CHAMPION: Wald Wins 2011 US Junior Mens Nationals

[[1:8.0000]] CHAMPION: Wald Wins 2011 US Junior Mens Nationals

Chisholm, Minnesota

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SKIP
Aaron
Wald

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Third
Josh
Bahr

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Second
Jared
Zezel

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Lead
John
Muller

Games:	11
Record:	8W - 3L
PF/G:	7.31
PA/G:	6.30
Hammer Efficiency:	0.44
Steal Defense:	0.22
Force Efficiency:	0.53
Steal Efficiency:	0.24

Aaron Wald (Chisholm, MN) won 6-3 over Stephen Dropkin (Southborough, MA) in the Final of the US Junior Mens Nationals, held January 29 - February 5, 2011 in Fairbanks, Alaska.

Wald finished 6-3 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wald defeated Jake Vukich (Seattle, WA) 12-10, then went on to lose 9-7 against Adam Kitchens (Devils Lake, ND). Wald responded with a 7-4 win over Matt Birklid (Fairbanks, AK). Wald went on to lose 6-5 against Evan Workin (Fargo, ND). Wald responded with a 8-4 win over Tyler Runing (North Mankato, MN). Wald went on to lose 9-3 against Tom Gabower (Janesville, WI). Wald responded with a 4-3 win over Alex Leichter (Wayland, MA). Wald won 8-4 against Dropkin, then won 10-9 against John Landsteiner (Trempealeau, WI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the US Junior Mens Nationals Championship title, Wald earned 8.000 world rankings points, moving up 65 spots the World Ranking Standings into 119th place overall with 15.900 total points. Wald ranks 100th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 10.600 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

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