First, I would like to personally THANK all the people that volunteered their
help on this event. PLEASE forward my thanks to all the volunteers.


Second, special congrats to the following Florida Judoka (or Former Florida
Judoka) [Sorry if I miss any, I try to get them all but sometimes miss a few]:

Girls Bantam 23kg
2nd, Gabriela Prado ( Coral Springs , Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai)

Girls Bantam 27kg
2nd, Giovanna Prado ( Coral Springs , Fla. / K-Itsu-Sai)

Girls Bantam 35kg
3rd, Natalie Santana ( Miramar , Fla. / Vigness Judo)

Boys Bantam 27kg
3rd, Stanford Tolbert ( Fort Lauderdale , Fla. / Onikusu Judo)

Boys Bantam 27kg
3rd, Javier Acosta ( Coral Gables , Fla. / Falcon Judo Club)

Boys Bantam 31kg
4th, Noah Nesenman ( Miami , Fla. / Miami Judo Academy )

Boys Bantam 31kg
5th, Logan Bryant (Cutler Bay, Fla. / Miami Judo Academy )

Boys Bantam 35kg
1st, Nicholas Stampley ( North Lauderdale , Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai)

Boys Bantam 35kg
4th, Adrian Gomez ( Miami , Fla. / Champion Martial Arts)

Female Juvenile A 44kg
2nd, Shea Favorite ( Clermont , Fla. / Central Florida )

Female Juvenile A 48kg
3rd, Katie Germain ( Lakeland , Fla. / Sumerlin Judo)

Female Juvenile A 53kg
3rd, Carina Caminero ( Tampa , Fla. / El Mambi Judo)

Female Juvenile A 58kg
1st, Carly Patton ( Zephyrhills , Fla. / El Mambi Judo)

Female Juvenile A 64kg
2nd, Teannie Hernandez ( Pembroke Pines , Fla. / Panther Judo)

Female Juvenile B 52kg
2nd, Sarah Neyra ( Boca Raton , Fla. / One Dragon)

Female Juvenile B 57kg
3rd, Michelle Escamilla ( Boynton Beach , Fla. / Devos Blum Family Y/West Palm
Beach Judo)

Female Juvenile B 63kg
1st, Danielle Greenstein ( Coral Springs , Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai)

Female Juvenile B +70kg
1st, Kate Patton ( Zephyrhills , Fla. / El Mambi Judo)

Female Juvenile B +70kg
4th, Laquinta Allen ( Miramar , Fla. / Onikusu Judo)

Male Juvenile A 44kg
2nd, Joshua Prado ( Coral Springs , Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai)

Male Juvenile A 44kg
3rd, Esteban Gomez-Rivera ( Miami , Fla. / Miami Judo
Academy )

Male Juvenile A 48kg
3rd, Lucas Gama ( Coral Springs , Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai)

Male Juvenile A 53kg
3rd, Steve Perez ( Miami , Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai)

Male Juvenile A 64kg
2nd, Richard Santacruz ( Riverview , Fla. / Florida School of Judo)

Male Juvenile A +91kg
1st, Christopher Escamilla ( Boynton Beach , Fla. / WPB Judo Academy )

Male Juvenile A +91kg
2nd, Angel Alvarez ( Hialeah , Fla. / Budokan Judo)

Male Juvenile B 55kg
1st, Santiago Martinez ( COL / Coral Springs , Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai)

Male Juvenile B 60kg
3rd, Tyler Ferry ( Riverview , Fla. / Florida School of Judo)

Male Juvenile B 66kg
1st, Leonardo Santibanez (No Country / Hialeah , Fla./ Budokan Judo)

Male Juvenile B 73kg
1st, Dariel Porras ( Coral Springs , Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai)

Male Juvenile B 81kg
1st, Antonio Rodriguez ( Pembroke Pines , Fla. / USA Judo National Training Site
at North Miami & Ki-Itsu-Sai )

Male Juvenile B +90kg
2nd, Andrew Burris ( Lakeland , Fla. / Sumerlin Judo)


(See complete Day 1 results below)


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Member News

July 28, 2007

Junior U.S. Open Day 1 Results

( Colorado Springs , Colo. ) – The first day of competition for the Junior U.S.
Open on Saturday at the Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale,
Fla.

Nearly 300 athletes, ages 7-8 and 13-16-years-old competed in the first day of
the event. Competition continues on Sunday with athletes between the ages of
9-12 and 17-19-years-old.

Complete results are as follows:

Girls Bantam 23kg
1. Teniya Alo ( Honolulu , Hawaii / Hawaii Tenri Judo)
2. Gabriela Prado ( Coral Springs , Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai)
3. Czarina Pineda-Abaya ( Honolulu , Hawaii / Hawaii Tenri Judo)
4. Jessica Ware ( Fayetteville , N.C. / Fort Bragg Judo)
5. Desteni Heinrich (Longmont, Colo. / Boulder Judo)


Girls Bantam 27kg
1. Ana Nazario (PUR)
2. Giovanna Prado ( Coral Springs , Fla. / K-Itsu-Sai)


Girls Bantam 35kg
1. Gabrielle Proksa ( Dunbarton , N.H. / Granite State Judo)
2. Madison Montgomery ( Burleson , Texas / Ruben Martin Judo)
3. Natalie Santana ( Miramar , Fla. / Vigness Judo)


Boys Bantam 23kg
1. Isaac Harai ( Tacoma , Wash. / Ippon Judo)
2. Jacob Anthony ( Oklahoma , Okla. / USA Stars)
3. Holden Heller ( Riverwoods , Ill. / Cohen's Judo)
4. Tevon Layne (BAR)


Boys Bantam 27kg
1. Andres Molina (ECU)
2. Mateo Prado (ECU)
3. Stanford Tolbert ( Fort Lauderdale , Fla. / Onikusu Judo)
3. Javier Acosta ( Coral Gables , Fla. / Falcon Judo Club)


Boys Bantam 31kg
1. Bishop Rapoza ( Honolulu , Hawaii / Hawaii Tenri Judo)
2. Ethan Dolan ( Mountain Lakes , N.J. / Fajardo Judo)
3. Marco Greco-Byrne ( Jamestown , R.I. / Mayo Quanchi)
4. Noah Nesenman ( Miami , Fla. / Miami Judo Academy )
5. Logan Bryant (Cutler Bay, Fla. / Miami Judo Academy )


Boys Bantam 35kg
1. Nicholas Stampley ( North Lauderdale , Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai)
2. Daniel Pavlov ( Brooklyn , N.Y. / Semir & Lev Judo)
3. Grayson Dolan ( Mountain Lakes , N.J. / Fajardo Judo)
4. Adrian Gomez ( Miami , Fla. / Champion Martial Arts)


Female Juvenile A 36kg
1. Caitlyn Mason ( East Greenwich , R.I. / Mayo Quanchi)
2. Cynthia Rahming (BAH)


Female Juvenile A 40kg
1. Nathalia Mercadante (BRA)
2. Brooke Berini ( Mendon , Mass. / Mayo Quanchi)
3. Viviana Obando (ECU)


Female Juvenile A 44kg
1. Katelyn Bouyssou ( Hope , R.I. / Mayo Quanchi)
2. Shea Favorite ( Clermont , Fla. / Central Florida )
3. Darya Cogswell ( Westminister , Colo. / Hyland Hills)


Female Juvenile A 48kg
1. Kayla Hall ( Granite City , Ill. / USA Stars)
2. Samantha Ortiz ( Baldwin Park , Calif. / Mojica Judo)
3. Katie Germain ( Lakeland , Fla. / Sumerlin Judo)
3. Jessica Irons ( Yorkville , Ill. / Yorkville Judo)


Female Juvenile A 53kg
1. Mindy Chow ( Honolulu , Hawaii / Hawaii Tenri)
2. Samantha Martin ( Burleson , Texas / USA Stars / Ruben Martin)
3. Daisy Belden ( Chicago , Ill. / Tohkon Judo)
3. Carina Caminero ( Tampa , Fla. / El Mambi Judo)


Female Juvenile A 58kg
1. Carly Patton ( Zephyrhills , Fla. / El Mambi Judo)
2. Sueneldi Vargas ( La Puente , Calif. / Guerreros)
3. Crystal Butts ( Fontana , Calif. / LACC)
4. Gretchen Hernandez (PUR)


Female Juvenile A 64kg
1. Kadee Shadden (Mineral Wells, Texas / Ruben Martin Judo)
2. Teannie Hernandez ( Pembroke Pines , Fla. / Panther Judo)


Female Juvenile A +64kg
1. Kristal Greer ( Weatherford , Texas / Ruben Martin Judo)


Female Juvenile B 44kg
1. Taylor Ibera ( Honolulu , Hawaii / Hawaii Tenri Judo)
2. Beariz Haro (ECU)
3. Jordyn Dolin ( Buffalo Grove , Ill. / Tohkon Judo)


Female Juvenile B 48kg
1. Kayla Chappell ( Oklahoma City , Okla. / USA Stars)
2. Sandra Chevalier ( Hope , R.I. / Mayo Quanchi)
3. Nadine Encarnacion (PHI / Bothell , Wash. / Emerald City Judo)
3. Maddyson Post ( Livermore , Calif. / Amador Judo Club)


Female Juvenile B 52kg
1. Chrissy Chow ( Honolulu , Hawaii / Hawaii Tenri)
2. Sarah Neyra ( Boca Raton , Fla. / One Dragon)
3. Mirielle Graves ( Edwardsville , Ill. / USA Stars)
4. Abbie Cole (GBR)


Female Juvenile B 57kg
1. Madeline Crowell ( Chicago , Ill. / Tohkon Judo)
2. Lydia Au ( Chicago , Ill. / Tohkon Judo)
3. Michelle Escamilla ( Boynton Beach , Fla. / Devos Blum Family Y)
4. Danielle Fouche ( Colorado Springs , Colo. / Timberline Judo)


Female Juvenile B 63kg
1. Danielle Greenstein ( Coral Springs , Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai)
2. Shaniqua Brown ( Atlanta , Ga. / Waka Mu Sha)
3. Carla Genao-Butler ( Pasadena , Texas / Champion)
4. Kayla Martin ( Evansville , Ind. / Evansville YMCA)


Female Juvenile B 70kg
1. Marisha Miranda (PUR)
2. Kelsi Bostic ( Anderson , Ind. / Judan Judo)
3. Alexandra Cogswell ( Westminister , Colo. / Hyland, Hills.)


Female Juvenile B +70kg
1. Kate Patton ( Zephyrhills , Fla. / El Mambi Judo)
2. Halee Shadden (Mineral Wells, Texas / Ruben Martin Judo)
3. Fanny Medrano Larjos (ESA)
4. Laquinta Allen ( Miramar , Fla. / Onikusu Judo)
5. Amber Butts ( Fontana , Calif. / LACC)


Male Juvenile A 36kg
1. Jacob Palimo’o ( Honolulu , Hawaii / Shobukan)
2. Brandon Brown ( Yorkville , Ill. / Yorkville Judo)
3. Christopher Grunberg ( Greenbelt , Md. / College Park Judo)
4. Ibragim Urusnanov (No Country / Charlottesville , Va. / Charlottesville Judo)


Male Juvenile A 40kg
1. Jacob Hurt ( Yorkville , Ill. / Yorkville Judo)
2. Gordon Martinez ( Granite City , Ill. / USA Stars)
3. Jose Fernando Pantoja (MEX)
3. Anthony Sek ( Providence , R.I. / Mayo Quanchi)


Male Juvenile A 44kg
1. Everet Desilets ( Providence , R.I. / Mayo Quanchi)
2. Joshua Prado ( Coral Springs , Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai)
3. Austin Hronek ( Vancouver , Wash. / Obukan Judo)
3. Esteban Gomez-Rivera ( Miami , Fla. / Miami Judo Academy )


Male Juvenile A 48kg
1. Ricondo Cole ( Providence , R.I. / Mayo Quanchi)
2. Max Benjamin (Fresh Meadows, N.Y. / Queens Judo Center )
3. Lucas Gama ( Coral Springs , Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai)
3. Andrew Varga ( Chicago , Ill. / Meno Monee)


Male Juvenile A 53kg
1. Giovante Ortiz ( College Park , Ga. / Waka Mu Sha)
2. Diego Carrera (ECU)
3. Steve Perez ( Miami , Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai)
3. Nahoa Salera ( Honolulu . Hawaii / Shobukan)


Male Juvenile A 58kg
1. Max Golembo ( Vernon Hills , Ill. / Cohen's Judo)
2. Max Schenider ( Chicago , Ill. / Tohkon)
3. Ruben Martin ( Burleson , Texas / USA Stars / Ruben Martin Judo)
4. Luis Eduardo Felix (DOM)
5. Kevin Arriola ( Aurora , Ill. / Fox Valley Judo)


Male Juvenile A 64kg
1. Alwyn Clarke (GBR)
2. Richard Santacruz ( Riverview , Fla. / Florida School of Judo)
3. Pablo Redden-Gonzalez ( Earlysville , Va. / Charlottesville Judo)
3. Kameron Schaumleffle ( Fort Mitchell , Ala. / Chatahoochee Valley )


Male Juvenile A 71kg
1. David Bynum ( Maysville , N.C. / Mayfield’s Martial Arts)
2. Quintin Riley ( Colorado Springs , Colo. / Timberline Judo)
3. Rolando Bobadilla ( La Puente , Calif. / Guerreros)
4. Akbar Iminov (Fresh Meadow, N.Y. / Spartak)
5. Mark Oermain II ( Montgomery , Texas / School of Hard Knocks)


Male Juvenile A 91kg
1. Sergey Zilberbort (Aurora, Coolo. / Denver Judo)
2. Pavel Gorelov ( Charlottesville , Va. / Charlottesville Judo)
3. Victor Pedchenko ( Philadelphia , Pa. / Red Square / Liberty Bell )


Male Juvenile A +91kg
1. Christopher Escamilla ( Boynton Beach , Fla. / WPB Judo Academy )
2. Angel Alvarez ( Hialeah , Fla. / Budokan Judo)
3. Hagop Gyurnyan (ARM / Glendale , Calif. / Glendale Judo)


Male Juvenile B 51kg
1. Casey Kenney ( Portland , Ind. / Judan Judo)
2. Derek Edwards ( Montgomery , Ill. / Yorkville)
3. Cristian Geova Medina Siguenza (ECU)
3. Eric Fajardo ( Lincoln Park , N.Y. / Camal Judo)


Male Juvenile B 55kg
1. Santiago Martinez ( COL / Coral Springs , Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai)
2. Keith Beauvais ( Thornton , Colo. / Northglenn Judo)
3. Alex Shustorovich (Marlboro, N.J. / Camal Judo)
3. Austin Cook ( Chapel Hill , N.C. / Bushido Judo)


Male Juvenile B 60kg
1. Kyle Taketa ( Torrance , Calif. / Gardena Judo)
2. Charles Breton Leduc (CAN)
3. Miguel Prado (ECU)
3. Tyler Ferry ( Riverview , Fla. / Florida School of Judo)


Male Juvenile B 66kg
1. Leonardo Santibanez (No Country / Hialeah , Fla. / Budokan Judo)
2. Jose Cos IV ( Elbert , Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olmpic
Training Center )
3. Julio Cesar Felix (DOM)
3. Zachary Godbold ( Houston , Texas / Ruben Martin Judo)


Male Juvenile B 73kg
1. Dariel Porras ( Coral Springs , Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai)
2. David Prieto ( Las Vegas , Nev. / Rising Sun Las Vegas )
3. Daniel Abram ( Barrington , R.I. / Mayo Quanchi)
3. Colton Brown ( Piscataway , N.J. / Cranford Judo)


Male Juvenile B 81kg
1. Antonio Rodriguez ( Pembroke Pines , Fla. / USA Judo National Training Site
at North Miami )
2. Christopher Roman ( College Park , Ga. / Waka Mu Sha)
3. Gary Baldwin ( Eion , N.C. / North Carolina )


Male Juvenile B 90kg
1. Daniel Palatnik ( Rego Park , N.Y. / Spartak Sports Club)
2. Mauricio Bonilla (ESA)


Male Juvenile B +90kg
1. Colin Robinson ( College Park , Ga. / Waka Mu Sha)
2. Andrew Burris ( Lakeland , Fla. / Sumerlin Judo)
3. Igor Bazilevich ( Forrest Hills , N.Y. / Spartak)



Results by Country

Point System:

Place won | Point Value

1 5

2 3

3 1



Country name |Total|# 1 |# 2 |# 3 |
1. United States of America 305 33 33 41
2. Ecuador 17 1 3 3
3. Puerto Rico 10 2 0 0
4. Colombia 5 1 0 0
4. Great Britain 5 1 0 0
4. No Country 5 1 0 0
4. Brazil 5 1 0 0
5. El Salvador 4 0 1 1
6. Bahamas 3 0 1 0
6. Canada 3 0 1 0
7. Mexico 1 0 0 1
7. Armenia 1 0 0 1
7. Dominican Republic 1 0 0 1
7. Phillippines 1 0 0 1