The next stop on Team USA’s journey to the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 is here. From November 11–16, the nation’s top curling teams will gather at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Curling Trials.
Over the course of six days, the best men’s, women’s, and wheelchair mixed doubles teams will compete for the chance to represent the United States at the Olympic Qualification Event 2025 in Kelowna, Canada — and ultimately, at the 2026 Winter Games.
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In the United States Peacock, NBC Sports and USA Network will cover the curling trials from 12-16 November.
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U.S. Olympic Curling Trials Schedule (ET)
Tuesday
- Session 1 (4 games) — 1 p.m.
- Session 2 (4 games) — 8 p.m.
Wednesday
- Session 3 (4 games) — 1 p.m.
- Session 4 (4 games) — 8 p.m.
Thursday
- Session 5 (4 games) — 1 p.m.
- Session 6 (4 games) — 8 p.m.
Friday
- Tiebreaker(s)* — 9 a.m.
- Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Final (Game 1) — 9 a.m.
- Women’s Final (Game 1) — 3 p.m.
- Men’s Final (Game 1) — 8 p.m.
Saturday
- Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Final (Game 2) — 10 a.m.
- Women’s Final (Game 2) — 3 p.m.
- Wheelchair Mixed Doubles (Games 1 & 2) — 6 p.m.^
- Men’s Final (Game 2) — 7 p.m.
Sunday
Men’s Final (Game 3)* — 7 p.m.
Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Final (Game 3)* — 10 a.m.
Women’s Final (Game 3)* — 2:30 p.m.
Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Final (Game 3)*^ — 5:30 p.m.
Team USA Curling Trials — Meet the Teams
Men’s Teams
- Team Shuster: John Shuster, Chris Plys, Colin Hufman, Matt Hamilton, John Landsteiner
- Team Dropkin: Korey Dropkin, Tom Howell, Andrew Stopera, Mark Fenner
- Team Casper: Daniel Casper, Luc Violette, Ben Richardson, Aidan Olenburg, Rich Ruohonen
- Team Hebert: Caden Hebert, Jackson Bestland, Benji Paral, Jack Wendtland, Daniel Laufer
Women’s Teams
- Team Peterson: Tabitha Peterson, Cory Thiesse, Tara Peterson, Taylor Heide-Anderson
- Team Strouse: Delaney Strouse, Madison Bear, Sydney Mullaney, Anne O’Hara
- Team Johnson: Allory Johnson, Gianna Johnson, Morgan Zacher, Bailey Vaydich, Ella Wendling
- Team Cousins: Elizabeth Cousins, Annmarie Dubberstein, Allison Howell, Liz Janiak
Wheelchair Mixed Doubles Teams
- Laura Dwyer & Steve Emt
- Penny Ricker & David Samsa
Key Opening Matchups
Draw 1 (Tuesday, 1 p.m. ET)
- Women: Johnson vs. Strouse
- Men: Hebert vs. Shuster
- Men: Casper vs. Dropkin
- Women: Cousins vs. Peterson
Draw 2 (Tuesday, 8 p.m. ET)
- Men: Hebert vs. Dropkin
- Women: Johnson vs. Peterson
- Women: Cousins vs. Strouse
- Men: Casper vs. Shuster
Draw 3 (Wednesday, 1 p.m. ET)
- Women: Strouse vs. Peterson
- Men: Shuster vs. Dropkin
- Men: Hebert vs. Casper
- Women: Johnson vs. Cousins



