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Team USA brought home the gold for
the Team Event involving 12
countries at the XVII Pan American
Junior Championships held in Puerto
Rico on August 17th to 23rd.
Rachel Liao from Maryland was part
of the four men and four women USA
team. She and her girls
doubles partner played the women's
doubles matches against Guyana,
Puerto Rico and Jamaica and won.
Team USA also performed better than
any other country in the individual
event that involved seven from the
Northeast Region: Rachel Liao U19
and Bobby Huang U11 from Maryland;
Philip Donlon U17, Lee Churn U17,
Alan Shekhtman U15, Zandra (CC) Ho
U15 and Darren Yang U13 from
Massachusetts. The Northeast
participants brought home five
medals:
Philip Donlon and Lee Churn, U17
boys doubles, bronze
Zandra Ho, U15 girls singles, gold
Alan Shekhtman and Zandra Ho, U15
mixed doubles, silver
Darren Yang and partner, U13 boys
doubles, gold
Darren Yang, U13 boys singles,
bronze
These juniors earned their slots to
participate in the PanAm Junior
Championships during the 2009 Junior
International Trials held in the Bay
Area during the February President's
Day weekend. In San Juan,
Puerto Rico, they all enjoyed the
camaraderie of more than 50 other
players from the USA as well as
those from other countries, mostly
staying at the luxurious beachfront
hotel, the Caribe Hilton.
The picture below shows Northeast
participants (from left): Alan
Shekhtman, Rachel Liao, Zandra (CC)
Ho, Darren Yang, Lee Chern and
Philip Donlon.
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