Taylor Anderson-Heide Explained

Taylor Anderson-Heide (born February 25, 1995 as Taylor Anderson) is an American curler from Minneapolis, Minnesota. She is currently the alternate on Team Tabitha Peterson. Along with her twin sister Sarah, she was United States National Champion in 2019 and World Junior silver medalist in 2016.

Curling career

Juniors

Anderson-Heide was a member of Team USA at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics, playing lead on the team, which was skipped by Korey Dropkin. They finished in fifth place. In the mixed doubles event, Anderson-Heide was paired with Great Britain's Duncan Menzies. The pair were eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Anderson-Heide was the alternate for Team USA (skipped by Cory Christensen) at the 2015 World Junior Curling Championships. The team finished in 5th place, and Anderson-Heide played in two games. The next season, Anderson-Heide was promoted to second on the team. The team represented the United States at the 2016 World Junior Curling Championships, where they made it all the way to the gold medal final, where they lost to Canada.

Women's

Anderson-Heide made her debut at the United States Women's Curling Championship in 2013 playing lead for her twin sister^[2] Sarah's team. The team finished the event with a 2–7 record. Anderson-Heide played in the 2014 United States Women's Curling Championship playing second for her sister. The team finished with a 4–5 record.

In 2014, the Anderson twins joined the Christensen rink to play in both juniors and women's events. The team won a World Curling Tour (WCT) event in their first season, the 2014 Molson Cash Spiel. The team played in the 2015 United States Women's Curling Championship, finishing fourth. The next season the team won another WCT event, the 2015 St. Paul Cash Spiel. Later that season, they finished third at the 2016 United States Women's Curling Championship. The team won the St. Paul Cash Spiel again in 2016 and finished fifth at the 2017 United States Women's Curling Championship. In their last season together, the team finished 2nd at the 2018 United States Women's Curling Championship and was also one of three invited to the 2017 United States Olympic Curling Trials, where they finished last with just one win.

After the 2017–18 season, both Taylor and Sarah Anderson joined the Jamie Sinclair rink. In their first year together, the team won the 2019 United States Women's Curling Championship and represented the U.S. at the 2019 World Women's Curling Championship, finishing with a 6–6 record.

Personal life

Anderson-Heide attended the University of Minnesota. She currently lives in Minneapolis.^[3] She works as a "Lululemon educator".^[4]

Teams

Women's

Season	Skip	Third	Second	Lead	Alternate	Coach	Events
2007–08		Kristin Pohlman	Julia Pohlman	Taylor Anderson	Meagan Hudson	Wayne Anderson	2008 USJCC (9th)[5]
2012–13	Sarah Anderson	Kathleen Dubberstein	Taylor Anderson	Leilani Dubberstein	Abigail Suslavich	Tyler George	2013 USJCC (4th)[6] [7]
Sarah Anderson	Courtney Slata	Kathleen Dubberstein	Taylor Anderson			(9th)[8]
2013–14	Sarah Anderson	Kathleen Dubberstein	Taylor Anderson	Leilani Dubberstein		Wayne Anderson	2014 USJCC [9]
Sarah Anderson	Taylor Anderson	Courtney Anderson-Slata	Emily Anderson			(6th)[10]
2014–15	Cory Christensen	Sarah Anderson	Mackenzie Lank		Taylor Anderson	John Benton	2015 USJCC [11] (4th)[12] (5th)[13] [14]
2015–16	Cory Christensen	Sarah Anderson	Taylor Anderson	Madison Bear	Christine McMakin	Dave Jensen	2016 USJCC [15] [16] [17]
2016–17	Cory Christensen	Sarah Anderson	Taylor Anderson	Jenna Haag			(5th)
2017–18	Cory Christensen	Sarah Anderson	Taylor Anderson	Jenna Martin
2018–19	Jamie Sinclair	Sarah Anderson	Taylor Anderson	Monica Walker	Vicky Persinger (WWCC)		(7th)
2019–20	Jamie Sinclair	Cory Christensen	Vicky Persinger	Taylor Anderson	Sarah Anderson	Cathy Overton-Clapham
2020–21	Cory Christensen	Sarah Anderson	Vicky Persinger	Taylor Anderson		Cathy Overton-Clapham
2021–22	Cory Christensen	Sarah Anderson	Vicky Persinger	Taylor Anderson			2021 USOCT (5th)
2022–23	Sarah Anderson	Taylor Anderson	Lexi Lanigan	Leah Yavarow
2023–24	Sarah Anderson	Taylor Anderson	Lexi Lanigan	Leah Yavarow
2024–25		Cory Thiesse		Vicky Persinger	Taylor Anderson-Heide	Cathy Overton-Clapham
Cory Thiesse	Vicky Persinger	Tara Peterson	Taylor Anderson-Heide		Cathy Overton-Clapham

Mixed doubles

Season	Female	Male	Events
2014–15	Taylor Anderson	Scott Dunnam	(SF)
2015–16	Taylor Anderson		(DNQ)
2017–18	Taylor Anderson	Hunter Clawson	(QF)
2018–19	Taylor Anderson	Derrick McLean	(DNQ)
2020–21	Taylor Anderson	Hunter Clawson	(DNQ)
2021–22	Taylor Anderson	Hunter Clawson	(7th)
2022–23	Taylor Anderson		(SF)
2023–24	Taylor Anderson	Ben Richardson	(4th)
2024–25	Taylor Anderson-Heide	Ben Richardson

Notes and References

1. Web site: USA Curling National Team Athletes. USA Curling. May 17, 2024.
2. Web site: Twin curlers Sarah and Taylor Anderson find strength in sisterhood at U.S. Olympic Trials . November 15, 2017 . KOB 4 . en . April 29, 2020.
3. 2019 Continental Cup Media Guide: Team Sinclair
4. Web site: 2022 World Women's Curling Championship Media Guide . . March 16, 2022.
5. Web site: Pennsylvania Junior Women . 2008 USCA Junior Curling Nationals . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080204140255/http://www.portagejuniornationals.com/gnccgirls2.html . February 4, 2008 . May 26, 2020.
6. Web site: Junior Nationals – Teams . Broomstones Curling Club . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140810105238/http://2013jrnationals.broomstones.com/index.php/teams.html . August 10, 2014 . May 26, 2020.
7. Web site: USA Junior Womens Championship – Playoffs . CurlingZone . May 26, 2020.
8. Web site: Teams & Draw . 2013 USA Curling National Championships . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130216235237/http://www.2013usacurlingnationals.com/teams--draw/women's-teams . February 16, 2013 . May 26, 2020.
9. Web site: 2014 USA Junior Women's Championship – Women's teams . CurlingZone . May 26, 2020.
10. Web site: Women's teams . CurlingZone . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140718110758/http://events.curlingzone.com/index.php?task=Event&eventid=3378&view=Teams . July 18, 2014 . May 26, 2020.
11. Kolesar . Terry . Spring 2015 . Minnesota boys, High Performance girls capture 2015 Junior Nationals titles . U.S. Curling News . 12–13 . January 3, 2020.
12. Kolesar . Terry . May 2015 . Olympians Brown, Shuster lead teams to national titles . U.S. Curling News . 16–17 . January 3, 2020.
13. Web site: World Junior Curling Championships 2015 . World Curling Federation . December 27, 2019.
14. Kolesar . Terry . May 2015 . U.S. teams sweep to fifth-place in Estonia . U.S. Curling News . 12 . January 3, 2020.
15. Davis . Terry . Spring 2016 . High Performance teams sweep to gold . U.S. Curling News . 8–9 . January 3, 2020.
16. Web site: Brown wins 2016 USA Women's National Curling Championship . CurlingZone . January 3, 2020.
17. Davis . Terry . Summer 2016 . Double silver for Team USA . U.S. Curling News . 9 . January 3, 2020.