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         Results & Standings

                          

Final 2007-2008 Series Standings - trophy winners

266 students participated in at least one event!

K-3 Unrated

1 Ryan Swerdlin                   28.0   

2 Colin Cannici                    26.5

3 Mitchell Watkins               25.5            

4 Rhett Fruitman                   22.5            

5 Peter Allgeier                   20.0                       

 

4-6 Unrated

1 Javier Hollines                 27.5            

2 David Leede                     22.0          

3 Eli Ellis                            20.0            

4 Alessandro Piras              18.0            

5 Burke Snowden                 13.5            

 

  K-3 Rated

1 Roman Mary                      27.0            

2 Samuel Cohen                    23.0                                    

3 Julia Ulziisaikhan              18.5            

4 Zoe Leroux                        18.0            

5 Anudari Sharavdorj           17.5            

 

4-6 Rated

1 Alex Li                              30.0            

2 Daniel Zhou                       28.5            

3 Losol Amarbayagalan        24.5

3 Alex Jensen                        24.0                      

5 Amrita Nag                         21.0            

 

7-12 Rated

1 Dave Bitzko                       27.0            

2 Carson Snart                      25.0           

3 Zachary Wilkins                 20.0

4 Geoffrey Leroux                 17.5        

5 Melissa Leroux                  16.0            

 

DCSC 7: Unrated K - 3
# Name Rtng Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 Colin Cannici unr. 1 W20 W24 W10 W7 W3 5 12 13.5 15 47.5
2 Michael Beshear unr. 3 W11 W5 W4 L3 W7 4 15 18 13 56
3 Mitchell Watkins unr. 1 W22 W8 W9 W2 L1 4 15 17 14 54
4 Arshan Aidun unr. 2 W28 W18 L2 W10 W8 4 12 12.5 12 44
5 Laird Stewart unr. 2 W27 L2 W21 W9 W15 4 11.5 12 11 37.5
6 Peter Allgeier unr. 2 L7 W19 D24 W18 W17 3.5 9.5 11 8.5 40.5
7 Alex Ku unr. 1 W6 W23 W15 L1 L2 3 15 16.5 12 50
8 Rhett Fruitman unr. 1 W16 L3 W11 W12 L4 3 14 16.5 10 47
9 Stephen Dante unr. 3 W14 W12 L3 L5 W20 3 13.5 15.5 10 47
10 Arvand Aidun unr. 1 W26 W21 L1 L4 W22 3 13 14 10 40.5
11 Isabel Dinan unr. 1 L2 W25 L8 W21 W18 3 11 12.5 7 40.5
12 Annie Chimgee unr. K W25 L9 W23 L8 W19 3 9.5 11 9 34.5
13 Atticus Pond unr. 1 L18 D16 D19 W29 W14 3 9 9.5 6.5 29
14 Felix Yu unr. K L9 W26 W22 D17 L13 2.5 7.5 11.5 8 32
15 Jonathan Orozco-Egan unr. 2 D19 W27 L7 W24 L5 2.5 6.5 11 8.5 35.5
16 Jesse Rivera unr. 1 L8 D13 L18 W27 W24 2.5 6.5 10 5 31
17 Emma Pond unr. 3 L24 W20 W26 D14 L6 2.5 6 10.5 8 29.5
18 Amber Smith unr. 2 W13 L4 W16 L6 L11 2 12 16 8 39
19 Juan Ibarra unr. 2 D15 L6 D13 W23 L12 2 10 13.5 6 37.5
20 Ben Zimmerman unr. K L1 L17 W27 W25 L9 2 7.5 12.5 5 36.5
21 Emma Martinez unr. K W29 L10 L5 L11 W28 2 7 11 6 33
22 Ben Aldana unr. 2 L3 W29 L14 W28 L10 2 6.5 10.5 6 37
23 Shannon Montoya unr. 1 X--- L7 L12 L19 W29 2 5.5 8.5 5 29
24 Jasmin Bujanda Vega unr. 1 W17 L1 D6 L15 L16 1.5 11 16 6.5 45
25 Miguel Zarza unr. K L12 L11 W28 L20 D26 1.5 6.5 9.5 3.5 25.5
26 Jesse Aldana unr. 1 L10 L14 L17 B--- D25 1.5 6.5 9.5 1.5 29.5
27 Gerardo Murillo unr. 2 L5 L15 L20 L16 B--- 1 7 11 0 29.5
28 Michael Kiefer unr. 1 L4 B--- L25 L22 L21 1 5.5 9.5 3 27.5
29 Dahlia Williams unr. 3 L21 L22 B--- L13 L23 1 5.5 8.5 2 23.5

 

DCSC 7: Unrated 4 - 6
# Name Rtng Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 Javier Hollines unr. 5 D7 W13 W2 W3 W5 4.5 13 14 12.5 44
2 Nathan Smith unr. 5 W4 W5 L1 W7 W9 4 13.5 15.5 12 46.5
3 David Leede unr. 4 W11 W8 W6 L1 D4 3.5 13 15 12.5 44
4 Bryce English unr. 4 L2 W12 W10 W8 D3 3.5 11.5 13.5 9.5 42.5
5 Colin Crawford unr. 5 W13 L2 W9 W6 L1 3 13.5 14.5 10 43.5
6 Sina Karimi unr. 6 W14 W9 L3 L5 W8 3 10.5 10.5 10 37.5
7 Jason Pickett unr. 5 D1 W11 L8 L2 W10 2.5 8 14.5 7.5 42.5
8 Alessandro Piras unr. 4 W12 L3 W7 L4 L6 2 11 14.5 8 43.5
9 Eli Ellis unr. 5 W10 L6 L5 W11 L2 2 10 14 7 42
10 Christian Suarez unr. 5 L9 W14 L4 W12 L7 2 6.5 10 6 28
11 Kyle Crawford unr. 4 L3 L7 W14 L9 W13 2 5.5 9 4 29
12 Ann Zhang unr. 4 L8 L4 W13 L10 W14 2 5 8.5 4 25.5
13 Stefan Suarez unr. 4 L5 L1 L12 W14 L11 1 7 11.5 2 30.5
14 Precious Williams unr. 6 L6 L10 L11 L13 L12 0 7 10 0 26


DCSC 7: Parents & Unrated 7-12
# Name Rtng Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 Axel Allgeier unr.   W9 W7 W5 D2 W3 4.5 12 13 14 42.5
2 Rob Isacoff unr.   W4 W6 D3 D1 W8 4 13 15 12.5 42.5
3 Jeff Wilkins unr.   D5 W8 D2 W7 L1 3 13.5 15.5 10 47.5
4 James Leroux unr.   L2 L5 W6 W10 W9 3 10 10 6 31.5
5 Tim Kohler unr.   D3 W4 L1 L6 W10 2.5 8.5 13 7.5 37.5
6 Scott Swerdlin unr.   W8 L2 L4 W5 D7 2.5 8 14 7.5 39.5
7 CJ Feinberg unr. 7 W10 L1 W9 L3 D6 2.5 6.5 11 8.5 35.5
8 John Leede unr.   L6 L3 W10 W9 L2 2 6.5 10.5 5 34
9 Kirsten Lang unr. 7 L1 W10 L7 L8 L4 1 7.5 12 4 33.5
10 Casimer Williams unr. 7 L7 L9 L8 L4 L5 0 8 11 0 31


DCSC 7: Rated K - 3
# Name Rtng Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 Ryan Swerdlin unr. 2 B--- W9 W8 D2 W4 4.5 12 12 13 40.5
2 Julia Ulziisaikhan 741 2 D3 W12 W4 D1 W5 4 13.5 14.5 11.5 46.5
3 Anudari Sharavdorj 227 3 D2 W7 L5 W8 W10 3.5 12 13.5 9.5 41
4 Roman Mary 881 3 W13 W6 L2 W9 L1 3 13.5 14 11 43
5 Samuel Cohen 839 3 W7 L8 W3 W6 L2 3 13 15.5 10 44.5
6 Zoe Leroux 490 3 W10 L4 W11 L5 W12 3 9 10 9 33
7 Peter Chen 427 3 L5 L3 B--- W11 W13 3 8.5 8.5 5 24.5
8 Sara Chimgee unr. 3 W12 W5 L1 L3 D9 2.5 9 14 9.5 44
9 Sasha Chappell 622 2 W11 L1 W10 L4 D8 2.5 7 12.5 8.5 42.5
10 Cameron Thorp unr. 3 L6 B--- L9 W12 L3 2 6.5 10 5 30
11 Arvin Bilegsaikhen unr. 1 L9 W13 L6 L7 B--- 2 5.5 8.5 4 23.5
12 Ian Edwin Kaiser 537 3 L8 L2 W13 L10 L6 1 7.5 11.5 3 36
13 Dennis Chen 458 K L4 L11 L12 B--- L7 1 5 8 1 23

 

DCSC 7: Rated 4 - 6
# Name Rtng Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 Alex Li 1281 5 W10 W6 D2 W9 W5 4.5 12.5 14.5 13.5 47.5
2 Daniel Zhou 1412 5 W14 W9 D1 W5 W7 4.5 12.5 14 13.5 46.5
3 Losol Amarbayasgalan 1305 6 D4 W16 L5 W6 W9 3.5 11.5 12 9.5 41
4 Alexander Yu 673 4 D3 W8 L9 W14 W10 3.5 9.5 11 9.5 31
5 Alex Jensen 1107 6 W13 W12 W3 L2 L1 3 14.5 16.5 12 46.5
6 Amrita Nag 994 4 W7 L1 W12 L3 W11 3 13 15 9 45
7 Richard Song unr. 6 L6 W10 W14 W11 L2 3 11.5 13 9 38.5
8 Jake Watkins 1091 4 D16 L4 L11 W13 X14 2.5 4.5 8 4.5 23
9 Peter Cannici 1075 5 W15 L2 W4 L1 L3 2 12.5 17 8 48
10 Matthew Lomas 609 5 L1 L7 W16 W12 L4 2 9 13.5 5 40.5
11 Reid Wilking 762 4 L12 W15 W8 L7 L6 2 8 11 7 30.5
12 Cory Kohler unr. 4 W11 L5 L6 L10 W15 2 8 11 6 35
13 David Kowal 507 4 L5 L14 W15 L8 W16 2 5 8 4 25
14 Leo Rabinovich 1065 6 L2 W13 L7 L4 F8 1 8.5 13 4 36
15 Alex Zhang unr. 4 L9 L11 L13 W16 L12 1 6.5 8.5 2 27.5
16 Rebecca Isacoff 484 5 D8 L3 L10 L15 L13 0.5 7 10.5 2.5 25


DCSC 7: Rated 7 - 12
# Name Rtng Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 Dave Bitzko 1352 8 W5 D2 W4 W3 W6 4.5 10 11.5 13 36
2 Carson Snart 1191 10 W6 D1 D3 W7 W5 4 10 11.5 11.5 36.5
3 Geoffrey Leroux 1183 8 X--- D4 D2 L1 W7 3 12 12 8.5 37.5
4 Zachary Wilkins 1113 7 W7 D3 L1 L5 B--- 2.5 5.5 10 7 31.5
5 Mellissa Leroux 1065 7 L1 L6 B--- W4 L2 2 7.5 12 4 36.5
6 Andrew Jennings 456 7 L2 W5 L7 B--- L1 2 7 11.5 5 34.5
7 Forest Glebe unr. 7 L4 B--- W6 L2 L3 2 6 10 6 32

 

 

 DCSC #6: Unrated Kindergarten - 3rd Grade 
# Name Rtng Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 Ryan Swerdlin unr. 2 W21 W17 W4 W6 W2 5 12.5 13 15 43
2 Tawny Langseth unr. 3 W9 W7 W14 W3 L1 4 14.5 16.5 14 55
3 Mitchell Watkins unr. 1 W20 W12 W6 L2 W7 4 12 12.5 13 39
4 Colin Cannici unr. 1 B--- W8 L1 W11 W13 4 12 12 11 39
5 Arshan Aidun unr. 2 L11 W16 W15 W12 W9 4 8.5 10.5 10 31
6 Michael Beshear unr. 3 W10 W13 L3 L1 W11 3 13.5 15.5 10 48
7 Stephen Dante unr. 3 W16 L2 W18 W8 L3 3 13 15 10 46
8 Arvand Aidun unr. 2 W12 L4 W17 L7 W15 3 10.5 12.5 9 37
9 Rhett Fruitman unr. 1 L2 B--- W21 W14 L5 3 10.5 10.5 8 35
10 Julia Ellis unr. 2 L6 L15 B--- W21 W16 3 7.5 7.5 5 23
11 John Hyer unr. 3 W5 L14 W13 L4 L6 2 10.5 14.5 8 47
12 Grant Miller unr. 2 L8 L3 W19 L5 W14 2 10 14 4 43
13 Cable Jackson unr. 3 W15 L6 L11 W18 L4 2 9 12.5 7 40
14 Peter Allgeier unr. 2 W18 W11 L2 L9 L12 2 8.5 12.5 9 39
15 Annie Chimgee unr. K L13 W10 L5 W19 L8 2 8.5 12.5 6 33
16 Henry Quinn unr. 3 L7 L5 W20 W17 L10 2 8 12 5 32
17 Benjamin Stephens unr. 2 W19 L1 L8 L16 W20 2 6.5 11.5 6 32
18 Alex Ku unr. 1 L14 W20 L7 L13 W21 2 5 8 5 29
19 Ben Eber unr. 1 L17 D21 L12 L15 B--- 1.5 4.5 6.5 2 18
20 Timothy Stephens unr. K L3 L18 L16 B--- L17 1 6 10 1 29
21 Jacob Stephens unr. 1 L1 D19 L9 L10 L18 0.5 8 13 2 35

 

DCSC #6: Unrated 4th through 6th Grade 
# Name Rtng Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 Jack Glaser unr. 5 W5 W11 W10 W2 W3 5 11.5 13.5 15 40.5
2 Javier Hollines unr. 5 W8 W3 W4 L1 W6 4 13 15 13 46
3 Eli Ellis unr. 5 X14 L2 W8 W4 L1 3 14 14 9 43
4 Sherry Langseth unr. 5 W6 W9 L2 L3 W7 3 11.5 13.5 10 44.5
5 Christian Suarez unr. 5 L1 L8 B--- W13 W9 3 10 10 5 30.5
6 Alessandro Piras unr. 4 L4 D7 W12 W10 L2 2.5 7.5 12.5 7 42
7 Ann Zhang unr. 4 D12 D6 W9 D11 L4 2.5 7 11 8.5 34
8 Patrick Liu unr. 4 L2 W5 L3 L9 W12 2 8 12 5 37.5
9 Stefan Suarez unr. 4 W13 L4 L7 W8 L5 2 8 11 7 32
10 Willy Schooleman unr. 4 D11 W12 L1 L6 D13 2 7 12 7 35.5
11 Riley Hadjis unr. 4 D10 L1 W13 D7 U--- 2 5.5 10.5 6.5 34
12 Max Shean unr. 4 D7 L10 L6 B--- L8 1.5 6.5 9 3.5 27.5
13 G. William Bonnie unr. 4 L9 B--- L11 L5 D10 1.5 6.5 9 3.5 25.5
14 Harrison Chang unr. 5 F3 U--- U--- U--- U--- 0 0 0 0 0

 

 DCSC #6: Parents 
# Name Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 Eric Barkemeyer W7 W3 W2 W5 W6 5 9.5 11 15 35
2 James Leroux W6 W5 L1 W3 W7 4 10.5 12 12 38
3 Jeff Wilkins W4 L1 W7 L2 B--- 3 12 12 8 35
4 Alan Fruitman L3 D7 B--- L6 W5 2.5 4 6.5 5 23
5 Rob Isacoff B--- L2 W6 L1 L4 2 7.5 13 7 37
6 Axel Allgeier L2 B--- L5 W4 L1 2 7.5 13 5 39
7 Cindy Langseth L1 D4 L3 B--- L2 1.5 8.5 14 3 40

 

DCSC #6: Rated Kindergarten through 3rd Grade 
# Name Rtng Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 Samuel Cohen 839 3 W10 W3 W2 L4 W5 4 13 14 13 42
2 Julia Ulziisaikhan 741 2 W9 W4 L1 W6 W8 4 11 12 12 38
3 Roman Mary 881 3 W7 L1 W9 W5 W4 4 11 12 11 39
4 William Herbst 687 3 W5 L2 W7 W1 L3 3 14 16 10 48
5 Sara Chimgee unr. 3 L4 W8 W6 L3 L1 2 11 15 7 45
6 Mark Wilkins 510 2 W8 L7 L5 L2 W10 2 7 11 6 31
7 Zoe Leroux 490 3 L3 W6 L4 L10 W9 2 7 11 5 33
8 Arvin Bilegsaikhan unr. 1 L6 L5 W10 W9 L2 2 6 10 5 31
9 Tyler With unr. 1 L2 W10 L3 L8 L7 1 9 13 4 35
10 Anudari Sharavdorj 227 3 L1 L9 L8 W7 L6 1 7 11 2 33

 

 DCSC #6: Rated 4th through 6th Grade 
# Name Rtng Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 Brady Barkmeyer 1152 4 W17 W5 W3 W2 D4 4.5 14.5 15.5 14.5 48.5
2 Losol Amarbayagalan 1305 6 W12 W10 W4 L1 W5 4 13 15 13 50
3 Alex Li 1281 5 W16 W9 L1 W6 W10 4 12 13.5 12 43.5
4 Alexander Jensen 1124 6 W15 W11 L2 W7 D1 3.5 13.5 15.5 11.5 47.5
5 Daniel Zhou 1412 5 W8 L1 W16 W10 L2 3 13.5 15 10 47
6 Amrita Nag 994 4 W18 L7 W11 L3 W13 3 11 11 9 32
7 Frank Riley 942 5 L11 W6 W15 L4 W14 3 10.5 12.5 8 37.5
8 Reid Wilking 762 4 L5 W13 L10 W9 W11 3 9.5 11.5 7 37.5
9 Jake Watkins 1091 4 W13 L3 D12 L8 W17 2.5 7 12 7.5 32
10 Peter Cannici 1075 5 W14 L2 W8 L5 L3 2 12 16 8 47
11 Richard Song unr. 6 W7 L4 L6 W15 L8 2 11 14.5 7 40.5
12 Catherine Weaver 749 6 L2 W14 D9 L13 D16 2 8 12 6 35
13 Rebecca Isacoff 484 5 L9 L8 W18 W12 L6 2 7.5 10.5 5 29.5
14 Budimir Stanisic 418 5 L10 L12 W17 W16 L7 2 6.5 9.5 5 28.5
15 Matthew Lomas 609 5 L4 W17 L7 L11 W18 2 6 9.5 5 28.5
16 Luke Stephens 699 5 L3 W18 L5 L14 D12 1.5 7 11 4.5 33
17 Viktor Cerveny 693 6 L1 L15 L14 W18 L9 1 6.5 11 2 32
18 Nathan Hittle 275 6 L6 L16 L13 L17 L15 0 6.5 9.5 0 25.5

 

DCSC #6: Rated 7th through 12th Grade 
# Name Rtng Grd Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 Rd 5 Tot TBrk[M] TBrk[S] TBrk[C] TBrk[O]
1 Carson Snart 1156 10 W9 W4 W2 W3 W6 5 12 13 15 42
2 Rhett Langseth 1325 8 W7 W5 L1 W6 W3 4 12.5 14.5 12 47
3 Zachary Wilkins 1113 7 W6 W8 W4 L1 L2 3 14 15.5 12 46
4 Ryan Snodgrass 1327 10 W8 L1 L3 W9 W7 3 11.5 12.5 8 40
5 Geoffrey Leroux 1183 8 W10 L2 L6 D8 W9 2.5 4.5 9.5 7 27
6 Aleks Zamoshchin 1335 10 L3 W10 W5 L2 L1 2 10.5 15.5 7 47
7 Ze-hong Ong 818 9 L2 W9 L8 W10 L4 2 6.5 10.5 6 28