Colvin Run Elementary chess team displays trophies won at the championship. Photo Contributed
McLean — Colvin Run Elementary School (CRES) students participated in the 2012 Virginia Scholastic & Collegiate Championships Chess Tournament held on March 17-18, 2012 at Best Western Tysons Westpark Hotel, McLean, Virginia.
The following CRES students participated in the tournament.
*K-3 Section Team: Justin Paul, Ethan Zhou, Andy Chen, Pranav Mishra, Jason Wang, Aarya Patel, Sahan Metpally, Ethan Hu.
*K-5 Section Team: Brian Hu., Kavye V.
*K-8 Section Team: Jeffrey W., Mile N., Mihir P., Ayush P., Manya V., Anvitha M.
*K-3 Main Tournament: CRES Team won the 1st prize team trophy out of 37 teams who participated in the K-3 Section of the tournament. The following players won the Individual Awards: Justin Paul, 4th place; Ethan Zhou, 7th place; Andy Chen, 10th place; and Pranav Mishra, 11th place out of 173 children who entered in this section.
Justin Paul also won the individual award standing at 12th place in the K-5 Blitz Tournament.