Wisconsin's John Benton2-3 at 2011 Kia Curling Classic Superspiel

Fourth
Ryan
Lemke

SKIP
John
Benton

Second
Jake
Will

Lead
Steve
Day

Wisconsin's John Benton finished 2-3 in the 24-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wisconsin's John Benton defeated Robbie Gordon (Sudbury, ON) 9-6, then went on to lose 8-6 against Brad Jacobs (Sault Ste. Marie, ON). Wisconsin's John Benton lost 5-4 to Mike Assad (Thunder Bay, ON) where Wisconsin's John Benton responded with a 7-4 win over Northern Ontario's Eric Harnden. Wisconsin's John Benton went on to lose 9-8 against Larry Pallot (Goulais River, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Wisconsin's John Benton earned 0.430 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins, moving up 9 spots the World Ranking Standings into 176th place overall with 4.393 total points. Wisconsin's John Benton ranks 128th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 1.780 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

2008: Brad Jacobs
Sault Ste. Marie, ON
2010: Bryan Burgess
Brian Burgess, Gary Weiss, Dale Wiersema, Pat Berezowski
Thunder Bay, ON
2011: Craig Brown
Craig Brown, Matt Hamilton, Kroy Nernberger, Derrick Casper
, WI

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