2011 United States Men's Curling Championship qualifiers
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John Benton Peter Stolt Jeffrey Puleo Erik Ordway St. Paul
Todd Birr Greg Romaniuk Doug Pottinger Kevin Birr Mankato
Mike Farbelow Eric Fenson Nick Myers Aaron Nunberg St. Paul
Zach Jacobson Kevin Deeren Zane Jacobson Kraig Deeren Langdon
Kroy Nernberger Ryan Lemke Jake Will Steve Day Madison
Paul Pustovar * Jeremy Roe Matt Hamilton Patrick Roe Madison
Owen Sampson Ned Sampson Tucker Smith Kyle Young Edmore
Bryan Wight Michael Moore Joel Dietz Mark Lazar Canandaigua
Challenge Round -- Teams
The 2011 United States Men's Curling Championship qualifiers took place during January at various locations throughout the nation. Prior to the national finals, the number of entrants was pared down to ten teams through regional qualifiers and then a challenge round. Teams qualified for the men's nationals in one of two ways. Two teams automatically qualified as the top two US teams on the Order of Merit list after the Curl Mesabi Cash Spiel was completed. This year, those two teams were the Pete Fenson and Tyler George rinks. The remaining eight spots for the nationals were awarded to the top finishers in the regional qualifiers and challenge rounds. Five teams qualified from the qualifiers round, where each qualified site received one or more qualifying spots. The other three spots went to the winners of the challenge round.