Kristy McDonald

Kristy McDonald (born May 20, 1979 in Winnipeg, Manitoba as Kristy Jenion) is a Canadian curler. She currently plays third for the Chelsea Carey team.

Career

McDonald had a strong junior career, skipping teams to win both the 1996 and 1999 Manitoba Junior Curling Championships. She would represent Manitoba in both of those years at the Canadian Junior Curling Championships. In 1996, her team which included Ainsley Holowec, Shea Westcott and Raunora Westcott finished with a 5-7 record at the Canadian Juniors.^[1] In 1999, her team was made up of Reagan Wilkie, Charmaine Forese and Kyla Denisuik. McDonald led her team to a 7-5 record at the 1999 Juniors, which was not good enough to make the playoffs.^[2]

After juniors, McDonald graduated to a women's curling career. She lost back-to-back Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts as a skip in 2005 and 2006. She would be a semi-finalist at the 2007, 2008 and 2009 tournaments as well. McDonald was asked to be the alternate for Team Manitoba (skipped by Barb Spencer) at the 2009 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.

In 2010, McDonald joined the Chelsea Carey rink at third. The team would find immediate success in the 2010-11 season, winning the 2010 Manitoba Lotteries Women's Curling Classic, McDonald's first (and to date, only) Grand Slam championship. The team made it to the finals of the 2011 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts that year, but lost to Cathy Overton-Clapham. The following season, they lost in the finals again, losing to Jennifer Jones at the 2012 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts. As a member of the Carey rink, McDonald won the 2011 DEKALB Superspiel, the 2012 Victoria Curling Classic Invitational and the 2012 Red Deer Curling Classic. The team also lost in the finals of the 2011 Canada Cup of Curling.

The team qualified for the 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, where they finished fourth, after losing to Sherry Middaugh in a tie-breaker match. After losing in four Manitoba finals in her career, McDonald finally won her first provincial title at the 2014 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts later in the season.

Personal life

Outside of curling, McDonald works as a letter carrier for Canada Post. She attended Westwood Collegiate for high school and both the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg. She is the daughter of 2003 Manitoba champion third Bob Jenion.^[3]

References

• Kristy McDonald on the World Curling Tour database