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March 26, 2006
San Jose State Team Wins 11 Medals at Collegiate Nationals
(Tinley Park, Ill.) – Athletes from San Jose State University dominated the Collegiate National Judo Championships Sunday in Tinley Park, Ill., winning 11 medals and the overall team title while Yosh Uchida (San Jose, Calif.) received Coach of the Year honors
San Jose team members Travis Stevens (San Jose, Calif./81kg), Tomoyo Yoshinaga (San Jose, Calif./70kg), Corinne Geier (San Jose, Calif./63kg) and Marti Malloy (San Jose, Calif./57kg) each took home gold medals.
Second-ranked U.S. athlete Malloy armbarred Heather Swett (Medford, Mass./Salem State College) two minutes into the match for ippon (instant win) to claim her second consecutive collegiate title. Stevens also defended his 2005 title, defeating #5-ranked Yuko Sin (Glenville, N.Y./SUNY Albany) in the final.
Malloy was named Outstanding Female Player of the tournament while Stevens received the Tom Lambert Award for being the event’s most inspirational player.
Athletes from the United States Military Academy at West Point placed second in the team competition, claiming four overall medals, including a gold won by Michael Lee (West Point, N.Y./West Point/90kg) over 2004 Champion Atsushi Yoshinaga (Lombard, Calif./San Jose State University).
In the men’s 73kg division, Eduardo Novoa (Colorado Springs, Colo./University of Colorado – Colorado Springs), a Chilean athlete training at the Olympic Training Center, defeated #7-ranked Michael Eldred (Fruitland, Idaho/Boise State University) to win gold.
Eduardo’s brother Felipe Novoa (Colorado Springs, Colo./University of Colorado – Colorado Springs) defeated his OTC teammate Joshua O'Neil (Racine, Wis./Pikes Peak Community College) with a throw for ippon to win the 66kg division and the Outstanding Male Player Award.
Djamaldin Aliev (Greenwood Village, Colo./Metro State College – Denver), a 2005 World Team member, won his first collegiate title, throwing Brent Carr (West Point, N.Y./West Point) for ippon in 14 seconds.
On the women’s side, OTC athletes Anna Palmer (Colorado Springs, Colo./University of Colorado – Colorado Springs/52kg), a 2004 Junior World Team member, won her first collegiate title while Jane Lock (Colorado Springs, Colo./Pikes Peak Community College/70kg) took a silver medal in her first collegiate event.
Ann Shiraishi (Elk Grove, Calif./Sacramento City College), 2005 Nationals silver medalist, won her second collegiate title with a win over Tabitha Lum (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University) at 48kg.
Nausikaa Davis (Renton, Wash./Highline Community College/57kg) went 4-1 to win bronze in her division as well as the Jeremy Glick Sportsmanship Award.
Complete results are as follows:
Women 48kg
1. Ann Shiraishi (Elk Grove, Calif./Sacramento City College)
2. Tabitha Lum (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
3. Ashley Broussard (Erath, La./Univ. of Louisiana-Lafayette)
Women 52kg
1. Anna Palmer (Colorado Springs, Colo./University of Colorado – Colorado Springs)
2. Jessica Elizalde (Scotia, N.Y./Schenectady College)
3. Whitney Lanfranco (College Station, Texas/Texas A&M)
Women 57kg
1. Marti Malloy (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
2. Heather Swett (Medford, Mass./Salem State College)
3. Nausikaa Davis (Renton, Wash./Highline Community College)
Women 63kg
1. Corinne Geier (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
2. Sara Knutson (West Point, N.Y./West Point)
3. Kelly O'Donnell (Flagstaff, Calif./Northern Arizona University)
Women 70kg
1. Tomoyo Yoshinaga (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
2. Jane Lock (Colorado Springs, Colo./Pikes Peak Community College)
3. Cleo Grinberg (Tarrytown, N.Y./University of Albany)
Women 78kg
1. Rhonda Morrell-Pruitt (Centerville, Ohio/University of Cincinnati)
2. Oronica Juarez (Fresno, Calif./California State – Fresno)
3. Sara Drane (West Point, N.Y./West Point)
Women +78 kg
1. Leyen Zulueta (Dayton, Ohio/Miami Jacobs College)
2. Sara Parson (Springdale, Ark./Northwest Arkansas Community College)
Men 60kg
1. Joshua Peacott (Mililani, Hawaii/University of Hawaii – Manoa)
2. Jared Higashi (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
3. Scott Neuburger (Flagstaff, Ariz./Northern Arizona University)
Men 66kg
1. Felipe Novoa (Colorado Springs, Colo./University of Colorado – Colorado Springs)
2. Joshua O'Neil (Racine, Wis./Pikes Peak Community College)
3. Sean Lang (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
Men 73kg
1. Eduardo Novoa (Colorado Springs, Colo./University of Colorado – Colorado Springs)
2. Michael Eldred (Fruitland, Idaho/Boise State University)
3. David Torres (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
Men 81kg
1. Travis Stevens (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
2. Yuko Sin (Glenville, N.Y./SUNY Albany)
3. Andrew Hung (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
Men 90kg
1. Michael Lee (West Point, N.Y./West Point)
2. Atsushi Yoshinaga (Lombard, Calif./San Jose State University)
3. Michael Grossman (San Jose, Calif./San Jose State University)
Men 100kg
1. Djamaldin Aliev (Greenwood Village, Colo./Metro State College – Denver)
2. Brent Carr (West Point, N.Y./West Point)
3. Alexis Martell (Belleville/Wayne County Community College)
Men +100kg
1. Konrad Bach (Largo/Duke University)
2. Mick Kaminsky (Mundelein, Ill./Northern Michigan University)
3. Arjun Ghosh (College Station, Texas/Texas A&M)
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