(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.

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)

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