OFFICIAL RESULTS


Shane Karan works on his 'Reach For The Moons' in the tie-breaker for the Expert Division.

Under beautiful blue skies and gentle breezes, Delaware hosted one of the region’s largest yo-yo contests on Saturday, September 18. Over 50 players came from seven states to compete. Delaware players from Reboboth Beach to Wilmington (including the current state champion) competed in the event. Three members of Team High Performance arrived wearing their distinctive Teal Jerseys. The highlight of the day were the tense tie-breakers following the Expert Division. Shane Karan, Young Choe and Brian Dam all completed all the required tricks perfectly and moved on to the tie-breakers. Young dropped out first, leaving Karan and Dam to complete Warp Drive/Time Warp combination, 20 Reach for the Moons, 20 Planet Hops, 20 Punching Bags, 40 Reach For the Moons, 40 Planet Hops, 40 Punching Bags, and finally Dam completed 60 Reach For the Moons to take the championship when Karan completed only 15. These are difficult tricks to land once, much less 60 straight repetitions!!

Jesse Reim (left) of Collingswood, New Jersey took home the top honors and a 'Killer Bee' from Proyo, in the Freestyle division. The Freestyle division features yo-yo players performing for three minutes to music of their choice. The players are free to do anything they wish, with no required tricks. The winners are determined through scoring based on number of tricks performed, difficulty of tricks performed as well as style. Jesse performed a spirited routine. Playing his yo-yo off, through and around his ‘Jitter Rings’ as well as performing off-the-string tricks. Off-the-string tricks feature the yo-yo completely detached from the string. The string is wound around the yo-yo and once spun, the yo-yo spins freely. Jesse caught the yo-yo and flung it high in the air, catching it back on the string. Brian Dam came in second and Shane Karan came in third. Shane’s routine incorporated his coming down off the stage and giving his mom a peck on the cheek mid-trick!


More pics taken by Tarkin!

NOVICE (12 & UNDER)

FINAL STANDINGS:
1 - Jonathan Weber (10) - 40 pts - Newark, Delaware
2 - Marc Goldyn (11) - 38 pts - New Castle, Delaware
3 - C.J. Schmed (11) - 35 pts - Sewell, New Jersey
4 - Mark Kuhnke (9) - 35 pts - Woodbridge, Virginia
5 - Michael Danko (11) - 35 pts - Wilmington, Delaware
6 - Adam Alexander (11) - 30 pts - Newark, Delaware
7 - Marc Smith (11) - 24 pts - Wilmington, Delaware
8 - Maxwell Harris (11) - 21 pts - Wilmington, Delaware

NOVICE (13 & UP)

Mason Cash flings it!

FINAL STANDINGS:
1 - Mason Cash (13) - 40 pts - Washington, DC
2 - William Hudson (13) - 38 pts - Coatesville, PA
3 - Andrew McLean (13) - 38 pts - Coatesville, PA
4 - Jordan Weiner (13) - 35 pts - Wilmington, Delaware
5 - Joey Zahn (14) - 35 pts - Wilmington, Delaware
6 - Ty Travis (13) - 33 pts - Upper Darby, PA
7 - Emrys Scott-Murrell (13) - 33 pts - Washington, DC
8 - Andrew Coughlan (16) - 28 pts - Wilmington, Delaware

ADVANCED (15 & UNDER)

Winners Front Row (L to R): Mike Morris, Raleigh Booze, Brandon Meadows

Second Row (L to R): Sean Kuhnke, Lawrence Kim, Justin Weber

Third Row (L to R): Luke Smith, Justin Demko, Nicholas Arhces
Brandon Meadows
Raleigh Booze

FINAL STANDINGS:
1 - Brandon Meadows (14) - 48 pts - Otego, NY
2 - Raleigh Booze (14) - 48 pts - Wilmington, Delaware
3 - Mike Morris (13) - 48 pts - Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
4 - Lawrence Kim (11) - 44 pts - Glen Burnie, MD
5 - Justin Weber (12) - 41 pts - Newark, DE
6 - Sean Kuhnke (12) - 40 pts - Woodbridge, Virginia
7 - Luke Smith (13) - 39 pts - Wilmington, Delaware
8 - Nicholas Arches (13) - 33 pts - Middletown, Delaware
8 - Paul Jervey (12) - 33 pts - Newark, Delaware
10 - Justin Demko (11) - 28 pts - New Castle, Delaware

ADVANCED (16 & UP)

FINAL STANDINGS:
1 - Brandon Linden (16) - 46 pts - Ocean View, Delaware
2 - Tim Hoke (26) - 40 pts - Newark, Delaware
3 - Michael Jalboot (24) - 35 pts - North Wales, PA
4 - Jordan Linker (37) - 33 pts - Bethpage, NY
5 - Hanno Beck (38) - 19 pts - Columbia, MD

EXPERT
Expert Division winners: Front Row (L to R): Shane Karan, Brian Dam, Young Choe

Second Row: (L to R): Eric Le, Nevin Deschi, Young Choe, Matt Bumrerjit, Dick Stohr (Judge)

Third Row (L to R): Jesse Reim

Fourth Row (L to R): Greg Beatty, Tom Connolly, Clint Hasenberg, Roby Farmer

FINAL STANDINGS:
1 - Brian Dam (15) - 50 pts - Absecon, NJ
2 - Shane Karan (12) - 50 pts - Millville, NJ
3 - Young Choe (15) - 50 pts - Absecon, NJ
4 - Jesse Reim (16) - 48 pts - Collingswood, NJ
5 - Eric Le (13) - 46 pts - Egg Harbor, NJ
6 - Roby Farmer (27) 46 pts - Richmond, Virginia
7 - Nevin Deschi (11) - 43 pts - Glen Burnie, MD
8 - Jin Choe (13) 34 pts - Absecon, NJ
9 - Matt Bumrerjit (14) - 33 pts - Glen Burnie, MD
10 - Tom Connolly (40) - 28 pts - Springfield, Virginia
10 - Clinton Hasenberg (19) 28 pts - Gibbsboro, NJ
10 - Greg Beatty (36) - 28 pts - Baltimore, MD

FREESTYLE
Jesse Reim flips his Viper up off-the-string
Roby Farmer of Richmond, VA
Young Choe works behind his back
Freestyle winners show off:

Front Row (L to R): Brian Dam, Jesse Reim, Shane Karan

Second Row (L to R): Nevin Deschi, Matt Bumrerjit, Roby Farmer

Third Row (L to R): Eric Le, Jin Choe, Tim Redmond, Clint Hasenberg
Lawrence Kim of Glen Burnie, MD
Brian Dam of THP finished 2nd

FINAL STANDINGS:

1 - Jesse Reim (16) - 169 pts - Collingswood, NJ
2 - Brian Dam (15) - 148 pts - Absecon, NJ
3 - Shane Karan (12) - 132 pts - Millville, NJ
4 - Roby Farmer (27) - 92 pts - Richmond, Virginia
5 - Nevin Deschi (11) - 79 pts - Glen Burnie, MD
6 - Matt Bumrerjit (14) - 73 pts - Glen Burnie, MD
7 - Eric Le (13) - 68 pts - Egg Harbor, NJ
8 - Jin Choe (13) 68 pts - Absecon, NJ
9 - Tim Redmond (24) - 64 pts - Palmyra, PA
10 - Clinton Hasenberg (19) - 63 pts - Gibbsboro, NJ