Team USA Captures 37 Medals in Montreal

Team USA won 37 medals across the senior, junior and cadet categories in four days of competition at the Pan American Open / Cup in Montreal, Nov. 14-17.

U.S. judoka captured 20 medals at the Pan American Open senior event (6 gold, 6 silver, 8 bronze), nine medals in the Junior (under 21) Pan American Cup (5 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze) and eight medals in the Cadet (under 17) Pan American Cup (4 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze).

The U.S. had four athletes who reached the podium twice over the four-day event, including Daniel Shulgin (Philadelphia, Pa./Yawara Force), Malia Manibog (San Gabriel, Calif. / San Gabriel Judo Dojo), Kanta Ueyama (Burbank, Calif. / Los Angeles Tenri Judo Dojo) and Jonathan Yang (Los Angeles, Calif. / LA Judo Club / USA Judo National Resident Team).

Shulgin won the gold medal in the junior men’s 81 kg division final over Yuriy Semenyuk (CAN) on Thursday and also reached Friday’s cadet men’s 81 kg final, losing to Jaeyun Sim (KOR).

Manibog captured the gold in the women’s cadet 48 kg in an all-U.S. final against Zoe Dempsey (New Lenox, Ill./Cohen Brothers Judo Club), then advanced to the senior 48 kg final on Saturday where she lost to Heidi Quach (CAN).

Ueyama started his weekend going 3-0 in the cadet competition, ending with a victory in the men’s +90 kg final over Franck David Moussima Ewane Elouti (CAN). The following day he captured silver in the junior men’s +100 kg division, losing the final to John Messa A Bessong (CAN).

Yang went undefeated in the junior men’s 60 kg competition on Thursday, defeating Carlos Maximiliano Hernandez Macis (MEX) in the final to win the gold medal. In Saturday’s senior men’s 60 kg action, Yang defeated Tayven Tremblay (CAN) by ippon (instant win) to win the bronze medal.

Gold medalists in the senior Pan American Open were David Terao (Arlington, Va.) in the men’s 60 kg division, Karlee Carrouth (Oklahoma City, Okla. / NYAC / USA Stars) in the women’s 63kg, Mariah Holguin (San Antonio, Texas / Universal Judo) in the women’s 57 kg, Jessica Alaynick (Scotia, N.Y. / Jason Morris Judo Center) in the women’s +78 kg, Nathaniel Keeve (San Rafael, Calif. / New York Athletic Club) in the men’s 100kg and Nicole Stout (Schenectady, N.Y. / Jason Morris Judo Center) in the women’s 78 kg.

Other Junior Pan American Cup gold medalists, in addition to Jonathan Yang and Shulgin, were Jacob Yang (Los Angeles, Calif. / LA Judo Club / USA Judo National Resident Team) in the men 66 kg division, Harlee Hiller (Evanston, Ill./Cohen Brothers Judo Club) in the women’s 52 kg and Jayda Fulp (Fort Worth, Texas/Chandler Judo Academy) in the women’s 78 kg.

Capturing gold medals alongside Manibog and Ueyama at the Cadet Pan American Cup were Mackenzie Schultz (Daleville, Ala./Black Ice Judo) in the women’s 70 kg division and Jannaco Searcy (Atlanta, Ga. / Black Ice Judo) in the men’s 50 kg.

Top eight and U.S. results are as follows:

Senior Men’s 60 kg
1. David Terao (Arlington, Va.)

2. Joshua Yang (Los Angeles, Calif. / LA Judo Club / USA Judo National Resident Team)

3. Jonathan Yang (Los Angeles, Calif. / LA Judo Club / USA Judo National Resident Team)

3. Aidos Sapenov (CAN)

5. Tayven Tremblay (CAN)

5. Felipe Dacruz (LBN)

7. Olivier Maurice (CAN)

Senior Women’s 48 kg

1. Heidi Quach (CAN)

2. Malia Manibog (San Gabriel, Calif. / San Gabriel Judo Dojo)

3. Angelina McCristall (CAN)

3. Anat Tsyrlin (Fair Lawn, N.J. / Colton Brown Training Center)

5. Kaycie Tanimoto (Fort Worth, Texas / Becerra Judo & Jiujitsu Club)

Senior Men’s 66 kg

1. Luka Tsatsalashvili (CAN)

2. Daniil Kremerman (CAN)

3. Xavion Johnson (BAH)

3. Isaiah Ramirez (Barstow, Calif. / Barstow PAL Judo Club)

5. Adrian Shimabukuro (CAN)

5. Dylan Payne (NZL)

7. Ari Berliner (Cumming, Ga. / NYAC / Jason Morris Judo Center)

7. Daniel McCristal (CAN)

Also Competed: Christian Buckner (Redondo Beach, Calif. / USA Judo National Resident Team / Harbor Judo Dojo), 0-1

Maurice Cruz (Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. / Los Angeles Tenri Judo Dojo), 1-1

Senior Women’s 52 kg

1. Evelyn Beaton (CAN)

2. Valeria Kostrovets (CAN)

3. Dasha Tkachenko (CAN)

3. Sarra Bourihane (CAN)

5. Carla Tavares Fernandes (LUX)

5. Hailey Ko (CAN)

Senior Men’s 73 kg

1. Joshua Green (IRL)

2. Justin Lemire (CAN)

3. Felix Mercier-Ross (CAN)

3. Fahd Fithane (CAN)

5. Yanis Hachemi (CAN)

5. Damien Ekosky (CAN)

7. Lowan Le Bris (CAN)

7. Hensley Wood-Waldy Petit-Frere (HAI)

Also Competed: Steven Boldbaatar (Bellevue, Wash. / Washington Judo Academy), 0-1

Emiliano Saucedo Goldschmied (Wylie, Texas / Becerra Judo & Jujitsu Club), 1-1

Kai Wallace (Murrieta, Calif. / Los Angeles Tenri Judo Dojo), 1-1

Senior Women’s 57 kg

1. Mariah Holguin (San Antonio, Texas / Universal Judo)

2. Danique Janssen (NED)

3. Carla Van Zyl (CAN)

3. Madeleine Birri (GBR)

5. Hayden Thibeault (CAN)

5. Leana Nelson (Coventry, R.I. / Top Game Martial Arts)

7. Violette Louet (CAN)

Also Competed: Mayu Wise (San Jose, Calif. / San Jose State University Judo), 0-1

Senior Men’s 81 kg

1. Keagan Young (CAN)

2. Johan Silot (Salem, Mass. / NYAC / Pedro’s Judo Center)

3. David Popovici (CAN)

3. Warren Seib (CAN)

5. Solomon Choran (CAN)

5. Lasha Tsatsalashvili (CAN)

7. Shogun Laczko (CAN)

7. Porter Guy (CAN)

Also Competed: Davit Aghasaryan (Sunland, Calif. / USA Judo National Resident Team / Los Angeles Tenri Judo Dojo), 0-1

Ramon Hernandez, Jr. (Pompton Lakes, N.J. / North Jersey Judo), 0-1

Senior Women’s 63 kg

1. Karlee Carrouth (Oklahoma City, Okla. / NYAC / USA Stars)

2. Sarah Ekosky (CAN)

3. Skye Knoester (RSA)

3. Constanza Perez (CHI)

5. Roxanne Proctor (GBR)

5. Isabelle Harris (CAN)

Also Competed: Nina Seoane-Scheitermaier (San Jose, Calif. / San Jose State University Judo), 0-2

Senior Men’s 90 kg

1. Francois Gauthier Drapeau (CAN)

2. Alexander Knauf (Yorkville, Ill. / NYAC)

3. Mohab Elnahas (CAN)

3. Alex Marineau (CAN)

5. Harutyun Mutafyan (Glendale, Calif. / Hayastan MMA Academy)

5. Guillaume Gaulin (CAN)

7. Alexander Brown (NZL)

7. Kell Berliner (Schenectady, N.Y. / Jason Morris Judo Center)

Also Competed: Issei Barefoot (Charlotte, N.C. / Pedro’s Judo Center), 0-1

Ian Bouton (Garland, Texas / Becerra Judo & Jujitsu Club), 0-1

Senior Women’s 70 kg

1. Rachael Hawkes (IRL)

2. Charlie Thibault (CAN)

3. Melissa Myers (Burnt Hills, N.Y. / Jason Morris Judo Center)

3. Isabella Garriga (Richmond, Texas / USA Judo National Resident Team / Westlake Judo Club)

5. Nancy Nguyen (San Jose, Calif. / San Jose State University Judo)

5. Rylee Roloff (Grafton, Wis. / Cohen Brothers Judo Club)

Also Competed: Mackenzie Schultz (Daleville, Ala. / Black Ice Judo), 0-2

Senior Men’s 100 kg

1. Nathaniel Keeve (San Rafael, Calif. / New York Athletic Club)

2. Tokuzo Takahashi (Los Angeles, Calif. / Los Angeles Tenri Judo Dojo)

3. Jared Causse (Westminster, Calif. / USA Judo National Resident Team / Los Angeles Tenri Judo Dojo)

3. Nick Luchkin (CAN)

5. Danick Rocheleau (CAN)

5. Michael Akbashev (CAN)

Senior Women’s 78 kg

1. Nicole Stout (Schenectady, N.Y. / Jason Morris Judo Center)

2. Coralie Godbout (CAN)

3. Lotanna Onua (Atlanta, Ga. / Black Ice Judo)

Senior Men’s +100 kg

1. John Messe A Bessong (CAN)

2. Daniel Ede (GBR)

3. Philip Horiuchi (West Covina, Calif. / Los Angeles Tenri Judo Dojo)

Senior Women’s +78 kg

1. Jessica Alaynick (Scotia, N.Y. / Jason Morris Judo Center)

2. Anna Atkinson (Tacoma, Wash. / Ippon Judo Dojo)

3. Marianna Karas (CAN)

3. Amanda McAlpine (CAN)

Full Pan American Open Results

Junior Men’s 60 kg

1. Jonathan Yang (Los Angeles, Calif. / LA Judo Club / USA Judo National Resident Team)

2. Carlos Maximiliano Hernandez Macias (MEX)

3. Galo Villavicencio (ARG)

3. Eduardo Sagastegui (MEX)

5. Matthew Schesnuik (CAN)

5. Samuel Tang (GBR)

7. Xavier Brouillette (CAN)

7. Amir Temirbaev (CAN)

Also Competed: Adrian Cohen (Vernon Hills, Ill. / Cohen Brothers Judo Club), 1-1

Junior Women’s 48 kg

1. Addyson Tamura (CAN)

2. Olivia Barfoot-Saunt (GBR)

3. Maria-Magdaleina Delye (CAN)

3. Daniela Leandro (MEX)

5. Angelina McCristal (CAN)

5. Analeanis Collazo (PUR)

7. Chloe Stuber (CAN)

7. Zoe Dempsey (New Lenox, Ill./Cohen Brothers Judo Club)

Junior Men’s 66 kg

1. Jacob Yang (Los Angeles, Calif. / LA Judo Club / USA Judo National Resident Team)

2. Daniil Kremerman (CAN)

3. Xavion Johnson (BAH)

3. Vas Middleton (AUS)

5. Lenny Sheynfeld (Staten Island, N.Y. / Pedro’s Judo Center)

5. Alexander Prado (Coral Springs, Fla. / Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center)

7. Dylan De Jesus (CAN)

7. Eliandre Barriault-Tremblay (CAN)

Junior Women’s 52 kg

1. Harlee Hiller (Evanston, Ill./Cohen Brothers Judo Club)

2. Aylin Avila (MEX)

3. Valentina Alamo (ARG)

3. Melody Grenier (CAN)

5. Dasha Tkachenko (CAN)

5. Aubrey Genereux (Port Saint Lucie, Fla./Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center)

7. Kenzie Woods (CAN)

7. Carla Tavares Fernandes (LUX)

Junior Men’s 73 kg

1. Rafael Ramirez (MEX)

2. Paolo Maaskant (NED)

3. Fahd Fithane (CAN)

3. Anthony Farnot (Lehigh Acres, Fla./Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center)

5. Yael Joshua Diaz Ramirez (MEX)

5. Paolo Alberto Silva Manzi (URU)

7. Domenico Ternullo (Saugus, Mass. / Pedro’s Judo Center)

7. Isaac Hope (GBR)

Junior Women’s 57 kg

1. Carla Van Zyl (CAN)

2. Madeleine Birri (GBR)

3. Danielle Pekler (Prairie View, Ill. / Cohen Brothers Judo Club)

3. Myroslava Bondarenko (CAN)

5. Katharina Kaiser (GER)

5. Frida Maya (MEX)

7. Anais Lefebvre (CAN)

7. Laurence Gagnon (CAN)

Junior Men’s 81 kg

1. Daniel Shulgin (Philadelphia, Pa./Yawara Force)

2. Yuriy Semenyuk (CAN)

3. Algirdas Zulys (LTU)

3. Arthur Karpukov (CAN)

5. Francisco Galarza Hernandez (PUR)

5. Aiden Cohen (Vernon Hills, Ill. / Cohen Brothers Judo Club)

7. Alem Yuma (ARG)

7. Drake Gregory (CAN)

Also Competed: Evan Miller (Marion, Ind. / Marion PAL Judo), 0-2

John Smith (Budd Lake, N.J. / Colton Brown Training Center), 2-2

Junior Women’s 63 kg

1. Sara-Anne Beaudin (CAN)

2. Maralgoo Batbayar (CAN)

3. Chloe Schillings (LUX)

3. Loika Robertson (CAN)

5. Maya Aubert Gomez (GBR)

5. Contanza Perez (CHI)

7. Metis Couture (CAN)

7. Margot Chevalier (CAN)

Junior Men’s 90 kg

1. Micha Welter (LUX)

2. Derik Rodriguez (PUR)

3. Beksultan Aitmatov (KGZ)

3. Lucas MacDonald (CAN)

5. Alexander Brown (NZL)

5. Nicholas Haslett (CAN)

7. Vladimir Manukyan (Santa Clarita, Calif. / Olymp Fight Club)

Junior Women’s 70 kg

1. Charlie Thibault (CAN)

2. Yamileth Juarez Loya (MEX)

3. Missy Jen Dorval Mbele (CAN)

Junior Men’s 100 kg

1. Yehor Paladii (CAN)

2. Daniel Liubimovski (Staten Island, N.Y. / NYAC / Colton Brown Training Center)

3. Ivan Tyshchenko (CAN)

3. Mohamed Amine Silem (CAN)

5. Matys Rainville (CAN)

Junior Women’s 78 kg

1. Jayda Fulp (Fort Worth, Texas/Chandler Judo Academy)

2. Emily Harris (CAN)

3. Abigail Smith (CAN)

Junior Men’s +100 kg

1. John Messa A Bessong (CAN)

2. Kanta Ueyama (Burbank, Calif. / Los Angeles Tenri Judo Dojo)

3. Hugo Sanchez (MEX)

Also Competed: Oleg Simakov (Arlington Heights, Ill. / Cohen Brothers Judo Club), 0-2

Full Junior Pan American Cup Results

Cadet Men’s 50 kg

1. Jannaco Searcy (Atlanta, Ga. / Black Ice Judo)

2. Akhmed Loliev (CAN)

3. William Maheux (CAN)

Cadet Men’s 55 kg

1. Yeonwoo Cho (KOR)

2. Hoyoung Yun (KOR)

3. Arel Roitman (CAN)

3. Xavier Brouillette (CAN)

5. Max Ramsey (CAN)

5. Avery Pampolina (CAN)

7. Logan Ko (CAN)

Cadet Men’s 60 kg

1. Hyeongi Kim (CAN)

2. Matthew Schesnuik (CAN)

3. Samuel Tang (GBR)

3. Amir Temirbaev (CAN)

5. Silas Coughlan (CAN)

5. Adrian Cohen (Vernon Hills, Ill. / Cohen Brothers Judo Club)

7. Felix Weitemeier (GER)

7. Tymur Tolmachov (CAN)

Cadet Women’s 48 kg

1. Malia Manibog (San Gabriel, Calif. / San Gabriel Judo Dojo)

2. Zoe Dempsey (New Lenox, Ill./Cohen Brothers Judo Club)

3. Madeleine Schimann (CAN)

3. Addyson Tamura (CAN)

5. Sarah Gippson Rosa (PUR)

5. Christina Karas (CAN)

Cadet Men’s 66 kg

1. Minsung Jeon (KOR)

2. Luciano Valentino Liori Rodriguez (URU)

3. Nazar Makieshyn (CAN)

3. Shon Tansky (CAN)

5. Andrey Mejery (CAN)

5. Oleksandr Havryshchuk (CAN)

7. Edouard Chasse (CAN)

7. Andrei Philippe Manuel (CAN)

Also Competed: Jayden Sanchez (New Milford, N.J. / Colton Brown Training Center), 1-1

Cadet Women’s 52 kg

1. Yumi Shin (KOR)

2. Melody Grenier (CAN)

3. Aubrey Genereux (Port Saint Lucie, Fla./Ki-Itsu-Sai National Training Center)

3. Lucy Robinson (GBR)

5. Maegan Grooten (CAN)

5. Ahniia Grebennikova (CAN)

Cadet Men’s 73 kg

1. Sanggyu Kim (KOR)

2. Domenico Ternullo (Saugus, Mass. / Pedro’s Judo Center)

3. Paolo Alberto Silva Manzi (URU)

3. Lowan Le Bris (CAN)

5. Noam Barriault-Tremblay (CAN)

5. Nikkita Melnykov (CAN)

7. Sawyer Althouse (CAN)

7. Justin Thibault (CAN)

Cadet Women’s 57 kg

1. Katharina Kaiser (GER)

2. Myroslava Bondarenko (CAN)

3. Chaeryeong Park (KOR)

3. Aleksandra Dudko (GBR)

5. Anel Smanova (Brooklyn, N.Y. / Colton Brown Training Center)

5. Dilana Gesa (CAN)

Cadet Men’s 81 kg

1. Jaeyun Sim (KOR)

2. Daniel Shulgin (Philadelphia, Pa./Yawara Force)

3. Matthew Molchanov (CAN)

3. Tristan Bourque (CAN)

5. Joackim Houle (CAN)

5. Luciano Jimenez (CHI)

Cadet Women’s 63 kg

1. Jieon Yang (KOR)

2. Chaekyung Lee (KOR)

3. Metis Couture (CAN)

3. Miguela Ngombi (CAN)

5. Sofiia Kolomiiets (CAN)

5. Veronika Hard (CAN)

7. Nova Lee-Neuman (CAN)

Cadet Men’s 90 kg

1. Minho Cha (KOR)

2. Beksultan Aitmatov (KGZ)

3. Suyong Mun (KOR)

3. Peter Crawford (GBR)

5. Andrew Maheux-Dyer (CAN)

Also Competed: Vladimir Manukyan (Santa Clarita, Calif. / Olymp Fight Club), 0-2

Cadet Women’s 70 kg

1. Mackenzie Schultz (Daleville, Ala./Black Ice Judo)

2. Charlie Thibault (CAN)

3. Emiliya Aliyeva (CAN)

3. Missy Jen Dorval Mbele (CAN)

Cadet Men’s +90 kg

1. Kanta Ueyama (Burbank, Calif. / Los Angeles Tenri Judo Dojo)

2. Franck David Moussima Ewane Elouti (CAN)

3. Eden Khalfon (CAN)

3. Ivan Tyshchenko (CAN)

5. Thomas Gendron (CAN)

5. Shohruh Umarjonov (CAN)

Cadet Women’s +70 kg

1. Abigail Smith (CAN)

Full Cadet Pan American Cup Results