# 2017 United States Olympic curling trials

The 2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials were held from November 11–18, 2017 at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Nebraska. Five teams qualified for the men's tournament and three teams qualified for the women's tournament. The winner of each tournament represented the United States at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang County, South Korea.

## Road to the Trials

USA Curling used a number of selection criteria to determine which teams would qualify for the Olympic Trials. If an American team placed in the top five at the 2017 World Men's Curling Championship or 2017 World Women's Curling Championship, that team would automatically qualify for the Olympic Trials. The John Shuster and Nina Roth rinks qualified via this method. Next, teams had an opportunity to qualify for the Olympic Trials by placing in the top 15 of the World Curling Tour Order of Merit standings for the 2016–17 season. No US teams placed high enough in these standings to automatically qualify in this manner. The final criterion used for inclusion in the trial was a discretionary selection by USA Curling's Olympic Team Selection Committee. The committee was required to choose some number of teams for each tournament to ensure that there were a minimum of three and a maximum of five teams competing. The committee chose three men's teams and two women's teams. A fifth team, skipped by Todd Birr, was added to the men's tournament after a successful appeal to the USCA Judiciary Hearing Panel, alleging that the Olympic Team Selection Committee erred in its decision not to include Team Birr in the tournament.

## Men
### Teams

Five teams qualified for the men's tournament:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Locale | Qualification method |
| John Shuster | Tyler George | Matt Hamilton | John Landsteiner | Joe Polo | Duluth, Minnesota | Top 5 finish at 2017 World Men's Curling Championship |
| Heath McCormick | Chris Plys | Korey Dropkin | Tom Howell | Rich Ruohonen | Blaine, Minnesota | Discretionary selection |
| Brady Clark | Greg Persinger | Colin Hufman | Philip Tilker | | Seattle, Washington | Discretionary selection |
| Craig Brown | Jason Smith | Kroy Nernberger | Sean Beighton | Quinn Evenson | Madison, Wisconsin | Discretionary selection |
| Todd Birr | John Benton | Hunter Clawson | Tom O'Connor | | Blaine, Minnesota | Appeal to USCA Judiciary Hearing Panel |

### Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Final
* Teams to Tiebreaker
| Skip | W | L | PF | PA | Ends Won | Ends Lost | Blank Ends | Stolen Ends | Shot Pct. |
| John Shuster | 6 | 2 | 49 | 42 | 33 | 31 | 11 | 10 | 81% |
| Heath McCormick | 5 | 3 | 53 | 39 | 31 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 82% |
| Todd Birr | 5 | 3 | 47 | 49 | 33 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 82% |
| Craig Brown | 3 | 5 | 42 | 47 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 82% |
| Brady Clark | 1 | 7 | 45 | 59 | 28 | 37 | 8 | 7 | 79% |

### Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−6).

#### Draw 1

Saturday, November 11, 1:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| Brady Clark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Brown | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 3 |
| Heath McCormick | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | X | X | 8 |

#### Draw 2

Saturday, November 11, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Craig Brown | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brady Clark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Heath McCormick | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

#### Draw 3

Sunday, November 12, 1:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Heath McCormick | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 |
| John Shuster | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Brady Clark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |

#### Draw 4

Sunday, November 12, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| John Shuster | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| Craig Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Heath McCormick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 6 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 |

#### Draw 5

Monday, November 13, 11:00 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Todd Birr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| Brady Clark | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |

#### Draw 6

Monday, November 13, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Heath McCormick | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brady Clark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 6 |
| John Shuster | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 |

#### Draw 7

Tuesday, November 14, 11:00 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| Brady Clark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Heath McCormick | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |

#### Draw 8

Tuesday, November 14, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Heath McCormick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | X | X | X | X | 7 |
| Brady Clark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Todd Birr | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

#### Draw 9

Wednesday, November 15, 11:00 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Brady Clark | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 6 |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 7 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | X | X | X | X | 7 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 2 |

#### Draw 10

Wednesday, November 15, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Heath McCormick | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Craig Brown | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| John Shuster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |

### Tiebreaker

Thursday, November 16, 8:30 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Heath McCormick | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Todd Birr | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |

### Final

The final round was between the top two teams at the end of the round robin. The teams played a best-of-three series.
| Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | John Shuster | 3 | 9 | 7 |
| 2 | Heath McCormick | 5 | 4 | 5 |

#### Game 1

Thursday, November 16, 6:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 |
| Heath McCormick | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 |
Player percentages :
| John Shuster | John Shuster | Heath McCormick | Heath McCormick |
| John Landsteiner | 87% | Tom Howell | 84% |
| Matt Hamilton | 80% | Korey Dropkin | 94% |
| Tyler George | 78% | Chris Plys | 79% |
| John Shuster | 71% | Heath McCormick | 91% |
| Total | 79% | Total | 87% |

#### Game 2

Friday, November 17, 6:30pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 9 |
| Heath McCormick | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 |
Player percentages :
| John Shuster | John Shuster | Heath McCormick | Heath McCormick |
| John Landsteiner | 99% | Tom Howell | 92% |
| Matt Hamilton | 93% | Korey Dropkin | 79% |
| Tyler George | 96% | Chris Plys | 77% |
| John Shuster | 94% | Heath McCormick | 82% |
| Total | 96% | Total | 82% |

#### Game 3

Saturday, November 18, 6:30pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| John Shuster | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Heath McCormick | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
Player percentages :
| John Shuster | John Shuster | Heath McCormick | Heath McCormick |
| John Landsteiner | 97% | Tom Howell | 96% |
| Matt Hamilton | 89% | Korey Dropkin | 82% |
| Tyler George | 82% | Chris Plys | 85% |
| John Shuster | 90% | Heath McCormick | 89% |
| Total | 90% | Total | 88% |

## Women
### Teams

Three teams qualified for the women's tournament:
| Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Locale | Qualification method |
| Nina Roth | Tabitha Peterson | Aileen Geving | Becca Hamilton | Madison, Wisconsin | Top 5 finish at 2017 World Women's Curling Championship |
| Jamie Sinclair | Alex Carlson | Vicky Persinger | Monica Walker | Blaine, Minnesota | Discretionary selection |
| Cory Christensen | Sarah Anderson | Taylor Anderson | Jenna Martin | Blaine, Minnesota | Discretionary selection |

### Round-robin standings

Final round-robin standings
Key :
* Teams to Final
| Skip | W | L | PF | PA | Ends Won | Ends Lost | Blank Ends | Stolen Ends | Shot Pct. |
| Jamie Sinclair | 4 | 2 | 42 | 32 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 4 | 82% |
| Nina Roth | 4 | 2 | 43 | 38 | 27 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 81% |
| Cory Christensen | 1 | 5 | 26 | 43 | 20 | 25 | 10 | 1 | 77% |

### Round-robin results

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−6).

#### Draw 1

Saturday, November 11, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Nina Roth | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Jamie Sinclair | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |

#### Draw 2

Sunday, November 12, 1:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Nina Roth | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Cory Christensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |

#### Draw 3

Sunday, November 12, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie Sinclair | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Cory Christensen | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |

#### Draw 4

Monday, November 13, 11:00 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Cory Christensen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Nina Roth | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | X | X | 9 |

#### Draw 5

Monday, November 13, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Jamie Sinclair | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Nina Roth | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

#### Draw 6

Tuesday, November 14, 11:00 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie Sinclair | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | X | X | 9 |
| Cory Christensen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | 3 |

#### Draw 7

Tuesday, November 14, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Nina Roth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 4 |
| Jamie Sinclair | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | X | 7 |

#### Draw 8

Wednesday, November 15, 11:00 am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Cory Christensen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Nina Roth | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |

#### Draw 9

Wednesday, November 15, 7:00 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Cory Christensen | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 |
| Jamie Sinclair | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 4 |

### Final

The final round was between the top two teams at the end of the round robin. The teams played a best-of-three series.
| Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| 1 | Jamie Sinclair | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| 2 | Nina Roth | 6 | 6 | 7 |

#### Game 1

Thursday, November 16, 1:30 pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Jamie Sinclair | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Nina Roth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
Player percentages :
| Jamie Sinclair | Jamie Sinclair | Nina Roth | Nina Roth |
| Monica Walker | 91% | Becca Hamilton | 88% |
| Vicky Persinger | 76% | Aileen Geving | 86% |
| Alex Carlson | 76% | Tabitha Peterson | 75% |
| Jamie Sinclair | 72% | Nina Roth | 83% |
| Total | 79% | Total | 83% |

#### Game 2

Friday, November 17, 1:00pm
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| Jamie Sinclair | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| Nina Roth | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
Player percentages :
| Jamie Sinclair | Jamie Sinclair | Nina Roth | Nina Roth |
| Monica Walker | 81% | Becca Hamilton | 93% |
| Vicky Persinger | 82% | Aileen Geving | 77% |
| Alex Carlson | 88% | Tabitha Peterson | 79% |
| Jamie Sinclair | 79% | Nina Roth | 71% |
| Total | 82% | Total | 80% |

#### Game 3

Saturday, November 18, 10:00am
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Jamie Sinclair | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Nina Roth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
Player percentages :
| Jamie Sinclair | Jamie Sinclair | Nina Roth | Nina Roth |
| Monica Walker | 92% | Becca Hamilton | 80% |
| Vicky Persinger | 73% | Aileen Geving | 90% |
| Alex Carlson | 77% | Tabitha Peterson | 84% |
| Jamie Sinclair | 69% | Nina Roth | 75% |
| Total | 78% | Total | 82% |