Karlee Burgess

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Karlee Burgess
Curler
Clarke and Burgess Sweeping.jpg
Burgess (left) sweeping alongside Kristin Clarke at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships
Born (1998-09-14) 14 September 1998 (age 23)
Truro, Nova Scotia
Team
Curling club,
Altona, MB[1]
SkipMackenzie Zacharias
ThirdKarlee Burgess
SecondEmily Zacharias
LeadLauren Lenentine
Career
Member Association Nova Scotia (2010–2019)
 Manitoba (2019–present)
Hearts appearances1 (2021)
Other appearancesCJCC: 7 (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Top CTRS ranking11th (2019–20)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Canada
World Junior Curling Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Copenhagen
Gold medal – first place 2018 Aberdeen
Gold medal – first place 2020 Krasnoyarsk
Silver medal – second place 2019 Liverpool
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Gangneung
Winter Youth Olympics
Gold medal – first place 2016 Lillehammer
Representing  Nova Scotia
Canada Winter Games
Silver medal – second place 2015 Prince George

Karlee Burgess (born September 14, 1998) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba.[2] She currently plays third on Team Mackenzie Zacharias.

Career[]

At just 15 years old,[3] Burgess played second for the Mary Fay rink along with, Jenn Smith and Janique LeBlanc and won the 2014 Nova Scotia Junior women's championship. They were the youngest team to win in 20 years.,[4] sending the four-some to the 2014 Canadian Junior Curling Championships to represent Nova Scotia. Despite their youth, the team finished with an 8–2 record, making the playoffs. The team would go on to lose to British Columbia, skipped by Kalia Van Osch in the semi-final, winning a bronze medal.[5] The next year, the Fay rink won their second U21 Nova Scotia Provincials, earning the right to represent Nova Scotia at their second back-to-back Canadian Junior Curling Championship. The rink fell one step shorter than their previous year, finishing in a tie for fourth place with a 6–4 record. The Fay rink then qualified for the 2016 Canadian Juniors with their third provincial title. The rink finished in first place after the round robin with a 9–1 record, earning the rink a direct bye to the finals. In the finals, she played the British Columbia rink, this time skipped by Sarah Daniels, and won her first Canadian Junior title by defeating the British Columbia rink 9–5, and therefore representing Canada at the 2016 World Juniors in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Team Fay has also won three Under-15 provincial championships and won the 2013 Under-18 provincial championships, as well as the 2013 U-18 Atlantics. They represented Nova Scotia at the 2015 Canada Winter Games after beating club mate Cassie Cocks 7–3 in the provincial final.[6] While at the games Burgess and her Nova Scotian team went undefeated through the Round Robin, finishing with a perfect 5–0 record. According to the announcers when their game against Manitoba was televised on TSN, the Fay rink had the highest player percentages at every position and the highest team percentage after the first two draws. Their perfect record in the Round Robin earned them a bye to the Semi Finals. They once again played New Brunswick's Justine Comeau, after defeating her 7–5 in the Round Robin, and won on the last rock in the last end in a 7-6 decision. They went on to play Ontario in the Gold Medal Game, in which they lost 6–5 in an extra end. Jenn Smith and the Fay rink then parted ways after the completion of the 2014–15 season.

Burgess and skip, Mary Fay along with B.C. curlers Tyler Tardi and would later be selected from curlers who competed in the Canada Winter Games to represent Canada in the 2016 Youth Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.[7] The rink, skipped by Mary Fay went undefeated in the tournament, winning the gold medal after a resounding 10–4 win against the United States of America in the final.

The Fay rink would play in their first World Curling Tour event at the 2014 Gibson's Cashspiel, where they lost in the final to Mary-Anne Arsenault.

Personal life[]

Burgess is currently a kinesiology student at Dalhousie University.[8] She previously attended the University of Manitoba.[9] She is currently in a relationship with fellow curler Jacques Gauthier.[2]

Teams[]

Season Skip Third Second Lead
2010–11 Mary Fay Jenn Smith Karlee Burgess Janique LeBlanc
2011–12 Mary Fay Jenn Smith Karlee Burgess Janique LeBlanc
2012–13 Mary Fay Jenn Smith Karlee Burgess Janique LeBlanc
2013–14 Mary Fay Jenn Smith Karlee Burgess Janique LeBlanc
2014–15 Mary Fay Jenn Smith Karlee Burgess Janique LeBlanc
2015–16 Mary Fay Kristin Clarke Karlee Burgess Janique LeBlanc
2016–17 Kristin Clarke Karlee Burgess Janique LeBlanc Emily Lloyd
2017–18 Kaitlyn Jones Kristin Clarke Karlee Burgess Lindsey Burgess
2018–19 Kaitlyn Jones Lauren Lenentine Karlee Burgess Lindsey Burgess
2019–20 Mackenzie Zacharias Karlee Burgess Emily Zacharias Lauren Lenentine
2020–21 Mackenzie Zacharias Karlee Burgess Emily Zacharias Lauren Lenentine
2021–22 Mackenzie Zacharias Karlee Burgess Emily Zacharias Lauren Lenentine

References[]

  1. ^ "Karlee Burgess Profile". Curling Canada. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b "2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Young Nova Scotians closing in on playoffs at 2014 M&M Meat Shops Canadian Juniors". curling.ca.
  4. ^ "Chester skip wears junior curling crown". southshorenow.ca. Archived from the original on 30 December 2014.
  5. ^ "Team Fay defeated in semifinals at Canadian Juniors". novanewsnow.com.
  6. ^ "Fay qualifies for 2015 Canada Games". southshorenow.ca. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Team Canada Curlers Announced For 2016 Youth Olympics". Curling Canada.
  8. ^ "2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved 15 February 2021.
  9. ^ https://www.curling.ca/files/2020/01/2020-New-Holland-U21-Canadian-Juniors-Media-Guide-1.pdf[bare URL]

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