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Selena Njegovan

Selena Njegovan (born January 22, 1992 as Selena Kaatz) is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg, Manitoba.[1] She currently plays third on Team Kaitlyn Lawes.[2]

Selena Njegovan
Njegovan at the 2018 Masters
Born
Selena Kaatz

(1992-01-22) January 22, 1992 (age 30)
Team
Curling clubEast St. Paul CC,
East St. Paul, MB
SkipKaitlyn Lawes
ThirdSelena Njegovan
SecondJocelyn Peterman
LeadKristin MacCuish
Mixed doubles
partner
Reid Carruthers
Career
Member Association Manitoba
Hearts appearances5 (2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022)
Top CTRS ranking1st (2021–22)
Grand Slam victories3 (2016 National, 2019 Masters, 2021 Masters)

Career

Juniors and University (2011–2013)

Njegovan threw fourth rocks for Team Manitoba at the 2012 Canadian Junior Curling Championships, on a team skipped by Shannon Birchard. The team finished first after the round robin, but lost in the final to Team Alberta, skipped by Jocelyn Peterman. The next season, Njegovan skipped her own team at the Manitoba Junior provincials where she lost to Shannon Birchard's team in the final.[3]

Njegovan played second for the University of Manitoba women's curling team at the 2013 CIS/CCA Curling Championships, on a team skipped by Breanne Meakin. The team went undefeated en route to the championship.

Early women's (2013–2015)

Njegovan joined the Kerri Einarson rink in 2013. In their first season, they played in one slam, the 2013 Colonial Square Ladies Classic (not qualifying) and the 2014 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, losing in the final to Team Chelsea Carey. The next season the team again lost in the final of Manitoba Hearts, losing this time to Team Jennifer Jones.

Breakthrough season and Olympic pre-trials (2015–2018)

The 2015–16 season would be the breakthrough year for the Einarson rink. The team begun the season by winning the Tier 2 event of the 2015 Tour Challenge. The team finally won the Manitoba Scotties in 2016, and represented Manitoba at the national 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. There, the team would make the playoffs, but would end up losing in the bronze medal game, settling for fourth place. Elsewhere on the World Curling Tour, the team would play in four slams, making it to the semifinals at three events.

The team played in their first Canada Cup in 2016, losing in the semifinals. On the Tour, the team played in five Grand Slams, and would win their first title at the 2016 National. At the 2017 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team failed to make the playoffs.

The Einarson rink qualified for the 2017 Canadian Olympic Pre-Trials, but would lose in a tiebreaker game. On the tour, the team would win the 2017 Icebreaker at The Granite and would make it to the finals of the 2017 Masters. They also won the 2017 Tour Challenge Tier 2 event once again. They qualified for the first ever Wild Card game at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they beat Chelsea Carey for the right to represent "Team Wild Card" that year at the Scotties. They finished the round robin and championship pool with a 9–2 record which qualified them for the 1 vs. 2 page playoff game. They lost to Team Manitoba (Jennifer Jones) but rebounded against Nova Scotia's Mary-Anne Arsenault in the semifinal. They couldn't get by Jones in the final, settling for a silver medal. They finished their season with a semifinal finish at the 2018 Players' Championship and a runner-up finish at the 2018 Champions Cup.

Tracy Fleury joins the team (2018–present)

Njegovan would stay with Liz Fyfe and Kristin MacCuish for the 2018–19 season but would bring on a new skip, Tracy Fleury for the 2019–2022 Olympic quadrennial.[4] Fleury is from Sudbury and would play as their designated out-of-province curler.[5] The team had a nearly full schedule in Grand Slam events, beginning the season at the Elite 10, where they missed the playoffs after winning just one game. Next, they made it to the quarterfinals of the 2018 Masters, which they followed up by making it to the finals of the 2018 Tour Challenge, where they lost to Rachel Homan.[6] Outside of the Grand Slam tour, they were invited to represent Canada at the second leg of the Curling World Cup, which they finished with a 4–2 record, narrowly missing the final.[7] The following week they were back into a Grand Slam event, the 2018 National, where they won just one game.[8] The following month, the team played in the 2019 Canadian Open, again missing the playoffs. The team found success in provincial playdowns, winning the 2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts defeating her old skip Kerri Einarson 13–7 in the final to represent Manitoba at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts.[9][10] A week after provincials, the team played in at the 2019 TSN All-Star Curling Skins Game where they lost to Jennifer Jones by $4,000 in the final.[11] The team did earn $32,500 during the tournament.[12] At the Hearts, Manitoba went 4–3 in pool play, but lost to British Columbia's Sarah Wark rink in a tiebreaker to get into the championship pool, which eliminated the team from contention.[13] They finished the season off by making it to the quarterfinals of the 2019 Players' Championship.[14]

To start the 2019–20 season, Fleury and her team finished fourth at the 2019 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic.[15] Later that month, they won the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker.[16] Next they played in the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic where they once again had a successful weekend, losing in the final to Jennifer Jones.[17] Two weeks later, they played in the 2019 Colonial Square Ladies Classic where they went undefeated until the final where they came up short to Homan.[18] Team Fleury had two more playoff finishes at the 2019 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic and the 2019 Canad Inns Women's Classic, where they lost in the semifinals and quarterfinals respectively.[19][20] Their next event was the first Grand Slam of the season, the 2019 Masters where they qualified for the playoffs with a 3–1 record. With wins over Elena Stern in the quarterfinals and Anna Hasselborg in the semifinal, Team Fleury made their second Grand Slam final since forming. They would be successful this time, defeating Sayaka Yoshimura to claim the Grand Slam title.[21] The next week, they had a quarterfinal finish at the second Slam of the season, the 2019 Tour Challenge. At the Canada Cup, the Fleury team once again had a successful run, qualifying for the playoffs with a 5–1 record. They downed Chelsea Carey 9–4 in the semifinal before coming up short to Rachel Homan in the final.[22] Team Fleury capped off the 2019 part of the season with a semifinal finish at the 2019 Boost National Grand Slam. This meant they qualified for the playoffs in all ten of the events they played in to start the season. To start 2020, the Fleury rink along with five other Canadian rinks, represented Canada at the 2020 Continental Cup. Team Canada did not have a good week, losing to the European's by fifteen points.[23] They missed the playoffs for the first time during the season when they were knocked out of the triple knockout format at the 2020 Canadian Open. At the 2020 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial championship, Team Fleury lost the semifinal to Jennifer Jones.[24] They did have another chance to qualify for the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts through the Wild Card play in game which they also lost to Jones.[25] It would be the team's last event of the season as both the Players' Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[26]

Team Fleury added longtime skip and 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials silver medallist Sherry Middaugh to coach the team for the 2020–21 season.[27] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Manitoba, the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled. As the reigning provincials champions Team Kerri Einarson were already qualified for the Scotties as Team Canada, Team Jennifer Jones was given the invitation to represent Manitoba at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as they were the 2020 provincial runners-up.[28] However, due to many provinces cancelling their provincial championships as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, Curling Canada added three Wild Card teams to the national championship, which were based on the CTRS standings from the 2019–20 season.[29] Because Team Fleury ranked 2nd on the CTRS[30] and kept at least three of their four players together for the 2020–21 season, they got the first Wild Card spot at the 2021 Scotties in Calgary, Alberta.[31] Tracy Fleury would, however, not compete at the Hearts, as she wanted to stay home with her baby daughter, who was diagnosed with infantile spasms, a rare form of epilepsy.[32] In her place was two-time Scotties champion Chelsea Carey who was left without a team for the season. At the Hearts, Carey led the team to a 6–6 eighth-place finish.[33] Njegovan curled 80% at the tournament, and was named to the second all-star team as a result.[34] A month later, Njegovan was back in the Calgary bubble to compete with Reid Carruthers at the 2021 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship. The pair finished the round robin with a 4–2 record, just missing the playoffs on their last stone draw.[35][36] Fleury returned to skip the team at the 2021 Champions Cup, held in the same Calgary bubble in April 2021. It was the first time Njegovan, Liz Fyfe and Kristin MacCuish had seen her in over a year.[37][38] At the Champions Cup, Fleury led the team to a 4–0 round robin record before losing in the semifinal to Switzerland's Silvana Tirinzoni. Fleury left the bubble after the event, and was once again replaced by Chelsea Carey for the 2021 Players' Championship. There, Carey led the team to a 2–3 round robin record, missing the playoffs.[39]

With Fleury back fulltime for the 2021–22 season, the team began the season at the 2021 Oakville Labour Day Classic. There, they went a perfect 7–0 to claim the title, defeating Suzanne Birt 8–7 in the final.[40][41] Two weeks later, they won their second tour event of the season at the 2021 Sherwood Park Women's Curling Classic. After finishing 4–0 through the round robin, they defeated Cory Christensen, Kim Eun-jung, and Kerri Einarson in the quarterfinals, semifinals and final respectively to win their second title of the season.[42] After a quarterfinal finish at the 2021 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic, the team played in the first slam event of the season, the 2021 Masters.[43] In the triple knockout qualifying round, they finished 3–1 and qualified through the B Side.[44] They then defeated Einarson 6–2 in the quarterfinals and topped Alina Kovaleva 8–4 in the semifinals to qualify for their third slam final as a team, where they faced Team Jennifer Jones.[45] After Fleury took an early lead, Jones tied things up in eighth to force an extra end. In the extra, Team Fleury secured the win with a double takeout and defended their Masters title from 2019.[46] At the second Grand Slam of the season, the 2021 National, the team posted undefeated record until they reached the final where they were defeated by Sweden's Anna Hasselborg 9–6 in an extra end.[47]

Then came the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials, held November 20 to 28 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. After their successful start to the 2021–22 season, Team Fleury entered the Trials as the topped ranked women's team.[48] Through the round robin, the team went undefeated with a perfect 8–0 record, becoming only the second women's rink to do so following Chelsea Carey in 2017.[49] This earned them a bye to the Olympic Trials final where they would face Team Jennifer Jones, who they previously defeated in their final round robin game. The team began the game with hammer, but immediately gave up a stolen point. They eventually tied the game after four ends, and later after seven ends 4–4. After a blank in the eighth, Team Fleury earned their first lead of the game with a steal of one in the ninth. In the tenth end, Jennifer Jones had an open hit-and-stick to win the game, however, her shooter rolled two far and she only got one. This sent the game to an extra end where Team Fleury would hold the hammer. On her final shot, Fleury attempted a soft-weight hit on a Jones stone partially buried behind a guard. Her rock, however, curled too much and hit the guard, giving up a steal of one and the game to Team Jones.[50] Team Fleury earned the silver medal from the event.

At the 2022 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team couldn't rebound from their disappointing finish at the Trials, finishing 5–3 and failing to qualify for the playoff round.[51] Despite this, they still qualified for the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, again as Wild Card #1 after Curling Canada used the same format from the 2021 event.[52] Upon arrival into Thunder Bay for the event, the team announced that Tracy Fleury had tested positive for COVID-19 and would have to sit out much of the event.[53] Because of this, Njegovan stepped up to skip the team with alternate and Njegovan's sister-in-law Robyn Njegovan coming in to play third. Without Fleury, Njegovan led Team Fleury to dominant performances through their seven games, finishing with a 6–1 record.[54] Fleury then returned for the teams' final round robin game where they picked up another victory to close out the round robin first place in their pool.[55] Despite earning a bye from the elimination games, the team lost the seeding game and then the 3 vs. 4 page playoff game, eliminating them from the event in fourth place.[56]

On March 16, 2022, the team announced they would be parting ways at the end of the 2021–22 season.[57] Njegovan and longtime teammate Kristin MacCuish later announced they would be joining Kaitlyn Lawes and Jocelyn Peterman of Team Jones to form a new team for the 2022–23 season. Lawes would skip the team, with Njegovan playing third, Peterman at second and MacCuish at lead.[58]

Team Fleury still had two more events together before parting ways, the 2022 Players' Championship and 2022 Champions Cup Grand Slams. At the Players', the team qualified through the A-side with an undefeated record, earning them the top spot in the playoff round. They then defeated Sweden's Isabella Wranå in the quarterfinals before being eliminated by the Einarson team in the semifinals.[59] At the Champions Cup, Team Fleury went 3–2 in pool play, and then lost in the quarterfinals to Gim Un-chi.

Personal life

Njegovan is married to fellow curler Connor Njegovan. She currently owns her own company called Selena Njegovan Virtual Solutions.[1] Previously at the University of Manitoba, Njegovan majored in accounting.[60]

Grand Slam record

Key
C Champion
F Lost in Final
SF Lost in Semifinal
QF Lost in Quarterfinals
R16 Lost in the round of 16
Q Did not advance to playoffs
T2 Played in Tier 2 event
DNP Did not participate in event
N/A Not a Grand Slam event that season

Former events

Event 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19
Elite 10 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Q
Colonial Square Q DNP N/A N/A N/A N/A

Teams

Season Skip Third Second Lead
2009–10[61] Alyssa Calvert Selena Kaatz Kristin MacCuish Lindsay Baldock
2010–11 Selena Kaatz (Fourth) Alyssa Calvert (Skip) Kristin MacCuish Lindsay Baldock
2011–12 Shannon Birchard Selena Kaatz Kristin MacCuish Mariah Mondor
2012–13 Selena Kaatz Briane Meilleur Kristin MacCuish Katherine Doerksen
2013–14 Kerri Einarson Selena Kaatz Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish
2014–15 Kerri Einarson Selena Kaatz Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish
2015–16 Kerri Einarson Selena Kaatz Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish
2016–17 Kerri Einarson Selena Kaatz Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish
2017–18 Kerri Einarson Selena Kaatz Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish
2018–19 Tracy Fleury Selena Njegovan Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish
2019–20 Tracy Fleury Selena Njegovan Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish
2020–21 Tracy Fleury Selena Njegovan Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish
2021–22 Tracy Fleury Selena Njegovan Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish
2022–23 Kaitlyn Lawes Selena Njegovan Jocelyn Peterman Kristin MacCuish

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selena, njegovan, born, january, 1992, selena, kaatz, canadian, curler, from, winnipeg, manitoba, currently, plays, third, team, kaitlyn, lawes, curlernjegovan, 2018, mastersbornselena, kaatz, 1992, january, 1992, winnipeg, manitobateamcurling, clubeast, paul,. Selena Njegovan born January 22 1992 as Selena Kaatz is a Canadian curler from Winnipeg Manitoba 1 She currently plays third on Team Kaitlyn Lawes 2 Selena NjegovanCurlerNjegovan at the 2018 MastersBornSelena Kaatz 1992 01 22 January 22 1992 age 30 Winnipeg ManitobaTeamCurling clubEast St Paul CC East St Paul MBSkipKaitlyn LawesThirdSelena NjegovanSecondJocelyn PetermanLeadKristin MacCuishMixed doublespartnerReid CarruthersCareerMember Association ManitobaHearts appearances5 2016 2018 2019 2021 2022 Top CTRS ranking1st 2021 22 Grand Slam victories3 2016 National 2019 Masters 2021 Masters Medal record Women s CurlingCanadian Olympic Curling Trials2021 SaskatoonRepresenting Team Wild CardScotties Tournament of Hearts2018 Penticton Contents 1 Career 1 1 Juniors and University 2011 2013 1 2 Early women s 2013 2015 1 3 Breakthrough season and Olympic pre trials 2015 2018 1 4 Tracy Fleury joins the team 2018 present 2 Personal life 3 Grand Slam record 3 1 Former events 4 Teams 5 References 6 External linksCareer EditJuniors and University 2011 2013 Edit Njegovan threw fourth rocks for Team Manitoba at the 2012 Canadian Junior Curling Championships on a team skipped by Shannon Birchard The team finished first after the round robin but lost in the final to Team Alberta skipped by Jocelyn Peterman The next season Njegovan skipped her own team at the Manitoba Junior provincials where she lost to Shannon Birchard s team in the final 3 Njegovan played second for the University of Manitoba women s curling team at the 2013 CIS CCA Curling Championships on a team skipped by Breanne Meakin The team went undefeated en route to the championship Early women s 2013 2015 Edit Njegovan joined the Kerri Einarson rink in 2013 In their first season they played in one slam the 2013 Colonial Square Ladies Classic not qualifying and the 2014 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts losing in the final to Team Chelsea Carey The next season the team again lost in the final of Manitoba Hearts losing this time to Team Jennifer Jones Breakthrough season and Olympic pre trials 2015 2018 Edit The 2015 16 season would be the breakthrough year for the Einarson rink The team begun the season by winning the Tier 2 event of the 2015 Tour Challenge The team finally won the Manitoba Scotties in 2016 and represented Manitoba at the national 2016 Scotties Tournament of Hearts There the team would make the playoffs but would end up losing in the bronze medal game settling for fourth place Elsewhere on the World Curling Tour the team would play in four slams making it to the semifinals at three events The team played in their first Canada Cup in 2016 losing in the semifinals On the Tour the team played in five Grand Slams and would win their first title at the 2016 National At the 2017 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts the team failed to make the playoffs The Einarson rink qualified for the 2017 Canadian Olympic Pre Trials but would lose in a tiebreaker game On the tour the team would win the 2017 Icebreaker at The Granite and would make it to the finals of the 2017 Masters They also won the 2017 Tour Challenge Tier 2 event once again They qualified for the first ever Wild Card game at the 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts where they beat Chelsea Carey for the right to represent Team Wild Card that year at the Scotties They finished the round robin and championship pool with a 9 2 record which qualified them for the 1 vs 2 page playoff game They lost to Team Manitoba Jennifer Jones but rebounded against Nova Scotia s Mary Anne Arsenault in the semifinal They couldn t get by Jones in the final settling for a silver medal They finished their season with a semifinal finish at the 2018 Players Championship and a runner up finish at the 2018 Champions Cup Tracy Fleury joins the team 2018 present Edit Njegovan would stay with Liz Fyfe and Kristin MacCuish for the 2018 19 season but would bring on a new skip Tracy Fleury for the 2019 2022 Olympic quadrennial 4 Fleury is from Sudbury and would play as their designated out of province curler 5 The team had a nearly full schedule in Grand Slam events beginning the season at the Elite 10 where they missed the playoffs after winning just one game Next they made it to the quarterfinals of the 2018 Masters which they followed up by making it to the finals of the 2018 Tour Challenge where they lost to Rachel Homan 6 Outside of the Grand Slam tour they were invited to represent Canada at the second leg of the Curling World Cup which they finished with a 4 2 record narrowly missing the final 7 The following week they were back into a Grand Slam event the 2018 National where they won just one game 8 The following month the team played in the 2019 Canadian Open again missing the playoffs The team found success in provincial playdowns winning the 2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts defeating her old skip Kerri Einarson 13 7 in the final to represent Manitoba at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts 9 10 A week after provincials the team played in at the 2019 TSN All Star Curling Skins Game where they lost to Jennifer Jones by 4 000 in the final 11 The team did earn 32 500 during the tournament 12 At the Hearts Manitoba went 4 3 in pool play but lost to British Columbia s Sarah Wark rink in a tiebreaker to get into the championship pool which eliminated the team from contention 13 They finished the season off by making it to the quarterfinals of the 2019 Players Championship 14 To start the 2019 20 season Fleury and her team finished fourth at the 2019 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic 15 Later that month they won the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker 16 Next they played in the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic where they once again had a successful weekend losing in the final to Jennifer Jones 17 Two weeks later they played in the 2019 Colonial Square Ladies Classic where they went undefeated until the final where they came up short to Homan 18 Team Fleury had two more playoff finishes at the 2019 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic and the 2019 Canad Inns Women s Classic where they lost in the semifinals and quarterfinals respectively 19 20 Their next event was the first Grand Slam of the season the 2019 Masters where they qualified for the playoffs with a 3 1 record With wins over Elena Stern in the quarterfinals and Anna Hasselborg in the semifinal Team Fleury made their second Grand Slam final since forming They would be successful this time defeating Sayaka Yoshimura to claim the Grand Slam title 21 The next week they had a quarterfinal finish at the second Slam of the season the 2019 Tour Challenge At the Canada Cup the Fleury team once again had a successful run qualifying for the playoffs with a 5 1 record They downed Chelsea Carey 9 4 in the semifinal before coming up short to Rachel Homan in the final 22 Team Fleury capped off the 2019 part of the season with a semifinal finish at the 2019 Boost National Grand Slam This meant they qualified for the playoffs in all ten of the events they played in to start the season To start 2020 the Fleury rink along with five other Canadian rinks represented Canada at the 2020 Continental Cup Team Canada did not have a good week losing to the European s by fifteen points 23 They missed the playoffs for the first time during the season when they were knocked out of the triple knockout format at the 2020 Canadian Open At the 2020 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts the provincial championship Team Fleury lost the semifinal to Jennifer Jones 24 They did have another chance to qualify for the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts through the Wild Card play in game which they also lost to Jones 25 It would be the team s last event of the season as both the Players Championship and the Champions Cup Grand Slam events were cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic 26 Team Fleury added longtime skip and 2013 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials silver medallist Sherry Middaugh to coach the team for the 2020 21 season 27 Due to the COVID 19 pandemic in Manitoba the 2021 provincial championship was cancelled As the reigning provincials champions Team Kerri Einarson were already qualified for the Scotties as Team Canada Team Jennifer Jones was given the invitation to represent Manitoba at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as they were the 2020 provincial runners up 28 However due to many provinces cancelling their provincial championships as a result of the COVID 19 pandemic in Canada Curling Canada added three Wild Card teams to the national championship which were based on the CTRS standings from the 2019 20 season 29 Because Team Fleury ranked 2nd on the CTRS 30 and kept at least three of their four players together for the 2020 21 season they got the first Wild Card spot at the 2021 Scotties in Calgary Alberta 31 Tracy Fleury would however not compete at the Hearts as she wanted to stay home with her baby daughter who was diagnosed with infantile spasms a rare form of epilepsy 32 In her place was two time Scotties champion Chelsea Carey who was left without a team for the season At the Hearts Carey led the team to a 6 6 eighth place finish 33 Njegovan curled 80 at the tournament and was named to the second all star team as a result 34 A month later Njegovan was back in the Calgary bubble to compete with Reid Carruthers at the 2021 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship The pair finished the round robin with a 4 2 record just missing the playoffs on their last stone draw 35 36 Fleury returned to skip the team at the 2021 Champions Cup held in the same Calgary bubble in April 2021 It was the first time Njegovan Liz Fyfe and Kristin MacCuish had seen her in over a year 37 38 At the Champions Cup Fleury led the team to a 4 0 round robin record before losing in the semifinal to Switzerland s Silvana Tirinzoni Fleury left the bubble after the event and was once again replaced by Chelsea Carey for the 2021 Players Championship There Carey led the team to a 2 3 round robin record missing the playoffs 39 With Fleury back fulltime for the 2021 22 season the team began the season at the 2021 Oakville Labour Day Classic There they went a perfect 7 0 to claim the title defeating Suzanne Birt 8 7 in the final 40 41 Two weeks later they won their second tour event of the season at the 2021 Sherwood Park Women s Curling Classic After finishing 4 0 through the round robin they defeated Cory Christensen Kim Eun jung and Kerri Einarson in the quarterfinals semifinals and final respectively to win their second title of the season 42 After a quarterfinal finish at the 2021 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic the team played in the first slam event of the season the 2021 Masters 43 In the triple knockout qualifying round they finished 3 1 and qualified through the B Side 44 They then defeated Einarson 6 2 in the quarterfinals and topped Alina Kovaleva 8 4 in the semifinals to qualify for their third slam final as a team where they faced Team Jennifer Jones 45 After Fleury took an early lead Jones tied things up in eighth to force an extra end In the extra Team Fleury secured the win with a double takeout and defended their Masters title from 2019 46 At the second Grand Slam of the season the 2021 National the team posted undefeated record until they reached the final where they were defeated by Sweden s Anna Hasselborg 9 6 in an extra end 47 Then came the 2021 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials held November 20 to 28 in Saskatoon Saskatchewan After their successful start to the 2021 22 season Team Fleury entered the Trials as the topped ranked women s team 48 Through the round robin the team went undefeated with a perfect 8 0 record becoming only the second women s rink to do so following Chelsea Carey in 2017 49 This earned them a bye to the Olympic Trials final where they would face Team Jennifer Jones who they previously defeated in their final round robin game The team began the game with hammer but immediately gave up a stolen point They eventually tied the game after four ends and later after seven ends 4 4 After a blank in the eighth Team Fleury earned their first lead of the game with a steal of one in the ninth In the tenth end Jennifer Jones had an open hit and stick to win the game however her shooter rolled two far and she only got one This sent the game to an extra end where Team Fleury would hold the hammer On her final shot Fleury attempted a soft weight hit on a Jones stone partially buried behind a guard Her rock however curled too much and hit the guard giving up a steal of one and the game to Team Jones 50 Team Fleury earned the silver medal from the event At the 2022 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts the team couldn t rebound from their disappointing finish at the Trials finishing 5 3 and failing to qualify for the playoff round 51 Despite this they still qualified for the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts again as Wild Card 1 after Curling Canada used the same format from the 2021 event 52 Upon arrival into Thunder Bay for the event the team announced that Tracy Fleury had tested positive for COVID 19 and would have to sit out much of the event 53 Because of this Njegovan stepped up to skip the team with alternate and Njegovan s sister in law Robyn Njegovan coming in to play third Without Fleury Njegovan led Team Fleury to dominant performances through their seven games finishing with a 6 1 record 54 Fleury then returned for the teams final round robin game where they picked up another victory to close out the round robin first place in their pool 55 Despite earning a bye from the elimination games the team lost the seeding game and then the 3 vs 4 page playoff game eliminating them from the event in fourth place 56 On March 16 2022 the team announced they would be parting ways at the end of the 2021 22 season 57 Njegovan and longtime teammate Kristin MacCuish later announced they would be joining Kaitlyn Lawes and Jocelyn Peterman of Team Jones to form a new team for the 2022 23 season Lawes would skip the team with Njegovan playing third Peterman at second and MacCuish at lead 58 Team Fleury still had two more events together before parting ways the 2022 Players Championship and 2022 Champions Cup Grand Slams At the Players the team qualified through the A side with an undefeated record earning them the top spot in the playoff round They then defeated Sweden s Isabella Wrana in the quarterfinals before being eliminated by the Einarson team in the semifinals 59 At the Champions Cup Team Fleury went 3 2 in pool play and then lost in the quarterfinals to Gim Un chi Personal life EditNjegovan is married to fellow curler Connor Njegovan She currently owns her own company called Selena Njegovan Virtual Solutions 1 Previously at the University of Manitoba Njegovan majored in accounting 60 Grand Slam record EditKeyC ChampionF Lost in FinalSF Lost in SemifinalQF Lost in QuarterfinalsR16 Lost in the round of 16Q Did not advance to playoffsT2 Played in Tier 2 eventDNP Did not participate in eventN A Not a Grand Slam event that season Event 2015 16 2016 17 2017 18 2018 19 2019 20 2020 21 2021 22 2022 23The National Q C Q Q SF N A F SFTour Challenge T2 Q T2 F QF N A N A QFMasters SF Q F QF C N A C QFCanadian Open DNP Q Q Q Q N A N APlayers SF DNP SF QF N A Q SFChampions Cup SF Q F DNP N A SF QFFormer events Edit Event 2013 14 2014 15 2015 16 2016 17 2017 18 2018 19Elite 10 N A N A N A N A N A QColonial Square Q DNP N A N A N A N ATeams EditSeason Skip Third Second Lead2009 10 61 Alyssa Calvert Selena Kaatz Kristin MacCuish Lindsay Baldock2010 11 Selena Kaatz Fourth Alyssa Calvert Skip Kristin MacCuish Lindsay Baldock2011 12 Shannon Birchard Selena Kaatz Kristin MacCuish Mariah Mondor2012 13 Selena Kaatz Briane Meilleur Kristin MacCuish Katherine Doerksen2013 14 Kerri Einarson Selena Kaatz Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish2014 15 Kerri Einarson Selena Kaatz Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish2015 16 Kerri Einarson Selena Kaatz Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish2016 17 Kerri Einarson Selena Kaatz Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish2017 18 Kerri Einarson Selena Kaatz Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish2018 19 Tracy Fleury Selena Njegovan Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish2019 20 Tracy Fleury Selena Njegovan Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish2020 21 Tracy Fleury Selena Njegovan Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish2021 22 Tracy Fleury Selena Njegovan Liz Fyfe Kristin MacCuish2022 23 Kaitlyn Lawes Selena Njegovan Jocelyn Peterman Kristin MacCuishReferences Edit a b 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide PDF Curling Canada Retrieved February 16 2021 Selena Njegovan Profile CurlingZone Retrieved July 27 2020 Kaatz hopes winning tradition holds Winnipeg Sun January 3 2013 Retrieved January 28 2018 Fleury ready for new chapter skipping new Manitoba team Grand Slam of Curling February 17 2018 Retrieved August 2 2019 Sudbury curler ready to compete at the Scotties with Team Manitoba CBC Sports January 29 2019 Retrieved August 27 2020 Homan claims Tour Challenge to win 8th GSOC title Grand Slam of Curling November 11 2018 Retrieved August 27 2020 Curling World Cup Second Leg Teams Curling World Cup Archived from the original on December 16 2018 Retrieved August 27 2020 Jonathan Brazeau December 13 2018 Fleury fends off Fujisawa for first win at Boost National Grand Slam of Curling Retrieved August 27 2020 Fleury tops Einarson for Manitoba title after furious rally Sportsnet Retrieved August 2 2019 2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts Curl Manitoba Retrieved August 27 2020 2019 TSN All Star Curling Skins Game TSN Retrieved August 27 2020 Jones wins third straight TSN Skins Game TSN February 3 2019 Retrieved August 27 2020 British Columbia s Wark readjusting goals after qualifying for Scotties championship pool Curling Canada February 21 2019 Retrieved August 27 2020 Jonathan Brazeau April 13 2019 Einarson fends off Fleury in Players Championship quarterfinals Grand Slam of Curling Retrieved August 27 2020 2019 Hokkaido Bank Curling Classic CurlingZone Retrieved July 27 2020 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker CurlingZone Retrieved July 27 2020 Jonathan Brazeau September 15 2019 Jennifer Jones John Epping win Shorty Jenkins Classic titles Sportsnet Retrieved August 27 2020 WCT Recap Team Homan win Colonial in Saskatoon TSN October 1 2019 Retrieved August 27 2020 Team Fleury 2019 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic Semifinalists Facebook Team Tracy Fleury October 15 2019 Retrieved September 12 2020 Team Fleury 2019 Canad Inns Women s Classic Quarterfinalists Facebook Team Tracy Fleury October 20 2019 Retrieved September 12 2020 Jonathan Brazeau October 27 2019 Fleury fearless in securing 1st Grand Slam title at Masters Grand Slam of Curling Retrieved August 27 2020 Homan Epping headed to Olympic trials after capturing Canada Cup titles TSN December 1 2019 Retrieved August 27 2020 Kyle Brebner January 13 2020 Europe wins the 2020 Continental Cup of Curling 106 9 The X Retrieved August 27 2020 Eight time champion Jones knocks off top seed Fleury to reach Manitoba women s curling final Winnipeg Sun February 2 2020 Retrieved August 27 2020 Jones edges Fleury to make main draw at Scotties TSN February 14 2020 Retrieved August 27 2020 GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019 20 season Grand Slam of Curling Grand Slam of Curling March 13 2020 Retrieved March 16 2020 Gregory Strong October 20 2020 Team Tracy Fleury adds longtime skip Sherry Middaugh as coach CBC Sports Retrieved February 28 2021 Devin Heroux December 21 2020 Ontario Manitoba cancel playdowns for Scotties Brier CBC Sports Retrieved February 28 2021 Three wild card teams added to Scotties Brier TSN January 13 2021 Retrieved February 28 2021 2019 20 CTRS Standings Curling Canada Retrieved February 28 2021 Wild Card teams set Curling Canada February 1 2021 Retrieved February 28 2021 Devin Heroux February 1 2021 Family first Manitoba skip Tracy Fleury confidently passes the reins to Chelsea Carey CBC Sports Retrieved February 28 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Scores standings schedule Sportsnet Retrieved February 28 2021 All stars Award winners named Curling Canada February 28 2021 Retrieved February 28 2021 2021 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship Pool C Standings Curling Canada Retrieved April 27 2021 2021 Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championship LSD Totals PDF Curling Canada Retrieved April 27 2021 Fleury elated to finally see teammates again at GSOC Champions Cup Sportsnet Retrieved April 26 2021 Randy Pascal April 23 2021 Fleury returns in impressive fashion in Calgary The Sudbury Star Retrieved April 26 2021 Jonathan Brazeau April 23 2021 Sharpshooting Team Einarson secure bye to Players Championship semis Grand Slam of Curling Retrieved April 26 2021 Fleury wins Oakville Labour Day Classic CurlingZone Retrieved October 24 2021 2021 Oakville Labour Day Classic Women s Final Live Stream Facebook Team Tracy Fleury Retrieved October 24 2021 Fleury edges Scotties champion Einarson to win Sherwood Park Women s Curling Classic TSN September 19 2021 Retrieved October 24 2021 Jonathan Brazeau September 23 2021 30 teams in 30 days Day 5 Team Fleury Grand Slam of Curling Retrieved October 24 2021 Jonathan Brazeau October 22 2021 Fleury upends Einarson to reach Masters quarterfinals Grand Slam of Curling Retrieved October 24 2021 Jonathan Brazeau October 23 2021 Fleury eliminates Einarson in Masters women s quarterfinals Grand Slam of Curling Retrieved October 24 2021 Jonathan Brazeau October 24 2021 Fleury edges Jones to successfully defend Masters women s title Grand Slam of Curling Retrieved October 24 2021 Jonathan Brazeau November 7 2021 Hasselborg holds off Fleury to win 6th GSOC women s title at National Grand Slam of Curling Retrieved April 18 2022 Kevin Palmer November 16 2021 Canadian Olympic Trials Preview Women The Curling News Retrieved April 18 2022 Tiebreaker logjam Curling Canada November 26 2021 Retrieved April 18 2022 Video Women s Final 2021 Tim Hortons Curling Trials Fleury vs Jones on YouTube Ted Wyman December 18 2021 Manitoba Scotties stunner sees world No 1 Fleury eliminated former world junior champ Zacharias into final Winnipeg Sun Retrieved December 19 2021 Scotties update Curling Canada January 13 2022 Retrieved April 18 2022 We are excited to start the Scotties today Unfortunately due to a positive covid test we will be starting the event without Tracy However the good news is she feels well and the positive test was from long enough ago that she could join us as early as this weekend The team is following all event protocols and guidance of the Chief Medical Officer Facebook Team Tracy Fleury January 28 2022 Retrieved April 19 2022 Oh what a relief Curling Canada February 2 2022 Retrieved April 19 2022 A helping hand Curling Canada February 3 2022 Retrieved April 19 2022 Leith Dunick February 5 2022 Einarson ousts Fleury in 3 4 Page Playoff TB News Watch Retrieved April 19 2022 ANNOUNCEMENT Team Fleury has decided to go their separate ways after the 2021 2022 season Facebook Team Tracy Fleury March 16 2022 Retrieved April 18 2022 Lawes to skip new team in Manitoba next season TSN March 21 2022 Retrieved June 18 2022 Jonathan Brazeau April 16 2022 Defending champs Einarson Mouat return to Players Championship finals Grand Slam of Curling Retrieved April 18 2022 UM Today Asper School of Business Asper Co op Q amp A Selena Kaatz news umanitoba ca Retrieved 2018 01 28 Selena Njegovan Past Teams CurlingZone Retrieved February 3 2018 External links EditSelena Njegovan at World Curling Federation Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Selena Njegovan amp oldid 1126730741, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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