CHAMPION: Kiist Wins 2024 Saville U25 Challenge

Edmonton, Alberta

SKIP
Ben
Kiist

Third
Terren
Algot

Second
Noah
Mason-Wood

Lead
Rhett
Whittmire

Games:	6
Record:	5W - 1L
PF/G:	11.11
PA/G:	5.00
Hammer Efficiency:	0.56
Steal Defense:	0.24
Force Efficiency:	0.70
Steal Efficiency:	0.37

Ben Kiist (Edmonton, AB) won 5-4 over Johnson Tao (Edmonton, AB) in the Final of the Saville U25 Challenge, held November 22 - 24, 2024 at the Saville Community Sports Centre in Edmonton, Canada. To advance to the championship game, Kiist won 7-1 over Adam Elsenheimer (Edmonton, AB) in the semifinals of the 2024 Saville U25 Challenge in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; and won 6-2 over Kolby MacDonald (Edmonton, AB) in the quarterfinals. of the 2024 Saville U25 Challenge in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada;

Kiist finished 2-1 in the 13-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Kiist lost 8-5 to Zach Davies (Edmonton, AB), then responded with a 7-1 win over James Ballance (Okotoks/Edmonton, AB). Kiist won 10-2 against Logan Ede (Saskatoon, SK) in their final qualifying round match.

For winning the Saville U25 Challenge Championship title, Kiist earned 7.500 world rankings points along with the $2,400CDN first prize cheque. For week 17 of the event schedule, Kiist did not improve upon their best events, remaining at th place on the World Ranking Standings with total points. Kiist ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2025	11	8	0	0.579	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2025	141	122	107	8.65	7.59	1.06	5.04	4.33	1.72	1.75	0.64

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2025	63	81	18	2	2-0	8-0	10-5	1.29	0.29	0.33	0.21

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2025	78	41	89	7	2-3	2-8	8-16	0.53	1.14	0.44	0.29

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