The 2002 Midwest Regional event was held at the Thunderbird Hotel adjacent to the Mall of America. We had the Main stage booked at the MOA, but the Air Traffic stores decided to hold a War-Hammer event that day instead. So we had to adjust on the fly.
The Thunderbird worked OK, but without the huge stage at the MOA, we did not have the same size crowd like in the past. But a large number of competitors came to compete. We had a total of 51 players in the divisions below.
2002 Midwest Regional Results
| Division | Place | Name | Comp | Freestyle | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA | 1 | Rob Kitts | 45 | 192 | 237 |
| AA | 2 | Tyler Boshears | 36 | 166 | 202 |
| AA | 3 | Paul Yath | 20 | 167 | 187 |
| AA | 4 | Ryan McQuillan | 8 | 0 | 8 |
| AA | 5 | Josh Schlichting | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Division | Place | Name | Comp | Freestyle | Total |
| A | 1 | Conway Yung | 41 | 156 | 197 |
| A | 2 | Jesse McGannon | 34 | 130 | 164 |
| A | 3 | Jason Kalpin | 43 | 120 | 163 |
| A | 4 | Nathan Carroll | 36 | 121 | 157 |
| A | 5 | Matt Schmidt | 34 | 90 | 124 |
| A | 6 | Alex Berenguel | 31 | 84 | 115 |
| A | 7 | Alex Ulrich | 21 | 83 | 104 |
| A | 8 | Mikey McCabe | 26 | 63 | 89 |
| A | 9 | Ian Seavey | 26 | 59 | 85 |
| A | 10 | Simon Kalpin | 21 | 44 | 65 |
| A | 11 | Justin Walter | 18 | 39 | 57 |
| A | 12 | Kevin Lass | 13 | ||
| A | 13 | Daniel Dean | 5 | ||
| A | 14 | Kevin Elvin | 0 | ||
| Division | Place | Name | Trick # | ||
| Ladder 0-10 | 1 | John Narum | 14 | ||
| Ladder 0-10 | 2 | Justin Ziebol | 11 | ||
| Ladder 0-10 | 3 | Mike Salomon | 9 | ||
| Ladder 0-10 | 4 | Aaron Bohler | 8 | ||
| Ladder 11-12 | 1 | Kevin Elvin | 18 | ||
| Ladder 11-12 | 2 | Kevin Lass | 14 | ||
| Ladder 11-12 | 3 | Daniel Dean | 14 | ||
| Ladder 11-12 | 4 | Matthew Petersen | 13 | ||
| Ladder 11-12 | 5 | Drew Bohler | 9 | ||
| Ladder 11-12 | 6 | Thomas Ehlen | 9 | ||
| Ladder 11-12 | 7 | Luke Nelson | 7 | ||
| Ladder 11-12 | 8 | Sean Pumper | 0 | ||
| Ladder 13-20 | 1 | Eric Wassenaar | 18 | ||
| Ladder 13-20 | 2 | Bronson Donell | 18 | ||
| Ladder 13-20 | 3 | Brock Murray | 18 | ||
| Ladder 13-20 | 4 | Alex Longren | 14 | ||
| Ladder 13-20 | 5 | Phillip Deidrich | 9 | ||
| Ladder 13-20 | 6 | Eric Swenson | 8 | ||
| Ladder 13-20 | 7 | Josh Rognerud | 8 | ||
| Ladder 21-35 | 1 | Walter Park | 18 | ||
| Ladder 21-35 | 2 | Nevin Yonkus | 18 | ||
| Ladder 21-35 | 3 | Chris Larson | 16 | ||
| Ladder 21-35 | 4 | John Russeth | 15 | ||
| Ladder 21-35 | 5 | Aaron Paset | 9 | ||
| Ladder 21-35 | 6 | David Noonan | 0 | ||
| Ladder 36-Older | 1 | Scott Bohler | 14 | ||
| Ladder 36-Older | 2 | Rich Rains | 13 | ||
| Ladder 36-Older | 3 | Pam Prokosch | 10 | ||
| Ladder 36-Older | 4 | Robert Kitts, SR | 9 | ||
| Ladder 36-Older | 5 | Dan Prokosch | 8 | ||
| Ladder 36-Older | 6 | Lee Grimm | 7 | ||
| Ladder 36-Older | 7 | Bill Elvin | 7 | ||
| Overall Ladder | (age did not matter) | ||||
| Overall Ladder | 1 | Nevin Yonkus | |||
| Overall Ladder | 2 | Eric Wassenaar | |||
| Overall Ladder | 3 | Bronson Donell | |||
| Overall Ladder | 4 | Brock Murray | |||
| Overall Ladder | 4 | Walter Park | |||
| Overall Ladder | 4 | Kevin Elvin | |||
| Advanced Spintop Contest | 1 | Ryan McQuillan | 50 | ||
| Advanced Spintop Contest | 2 | Dave Schulte | 48 | ||
| Advanced Spintop Contest | 3 | Mikey McCabe | 34 | ||
| Advanced Spintop Contest | 4 | Alex Ulrich | 34 | ||
| Advanced Spintop Contest | 5 | Paul Yath | 29 | ||
| Advanced Spintop Contest | 6 | Chris Larson | 23 | ||
| Beginner Spintop Contest | 1 | Rob Kitts Jr | 38 | ||
| Beginner Spintop Contest | 2 | Nevin Yonkus | 36 | ||
| Beginner Spintop Contest | 3 | Hung Su | 33 | ||
| Beginner Spintop Contest | 4 | Bronson Donnell | 25 | ||
| Beginner Spintop Contest | 5 | Josh Schlichting | 18 | ||
| Beginner Spintop Contest | 6 | Kevin Lass | 13 | ||
| Beginner Spintop Contest | 7 | Kevin Elvin | 8 |