| Cora Farrell | |
| Birth Date: | 23 May 1999 |
| Birth Place: | Glen Ridge, New Jersey |
| Curling Club: | Chaska CC, Chaska, MN[1] |
| Skip: | Christine McMakin |
| Third: | Cora Farrell |
| Second: | Jenna Burchesky |
| Lead: | Clare Moores |
| Mixed Doubles Partner: | Coleman Thurston |
Cora Farrell (born May 23, 1999) is an American curler from Fairbanks, Alaska.[2] She was a silver medalist at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
Farrell has competed in eight consecutive Junior National Championships. Her first was in 2013 at only 13 years old, playing third for Kaitlin Fowler. They finished the tournament with a 3–6 win–loss record, in a four-way tie for sixth place. Farrell's best results at Junior Nationals have been in 2017, 2019, and 2020, each time earning the silver medal.[2]
In 2016 Farrell represented the United States at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics, playing third on the mixed team skipped by Luc Violette. They earned the silver medal, losing to Canada's Mary Fay in the final. Later in the season, Farrell skipped her own team to victory at the Pacific International Cup, an international bonspiel held annually in Richmond, British Columbia.[3]
At the Farrell and her team, who had finished fourth at Junior Nationals earlier in the year, earned the bronze medal.
Farrell returned to the international stage in 2019, as skip of Team United States at the World Junior-B Championships in Lohja, Finland.[4] The Junior-B Championships act as a qualifying tournament for the World Junior Curling Championships. They finished in fifth place,[5] failing to qualify the United States for the .
During the 2020 off-season it was announced that Farrell would be joining Jamie Sinclair, Monica Walker, and Elizabeth Cousins to form a new team for the 2020–21 season.[6] The team was not able to compete in any tour events due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but they were able to play in the 2021 United States Women's Curling Championship, held May 26–30 in Wausau, Wisconsin.[7] There, they topped the round robin with an undefeated 6–0 record, which qualified them directly to the championship final where they faced Team Cory Christensen.[8] After trailing early, Team Sinclair tied the game in the eighth end, but couldn't hold on for the win as Christensen scored two points in the extra end to win 8–6.[9]
The following season, Team Sinclair began by winning the 2021 Oakville Fall Classic, defeating Suzanne Birt 8–6 in the final game.[10] Later in the season, they won another tour event at the Atkins Curling Supplies Classic with a 10–4 win over Kristy Watling in the championship final.[11] They reached the final of the US Open of Curling, losing to the Tabitha Peterson rink 8–5 in the final. They also had a semifinal finish at the 2021 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic and a quarterfinal finish at the 2021 Oakville Labour Day Classic.[12] Team Sinclair then played in the 2021 United States Olympic Curling Trials, held November 12 to 21 at the Baxter Arena in Omaha, Nebraska.[13] Despite entering the Trials as the second ranked team, the team did not have a good performance, failing to reach the playoff round with a 4–6 record, finishing third.[14] Team Sinclair ended the 2021–22 season with a semifinal loss at the Curl Mesabi Classic. They disbanded following the season.
| Season | Skip | Third | Second | Lead | Alternate | Coach | Events | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012–13 | Kaitlin Fowler | Cora Farrell | Naimy Schommer | Ariel Traxler | 2013 USJCC (6th) | |||
| 2013–14 | Kaitlin Fowler | Cora Farrell | Naimy Schommer | Ariel Traxler | 2014 USJCC (8th) | |||
| 2014–15 | Cora Farrell | Ariel Traxler | Naimy Schommer | Piper Brase | 2015 USJCC (7th) | |||
| 2015–16 | Cora Farrell | Ariel Traxler | Naimy Schommer | Anne O'Hara | 2016 USJCC (5th) | |||
| Luc Violette | Cora Farrell | Ben Richardson | Cait Flannery | Tom Violette | ||||
| 2016–17 | Madison Bear | Cora Farrell | Cait Flannery | Lexi Lanigan | 2017 USJCC | |||
| Cora Farrell | Cait Flannery | Lexi Lanigan | Rebecca Miles | (4th) | ||||
| 2017–18 | Cora Farrell | Cait Flannery | Lexi Lanigan | Rebecca Miles | 2018 USJCC (4th) | |||
| 2018–19 | Annmarie Dubberstein | Cora Farrell | Jenna Burchesky | Allison Howell | 2019 USJCC (5th) | |||
| 2019–20 | Cait Flannery (fourth) | Leah Yavarow | Cora Farrell (skip) | Allison Howell | Rebecca Miles | Mark Lazar | 2019 WJBCC (5th) 2020 USJCC | |
| 2020–21 | Cora Farrell | Elizabeth Cousins | Mark Lazar | |||||
| 2021–22 | Jamie Sinclair | Monica Walker | Cora Farrell | Elizabeth Cousins | ||||
| 2022–23 | Christine McMakin | Cora Farrell | Clare Moores |