Sarah Koltun

Sarah Koltun (born July 6, 1993 in Whitehorse, Yukon) is a Canadian curler from Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.[2] She currently plays third on Team Kerry Galusha.

Sarah Koltun
Curler
Born (1993-07-06) July 6, 1993
Whitehorse, Yukon
Team
Curling clubYellowknife CC
Yellowknife, NT[1]
SkipKerry Galusha
ThirdSarah Koltun
SecondJo-Ann Rizzo
LeadMargot Flemming
Career
Member Association Yukon (2007–2017)
 Northwest Territories (2017–present)
Hearts appearances6 (2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Top CTRS ranking29th (2018–19)
Medal record
Representing  Yukon
Arctic Winter Games
2010 Grande Prairie
2008 Yellowknife

Career

At just 13 years old, Koltun's first national championship was at the 2007 Canadian Junior Curling Championships where her team finished last with a 1–11 record. Later that year, she skipped the Yukon rink to a 1–5 record at the 2007 Canada Winter Games.[3] She also skipped the Yukon team at the next seven Canadian Junior Curling Championships. Her best result was in 2013, skipping the team to a 7–4 record before losing in a tiebreaker. Other notable results were a 6–6 record in 2011[4] and a 5–7 finish in 2009.[5] Koltun also represented Yukon a second time at the Canada Games in 2011, finishing 3–2. She competed at two Arctic Winter Games as well in 2008 and 2010 winning a gold medal in 2010[6] and a silver medal in 2008.[7]

After her junior rink competed at the 2014 Canadian Junior Curling Championships which was her final year of juniors, the team got to represent Yukon/Northwest Territories at the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts as they had previously won the 2014 NWT/Yukon Scotties Tournament of Hearts.[8] They were the first team from Yukon to win the event since 2000. At the Hearts in Montreal, Quebec, they finished last, however they were able to defeat Prince Edward Island's Kim Dolan and Saskatchewan's Stefanie Lawton.[9] The following year, Yukon and Northwest Territories had separate entries to the national championship however due to a format change and because they placed last the previous year, they were put into a pre-qualifying tournament against Northern Ontario and Northwest Territories to determine the final spot in the main draw. They would lose both of their games and were eliminated.[10][11] They would not participate in the 2016 Yukon Scotties Tournament of Hearts but returned in 2017 where they won the event by default.[12][13] At the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, they managed to win their game against Nunavut however lost to both the Territories and New Brunswick and were once again eliminated. After the season, Koltun moved to the Northwest Territories to join the Kerry Galusha rink at third.[14]

Team Galusha went undefeated at the 2018 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts. The format at the national 2018 Scotties Tournament of Hearts had changed again, putting sixteen teams into two pools of eight teams. They finished 1–6 in their pool, only beating Koltun's former province Yukon. This put them into the thirteenth place game against Prince Edward Island's Robyn MacPhee rink, which they won. The following season, they added former Canadian Junior champion Brittany Tran to the team at second. The team won their first World Curling Tour event, the 2018 Royal LePage Women's Fall Classic.[15] Team Galusha easily won the 2019 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts, winning all three of her games in a best of five series against the Tyanna Bain junior rink from Inuvik. At the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the Galusha rink had a strong start, winning three of their first four games, before losing three straight, and were eliminated after pool play with a 3–4 record.[16]

The Galusha rink added experienced player Jo-Ann Rizzo for the 2019–20 season. They had some success on the tour, having a quarterfinal finish at the 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic[17] and reaching the semifinals of the Stu Sells Toronto Tankard.[18] They defended their territorial title by winning the 2020 Northwest Territories Scotties Tournament of Hearts in January 2020. At the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, they finished 2–5, not enough to advance to the championship round.

Personal life

Koltun is currently a medical student at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine.[2]

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead Alternate
2006–07[3] Chelsea Duncan (Fourth)Sarah Koltun (Skip)Tessa VibeLinea Eby
2007–08 Chelsea Duncan (Fourth)Sarah Koltun (Skip)Linea EbyTessa Vibe
2008–09 Sarah KoltunChelsea DuncanLinea EbyJenna Duncan
2009–10 Sarah KoltunChelsea DuncanLinea EbyJenna Duncan
2010–11[19] Sarah KoltunChelsea DuncanLinea EbyJenna Duncan
2011–12 Sarah KoltunChelsea DuncanLinea EbyJenna Duncan
2012–13 Sarah KoltunChelsea DuncanPatty WallinghamJenna Duncan
2013–14 Sarah KoltunChelsea DuncanPatty WallinghamAndrea SinclairJenna Duncan
2014–15 Sarah KoltunChelsea DuncanPatty WallinghamAndrea SinclairLindsay Moldowan
2016–17 Sarah KoltunChelsea DuncanPatty WallinghamJenna DuncanHelen Strong (STOH)
2017–18 Kerry GalushaSarah KoltunMegan KoehlerShona Barbour
2018–19 Kerry GalushaSarah KoltunBrittany TranShona BarbourMegan Koehler
2019–20 Kerry GalushaSarah KoltunJo-Ann RizzoShona BarbourStacey Stabel (STOH)
2020–21 Kerry GalushaSarah KoltunJo-Ann RizzoMargot Flemming

References
  1. "Sarah Koltun Profile". Curling Canada. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  2. "2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  3. "Yukon talks up curling at Canada Winter Games". CBC. February 28, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  4. Tom Patrick (February 11, 2011). "Junior rinks glide into seventh, eighth at nationals". Yukon News. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  5. Tom Patrick (February 6, 2013). "Team Koltun sweeping up wins at nationals". Yukon News. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  6. "Team Yukon finishes Arctic Winter Games with 101 medals". Whitehorse Daily Star. March 15, 2010. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  7. "Alaska Dominates Games" (PDF). Ulu News. March 15, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
  8. Tom Patrick (December 16, 2013). "Baldwin wins curling title, heading to Yellowknife with Koltun". Yukon News. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  9. "Yukon's Sarah Koltun looking up for Canada's Rachel Homan at Scotties". The Globe and Mail. February 3, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  10. "Northwest Territories survive nailbiter against Yukon". Curling Canada. February 13, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  11. "Yukon's Koltun exits Scotties qualifier after pair of loses". CBC. February 13, 2015. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  12. Tom Patrick (January 4, 2017). "Team Koltun back for third run at Scotties". Yukon News. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  13. Marissa Tiel (February 14, 2017). "Koltun rink ready for Scotties". Whitehorse Star. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  14. "Yukon curler heads to NWT". The Rush. May 17, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  15. "Team Galusha commitment pays off with tour win in Kemptville, Ont". Curling Canada. November 6, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  16. "Women's curler Sarah Koltun competing in Scotties". Waterloo Warriors. February 20, 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  17. "Galusha Reaches 2019 AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic Quarters". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  18. "Galusha Reaches 2019 Stu Sells Toronto Tankard Semifinals". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  19. "Sarah Koltun Past Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
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