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March 25, 2007
San Jose State University Wins Collegiate Nationals
(Miami, Fla.) – The USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University won its 42nd team title on Sunday at the National Collegiate Judo Association National Championships at Florida International University.
The San Jose squad took six gold medals out of 13 divisions and captured 11 medals overall.
Tomoyo Yoshinaga (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University) successfully defended her 2006 Collegiate National title in the 70kg division, beating 2006 Senior Nationals bronze medalist Katie Sell (Harlingen, Texas / University of Texas at Brownsville) by a koka in the final to earn the Most Outstanding Female award.
Marti Malloy (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University) moved up to 63kg after winning last year’s title at 57kg, defeating her teammate Corinne Geier (San Jose, Calif.) by a yuko (quarter-point) and a koka (smallest points) in the final.
Allison Clifford (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University) won her first Collegiate National title in the 78kg division, armbarring Oronica Juarez (Fresno, Calif. / California State University at Fresno) in the final. The former Brazilian Jujitsu National and Pan Am Champion beat Rhonda Morrell-Pruitt (Centerville, Ohio / University of Cincinatti), a 2006 Pan Am Team member, by a koka in the semifinal before winning the gold.
Tabitha Lum (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University) improved on her 2006 silver medal finish with a gold medal victory over Safiyyah Shabazz (Atlanta, Ga. / Atlanta Tech).
Isaac Golubchin (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University) made an impressive Collegiate Nationals debut with a 60kg gold medal. New to the sport of judo, Golubchin is a former Greco-Roman wrestler who trained at the U.S. Olympic Education Center.
San Jose’s final gold medal of the day came from Atsushi Yoshinaga (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University / 90kg) who threw his San Jose teammate Davor Vasiljevic (San Jose, Calif.) for a huge ippon in the final.
A former Pan Am medalist for Chile, Felipe Novoa (Miami, Fla. / University of Miami) was the day’s Most Outstanding Male player, throwing each of his preliminary round opponents in rapid succession to get to the final where he threw Toshiya Nishimura (Centerville, Ohio / Ohio State University) for a quick yuko before throwing him again to win by ippon.
Michael Eldred (Fruitland, Idaho / Boise State University) went 4-0 to win the 73kg division where he defeated Takeshi Young (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University) in the final and also earned the Tom Lambert Most Inspirational Male Award.
Anthony Haskins (Cheney, Wash. / Eastern Washington University) was the Jeremy Glick Sportsmanship Award recipient after winning the +100kg division.
The overall men’s team title went to the USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University with second and third place honors going to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and Texas A&M, respectively.
The USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University and the U.S. Military Academy at West Point went 1-2 on the women’s side as well with California State University at Fresno and the University of Tennessee tying for third place.
Complete results are as follows:
Women’s 48kg
1. Tabitha Lum (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University)
2. Safiyyah Shabazz (Atlanta, Ga. / Atlanta Tech)
Women’s 52kg
1. Diba Mani (Westminster, Colo. / University of Colorado)
2. Tara Clark (Hercules, Calif. / University of California at Berkeley)
3. Maria Chadziutko (West Point, N.Y. / U.S. Military Academy at West Point)
Women’s 57kg
1. Charla Little (Harlingen, Texas / University of Texas at Brownsville)
2. Lok Cheung (Knoxville, Tenn. / University of Tennessee)
3. Andrea Alexander (West Point, N.Y. / United States Military Academy)
Women’s 63kg
1. Marti Malloy (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University)
2. Corinne Geier (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University)
3. Brittany Bezoski (Amherst, Ohio / University of Toledo)
Women’s 70kg
1. Tomoyo Yoshinaga (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University)
2. Kathleen Sell (Harlingen, Texas / University of Texas of Brownsville)
3. Samantha Bleier (Ames, Iowa / Iowa State University)
Women’s 78kg
1. Allison Clifford (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University)
2. Oronica Juarez (Fresno, Calif. / California State University at Fresno)
3. Rhonda Morrell-Pruitt (Centerville, Ohio / University of Cincinnati)
Women’s Novice 52kg
1. Whitney Lanfranco (College Station, Texas / Texas A&M)
Men’s 60kg
1. Isaac Golubchin (Cliffside Park, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University)
2. David Burris (West Point, N.Y. / U.S. Military Academy at West Point)
3. Preston Kirkham (College Station, Texas / Texas A&M)
Men’s 66kg
1. Felipe Novoa (Miami, Fla. / University of Miami)
2. Toshiya Nishimura (Centerville, Ohio / Ohio State University)
3. Jeff Fong (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University)
Men’s 73kg
1. Michael Eldred (Fruitland, Idaho / Boise State University)
2. Takeshi Young (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University)
3. Jeffrey Fernandez (Miami, Fla. / Miami Dade Community College)
Men’s 81kg
1. Ross MacBaisey (Atlanta, Ga. / Emory Judo)
2. Phillip Spano (Tampa, Fla. / Hillsborough Community College)
3. Andrew Hung (Pearl City, Hawaii / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University)
Men’s 90kg
1. Atsushi Yoshinaga (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University)
2. Davor Vasiljevic (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University)
3. Jordan Bellamy (West Point, N.Y. / U.S. Military Academy at West Point)
Men’s 100kg
1. Paul Gomez (Harlingen, Texas / University of Texas at Brownsville)
2. Christopher Behm (West Point, N.Y. / U.S. Military Academy at West Point)
3. Jonathan Fuller (College Station, Texas / Texas A&M)
Men’s +100kg
1. Anthony Haskins (Cheney, Wash. / Eastern Washington University)
2. Philip Mongan (Bemidji, Minn. / Bemidji State University)
3. Nicholas Gohn (Livermore, Calif. / Menlo College)
Men’s Novice 66kg
1. Chris Jones (Ennis, Texas / Texas A&M)
2. Stefan Borden (West Point, N.Y. / U.S. Military Military Academy at West Point)
Men’s Novice 73kg
1. Dan Dempsey (Ames, Iowa / Iowa State University)
2. Daniel Diccicco (West Point, N.Y. / U.S. Military Academy at West Point)
3. Trevor Graves (West Point, N.Y. / U.S. Military Academy at West Point)
Women’s Novice 81kg
1. Frank Edmunds (Gloucester, N.Y. / U.S. Military Academy at West Point)
2. Andrew Soto (Bryan, Texas / Texas A&M)
3. Mark Stevens (Flagstaff, Ariz. / Northern Arizona University)
Women’s Novice 90kg
1. Matthew Song (Unknown)
2. Andrew Meister (Unknown)
3. Kristopher Kilcore (Unknown)
Men’s Novice +100kg
1. Nicholas Gohn (Livermore, Calif. / Menlo College) |
