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 domintated 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
The Kolesnik team (Finn Kolesnik & Michael Xu, Harrison Luba & Bo Han (Bruce) Zhu, Michael Hu & Ethan Wood defeated the Wan team (Stella Wan & Olivia Schireson, Cornelius Duffie & Jacob Freeman, and Richard Jeng & Brent Xiao) in the U26 Final. The Wan team will play the Chen team tomorrow in the USA2 Final match.
Bruce Zhu, Michael Hu, Michael Xu, Finn Kolesnik, Harrison Luba, Ethan Wood, photo by Jan Martel
Congratulations to the U26W winners Cecilia Ehrlichman & Katie Hwang, 2nd place Nicole Qiang & Helen Chow, and 3rd place Sharon Chu & Ella Su. All 3 of those pairs will represent the USBF at the 2025 WYBTC. 6 additional players will be chosen for the WYBTC, and the 6 pairs will be assigned to teams, by a selection committee.
Nicole Qiang & Helen Chow, Cecilia Ehrllichman & Katie Hwang, Sharon Chu & Ella Su, photo by Amber Lin
Congratulations to U16 pair competition winners Andrew Chen & Jeff Xiao, 2nd place Adam Hemmer & Kate Lee, and 3rd place Kevin Wei & Arjun Chaunal. All 3 of those pairs will represent the USBF at the 2025 WYBTC. 6 additional players will be chosen for the WYBTC, and the 6 pairs will be assigned to teams, by a selection committee.
Adam Hemmer & Kate Lee, Andrew Chen & Jeff Xiao, and Kevin Wei & Arjun Chaunal, photo by Amber Lin
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