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Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools: Peterson Sisters Curling Their Way From Eagan To The Beijing Olympics
Tabitha ('07) is returning for her second Olympic appearance and will take on the lead role of "skip."
February 3, 2022
The winter sport of curling is an Olympic favorite; a game of strategy and high-stakes moves that leads to exciting finishes. And the team to watch at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing is led by two Eagan High School graduates, sisters Tabitha and Tara Peterson. Rising stars in the sport sometimes dubbed “chess on ice,” the sisters will be competing as the U.S. Women’s Curling Team under their own moniker, Team Peterson.
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Tabitha (’07) is returning for her second Olympic appearance and will take on the lead role of “skip.” Four years ago, she was successful at the Olympic trials and went on to compete in the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang as “vice-skip.” The U.S. Women’s Curling Team finished in eighth place.
Beijing will be the debut Olympic appearance for Tara (’09), however she is no stranger to stiff competition. Since 2009, she has competed in three World Junior Championships and three Women’s World Championships. Last spring, she earned a bronze medal at the 2021 world championship, proving that she is Olympic ready.
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Since their competitive curling careers began in 2005, collectively the sisters have won multiple state championships and national junior championships, participated on gold medal teams and competed against some of the top curling athletes in the world. Together, they swept the competition at the U.S. Olympic Trials in November 2021 to punch their ticket to Beijing.
Team Peterson is comprised of Tabitha and Tara Peterson, Aileen Geving, Becca Hamilton, Nina Roth and their coach, Laine Peters. Team Peterson kicks off their run at gold on Feb. 9 at 8:05 p.m. Eastern Team, when they face off against the women’s Russian Olympic Committee. Follow the team’s schedule on the Olympics website.
This press release was produced by Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan Public Schools, ISD 196. The views expressed here are the author’s own.
