Taylor McDonald

Taylor Rae McDonald[1] (born May 12, 1993) is a Canadian curler from Lethbridge, Alberta. McDonald plays second for team Laura Walker. McDonald previously played second for team Kelsey Rocque, with whom she won gold at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships and the 2017 Winter Universiade.

Taylor McDonald
Curler
Born
Taylor Rae McDonald

(1993-05-12) May 12, 1993
Lethbridge, Alberta
Team
Curling clubSaville Community SC,
Edmonton, AB
SkipLaura Walker
ThirdKate Cameron
SecondTaylor McDonald
LeadNadine Scotland
AlternateKelsey Rocque
Career
Member Association Alberta (2011-2018; 2019-present)
 Manitoba (2018-19)
Hearts appearances2 (2019, 2020)
Other appearancesWJCC: 1 (2014)
Universiade: 1 (2017)
Top CTRS ranking5th (2017–18)
Medal record
Women's Curling
Representing  Canada
World Junior Curling Championships
2014 Flims Women's
Winter Universiade
2017 Almaty Women's

Career

Juniors

McDonald began her junior curling career in the 2011–12 on team Kelsey Rocque. She won gold representing Canada at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships during her final season with the team.[2]

Women's

For the 2014–15 season, McDonald joined team Chelsea Carey at second, with Laura Crocker as third and Jen Gates as lead. McDonald appeared in her first Grand Slam of Curling event, the 2014 Curlers Corner Autumn Gold Curling Classic. She was reunited with her old skip Kelsey Rocque for the 2015–16 season, with the remainder of the team remaining the same. The team won the 2016 CIS/CCA Curling Championships in 2016 with the University of Alberta, qualifying them for the 2017 Winter Universiade. The team made the decision to miss the 2017 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts to participate in the Universiade.[3] The team won gold at the Universiade, beating Russia's Victoria Moiseeva 8–3 in the final.[4]

In March 2018, McDonald announced she was joining a Winnipeg-based team skipped by Allison Flaxey, with third Kate Cameron and lead Raunora Westcott. The team participated in two Slams and finished sixth at the 2019 Manitoba Scotties Tournament of Hearts. McDonald was invited to be Team Fleury's and team Manitoba's alternate at the 2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. She played in one game, Draw 11 against Nunavut, where she curled 75%.[5] McDonald also spared for Fleury at the 2019 Players' Championship where they had a quarterfinal finish.

On March 15, 2019, it was announced that McDonald would join the new team of Laura Walker, Kate Cameron and Nadine Scotland for the 2019–20 curling season. They did not qualify for the playoffs in their first two events, the 2019 Cargill Curling Training Centre Icebreaker and the Booster Juice Shoot-Out before winning the 2019 Mother Club Fall Curling Classic after posting a perfect 7-0 record. McDonald won her first provincial title this season as well, defeating former teammate Kelsey Rocque 7-4 in the 2020 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts final. Representing Alberta at the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team finished pool play with a 3-4 record, failing to qualify for the championship round. 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.[6]

Personal life

McDonald currently lives in Edmonton. She is employed as a mortgage broker for Mortgage Design Group.[7] She is engaged to Kirt Dell.[8]

Teams
Season Skip Third Second Lead
2011–12[9] Kelsey RocqueKeely BrownTaylor McDonaldClaire Tully
2012–13 Kelsey RocqueKeely BrownTaylor McDonaldClaire Tully
2013–14 Kelsey RocqueKeely BrownTaylor McDonaldClaire Tully
2014–15 Chelsea CareyLaura CrockerTaylor McDonaldJen Gates
2015–16 Kelsey RocqueLaura CrockerTaylor McDonaldJen Gates
2016–17 Kelsey RocqueLaura CrockerTaylor McDonaldJen Gates
2017–18 Kelsey RocqueLaura CrockerTaylor McDonaldJen Gates
2018–19 Allison FlaxeyKate CameronTaylor McDonaldRaunora Westcott
2019–20 Laura WalkerKate CameronTaylor McDonaldNadine Scotland
2020–21 Laura WalkerKate CameronTaylor McDonaldNadine Scotland

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 2, 2017. Retrieved March 20, 2020.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "Rocque leads junior women to gold for Canada". Curling Canada. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  3. "Taylor McDonald ready to represent Canada at Universiade". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
  4. "Edmonton's Kelsey Rocque wins curling gold at 2017 Winter Universiade in Kazakhstan". Edmonton Journal. February 7, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2018.
  5. "2019 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Draw 11: Manitoba vs Nunavut". Curling Canada. Retrieved August 16, 2019.
  6. "GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season". Grand Slam of Curling. Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. Retrieved March 26, 2020.
  7. 2018 Home Hardware Canada Cup Media Guide: Taylor McDonald
  8. "2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide" (PDF). Curling Canada. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
  9. "Taylor McDonald Teams". CurlingZone. Retrieved July 26, 2018.
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