March 14, 2016

St. Joseph Valley Open Results
Courtesy of Dan Seemiller

Four junior members of the South Bend Table Tennis Club took home trophies at the St. Joseph Valley Open tournament this weekend. Dominique Clark took first place in the Under 1100 event. Dionta Payne Miller took home the first prize trophy in the Under 1575 level. Dion Payne Miller took first in Under 1800 and Marty Stoner took second place in the Under 15 year old event.

Yi Chi Zhang and Qing Wei Sun, students at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi, took home first place trophy in the open doubles event. Both players are rated over 2500 by USATT (USA Table Tennis).

More than 140 players competed in the 52nd St. Joe Valley Open, sponsored by the South Bend Table Tennis Club and Visit South Bend/ Mishawaka.

Final Results from the St Joseph Valley Open Table Tennis Tournament, Saturday and Sunda, March 12 and 13 are as follows:

Open Mens Singles: 1.Yi Chi Zhang, Clinton, Miss;. 2.  Mark Hazinski, Plano, Texas (originally from Mishawaka); 3.Tong Zhang, Clinton, Miss. / Chong Li, Clinton, Miss.

Open Doubles: 1. Yi Chi Zhang and Qing Wei Sun, Clinton, Miss.; 2. Dan Seemiller, New Carlisle, Ind and Mark Hazinski, Plano, Texas.

Open Womens Singles: 1 Chelsea Edghill, St Charles,; N.Y. 2. Andrea Hoppert, St. Charles, Colorado.

Hard Bat Open: 1. Ahmed Hendawi, Coachell, CA; 2. Austin Preiss, St. Chareles, Missouri; 3. Micaiah Skolnick, St. Charles, Missouri / Santiago Sevilla, Saint Charles, Missouri

Under 2550: 1. Tong Zhang, Clinton, Miss.; 2. Yi Chi Zhang, Clinton, Miss.; 3. Micaiah Skolnick, St. Charles, Missouri / Santiago Sevilla, St. Charles, Missouri.

Under 2450: 1. Alex Legaria, St. Charles, Missouri;  2. Felipe Morita, St. Charles, Missouri;  3. Ahmed Hendawi, Coachella, CA, / Gabriel Skolnich, Peach Bottom, PA

Under 2200:  1. Chip Coulter, Pittsburg, PA; 2. Roger Liu, Ohio; 3. Kaixin Jiang, Illinois / David Cabrera, St. Charles, Missouri.

Under 2100: 1. Aydin Aykanat, Hudson, Ohio; 2. Roman Sivkov, Illinois; 3. Marty Stoner, South Bend, Ind ./ Mina Boushra, Nashville, Tenn.

Under 2000: 1. Kevin Choo, St. Charles, Missouri; 2. Aydin Aykanat, Hudson, Ohio; 3. Todao Inui, Buffalo Grove, Illinois ; Andrea Hoppert, Saint Charles, Missouri

Under 1900: 1. Kevin Choo, St. Charles, Missouri; 2. Tadao Inui, Buffalo Grove, Illinois; 3. Marty Stoner, South Bend, Ind. / Bruce Bakken, Lakeville, Minn.

Under 1800: 1. Dion Payne Miller, South Bend, Ind.; 2. Nandan Naresh, Lisle, Illinois; 3. Swavek Lorenc, Aurora, Illinois / Ashish Kotnis, Troy, Mich.

Under 1675: 1. Ricardo Reid, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; 2. Dionta Miller, South Bend, Ind. 3. Morris Abraham, South Bend, Ind. / Sarah Jalli, North Canton, Ohio

Under 1575: 1. Dionta Miller, South Bend, Ind.; 2. Kestutis Vileikis, Illinois; 3. Eric Arnett, South Bend, Ind. / Rick Dennie, Ind.

Under 1475: 1. Dionta Miller, South Bend, Ind.; 2. Tyler Li, Ft. Wayne, Ind.; 3. Kestutis Vileikis, Illinois / Rick Carmean, Mich.

Under 1400: 1 Michael Godlewski, Gurnee, IL; 2. Dominique Clark, South Bend, Ind. 3. Chris Peri, East Dundee, Illinois/ Paul Krynski, Homer Glen, Illinois

Under 1300: 1. Alexander Cai, Mequon, Wis. 2. Dominique Clark, South Bend, Ind.

Under 1100: 1. Dominique Clark, South Bend, Ind.; 2. James Yoder, Nappanee, Ind.; 3. Alexander Cai, Mequon, Wis. / Sampath Ramanujam, Aurora, Illinois.

Under 1000: 1. Alexander Cai, Mequon, Wis.; 2. Lijian Cai, Mequon, Wis.; 3. Sampath Ramanujam, Aurora, Illinois / Harin Chhatiawala, Ind.

Under 900: 1. Alexander Cai, Mequon, WI; 2. Hasina Rajabali, Chicago, Illinois 3. Lijian Cai, Mequon, Wis.

18 and Under: 1. Ali Khatami, Solon, OH

15 and Under: 1. Kaixin Jiang, Illinois; 2. Marty Stoner, South Bend, Ind.; 3. Manikandan Nagarathnam, Oswego, Illinois / Soham Kotnis, Troy, Mich.

13 and Under: 1. Kaixin Jiang, Illinois; 2. Dion Payne Miller, South Bend, Ind.; 3. Marty Stoner, South Bend, Ind. /  Soham Kotnis, Troy, Mich.

40 and Over: 1. Chip Coulter, Pittsburgh, PA; 2. Scott Barone, Cabot, Arkansas; 3. Dell Sweeris Caledonia, Mich. / Seemant Teotia, Atlanta, Georgia

50 and Over: 1. Dell Sweeris, Caledonia, Mich. 2. Tom Dannenfelser, Ft. Wayne, Ind.