 5
2 Minnesota Daniel Casper 7 6 7

Game 1

Friday, November 14, 7:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 6
Minnesota Daniel Casper 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
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 7
Minnesota Daniel Casper 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
Minnesota John Shuster (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 5
Minnesota Daniel Casper 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 New Hampshire Nashua, New Hampshire
Allory Johnson Gianna Johnson Morgan Zacher Bailey Vaydich Ella Wendling Minnesota Blaine, Minnesota
Tabitha Peterson Cory Thiesse Tara Peterson Taylor Anderson-Heide Minnesota Saint Paul, Minnesota
Delaney Strouse (Fourth) Anne O'Hara Sydney Mullaney Madison Bear (Skip)[a] Michigan Traverse City, Michigan

Round Robin Standings

Final Round Robin Standings[2]

Key
Teams to Playoff
Teams to Tiebreaker
Team W L W–L PF PA EW EL BE SE DSC
Minnesota Tabitha Peterson 5 1 51 36 22 21 3 7 16.44
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins 3 3 2–0 47 44 31 26 0 12 26.80
Michigan Delaney Strouse 3 3 0–2 41 39 26 24 4 9 19.21
Minnesota Allory Johnson 1 5 32 52 21 30 3 4 31.54
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos. Team New Hampshire Cousins Minnesota Johnson Minnesota Peterson Michigan Strouse Record
1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd
2 New Hampshire Cousins N/a 10–7 6–7 5–9 9–10 7–6 10–5 3–3
4 Minnesota Johnson 7–10 7–6 N/a 4–10 5–9 5–9 4–8 1–5
1 Minnesota Peterson 9–5 10–9 10–4 9–5 N/a 8–5 5–8 5–1
3 Michigan Strouse 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
Minnesota Allory Johnson 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 X 5
Michigan Delaney Strouse (has hammer) 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 X 5
Minnesota Tabitha Peterson (has hammer) 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
Minnesota Allory Johnson (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 4
Minnesota Tabitha Peterson 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
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 7
Michigan Delaney Strouse (has hammer) 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
Michigan Delaney Strouse (has hammer) 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5
Minnesota Tabitha Peterson 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 3 2 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Allory Johnson 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 8
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins (has hammer) 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
Michigan Delaney Strouse (has hammer) 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 X 5
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 3 2 X 10
Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Tabitha Peterson (has hammer) 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 X 9
Minnesota Allory Johnson 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
Minnesota Tabitha Peterson 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 10
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins (has hammer) 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Michigan Delaney Strouse (has hammer) 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 X 8
Minnesota Allory Johnson 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
Minnesota Tabitha Peterson (has hammer) 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 X 5
Michigan Delaney Strouse 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
Minnesota Allory Johnson (has hammer) 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 7
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins 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
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins (has hammer) 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 9
Michigan Delaney Strouse 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 Minnesota Tabitha Peterson 7 8 X
2 New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins 4 4 X

Game 1

Friday, November 14, 2:00 pm

Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Minnesota Tabitha Peterson (has hammer) 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 X 7
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins 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
Minnesota Tabitha Peterson 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 X 8
New Hampshire Elizabeth Cousins (has hammer) 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 X 4

Notes

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g "2026 U.S Olympic Team Trials - Curling Schedule" (PDF). USA Curling. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b c "TEAMS JOHNSON AND HEBERT SECURE FINAL BERTHS IN OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS". USA Curling. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  5. ^ "PRELIMINARY NOTICE TO ATHLETE SELECTION PROCEDURES OLYMPIC GAMES, MILANO/CORTINA 2026" (PDF). USA Curling. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  6. ^ "Men's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 21 September 2025.
  7. ^ "Women's Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved 21 September 2025.