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2023 United States Men's Curling Championship
The 2023 United States Men's Curling Championship was held from February 5 to 11, 2023 at the Denver Coliseum in Denver, Colorado. The event was held in conjunction with the 2023 United States Women's Curling Championship. This was the first Men's Championship in two years, after the 2022 Championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Qualification Teams qualified for the event according to the following procedure: * Prior season's World Championship representative (Team Dropkin), * 2022 Olympic representative (Team Shuster), * Current season's World Junior Curling Championships representative (Team Sampson), * Three highest-ranking teams (not already qualified) on the World Curling Federation YTD ranking system as of December 20, 2022 (Team Smith, Team Sobering, Team Strouse), and * Highest-finishing team (not already qualified) in either of two qualifying events: the Curling Stadium Contender Series (Team Casper), and the Curl Mesabi Classic (Team Dunnam). ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denver, Colorado
Denver () is a consolidated city and county, the capital, and most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Its population was 715,522 at the 2020 census, a 19.22% increase since 2010. It is the 19th-most populous city in the United States and the fifth most populous state capital. It is the principal city of the Denver–Aurora–Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the first city of the Front Range Urban Corridor. Denver is located in the Western United States, in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. Its downtown district is immediately east of the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River, approximately east of the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. It is named after James W. Denver, a governor of the Kansas Territory. It is nicknamed the ''Mile High City'' because its official elevation is exactly one mile () above sea level. The 105th meridian we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WCF World Rankings
The WCF World Rankings system is designed to track and list the amount of success achieved by each member association of the World Curling Federation (WCF) in a given curling season. The system, which was implemented in December 2006, is similar to the ranking system used by FIFA. The events taken into account when calculating each nation's score include the Olympic and Paralympic games, the World Curling Championships, and the various qualifying events for member associations who did not compete in the worlds. The system was developed by Patrick Hürlimann, who is a former Olympic champion and was the vice president of the WCF from 2010 to 2012. The calculation method was overhauled for the 2018–19 season. Current rankings Women Men Wheelchair Mixed doubles Mixed Current calculation method The points are calculated for each member association based on performance during the last four curling seasons. Once points are distributed, the total for each member associati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rich Ruohonen
Richard Ruohonen (born March 31, 1971) is an American curler from Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. He is a two-time national champion and as such represented the United States at the 2008 and 2018 World Men's Curling Championships. Career Ruohonen made his first appearance at the United States Men's Championship in 1998. He won his first national championship in 2008, playing third for skip Craig Brown. As Team United States at the 2008 World Men's Championship, they finished the round-robin with 5–6 record, missing the playoffs and ending the tournament in seventh place. Ruohonen would lose the US Nationals final three times, in 2011, 2013, and 2017, before again earning the gold medal in 2018. His 2018 gold medal team included Greg Persinger, Colin Hufman, and Philip Tilker. At the World Championship they finished in sixth place when they lost their first playoff game to Brad Gushue's Team Canada. In 2019 when Ruohonen returned to the national championship to attempt to defend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Since 1854, the city has been coextensive with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the Delaware Valley, the nation's seventh-largest and one of world's largest metropolitan regions, with 6.245 million residents . The city's population at the 2020 census was 1,603,797, and over 56 million people live within of Philadelphia. Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker. The city served as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony during the British colonial era and went on to play a historic and vital role as the central meeting place for the nation's founding fathers whose plans and actions in Philadelphia ultimately inspired the American Revolution and the nation's inde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Duluth, Minnesota
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Thomas Howell (curler)
Thomas "Tom" Howell (born October 14, 1994) is an American curler from Bentleyville, Ohio Bentleyville is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 864 at the 2010 census. Bentleyville was laid out in 1831 by Adamson Bentley, and named for him. Geography Bentleyville is located at (41.413520, -81.412996 .... Teams Men's Mixed Mixed doubles References External links * * * Our Team — YoungBucks USA* * Video: Living people 1994 births Sportspeople from Newton, Massachusetts American male curlers American curling champions Marquette University alumni Competitors at the 2013 Winter Universiade Curlers at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Sportspeople from Cuyahoga County, Ohio {{US-curling-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Fenner
Mark Fenner (born November 16, 1994) is an American curler from Bemidji, Minnesota. He is a two-time junior national champion and won his first United States Men's National Championship in 2021. Curling career In juniors, Fenner played second for skip Korey Dropkin, medalling four years in a row at the United States Junior Curling Championships. This included two gold medals in 2013 and 2016. The team also consisted of Tom Howell at third and Alex Fenson at lead, except for the 2014–15 season when Andrew Stopera played lead. At the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships in Sochi, Russia, they finished in seventh place with a record of 4–5. At their second trip to the World Juniors in 2016, they found more success, finishing the round-robin in first place with a record of 8–1. In the 1 vs 2 page playoff game they lost to Bruce Mouat's Team Scotland, but they defeated Switzerland's Yannick Schwaller in the semifinal to face Scotland again in the championship game. Fen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Stopera
Andrew Stopera (born September 30, 1997) is an American curler from Briarcliff Manor, New York. He currently throws third rocks and skips Team Korey Dropkin. He is a three-time United States Junior Champion and won the silver medal at the 2017 World Junior Championships. Career Stopera had a prolific junior curling career, playing in the United States Junior Championships seven straight years, 2013–2019, and medaling every time. The first two seasons of his junior career Stopera played third for Scott Dunnam's team. They earned bronze at the 2013 Junior Nationals and improved to silver at the 2014 Junior Nationals. Dunnam aged out of juniors after the 2013–14 season and Stopera joined the United States Curling Association's (USCA) Junior High Performance Program. Stopera was added to the Korey Dropkin rink at the lead position, joining Tom Howell, Mark Fenner, and alternate Luc Violette. Despite the new team, the result at the 2015 Junior Nationals was a familiar one, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin (born June 11, 1995) is an American curler originally from Southborough, Massachusetts. Curling career Juniors As a junior curler, Dropkin won three United States Junior Curling Championships, playing third for brother Stephen in 2012 and skipping in 2013 and 2016 while curling at Broomstones Curling Club in Wayland, MA. As such, he played for the United States at the World Junior Curling Championships, finishing 5th at the 2012 World Junior Curling Championships and 7th at the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships. Dropkin was a member of the U.S. team at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, skipping a team that included Sarah Anderson, Thomas Howell and Taylor Anderson. The team finished 5th at the event; after going undefeated in the round-robin, they were eliminated in the quarter-final against Italy. Dropkin did not go away from the event empty handed, as he picked up a bronze medal at the mixed doubles event with teammate Marina Verenich of Russia. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chaska, Minnesota
Chaska is a city and the county seat of Carver County, Minnesota, United States. An outer ring suburb of the Twin Cities, Chaska is home to the Hazeltine National Golf Club and is known for its historic downtown area located on a bend of the Minnesota River. The City of Chaska merged with Chaska Township in 2006. The city still has some remaining agricultural land. The population was 28,047 at th2020 census. History Chaska's history reflects the influence of the Native American culture. The first inhabitants are believed to be the Mound Builders, whose ancient communities are marked by mounds in City Square. Later, the Dakota (commonly known as the Sioux) were the primary nation in this region known as the Big Woods. Although the Indian mounds located in Chaska City Square indicate the immediate area was inhabited years before 1769, the year Chaska's recorded history began. In 1776, Jonathan Carver explored the lands along the Minnesota River and chronicled his journeys. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chase Sinnett
Chase or CHASE may refer to: Businesses * Chase Bank, a national bank based in New York City, New York * Chase Aircraft (1943–1954), a defunct American aircraft manufacturing company * Chase Coaches, a defunct bus operator in England * Chase Corporation (1970s–1989), a defunct New Zealand property development company * Chase Motor Truck Company (1907–1919), a defunct truck manufacturer based in Syracuse, New York * Chase, a brand of bicycle made by Cannondale Bicycle Corporation Fictional characters *Chase, in ''PAW Patrol'' * Dell "Chase" Brandstone, fictional boundary warden of ''The Sword of Truth'' epic fantasy novels *Jennifer "Pilot" Chase, in the TV series '' Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future'' Film * ''Chase'' (2010 film), an Indian film * ''Chased'' (film), a 2011 British short film * ''Chase'' (2019 film), an American film * ''Chase'' (2022 film), an Indian film Literature * ''Chase'' (comics), a DC comic book * ''Chase'' (novel), a novel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Richardson (curler)
Benjamin T. Richardson, (born 21 September 1975) is an English cinematographer, television producer and director. He is best known for his work on the films ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'' (2012), ''The Fault in Our Stars'' (2014), '' Wind River'' (2017), and ''Those Who Wish Me Dead'' (2021), as well as the limited series ''Mare of Easttown'' (2021), which earned him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Early life Richardson was born in England and attended Bournemouth school succeeded by Royal Holloway, University of London's media arts degree programme. Career Richardson is a director of photography. Three of his films, ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'', '' Happy Christmas'', and '' Wind River'' have premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Beasts of the Southern Wild was also nominated for four Academy Awards at the 85th Academy Awards, including a nomination for Best Picture. His short film ''Seed'' won Best Animated Short at the 2010 Slamdance Film Festival. In 2019, Richar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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