Judo team wipes out field, claims 42nd national title
Rainier Ramirez
Issue date: 4/4/07 Section: Sports
Malloy had to fight against teammate Corinne Grier in the final round.
"When you fight someone you fight every day in practice, you know everything each other does, so it's really hard," Malloy said.
Shozo Fukuda, assistant coach, said that Collegiate Nationals were just a warm up for Senior Nationals, which will be a much bigger and difficult tournament.
According to the USA Judo Nationals Web site, Senior Nationals will be held on April 20 and 21 in Miami. It will serve as the selection event for the Pan American Games in July and the World Championships in September, both will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Medals won
Women's 48kg (106 lbs)
1. Tabitha Lum
Women's 63kg (139 lbs)
1. Marti Malloy
2. Corinne Geier
Women's 70kg (154 lbs)
1. Tomoyo Yoshinaga
Women's 78kg (172 lbs)
1. Allison Clifford
Men's 60kg (132 lbs)
1. Isaac Golubchin
Men's 66kg (146 lbs)
3. Jeff Fong
Men's 73kg (161 lbs)
2. Takeshi Young
Men's 81kg (179 lbs)
3. Andrew Hung
Men's 90kg (198 lbs)
1. Atsushi Yoshinaga
2. Davor Vasiljevic
*Weight divisions in judo are measured in kg.
*Lbs rounded to nearest number.
"When you fight someone you fight every day in practice, you know everything each other does, so it's really hard," Malloy said.
Shozo Fukuda, assistant coach, said that Collegiate Nationals were just a warm up for Senior Nationals, which will be a much bigger and difficult tournament.
According to the USA Judo Nationals Web site, Senior Nationals will be held on April 20 and 21 in Miami. It will serve as the selection event for the Pan American Games in July and the World Championships in September, both will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Medals won
Women's 48kg (106 lbs)
1. Tabitha Lum
Women's 63kg (139 lbs)
1. Marti Malloy
2. Corinne Geier
Women's 70kg (154 lbs)
1. Tomoyo Yoshinaga
Women's 78kg (172 lbs)
1. Allison Clifford
Men's 60kg (132 lbs)
1. Isaac Golubchin
Men's 66kg (146 lbs)
3. Jeff Fong
Men's 73kg (161 lbs)
2. Takeshi Young
Men's 81kg (179 lbs)
3. Andrew Hung
Men's 90kg (198 lbs)
1. Atsushi Yoshinaga
2. Davor Vasiljevic
*Weight divisions in judo are measured in kg.
*Lbs rounded to nearest number.
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