Sarah Koltun

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Sarah Koltun
Curler
Born (1993-07-06) July 6, 1993 (age 28)
Whitehorse, Yukon
Team
Curling clubYellowknife CC
Yellowknife, NT[1]
SkipKerry Galusha
ThirdJo-Ann Rizzo
Second
LeadSarah Koltun
AlternateShona Barbour
Career
Member Association Yukon (2007–2017)
 Northwest Territories (2017–present)
Hearts appearances6 (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Top CTRS ranking29th (2018–19)
Medal record
Representing  Yukon
Arctic Winter Games
Gold medal – first place 2010 Grande Prairie
Silver medal – second place 2008 Yellowknife

Sarah Elizabeth Anne Koltun[2] (born July 6, 1993 in Whitehorse, Yukon) is a Canadian curler from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.[3] She currently plays lead on Team Kerry Galusha.

Career[]

At just 13 years old, Koltun's first national championship was at the 2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships where her team finished last with a 1–11 record. Later that year, she skipped the Yukon rink to a 1–5 record at the 2007 Canada Winter Games.[4] She also skipped the Yukon team at the next seven Canadian Junior Curling Championships. Her best result was in 2013, skipping the team to a 7–4 record before losing in a tiebreaker. Other notable results were a 6–6 record in 2011[5] and a 5–7 finish in 2009.[6] Koltun also represented Yukon a second time at the Canada Games in 2011, finishing 3–2. She competed at two Arctic Winter Games as well in 2008 and 2010 winning a gold medal in 2010[7] and a silver medal in 2008.[8]

After her junior rink competed at the 2014 Canadian Junior Curling Championships which was her final year of juniors, the team got to represent Yukon/Northwest Territories at the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as they had previously won the 2014 NWT/Yukon Scotties Tournament of Hearts.[9] They were the first team from Yukon to win the event since 2000. At the Hearts in Montreal, Quebec, they finished last, however they were able to defeat Prince Edward Island's Kim Dolan and Saskatchewan's Stefanie Lawton.[10] The following year, Yukon and Northwest Territories had separate entries to the national championship however due to a format change and because they placed last the previous year, they were put into a pre-qualifying tournament against Northern Ontario and Northwest Territories to determine the final spot in the main draw. They would lose both of their games and were eliminated.[11][12] They would not participate in the 2016 Yukon Scotties Tournament of Hearts but returned in 2017 where they won the event by default.[13][14] At the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, they managed to win their game against Nunavut however lost to both the Territories and New Brunswick and were once again eliminated. After the season, Koltun moved to the Northwest Territories to join the Kerry Galusha rink at third.[15]

Team Galusha went undefeated at the 2018 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The format at the national 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts had changed again, putting sixteen teams into two pools of eight teams. They finished 1–6 in their pool, only beating Koltun's former province Yukon. This put them into the thirteenth place game against Prince Edward Island's Robyn MacPhee rink, which they won. The following season, they added former Canadian Junior champion Brittany Tran to the team at second. The team won their first World Curling Tour event, the 2018 Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic.[16] Team Galusha easily won the 2019 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts, winning all three of her games in a best of five series against the Tyanna Bain junior rink from Inuvik. At the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Galusha rink had a strong start, winning three of their first four games, before losing three straight, and were eliminated after pool play with a 3–4 record.[17]

The Galusha rink added experienced player Jo-Ann Rizzo for the 2019–20 season. They had some success on the tour, having a quarterfinal finish at the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic[18] and reaching the semifinals of the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard.[19] They defended their territorial title by winning the 2020 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts in January 2020. At the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, they finished 2–5, not enough to advance to the championship pool. The following season, Team Galusha again won the 2021 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts, however, Koltun did not compete with the team as the Hearts were to be held in a bio-secure "bubble" to prevent spread of the COVID-19 virus. She was replaced in the lineup by Shona Barbour. At the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Team Galusha finished the round robin with a 4–4 record, just missing the championship pool.[20]

Team Galusha had a great start to the 2021–22 season, beginning with the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard where they lost in the final to Team Hollie Duncan.[21] The following week, they won the KW Fall Classic after defeating the Duncan rink in the championship game.[22] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, the qualification process for the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials had to be modified to qualify enough teams for the championship. In these modifications, Curling Canada created the 2021 Canadian Curling Pre-Trials Direct-Entry Event, an event where eight teams would compete to try to earn one of two spots into the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Pre-Trials.[23] Team Galusha qualified for the Pre-Trials Direct-Entry Event as the fourth seed. The team qualified for the playoffs by going 3–0 in the A Event and then defeated Team Robyn Silvernagle (skipped by Jessie Hunkin) 10–8 to earn the first spot in the Pre-Trials.[24] The next month, the team competed in the Pre-Trials where they finished with a 1–5 record, only beating Team Penny Barker.[25]

Personal life[]

Koltun is currently a medical student at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.[3]

Teams[]

Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
2006–07[4] Chelsea Duncan (Fourth) Sarah Koltun (Skip)
2007–08 Chelsea Duncan (Fourth) Sarah Koltun (Skip) Linea Eby Tessa Vibe
2008–09 Sarah Koltun Chelsea Duncan Linea Eby
2009–10 Sarah Koltun Chelsea Duncan Linea Eby Jenna Duncan
2010–11[26] Sarah Koltun Chelsea Duncan Linea Eby Jenna Duncan
2011–12 Sarah Koltun Chelsea Duncan Linea Eby Jenna Duncan
2012–13 Sarah Koltun Chelsea Duncan Jenna Duncan
2013–14 Sarah Koltun Chelsea Duncan Patty Wallingham Andrea Sinclair Jenna Duncan
2014–15 Sarah Koltun Chelsea Duncan Patty Wallingham Andrea Sinclair
2016–17 Sarah Koltun Chelsea Duncan Patty Wallingham Jenna Duncan (STOH)
2017–18 Kerry Galusha Sarah Koltun Megan Koehler Shona Barbour
2018–19 Kerry Galusha Sarah Koltun Brittany Tran Shona Barbour Megan Koehler
2019–20 Kerry Galusha Sarah Koltun Jo-Ann Rizzo Shona Barbour (STOH)
2020–21 Kerry Galusha Sarah Koltun Jo-Ann Rizzo Margot Flemming
2021–22 Kerry Galusha Jo-Ann Rizzo Margot Flemming Sarah Koltun Megan Koehler

References[]

  1. ^ "Sarah Koltun Profile". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  2. ^ "Whitehorse 2007 Canada Games Profile: Sarah Koltun". 2007 Canada Games. 2007. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Yukon talks up curling at Canada Winter Games". CBC. February 28, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  5. ^ Tom Patrick (February 11, 2011). "Junior rinks glide into seventh, eighth at nationals". Yukon News. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  6. ^ Tom Patrick (February 6, 2013). "Team Koltun sweeping up wins at nationals". Yukon News. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  7. ^ "Team Yukon finishes Arctic Winter Games with 101 medals". Whitehorse Daily Star. March 15, 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  8. ^ "Alaska Dominates Games" (PDF). Ulu News. March 15, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  9. ^ Tom Patrick (December 16, 2013). "Baldwin wins curling title, heading to Yellowknife with Koltun". Yukon News. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  10. ^ "Yukon's Sarah Koltun looking up for Canada's Rachel Homan at Scotties". The Globe and Mail. February 3, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  11. ^ "Northwest Territories survive nailbiter against Yukon". Curling Canada. February 13, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  12. ^ "Yukon's Koltun exits Scotties qualifier after pair of loses". CBC. February 13, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  13. ^ Tom Patrick (January 4, 2017). "Team Koltun back for third run at Scotties". Yukon News. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  14. ^ Marissa Tiel (February 14, 2017). "Koltun rink ready for Scotties". Whitehorse Star. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  15. ^ "Yukon curler heads to NWT". The Rush. May 17, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  16. ^ "Team Galusha commitment pays off with tour win in Kemptville, Ont". Curling Canada. November 6, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  17. ^ "Women's curler Sarah Koltun competing in Scotties". Waterloo Warriors. February 20, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  18. ^ "Galusha Reaches 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic Quarters". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  19. ^ "Galusha Reaches 2019 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard Semifinals". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  20. ^ "Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Scores, standings, schedule". Sportsnet. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  21. ^ "Scotland's Mouat, South Korea's Kim pick up victories in Canada". TSN. September 13, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  22. ^ James McCarthy (September 19, 2021). "Role reversal: Team Galusha beats Hollie Duncan in final of KW Fall Classic". NNSL Media. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  23. ^ "2021 Trials proceess revised". Curling Canada. February 4, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  24. ^ "Heading to Liverpool!". Curling Canada. September 25, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  25. ^ "Familiar feelings for Team Tardi!". Curling Canada. October 27, 2021. Retrieved December 7, 2021.
  26. ^ "Sarah Koltun Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 5, 2020.

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