Wendling Finishes Fourth at 2024 World Junior Curling Championships

Wausau, United States

SKIP
Wesley
Wendling

Third
Kevin
Tuma

Second
Caden
Hebert

Lead
Jackson
Armstrong

Games:	11
Record:	6W - 5L
PF/G:	7.96
PA/G:	8.06
Hammer Efficiency:	0.49
Steal Defense:	0.23
Force Efficiency:	0.40
Steal Efficiency:	0.20

Wesley Wendling (Wausau, USA) lost 10-9 to Jacob Schmidt (Hvidovre, DEN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland. of the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland; Wesley Wendling (Wausau, USA) lost 10-9 to Jacob Schmidt (Hvidovre, DEN) in the Bronze Medal game at the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland. Wendling lost 10-4 to Lukas Hostmaelingen (Oslo, NOR) in the semifinals to drop into the third place game. of the 2024 World Junior Curling Championships in Lohja, Finland;

Wendling finished 6-3 in the 10-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Wendling lost 10-6 to Italy's Stefano Gilli, then responded with a 8-7 win over Hostmaelingen. Wendling won 10-6 against Orrin Carson (Stirling, SCO). Wendling went on to lose 11-3 against Schmidt. Wendling lost 6-4 to Liqiunan Tao (Beijing, CHN) where Wendling responded with a 7-3 win over Benny Kapp (Fuessen, GER). Wendling won 10-9 against Johnson Tao (Edmonton, CAN), then won 10-3 against Sam Flanagan (Naseby, NZL) and 11-8 against Manuel Jermann (Arlesheim, SUI) in their final qualifying round match.

With their fourth place finish at the World Junior Curling Championships, Wendling take home 12.000 world rankings points, moving up 12 spots the World Ranking Standings into 61st place overall with 50.375 total points. Wendling ranks 61st overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 50.375 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2024	29	25	0	0.537	3-2	2-3	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2024	415	346	329	8.34	7.93	0.41	4.53	4.75	1.84	1.67	0.72

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2024	212	257	91	15	12-0	18-6	43-18	1.21	0.43	0.37	0.29

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2024	203	89	238	15	5-3	5-21	11-49	0.44	1.17	0.46	0.26

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