Larson Reaches 2019 Kalamazoo Men's Classic Semifinals

Ryan Larson (Kalamazoo, MI) run at the 2019 Kalamazoo Men's Classic came to an end in the semifinals with a 6-5 loss to Rick Law (Kingsville, ON). of the 2019 Kalamazoo Men's Classic in Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States; Larson advanced through the quarterfinals with a 6-1 win over Stephen Imes (Columbus, OH).

Larson finished 3-1 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Larson lost 6-3 to Tom Mulhern (Kalamazoo, MI), then responded with a 9-1 win over P.N. Raju (Hyderabad, IN). Larson won 11-5 against Matt Sussman (Toledo, OH), then won 6-4 against Dominik Maerki (Chaska, MN) in their final qualifying round match.

Larson earned 5.644 world rankings points for their Top 3 finish in the Kalamazoo Men's Classic, moving up 120 spots the World Ranking Standings into 247th place overall with 8.255 total points. Larson ranks 146th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 5.644 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

2019: Dale Kelly
Dale Kelly, Mark Patterson, Ed DeSchutter, Aiden Poole
Chatham, ON
2018: Rick Law
Rick Law, Sean Boyle , Jason Wingerden
Belle River, ON
2017: Brandon Corbett
Brandon Corbett, Derek Corbett, Aaron Carlson, Daniel Dudt
Rochester, NY
2016: Sean Murray
Sean Murray, Mark Robinson, Nicholas Visnich, Alex Visnich
Pittsburgh, PA

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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