# 2021 United States Olympic mixed doubles curling trials

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:
| Female | Male | Locale |
| Sarah Anderson | Korey Dropkin | Duluth, Minnesota |
| Madison Bear | Andrew Stopera | Chaska, Minnesota |
| Jenna Burchesky | Ben Richardson | Walpole, Massachusetts |
| Cory Christensen | John Shuster | Duluth, Minnesota |
| Aileen Geving | Luc Violette | Duluth, Minnesota |
| Becca Hamilton | Matt Hamilton | Madison, Wisconsin |
| Vicky Persinger | Chris Plys | Fairbanks, Alaska / Chaska, Minnesota |
| Tabitha Peterson | Joe Polo | Chaska, Minnesota |
| Jamie Sinclair | Rich Ruohonen | Chaska, Minnesota |
| Monica Walker | Alex Leichter | Boston, Massachusetts |

## Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Playoffs
* Teams to Tiebreakers
| Team | W | L |
| Persinger / Plys | 6 | 3 |
| Anderson / Dropkin | 6 | 3 |
| Sinclair / Ruohonen | 5 | 4 |
| B. Hamilton / M. Hamilton | 5 | 4 |
| Peterson / Polo | 5 | 4 |
| Christensen / Shuster | 5 | 4 |
| Walker / Leichter | 4 | 5 |
| Geving / Violette | 4 | 5 |
| Bear / Stopera | 3 | 6 |
| Burchesky / Richardson | 2 | 7 |

## 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 | Page playoff system | Page playoff system | Semifinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final | 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 |