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 winner Team Casper
Curling clubChaska CC, Chaska
SkipDaniel Casper
ThirdLuc Violette
SecondBen Richardson
LeadAidan Oldenburg
AlternateRich Ruohonen
CoachJordan Moulton
Finalist John Shuster
Women's winner Team Peterson
Curling clubSt. Paul CC, St. Paul
SkipTabitha Peterson
ThirdCory Thiesse
SecondTara Peterson
LeadTaylor Anderson-Heide
CoachCathy Overton-Clapham
Finalist 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, with the goal of qualifying 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 John Shuster
Top Ranked 2 Teams as of May 1, 2025 Korey Dropkin
Daniel Casper
2025 United States Olympic Curling Team Pre-Trials Caden Hebert

Women

Qualification Qualifying Team(s)
Top 3 Ranked Teams as of May 1, 2025 Delaney Strouse
Tabitha Peterson
Elizabeth Cousins
2025 United States Olympic Curling Team Pre-Trials 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 Chaska, Minnesota
Korey Dropkin Tom Howell Andrew Stopera Mark Fenner Duluth, Minnesota
Caden Hebert Jackson Bestland Benji Paral Jack Wendtland Daniel Laufer Eau Claire, Wisconsin
John Shuster Chris Plys Colin Hufman Matt Hamilton John Landsteiner 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
John Shuster 6 0 – 47 27 27 21 3 7 26.66
Daniel Casper 4 2 – 47 40 24 22 5 5 25.23
Korey Dropkin 2 4 – 41 38 23 22 6 6 19.48
Caden Hebert 0 6 – 25 55 19 28 2 1 32.32
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos. Team Casper Dropkin Hebert Shuster Record
1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd
2 Casper — 9–7 10–6 14–6 7–5 2–10 5–6 4–2
3 Dropkin 7–9 6–10 — 8–2 10–2 5–7 5–8 2–4
4 Hebert 6–14 5–7 2–8 2–10 — 3–8 7–8 0–6
1 Shuster 10–2 6–5 7–5 8–5 8–3 8–7 — 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
Caden Hebert 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X 3
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
Daniel Casper 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 0 0 2 9
Korey Dropkin 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
Caden Hebert 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 X X X 2
Korey Dropkin 0 3 0 2 1 0 2 X X X 8
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Daniel Casper 0 1 0 1 0 0 X X X X 2
John Shuster 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
John Shuster 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 7
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
Caden Hebert 0 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 X X 6
Daniel Casper 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
John Shuster 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 6
Daniel Casper 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 5
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Korey Dropkin 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 X X X 10
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
Korey Dropkin 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 0 0 6
Daniel Casper 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
John Shuster 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 8
Caden Hebert 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
Korey Dropkin 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 5
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
Caden Hebert 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 X 5
Daniel Casper 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 John Shuster 6 7 5
2 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
John Shuster 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 6
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
John Shuster 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 7
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
John Shuster 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 X 5
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 Nashua, New Hampshire
Allory Johnson Gianna Johnson Morgan Zacher Bailey Vaydich Ella Wendling Blaine, Minnesota
Tabitha Peterson Cory Thiesse Tara Peterson Taylor Anderson-Heide Saint Paul, Minnesota
Delaney Strouse (Fourth) Anne O'Hara Sydney Mullaney Madison Bear (Skip)[a] 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
Tabitha Peterson 5 1 – 51 36 22 21 3 7 16.44
Elizabeth Cousins 3 3 2–0 47 44 31 26 0 12 26.80
Delaney Strouse 3 3 0–2 41 39 26 24 4 9 19.21
Allory Johnson 1 5 – 32 52 21 30 3 4 31.54
Round Robin Summary Table
Pos. Team Cousins Johnson Peterson Strouse Record
1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd
2 Cousins — 10–7 6–7 5–9 9–10 7–6 10–5 3–3
4 Johnson 7–10 7–6 — 4–10 5–9 5–9 4–8 1–5
1 Peterson 9–5 10–9 10–4 9–5 — 8–5 5–8 5–1
3 Strouse 6–7 5–10 9–5 8–4 5–8 8–5 — 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
Allory Johnson 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 X 5
Delaney Strouse 1 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 1 X 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Elizabeth Cousins 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 X 5
Tabitha Peterson 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
Allory Johnson 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 X 4
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
Elizabeth Cousins 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 2 0 1 1 7
Delaney Strouse 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
Delaney Strouse 0 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 5
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
Allory Johnson 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 X 8
Elizabeth Cousins 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
Delaney Strouse 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 X 5
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
Tabitha Peterson 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 0 2 X 9
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
Tabitha Peterson 0 2 0 2 0 4 0 2 0 0 10
Elizabeth Cousins 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 9
Sheet D 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final
Delaney Strouse 0 1 2 1 0 2 0 0 2 X 8
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
Tabitha Peterson 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 X 5
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
Allory Johnson 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 0 1 7
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
Elizabeth Cousins 0 0 1 0 3 0 2 0 1 2 9
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 Tabitha Peterson 7 8 X
2 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
Tabitha Peterson 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 3 0 X 7
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
Tabitha Peterson 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 X 8
Elizabeth Cousins 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.
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