Kleiter Runner-Up at 2024 SGI Canada Best of the West

SKIP
Rylan
Kleiter

Third
Joshua
Mattern

Second
Matthew
Hall

Lead
Trevor
Johnson

Rylan Kleiter (Saskatoon, SK) lost 7-2 to Ryan Wiebe (Winnipeg, MB) in the Final of the SGI Canada Best of the West, held April 4 - 7, 2024 at the Nutana Curling Club in Saskatoon, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kleiter won 5-4 over Jordon McDonald (Winnipeg, MB) in the semifinals of the 2024 SGI Canada Best of the West in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada; and won 5-4 over Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 SGI Canada Best of the West in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada;

Kleiter finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kleiter defeated Jacob Libbus (Okotoks, AB) 5-4, then won 7-4 against Josh Bryden (Regina, SK) and 9-4 against Ryan Parent (Calgary, AB). Kleiter won 4-3 against Cameron de Jong (Penticton, BC). Kleiter went on to lose 5-3 against McDonald in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the SGI Canada Best of the West, Kleiter take home 13.750 world rankings points along with the $5,000CDN prize. Kleiter move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 5.25 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 21st overall with 139.625 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Kleiter ranks 21st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 139.625 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	45	30	0	0.600	5-3	5-5	2-1	1-1	1-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	558	418	361	7.49	6.47	1.02	4.53	4.18	1.65	1.55	1.29

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	259	310	74	26	6-1	21-4	69-11	1.20	0.29	0.41	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	299	108	287	46	3-8	7-19	12-43	0.36	0.96	0.61	0.24

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