Benson/Jackson2-1 at 2023 Ilderton Mixed Doubles Spiel

Julie Benson/Bret Jackson (Northville, MI) finished 2-1 in the 32-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Benson/Jackson defeated Megan Ford/Daniel Krowchuk (Niagara Falls, ON) 8-5, then won 8-6 against Jessica Guilbault/Eric Fenech (Kingston, ON). Benson/Jackson went on to lose 8-4 against Riley Sandham/Brendan Craig (Guelph, ON) in their final qualifying round match.

Benson/Jackson earned 1.875 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Benson/Jackson gained -0.89 points improving upon their best 5 events, though dropped 6 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 222ndplace overall with 4.126 total points. Benson/Jackson ranks 235th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 0.562 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	10	13	0	0.435	1-0	1-2	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	160	133	155	8.31	9.69	-1.38	4.75	5.25	1.75	1.85	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	82	94	53	0	4-0	11-5	12-9	1.15	0.65	0.33	0.41

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	78	39	102	0	1-4	0-12	8-11	0.50	1.31	0.46	0.36

The Swiss Olympic rink (Photo: Anil Mungal/GSOC) are off and running as they aim to top the podium in Cortina.

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