USA Judo Events

(Colorado Springs. Colo.) - The Pedro's Challenge, a USA Judo Senior E-Level Point Tournament, was held in Wakefield, Mass. on Saturday with a strong foreign presence on the podium as athletes from Canada, Puerto Rico and Moldova won more than half of the medals at what has become one of the most international events on the East Coast.

Among the athletes who won their divisions were Olympians and Junior and Senior World Team members, including: 

• Angela Creutzberger (Ballston Lakes, N.Y. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Jason Morris Judo Center / 48kg), 2008 Junior World Team member
• Katelyn Bouyssou (Hope, R.I. / NYAC / Mayo Quanchi Judo Club / 52kg), 2009 Senior, Junior and Cadet World Team member
• Hana Carmichael (Wakefield, Mass. / USA Judo National Team FORCE / 57kg), 2008 Junior World Team member
• Aaron Kunihiro (Wakefield, Mass. / NYAC / USA Judo National Team FORCE / 60kg), 2009 Senior Pan American medalist
• Nick Delopolo (Wakefield, Mass. / NYAC / USA Judo National Team FORCE / 73kg), two-time Junior World Team member
• Barry Jackman (Brooklyn, N.Y. / Legrosports Starrett / +100kg), 2004 Olympian for Barbados 

Men's 55kg
1. Yousef Yousef (CAN)
2. Dylan Landry (CAN)
3. Mehdi Zeghir (CAN)

Men's 60kg
1. Aaron Kunihiro (Wakefield, Mass. / NYAC / USA Judo National Team FORCE)
2. Blake Tsuyuki (CAN)
3. Dominique Cote (CAN)

Men's 66kg
1. Joel Benoit (CAN)
2. David Lebron (PUR)
3. Leonardo Victoria (Weehawken, N.J.)

Men's 73kg
1. Nick Delpopolo (Wakefield, Mass. / NYAC / USA Judo National Team FORCE)
2. Augusto Meranda (PUR)
3. Alexis Morin-Martel (CAN)

Men's 81kg
1. Harry St. Leger (Brooklyn, N.Y. / NYAC / Legrosports Starrett)
2. Scott McGrandle (CAN)
3. Vincent Leduc (CAN)

Men's 90kg
1. Vadim Petrovici (MDA)
2. Garry St. Leger (Brooklyn, N.Y. / NYAC / Legrsports Starrett)
3. Emin Sheykhisyamov (CAN)

Men's 100kg
1. Stefan Zwiers (CAN)
2. Jake Stromeki (Colden, N.Y. / Kin-Tora Judo Club)
3. Oleg Uvarov (Cranston, R.I. / Mayo Quanchi Judo)

Men's +100kg
1. Barry Jackman (Brooklyn, N.Y. / Legrosports Starrett)
2. James McManus (CAN)
3. Daniel McCormick (Wakefield, Mass. / NYAC / USA Judo National Team FORCE)

Women's 44kg
1. Kathy Hefferman (CAN)
2. Valerie Guzman (PUR)

Women's 48kg
1. Angela Creutzberger (Ballston Lakes, N.Y. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Jason Morris Judo Center)
2. Ruth Dinardi Rosado (PUR)
3. Yanesty Ramos-Santos (PUR)

Women's 52kg
1. Katelyn Bouyssou (Hope, R.I. / NYAC / Mayo Quanchi Judo Club)
2. Natalie Lafon (Glenville, N.Y. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Jason Morris Judo Center)
3. Jessica Irons (Yorkville, Ill. / USA Judo National Team FORCE

Women's 57kg
1. Hana Carmichael (Wakefield, Mass. / USA Judo National Team FORCE)
2. Hannah Martin (Glenville, N.Y. / NYAC / USA Judo National Training Site at the Jason Morris Judo Center)
3. Nicole Jenicek (CAN)

Women's 63kg
1. Jessica Garcia (PUR)
2. Sarah Black (Chico, Calif. / Stanford Judo Club)
3. Monika Burgess (CAN)

Women's 70kg
1. Anne Marie Peterson (CAN)
2. Leah Fisher (Alexandria, Va.)
3. Karoll-Ann Nault-Daigle (CAN)

Women's 78kg
1. Olg Rivera (PUR)
2. Genevieve Lavoi (CAN)
3. Margaret DeJesus (PUR)

Women's +78kg
1. Melissa Mojica (PUR)
2. Toni Geiger (Dumont, N.J. / Tech Judo)
3. Jessica Russell (Madison, Conn. / Shoreline Judo)