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February 11, 2007
San Jose Buddhist Sensei Memorial Tournament Results
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All photos courtesy of Jerry Hays. |
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Women's 48kg medals. |
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Women's 52kg medals. |
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Men's 73kg medals. |
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Chuck Jefferson (blue) goes to throw Michael Eldred (white) in the gold medal match of the men's 73kg division. |
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Athletes warm up prior to competition. |
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Opening Ceremonies. |
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Sayaka Matsumoto (blue) vs. Kati Bartkowski (white). |
Completed Pool Sheets
More than 700 athletes competed on Sunday at the San Jose Buddhist Sensei Memorial Tournament, a USA Judo Senior E-Level Point Tournament, at the San Jose State University Event Center, including 125 competitors in the senior black belt divisions.
Two-time Pan American Champion Chuck Jefferson (Campbell, Calif. / San Jose State University / 73kg) won each of his first three matches by ippon (instant win) leading into his final match against Michael Eldred (Fruitland, Idaho / Western Idaho Judo Institute) who recently won his first B-Level medal with a silver at the British Open.
Jefferson and Eldred fought a close match with Jefferson taking with gold medal by a waza-ari (half-point).
Former World Team members Sayaka Matsumoto (El Cerrito, Calif. / NYAC / East Bay Judo Institute / 52kg) and Heidi Moore (Englewood, Colo. / Denver Judo / +78kg and Open) each won her respective division.
Matsumoto, fighting up from 48kg, won her first two matches by ippon, advancing to the final against Grace Ohashi (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site). Matsumoto defeated Ohashi, who finished fifth at the British Open in this division, by a yuko score.
Moore, who won a bronze medal at the 2006 Senior Nationals in the 78kg division, won each of the seven matches she fought in the Open and +78kg divisions by ippon.
Natalie Laursen (Livermore, Calif. / Amador Judo) also had a stand-out performance in the Open division, earning a silver medal as the 63kg #1 junior was the only non-heavyweight in the division. Last year's Senior Nationals silver medalist Nate Torra (El Cerrito, Calif. / NYAC / East Bay Judo Institute / 66kg) won all four of his matches by ippon, including a defeat of the division’s #1 junior Ross Nakamura (Mission Hills, Calif. / Valley Judo).
Tony Sangimino (Burlingame, Calif. / Cahill’s Judo / 100kg), who won a silver medal at last year’s Pan Am Juvenile Championships, was one of the day’s youngest winners. Among his victories, the 16-year-old beat Zane Malloy (Oak Harbor, Wash. / NAS Whidbey Island Judo) in the semifinals. Malloy had previously beaten the former #1 junior at last summer’s Junior World Trials.
In the finals, Sangimino defeated visually impaired player Myles Porter (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site) by ippon. Porter, who finished fifth at last year’s World Blind Judo Championships, finished third overall.
The men’s 90kg division also featured some excellent matches as Colin Burns (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site) defeated rostered players Jose Bencosme and Atsushi Yoshinaga, both of San Jose State University, to win the division.
Last year’s Collegiate National Champions Tomoyo Yoshinaga (70kg) and Corinne Geier (63kg), both of San Jose State University, also won their divisions here as well.
Complete results are as follows:
Women’s 44kg
1. Maddyson Post (Livermore, Calif. / Amador)
Women’s 48kg
1. Tabitha Lum (San Jose, Calif. / San Jose State University)
2. Yazmin Bojaca-Bott (Los Angeles, Calif. / LA Tenri)
3. Lisette Abad (San Jose, Calif. / San Jose State University / After-School All-Stars)
Women’s 52kg
1. Sayaka Matsumoto (El Cerrito, Calif. / NYAC / East Bay Judo Institute)
2. Grace Ohashi (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site)
3. Kati Bartkowski (San Jose, Calif. / San Jose State University)
4. Brenna Clark (Hercules, Calif. / Okubo / Amador)
Women’s 57kg
1. Larisa Lindstrom (Livermore, Calif. / Amador)
2. Danica Kamanaka (Honolulu, Hawai / Kamehameha)
3. Caitlin McAllister (Santa Rosa, Calif. / Santa Rosa)
4. Pauline Macias (Lancaster, Calif. / Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site)
Women’s 63kg
1. Corinne Geier (San Jose, Calif. / San Jose State University)
2. Janine Nakao (Marina, Calif. / Bojuka Ryu)
3. Natalie Laursen (Livermore, Calif. / Amador)
4. Christina Zamora (Tustin, Calif. / Orange County Kodokan)
Women’s 70kg
1. Tomoyo Yoshinaga (San Jose, Calif. / San Jose State University)
2. Jennifer Tutass (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site)
3. Amy Kate Wilson (San Diego, Calif. / Judo America)
4. Allison Clifford (San Jose, Calif. / San Jose State University)
Women’s 78kg
1. Lisa Uemura (Salinas, Calif. / Salinas)
2. Oronica Juarez (Fresno, Calif. / Fresno)
3. Sasha Liege (Huntington Beach, Calif. / Mojica)
4. Lisamaria Martinez (San Leandro, Calif. / Cahill’s Judo)
Women’s +78kg
1. Heidi Moore (Englewood, Colo. / Denver Judo)
2. Joellen Friesner (Santa Rosa, Calif. / Santa Rosa Junior College)
3. Constance Romero (San Diego, Calif. / Judo America)
4. Amy Stevens (Sebastopol, Calif. / Santa Rosa Junior College)
Women’s Open
1. Heidi Moore (Englewood, Colo. / Denver Judo)
2. Natalie Laureen (Livermore, Calif. / Amador)
3. Amy Stevens (Sebastopol, Calif. / Santa Rosa Junior College)
4. Constance Romero (San Diego, Calif. / Judo America)
Men’s 55kg
1. Frank Sanchez (West Covina, Calif. / Guerreros)
2. Kyle Taketa (Torrance, Calif. / Gardena Judo)
3. Anthony Aguilar (Ontario, Calif. / Guerreros)
4. Aaron Fukuhara (Torrance, Calif. / Gardena Judo)
Men’s 60kg
1. Jeff Sato (Pismo Beach, Calif. / Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site)
2. Dale Hata (El Cerrito, Calif. / East Bay Judo Institute)
3. Aaron Kunihiro (Covina, Calif. / San Gabriel)
4. Vincent Hatakeyama (Morgan Hill, Calif. / San Jose Buddhist)
Men’s 66kg
1. Nate Torra (El Cerrito, Calif. / NYAC / East Bay Judo Institute)
2. Tyrone Mendez (Simi Valley, Calif. / Mojica)
3. Joshua Ramirez (San Diego, Calif. / San Shi)
4. Ross K. Nakamura (Mission Hills, Calif. / Valley Judo)
Men’s 73kg
1. Chuck Jefferson (Campbell, Calif. / San Jose State University)
2. Michael Eldred (Fruitland, Idaho / Western Idaho Judo Institute)
3. Takeshi Young (San Jose, Calif. / San Jose State University)
4. Walter Mendez (Simi Valley, Calif. / Mojica)
Men’s 81kg
1. Andrew Hong (San Jose, Calif. / San Jose State University)
2. David Torres (San Jose, Calif. / San Jose State University)
3. Souleymane Oongolba (Aptos, Calif. / San Jose State University)
4. Newton Casemiro (Albany, Calif. / Albany YMCA Judo)
Men’s 90kg
1. Colin Burns (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site)
2. Jose Bencosme (Cupertino, Calif. / San Jose State University)
3. Atsushi Yoshinaga (San Jose, Calif. / San Jose State University)
4. Adam Miller (Monolvlu, Wis. / San Shi)
Men’s 100kg
1. Tony Sangimino (Burlingame, Calif. / Cahill’s Judo)
2. Zane Malloy (Oak Harbo, Wash. / NAS Whidbey Island)
3. Myles Porter (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Olympic Training Center USA Judo National Training Site)
4. Eben Zerba (Pebble Beach, Calif. / Naval Postgradate School)
Men’s +100kg
1. Conor Driscoll (San Jose, Calif. / San Jose State University)
2. William Worthington (Richmond, Calif. / Cahill’s Judo)
3. Michael Terpstra (Palo Alto, Calif. / Cahill’s Judo)
4. Aaron Shiosaki (Lomita, Calif. / Gardena Judo)
Men’s Open
1. Jose Bencosme (Cupertino, Calif. / San Jose State University)
2. Joseph Sapp (Sebastopol, Calif. / Santa Rosa)
3. Guillermo Del Rio (San Diego, Calif. / Kino)
4. Edik Ghazakian (Glendale, Calif. / Glendale)
Results by Organization
Point System:
Place won | Point Value
1 5
2 3
3 1
Organization name Total|# 1 |# 2 |# 3 |
1. San Jose State 45 7 2 4
2. OTC 17 2 2 1
3. Amador 14 2 1 1
4. NYAC/EBJI 10 2 0 0
4. Denver Judo 10 2 0 0
5. Cahills Judo 9 1 1 1
6. Guerreros 6 1 0 1
7. Salinas 5 1 0 0
8. Mojica 4 0 1 1
8. Santa Rosa 4 0 1 1
8. Santa Rosa Junior College 4 0 1 1
9. Fresno 3 0 1 0
9. Bojuka Ryu 3 0 1 0
9. LA Tenri 3 0 1 0
9. Kamehameha 3 0 1 0
9. Western Idaho Judo Instite 3 0 1 0
9. NAS Whidbey Island 3 0 1 0
9. East Bay Judo Institute 3 0 1 0
9. Gardena Judo 3 0 1 0
10. Judo America 2 0 0 2
11. San Gabriel 1 0 0 1
11. SJ After School All Stars 1 0 0 1
11. San Shi 1 0 0 1
11. Kino 1 0 0 1
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