2006 Rocky Mountain State Games Results

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2005 World Team membe Kirk Hoffmann and others help athletes line up for Opening Ceremonies.

Tournament Co-Director Tammie Liddie and Eddie Liddie, USA Judo Director of Athlete Performance, work on final details for the event.

2005 World Team member Ryan Reser gives a future judo player an aerial view.

Reser chats with State Games athletes.

The Denver Bronco mascot marches into Opening Ceremonies with members of the U.S. Women's Volleyball Team.

Athletes march in for Opening Ceremonies.

Athletes march in for Opening Ceremonies.

Athletes get ready to bow in for competition.

August 5 , 2006

Rocky Mountain State Games Results

The Rocky Mountain State Games judo competition was held Saturday at the U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Fieldhouse. More than 100 athletes from 18 clubs competed in the event, including several top-ranked junior and senior players.

Ryan Reser (Security, Colo. / Olympic Training Center), a 2005 World Team member and two-time 2006 World Cup silver medalist at 73kg, fought up at 81kg and defeated each of his opponents by ippon (instant win), including a win over Kenny Hashimoto (Thornton, Colo. / Northglenn Judo), the #2-ranked senior in the 66kg division.

Heidi Moore (Englewood, Colo. / Denver Judo / +78kg), also a 2005 World Team member, won each of her three matches by ippon as well. Moores victories included throwing 2005 Pan Am Masters Champion Jessica Lockfield (Denver, Colo. / Denver Judo) and pinning Jane Lock (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center), the 2006 Collegiate Nationals silver medalist.

Kirk Hoffmann (Security, Colo. / Olympic Training Center), 2005 World Team member and Pan American bronze medalist, won an uncontested heavyweight division.

Senior Nationals bronze medalist Alexa Liddie (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center) also won this weekend, taking gold in the teenage lightweight division.

Three visually impaired athletes were among the day’s top finishers. Nicholas Silver (St. Louis, Mo. / U.S. Association of Blind Athletes) defeated able-bodied Logan Petro (Penrose, Colo. / Ganbare Judo) in the Men’s Novice Light Middleweight division. Meanwhile, Adan Gutic (St. Louis, Mo. / Kirkwood Judo) and Michael Sapp (Detroit, Mich. / Saito Judo) were first and second, respectively, in the men’s novice middleweight division.

Top juniors winning gold this weekend included:

Micayla Maes (Wheat Ridge, Colo. / Northglenn Judo Club), 2006 Junior U.S. Open gold medalist, won the Girls 11-12-year-old division
Christopher Cos (Elbert, Colo. / Olympic Training Center), 2006 Junior Grand Slam Winner, won the Boys 9-10-years-old Lightweight division
George Truong (Colorado Springs / Ju Shin Kan), two-time 2006 Junior National silver medalist won both the Boys 13-14-years-old Lightweight and Boys 11-12-years-old divisions.
Jose Cos (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center), 2006 Junior U.S. Open silver medalist, won the Boys 15-16-years-old Lightweight division.
Zachary Maes (Wheat Ridge, Colo. / Northglenn Judo Club), 2006 High School Nationals Champion, won the Men’s 60kg division.

Overall, the Olympic Training Center Judo Club finished first with 66 points, followed by Northglenn Judo Club with 59 points, Denver Judo with 42 points and Boulder Judo Training Center with 25 points.

Complete results are as follows:

Girls 5-6-years-old
1. Desteni Heinrich (Boulder, Colo. / Boulder Judo Training Center)
2. Riley Abeyth (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center)
3. Danya St. John (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Timberline Judo)

Girls 7-8-years-old
1. Brittany Burger (Northglenn, Colo. / Northglenn Judo Club)
2. Erin Amos (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center)
3. Taylor Swierc (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Eastside Judo Club)

Girls 11-12-years-old
1. Micayla Maes (Wheat Ridge, Colo. / Northglenn Judo Club)
2. Jordan Smith (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Ju Shin Kan)

Girls Teenage Lightweight
1. Alexa Liddie (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center)
2. Chelsea Hudson (Arvada, Colo. / Hyland Hills Judo Club)
3. Shelby Davis (Brighton, Colo. / Northglenn Judo Club)

Girls Teenage Middleweight
1. Sofia Mani (SWE / Westminster, Colo. / Northglenn Judo Club)
2. Meg Maceau (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center)

Girls Teenage Heavyweight
1. Nicole Laurell (Woodland Park, Colo. / Suzuran Judo Club)
2. Kelsey Reichert (Florence, Colo. / Ganbare Judo)

Girls Novice Lightweight
1. Marley Adams (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Hyland Hills Judo Club)

2. Sylvia Conquest (Colorado Springs / Olympic Training Center)
3. Aundrea Vierra (Denver, Colo. / Northglenn Judo Club)

Girls Novice Middleweight
1. Angelina Fishback (Longmont, Colo. / Boulder YMCA Judo Club)
2. Fabiana Freyre (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center)

Girls Novice Heavyweight
1. Janel Burks (Denver, Colo. / Denver Judo)
2. Callie Willis (Denver, Colo. / Denver Judo)

Boys 5-6-years-old, Lightweight
1. Mathew Harwitt (Boulder, Colo. / Boulder Judo Training Center)
2. Robert Burger III (Northglenn, Colo. / Northglenn Judo Club)
3. Sam Brown (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Eastside Judo Club)

Boys 5-6-years-old, Heavyweight
1. Hiroto Hayashi (Brighton, Colo. / Northglenn Judo Club)
2. Ian Navarro (Denver, Colo. / Denver Judo)

Boys 9-10-years-old, Lightweight
1. Christopher Cos (Elbert, Colo. / Olympic Training Center)
2. Andy Brown (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Eastside Judo Club)

Boys 9-10-years-old, Heavyweight
1. Ian Cheatum (Golden, Colo. / Northglenn Judo Club)
2. Barry Visser (Denver, Colo. / Boulder Judo Training Center)
3. Andrew Sailas (Hyland Hills Judo Club)

Boys 11-12-years-old
1. George Truong (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Ju Shin Kan)
2. Connor Murtha (Boulder, Colo. / Boulder Judo Training Center)
3. Ian Popp (Grand Junction, Colo. / Grand Mesa Judo)

Boys 13-14-years-old, Lightweight
1. George Truong (Colorado Springs / Ju Shin Kan)
2. Diederick Visser (Denver, Colo. / Boulder Judo Training Center)
3. Conner Murtha (Boulder, Colo. / Boulder Judo Training Center)

Boys 13-14-years-old, Heavyweight
1. Keith Beauvais (Thornton, Colo. / Northglenn Judo Club)
2. Foryst Hudson (Arvada, Colo. / Hyland Hills Judo Club)

Boys 15-16-years-old, Lightweight
1. Jose Cos (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center)
2. Chris Ruiz (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center)
3. Eugene Lantsman (Aurora, Colo. / European Judo Club)

Boys 15-16-years-old, Heavyweight
1. Alex Zilberbort (Aurora, Colo. / European Judo Club)
2. Pavel Reppo (Aurora, Colo. / European Judo Club)
3. Sergey Zilberbort (Aurora, Colo. / European Judo Club)

Boys Novice #1, Flyweight
1. Brett Schneider (Hyland Hills Judo Club)
2. Robert Tanaka (Denver, Colo. / Denver Judo)
3. Zane Hall (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Timberline Judo)

Boys Novice #2, Lightweight
1. Nathan Harwitt (Boulder, Colo. / Boulder Judo Training Center)
2. Benjamin Detwiler (Denver, Colo. / Denver Judo)
3. Joey Long (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center)

Boys Novice #3, Middleweight
1. Tanner Swierc (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Eastside Judo Club)
2. Derck Riemer (Arvada, Colo. / Denver Judo)
3. Zachary Berner (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center)

Boys Novice #4, Heavyweight
1. Seth Flint (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center)
2. Micah Flint (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center)
3. Sam Long (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center)

Women 57 kg
1. Diba Mani (SWE / Westminster, Colo. / Northglenn Judo Club)
2. Sofia Mani (SWE / Westminster, Colo. / Northglenn Judo Club)
3. Nicole Laurell (Woodland Park, Colo. / Suzuran Judo Club)

Women +78kg
1. Heidi Moore (Englewood, Colo. / Denver Judo)
2. Jane Lock (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center)
3. Jessica Lockfeld (Denver, Colo. / Denver Judo)

Women Novice
1. Stephania Bunka (Arvada, Colo. / Northglenn Judo Club)
2. Bianca Hernandez (Aurora, Colo. / Denver Judo)
3. Brenda Dalgliesh (Florence, Colo. / Ganbare Judo)

Men 60kg
1. Zachary Maes (Wheat Ridge, Colo. / Northglenn Judo Club)
2. Chris Ruiz (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center)
3. Eldur Badal (European Judo Club)

Men 81kg
1. Ryan Reser (Security, Colo. / Olympic Training Center)
2. Kenneth Hashimoto (Thornton, Colo. / Northglenn Judo Club)
3. Iavor Kostadinov (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center))

Men 90kg
1. Garfield Johnson (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center)

Men +100 kg
1. Kirk Hoffmann (Security, Colo. / Olympic Training Center)

Men Novice Lightweight
1. Sam Barkat (Golden, Colo. / Colorado School of Mines)
2. Christopher Metzgar (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Eastside Judo Club)
3. Carlos Sandoval (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USAFA Prep School)

Men Novice Light Middleweight
1. Nicholas Silver (St. Louis, Mo. / U.S. Association of Blind Athletes)
2. Logan Petro (Penrose, Colo. / Ganbare Judo)

Men Novice Middleweight
1. Adan Gutic (St. Louis, Mo. / Kirkwood Judo)
2. Michael Sapp (Detroit, Mich. / Saito Judo)

Men Novice Heavyweight
1. George Richey (Denver, Colo. / Denver Judo)
2. Sung Lim (Aurora, Colo. / Denver Judo)

Men Masters
1. George Richey (Denver, Colo. / Denver Judo)
2. Monty Mani (SWE / Westminster, Colo. / Northglenn Judo Club)
3. Matt Simmons (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Eastside Judo Club)

Results by Club

      Point System:
Place won | Point Value
    1         5
    2         3
    3         1

   Club name                     |Total|# 1 |# 2 |# 3 |
1. Olympic Training Center       66    7    9    4
2. Northglenn Judo Club          59    9    4    2
3. Denver Judo                   42    4    7    1
4. Boulder Judo Training Ctr     25    3    3    1
5. Hyland Hills Judo Club        17    2    2    1
6. Eastside Judo Club            14    1    2    3
7. Ju Shin Kan                   13    2    1    0
8. European Judo Club            11    1    1    3
9. Ganbare Judo                   7    0    2    1
10. Suzuran Judo Club              6    1    0    1
11. Kirkwood Judo                  5    1    0    0
11. Boulder YMCA Judo Club         5    1    0    0
11. Colorado School of Mines       5    1    0    0
11. US Assoc Blind Athletes        5    1    0    0
12. Saito Judo                     3    0    1    0
13. Timberline Judo                2    0    0    2
14. USAFA Prep School              1    0    0    1
14. Grand Mesa Judo                1    0    0    1