2024 United States Senior Curling Championships

2024 United States Senior Curling Championships
2024 United States Senior Curling Championships
Host city	Mapleton, Minnesota (Men's Event); Anderson, Indiana (Women's Event)
Arena	Mapleton CC (Men's Event); Circle City CC (Women's Event)
Dates	February 6–11, 2024 (Men's Event); February 19–24, 2024 (Women's Event)
Men's winner	Mike Farbelow
Curling club	St. Paul CC
Skip	Mike Farbelow
Third	Rich Ruohonen
Second	Bill Stopera
Lead	Tim Solin
Finalist	Bob Leclair

The 2024 United States Senior Curling Championships was held February 6–11, 2024, for the men's event and will be held February 19–25, 2024 for the women's event. The men's event was held at Heather Curling Club in Mapleton, MN. In the men's event final, Team Mike Farbelow defeated Team Bob Leclair 7-4:.^[1] The women's event will be held at Circle City Curling Club in Anderson, IN.^[2] The champions from the men's and women's events will go on to represent the United States at the 2024 World Senior Curling Championships in Östersund, Sweden.^[3]

Men's Event

Teams

The men's teams are listed as follows:^[4]^[5]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Matt Aro	Mark Hartman	Jim Osborne	Chris Laabs	Jay Clark	Madison, Wisconsin
Kent Arrell	Steve Russel	Chris Dibble	Duane Herbert		Rochester, Minnesota
Mike Farbelow	Rich Ruohonen	Bill Stopera	Tim Solin		St Paul, Minnesota
Bob Hedstrom	Steve Cerkvenik	Ken Olson	Nate Olson		St Paul, Minnesota
Chris Hester	David DeBois	Jeff Wick	Phil Shyrock		Seattle, Washington
Timothy Ho	Benj Guzman	Mike Sampson	Paul Marseglia		Wayland, Massachusetts
Murray Jackson	Kim Hicks	Brian Chick	Mario Riveron		Raleigh, North Carolina
Bob LeClair	Fred Maxie	Jeff Baird	Tom Danielson		Tempe, Arizona
Paul Pustovar	Ross Litman	Dan Wiza	Mike Kniffin		Hibbing, Minnesota
Jon Schiestel	Keith Mischo	Al Boldt	Alan Batchen		Greeley, Colorado
Kenneth Starkey	Randy Cumming	Bob Tessman	Jeff Kennedy		Chaska, Minnesota
Mark Tolvstad	Bryan Rau	Kirby Baumgard	Mark Becking		Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Greg Torkelson	Staffan Axelsson	Jeff Elborne	Scott Gerstenkorn		Chicago, Illinois
Alex Tschumakow	Scott McLeod	Dick Dawson	Keith Dropkin	Timothy Luehrman	Wayland, Massachusetts
Todd Ussatis	Owen Sampson	Tom Munich	John Lambert		Bismarck, North Dakota
Jeff Wright	Steve Waters	Sean Silver	Russ Armstrong		Chicago, Illinois

Round-Robin Standings

Source:^[6]

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Pool A
Skip	W	L
Mike Farbelow	7	0
Timothy Ho	5	2
Kenneth Starkey	5	2
Matt Aro	4	3
Jeff Wright	4	3
Todd Ussatis	2	5
Kent Arrell	1	6
Jon Schiestel	0	7

Pool B
Skip	W	L
Murray Jackson	6	1
Paul Pustovar	6	1
Bob Leclair	5	2
Bob Hedstrom	4	3
Greg Torkelson	4	3
Chris Hester	2	5
Alex Tschumakow	1	6
Mark Tolvstad	0	7

Round-Robin Results

Source:^[7]

All draw times are listed in Central Standard Time (UTC−06:00). The first team listed for each match threw the red stones.

Draw 1

Wednesday, February 7, 4:00pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Jeff Wright	0	2	2	0	3	0	3	X	X	X	X	10
Kent Arrell	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	3

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Timothy Ho	2	0	0	1	0	2	2	0	X	X	X	7
Jon Schiestel	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	X	X	X	4

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Todd Ussatis	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	X	X	4
Matt Aro	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	X	X	X	5

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Mike Farbelow	0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	X	X	X	7
Kenneth Starkey	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	3

Draw 2

Wednesday, February 7, 8:00pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Bob Leclair	3	0	0	0	1	1	1	X	X	X	X	6
Chris Hester	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	4

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Murray Jackson	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	X	X	X	X	6
Mark Tolvstad	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	3

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alex Tschumakow	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	4
Greg Torkelson	1	1	0	0	2	0	3	X	X	X	X	7

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Paul Pustovar	0	1	0	2	0	1	1	X	X	X	X	5
Bob Hedstrom	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	4

Draw 3

Thursday, February 8, 8:00am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Matt Aro	0	0	1	0	1	1	4	X	X	X	X	7
Jon Schiestel	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	5

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Kent Arrell	3	0	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	5
Kenneth Starkey	0	2	2	0	1	2	1	X	X	X	X	8

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Jeff Wright	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	1
Mike Farbelow	2	0	2	0	4	X	X	X	X	X	X	8

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Timothy Ho	2	0	4	1	0	4	X	X	X	X	X	11
Todd Ussatis	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	X	2

Draw 4

Thursday, February 8, 12:00pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Greg Torkelson	2	0	3	2	2	X	X	X	X	X	X	9
Mark Tolvstad	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Chris Hester	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	5
Bob Hedstrom	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	X	X	X	7

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Bob Leclair	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	2	X	X	X	4
Paul Pustovar	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	5

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Murray Jackson	1	0	2	0	2	1	0	X	X	X	X	6
Mark Tolvstad	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	3

Draw 5

Thursday, February 8, 4:00pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Todd Ussatis	0	3	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	X	4
Jeff Wright	2	0	3	2	1	0	X	X	X	X	X	8

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Jon Schiestel	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	1
Mike Farbelow	3	3	0	4	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Timothy Ho	1	2	1	0	3	X	X	X	X	X	X	7
Kenneth Starkey	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Kent Arrell	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	X	X	X	4
Matt Aro	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	0	X	X	X	6

Draw 6

Thursday, February 8, 8:00pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alex Tschumakow	0	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	X	X	7
Bob Leclair	1	0	0	4	0	1	0	1	1	X	X	8

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Mark Tolvstad	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	2
Paul Pustovar	0	4	0	3	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	7

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Murray Jackson	0	2	0	1	0	3	1	X	X	X	X	7
Bob Hedstrom	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	3

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Chris Hester	1	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	3
Greg Torkelson	0	2	0	2	4	1	X	X	X	X	X	9

Draw 7

Friday, February 9, 8:00am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Timothy Ho	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	2
Mike Farbelow	3	1	0	4	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Todd Ussatis	0	5	1	1	0	4	X	X	X	X	X	11
Kent Arrell	2	0	0	0	2	0	X	X	X	X	X	4

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Matt Aro	0	1	3	1	1	1	X	X	X	X	X	7
Jeff Wright	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Kenneth Starkey	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	2	X	X	X	9
Jon Schiestel	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	0	X	X	X	5

Draw 8

Friday, February 9, 12:00pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Murray Jackson	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	1	X	X	6
Paul Pustovar	0	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	5

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alex Tschumakow	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	X	X	X	X	3
Chris Hester	0	2	3	1	0	0	2	X	X	X	X	8

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Greg Torkelson	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	4
Bob Leclair	2	0	4	0	0	2	4	X	X	X	X	12

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Bob Hedstrom	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	1	X	X	X	6
Mark Tolvstad	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	X	X	X	5

Draw 9

Friday, February 9, 4:00pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Kenneth Starkey	1	0	0	4	1	1	0	X	X	X	X	7
Matt Aro	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	3

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Jeff Wright	0	1	1	2	0	0	2	1	X	X	X	7
Timothy Ho	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	X	X	5

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Kent Arrell	1	1	0	3	1	1	1	X	X	X	X	8
Jon Schiestel	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Todd Ussatis	0	2	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	2
Mike Farbelow	3	0	2	3	1	X	X	X	X	X	X	9

Draw 10

Friday, February 9, 8:00pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Bob Hedstrom	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	X	X	X	5
Greg Torkelson	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	2

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Bob Leclair	0	2	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	X	X	4
Murray Jackson	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	X	X	6

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Chris Hester	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	X	X	X	6
Mark Tolvstad	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	X	X	X	3

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Alex Tschumakow	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	0
Paul Pustovar	3	3	1	3	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10

Draw 11

Saturday, February 10, 8:00am

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Kent Arrell	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	4
Timothy Ho	0	3	0	1	1	0	2	1	X	X	X	8

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Mike Farbelow	2	3	1	0	0	1	2	X	X	X	X	9
Matt Aro	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	3

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Kenneth Starkey	0	3	0	2	0	1	2	X	X	X	X	8
Todd Ussatis	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	X	4

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Jon Schiestel	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	X	1
Jeff Wright	2	2	1	1	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	7

Draw 12

Saturday, February 10, 12:00pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Chris Hester	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	X	6
Murray Jackson	0	1	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	X	X	7

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Paul Pustovar	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	3	X	X	X	7
Greg Torkelson	1	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	X	6

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Bob Hedstrom	0	3	0	0	2	0	0	2	X	X	X	7
Alex Tschumakow	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	0	X	X	X	6

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Mark Tolvstad	1	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	1
Bob Leclair	0	1	1	2	1	1	X	X	X	X	X	6

Draw 13

Saturday, February 10, 4:00pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Jon Schiestel	0	0	1	3	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	5
Todd Ussatis	2	2	0	0	5	0	2	X	X	X	X	11

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Kenneth Starkey	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	5
Jeff Wright	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	X	X	4

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Mike Farbelow	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	4
Kent Arrell	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	3

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Matt Aro	0	0	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	0
Timothy Ho	1	0	2	1	6	X	X	X	X	X	X	10

Draw 14

Saturday, February 10, 8:00pm

Sheet 1	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Mark Tolvstad	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	5
Alex Tschumakow	0	2	1	0	3	1	0	X	X	X	X	7

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Bob Hedstrom	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	X	X	X	4
Bob Leclair	0	1	0	2	1	1	0	X	X	X	X	5

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Paul Pustovar	0	3	1	4	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	8
Chris Hester	1	0	0	0	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	1

Sheet 4	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Greg Torkelson	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	X	X	X	5
Murray Jackson	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	3

Playoffs

Source:^[8]


Sunday, February 11 - 8:00am			Sunday, February 11–12:00pm			Sunday, February 11 - 4:00pm



				Mike Farbelow	9

	Paul Pustovar	10		Paul Pustovar	3

	Kenneth Starkey	5					Mike Farbelow	7

							Bob Leclair	4

				Murray Jackson	3

	Timothy Ho	7		Bob Leclair	4	Third place

	Bob Leclair	8

							Paul Pustovar	7

							Murray Jackson	6

Quarterfinals

Sunday, February 11, 8:00am

3 v. 6

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Paul Pustovar	0	3	0	4	0	3	X	X	X	X	X	10
Kenneth Starkey	2	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	X	X	X	5

4 v. 5

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Timothy Ho	2	0	2	0	1	0	2	0	X	X	X	7
Bob Leclair	0	3	0	1	0	3	0	1	X	X	X	8

Semifinals

Sunday, February 11, 12:00pm

1 v. 3

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Mike Farbelow	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	5	X	X	X	9
Paul Pustovar	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	3

2 v. 5

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Murray Jackson	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	X	3
Bob Leclair	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	X	X	X	4

Bronze Match

Sunday, February 11, 4:00pm

Sheet 3	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Paul Pustovar	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	1	X	X	X	7
Murray Jackson	0	2	1	0	2	0	1	0	X	X	X	6

Finals

Sunday, February 11, 4:00pm

Sheet 2	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
Mike Farbelow	3	0	0	1	0	1	2	X	X	X	X	7
Bob Leclair	0	1	0	0	3	0	0	X	X	X	X	4

2024 United States Senior Men's Curling Champion
Mike Farbelow 2nd United States Senior Men's Curling Championship title

Women's Event

Teams

The women's teams are listed as follows^[9]

Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Locale
Debra Aubrey	Lu Brock	Tracey Drummond	Karen Cole	Christy Trageton	Tempe, Arizona
Susan Dukes	Angela Montgomery	Stephanie Erstad	Anne Gravel		Madison, Wisconsin
Tracy Lawless	Leslie MacGregor	Lisa Johnson	Elizabeth Demers		Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Margie Smith	Ann Swisshelm	Shelly Kosal	Shelley Dropkin		St. Paul, Minnesota
Lisa Tamura	Kathy Placek	Kristine Klinkhammer	Anne Meagher		Beaverton, Oregon
Kimberly Wapola	Lea Ann Tarnowski	Lisa Bachmeier	Juliana Klocek		St. Paul, Minnesota

References

^ "TEAM FARBELOW CAPTURES SENIOR MEN'S NATIONALS". USA CURLING. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
^ "SENIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". USA CURLING. 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
^ Media, World Curling (2023-09-15). "Oestersund, Sweden to host World Mixed Doubles and Seniors 2024". World Curling. Retrieved 2024-02-02.
^ "USA Curling Senior Men's National Championship: Teams". Retrieved 2024-02-07.
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^ "USA Curling Senior Men's National Championship: Playoffs". Retrieved 2024-02-14.
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[2] "SENIOR NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". USA CURLING. 2023-03-04. Retrieved 2024-02-02.

[3] Media, World Curling (2023-09-15). "Oestersund, Sweden to host World Mixed Doubles and Seniors 2024". World Curling. Retrieved 2024-02-02.

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