Liggett Wins Double Quebec Gold

         Montreal, QC - Members of the Glenville based, Jason Morris Judo Club (JMJC) enjoyed another stellar weekend capturing 12 total medals including four Gold at the Quebec Open International Judo tournament October 8-9, 2005. Burnt Hills High School Junior, Jeremy Liggett (16) completely stole the show winning Gold in the 17-19yrs. 60kg division along with claiming the 60kg mens title going 9-0 over the weekend. Liggett had some impressive wins including ippon (full point) victories over top Canadians, Sergio Pessoa and Oliver Masse. Pessoa is originally from Brazil but moved with his family to Canada in March of 2005. Pessoa's father, Sergio took 5th place at the 1987 Worlds in Essen, Germany ironically losing to an American (Kevin Asano) in the bronze medal match. Liggett's results here helped him extend his lead in the point race for the #1 spot on the junior roster of the next closest American, JP Durand. Carrie Chandler (24) went 4-0 on the day to claim gold in the 57kg weight class. Chandler, who is the #1 ranked American at 52kg moved up to 57kg here to get more competition. Chandler's victories included an overtime thriller against top Canadian, Francoise Nguele in the semis. Carrie tied the score late then pinned Nguele with sankaku one minute into the extra period to secure the win. Jayne Clason (20) from Scotland who has been training with the JMJC all summer captured a gold in 52kg going 4-0 winning all her matches by ippon.  Albany State Freshman and Burnt Hills High graduate, Yuko Sin (18) won a silver medal in the 17-19yrs. 81kg division to further secure his #1 US junior ranking. JMJC newcomer, Dan Santos (20) followed his US Open 66kg silver with a silver here in the 73kg weight class posting a 4-1 record. Santos is from Brazil and has been in the US since March. Santos has been living and training in Westchester and now splits his time with Westchester Judo and the JMJC to get more training partners. Albany State Freshman, Cleo Grinberg (18) picked up a pair of bronzes. One bronze was for the 17-19yrs. 70kg division and the other was the womens 70kg category. This result puts Grinberg in the #2 spot on the junior roster. Burnt Hills High Junior, Jemaine Jarvis (16) also picked up a couple of bronzes winning one in the 17-19yrs. 55kg division and the other being the mens 55kg catagory. Jarvis was a total 6-2 for the weekend. 2005 US Open Champ, Katie Mocco (21) picked up a bronze in the 78kg with a 2-2 record. Mocco moved up from her normal 70kg division just as Chandler did to get more competition. RPI sophomore, Shirley Yacubowicz (19) captured a bronze in the 48kg weight class going 3-2 on the day. Burnt Hills High Sophomore, Kyle Vashkulat (15) had a fantastic weekend putting forth his best performance as a JMJC member. Vashkulat took 5th place in both the 17-19yrs 90kg division and the mens 90kg weight class posting a 6-3 record for the weekend. Burnt Hills High Senior. AJ Silverman (17) also performed extremely well taking 7th in the 17-19yrs. 66kg weight class and doing even better in the mens 66kg division placing 5th. Burnt Hills High Junior, Nick Delpopolo (16) went 3-2 to place 7th in a stacked 73kg weight class. Delpopolo has been back only about a month since recovering from ACL surgery on his knee. Burnt Hills Junior, Dave Carelli (17) fought the best yet as a JMJC member posting a 3-2 record in the tough 17-19yrs. 60kg weight class taking 9th place. SCCC Freshman, Jess Elizalde (18) continued to improve placing 9th in 52kg with a 2-2 record. Paul Borodin (24) and Dave Chapman (19) competed well but did not place.