New Southeast Regional Championships Determined Down in Florida

Florida played host to the Southeast Regional Championships held at  Broward Table Tennis Club, one of the premier table tennis clubs in the United States.

 

The top contender in Men’s Singles for the Southeastern Regionals was Daniel Gorak, who didn’t drop a game on his way to becoming the champion. On the women’s side, Kristal Melendez swiftly dominated the competition, dropping just one game in the finals on her path to becoming the singles Regional Champion.

 

2023 SOUTHEAST REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS

 

MEN'S OPEN

1.    Daniel Gorak

2.    Santiago Montes

3.    Brian Mena

4.    4th-Jerall Montijo

 

WOMEN'S OPEN

1.    Kristal A. Melendez

2.    Kayla Goodwin

3.    Terrie Yu

4.    4th-Danelys Cruz Rosario

 

MEN'S UNDER 21

1.    Brian Mena

2.    Jerall Montijo

3.    Eliam Davila Santiago

4.    4th-Chrisnomar Aviles

 

WOMEN'S UNDER 21

1.    Kayla Goodwin

2.    Kristal A. Melendez

3.    Maria Henen

4.    4th-Susana Perez

 

BOYS UNDER 19

1.    Jerall Montijo

2.    Adrian Rivera

3.    Eliam Davila Santiago

4.    4th-Chrisnomar Aviles

 

GIRLS UNDER 19

1.    Kristal A. Melendez

2.    Carla Nazario Colon           

 

BOYS UNDER 17

1.    Eliam Davila Santiago

2.    Chrisnomar Aviles

3.    Luis Mejia

4.    4th-Robert Jr. Baugh

 

GIRLS UNDER 17

1.    Kristal A. Melendez

2.    Kayla Goodwin

3.    Carla Nazario Colon

 

BOYS UNDER 15

1.    Javier Arevalo           Alejandro Torres

2.    Angel Gabriel Melendez

3.    4th-Ryan Tao

 

GIRLS UNDER 15

1.    Danelys Cruz Rosario

2.    Terrie Yu

3.    Camila Cruz Rosario          

 

BOYS UNDER 13

1.    Eric Baugh

2.    Ryan Tao

3.    Angel Gabriel Melendez

4.    4th-Gregorio Echeverry

 

MEN'S 40+

1.    Hecmar Alexande Araujo

2.    Carlos O Perez

3.    Essam Moawad       

 

MEN'S 50+

1.    Rafael Lizardo

2.    Christopher Levy                 

 

MEN'S 60+

1.    Bin Hai Chu

2.    Carlos Bonilla

3.    Gigi Pacurar 

 

MEN'S 65+

1.    Bin Hai Chu

2.    Dennis Gaitan

3.    Steve Federico        

4.    4th-Efrain Perez

 

MEN'S 70+

1.    Bin Hai Chu

2.    Carlos Zeller

3.    Mike Jameson         

 

MEN'S 75+

1.    Steve Federico

2.    Gilberto Herzog                   

 

UNDER 2300 RR

1.    Jerall Montijo

2.    Bin Hai Chu

3.    Kayla Goodwin

4.    3rd-Eliam Davila Santiago

 

UNDER 2150 RR

1.    Bin Hai Chu

2.    Cesar Reyes

3.    Tadashi Mitsuta Luy

4.    3rd-Rafael Lizardo

 

UNDER 2000 RR

1.    Hecmar Alexande Araujo

2.    Christopher Levy

3.    David Helmick          3rd-Javier Arevalo

 

UNDER 1850 RR

1.    Angel Gabriel Melendez

2.    Carlos Bonilla

3.    Angel Luis Nunez

4.    3rd-Rafael Moraes

 

UNDER 1700 RR

1.    Carlos Bonilla

2.    Abdiel Hern+ú-índez

3.    Alejandro Torres

4.    3rd-Gigi Pacurar

 

UNDER 1550 RR

1.    Jianbo Qian

2.    Henry Claude Laforest       

3.    Jeremy Litwack

3rd-Cj Werder

 

UNDER 1400 RR

1.    Juan Carrasquel

2.    Saed Khalil

3.    Susana Perez

4.    3rd-Jianbo Qian

 

UNDER 1250 RR

1.    Eliel Martinez Rios

2.    Simon Choren          Carlos Soledispa

3.    3rd-Bharath Chandrasekaran

 

UNDER 1100 RR

1.    Abdiel Manuel Nazario Colon       

2.    Pablo Peraza

3.    Marco Echeverry

4.    3rd-Xochilt Labissiere

 

UNDER 950 RR

1.    Javier Arevalo Semprun

2.    Henry Mayer

3.    Carla Nazario Colon

4.    4th-Gilberto Herzog

 

 

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The champion for each event that has six or more competitors at the Regionals will receive free entry into the US Nationals for that particular event. There is no limit on the number of events that a person can enter and win at the Regional level in order to receive free entry for that event into the 2023 US Nationals.