The field is now set for the 2025 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials in Halifax, Nova Scotia. This past weekend in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, the Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials took place with Selena Sturmay of Edmonton, Alberta winning on the women’s side and Jordon McDonald of Winnipeg, Manitoba winning on the men’s side. At age 22, McDonald is the youngest skip in the history of the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials according to the Canadian Press.
In women’s action, Sturmay’s team went through the round robin with a record of five wins and two losses. That was good enough to finish in first place. Then in the best of three final, Sturmay won two games to one. She defeated Kayla MacMillan of Victoria, British Columbia 8-5 on Saturday in game one, before losing 10-9 in game two and winning 9-4 in game three.
In men’s action, McDonald’s team went through the round robin with a record of five wins and two losses. That was good enough for second place. McDonald then beat Ontario’s Scott Howard 5-4 in the semifinals, before beating Braden Calvert of Carberry, Manitoba two games to one in the final. McDonald won game one 10-5, lost game two 8-5 and won game three 8-5.
In the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials for the women, Sturmay is joined by Rachel Homan of Ottawa, Ontario, Kerri Einarson of Gimli, Manitoba, Kayla Skrlik of Calgary, Alberta, Kaitllyn Lawes of Winnipeg, Kate Cameron of Winnipeg, Christina Black of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Corryn Brown of Kamloops, British Columbia. In the Canadian Olympic Curling Trials for the men, McDonald is joined by Matt Dunstone of Winnipeg, Kevin Koe of Calgary, Canadian Olympic gold medalist Brad Jacobs of Calgary, Mike McEwen of Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canadian Olympic gold medalist Brad Gushue of St. John’s, Newfoundland, Rylan Kleiter of Saskatoon, and John Epping of Sudbury, Ontario. Gushue won the gold medal for Canada at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin. Jacobs won the gold medal for Canada at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi.
