USA Curling 2004-05 Athlete Biography

CURLING HIGHLIGHTS

• U.S. Olympic Team Trials: 2005 (8th)
• Mixed National Championship: 2005 (semifinalist), 2003 (6th)
• Wisconsin Mixed State Championship: 2005 (champion)
• Duluth Cashspiel: 2005 (qualifier)
• Wisconsin State Women's Championship: 2004 (runner-up)
• Illinois State Women's Championship: 2003 (runner-up)
• Olympic Qualifier: 2001 (7th)
• USWCA National Women's Bonspiel: 2001 (champion), 2002 (runner-up), 1999
• USWCA Five-Year & Under Bonspiel: 1994 (champion)
• Badger State Games: 2002 (gold)

PERSONAL FILE    
Curls out of: Madison Curling Club

Nickname: Hey Karst

Curling start: "I am a first generation curler. My state in curling was while I was a student at the University of Minnesota-Mankato. My friend's dad, Ron Wiebold, started the college curling program up in 1990 while his daughter was in college, and when his daughter finished college, the program fizzled out. I curled just two years there, transferred to the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1993, and have been curling at the Madison Curling Club ever since. I wasn't hooked on the sport until my then skip, Lisa Schoeneberg, told me about the inaugural USWCA Five & Under Bonspiel. With her encouragement, I skipped a team there, and after much breath-holding made it to the first event finals. Though we lost in the finals that year, it was the first taste of competitive curling that made me a curler for life."

Curling goals: "Always my goal is to improve and bring out the best in my teammates. Our team goal is to qualify for world competition."

Hobbies: "Recently I've taken to biking. I biked in the last two AIDS fund-raising rides (400 miles in six days) and completing a century ride during each of these is still a highlight. I've been playing softball for 25 years and am a rookie golf player."