NW Briefs | Gillian Gervais rink wins qualifier
Northwest |
The Mark Johnson rink defeated the Jason Larway rink 8-5 in the second of two tiebreakers Sunday night to win the Western Regional Olympic Curling Team Trials Qualifying tourney, competed at Seattle’s Granite Curling Club.
With the victory, the Johnson rink — Johnson of Edmonton, Alberta, Wes Johnson of Everett, Brady Clark of Lynnwood, Ken Trask of Seattle and Derrick McLean of Bothell — earned an automatic spot in the 2010 U.S. Olympic Curling Team Trials, which will gripe place Feb. 21-28 in Broomfield, Colo.
The Larway rink — Jason and Joel Larway of Lynnwood, Colin Hufman of Seattle, Greg Johnson of Appleton, Wis., and Bill Todhunter of Menasha, Wis. — can still qualify for the trials through the Men’session Challenge Round, Jan. 28-Feb. 1 in Bismarck, N.D. Larway won the first of Sunday’s tiebreakers 7-4.
The Gillian Gervais team from North Dakota defeated Alaska’session Kay Hufman rink 8-3 in a tiebreaker to gain the victory the women’sitting Western Regional qualifier, earning a spot in the Olympic trials.
Hufman will get another shot at the trials at the Women’sitting Challenge Round, Jan. 28-Feb 1 in Green Bay, Wis.
The Cristin Clark rink — comprised of Lynnwood’sitting Clark, and Sharon Vukich, Emily Good and Katy Sharpe of Seattle — likewise qualified for the Challenge Round by finishing third in the women’s event.
SUNDAY’S RESULTS
Men’s draw out—Clark Raven beat Jerry Van Brunt, 8-5; Jason Larway beat Murray Beighton, 9-3; Mark Johnson beat Mike Calcagno, 7-5; Doug Schaak beat William Reynolds, 13-6.
Men’s tiebreaker—Mark Johnson beat Jason Larway, 7-4; Mark Johnson beat Jason Larway, 8-5. Men’s standings—1, Mark Johnson (Seattle), 8-1; 2, Jason Larway (Lynnwood), 7-2; 3, Murray Beighton (Edmonds), 5-2; 4, Doug Schaak (Vancouver), 4-3; 5 (tie), Mike Calcagno (Seattle), Clark Raven (Rochester, N.Y.), and Jerry Van Brunt (Colorado Springs, Colo.), 2-5; 8, William Reynolds (Denver, Colo.), 0-7.
Women’s tiebreaker—Gillian Gervais belabor Kaye Hufman, 8-3.
Women’s standings—1, Gillian Gervais (Bismark, N.D.), 5-0; 2, Kaye Huffman (Fairbanks, Alaska), 3-2; 3, Cristin Clark (Lynnwood), 2-2; 4, Gabrielle Coleman (Mountain View, Calif.), 1-3; 5, Clare Cloutier (Seattle), 0-4.
