Liberty Bell Classic Results

Nicole Jomantas April 14, 2010

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) – Nearly 600 athletes competed at the Liberty Bell Classic, a USA Judo Senior E-Level Point Tournament, in Bryn Athyn, Pa. on Sunday.

 

In the day’s largest and most exciting division, 20 athletes fought for gold at 73kg.

 

In preparation for the USA Judo Senior Nationals next month, former top-ranked 66kg player and 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Alternate Kenny Hashimoto (Thornton, Colo. / Northglenn Judo) fought up to 73kg for the event.  Hashimoto won his first four matches to advance to the finals against two-time Senior Nationals silver medalist Nick Delpopolo (Wakefield, Mass. / NYAC / USA Judo National Team FORCE), counting victories against 2009 Canadian World Team member Michal Popiel (CAN) and fifth-ranked 73kg player Alfred Raymond (Scituate, R.I. / Mayo Quanchi Judo Club) among his victories.

 

In the finals, Delpopolo defeated Hashimoto by ippon (instant win).  Meanwhile, Popiel fought his way through the repechage to meet Hashimoto again.  This time Popiel took the win by referee’s decision in Golden Score (overtime).

 

Katelyn Bouyssou (Hope, R.I. / NYAC / Mayo Quanchi Judo Club), the reigning Senior National Champion at 48kg, fought up to 52kg to win her second senior event this season at the heavier weight after earning gold at Pedro’s Challenge in February.

 

A 2008 Pan Am Team member in the 52kg division, Anna Palmer (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center) fought up to win the 63kg division.  Palmer’s OTC teammate Christal Ransom (Colorado Springs, Colo.), a 2009 Senior Pan Am Team member, placed second in the division after being armbarred by junior Ruth Thompson (Poway, Calif. / Kokusai).  Ransom came back in the repechage to throw Thompson for ippon.

 

In the 70kg division, Emilie-Claude Leroux (CAN), a former Canadian Pan Am Team member in the 63kg division defeated 2009 Senior Nationals medalist Samantha Bleier (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center) to win the gold.  But the surprise of the day came when unranked Angela Marino (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center) threw 2009 Senior Nationals medalist Laquinta Allen (Lauderdale Lakes, Onikusu) for ippon en route to winning the bronze medal.

 

On the men’s side, 2004 U.S. Olympic Team alternate Mark Fletcher (Atlanta, Ga. / Taico Maf) found himself winning a new division when he earned a gold medal in the +100kg division.

 

For the first time ever, the Liberty Bell Classic also included divisions for visually impaired players.  World Team members Joshua Farra (Coatesville, Pa. / Liberty Bell Judo), Greg Dewall (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center) and Katie Davis (Sacramento, Calif. / Team Sacramento) earned gold medals in the 66kg, 90kg and 78kg divisions, respectively.

 

Complete results are as follows:

 

Women’s 48kg

1. Nadine Encarnacion (Bothell, Wash. / Budokan Judo)

2. Elaina Jackson-Kelley (Stone Mountain, Ga. / Gwinnett Judo)

 

Women’s 52kg

1. Katelyn Bouyssou (Hope, R.I. / NYAC / Mayo Quanchi Judo Club)

2. Erin Roberts (Cranston, R.I. / Mayo Quanchi Judo Club)

3. Kristin Condello (Providence, R.I. / Mayo Quanchi Judo Club)

 

Women’s 57kg

1. Stephanie Moyerman (Philadelphia, Pa. / Liberty Bell Judo)

2. Nicole Jenicek (CAN)

3. Katie Germain (Lakeland, Fla. / Summerlin Judo)

 

Women’s 63kg

1. Anna Palmer (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center)

2. Christal Ransom (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center)

3. Ruth Thompson (Poway, Calif. / Kokusai)

 

Women’s 70kg

1. Emilie-Claude Leroux (CAN)

2. Samantha Bleier (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center)

3. Angela Marino (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center)

 

Women’s 78kg

1. Sarah Mazouz (CAN0

2. Stephanie Spears (San Diego, Calif. / Kokusai Budokan)

3. Katie Davis (Sacramento, Calif. / Team Sacramento)

 

Women’s +78kg

1. Wendie Garbett (Kim’s Martial Arts)

2. Christina Salmond (Baltimore, Md.)

3. Jessica Russell (Madison, Conn. / Shoreline Judo)

 

Men’s 55kg

1. Serge Bouyssou (Hope, R.I. / Mayo Quanchi Judo Club)

2. Georges Poklitar (CAN)

3. Anthony Sek (Providence, R.I. / Mayo Quanchi Judo Club)

 

Men’s 60kg

1. Ilgar Ismayilov (Fresh Meadows, N.Y. / Spartak Sports Club)

2. George Truong (Colorado Springs, Colo. / Ju Shin Kan)

3. Michael Armstrong (Bowie, Md. / U.S. Naval Academy Judo Team)

 

Men’s 66kg

1. Christopher McDonald (Pembroke Pines, Fla. / Panther Judo)

2. Vladimir Shpozhnikov (RUS)

3. Rick Brown (Clairton, Pa. / South Hills Judo Club)

 

Men’s 73kg

1. Nick Delpopolo (Wakefield, Mass. / NYAC / USA Judo National Team FORCE)

2. Michal Popiel (CAN)

3. Kenny Hashimoto (Thornton, Colo. / Northglenn Judo)

 

Men’s 81kg

1. Jonathan Fernandez (Miami, Fla. / Baragua Judokai)

2. Max Kafka (St. Paul, Minn. / Midway Judo)

3. Eric Thome (South Hills Judo Club)

 

Men’s 90kg

1. Sergey Sapozhnikov (RUS)

2. Ivane Nadirashvili (MMAJ)

3. Ivan Vinogradov (RUS)

 

Men’s 100kg

1. Damian O’Hara (Little Egg Harbor Township, N.J. / Cranford Judo)

2. Sylwester Gawel (POL)

3. Evgeniy Mayorov (RUS)

 

Men’s +100kg

1. Mark Fletcher (Atlanta, Ga. / Taico Maf)

2. Daniel Wiley (Silver Spring, Md. / Sport Judo)

3. Quentin Johnson (Union City, Ga. / Kokoro Tatsu Arts & Fitness)

 

Men’s Visually Impaired 66kg

1. Joshua Farra (Coatesville, Pa. / Liberty Bell Judo)

2. Craig Chavez (Temecula, Calif. / South West Self Defense)

 

Men’s Visually Impaired 90kg

1. Greg Dewall (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center)

2. Robert Deese (Billings, Mont. / Park’s Martial Arts Academy)

3. Dartanyon Crockett (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center)

 

Women’s Visually Impaired 78kg

1. Katie Davis (Sacramento, Calif. / Team Sacramento)

Tags: Alfred Raymond, Angela Marino, Anna Palmer, Anna Palmer, Christal Ransom, Christal Ransom, Greg De Wall, Joshua Farra, Katie Davis, Kenny Hashimoto, Laquinta Allen, Mark Fletcher, Nick Delpopolo, Ruth Thompson, Samantha Bleier