John Shuster (Duluth, USA) lost
10-4 to
Brady Clark (Seattle, WA) in the Final of the USA Men's National Curling Championship, held February 6 - 13, 2016 in Jacksonville, Florida.
Shuster finished 7-2 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Shuster defeated
Heath McCormick (New York, NY) 9-5, then won
8-2 against
Pete Fenson (Blaine, USA). Shuster went on to lose
10-7 against
Clark. Shuster responded with a
9-3 win over
Alex Leichter (Boston, MA). Shuster went on to lose
8-2 against
Korey Dropkin (Blaine, USA). Shuster responded with a
9-6 win over
Brandon Corbett (Rochester, NY). Shuster won
8-6 against
Todd Birr (Blaine, MN), then won
10-5 against
Hunter Clawson (Baltimore, MD) and
8-5 against
Craig Brown (Blaine, USA) in their final qualifying round match.
With their runner-up finish at the USA Men's National Curling Championship, Shuster take home
34.031 world rankings points. Shuster move up 2 spots after posting a net gain of 29.403 points improving upon their best results so far this season, ranking 12th overall with
355.867 total points on the
World Ranking Standings. Shuster ranks 10th overall on the
Year-to-Date rankings with
228.895 points earned so far this season.
