Dropkin Runner-Up at 2024 USA Curling National Championships

SKIP
Korey
Dropkin

Third
Andrew
Stopera

Second
Mark
Fenner

Lead
Thomas
Howell

Korey Dropkin (Duluth, MN) lost 11-6 to John Shuster (Duluth , MN) in the Final of the USA Curling National Championships, held January 27 - February 4, 2024 at the The Rink at American Dream in East Rutherford, United States.

Dropkin finished 5-2 in the 8-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Dropkin defeated Nicholas Connolly (Seattle, WA) 10-3, then went on to lose 8-6 against Scott Dunnam (Philadelphia, PA). Dropkin responded with a 8-2 win over Ethan Sampson (Chaska, MN). Dropkin won 8-4 against Wesley Wendling (Wausau, WI), then won 7-2 against Daniel Casper (Chaska, MN) and 8-2 against Rich Ruohonen (Minneapolis, MN). Dropkin went on to lose 8-5 against Shuster in their final qualifying round match.

With their runner-up finish at the USA Curling National Championships, Dropkin take home 27.500 world rankings points. Dropkin move up 1 spots after posting a net gain of -31.094 points improving upon their best 8 results so far this season, ranking 14th overall with 154.750 total points on the World Ranking Standings. Dropkin ranks 14th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 154.750 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	33	31	0	0.516	13-4	4-6	1-2	0-1	0-1

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	476	361	311	7.58	6.53	1.05	4.52	3.95	1.68	1.65	1.53

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	241	257	56	44	3-0	13-5	64-6	1.07	0.23	0.41	0.17

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	235	104	255	29	2-6	12-18	15-51	0.44	1.09	0.49	0.25

Gyeonggi's Team Gim Eun-ji (Photo: Olympics) will represent Korea for a third straight season at the international level.

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