October 21, 2010 to October 24, 2010 - Morocco

USA Judo Junior Point Tournament

Andrew Porras Advances to Third Round at Junior Worlds

Nicole Jomantas October 22, 2010

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Eighteen-year-old Andrew Porras (Hialeah, Fla. / USA Judo National Training Site at South Florida) advanced to the third round of the 73kg division at the Junior World Championships in Agadir, Morocco on Friday.

Competing at his second Junior Worlds, Porras won his first match against 2009 Pan Am Junior medalist David Garzon (COL) by ippon (instant win) after leading by a waza-ari (half-point) score... more>

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Watch Team USA Live at Junior Worlds

Nicole Jomantas October 21, 2010

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Check out live footage of the competition at the Junior World Championships beginning today and continuing through Sunday in Agadir, Morocco at http://212.227.28.227/live/index.php.

The action begins daily at 6 a.m. Eastern with preliminary competition. The finals block, including semifinals, repechage finals and medal matches, begins at 1 p.m. Eastern... more>

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Team USA Begins Junior World Competition on Thursday in Morocco

Nicole Jomantas October 20, 2010

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Team USA arrived in Agadir, Morocco on Tuesday in preparation for competition at the Junior World Championships that will begin on Thursday and continue through Sunday.

The 29-person team includes six veterans of past Junior and Senior World Teams.

One of the U.S. squad’s top medal hopefuls is 16-year-old Katelyn Bouyssou (Hope, R.I. / NYAC / Mayo Quanchi Judo Club). Although Bouyssou remains one of the team’s youngest members, she is the team’s most experienced competitor. A two-time member of both Junior and Senior World Teams, Bouyssou won gold at the first-ever Youth Olympic Games in August – a feat she followed with a silver medal performance at the USA World Cup just days later... more>