Runing Runner-Up at 2016 USA Junior National Championships

SKIP
Melissa
Runing

Third
Courtney
Osbakken

Second
Cait
Flannery

Lead
Alyson
Deegan

Melissa Runing (Mapleton, MN) lost 7-0 to Cory Christensen (Duluth, MN) in the Final of the USA Junior National Championships, held January 16 - 23, 2016 in Willmar, Minnesota.

Runing finished 7-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Runing defeated Emily Quello (Bemidji, MN) 5-4, then went on to lose 7-4 against Christensen. Runing responded with a 6-5 win over Cora Farrell (Fairbanks, AK). Runing won 12-6 against Sidney Schroeder (Houghton, MI), then won 6-3 against Rebecca Rodgers (Petersham, MA) and 9-1 against Maya Willertz (Midland, MI). Runing won 10-2 against Annmarie Dubberstein (Portage, WI), then won 9-4 against Elizabeth Cousins (Medfield, MA). Runing went on to lose 8-6 against Emily Brekke (Grand Forks, ND) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA Junior National Championships, Runing take home 15.283 world rankings points. For week of the event schedule, Runing did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Runing ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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