Jamie Sinclair/Rich Ruohonen (Chaska, MN) lost
7-6 to
Vicky Persinger/Christopher Plys (Fairbanks, AK) in the Final of the US Olympic Team Trials: Curling Mixed Doubles, held October 25 - 31, 2021 in Eveleth, Minnesota. To advance to the championship game, Sinclair/Ruohonen won
9-7 over
Sarah Anderson/Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) in the semifinals of the 2021 US Olympic Team Trials: Curling Mixed Doubles in Eveleth, Minnesota;
Sinclair/Ruohonen finished 5-4 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Sinclair/Ruohonen defeated
Aileen Geving/Luc Violette (Duluth, MN) 9-4, then won
7-5 against
Monica Walker/Alex Leichter (Boston, MA). Sinclair/Ruohonen went on to lose
7-6 against
Persinger/Plys. Sinclair/Ruohonen lost
7-1 to
Cory Christensen/John Shuster (Duluth, MN). Sinclair/Ruohonen lost
8-5 to
Madison Bear/Andrew Stopera (Chaska, MN) where Sinclair/Ruohonen responded with a
6-4 win over
Tabitha Peterson/Joe Polo (Chaska, MN). Sinclair/Ruohonen won
9-8 against
Jenna Burchesky/Ben Richardson (Chaska, MN), then won
8-5 against
Becca Hamilton/Matt Hamilton (Madison, WI). Sinclair/Ruohonen went on to lose
8-3 against
Anderson/Dropkin in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the US Olympic Team Trials: Curling Mixed Doubles, Sinclair/Ruohonen take home
36.251 world rankings points, remaining in 778th place overall on the
World Ranking Standings with a net gain of 36.25 after improving upon their best so far this season. Sinclair/Ruohonen ranks 10th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
53.504 points earned so far this season.
