At its meeting on February 10th, the USBF Board approved the following teams to represent the USBF at the 2025 WYBTC, pending completion of a small amount of outstanding documentation by some players.

U26 Division

USA1: Finn Kolesnik - Michael Xu
           Harrison Luba - Bo Han (Bruce) Zhu
           Michael Hu - Ethan Wood
           NPC - Joe Grue

USA2: Stella Wan - Olivia Schireson
           Cornelius Duffie - Jacob Freeman
           Richard Jeng - Brent Xiao
           NPC - Christian Jolly

U21 Division

USA1: Avery Silverstein - Daniel Balof
           Jack Boge - Ethan Derman
           Michael Haas - Sam Pahk
           NPC - Aaron Silverstein

USA2: Brandon Ge - Arthur Gong
           Charlie Chen - Eric Xiao
           Kayden Ge - Brian Zhang
           NPC - Brian Platnick

U26 Women Division

USA1: Cecilia Ehrlichman - Katie Hwang
           Helen Chow - Nicole Qian
          Ava Donnellan - Kyra Helmbold
          NPC - Kent Mignocchi

USA2: Ella Su*- Sharon Chu
           Katie Sullivan - Caroline Zhao
           Jasmine Bakhshi - Jessie Cai
           NPC - Mitch Dunitz

U16 Division

USA1: Jeff Xiao - Andrew Chen
            Kyo Chen - Alex Shih
           Adam Hemmer - Zinnia Meyer
           NPC - Alex Kolesnik

USA2: Jayson Lee - Kate Lee
            Lee Blocher - Alex Xu
            Kevin Wei - Arjun Chaunal
            NPC - Will Watson

After a tough loss to Kolesnik in the hard-fought USA1 Final, the Wan team (Stella Wan & Olivia Schireson, Cornelius Duffie & Jacob Freeman, and Richard Jeng & Brent Xiao dominated the USA2 final, defeating Chen (Tianyang Chen-Will Duan, Rory Xiao-Jonathan Yue, Philip Wang-Fangqing Yuan) by over 100 IMPs. WELL DONE & GOOD LUCK IN THE WYBTC next summer.

Olivia Schireson, Brent Xiao, Cornelius Duffie, Stella Wan, Richard Jeng, Jacob Freeman, photo by Joe Stokes