Table Tennis Nationals

Monday, Dec. 22, 1997 | 9:41 a.m.

Final champions list from the $50,000 1997 USA Table Tennis National Championships which concluded Sunday at the Las Vegas Convention Center:

Championship Events ($13,450)

Men's Singles - ($8,000 with $1,500 to winner) Yinghua Cheng, Gaithersburg, Md.

Women's Singles - ($3,200 with $1,000 to winner) Jun Gao, Gaithersburg, Md.

Men's Doubles - ($1,200 with winners spliting $500) Yinghua Cheng and Tong Sheng Huang, Gaithersburg, Md.

Women's Doubles - ($350 with winners spliting $200) Jun Gao, Gaithersburg, Md./Amy Feng, Atlanta

Mixed Doubles - ($700 with winners spliting $300) Yinghua Cheng and Jun Gao, Gaithersburg, Md.

Championship Age Events ($4,175)

Under-22 Men's Singles - ($400 with $200 to winner) Shashin Shodhan, Fremont, Calif.

Under-22 Women's Singles - ($350 with $150 to winner) Virginia Sung, New York, N.Y.

Over-30 Singles - ($625 with $250 to winner) David Zhuang, North Brunswick, N.J.

Senior Men's Singles 40+ - ($200 with $100 to winner) Tong Sheng Huang, Gaithersburg, Md.

Senior Women's Singles 40+ - ($200 with $100 to winner) Judy Bochenski Hoarfrost, Portland, Ore.

Esquire Men's Singles 50+ - ($625 with $250 to winner) David Sakai, Bowie, Md.

Esquire Women's Singles 50+ - Suzanna Sanders, Pembroke Pines, Fla.

Senior Esquire Singles 60+ - ($400 with $200 to winner) George Brathwaite, Roosevelt Island, N.Y.

Veteran RR 70+ - ($150 with $100 to winner) George Hendry, St. Louis

Veteran RR 75+ - George Hendry, St. Louis

Veteran RR 80+ - Ivan Slade, San Marcos, Calif.

Senior Doubles 40+ - ($300 with winners spliting $300) Ton Sheng Huang,

Gaithersburg, Md./Lim Ming Chui, Lexington, Mass.

Esquire Doubles 50+ - ($250 with winners spliting $150) David Sakai, Bowie, Md./George Brathwaite, Roosevelt, N.Y.

Senior Esquire Doubles 60+ - ($250 with winners spliting $150) Howard Groosman, Agoura Hills, CA/Richard Hicks, Indianapolis

Veteran Doubles 70+ - Frank Dwelly, Natick, Mass./George Hendry, St. Louis

Usatt Rating Events ($1,925)

U-2400 RR Singles- ($375 with $175 to winner) T.J. Beebe, Atlanta

U-2300 RR Singles - ($350 with $150 to winner) Piotr Zajac, Concord, Calif.

U-2200 RR Singles - ($300 with $125 to winner) - Christian Lillieroos, Oklahoma City, Okla.

U-2100 RR Singles - ($300 with $125 to winner) - Terrence Lee, Lafayette, Calif.

U-2000 RR Singles - ($300 with $100 to winner) - Don Kim, LaJolla, Calif.

U-1900 RR Singles - ($300 with $100 to winner) - Jackie Lee, San Francisco

U-1800 RR Singles - ($200 with $100 to winner) - Thangavelu Dhinaker, Tempe, Ariz.

U-1700 RR Singles - Lee McCool, Decatur, Ga.

U-1600 RR Singles - Lee McCool, Decatur, Ga.

U-1500 RR Singles - Greg DiMarco, Seattle

U-1400 RR Singles - Yu-Liang Wang, Las Vegas

U-1300 RR Singles - Arlen Yan, Portland, Ore.

U-1200 RR Singles - Kai Rong Gan, Las Vegas

U-1100 RR Singles - Kai Rong Gan, Las Vegas

U-1000 RR Singles - Rick Ellis, Colorado Springs, Colo.

U-1900 Women's RR - Jackie Lee, San Francisco

U-1600 Senior 40+ - John Curd, Clarkston, Mich.

U-4200 Doubles - Hrach Javadian, Tujuneau, Calif./Donald Hayes, Windham, N.H.

U-3600 Doubles - Kenneth Beauchamp, Elgin, Texas/David Edwards, Austin, Texas

National School Championships

Boy's High School Singles (U-19) - Piotr Zajac, Concord, Calif.

Girl's High School Singles (U-19) - Jessica Shen, Potomac, Md.

Boy's Junior High School Singles (U-16) - Keith Alban, Parkland, Fla.

Girl's Junior High School Singles (U-16) - Michelle Do, Milpitas, Calif.

Boy's Primary School Singles (U-13) - Peivuan Ren, Mesa, Ariz.

Girl's Primary School Singles (U-13) - Jackie Lee, San Francisco

Boy's Elementary School Singles (U-10) - Josh Bernstein, Parkland, Fla.

Girl's Elementary School Singles (U-10) - Tiffany Qu, Hillsboro, Ore.

Boy's High School Doubles (U-19) -Jimmy Guan, Menlo Park, Calif./Philip Lim, Oakland, Calif.

Girl's High School Doubles (U-19)- Vivian Lee/Jessica Shen, Potomac, Md.

Junior High, Primary and Elementary Doubles (U-16) - Jackie Lee, San Francisco/Atha Fong, Walnut Creek, Calif.

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