Continental Crown Results

(Colorado Springs, Colo.) - Nearly 100 athletes competed in the senior elite divisions of the Continental Crown, a USA Judo Senior E-Level Point Tournament, on Saturday in Seattle, Wash. 

Players represented the United States as well as more than a dozen nations, including Georgia, Brazil, Israel, Canada, Russia and Armenia, with 256 athletes competing in all divisions.  

Among the winners of the senior elite divisions were the following players:

• 2009 Pan Am bronze medalist and World Team member Michael Eldred (Fruitland, Idaho / Western Idaho Judo Institute) won the 73kg division in his last competition before travelling to Samoa later this week for his first World Cup event of the season.
• Two-time World Team member Marti Malloy (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University) fought up from 57kg to 63kg where she defeated 2008 Pan Am Team member Anna Palmer (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center / Boulder Judo Training Center) in the final.  
• Leilani Akiyama (Bellevue, Wash. / U.S. Judo Training Center), who won a silver medal at the 2003 U.S. Open in the 52kg division as a 16-year-old, earned the gold medal in the 57kg division.  Akiyama returned to competition after taking time off from the sport to attend college.
• 2008 Senior Nationals medalist Ross MacBaisey (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. / San Shi Judo Club) defeated Colton Brown (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University), a 2009 Senior Nationals medalist and Junior World Team member, in the finals of the 81kg division.
• 2007 Pan Am medalist Alexa Liddie (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center / Boulder Judo Training Center) fought up from 44kg to win the 48kg division. 

Complete results are as follows:

Men's 55kg
1. Romik Hovhannisyan (ARM)
2. Aaron Fukuhara (Torrance, Calif. / Gardena)
3. David Honda (Torrance, Calif. / South Bay)

Men's 60kg
1. Matthew Dong (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University)
2. Joshua Brown (Wasila, Alaska / Mat-Su Judo)
3. Mark Huang (Seattle, Wash. / University of Washington)

Men's 66kg
1. Julio Rodriguez Jr. (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center)
2. Oleksiy Zayets (North Hollywood, Calif. / Mojica Judo Club)
3. Tyrone Mendez (Simi Valley, Calif. / Mojica Judo Club)

Men's 73kg
1. Michael Eldred (Fruitland, Idaho / Western Idaho Judo Institute)
2. Daniel Bosshard (SUI)
3. Hanmik Aghakhani (Glendale, Calif. / Mojica Judo Club)

Men's 81kg
1. Ross MacBaisey (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. / San Shi Judo Club)
2. Colton Brown (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University)
3. Gavin Purdy (Claremont, Calif. / Orange County Kodokan)

Men's 90kg
1. Iavor Kostadinov (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center / Boulder Judo Training Center)
2. Garrett Aldrich (Davis, Calif. / Sacramento Judo Club)
3. Jacob Adams (Monroe, Wash. / Budokan)

Men's 100kg
1. Ajax Tadehara (Pocatello, Idaho / Idaho State University)
2. David Dunphy (Cypress, Calif. / Orange County Kodokan)
3. Yaniv Pessach (ISR)

Men's +100kg
1. Albert Gilsamaniego (Bushido)
2. Matt Degrate (Omaha, Neb. / Kent Schools #415 Judo Team)
3. Mikhail Melkumyants (ARM)

Men's Open
1. Iavor Kostadinov (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center / Boulder Judo Training Center)
2. Ajax Tadehara (Pocatello, Idaho / Idaho State University)
3. Kevin Haroldsen (Idaho Falls, Idaho / Idaho State University)

Women's 44kg
1. Vanessa Calimquim (Long Beach, Calif. / South Bay Judo)
2. Jhulianne Romero (Burnaby Judo Club)

Women's 48kg
1. Alexa Liddie (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center / Boulder Judo Training Center)
2. Sara Mozelski (Covington, Wash. / Ippon Judo)
3. Anne Mermudez (Nanka Judo)

Women's 52kg
1. Tracy Nagai (Bellevue, Wash. / Budokan Judo)
2. Amelia Fulgentes (Simi Valley, Calif. / Mojica Judo)
3. Ali Briggs (Kokoro Judo)

Women's 57kg
1. Leilani Akiyama (Bellevue, Wash. / U.S. Judo Training Center)
2. Asako Omine (Obukan Judo Dojo)
3. Hannah Sigurdson (Western Idaho Judo Institute)

Women's 63kg
1. Marti Malloy (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University)
2. Anna Palmer (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center / Boulder Judo Training Center)
3. Anna Marie Medina (Spokane, Wash. / Spokane Judo)

Women's 70kg
1. Ashley Barlett (CAN)
2. Lisa Nakajima (CAN)
3. Julia Dorney (CAN)

Women's 78kg
1. Allison Clifford (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University)

Women's +78kg
1. Amber Butts (Fontan, Calif. / LACC)
2. Annie Atkinson (Kent, Wash. / Zenyu)

Women's Open
1. Allison Clifford (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University)
2. Lisa Nakajima (CAN)
3. Jade Paterson (Enumclaw, Wash. / Ki Haku)

Tags: Alexa Liddie, Anna Palmer, Anna Palmer, Colton Brown, Colton Brown, Leilani Akiyama, Marti Malloy, Michael Eldred, Ross MacBaisey