Lauren Lenentine (born June 24, 2000) is a

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curler originally from

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and currently from

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. She is currently the alternate on Team

Jennifer Jones Jennifer Jones (born Phylis Lee Isley; March 2, 1919 – December 17, 2009), also known as Jennifer Jones Simon, was an American actress and mental health advocate. Over the course of her career that spanned over five decades, she was nominated ...

Career

Lenentine curled out of her home province of Prince Edward Island for most of her junior career before moving to Nova Scotia for the 2018–19 season to join the

Kaitlyn Jones Kaitlyn Jones (born March 21, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Career Juniors Born in Thompson, Manitoba, Jones curled out of Chilliwack, British Columbia, New Aiyansh, British Columbia and Ontario before moving to Regina, S ...

rink, replacing Kristin Clarke who aged out of juniors and had joined

Mary-Anne Arsenault Mary-Anne Arsenault (born August 19, 1968 in Scarborough, Ontario, also known as Mary-Anne Waye when she was married) is a Canadian curler from Lake Country, British Columbia. She is a five-time Canadian Champion, and two-time World Curling Ch ...

's rink. The team was invited to play in the 2018 Masters

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event as the sponsors exemption. Despite this, they finished the round robin with a 3–1 record, beating

Rachel Homan Rachel Catherine Homan (born April 5, 1989) is a Canadian international curler. Homan is a former Canadian junior champion, a three-time Canadian national champion, and the 2017 world champion, all as a skip. She was also the skip of the Cana ...

Kerri Einarson Kerri Einarson (; born October 3, 1987 as Kerri Flett) is a Canadian Métis curler from Camp Morton, Manitoba, in the Rural Municipality of Gimli. Einarson is the three-time reigning women's national champion in curling, skipping her team to vic ...

and

Silvana Tirinzoni Silvana Petra Tirinzoni (born 25 June 1979) is a Swiss curler from Zurich. She is currently the reigning women's world champion skip having won the last three championships, in 2019, 2021 and . Tirinzoni also represented Switzerland at the 2022 ...

with their only loss coming to

Tracy Fleury Tracy Fleury (born June 13, 1986, as Tracy Horgan) is a Canadian curler from Sudbury, Ontario. She joined the Rachel Homan rink as skip for the 2022–23 season. In 2021, she led her team to a silver medal at the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling ...

. They couldn't continue their momentum into the playoffs however, falling to

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in the quarterfinals. They lost the semifinal of the

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to BC's Sarah Daniels. The following season, she and teammate

Karlee Burgess Karlee Burgess (born September 14, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba. She currently plays third on Team Jennifer Jones. Career At just 15 years old, Burgess played second for the Mary Fay rink along with, Jenn Smith and Janiq ...

moved to Manitoba to join the Zacharias siblings Mackenzie and Emily to try to return to the World Juniors. When the team won the Manitoba Junior Provincials, it made Lenentine the first female junior curler to represent three provinces at the

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. The team went on to win the

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and later the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships. Due to the

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, many provinces had to cancel their provincial championships, with member associations selecting their representatives for the

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. Due to this situation,

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added three Wild Card teams to the national championship, which were based on the

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from the 2019–20 season. Because Team Zacharias ranked 11th on the CTRS and kept at least three of their four players together for the 2020–21 season, they got the second Wild Card spot at the 2021 Scotties in

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. At the Hearts, they finished with a 3–5 round robin record, failing to qualify for the championship round. Team Zacharias won their second event of the 2021–22 season, going undefeated to capture the

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. They later had a semifinal finish at the

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after losing to eventual winners Team

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. Because of their successes on tour, Team Zacharias had enough points to qualify for the

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. At the Pre-Trials, the team finished the round robin with a 4–2 record. This qualified them for the double knockout round, where they lost both of their games and were eliminated. Elsewhere on tour, the team reached the quarterfinals of the

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and won the MCT Championships in November 2021. At the 2022 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts in December 2021, Team Zacharias finished with a 3–2 record in their pool, enough to advance to the championship pool. They then won three straight games to finish first overall and earn a bye to the provincial final. In the final, they faced the

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rink which they defeated 7–5, earning the right to represent Manitoba at the

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. At the Hearts, the team finished the round robin with a 5–3 record. This qualified them for a tiebreaker against the Northwest Territories'

Kerry Galusha Kerry Galusha (born Kerry Koe on November 3, 1977) is a Canadian curler. She currently skips her team out of the Yellowknife Curling Club in Yellowknife. Career Juniors Galusha's first national experience was at the 1992 Canadian Junior Curling ...

, which they lost 8–6 and were eliminated. Team Zacharias played in their first

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event at the

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. There, they posted a 2–3 record, missing the playoffs. They wrapped up their season at the 2022 Best of the West event where they lost in the semifinals to

Corryn Brown Corryn Cecile Brown (born July 19, 1995) is a Canadian curler from British Columbia. She currently skips her own team out of Kamloops. Career She was the skip of the winning team at the 2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, and represent ...

. On March 17, 2022, Team Zacharias announced that they would be joining forces with

for the 2022–23 season. Jones would take over the team as skip, with the four Zacharias members each moving down one position in the lineup.

Personal life

Lenentine is currently a student at the

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Teams

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lenentine, Lauren Living people 2000 births Canadian women curlers Curlers from Prince Edward Island Curlers from Nova Scotia People from Queens County, Prince Edward Island Sportspeople from Charlottetown Curlers from Winnipeg University of Manitoba alumni