2016 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship


The 2016 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from December 2-7, 2015 at the Denver Curling Club in Denver, Colorado. Jason Smith and Jessica Schultz, both from Minnesota, won the tournament. The champions, along with the silver and bronze medal winners, earned a spot in the United States Mixed Doubles World Trials in February 2016, where the US representative for the 2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Karlstad, Sweden was decided.

Teams

Twenty nine teams qualified to compete in the championship.
FemaleMaleState
Taylor AndersonAlex Fenson
Danielle BuchbinderMichael Rupp
Cristin ClarkBrady Clark
Stephanie SennekerBret Jackson
Christon ClarkLogan Tingley,
Becca WoodBrett Davis
Frances WalshStephen Grant
Emily GoodMacAllan Guy
Jessica SchultzJason Smith
Keri VanNormanCameron Kim
Dena RosenberryDarrick Kizlyk
Tracy HeuermannRon Kloth
Alexandra CarlsonAlex Leichter,
Jenny LevyBen Levy
Kathy JacksonMurray Jackson
Jillian WalkerDerrick McLean
Nina RothKroy Nernberger
Teri OlsonScott Olson
Kelsey OstrowskiGary Mazzotta
Catharine PersingerGreg Persinger
Allison PottingerDoug Pottinger
Cynthia SmithMatthew Culbertson
Elaine Smith-KoopJoshua Engle
Maureen StoltPeter Stolt
Larissa UnruhSamuel Unruh
Nicole VassarSam Williams
Monica WalkerSean Beighton,
Sarah ThuriotDoug Weimerskirch
Stephanie MartinDan Wiza,

Competition

Format

Instead of the usual round robin group play leading into playoffs, the 2016 Championship was structured with three tiers of brackets to create a triple elimination tournament. All 29 teams began in the A event bracket, if they lost they moved down to the B event bracket and if they lost again they moved to the C event bracket. If a team lost a game in the C event they were eliminated from the tournament. The winners of the A and B brackets played for the championship. However, all three bracket winners qualified for the US World Trials to compete to represent the United States at the 2016 World Mixed Doubles Championship.

A event bracket

Finals

The winners of the A and B brackets played for the championship.
Monday, December 7, 11:00 am MT