Kristy McDonald (born May 20, 1979 as Kristy Jenion) is a

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from

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. McDonald retired from 2016–2021, but returned to the playing for the 2021–22 season.

Career

Juniors

McDonald had a strong junior career, skipping teams to win both the 1996 and 1999 Manitoba Junior Curling Championships. She would represent Manitoba in both of those years at the

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. At the 1996 Canadian Juniors, her team which included Ainsley Holowec, Shea Westcott and

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finished with a 5–7 record at the Canadian Juniors. At the 1999 Canadian Juniors, her team was made up of Reagan Wilkie, Charmaine Forese and

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. McDonald led her team to a 7–5 record at the 1999 Juniors, which was not good enough to make the playoffs.

2004–2010

After juniors, McDonald graduated to a women's curling career. She won her first

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event as a skip at the 2004 East St. Paul Cash Spiel. She lost back-to-back

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as a skip in 2005 and 2006. She would be a semi-finalist at the 2007, 2008 and 2009 tournaments as well. McDonald was asked to be the alternate for Team Manitoba (skipped by

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) at the

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2010–2014

In 2010, McDonald joined the

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rink at third. The team would find immediate success in the 2010–11 season, winning the 2010 Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic, McDonald's first (and to date, only) Grand Slam championship. The team made it to the finals of the 2011 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts that year, but lost to

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. The following season, they lost in the finals again, losing to

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at the

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. As a member of the Carey rink, McDonald won the 2011 DEKALB Superspiel, the 2012 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational and the

2012 Red Deer Curling Classic The 2012 Red Deer Curling Classic was held from November 2 to 5 at the Red Deer Curling Club in Red Deer, Alberta as part of the 2012–13 World Curling Tour. The event was held in a triple knockout format. The purse for the men's event was CAD$ ...

. The team also lost in the finals of the

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. The team qualified for the

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, where they finished fourth, after losing to

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in a tie-breaker match. After losing in four Manitoba finals in her career, McDonald finally won her first provincial title at the 2014 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts later in the season. At the Scotties, the team finished the round robin with a 9–2 round robin record, qualifying for the 1 vs. 2 game against Team Canada, skipped by

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. The team lost the 1 vs. 2 game and the semifinal before rebounding in the bronze medal game, defeating Saskatchewan's

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to take home the bronze medal. In the weeks following the Scotties, the Carey team announced they would disband, effective immediately. McDonald announced she would return to skipping a team, backed by

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at third, Leslie Wilson at second and

at lead.

2014–2016

In her first World Curling Tour event with her new team, McDonald won the 2014

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. She would play in four

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events in her first season as skip, making it to the quarterfinals at the 2014 Colonial Square Ladies Classic. The team made it to the playoffs at the

2015 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts The 2015 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship of Manitoba, was held from January 21 to 25 at the Winkler Centennial Arena in Winkler, Manitoba. The winning team was the Jennifer Jones rink from Winn ...

, losing in the 3 vs. 4 game to the

rink. The next season, her rink found more success in the Slams, making it to the playoffs in three of the four events they played in, including making it to the semifinals of the 2015 Masters. The McDonald rink also played in the

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, where they would finish with a 1-5 record. The team would find more success at the

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, making it all the way to the finals before losing to

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. On February 21, 2016, McDonald announced she would be retiring from curling, with

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taking over her team as skip.

2021–present

On April 25, 2021, it was announced that McDonald would return to curling after her five year retirement, skipping her own team consisting of Lisa Blixhavn, Leslie Wilson-Westcott,

and Lindsay Warkentin.

Personal life

Outside of curling, McDonald works as a letter carrier for

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. She attended

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for high school and both the

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. She is the daughter of 2003 Manitoba champion third

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Grand Slam record

Former events

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:McDonald, Kristy Living people 1979 births Curlers from Winnipeg Canadian women curlers Mail carriers Canada Cup (curling) participants