Mum's the Word: S1E11 - Team Scheidegger, Part II; Casey Scheidegger and Jessie Haughian

Pam is on vacation this week so WiSP Sports President & Exec. Prod. Chris Stafford joined Sarah to host this awesome episode as we head back into the world of the Winter Olympics to discuss the game of “chess on ice,” known more commonly as Curling. It’s a game with a lot of family appeal in places around the world that have a lot of ice and snow, but it’s also a sport that is a lot harder than it looks. To discuss curling we have one of our favorite teams back on the show: Team Scheidegger of Canada. We talk “throwing rocks,” what it’s like to be on an athletic team with other moms, babies on the road, pelvic floor health, and sisterhood. 

Not only are the girls of Team Scheidegger some of the best curling players in the world, but all four of the team members are mothers. This is the second of two episodes we have on Team Scheidegger and in this edition we interview the sisters of Team Scheidegger - Casey Scheidegger and Jessie Haughian. 

Casey is the team “Skip”, which is the strategic leadership role on a curling team. In this role Casey spends a lot of time communicating with the other athletes on the team about what the right moves might be to get the best score.

Casey has two children. Kayden is four and Ryker almost ten months. When she is not training Casey is a PE teacher. She loves her profession and curling actually led her to it. Casey ran a junior curling program in Lethbridge, Alberta and found that she loved working with kids and planning activities for them to do. 

Jessie Haughian, known as “the other Scheidegger sister”, has a B.A. in Kinesiology and for the last five years has worked with Alberta Health Services. She competed in curling until her sciatic pain got the best of her and in March 2020 welcomed her first daughter Rylee. 

Sarah, Chris, Casey, and Jessie covered some incredible topics. Jessie and Casey were recently  pregnant at the same time and were able to share a lot of their experiences as moms. They even bubbled up as a sports team and as a family during COVID. 

If you want to know what it’s like to take grandma on the road to help out with the kids, how important it was to find a pelvic floor health specialist for Casey, and what “it takes a village” really means when you’re an athlete this is an episode.

Host: Sarah Newberry Moore 

Guest Co-host: Chris Stafford

Podcast length: 53 mins

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