Laura Hallisey is a curler

Curling

Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

 from Medfield, Massachusetts

Medfield, Massachusetts

Medfield is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,024 according to the 2010 Census. Medfield is an affluent community about 17 miles southwest of Boston....

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In 2005 Laura Hallisey made her National debut at the United States Junior Championships. She would ultimately compete in four Junior Nationals winning the Silver medal in 2006 and 2007.

Laura Hallisey competed in her first United States Nationals

United States Curling Women's Championships

The United States Women's Curling Championship is the annual women's national curling championship for the United States. It acts as a qualifier for the World Women's Curling Championships. Ten teams play in each championship, with the two top-ranked teams in the nation qualifying automatically...

 on the senior level in 2009. The 2009 Nationals

2010 United States Olympic Curling Trials

The 2010 United States Olympic Curling Team Trials/2009 U.S. Nationals were held February 21-28, 2009 at the Broomfield Event Center in Broomfield, Colorado...

 doubled as the Olympic Trials for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

. Competing as the Lead for Erika Brown's

Erika Brown

Erika Brown is an American curler, currently residing in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She started curling in 1980 and throws right-handed....

 team she finished fourth.

After the Olympic trials Laura Hallisey would remain on Erika Brown's team. They went to the 2010 US Nationals

2010 United States Women's Curling Championship

The 2010 United States Curling Nationals Championships were held at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan from March 6, 2010 to March 13, 2010. This is the 34th edition of the United States Curling Women's Championships; it will be held alongside the 2010 United States Men's Curling...

 in Kalamazoo, Michigan

Kalamazoo, Michigan

The area on which the modern city stands was once home to Native Americans of the Hopewell culture, who migrated into the area sometime before the first millennium. Evidence of their early residency remains in the form of a small mound in downtown's Bronson Park. The Hopewell civilization began to...

 where Hallisey won her first US title earning the right to compete at the 2010 Swift Current World Championships

2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship

The 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship was held in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada from March 20-28, 2010.-Qualification:...

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Teammates

2010 Swift Current World Championships

2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship

The 2010 Ford World Women's Curling Championship was held in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada from March 20-28, 2010.-Qualification:...

Erika Brown

Erika Brown

Erika Brown is an American curler, currently residing in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. She started curling in 1980 and throws right-handed....

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Nina Spatola

Nina Spatola

Nina Spatola is a curler from McFarland, Wisconsin, USA.Nina Spatola began curling in 1998 and six years later made her first United States Junior National Championships. She would compete in five more Junior Nationals winning the title in 2006 and 2008. As a member of the Junior Championship team...

, Third

Ann Swisshelm

Ann Swisshelm

Ann Swisshelm is a curler from Chicago, Illinois. She has also been known as Ann Swisshelm Silver....

, Second

Jessica Schultz

Jessica Schultz

Jessica Schultz is an American curler from Richfield, Minnesota. She currently plays lead for Erika Brown...

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