| 2016 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship | |
| Host City: | Denver, Colorado |
| Arena: | Denver Curling Club |
| Dates: | December 2-7, 2015 |
| Winner: | Jessica Schultz and Jason Smith |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2017 |
The 2016 United States Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was held from December 2-7, 2015 at the Denver Curling Club in Denver, Colorado.[1] [2] Jason Smith and Jessica Schultz, both from Minnesota, won the tournament.[3] The champions, along with the silver and bronze medal winners, earned a spot in the United States Mixed Doubles World Trials in February 2016, where the U.S. representative for the 2016 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Karlstad, Sweden was decided.[4] [5]
Twenty nine teams qualified to compete in the championship.[6] [7]
| Female | Male | State(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Anderson | Alex Fenson | ||
| Danielle Buchbinder | Michael Rupp | ||
| Cristin Clark | Brady Clark | ||
| Stephanie Senneker | Bret Jackson | ||
| Christon Clark | Logan Tingley | , | |
| Becca Wood | Brett Davis | ||
| Frances Walsh | Stephen Grant | ||
| Emily Good | MacAllan Guy | ||
| Jessica Schultz | Jason Smith | ||
| Keri VanNorman | Cameron Kim | ||
| Dena Rosenberry | Darrick Kizlyk | ||
| Tracy Heuermann | Ron Kloth | ||
| Alexandra Carlson | Alex Leichter | , | |
| Jenny Levy | Ben Levy | ||
| Kathy Jackson | Murray Jackson | ||
| Jillian Walker | Derrick McLean | ||
| Nina Roth | Kroy Nernberger | ||
| Teri Olson | Scott Olson | ||
| Kelsey Ostrowski | Gary Mazzotta | ||
| Catharine Persinger | Greg Persinger | ||
| Allison Pottinger | Doug Pottinger | ||
| Cynthia Smith | Matthew Culbertson | ||
| Elaine Smith-Koop | Joshua Engle | ||
| Maureen Stolt | Peter Stolt | ||
| Larissa Unruh | Samuel Unruh | ||
| Nicole Vassar | Sam Williams | ||
| Monica Walker | Sean Beighton | , | |
| Sarah Thuriot | Doug Weimerskirch | ||
| Stephanie Martin | Dan Wiza | , |
Instead of the usual round robin group play leading into playoffs, the 2016 Championship was structured with three tiers of brackets to create a triple elimination tournament. All 29 teams began in the A event bracket, if they lost they moved down to the B event bracket and if they lost again they moved to the C event bracket. If a team lost a game in the C event they were eliminated from the tournament. The winners of the A and B brackets played for the championship. However, all three bracket winners qualified for the US World Trials to compete to represent the United States at the 2016 World Mixed Doubles Championship. [8]
The winners of the A and B brackets played for the championship.
Monday, December 7, 11:00 am MT[10]