COLLEGE CURLING College race coming down to the wire
By Gordon Maclean, College Curling Chairman
is heating up. Tere are still a lot of events on the calendar so
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it’s tough to project whether those schools who are “on the bubble” will be in or out, but there are a few that seem to have a visit to the National Championship locked in. Rensselaer Polytech- nic Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, Bowdoin College, the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point, and Nebraska are among those, at this writing, who look to be part of the mix. Major events remaining on the schedule in-
clude events hosted by Yale (at Nutmeg CC), Carroll University (Kettle Moraine CC), Bow- doin (Cape Cod CC), Nebraska (Baxter Arena, Omaha) and at the Utica CC. Current school standings and other informa-
tion may be found at
www.collegecurlingusa.org. Invitations will go out to the Top 16 schools in
the point standings on Feb. 16. Schools will have until February 22 to accept the invitation. Tis year’s Championship will take place at
the brand new Chaska Curling Center in Chaska, Minnesota. Schools will be playing for the honor of laying
claim to the “USA Curling College Champion- ship Trophy.” Te trophy was a donation from Donna Purkey. Donna has been a very active
he 2016 USA Curling College Champi- onship is on the horizon and the race between schools to earn an invitation
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Tanks to a generous donation, the College National Championship now has an official trophy engraved with winners' names.
builder of curling within the USCA and USWCA communities. She has held numerous positions with the USWCA, was liaison to the USCA, a U.S. National Women’s champion, captain of the 1996 Women’s Tour of Scotland, courier of the 2001 Scots Tour of the U.S., multiple Women’s Senior National champion and helped to build both the Nutmeg and Coyote curling clubs. Te College Curling Committee would like
to thank Donna for this important addition to our National College Championship experience and wish her our best as she continutes to battle health issues. Q
FROM P12: Continental Cup
kinda got on it. I was like ‘Wait a second!’ And then it came with just the right amount. It was great, so exciting. It’s nice when it comes right down to the wire.” In addition to the Continental Cup trophy,
Team North America receives $52,000CDN ($2,000/team member including captain and coach) while Team World cashed in $26,000CDN ($1,000/team member including captain and coach). In addition, Team North America scored the greatest number of points in the fi- nal skins competition to receive an additional $13,000CDN ($500 per team member including captain and coach) in bonus money. “Our American gals played so well today; they set us up in a lot of ends, and they were the differ-
ence-makers today,” Morris said. Other U.S. team members part of the winning
North American team included Erika Brown (Oakville, Ontario), Nicole Joraanstad (Ve- rona, Wis.), John Shuster (Superior, Wis.), Tyler George (Duluth, Minn.), Matt Hamilton (Mc- Farland, Wis.), and John Landsteiner (Duluth, Minn.). Olympian Ann Swisshelm (Chicago) was team captain. “I have to give big props to my man Matty
Hamilton,” Morris said. “He just rallied the troops; even when we were down a little bit early, he really kept our spirits up. He was sure a great part of our team this week.” Final attendance for the four days was 62,498,
a record for not only the event, but also any curl- ing event staged in the United States. Q
Level I Instructor Christopher Apel, Milwaukee Curling Club Debra Aubrey, Coyotes Curling Club Nick Bandow, Stevens Point Curling Club Michael Breakwell, Columbus Curling Club Lewis Charles, Portage Curling Club Wei-Lin W Chen, Granite Curling Club Michael Floerchinger, St. Paul Curling Club Howard Fulk, Chaska Curling Center Jeff Greenfield, Cincinnati Curling Club Jeff Gullickson, Bend Curling Club Shawn Gunst, Fort Wayne Curling Club Michael Leveck, Dallas-Ft. Worth Curling Club Chet Liew, Bend Curling Club Linda Marshall, Palmetto Curling Club William Marshall, Palmetto Curling Club Steven McLaughlin, Belfast Curling Club Nick McLellan, Milwaukee Curling Club Ryan Mehlberg, Appleton Curling Club Michael Mills, Triangle Curling Club Kyle Mitchell, Madison Curling Club Ryan Patrick, Aksarben Curling Club Dave Peterson, Madison Curling Club Derek Rau, Aksarben Curling Club Arthur Rebischke, Stevens Point Curling Club Cindy Rhyner, Madison Curling Club Jillian Riecke, Traverse City Curling Club Janice Robbins, Bend Curling Club Steve Taylor, Aksarben Curling Club Sarah Turiot, Four Seasons Curling Club Allan Veler, Madison Curling Club Doug Weimerskirch, Four Seasons Curling Club Level II Instructor Ronald Miller, Broomstones Curling Club Level I Official Robert Page, Denver Curling Club Monique Penney, Cincinnati Curling Club Sean Stevinson, Denver Curling Club Level III Official Susie Czarnetzki, Willmar Curling Club Level II Ice Tech John Kram, Capital Curling Club Mark Mikulich, Curl Mesabi Shawn Olesen, Fargo-Moorhead Curling Club Wheelchair Instructor Rebecca Clark, Coyotes Curling Club Anthony Colacchio, Cape Cod Curling Club Carole Hess, Wausau Curling Club Tracy Heuermann, Coyotes Curling Club Meghan Lino, Cape Cod Curling Club Justin Marshall, Madison Curling Club Jillian Riecke, Traverse City Curling Club Olivia Stella, Orange County Curling Club
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