// 2014 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS By Terry Kolesar, Editor
als for Curling are right around the corner. T e nine competing teams have been busy this sum- mer preparing for the Trials and what lies beyond in the rest of the upcoming season. At the Trials, teams will com-
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pete in a double round robin with the top two teams advancing to the play- off s at Scheels Arena in Fargo, N.D. T e playoff format will be a best two- out-of three competition. If you're thinking about attending the 2014 U.S. Olympic Team Trials,
the tentative schedule is below: Sunday, Nov. 10: Men's Draw #1, 1 p.m.; Men's Draw #2, 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11: Men's draw #3, 12 p.m.; Men's Draw #4 & Women's
Draw #1, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12: Men's Draw #5 & Women's Draw #2, 12 p.m.; Men's
Draw #6 & Women's Draw #3, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 13: Men's Draw #7 & Women's Draw #4, 12 p.m.; Men's
Draw #8 & Women's Draw #5, 7 p.m. T ursday, Nov. 14: Men's Draw #9 & Women's Draw #6, 9 a.m.; Men's
Draw #10 & Women's Tiebreaker #1 (if needed), 2:30 p.m.; Men's Tiebreaker 1 (if needed) & Women's Tiebreaker #2 (if needed), 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15: Men's Tiebreaker #2 (if neeed, 9 a.m.; Men's Final, Game
1 & Women's Final, Game 1, 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 16: Men's Final, Game #2, 2:30 p.m.; Women's Final,
Game 2, 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17: Men's Final, Game #3 (if required), 11 a.m.; Women's
Final, Game 3 (if required), 2 p.m. Visit
www.2014usacurlingtrials.com to order tickets or to fi nd out how
to sign up to volunteer. Or, if you want to win your way there, check out our FANdango contest at
www.usacurl.org. You could fi nd yourself in Fargo this November! Believe me, you don't want to miss an end of the action! ■
Team Clark (l-r): Brady Clark, Sean Beighton, Darren Lehto, Philip Tilker, and Greg Persinger (back).
Team Clark, 2013 national champions: Brady Clark, 35, Lynnwood, Wash., 2013 U.S. national champion; 9-time
U.S. mixed national champion; 3-time U.S. mixed doubles national cham- pion; competing in third Olympic Trials Sean Beighton, 24, Seattle; 2013 U.S. national champion; 2010 U.S. junio
national champion; 2012 U.S. mixed national champion; competing in fi rst Olympic Trials Darren Lehto, 45, Seattle; 2013 U.S. national champion; 2005 U.S. mixed
national champion; competing in fi rst Olympic Trials Philip Tilker, 36, Seattle; 2013 U.S. national champion; 2-time U.S.
mixed national champion; competing in fi rst Olympic Trials Greg Persinger, 35, Anchorage, Alaska; Persinger has competed in sev-
eral national championship events and has served as an alternate at two world championships (2013 Men's Worlds & 1997 World Juniors). ■
Tentative schedule for Olympic Trials announced Men's fi eld
t's no secret that the 2014 U.S. Olympic Team Tri-
Draw for Olympic Qualifi er in Germany set While the women's berth for Sochi is secured, the men still have to earn
theirs for the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. T e men's team that wins the Olympic Team Trials in November will head to the Olympic Qualifi cation Event Dec. 10-15 in Fussen, Germany. T e draw schedule was released this summer and is posted at
www.worldcurling.org and
www.usacurl.org. T e American men will compete with the Czech Republic, Finland,
France, Germany, Japan, Korea and New Zealand for the fi nal two men's berths to Sochi. T e teams will play a single round robin with the top three teams advancing to the playoff s. T e team ranked fi rst will play the team ranked second with the winner advancing to Sochi. T e losing team will play the country ranked third with the winner of that game also qualifying
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to the 2014 Olympic Games. Seven women's teams also will be competing from China, the Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, Japan, Latvia, and Nor- way for the fi nal two women's spots in Sochi. Here is a sneak peek at the schedule for the American men in Fussen: Tuesday, Dec. 10: USA v. Czech Republic, 4 p.m. (all times local) Wednesday, Dec. 11: USA v. New Zealand, 8 a.m.; USA v. France, 4 p.m., T ursday, Dec. 12: USA v. Germany, 9 a.m.; USA v. Japan, 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 13: USA v. Korea, 12 p.m.; USA v. Finland, 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14: Tiebreaker games at 12 p.m. & 4 p.m. (if needed) fol-
lowed by the fi rst playoff match at 8 p.m. between the top two ranked teams. Sunday, Dec. 15: 12:30 p.m., second men's playoff game. ■
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