McDonald Runner-Up at 2021 MCT Championships

SKIP
Kristy
McDonald

Third
Lisa
Blixhavn

Second
Leslie
Wilson-Westcott

Lead
Raunora
Westcott

Kristy McDonald (Winnipeg, MB) lost 9-0 to Mackenzie Zacharias (Altona, MB) in the Final of the MCT Championships, held November 26 - 28, 2021 at the Heather Curling Club in Winnipeg, Canada. To advance to the championship game, McDonald won 8-5 over Kim Link (East St. Paul, MB) in the semifinals of the 2021 MCT Championships in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada;

McDonald finished 2-1 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, McDonald lost 7-5 to Kaitlyn Jones (Winnipeg, MB), then responded with a 8-5 win over Kristy Watling (Winnipeg, MB). McDonald won 8-5 against Jennifer Clark-Rouire (Winnipeg, MB) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the MCT Championships, McDonald take home 18.068 world rankings points along with the $1,000CDN prize, moving up 16 spots the World Ranking Standings into 62nd place overall with 52.267 total points. McDonald ranks 49th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 39.776 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	12	14	0	0.462	2-1	1-0	1-0	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	212	156	158	7.36	7.45	-0.09	4.53	4.15	1.63	1.80	1.32

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	104	119	44	13	6-2	6-4	21-4	1.14	0.42	0.36	0.23

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	108	37	114	15	1-3	0-8	4-25	0.34	1.06	0.44	0.27

2024: Beth Peterson
Beth Peterson, Jenna Loder, Katherine Doerksen, Melissa Kurz, Kelsey Rocque
Winnipeg, MB
2021: Mackenzie Zacharias
Mackenzie Zacharias, Karlee Burgess, Emily Zacharias, Lauren Lenentine , Sheldon Zacharias
Altona, MB
2019: Ryan Wiebe
Ryan Wiebe, Carter Watkins, Sean Flatt, Adam Flatt
Winnipeg, MB
2019: Kristy Watling
Kristy Watling, Christine MacKay, Taylor Maida, Katrina Thiessen, Kyla Grabowski
Winnipeg, MB
2018: Beth Peterson
Beth Peterson, Jenna Loder, Katherine Doerksen, Melissa Kurz, Robyn Henry
Winnipeg, MB
2017: Shannon Birchard
Shannon Birchard, Nicole Sigvaldason, Sheyna Andries, Mariah Mondor
Winnipeg, MB
2016: Darcy Robertson
Darcy Robertson, Karen Klein, Vanessa Foster, Michelle Madden
Winnipeg, MB
2015: Michelle Montford
Michelle Montford, Lisa McLeod, Sara Van Walleghem, Sarah Neufeld, Courtney Blanchard
Winnipeg, MB
2014: Michelle Montford
Michelle Montford, Lisa McLeod, Sara Van Walleghem, Sarah Neufeld, Courtney Blanchard
Winnipeg, MB
2013: Joelle Brown
Joelle Brown, Alyssa Calvert, Jolene Callum, Kelsey Hinds
Winnipeg, MB
2012: Barb Spencer
Barb Spencer, Katie Spencer, Ainsley Champagne, Raunora Westcott
Winnipeg, MB
2011: Chelsea Carey
Chelsea Carey, Kristy McDonald, Kristen Foster, Lindsay Warkentin
Winnipeg, MB
2006: Jan Sandison
Jan Sandison, Tammy Schoenrath, Cheryl Tresoor, Jill Proctor
Dugald, MB

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