14 DAY TRIAL // The Pokemon Company has announced the results of the 2011 Pokemon Video Game United States National Championships, announcing the names of the 24 players that will go on to represent the nation at the upcoming Video Game World Championships, where they will face off against other gamers coming from Japan, Europe and South Korea.
There are 3 age categories and those who took part in the United States competition were selected after qualifying rounds held in seven cities earlier in the year, with more than 500 people taking part in the finals.
All the games played were powered by Pokemon Black and White, which was launched for the Nintendo DS platform and quickly became one of the biggest hits in the franchise.
Here are the final results of the United States National Championship for Pokemon:
Juniors
1st Place – Henry Maxon, age 11, Carnation, WA 2nd Place – Brendan Zheng, age 8, Fresh Meadows, NY 3rd Place – Luke Lavin, age 11, Marietta, GA 4th Place – Brian Hough, age 10, Ann Arbor, MI 5th Place – Scott Ramirtha, age 8, Sugarland, TX 6th Place – Tristan Lankford, age 9, Athens, GA 7th Place – Janelle Hagan, age 7, New Bremen, OH 8th Place – Grace Arnold, age 11, Frankfort, IL
Seniors
1st Place – Aaron Zheng, age 13, Fresh Meadows, NY 2nd Place – David Arnold, age 14, Frankfort, IL 3rd Place – Phillip Codio, age 14, Floral Park, NY 4th Place – Aaron Traylor, age 14, Boston, MA 5th Place – Kristian Mosquito, age 15, New York, NY 6th Place – Brandon Mitchell, age 15, Memphis, TN 7th Place – Enosh Shachal, age 15, Tenafly, NJ 8th Place – Brandon Tang, age 13, Fort Wayne, IN
Masters
1st Place - Wolfe Glick, age 15, McLean, VA 2nd Place - Dan Zollner, age 23, Edgewater Park, NJ 3rd Place- Simon Yip, age 19, New York, NY 4th Place - Michael Floccare, age 18, Baltimore, MD 5th Place - Greyson Garren, age 17, Metamora, IL 6th Place - Jason Fisher-Short, age 28, Phoenix, AZ 7th Place - Matt Coyle, age 21, Buffalo, NY 8th Place - Stephen Morioka, age 21, Chicago, IL