The January Joust had to compete with youth basketball and professional
football, yet still drew 48 players from 19 schools. Saint George's School
won the elementary team trophy for the fifth time in as many tournaments.

Individual trophies in K-3 were won by Aditya Bandyopadhyay (5.0), Grand
Champion in K-3; Evelyn Arquette (4.0), first place in grade
one; Gabrielle Lee (4.0), first place in grade three; as well as all those
scoring 3.0 in the K-3 division.

In K-6, Suhang Liu finished with a perfect 5.0 to win the Grand Champion
trophy for the second time in three tournaments. David Sposito (4.0), who
beat Suhang in the Black Knight's Joust in November, placed second. Logan
Faulkner (4.0) was behind David on tie-breaks. Tariq Ravasia (3.0) was the
top fourth grader. All those scoring 3.0 took home hardware, and Jordan
Smith (2.5) won a book for biggest upset.

In the HS/MS section, two fourth graders were the early leaders and squared
off in round three on the top board. Alex Popescu (4.0) won that game, but
lost to Ken McGuire (4.0) in the last round. They each took home $35 for
their performance. Trevor Murphy (3.5) beat Ken in the first round and won
$15 for his third place finish. His only loss was to fourth grader Ethan Wu.

The circle of victories among the top players reveals the quality of
competition: Ethan beat Trevor who beat Ken who beat Alex who beat Ethan.

   Commentary by James Stripes, Tournament Director

SwissSys Standings. January Joust: Knights K-3

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Aditya Bandyopadhyay	843	W10	W5	W3	W2	W4	5.0
2	Evelyn Arquette	922	W8	W4	W9	L1	W7	4.0
3	Gabrielle Lee	855	W11	W7	L1	W13	W5	4.0
4	Sam Morris	736	W15	L2	W14	W6	L1	3.0
5	Andrew Naresh	558	W17	L1	W10	W9	L3	3.0
6	Ryan Waters	432	W13	L9	W8	L4	W14	3.0
7	Katherine Gunn	727	W19	L3	W16	W14	L2	3.0
8	Luke Anderson	539	L2	W18	L6	W17	W13	3.0
9	Josh Lubanski	843	W12	W6	L2	L5	D11	2.5
10	Connor Gosselin-harris	488	L1	W15	L5	D12	W16	2.5
11	Mason Ramot	537	L3	W19	L13	W18	D9	2.5
12	Oliver Pooler	467	L9	L13	W15	D10	W19	2.5
13	Gabe Gustafson	656	L6	W12	W11	L3	L8	2.0
14	Isabella Rigutto	756	W18	W16	L4	L7	L6	2.0
15	Ethan Shan	unr.	L4	L10	L12	B---	W17	2.0
16	Jeron Brown	400	B---	L14	L7	D19	L10	1.5
17	Austin Julsen	400	L5	B---	D19	L8	L15	1.5
18	Sarah Gunn	420	L14	L8	B---	L11	H---	1.5
19	William Holland	unr.	L7	L11	D17	D16	L12	1.0

SwissSys Standings. January Joust: Rooks K-6

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Suhang Liu	1152	W9	W5	W4	W7	W2	5.0
2	David Sposito	1082	W10	W8	W6	W4	L1	4.0
3	Logan Faulkner	893	W13	L4	W10	W5	W6	4.0
4	Shohom Bandyopadhyay	1003	W16	W3	L1	L2	W7	3.0
5	Tariq Ravasia	959	W15	L1	W13	L3	W11	3.0
6	Gage Nielsen	948	W18	W12	L2	W8	L3	3.0
7	Aj Stenbeck	780	B---	W9	W12	L1	L4	3.0
8	Alex Anderson	923	W17	L2	W14	L6	W13	3.0
9	Jack Morris	778	L1	L7	W17	W15	W14	3.0
10	John Field	761	L2	W17	L3	W18	W15	3.0
11	Jordan Smith	668	H---	U---	W15	W12	L5	2.5
12	Noah Brody	1032	W14	L6	L7	L11	W18	2.0
13	Meghna Pream Dutta	762	L3	B---	L5	W17	L8	2.0
14	Ben Brock	714	L12	W18	L8	W16	L9	2.0
15	Zachary Patrick	unr.	L5	W16	L11	L9	L10	1.0
16	Cole Lewis	unr.	L4	L15	D18	L14	D17	1.0
17	Jahden Brown	unr.	L8	L10	L9	L13	D16	0.5
18	Ethan Naresh	unr.	L6	L14	D16	L10	L12	0.5

SwissSys Standings. January Joust: Queens K-12

#	Name	Rtng	Rd 1	Rd 2	Rd 3	Rd 4	Rd 5	Tot
1	Alex Popescu	1221	W6	W10	W4	W5	L2	4.0
2	Ken McGuire	1290	L3	W11	W10	W4	W1	4.0
3	Trevor Murphy	995	W2	L4	W8	D7	W9	3.5
4	Ethan Wu	1094	W8	W3	L1	L2	B---	3.0
5	Shawn Lewis	1093	W9	W6	W7	L1	L8	3.0
6	Kevin Eaton	1201	L1	L5	W11	W8	W7	3.0
7	Alex Herron	1001	W11	W9	L5	D3	L6	2.5
8	David Decaro-brown	400	L4	B---	L3	L6	W5	2.0
9	Austin Torres	777	L5	L7	B---	W10	L3	2.0
10	Dan Heglin	810	B---	L1	L2	L9	W11	2.0
11	James Holland	unr.	L7	L2	L6	B---	L10	1.0