Marks Runner-Up at 2023 U25 NextGen Classic

SKIP
Abby
Marks

Third
Elysa
Crough

Second
Kim
Bonneau

Lead
Julianna
Mackenzie

Abby Marks (Edmonton, AB) lost 7-3 to Serena Gray-Withers (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the U25 NextGen Classic, held August 29 - September 2, 2023 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Marks won 9-2 over Mackenzie Kiemele (Toronto, ON) in the semifinals

Marks finished 3-2 in the 12-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Marks defeated Paige Bown (Navan, ON) 10-4, then won 4-3 against Tori Zemmelink (Guelph, ON) and 7-3 against Myla Plett (Sherwood Park, AB). Marks went on to lose 6-5 against Jessica Wytrychowski (Edmonton, AB). Marks lost 7-5 to Isabelle Ladouceur (Whitby, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the U25 NextGen Classic, Marks take home 13.750 world rankings points along with the $4,000CDN prize, moving up 3 spots the World Ranking Standings into 40th place overall with 80.907 total points. Marks ranks 9th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 22.813 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	41	28	0	0.594	5-2	7-5	2-4	0-1	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	518	416	326	8.03	6.29	1.74	4.77	3.96	1.68	1.59	1.27

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	244	301	64	28	12-3	17-2	57-5	1.23	0.26	0.40	0.19

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	274	115	262	38	1-3	7-16	21-62	0.42	0.96	0.49	0.28

Gangwon Province's Park Jong-duk (Photo: Steve Seixeiro/WCF) will try to make it a second straight national title this week in Uijeongbu.

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