Birr4-2 at 2021 USA Olympic Trials Mayfield Qualifier

SKIP
Todd
Birr

Third
Brady
Clark

Second
Jason
Smith

Lead
Tom
O'Connor

Todd Birr (Blaine, MN) finished 4-2 in the 11-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Birr defeated Steven Birklid (Seattle, WA) 11-8, then went on to lose 10-7 against Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA). Birr responded with a 10-3 win over Brandon Corbett (Rochester, NY). Birr won 9-8 against Darryl Sobering (Denver, CO). Birr went on to lose 9-4 against Greg Persinger (Fairbanks, AK). Birr responded with a 9-4 win over Birklid in their final qualifying round match.

Birr earned 7.180 world rankings points for their Top 4 finish in the USA Olympic Trials Mayfield Qualifier, moving up 19 spots the World Ranking Standings into 89th place overall with 26.885 total points. Birr ranks 72nd overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 9.541 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	6	6	0	0.500	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	103	75	80	7.28	7.77	-0.49	4.37	4.37	1.67	1.78	1.26

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	50	49	26	5	0-1	7-1	5-6	0.98	0.52	0.27	0.30

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	53	26	54	8	0-0	4-7	3-10	0.49	1.02	0.43	0.28

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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