Kaitlin MacDonald
{{short description|Canadian curler}}
{{Infobox curler
| name = Kaitlin MacDonald
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|11|26}}
| birth_place = Brantford, Ontario
| Curling club = Iqaluit CC,
Iqaluit, NU{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/scoreboard/#!/competitions/7430/teams/31548/team_athletes/31548-second-8226|title=Kaitlin MacDonald Profile|website=Curling Canada|access-date=January 19, 2022}}
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| Member Association = {{NU}}
| Hearts appearances = 4 ({{STOH|2020}}, {{STOH|2021}}, {{STOH|2022}}, {{STOH|2023}})
| Top CCA ranking = 100th (2019–20)
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Kaitlin MacDonald (born November 26, 1998, in Brantford, Ontario) is a Canadian curler from Iqaluit, Nunavut.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2021/02/2021-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-media-guide-1.pdf|title=2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=January 19, 2022}}
Career
During her junior career, MacDonald competed in six Canadian Junior Curling Championships from 2015 to 2020 with skip Sadie Pinksen. The teams best finish was a 2–7 record in 2016, 2018 and 2020. They also represented Nunavut at the 2015 Canada Winter Games, finishing in eleventh with a 2–6 record.{{Cite web|url=https://cg2015.gems.pro/Result/ShowTeam.aspx?Team_GUID=ba6ba951-429a-4202-9d67-336fa05a62a3&SetLanguage=en-CA|title=2015 Canada Winter Games: Team Profile|website=2015 Canada Winter Games|access-date=January 19, 2022}}
In 2020, MacDonald, Pinksen and Alison Griffin teamed up with Ontario curler Lori Eddy for the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Despite Eddy living in Ontario, she was added to the team as the territory's "import player", after being asked by Griffin. The team automatically qualified for the Scotties as no other team in the Territory decided to challenge them.{{Cite web|url=https://windsorstar.com/curling/two-decades-later-ontarios-eddy-finds-second-scotties-chance-as-skip-of-nunavut-team/wcm/98d0da82-2cb5-4c8d-823f-d96132c17377|title=Two decades later, Ontario's Eddy finds second Scotties chance as skip of Nunavut team|author=Ted Wyman|date=February 17, 2020|publisher=Windsor Star|access-date=January 19, 2022}} The team finished with a 2–5 record, including a surprise win against Northern Ontario's Krista McCarville.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavut-scotties-tournament-hearts-1.5467293|title=Nunavut wins 1st game at 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts|date=February 18, 2020|publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|access-date=January 19, 2022}} Team Eddy represented Nunavut again the following year at the 2021 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, where they finished with a winless 0–8 record.{{Cite tweet|user=Devin_Heroux|number=1347980248143564800|date=January 9, 2021|title=Just receiving word Nunavut's Scotties team has been selected. LORI EDDY IS BACK! How much fun was this team at last year's Scotties! @LoriCEddy third Sadie Pinksen, second Alison Griffin and lead Kaitlin MacDonald to represent Nunavut in Calgary bubble. #cbccurl @CBCOlympics}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/scotties-tournament-hearts-scores-standings-schedule-results-2021-bubble/|title=Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Scores, standings, schedule|website=Sportsnet|access-date=January 19, 2022}} Brigitte MacPhail joined the team for the 2021–22 season as their out-of-province player, replacing Eddy at the skip position. The team represented Nunavut at the 2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, finishing with a winless 0–8 record.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/2022-scotties-tournament-hearts-standings-schedule-results/|title=2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Standings, schedule and results|website=Sportsnet|date=January 28, 2022|access-date=February 19, 2022}} The following season, Team MacPhail played in four tour events, failing to qualify for the playoffs at all four. At the 2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the team again went 0–8, placing last.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/curling/article/2023-scotties-tournament-of-hearts-scores-standings-schedule-results/|title=2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts: Scores, standings and schedule|publisher=Sportsnet|date=February 17, 2023|access-date=April 9, 2023}}
Personal life
MacDonald took accounting at the University of Prince Edward Island.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2022/01/2022-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-media-guide-2.pdf|title=2022 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=January 26, 2022}} She currently works as a finance officer for the Government of Nunavut.{{Cite web|url=https://www.curling.ca/files/2023/02/2023-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-media-guide-1.pdf|title=2023 Scotties Tournament of Hearts Media Guide|website=Curling Canada|access-date=February 16, 2023|archive-date=February 13, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213222432/https://www.curling.ca/files/2023/02/2023-Scotties-Tournament-of-Hearts-media-guide-1.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Teams
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| scope="col"| Season
! scope="col"| Skip ! scope="col"| Third ! scope="col"| Second ! scope="col"| Lead | |||
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| scope="row"| 2014–15{{Cite web|url=https://www.curlingzone.com/player.php?playerid=30695&view=Teams#1|title=Kaitlin MacDonald Past Teams|website=CurlingZone|access-date=January 19, 2022}}
| Sadie Pinksen || Christianne West || Katie Chislett-Manning || Kaitlin MacDonald | |||
| scope="row"| 2015–16
| Sadie Pinksen || Christianne West || Kaitlin MacDonald || Melicia Elizaga | |||
| scope="row"| 2016–17
| Sadie Pinksen || Christianne West || Kaitlin MacDonald || Melicia Elizaga | |||
| scope="row"| 2017–18
| Sadie Pinksen || Christianne West || Kaitlin MacDonald || Melicia Elizaga | |||
| scope="row"| 2018–19
| Sadie Pinksen || Christianne West || Kaitlin MacDonald || Abigail Atienza | |||
| scope="row" rowspan=2| 2019–20
| Sadie Pinksen || Christianne West || Kaitlin MacDonald || Lena Chown | |||
| Lori Eddy | Sadie Pinksen | Alison Griffin | Kaitlin MacDonald |
| scope="row"| 2020–21
| Lori Eddy || Sadie Pinksen || Alison Griffin || Kaitlin MacDonald | |||
| scope="row"| 2021–22
| Brigitte MacPhail || Sadie Pinksen || Kaitlin MacDonald || Alison Taylor | |||
| scope="row"| 2022–23
| Brigitte MacPhail || Sadie Pinksen || Kaitlin MacDonald || Alison Taylor |
References
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External links
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Category:Canadian women curlers
Category:Sportspeople from Brantford