Mark Fenner (born November 16, 1994) is an American
curler from
Bemidji, Minnesota
Bemidji ( ) is a city and the county seat of Beltrami County, in northern Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,574 at the 2020 census. According to 2021 census estimates, the city is estimated to have a population of 15,279, making it ...
. He is a two-time junior national champion and won his first
United States Men's National Championship in
2021
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.
Curling career
In juniors, Fenner played
second
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for
skip
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Korey Dropkin
Korey Dropkin (born June 11, 1995) is an American curler originally from Southborough, Massachusetts.
Curling career
Juniors
As a junior curler, Dropkin won three United States Junior Curling Championships, playing third for brother Stephen ...
, medalling four years in a row at the
United States Junior Curling Championships
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. This included two gold medals in
2013
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and 2016. The team also consisted of Tom Howell at
third
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* , a fraction of one third
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Places
* 3rd Street (d ...
and Alex Fenson at
lead
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, except for the 2014–15 season when
Andrew Stopera
Andrew Stopera (born September 30, 1997) is an American curler from Briarcliff Manor, New York. He currently throws third rocks and skips Team Korey Dropkin. He is a three-time United States Junior Champion and won the silver medal at the 201 ...
played lead. At the
2013 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2013 World Junior Curling Championships were held from February 28 to March 10 at the Ice Cube Curling Center in Sochi, Russia. Sochi is also scheduled to host the curling tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Men Teams
The teams are liste ...
in
Sochi, Russia
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, they finished in seventh place with a record of 4–5. At their second trip to the World Juniors in
2016
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, they found more success, finishing the
round-robin in first place with a record of 8–1. In the 1 vs 2
page playoff game they lost to
Bruce Mouat's Team Scotland, but they defeated Switzerland's
Yannick Schwaller
Yannick Schwaller (born 31 March 1995 in Solothurn) is a Swiss curler from Recherswil. He currently skips his own team out of Geneva.
Career
Juniors
Schwaller skipped the Swiss junior men's team at three straight World Junior Curling Champi ...
in the semifinal to face Scotland again in the championship game. Fenner and Team United States lost to Mouat again in the final, to finish with the silver medal.
Upon moving from juniors to men's, Fenner and Alex Fenson played as the front end for
Pete Fenson
Peter Fenson (born February 29, 1968 in Bemidji, Minnesota) is an American curler. He was the skip of the men's rink that represented the United States at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where they won the bronze medal, the first Olympic medal for th ...
for two seasons. Pete Fenson, Alex's father, is also an Olympian and seven-time national champion. During these two seasons, from 2016 to 2018, Dropkin and Howell played as the front end for
Heath McCormick
Heath McCormick (born August 7, 1976) is a Canadian-American curler from Sarnia, Ontario.
Career
McCormick began curling in 1992 as a junior in Ontario. He competed in the Ontario Junior Curling Championships five times, and won in 1996 playin ...
, but for the
2018–19 season Dropkin, Howell, Fenner, and Fenson reunited to compete together again. The
next season Team Dropkin brought on
Joe Polo
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, a highly experienced curler who was the alternate on the gold medal-winning team at the
2018 Winter Olympics
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, closing =
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, cauldron = Kim Yun-a
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, winte ...
, as a fifth teammate and experimented with various lineups throughout the season. The five-person team found success at the
2021 US Men's Championship, finishing the round-robin in first place with a 7–2 record. In the playoffs, Team Dropkin defeated Jed Brundidge's team in the 1 vs 2 page playoff game and then again in the final to secure their first Men's National Championship.
Due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, the 2021 Championship was conducted after the
2021 World Men's Championship so Team Dropkin will not represent the United States at World's, but they did secure a spot at the
Olympic Trials
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in the fall of 2021.
Teams
Men's
Mixed doubles
References
External links
*
{{DEFAULTSORT:Fenner, Mark
1994 births
Living people
People from Bemidji, Minnesota
American male curlers
American curling champions
Sportspeople from Minnesota