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Nine from Hawaii get judo gold
Advertiser Staff
Hawai'i judoka captured nine gold medals and helped the United States to a dominant performance at the Junior U.S. Open last weekend at Broward County Convention Center in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The U.S. accumulated 123 points with Mexico placing a distant-second with eight points.
Division champions from Hawai'i were: Kaylin Castro, from Honolulu, (Girls' Intermediate 1 38kg); Teshya Alo, 'Ewa Beach (Girls' Intermediate 2 34kg); Cassidy Chandler, Honolulu (Girls' Intermediate 2 48kg); Bishop Rapoza, Honolulu (Boys' Intermediate 1 34kg); Cole Chandler, Honolulu (Boys' Intermediate 2 34kg); Melinda Chow, Honolulu (Female Juvenile A 53kg); Anthony Kwon, Kane'ohe (Male Juvenile B 60kg); Chaeden Grace-Reyes, Pearl City (Male Juvenile A 53kg); and Dane Pestano, Waimanalo (Male Juvenile A 73-plus kg).
Chow also shared third in the Female IJF Junior 52-kilogram division. Teniya Alo ('Ewa Beach), Bryson Castro (Honolulu), Chrissy Chow (Honolulu), Bree Rapoza (Honolulu) and Nicole Taniguchi (Honolulu) took second in their divisions and Chad Taniguchi (Honolulu) took fifth.
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KIM, JANG ADVANCE
Former Big Island resident Kimberly Kim shot 1-over 72 yesterday to earn a berth in match play at the U.S. Girls' Junior Championship in West Hartford, Conn.
Kim had a two-round total of 144.
Anna Jang of 'Aiea shot 74—151 and also advanced after winning a spot in a playoff. Alina Ching of Honolulu (76—153) and Cyd Okino of Honolulu (76—159) failed to qualify.
Elsewhere:
Maui's Justin Keiley was even-par through six holes and tied for 12th when bad weather suspended play yesterday at the U.S. Boys' Junior Amateur in Shoal Creek, Ala. Honolulu's Brett Komoto was 7-over through eight holes and tied for 64th.
Hawai'i's Lorens Chan shot a 1-under-par 71 to share fourth and David Fink shot 73 to tie for 14th yesterday after the first round of the the Old Second Bank Junior Championship, at Aurora, Ill.
