CHAMPION: Clark Wins 2013 USA National Championships

SKIP
Brady
Clark

Third
Sean
Beighton

Second
Darren
Lehto

Lead
Philip
Tilker

Brady Clark (Seattle, WA) won 6-5 over Tyler George (Duluth, MN) in the Final of the USA National Championships, held February 9 - 16, 2013 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Clark finished 5-4 in the 0-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Clark defeated George 9-8, then won 7-3 against John Shuster (Duluth, MN) and 9-4 against Ryan Lemke (Medford, WI). Clark won 8-1 against Pete Fenson (Bemidji, MN), then won 7-4 against Heath McCormick (New York, NY). Clark went on to lose 9-3 against Mike Farbelow (Minneapolis, MN). Clark lost 7-3 to Todd Birr (Mankato, MN). Clark lost 8-5 to Greg Persinger (Fairbanks, AK). Clark lost 8-6 to Craig Brown (Madison, WI) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the USA National Championships Championship title, Clark earned 11.250 world rankings points, moving up 44 spots the World Ranking Standings into 79th place overall with 22.908 total points. Clark ranks 51st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 18.470 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

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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