Feb 25

2009 Junior Pan American Qualifiers

 

USA Badminton is pleased to announce the qualifiers for the 2009 Junior Pan American Badminton Tournament August 17 to 23 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

 

            For age groups U-11, U-13, U-15, and U-17 there is no team event. There are individual tournament brackets for boys singles (BS), girls singles (GS), boys doubles (BD), girls doubles (GD) and mixed doubles (XD). The US is allowed to send 4 BS players, 4 GS players, 2 BD pairs (4 players), 2 GD pairs, 4 XD pairs (4 players) or 4 boys and/or 4 girls for each event. The postings indicate the qualifiers and the alternates (if someone for reason of health/injury can not go). A doubles team qualifies as a pair. If one partner cannot go, no substitution is allowed - neither goes and the next eligible pair becomes eligible. Only if no complete pair can go is repairing allowed (e.g. 8^th place pair gets a shot before a remade pair of a #2 pair plus a #4 finisher).

 

 

U-11 Results in order (those in bold qualify)

Boys Singles U-11	Girls Singles	Mixed Doubles	Boys Doubles	Girls Doubles
Cadmus Yeo	Joanna Liu	C Yeo/J Liu	R Chen/C Yeo	J Liu/K Ma
Richard Chen	Breanna Chi	R Chen/C Yuan	J Tam/A Wang	B Chi/J Yeung
Jackie Tam	Karen Ma	B Kan/K Ma
Bobby Huang	Stephanie Yu	A Wang/J Kan
Andre Wang	Angela Huang	J Tam/S Yu	B Kong/R Kong	A Xu/K Xu
Zachary Chang	Annie Xu	B Kong/B Chi	Z Chang/J Hu	J Chang/J Kan
Justin Hu	Cindy Yuan	Z Chang/A Huang	R Baum/B Huang	A Gong/C Yuan
Bradford Kong	Jessica Chang	B Chen/J Chang	S Yu/M Zhang

U-13 Results in order (those in bold qualify)

Boys Singles U-13	Girls Singles	Mixed Doubles	Boys Doubles	Girls Doubles
Timothy Lam	Anna Tang	C Kan/A Tang	T Lam/D Yang	C Pan/C Yang
Justin Ma	Christine Yang	T Lam/C Pan	V Chiu/J Ma	A Tang/A Zhang
Raymond Hsia	Michaela Lum	J Ma/C Yang
Albert Li	Crystal Pan	C Li/S Wong
Darren Yang	Vicky Chen	A La/V Chen	C Kan/C Li	S Wong/C Zhang
Vinson Chiu	Angela Zhang	D Yang/A Zhang	M Huang/A Li
Alex La	Candy Zhang	V Chiu/M Lum	R Hsia/A Narkar
Christopher Kan	Hillary Lai	A Li/C Zhang

U-15 Results in order (those in bold qualify)

Boys Singles U-15	Girls Singles	Mixed Doubles	Boys Doubles	Girls Doubles
William Cheung	Zandra Ho	W Cheung/S Li	W Cheung/D Long	R Baker/V Chen
Kenneth Hui	Samantha Li	K Hui/C Chow	R Ke/C Potu	T Chua/P Lin
Alan Shekhtman	Renata Baker	A Shekthman/Z Ho
Chetan Potu	Jenni Lu	R Ramakhrisnan/A Lin
Gavin Chan	Cherie Chow	K La/R Baker	R Chew/K Hui	H Lai/A Lin
Ryan Ke	Angela Lin	K Chan/T Chua	K Chan/R Liu
Kevin Chan
Jin Peng	Phillis Lin	N Waller/P Lin

U-17 Results in order (those in bold qualify)

Boys Singles U-17	Girls Singles	Mixed Doubles	Boys Doubles	Girls Doubles
Phillip Chew	Iris Wang	J Kuo/C Hardi	P Chew/A Susanto	K Hsu/S Ng
Charles Yang	Karine Hsu	B Chi/S Ng	J Kuo/M Buasan	E Kan/S Li
Randy Ma	Sharon Ng	P Pelegri/P Shindgikar
Patrick Pelegry	Emily Kan	P Chew/I Wang
Lee Chern	Phoebe Lin	A Susanto/E Kan	P Donlon/L Chern	C Chow/C Hardi
Gary Wang	Claudia Hardi	M Buasan/K Hsu	B Chi/G Wang	T Chan/T Wong
Michael Buasan	Priyanka Shindgikar	K Hui/T Wong	K Hui/A Khor	P Lin/C Wu
Andrew Susanto	Theresa Liu	G Wang/D Long	R Ma/C Yang	D Long/J Xu
			P Pelegry/K Bohr	T Liu/P Shindgikar
			J Huang/T Zhuang	T Chua/L Tong

The U-19 process is different. Four boys and four girls qualify for the U-19 team based on the posted criteria;

1. Winners of the events (singles, doubles, mixed)
2. If all four slots are not full, the second place singles finisher qualifies
3. If all slots are still not filled, a ranking by total finish points across all events determines further qualifiers.
4. Team members play the U-19 team event the first 3 days. Pairings may be rearranged by the coach to create the greatest likelihood of team success.
5. Team members are given first opportunity for the individual tournament events. If the team members fill all the individual singles events, no further players go for singles. If they do not fill singles slots, further openings up to the total of 4 players are filled in order by the singles finishes from the JIT. If team members pair up with each other to fill the doubles or mixed doubles slots, no one else goes. If the team members do not choose to pair with each other, or wish to play only 1 or 2 events to increase their medal chances, the unfilled slots are filled by the next finishers from the JIT (a team member may not pair with a non-team member, unless they are the next eligible from JIT, and the potential team partner has elected not to play the event).
   
   U-19 Team Qualifiers

   Team Members	Events	Team Members	Events
   Terrence Pang	1st BS	Rena Wang	1st GS, GD, MX
   Zenas Lam	1st BD	Iris Wang	1st GD
   Marvin Lin	1st BD	Rachel Liao	2nd GS
   Yaw Hwa Chan	1st MX	Isabel Zhong	35

   
   U-19 Team Alternates in order of points

   Alternates	Points	Alternates	Points
   Brendan Lum	22.5	Beckie Neumann	30
   Eric Kuo	20	Tracy Chan	12.5
   Randy Hsia	7.5	Jennifer Bachner	10
   Jeechee Chen	6	Tiffany Wong	7.5
   Nicholas Hardi	5
   Daniel Berdichevsky	3
   Michael Wang	3
   Phillip Donlon	2
   Dexter Vu	2
   Dominick Lim	2
   Raymond Chen	2
   Cleon Yau	1

   
   Next steps are
   1. By 4/15/2009 each athlete must confirm that he/she is going to the tournament and make a $100 deposit (details to be announced) – this will be returned if the athlete goes and forfeited to team expenses if the athlete withdraws.
   2. Volunteers for co-team leaders (2 are desired with the number of athletes going) are requested to submit their indication of interest to Fred Coleman.
   3. A coach will be selected by the US Junior Committee. There will be at least one assistant coach. Players own individual coaches are not specifically granted coaching privileges for this event.