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May 25, 2007

Six U.S. Athletes to Fight for Medals at Pan Am Championships Tonight

Valerie Gotay (Harlingen, Texas / USA Judo National Training Site at Harlingen / 57kg) and Ryan Reser (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site a the Olympic Training Center / 73kg) both have the opportunity to earn Team USA’s first Pan Am Championship gold medal since 2005 when they each won gold as well.

Alexa Liddie (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center) won a silver medal in a round-robin 44kg division earlier in the day.

Four athletes will be fighting for bronze medals.

The Team USA match-ups for tonight are as follows:

55kg Bronze:     Kyle Taketa (Torrance, Calif. / Gardena Judo) vs. Hiram Cruz (PUR)

66kg Bronze:     Justin Flores (Glenville, N.Y. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Jason Morris Judo Center) vs. Sasha Mehmedovic (CAN)

73kg Gold:        Ryan Reser (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center) vs. Pedro Guedes (BRA)

Open Bronze:     Adler Volmar (Coral Springs, Fla. / USA Judo National Training Site at North Miami) vs. Alenis Rosales (VEN)

57kg Gold:        Valerie Gotay (Haringen, Texas / USA Judo National Training Site at Harlingen) vs. Danielle Zangrando (BRA)

Open Bronze:    Heidi Moore (Englewood, Colo. / Denver Judo) vs. Melissa Mojica (PUR)