Great tournament yesterday at the San Jose State Event Center. Thank you to the San Jose Buddhist Judo Club for putting on another great tournament, all the organizers, and the competitors who came from near and far to participate.
Here are the results for the senior black belt category.
Senior Category Divisions: Contestant’s Name (Hometown / Organization )
DIVISION: Womens 48 kg
1. Destinee Nagtalon (Cupertino, CA / NC-San Jose State)
DIVISION: Womens 52 kg
1. Sariuna Tsyzhipova (Van Nuys, CA / SC-Hayastan) 2. Alex Hyatt (San Francisco, CA / NC-UCSC Judo Club) 3. Marlina Luz (Sacramento, CA / NC-Team Sacramento)
DIVISION: Womens 57 kg 1. Torie Oishi (Torrance, CA / SC-Taishi) 2. Asia Robinson (San Jose, CA / NC-San Jose State) 3. Shadi Ebrahim (Pomona, CA / SC-Mojica)
DIVISION: Womens 63 kg 1. Alisha Galles (San Jose, CA / NC-San Jose State) 2. Abigail Sigurdson (Onario, OR / Institute) 3. Agnieszka Bezraczko (San Francisco, CA / NC-Stanford)
DIVISION: Womens 70 kg 1. Leilani Akiyama (Escondido, CA / OTC) 2. Rachael Butler (Pleasanton, CA / NC-Tri Valley) 3. April Fehr (San Jose, CA / NC-San Jose State)
DIVISION: Womens 78 kg 1. Natalie Gonzalez (Alviso, CA / NC-San Jose Buddhist)
DIVISION: Womens +78 kg 1. Akiko Balitactac (San Carlos, CA / NC-Palo Alto) 2. Ariyana Durham (Atherton, CA / NC-Stanford)
DIVISION: Mens 55 kg 1. Satoshi Ueda (Cupertino, CA / NC-Cupertino)
DIVISION: Mens 60 kg 1. Aaron Fukuhara (Torrance, CA / SC-Gardena Judo) 2. Jonathan Kato (San Jose, CA / NC-San Jose Buddhist) 3. Fernando Rodriguez (Santa Maria, CA / NC-Central Coast)
DIVISION: Mens 66 kg 1. Masataka Miyata (Japan / Kokushikan University) 2. Tigran Movsesyan (Pasadena, CA / SC-Mojica) 3. Spencer Augustine (Oakland, CA / NC-Hanabi)
DIVISION: Mens 73 kg 1. Keiya Saiki ( / SC-Sawtelle) 2. Yoshiki Castillo (Oakland, CA / NC-East Bay Judo Institut) 3. Hirotaka Uchiyama (Japan / Kokushikan University)
DIVISION: Mens 81 kg 1. Harmik Aghakhahi (San Jose, CA / NC-San Jose State) 2. Gregory West (San Francisco, CA / NC-Cahills Judo) 3. Jesse Butler (Westminster, CO / Hyland Hills)
DIVISION: Mens 90 kg 1. Alexander Graves (San Marcos, CA / SC-San Shi) 2. Lenny Guerrero-Baez (San Jose, CA / NC-San Jose State) 3. Francisco Sidveyra Marquez (San Jose, CA / NC-San Jose State)
DIVISION: Mens 100 kg 1. Preston Quam (Fallbrook, CA / SC-LA Tenri) 2. Nate Keeve (San Rafael, CA / Southwest Judo Academy) 3. Chris Moulton (San Leandro, CA / NC-Berkeley Judo Club)
DIVISION: Mens +100 kg 1. Seiryu Asari (Japan / Kokushikan University) 2. Takeuchi Yuudai (Japan / Kokushikan University) 3. Philip Horiuchi (West Covina, CA / SC-LA Tenri)
