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| This site will focus on the South Bend Jr. Team progress/adventures and accomplishments. We have also compiled a COMPLETE history of our club, including players, coaches, facilities, contributors, results and the St. Joseph Valley Open. This is an ongoing project. Please check back often to follow our Juniors and the history evolve. Welcome to SOUTH BEND table tennis, and enjoy........Last-update 04-22-08 / 9:00pm Current pages 65 / Goal 1000 |
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Saturday, January 26: South Bend
's Joey Cochran took first in the Northern Kentucky Winter Open
table
tennis tournament in
Newport , Kentucky. Cochran defeated
Kentucky 's number 1 player Arjun Shankaren 3-1 in the semifinal
and went on to take the Division 1 championship by topping
Ohio men's champion Samson Dubina 3-1 in the final. Saturday, February 16: South Bend 's Joey Cochran was 10-0 in the Macy Block Open table tennis tournament in Columbus, Ohio. In the final match of the Division 1 event, Cochran defeated Ohio men's champion Samson Dubina 3-1 for the second time in three weeks to claim the championship. Taking third place with a 7-3 record was South Bend Table Tennis Center teammate Dan Seemiller Jr. of New Carlisle.
Saturday, February 23: South Bend Table Tennis Center's
Joey Cochran and Dan Seemiller Jr. traveled to Davison, Michigan
(outside Flint) for the February Open Saturday. In the Open
Division, Cochran and Seemiller finished first and second and
Seemiller won the U2250 rating event.
February 29-March 1: 08' Arnold Classic in Columbus Ohio. As far as the singles events went it didn’t go so well. In the Open Joey had a tough match in his round robin. After being up 6-4 in the last game he ended up losing 11-7 which placed him second in the group. With only one player advancing it was a little bit disappointing. The under 2400 event started off a little bit better than the open. Joe advanced out of the round robin. The next round he had a bye which put him strait into the quarter finals. Here the S.B. junior played Ivan Popov from Michigan. Joe beat Ivan in five games which put him into the semis. In the semi-finals he had to play Arjun Shankaren from Kentucky. This turned out to be the last match in the singles events. He lost three games to none. (in Joe's words) I played with Zach Steele in the team event. We started out ranked fourth in round robin of four teams with two teams advancing. Against each team we went the full amount of matches either winning or losing 3-2. After playing the round robin we ended up in a three way tie for first. After turning it in they said we came out third place. SO we started packing our things getting ready to leave. Then about a half hour later they called us up saying they made a mistake. We came out second allowing us to advance. We played really good in the next round but ended up losing close in 5 matches. March 15-16: Indianapolis Spring Open. (Joe's own words) There was a tournament in Indianapolis that Andre and I went down to. We were both in 3 events: the open, the over 1850 and the open round robin. Our first event was the Open. Andre had a little bit of a tough draw playing Ivan Popov in the opening round robin. After I got past the opening round I had a bye to the semis where I faced Don Hamilton. I beat Don 3-0 and played Robert Luo in the Finals. I have played Robert lots of times in previous tournaments and never have had much trouble against him but this time it was a little different. I won the match but every game was won by 2 points. After that exhausting match I had to play in a round robin with Ivan Popov. Unfortunately I lost that match 11-9 in the fifth, however I found out later that two people advanced out of each round robin which allowed me to advance. I went on to win the event playing Robert Luo in the finals a second time. This time it went much smoother in a 3-1 win. Andre did not play well in the over 1850 and lost to Robert and another player in the round robin. The next day we played in the Open round robin event. It was set up with 6 round robins of 4 with the top players coming out of each round robin playing in a round robin of 6. Both of us played really well and advanced in the first round robin. In the final round robin my toughest match was against Andre where we were tied at 6 all in the final game. I pulled it out and won the event. Andre came in 5th. March 29, three South Bend Juniors traveled to Pittsburgh for the 50th anniversary tournament of the South Park Table Tennis Club. Joe Cochran won the A division with a record of 7-0. He defeated South Park champion, Randy Seemiller, 3-1 in the final. Dan Seemiller Jr. had mixed results with a 3-4 record. He had a 2-1 and a 9-6 lead on his uncle, Randy Seemiller, who was rated 2406, but lost 3-2. Dan finished 5th. Andre Khailo had a 4-3 record in B division and finished in third place. Strong efforts by all. April 19, Indiana State Closed. Cochran Wins State South Bend Table Tennis Center's Joey Cochran successfully defended his Men's singles state title by defeating 2005 champion Mark Artman of Danville Saturday in Indianapolis . The score in the championship match was 3 games to 1. In the match of the tournament, semifinal round, Cochran found himself down 2 games to 0 to South Bend teammate A.J. Brewer (2006 Men's Singles, Doubles and Junior Champion). In the third game Brewer fought back from a 10-5 deficit to take an 11-10 lead. The lead then exchanged hands several times before Cochran finally prevailed at 21-19. Cochran then took the last two games at 11-7 and 11-9 to advance to the final. Cochran and Brewer teamed up to also win the state doubles title and A.J won the Junior Championship over Indianapolis's Stephen Clyde. |
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A.J. Brewer Age: 14, Ht: 5'8' Wt: 130: Grip and playing style: Shake hands, power looper from both sides with an exceptional touch game. A.J. began playing table tennis at the age of eight. He played his first tournament in April of 2002 to establish his rating and has slowly climbed his way to his current level. He has accomplished a lot in what most would say is a short period of time. He made the US National Cadet team for the first time in 2005 at the age of twelve. He has continued to make the team every year since. In 2006, he was the US Open under 13 Boys’ Singles and Doubles champion, Under 15 Boys’ Singles and Doubles runner-up. 2006 North American Cadet Singles & Doubles Runner up. 2006 Indiana State Men’s Singles and Doubles Champion. |
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Andre Khailo
Age: 18,
Ht.: 5'9'' Wt.: 150: Grip and playing style: Shake-hands. Andre has been a member of
the SB Junior team for 5 years starting in 2002. He has
recently won a couple of under-2000 events at local
tournaments. Andre has excellent topspin form from both sides
and has a positive never give up attitude. |
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Dan Seemiller Jr. Age: 17,Ht.: 6'0' Wt.: 185: Grip and Playing style: Seemiller style. Daniel is a high school Junior and joined the S.B. team in Sept 2003. Dan has won 2 rated events at the Las Vegas nationals: the U-1600 in 2004 and U-2000 in 2005. Dan made the 2008 US Junior team in Las Vegas this past December and is looking forward to representing the USA in the junior international tournaments. Dan enjoys traveling to tournaments. He has played in Nevada, Minnesota, Kentucky and Florida, competing in the US Open , US Nationals and Junior Olympics. He trains 4-5 times per week at the SBTTC |
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Joey Cochran Age: 18 Ht: 6'2" Wt: 160 Right handed power from both sides. He has been playing competitive table tennis since he was six years old, following in the footsteps of his two older brothers Andy and Gordon. Joey has enjoyed making friends over the years while competing in table tennis tournaments in over 20 states from Cal. to Pennsylvania, Texas to Minnesota, winning gold medals, age and rating events in Junior Olympics, US Opens and US Nationals. He has represented the United States as a member of the US Cadet (U15) Team for three years and US Junior (U18) Team for three years, most recently as the #1 US player at the World Junior Championships at Stanford University in December, 2007. He has represented the US in international competitions in Montreal and Vancouver, Canada, Brazil, and Egypt. Joey continues to train hard with aspirations of continuing to represent the US in the future as a member of the Men's National Team |