Park Runner-Up at 2024 Pan-Continental Championships

SKIP
Jongduk
Park

Third
Yeongseok
Jeong

Second
Seunghoon
Oh

Lead
Jihoon
Seong

Jongduk Park (Gangwon, KOR) lost 8-3 to Brad Gushue (St. John's, CAN) in the Final of the Pan-Continental Championships, held October 29 - November 4, 2023 in Kelowna, British Columbia. To advance to the championship game, Park won 8-7 over Riku Yanagisawa (Karuizawa, JPN) in the semifinals of the 2024 Pan-Continental Championships in Kelowna, British Columbia;

Park are currently 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Park defeated Gushue 8-5, then won 9-6 against Australia's Jay Merchant and 9-6 against Randie Shen (Taipei City, TPE). Park won 6-4 against Rayad Husain (Georgetown, GUY), then won 8-3 against Andrew Stopera (Duluth, MN). Park went on to lose 8-5 against Anton Hood (Naseby, NZL). Park lost 10-5 to Yanagisawa. In their next game, Park plays.

With their runner-up finish at the Pan-Continental Championships, Park take home 27.500 world rankings points. Park move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of 12.5 points improving upon their best 4 results so far this season, ranking 40th overall with 102.196 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Park ranks 20th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 77.000 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	41	30	0	0.577	11-1	6-6	7-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	540	402	374	7.44	6.93	0.52	4.35	4.20	1.71	1.65	1.44

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	258	307	72	36	8-1	27-3	56-11	1.19	0.28	0.41	0.20

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	282	95	302	42	3-6	5-22	12-61	0.34	1.07	0.49	0.23

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