FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 8, 1996

WO, TENG AND SCHOLL BIG WINNERS AT 1996 YONEX U.S. JUNIOR
NATIONAL BADMINTON CHAMPIONSHIPS

(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) -- After four days of hard hitting,
fast paced, and exciting badminton action at the 1996 Yonex U.S.
Junior Nationals at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Ga.,
(April 4-7, 1996) Stanley Wo (Daly City, Calif.), Angela Teng
(Pasadena, Calif.), and Adam Scholl (Manhattan Beach, Calif.),
emerged as the big winners.  Wo and Teng won the triple crown
(singles, doubles, and mixed doubles) in the Under-21 bracket and
Scholl in Under-12.

Wo, a full time resident athlete at the Olympic Training Center
in Colorado Springs, Colo., defeated the two top seeded players
in boy's singles on his way to the throne.  In the semifinal he
defeated last year's winner and number one seed, Mark Manha
(Miller Place, N.Y.) 11-15, 15-11, 15-3 and in the final Manha's
team-mate and number two seed, Jon Frisch (Miller Place, N.Y.)
was knocked over 11-15, 15-5, 15-6.  Then, Wo teamed up with
fellow OTC resident Howard Bach (San Francisco, Calif.) to win
their second consecutive U-21 boy's doubles title as they
defeated Chris Hales (Wooster, Ohio) and Raj Patel (Miami, Fla.)
15-6, 18-14.  In mixed doubles Wo and Teng defeated Hales and
Keisha Kuharski (Miller Place, N.Y.) 15-9, 15-13.

Teng's way to the triple crown was a little less hard fought than
Wo's.  In the U-21 girl's singles final she defeated Lily Chen
(Stanford, Calif.) in two straight sets 11-6, 11-3.  Then, the
two paired up to win the girl's doubles title by defeating Janae
Bennett (Phoenix, Ariz.) and Kuharski 11-7, 11-3.

Adam Scholl is a young and promising badminton player from
California, and had few problems winning his three titles last
weekend.  In U-12 boy's singles he defeated Vincent Nguy (Silver
Spring, Md.) 15-5, 15-2.  In doubles he paired up with Miguel
Rivera (Greenwich, Conn.) to defeat Benjamin Darling (Marblehead,
Mas.) and Nguy 15-3, 15-6.  To top it off, Scholl and Kelly
Mothner (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) won the mixed doubles title by
defeating Will Gardner (Marblehead, Mas.) and Emily Noyes
(Marblehead, Mas.) 11-6, 15-3.

Following are the results from the 1996 Yonex Junior National
Badminton Championships:

U-12
Boy's singles - Scholl def. Nguy 15-5, 15-2
Girl's singles - Emily Noyes def. Christy Davids 11-3, 11-2
Boy's doubles - Scholl/Rivera def. Nguy/Darling 15-3, 15-6
Girl's doubles - R. McManus/Margaret Suydam def. Rachel
Bacon/Emily Noyes 11-8, 11-10
Mixed doubles - Scholl/Mothner def. Gardner/Noyes 15-6, 15-3

U-14
Boy's singles - Andrew Ellmaker def. Rohit Prakash 15-3, 15-1
Girl's singles - Erin Hois def. Casey Peters 12-9, 11-8
Boy's doubles - Raju Rai/Raymond Wong def. Dwight
Bussman/Ellmaker 11-15, 15-4, 15-9
Girl's doubles - Kathryn Byrne/Jennifer Coleman def. Keri
LaSalla/Kathleen Murphy 18-17, 15-4
Mixed doubles - Ellmaker/Peters def. Raymond Wong/Bonnie Wong 15-
8, 16-18, 17-15

U-16
Boy's singles - Peter Collins def. Trevor Lai 15-1, 15-4
Girl's singles - Janae Mertens def. Jaymie Britton 11-3, 12-10
Boy's doubles - Lai/Bob Malaythong def. Ken Claffie/Richard
Kanowsky 15-7, 15-13
Girl's doubles - Erin Hois/Christina Ladd def. Elizabeth
Kominami/Kokoe Tanaka 8-15, 15-1, 15-9
Mixed doubles - Allyson Brown/Kanowsky def. Collins/Casey Peters
15-8, 18-13

U-18
Boy's singles - Bob Malaythong def. David Welch 15-9, 15-3
Girl's singles - Katie Maloney def. Jia Hu 11-7, 11-0
Boy's doubles - Andy Lovell/Ryan Miglin def. Welch/Dan Goldberg
15-11, 8-15, 18-14
Girl's doubles - Hu/Jaymie Britton def. Dawn McNamara/Jamie
Mignano 15-10, 15-2
Mixed doubles - Miglin/Janae Mertens def. Welch/Maloney 15-12,
15-2

U-21
Boy's singles - Stanley Wo def. Jon Frisch 10-15, 15-5, 15-6
Girl's singles - Angela Teng def. Lily Chen 11-6, 11-3
Boy's doubles - Wo/Howard Bach def. Chris Hales/Raj Patel 15-6,
18-14
Girl's doubles - Chen/Teng def. Janae Bennett/Keisha Kuharski 15-
7, 15-3
Mixed doubles - Wo/Teng def. Hales/Kuharski 15-9, 15-13

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