Olson Runner-Up at 2022 USCA Junior Championships

Fourth
Katherine
Gourianova

SKIP
Sara
Olson

Second
Elizabeth
Janiak

Lead
Anne
O'Hara

Sara Olson (Potomac, MD) lost 6-5 to Delaney Strouse (Chaska, MN) in the Final of the USCA Junior Championships, held August 9 - 14, 2021 in Chaska, Minnesota. To advance to the championship game, Olson won 6-3 over Andie McDonald (Tempe, AZ) in the semifinals of the 2022 USCA Junior Championships in Chaska, Minnesota;

Olson finished 4-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Olson defeated Hannah MacRaild (Cleveland, OH) 10-1, then won 8-3 against Kylee Barden (Arlington, WI) and 12-4 against Anna Tamboli (Portage, WI). Olson went on to lose 8-4 against Claire Viau (Portage, WI). Olson responded with a 8-7 win over Samantha Jones (Endeavor, WI) in their final qualifying round match.

Olson ranks 332nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	5	6	0	0.455	2-1	2-0	1-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	88	60	63	6.82	7.16	-0.34	4.89	4.20	1.40	1.70	0.91

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	47	37	22	7	0-2	1-1	7-0	0.79	0.47	0.20	0.26

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	41	23	41	1	1-2	1-1	3-8	0.56	1.00	0.56	0.37

Gyeonggi's Team Gim Eun-ji (Photo: Olympics) will represent Korea for a third straight season at the international level.

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