Smith/Johnson1-3 at 2022 USA Curling Mixed Doubles National Championship

Cynthia Smith/Don Johnson (Denver, CO) finished 1-3 in the 26-team qualifying round. . In their opening game, Smith/Johnson lost 7-4 to Taylor Anderson/Hunter Clawson (Minneapolis, MN), then responded with a 12-8 win over Nicole Bookhout/Benjamin Randall (Madison, WI). Smith/Johnson went on to lose 10-4 against Aileen Geving/Luc Violette (Duluth, MN). Smith/Johnson lost 8-7 to Rebecca Rodgers/Samuel Strouse (Midland, MO) in their final qualifying round match.

Smith/Johnson earned 2.029 world rankings points for their preliminary round wins. Smith/Johnson gained 1.014 points improving upon their best 6 events, though dropped 1 spots on the World Ranking Standings into 778thplace overall with 4.299 total points. Smith/Johnson ranks 227th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with 4.299 points earned so far this season.

RECORD	W	L	T	PCT	HMR	STL	1PT	EEH	EES
2022	5	4	0	0.556	2-0	2-2	0-1	0-0	0-0

SCORING	ENDs	PF	PA	PF/G	PA/G	+/-	EF/G	EA/G	PF/E	PA/E	BE/G
2022	62	59	47	9.52	7.58	1.94	5.32	4.68	1.79	1.62	0.00

WITH HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	HE	SD
2022	29	46	8	0	3-0	5-0	6-0	1.59	0.28	0.48	0.28

WITHOUT HAMMER	ENDs	PF	PA	BE	4s	3s	2s	PF/E	PA/E	FE	SE
2022	33	13	39	0	0-1	0-5	1-5	0.39	1.18	0.48	0.36

Brendan Bottcher (photo: Stan Fong) is moving on from now former teammates Marc Kennedy, Brett Gallant and Ben Hebert, announced Tuesday.

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