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AVP Tour
$300,000 Gold Series Chicago Open
September 1 - 3, 2023

(2) Kelly Cheng/Sara Hughes

Kelly Claes Cheng

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Sep 18, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Fullerton, CA

Height:

6'2"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

132

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$687,250.00

Sara Hughes

Photo: Ken Delgado

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Feb 14, 1995 (30 yrs old)

Home Town:

Long Beach, CA

Height:

5'10"

College(s):

Southern California

Seasons:

Tournaments:

131

Career Wins:

Career AVP Wins:

Career Winnings:

$585,044.92

Awards

Top Rookie 2017

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	33	41	Money
AVP	17	4	1	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	$158,900.00
FIVB	31	6	1	1	1	9	0	8	1	3	0	0	1	US$493,750.00
FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$0.00
NORCECA	5	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$11,850.00
Other	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	US$14,000.00
Overall	56	13	3	13	1	9	1	10	1	3	0	1	1	US$678,500.00

Previous Chicago Results

Year	Partner - Result	Partner - Result
2017	Sara Hughes - 1st	Kelly Cheng - 1st
2018	Brittany Hochevar - 3rd	Summer Ross - 2nd
2019	Sarah Marmelstein - 3rd	Brandie Wilkerson - 3rd
2021	Sarah Marmelstein - 7th	Brandie Wilkerson - 5th
2022	Betsi Flint - 3rd	Kelley Kolinske - 5th

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	8/16-20/2023	Elite16 Hamburg	5	5th	760	US$8,000.00
AVP	8/4-6/2023	Gold Series Atlanta Open	1	3rd	2321	$13,000.00
FIVB	7/26-30/2023	Elite16 Montréal	2	9th	600	US$6,000.00
FIVB	7/5-9/2023	Elite16 Gstaad	3	2nd	1100	US$20,000.00
FIVB	5/31-6/4/2023	Elite16 Ostrava	6	5th	760	US$8,000.00
AVP	5/18-21/2023	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	1	1st	2205	$14,000.00
FIVB	4/26-30/2023	Elite16 Uberlândia	3	4th	900	US$10,000.00
AVP	4/13-16/2023	Pro Series New Orleans Open	1	1st	2205	$14,000.00
FIVB	3/22-26/2023	Elite16 Tepic	5	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	3/16-19/2023	La Paz Challenge	1	5th	600	US$3,750.00
FIVB	2/1-5/2023	Doha Elite16	2	5th	760	US$8,000.00
FIVB	1/26-29/2023	Beach Pro Tour Finals	9	1st	0	US$150,000.00
FIVB	11/29-12/3/2022	Torquay Elite 16	2	1st	1200	US$30,000.00
FIVB	11/23-27/2022	Torquay Challenge	1	1st	800	US$10,000.00
AVP	11/11-13/2022	Huntington Beach Open	1	1st	1891	$8,000.00

Gold Series Chicago Open Matches

Date

Bracket

Opponent

Score

Time

Fri, 9/1/2023

Winner 1

Macy Jerger / Megan Rice (15)

Won 21-11, 21-15

0:34

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	22	15	3	0.545	4	2	3	2
	1	11	7	2	0.455	3	2	1	2
	2	11	8	1	0.636	1	0	2	0
Sara Hughes	Total	14	10	1	0.643	0	11	0	3
	1	7	6	0	0.857	0	5	0	0
	2	7	4	1	0.429	0	6	0	3

Fri, 9/1/2023

Winner 2

Megan J. Rice / Emily Stockman (10)

Won 21-19, 21-16

0:43

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	34	21	5	0.471	3	2	1	1
	1	14	9	3	0.429	0	1	1	1
	2	20	12	2	0.500	3	1	0	0
Sara Hughes	Total	9	6	1	0.556	0	8	3	4
	1	6	4	1	0.500	0	4	2	1
	2	3	2	0	0.667	0	4	1	3

Sat, 9/2/2023

Winner 3

Melissa Humana-Paredes / Brandie Wilkerson (3)

Won 18-21, 21-19, 15-9

1:03

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	32	22	5	0.531	3	4	4	5
	1	10	6	4	0.200	1	0	1	3
	2	15	11	0	0.733	2	2	1	2
	3	7	5	1	0.571	0	2	2	0
Sara Hughes	Total	26	14	2	0.462	0	20	1	0
	1	9	6	1	0.556	0	5	0	0
	2	10	4	0	0.400	0	9	1	0
	3	7	4	1	0.429	0	6	0	0

Sun, 9/3/2023

Semi-Finals

Taryn Brasher / Kristen Nuss (1)

Lost 21-17, 20-22, 12-15

0:58

Player	Game	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	Total	40	24	4	0.500	2	5	0	6
	1	11	9	1	0.727	0	3	0	1
	2	17	7	2	0.294	1	2	0	2
	3	12	8	1	0.583	1	0	0	3
Sara Hughes	Total	33	16	4	0.364	0	23	0	1
	1	17	8	1	0.412	0	10	0	0
	2	11	7	1	0.545	0	9	0	0
	3	5	1	2	-0.200	0	4	0	1

Overall Tournament Stats
Player	Attacks	Kills	Errors	Hitting Pct.	Blocks	Digs	Aces	Service Errors
Kelly Cheng	128	82	17	0.508	12	13	8	14
Sara Hughes	82	46	8	0.463	0	62	4	8

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
World Championships	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$71,000.00
World Tour Finals	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$157,500.00
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	20	3	1	1	1	6	0	5	1	1	0	0	$237,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	10	1	1	2	0	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	$57,650.00
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$1,500.00
U21 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
U18/19 World Championships	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
Manhattan Beach	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00
Tour Championships	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$22,000.00
Gold Series	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$26,000.00
Heritage Series/Pro Series	5	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$60,000.00
Contender Series/Tour Series	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00
Total	50	10	2	11	1	9	1	10	1	3	0	0	$652,650.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Kelly Cheng												Sara Hughes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$0.00	Olympic Games	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
5	1	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$53,500.00	World Championships	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	$53,500.00
4	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	$92,750.00	World Tour Finals	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$86,250.00
37	5	1	1	6	8	11	2	0	0	$210,000.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	28	3	1	1	2	8	10	1	0	0	$146,500.00
44	3	7	7	1	14	7	2	1	0	$163,275.00	Challenge/Four Star/Open	47	4	2	8	1	8	10	6	2	0	$126,575.00
4	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	$5,000.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	5	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	$6,070.00
											U23 World Championships	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U21 World Championships	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	U18/19 World Championships	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	$0.00
5	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	$20,000.00	Manhattan Beach	5	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	$15,875.00
4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,500.00	Tour Championships	4	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,375.00
6	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$38,550.00	Gold Series	6	2	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$49,500.00
11	3	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	$55,250.00	Heritage Series/Pro Series	8	2	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	$38,100.00
1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00	Contender Series/Tour Series	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$4,000.00
125	15	12	25	7	27	25	7	1	0	$669,825.00	Total	119	17	4	23	4	24	27	8	3	0	$556,745.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	6	2	75.0 %
2014	AVP	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	1	1	50.0 %
2014	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	8	1	88.9 %
2015	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$10,000.00	9	4	69.2 %
2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	0	1	0.0 %
2016	AVP	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$17,000.00	12	4	75.0 %
2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	$18,000.00	4	5	44.4 %
2017	AVP	4	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	$37,900.00	15	6	71.4 %
2017	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	$41,500.00	15	11	57.7 %
2017	Other	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00	5	1	83.3 %
2018	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$12,000.00	4	3	57.1 %
2022	AVP	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,000.00	5	0	100.0 %
2022	FIVB	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$190,000.00	17	2	89.5 %
2023	AVP	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$54,000.00	16	2	88.9 %
2023	FIVB	8	1	1	0	1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	$93,750.00	28	11	71.8 %
Total	AVP	14	4	1	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1	$126,900.00	58	17	77.3 %
Total	FIVB	22	4	1	0	1	6	0	6	0	3	0	1	$355,250.00	68	33	67.3 %
Total	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	14	3	82.4 %
Total	Other	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$14,000.00	5	1	83.3 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Kelly Cheng													Sara Hughes
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2011	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	$375.00
											2011	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$0.00
											2012	Pro Beach	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$0.00
											2012	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2012	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	$0.00
											2012	NORCECA	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2013	FIVB Age Group WC	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00
											2013	NORCECA	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,500.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2014	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	$0.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$0.00	2014	FIVB Age Group WC	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$0.00
1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$850.00	2014	NORCECA	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$1,700.00
2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00	2015	AVP	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	$5,000.00
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00	2015	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,075.00	2015	NORCECA	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$2,075.00
2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00	2016	AVP	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$8,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	$9,000.00
2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00	2016	NORCECA	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$3,000.00
4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$18,950.00	2017	AVP	4	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	$18,950.00
7	0	0	0	0	2	2	3	0	0	$23,750.00	2017	FIVB	7	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	0	$24,750.00
1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00	2017	Other	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	$7,000.00
6	0	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	$30,250.00	2018	AVP	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	$33,875.00
10	0	1	0	1	1	3	2	1	1	$27,750.00	2018	FIVB	12	1	0	1	0	4	4	2	0	0	$50,000.00
5	0	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$27,700.00	2019	AVP	6	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	$25,750.00
15	0	2	1	0	3	7	0	0	2	$49,000.00	2019	FIVB	9	0	0	1	1	1	4	1	0	1	$27,500.00
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00	2020	AVP	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$12,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	$4,000.00	2020	FIVB	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	$4,000.00
3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	$14,750.00	2021	AVP	3	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	$9,875.00
9	2	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	1	$41,000.00	2021	FIVB	9	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	$8,320.00
9	2	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	$47,050.00	2022	AVP	8	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	$42,850.00
8	4	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	$126,500.00	2022	FIVB	9	4	0	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	$121,750.00
4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00	2023	AVP	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	$27,000.00
8	1	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	$46,875.00	2023	FIVB	8	1	1	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	$46,875.00
109	15	13	23	4	20	20	7	1	6	$532,500.00	Total	Total	118	19	7	21	4	22	23	9	4	9	$492,145.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	54	79.4%	8	11.8%	6	8.8%	62-6	91.2%	7	30.4%	6	26.1%	10	43.5%	7-16	30.4%	54-10	84.4%	15-12	55.6%	0	0	69-22	75.8%
2022-2023	17	89.5%	1	5.3%	1	5.3%	18-1	94.7%	3	75.0%	0	0.0%	1	25.0%	3-1	75.0%	17-1	94.4%	4-1	80.0%	0	0	21-2	91.3%
Against the Field	7	77.8%	0	0.0%	2	22.2%	7-2	77.8%	3	42.9%	2	28.6%	2	28.6%	3-4	42.9%	14-4	77.8%	6-8	42.9%	0	0	10-6	62.5%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Olympic Games	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
World Championships	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	3
World Tour Finals	0	0	0	0	2	6	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	6
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	1	43	13	0	0	12	12	4	2	1	1	3	1	63	30
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	7	0	7	3	0	0	12	9	2	2	0	0	1	0	36	17
Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2
U21 World Championships	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	8	1
U18/19 World Championships	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	6	2
Manhattan Beach	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	10	5
Tour Championships	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Gold Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	2
Heritage Series/Pro Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	2	2	3	0	0	0	0	21	5
Contender Series/Tour Series	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Total	0	0	8	2	67	26	0	0	62	28	12	12	3	1	6	1	181	74

Head to Head Results
Cheng/Hughes lead the series against the field 16-4 (Lead 6 Series, Trail 0 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Lead the series against # 1 Brasher/Nuss 4-2
9/3/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Semi-Finals	Brasher/Nuss	1	Cheng/Hughes	2	17-21, 22-20, 15-12	0:58
4/30/23	FIVB	Elite16 Uberlândia	Semi-Finals	Brasher/Nuss	9	Cheng/Hughes	3	21-17, 21-11	0:33
4/15/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	1	Brasher/Nuss	4	10-21, 31-29, 15-12	0:56
3/23/23	FIVB	Elite16 Tepic	Pool D	Cheng/Hughes	5	Brasher/Nuss	13, Q1	21-18, 21-17	0:33
1/28/23	FIVB	Beach Pro Tour Finals	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	9	Brasher/Nuss	8	19-21, 21-14, 24-22	0:56
12/2/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	2	Brasher/Nuss	3	21-18, 21-15	0:32
Lead the series against # 3 Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson 4-2
9/2/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	18-21, 21-19, 15-9	1:03
8/6/23	AVP	Gold Series Atlanta Open	Semi-Finals	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	3	Cheng/Hughes	1	21-18, 22-20	0:47
7/29/23	FIVB	Elite16 Montréal	Winner 1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	4	Cheng/Hughes	2	21-19, 19-21, 17-15	0:58
7/8/23	FIVB	Elite16 Gstaad	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	3	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	20-22, 21-18, 15-11	0:56
4/16/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	2	21-9, 21-18	0:41
2/2/23	FIVB	Doha Elite16	Pool B	Cheng/Hughes	2	Humana-Paredes/Wilkerson	7	12-21, 21-18, 15-13	0:50
Lead the series against # 4 Donlin/Flint 5-0
6/2/23	FIVB	Elite16 Ostrava	Pool C	Cheng/Hughes	6	Donlin/Flint	11	21-13, 21-11	0:28
5/21/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Donlin/Flint	4	21-18, 21-18	0:45
5/20/23	AVP	Pro Series Huntington Beach Open	Winner 3	Cheng/Hughes	1	Donlin/Flint	4	21-14, 21-18	0:44
4/16/23	AVP	Pro Series New Orleans Open	Semi-Finals	Cheng/Hughes	1	Donlin/Flint	3	8-21, 21-19, 16-14	0:46
12/3/22	FIVB	Torquay Elite 16	Gold Medal	Cheng/Hughes	2	Donlin/Flint	5	21-17, 21-11	0:32
Lead the series against # 8 Harward/Kolinske 1-0
3/17/23	FIVB	La Paz Challenge	Pool A	Cheng/Hughes	1	Harward/Kolinske	12	23-21, 21-17	0:36
Lead the series against # 10 Rice/Stockman 1-0
9/1/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Winner 2	Cheng/Hughes	2	Rice/Stockman	10	21-19, 21-16	0:43
Lead the series against # 15 Jerger/Rice 1-0
9/1/23	AVP	Gold Series Chicago Open	Winner 1	Cheng/Hughes	2	Jerger/Rice	15	21-11, 21-15	0:34