Jamie Sinclair

Jamie Ann Sinclair (born February 21, 1992)[1] is an American-Canadian curler from Osgoode, Ontario and is a three-time U.S. National Champion.[4] Her United States Curling Association membership is through the Charlotte Curling Association in Charlotte, North Carolina where she has a number of personal connections.[2][3] She grew up in Manotick, Ontario, a suburb of Ottawa.

Jamie Sinclair
Curler
Jamie Sinclair playing in the August 2012 Grits 'n' Granite bonspiel at the Charlotte Centre Curling Club at the Extreme Ice Center in Indian Trail, North Carolina
Born (1992-02-21) February 21, 1992
Anchorage, Alaska[1]
Team
Curling clubManotick CC, Manotick and Charlotte Curling Association, Charlotte, North Carolina[2][3]
SkipJamie Sinclair
ThirdMonica Walker
SecondCora Farrell
LeadElizabeth Cousins
Career
Member Association Ontario (2006-2014)
Minnesota (2014-2019)
Grand National (2019-present)
World Championship
appearances		2 (2018, 2019)
Grand Slam victories1 (2018 Players' Championship)
Medal record
Women's curling
Representing Minnesota
United States National Championships
2019 Kalamazoo
2018 Fargo
2017 Everett
United States Olympic Curling Trials
2017 Omaha
Representing North Carolina
United States National Championships
2020 Cheney
Representing  Ontario
Canada Winter Games
2007 Whitehorse

Curling career

2007–2013: Juniors

Sinclair won a gold medal at the 2007 Canada Winter Games, playing lead for the Rachel Homan rink. She was a member of the Homan rink that won the 2006 Bantam provincial championship.[5] She won the Bantam provincial championship again in 2009 as a skip.

Sinclair played in her first World Curling Tour (WCT) event, at the 2011 Challenge Casino Lac Leamy. Her rink finished with a 1–2 record in her pool, and did not make the playoffs.

Sinclair and her rink of Holly Donaldson, Chantal Allan and Casandra Raganold won the provincial women's junior championship in 2012, defeating Lauren Horton 9–3.[6] This earned her rink the right to represent Ontario at the 2012 Canadian Junior Curling Championships where they finished with a 7–5 record, just missing the playoffs in 4th place.

Sinclair won her second straight provincial junior title in 2013, with a new front end of Katelyn Wasylkiw and Erin Jenkins with Donaldson still at third. At the 2013 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, her team did make the playoffs, but lost in the semi-final to Manitoba's Shannon Birchard, settling for third place.

2013–2016: Moving to the United States

For the 2013–14 season, Sinclair played on WCT teams on both sides of the border, playing third for the Ottawa-based Brit O'Neill rink, and third for the St. Paul, Minnesota-based Alexandra Carlson rink. With the Carlson rink, Sinclair played in the 2014 United States Women's Curling Championship, finishing with a 6–3 round robin record, but losing in a tie-breaker match. At the end of the season, Sinclair won the 2014 CIS/CCA Curling Championships, Canada's national university championship for Carleton University.

In 2014, Sinclair fully committed to playing out of the United States, and moved to Minnesota. For the 2014–15 season, she played third for the Nina Roth rink, which also consisted of Becca Hamilton and Tabitha Peterson. The team missed the playoffs at the 2015 United States Women's Curling Championship. The team played in two Grand Slam events, missing the playoffs at both the 2014 Colonial Square Ladies Classic and the 2014 Canadian Open of Curling.

In 2015, Roth left the team, with Sinclair assuming skipping duties, Hamilton throwing third rocks, Tabitha Peterson staying at lead and Tara Peterson joining the team at second. In their first season together, the team finished 4th at the 2016 United States Women's Curling Championship. The team played in one Slam, the 2015 National, going winless.

2016–2020: Success at Nationals

In 2016, Sinclair formed a new team with Alexandra Carlson, Vicky Persinger and Monica Walker.[7] Sinclair found much more success with her new team, winning the 2017 U.S. Championships, but missed out on going to the World Championship due to Nina Roth earning more points throughout the season.[8] They also played for the winning North American Team at the 2017 Continental Cup of Curling and made it to the quarterfinals of the last Grand Slam of the season, the 2017 Humpty's Champions Cup.

The team started the 2017–18 season by winning the AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic. At the 2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials, they missed their chance to play in the 2018 Winter Olympics when they lost a close three game final series to Nina Roth's team.[9] Later that season they defended their national title, winning the 2018 United States Women's Curling Championship.[10] Representing the United States at the 2018 World Women's Championship, they finished fourth, losing the bronze medal game to Russia's Victoria Moiseeva.[11] Team Sinclair made history at the 2018 Players' Championship when they became the first American team to win a Grand Slam event.[12] They finished the season with another quarterfinal finish at the 2018 Humpty's Champions Cup.[13]

The United States Curling Association would change the high performance teams the following season for the next Olympic quadrennial. Sinclair would continue skipping with twin sisters Sarah and Taylor Anderson playing third and second respectively and Monica Walker would continue to play lead. The team did not have a very successful season up until the 2019 United States Women's Curling Championship where they defeat the Roth rink in final. At the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship, the team went 6–6 finishing in seventh place, just missing the playoffs.[14]

The following season, Walker announced she would be retiring from competitive curling. The team brought on Cory Christensen to play third with Sinclair's former teammate Vicky Persinger coming on to play second. The Anderson twins would play lead and alternate. Retired Canadian curler Cathy Overton-Clapham joined the High Performance Program as Team Sinclair's coach for the 2019–20 season.[15] They would win the Red Deer Curling Classic World Curling Tour event.

At the 2020 United States Women's Championship Team Sinclair only lost one game in the round robin, earning the number one seed in the playoffs. In the 1 vs. 2 page playoff Sinclair lost to Tabitha Peterson's team, who they faced again in the final after defeating Ariel Traxler's junior team in the semifinals. Peterson defeated Team Sinclair a second time in the final, with a final score of 7–5, stopping Sinclair from tying Debbie McCormick's record of four National Titles in a row.[16]

2020–present

In March 2020, after an early end to the curling season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Sinclair announced via twitter that her teammates had decided to part ways with her.[17][18] Later in the off-season it was announced that Sinclair had formed a new team, bringing Walker out of her short retirement to play at third, and adding two younger curlers for the front end, Cora Farrell and Elizabeth Cousins.[19][20]

Personal life

Sinclair was born in Anchorage, Alaska,[1] where her Canadian father was on military exchange.[21]

In October 2016 it was announced that she would appear as "Miss July" in the 2017 Women of Curling calendar.[22]

Sinclair was born with a hearing disability. She graduated Carleton University with an honours degree in International Business and did a year of study abroad in Chile.[23]

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate Coach Events
2005–06[24] Rachel HomanEmma MiskewLynn KreviazukJamie SinclairEarle Morris
2006–07 Rachel HomanEmma MiskewLynn KreviazukJamie SinclairEarle Morris2007 Canada Games
2008–09[24] Jamie SinclairCheryl KreviazukMelissa GannonRebecca Wichers-Schreur
2009–10 Jamie SinclairCheryl KreviazukMelissa GannonRebecca Wichers-Schreur
2010–11 Jamie SinclairSara WestmanRachelle StryboschTess Bobbie
2011–12 Jamie SinclairHolly DonaldsonChantal AllanCasandra Raganold2012 CJCC (4th)
2012–13 Jamie SinclairHolly DonaldsonKatelyn WasylkiwErin Jenkins2013 CJCC
2013–14 Brit O'NeillJamie SinclairKim BrownTrish Scharf
Alex CarlsonJamie SinclairEmilia JuocysSherri Schummer2014 USWCC (5th)
Jamie SinclairLauren HortonLynn KreviazukJessica ArmstrongSarah ArmstrongDoug Kreviazuk2014 CIS/CCA Cham.
2014–15 Nina RothJamie SinclairBecca HamiltonTabitha Peterson2015 USWCC (5th)
2015–16 Jamie SinclairTabitha PetersonBecca HamiltonJenna HaagTara Peterson2016 USWCC (4th)
2016–17 Jamie SinclairAlex CarlsonVicky PersingerMonica Walker2017 USOCT
2017 USWCC
2017–18 Jamie SinclairAlex CarlsonVicky PersingerMonica WalkerJenna Martin (WWCC)Scott Baird2018 USWCC
2018 WWCC (4th)
2018–19 Jamie SinclairSarah AndersonTaylor AndersonMonica WalkerVicky Persinger (WWCC)Bryan Cochrane2019 USWCC
2019 WWCC (7th)
2019–20 Jamie SinclairCory ChristensenVicky PersingerTaylor AndersonSarah AndersonCathy Overton-Clapham2020 USWCC
2020–21 Jamie SinclairMonica WalkerCora FarrellElizabeth Cousins

Grand Slam record

When Sinclair won the 2018 Players' Championship, she became the first ever American skip to win a Grand Slam tournament.[25]

Key
C Champion
F Lost in Final
SF Lost in Semifinal
QF Lost in Quarterfinals
R16 Lost in the round of 16
Q Did not advance to playoffs
T2 Played in Tier 2 event
DNP Did not participate in event
N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season
Event 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20
Masters DNP DNP DNP QF Q DNP
Tour Challenge N/A T2 DNP T2 Q DNP
The National N/A Q DNP DNP Q DNP
Canadian Open Q DNP DNP Q DNP DNP
Players' DNP DNP DNP C DNP N/A
Champions Cup N/A DNP QF QF Q N/A

Former events
Event 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Elite 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A Q
Colonial Square Ladies Classic Q N/A N/A N/A N/A
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References
  1. "CurlingZone Profile of Jamie Sinclair". CurlingZone. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  2. Marusak, Joe (7 August 2014). "Top U.S., Canadian curlers to compete in Charlotte area this weekend". The Charlotte Observer. Charlotte, North Carolina: McClatchy. Archived from the original on February 3, 2016.
  3. "Curling Olympic Tour Comes to Charlotte". NC Headlines. Carrboro, North Carolina: New Media Campaigns. 23 January 2015.
  4. "2017 USA Women's National Curling Championship". CurlingZone.com. 28 February 2017.
  5. "Past Champions". Archived from the original on February 26, 2015. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
  6. https://ottawacitizen.com/sports/Manotick+Sinclair+rink+takes+junior+girls+title/5964852/story.html. Retrieved January 9, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. Davis, Terry (July 14, 2016). "HPP team lineups announced". USA Curling. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  8. "Shuster, Sinclair teams win curling nationals". Star Tribune. February 20, 2017. p. C3. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  9. Blount, Rachel (November 19, 2017). "Making it across the finish line". Star Tribune. p. C5. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  10. Monteith, Austin (Mar 10, 2018). "CURLING: Sinclair, Persinger teams win Nationals". Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  11. Price, Karen (March 25, 2018). "Team Sinclair Finishes Fourth At World Women's Curling Championship, Missing Out On Bronze In Last End". Team USA. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  12. Brazeau, Jonathan (April 17, 2018). "8 Ends: Sinclair's Grand Slam win continues US surge in curling". Sportsnet. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  13. Brazeau, Jonathan (April 28, 2018). "Homan halts Sinclair in GSOC Champions Cup women's quarterfinals". Sportsnet. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  14. "World Women's Curling Championship 2019". World Curling Federation. Retrieved May 20, 2020.
  15. "Hall of Famer Cathy Overton-Clapham to coach Team Jamie Sinclair". TSN. 2019-08-08. Retrieved 2020-01-10.
  16. Schneider, Angela (2020-02-15). "Tabitha Peterson takes aggressive approach to dethrone Jamie Sinclair in women's title match of USA Curling Championships". The Spokesman-Review. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
  17. Jamie Sinclair [@jamiesinclair21] (March 13, 2020). "My team has decided to go in a different direction next year, so I am now a free agent. People say change is good right? Here's to the next chapter, and good luck to team Christensen next season" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. Brazeau, Jonathan (March 24, 2020). "Eight Ends: Breaking down top curling team changes for next season - Sportsnet.ca". Sportsnet. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  19. "Team Sinclair Announced". USA Curling. May 7, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  20. "Jamie Sinclair, Monica Walker reunite for 2020–21 season". TSN. May 7, 2020. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  21. "Manotick curler Jamie Sinclair thriving with U.S. Rink | Ottawa Sun". 2016-12-14.
  22. "12 Athletes Come Together to Launch 2017 Women of Curling Calendar". Atlanta, Georgia: Aroundtherings.com. 16 October 2016.
  23. "Q&A with Jamie Sinclair". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  24. "U18 Women – Past Champions". CurlON. Retrieved May 7, 2020.
  25. "Players' Championship live: Sinclair stuns Jones for title".
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