Catlin Schneider

Catlin Schneider (born October 17, 1991) is a Canadian curler. He currently plays second on Team John Morris.

Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Schneider was a two-sport athlete at university, playing both football and curling for the University of Regina. In football, Schneider was a wide receiver.[1] In curling, he skipped the University of Regina curling team at the 2014 CIS/CCA Curling Championships on home ice. There, he led his team of Mathew Ring, Rory McCusker and Brendan Ryan to a 2-5 record, missing the playoffs.

After university, Schneider joined the Brent Gedak team in 2014, throwing third stones on the team. The team played in the 2015 SaskTel Tankard, the Saskatchewan men's provincial championship, but failed to qualify for the playoffs. The next season, Schneider joined the Shaun Meachem team, continuing at third. The team won two tour events that season, the Medicine Hat Charity Classic and the HDF Insurance Shoot-Out and played in one Grand Slam event, the 2016 Humpty's Champions Cup, where the lost all of their games. The team played in the 2016 SaskTel Tankard, making it all the way to final, where they lost to Team Steve Laycock. The next year, the team added Adam Casey from Prince Edward Island to throw last rocks, and eventually took over skipping duties for the rink. The team won the 2017 SaskTel Tankard, qualifying the team to represent the province at the 2017 Tim Hortons Brier. There, the team finished the round robin with a 5-6 record, missing the playoffs. After the Brier, Schneider joined the Morris team to sub in for Rick Sawatsky, who was injured. He played in two slams on Team Morris, losing in a tiebreaker at the 2017 Players' Championship and losing in the quarterfinals of the 2017 Humpty's Champions Cup. Schneider continued to play for the team the next season, playing in the 2017 GSOC Tour Challenge, going 0-4 and at the 2017 Masters of Curling, again going 0-4. The team found more success at the 2017 Canadian Olympic Pre-trials, winning the A event, qualifying the team the right to play at the 2017 Canadian Olympic Curling Trials.

In mixed doubles play, Schneider has played in two Canadian Mixed Doubles Curling Championships with partner Nancy Martin. They lost in the round of 12 in 2016 and missed the playoffs in 2017.

Personal life

Schneider's hometown is White City, Saskatchewan. He attended Greenall High School. He is employed as an engineer for Co-op Refinery.[2] He comes from a big curling family; his sister is Lorraine Schneider who represented Saskatchewan at the 2017 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, and his father, Jamie, played in the 1990 Labatt Brier with three of his uncles. His cousins Kim and Tammy Schneider won the 2011 Scotties Tournament of Hearts and represented Canada at the 2011 World Women's Curling Championship.[3]

References

  1. ↑ http://reginarams.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=1921
  2. ↑ 2017 Home Hardware RTTR Media Guide
  3. ↑ http://leaderpost.com/sports/curling/schneider-family-rocks-the-house-with-curling-titles
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