Texas Athletes Top The Charts In Overall State Results At 2007 USA Judo National Junior Olympic Judo Championships; Team Becerra Wins Club Category

U S JudoJUDO: Texas Athletes Top The Charts In Overall State Results At 2007 USA Judo National Junior Olympic Judo Championships; Team Becerra Wins Club Category
Contact: Nicole Jomantas
Nicole.Jomantas@usajudo.us


SAN ANTONIO, Texas – After two full days of action at the 2007 USA Judo National Junior Olympic Championships at the Freeman Coliseum in San Antonio, it was the athletes of Texas who shined on the points spread for the event.

After final tallies were completed, Texans earned the most points of all competitors in the field with 155. Running neck and neck, Californians scored 129 points to Hawaii’s 123.

The top team also hailed from Texas, as Becerra Judo Club, located in Garland, Texas, took a commanding lead scoring 101 overall. Hawaii had two teams in the top three, including Hawaii Tenri and Shobukan, respectively.

Home to many outstanding judo clubs, San Antonio offered an ideal location for the 2007 competition. More than 700 athletes were anticipated for the weekend event.

“We are really pleased with the success of this match,” said Sherrie Phillips, one of two tournament directors. “The level of competition and incredible performances leave us with great expectations for next year.”

The biggest match of the day was the non-Olympic women’s International Judo Federation (IJF) 44kg division, touting two of the top three seniors in the nation. Two-time national silver medal winner Veronica Prado (Coal Springs, Fla. / USA Judo National Training Site at North Miami) entered as the top-ranked player, but was challenged by 2007 National Champion Taylor Ibera (Honolulu, Hawaii / Hawaii Tenri).

Prado scored two Ippon’s and a Yuko in five rounds to squeak by Ibera for the gold. Ibera managed an Ippon in her fourth match, but wasn’t able to knock Prado from the top step on the podium.

Following in third was Katelyn Bouyssou (Hope, R.I. / Mayo Quanchi Judo), the same athlete who said she had something to prove to herself after her win just one day earlier in the girls Juvenile A 44kg division. For her efforts, she was honored with the Sportsmanship Award for the day.

Teed up to be one of the most amazing stories from the event was the Boys' IJF-Junior 66kg division, a weight class with a long roster of top players. Coming out on top was Jeremy Liggett of Glenville, New York (NYAC / USA Judo National Training Site at the Jason Morris Judo Center), taking the gold in the category and earning himself the Outstanding Judoka Award for the day.

Liggett, who snatched the silver at the Senior Pan Ams in the 60kg division last may, worked his way into 66kg weight class and confirmed that he deserves the top spot in the division.

Complete results for both days of competition are as follows:
Club Team Results
Becerra - 101 points
Hawaii Tenri - 88 points
Shobukan - 68 points

State Results
Texas - 155 points
California - 129 points
Hawaii - 123 points

Day One Overall Awards
Outstanding Judoka Award: Joshua Villani (Boys Juvenile A 53kg/Ippon Dojo)
Sportsmanship Award: Shaniqua Brown (Girls Juvenile B 63kg/Waka-Mu-Sha Club)
Best Technique Award: Antonio Rodriguez (Boys Juvenile B 81kg/USA Judo National Training Site at North Miami)
Day Two Overall Awards
Outstanding Judoka Award: Jeremy Liggett (Boys IJF Junior 66kg/New York)
Sportsmanship Award: Katelyn Bouyssou (Girls Juvenile A 44 kg/IJF Junior 44kg/
Rhode Island)
Best Technique Award: Jared Sterling (Boys IJF Junior 60kg/Washington)

Boys Bantam Division
Boys Bantam 1 2001 19kg
Koali Nishigaya (Hawaii)
TJ LaFrancis (California)
Evan Chung (California)
Brayden Bella (Hawaii)
Piatt Pund (Colorado)

Boys Bantam 2 2000 21kg
Ka’ua Nishigaya (Hawaii)
Braun Castro (Hawaii)
Joshua Gobencion (New Jersey)

Boys Bantam 1 2001 23kg
Brendan Duclos (Oklahoma)
Daniel Miller (Michigan)
Isaiah Ramirez (California)
Tucker Baker (Idaho)
Kenneth Steele (Colorado)

Boys Bantam 3 1999 23kg
Isaac Harai (Washington)
Holden Heller (Illinois)
Vincent Marquez (California)
Kanin McGuire (Colorado)
Caleb Veler (Texas)

Boys Bantam 2 2000 25kg
Michael Elrod (Florida)
Tomik Ogauyan (California)
Damian Vera (Texas)
Cameron Dang (Hawaii)
Robin Goad (Oklahoma)Davidson Athan (Texas)

Boys Bantam 3 1999 27kg
Marco Greco-Byrne (Rhode Island)
Jacob Anthony (Oklahoma)
Gregory West (California)
Stanford Tolbert Jr. (Florida)
Robert Foo (California)Javier Acosta (Florida)
Boys Bantam 1 2001 28kg
Luis Flores (Texas)
Giuseppi Inserra (Virginia)
Joshua Veler (Texas)

Boys Bantam 2 2000 30kg
Roger Villa (Texas)
Trent Ross (Arizona)
Kevin Jarrero (Texas)

Boys Bantam 2 2000 +30kg
Daniel Pavlov (New York)
Jacobey Walker (Michigan)
Herbert Delafuente (Texas)
Alexander Conrad (Oklahoma)
Jase Argo (Oklahoma)

Boys Bantam 3 1999 31kg
Bishop Rapoza (Hawaii)
Jared Kaneko (Hawaii)
Carols Hernandez (Texas)
Garrett Nash (Idaho)
Nicolas Reasor (Texas)Sean Valverde (Texas)
Boys Bantam 3 1999 +35kg
Dylon Carnagey (Oklahoma)

Boys IJF Junior Division
Boys IJF Junior 55kg
Zachary Maes (Colorado)
Aaron Fukuhara (California)
Colton Haire (Georgia)
Alejandro Tellez (Texas)
Steven Perez

Boys IJF Junior 60kg
Jared Sterling (Washington)
Arnold Toriumi (Hawaii)
Aaron Kunihiro (California)
Cole Johnston (Texas)
Joshua Woosley (New York)Tanner Leedom (Idaho)
Boys IJF Junior 66kg
Jeremy Liggett (New York)
Joseph Hasimoto (Colorado)
Ryan Bratton (Colorado)
Miguel Ballesteros (Florida)
Christopher Ruiz (Colorado)Nicolas O’Connell (Rhode Island)
Boys IJF Junior 73kg
Nick Delpopolo (New York)
Dariel Porras (Florida)
Alfred Raymond (Rhode Island)
Christ Cody (Texas)
Muhsin Shabazz (Georgia)Duane Fukumoto (Hawaii)
Boys IJF Junior 81kg
Wesley Thomas (California)
Tony Sangimino (California)
Antonio Rodriguez (Florida)
Ian Stahuljak (Colorado)
Jimmy Kim (California)Jeremy Mathis (Georgia)
Boys IJF Junior 90kg
Jacob Larsen
Carlos Moran (New York)
Sihartha Raj Kumar (California)
Michael Hadley (Idaho)
Nathan Westbrook (Texas)

Boys IJF Junior 100kg
Kyle Vashkulat (New York)
Paul Gomez (Texas)

Boys IJF Junior +100kg
Kevin Taise (California)
Anthony Haskins (Washington)
J.T. Woodard (Texas)
Ryan Firth (Texas)
Doyle Richeson (Texas)

Girls Bantam Division
Girls Bantam 2 2000 21kg
Giovanna Prado (Florida)
Desteni Heinrich (Colorado)

Girls Bantam 3 1999 23kg
Gabriele Prado (Florida)
Teniya Alo (Hawaii)
Czarina Pineda-Abaya (Florida)

Girls Bantam 2 2000 25kg
Elizabeth Wright (California)
Audrey Lively (Texas)
Riley Abeyta (Colorado)
Heather Branch

Girls Bantam 3 1999 27kg
Abril Anguiano (Texas)
Ashley Branch (Texas)

Girls Bantam 2 2000 30kg
Jasmine Borrero (Washington)
Lexi Nelson (Texas)

Girls Bantam 3 1999 35kg
Gabrielle Proksa (New Hampshire)
Madison Montgomery (Texas)
Meredith Hill (Texas)
Lindsay Hadley (Idaho)

Girls IJF Junior Division
Girls IJF Junior 44kg
Veronica Prado (Florida)
Taylor Ibera (Hawaii)
Katelyn Bouyssou (Rhode Island)
Brooke Berini (Rhode Island)

Girls IJF Junior 48kg
Angela Creutzberger (New York)
Jessica Irons (Illinois)
Kayla Chappel (Oklahoma)
Lisette Abad (California)

Girls IJF Junior 52kg
Chrissy Chow (Hawaii)
Tara Clark (California)
Margaret Maceau (Colorado)

Girls IJF Junior 57kg
Angelica Delgado (Florida)
Hana Carmichael (Florida)
Charla Little (Texas)
Veronica Graves (Illinois)
Madeline Crowell (Illinois)

Girls IJF Junior 63kg
Paola Genao (Texas)
Paula Duarte (California)
Ronni Aragona (New York)
Jillian Roman (Georgia)
Danielle Greenstein (Florida)Kelly Au (Illinois)
Girls IJF Junior 70kg
Helen Delpopolo (New Jersey)
Natalia Mitura (Rhode Island)
Malinda Bridges (Rhode Island)

Girls IJF Junior 78kg
La Quinta Allen (Florida)
Halee Shadden (Texas)
Sarah Newton (Texas)

Girls IJF Junior +78kg
Brittni Bradford (Texas)
Julia Dickson (Texas)

Girls Juvenile Division
Girls Juvenile A 36kg
Micayla Maes (Colorado)
Sulynet Rivera (Texas)
Tayler Duclos (Oklahoma)

Girls Juvenile A 40kg
Nicole Taniguchi (Hawaii)
Anna Lively (Texas)
Kathryn Koirtyohann (Texas)

Girls Juvenile A 44 kg
Katelyn Bouyssou (Rhode Island)*
Darya Cogswell (Colorado)
Katherine Lum (Hawaii)
Tamara Kimball (California)
Brooke Berini (Massachusetts)

Girls Juvenile A 48kg
Kayla Hall (Illinois)
Jessica Irons (Illinois)
Jessica Rojas (Texas)
Samantha Ortiz (California)
Svetlan Peysakhova (New York) Ericka Clark (Texas)
Girls Juvenile B 48kg
Lisette Abad (California)
Sandra Chevalier (Rhode Island)
Ashley Cameron (Texas)
Kayla Chappel (Oklahoma)

Girls Juvenile B 52kg
Chrissy Chow (Hawaii)
Grabriella Denu (Maryland)
Mirielle Graves (Illinois)
Kassandra Scoggin (Idaho)
Sarah Neyra (Florida)

Girls Juvenile A 53kg
Mindy Chow (Hawaii)
Samantha Martin (Texas)
Yesenia Crespo (Florida)
Brianna Padron (Florida)
Mariah Drescher (Connecticut) Kia Artis (Indiana)

Girls Juvenile B 57kg
Marlena Grovenstein (Colorado)
Lydia Au (Illinois)
Madeline Crowell (Illinois)
Melody Marritt (Texas)
Nicole Laurell (Colorado)Danielle Fouche (Colorado)
Girls Juvenile A 58kg
Carly Patton (Florida)
Sueheidi Vargas (California)
Crystal Butts (California)
Teannie Hernandez (Florida)

Girls Juvenile B 63kg
Shaniqua Brown (Georgia)
Kayla Martin (Indiana)
Carla Genao-Butler (Texas)
Jussine Melrose (California)
Ronni Aragona (New York)Christy Clark (Texas)

Girls Juvenile A 64kg
Jessica Beed (Oklahoma)

Girls Juvenile A +64kg
April Clark (Texas)
Alicia Nguyen (Texas)
Kristal Greer (Texas)

Girls Juvenile B 70kg
Kelsi Bostic (Indiana)
Frances Harvey (California)
Shandi Nelson (Texas)
Alexandra Cogswell (Colorado)

Girls Juvenile B +70kg
LaQuinta Allen (Florida)
Kate Patton (Florida)
Halee Shadden (Texas)

Girls Intermediate Division
Girls Intermediate 1 26kg
Erin Butts (California)
Jessica Abad (California)
Amber Pair (Idaho)
Erin Amos (Colorado)
Ariana Bermea (Texas)Samantha Sifuentes (Texas)
Girls Intermediate 2 28kg
Sofia Greco-Byrne (Rhode Island)
Lauren Kikuchi (California)
Kolbey Duclos (Oklahoma)
Jessica Oda (Hawaii)

Girls Intermediate 1 30kg
Teshya Alo (Hawaii)
Mychayla Villani (Washington)
Madison Shields (Idaho)
Brandy Martinez (Texas)
Ashlyn White (Florida)Amber Crow (Texas)

Girls Intermediate 2 31kg
Kendyl Post (California)
Willow Heller (Illinois)
Jayde Katagihara (California)
Kaylyn Fukuhara (California)

Girls Intermediate 1 34kg
Leora Peysakhova (New York)
Kaylin Castro (Hawaii)
Jennifer Rojas (Texas)
Katherine Kirkegaard (Texas)
Michaela Barnes (Oklahoma)

Girls Intermediate 1 38kg
Amarachi Anozie (Texas)
Tiffany Martin (Texas)
Alyssa Lafrancis (California)
Coilin Ross (Arizona)

Girls Intermediate 2 38kg
Cassidy Chandler (Hawaii)
Victoria Burke (California)
Margaret Standish (Iowa)
Brittany Greer (Texas)
Isabeau Ross (Arizona)
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