2006 Middle School and High School Nationals
March 25, 2006
Tinley Park, Ill.

 

Colorado athletes are indicated in bold typeface.

 

Best Technique Award

Male: Ross Nakamura (Mission Hills, Calif./John F. Kennedy High School)

Female: Paula Duarte (Baldwin Park, Calif./Sierra Vista High School)

 

Fighting Spirit Award

Male: Jeremy Liggett (Scotia, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston)

Female: Sofia Aliendo (North Lauderdale, Fla./Stonemon Douglas High School)

 

Outstanding Competitor Award

Male: Nick Delpopolo (Glenville, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston)

Female: Kayla Harrison (Middletown, Ohio/Middletown High School)

 

High School Women 40kg
1. Veronica Prado (North Lauderdale, Fla./Stonemon Douglas High School)

High School Women 44kg
1. Daimisy Porras (North Lauderdale, Fla./Talavera High School)
2. Nikki Alexander (Wayne, Ohio/Elmwood High School)

High School Women 48kg
1. Jeanette Rordriguez (North Lauderdale, Fla./Talavera High School)
2. Brenna Clark (Hercules, Calif./Hercules High School
3. Cassandra Bezoski (Amherst, Ohio/Amherst Steele High School)

High School Women 52kg
1. Franchesca Durand (North Lauderdale, Fla./Talavera High School)
2. Nicki Schultheis (Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township High School)
3. Kayla Martin (Evansville, Ind./Oak Hill Middle School)
4. Nicole Laurell (Woodland Park, Colo./Woodland Park High School)
5. Jordan Mouton (Houston, Texas/Cy Falls High School)
5. Danica Kamakana (Honolulu, Hawaii/Moanalua High School)

High School Women 57kg
1. Paula Duarte (Baldwin Park, Calif./Sierra Vista High School)
2. Hana Carmichael (Wellington, Fla./Palm Beach Central)
3. Pauline Macias (Lancaster, Calif./Paraclete High School)
4. Paola Genao-Butler (Houston, Texas/South Houston High School)
5. Angelica Delgado (North Lauderdale, Fla./Talavera High School)
5. Jillian Roman (Snellvile, Ga./Brookwood High School)

High School Women 63kg
1. Sofia Aliendo (North Lauderdale, Fla./Stonemon Douglas High School)
2. Natalie Laursen (Livermore, Calif./Livermore High School)
3. Chelsea Novak (Northglenn, Colo./Northglenn High School)
4. Tessa Plana (Irving, Texas/Coppell High School)
5. Martha Tstusui (Fresno, Calif./Fresno High School)
5. Joanna Kielkucki (Staten Island, N.Y./Florello H Laguardia)

High School Women 70kg
1. Kayla Harrison (Middletown, Ohio/Middletown High School)
2. Halee Shadden (Mineral Wells, Texas/Longhorn Home School)
3. Kathleen Sell (Oshkosh, Wis./Oshkosh North High School)
4. Helen Delpopolo (Westfield, N.J./Edison Intermediate)
5. Kelsi Bostic (Anderson, Ind./St. Mary's School)

High School Women 78kg
1. Marina Shafir (Latham, N.Y./Shaker High School)
2. Sarah Newton (Garland, Texas/North Mesquite H.S.)
3. Brooke Martell (Belleville, Mich./Belleville H.S.)

High School Women +78kg
1. Brittni Bradford (Land O' Lakes, Fla./The Cambridge School)
2. Jasmeen Sapp (Atlanta, Ga./Tri-Cities H.S.)
3. Stephanie Schrenk (Kent, Wash./Kent Mountainview)

High School Women Open  
1. Kayla Harrison (Middletown, Ohio/Middletown High School)

2. Brittni Bradford (Land O' Lakes, Fla./The Cambridge School)

High School Men 51kg
1. Zachary Maes (Wheat Ridge, Colo./Mullen H.S.)
2. Michael Delima (Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township H.S.)
3. Derron Maki (Honolulu, Hawaii/Moanalua H.S.)
4. Aaron Fukuhara (Torrance, Calif./West H.S.)
5. Grayson Linstrom (Livermore, Calif./Granada H.S.)

High School Men 55kg
1. Giancarla Dorador (North Lauderdale, Fla./Talavera H.S.)
2. Daryl Jackson (Colorado Springs, Colo./Mitchell H.S.)
3. Brent Kataoka (West Covina, Calif./Nogales H.S.)
4. Guillermo Padilla (Tacoma, Wash./Mt. Tahoma H.S.)
5. Aaron Gonzalez (Burleson, Texas/Burleson H.S.)
6. Quinton Beedle (Renton, Wash./Kentridge H.S.)

High School Men 60kg
1. Jeremy Liggett (Scotia, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston)
2. Jean Pierre Durand (North Lauderdale, Fla.)
3. Rafael Romos (North Lauderdale, Fla./Talavera H.S.)
4. Joseph Hashimoto (Thornton, Colo./Thornton H.S.)
5. Jeff Fujimoto (Los Angeles, Calif./Palisades Charter H.S.)
5. Aaron Kunihiro (Covina, Calif./Damien H.S.)

High School Men 66kg 
1. Ross Nakamura (Mission Hills, Calif./John F. Kennedy H.S.)
2. AJ Silverman (Scotia, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston)
3. Antonio Rodriguez (North Lauderdale, Fla.)
4. Andrew Ruggiero (Toms River, N.J./Toms River H.S.)
5. Cristian Garcia (North Lauderdale, Fla./Talavera H.S.)
5. David Oshima (Somerville, Mass./Matignon H.S.)

High School Men 73kg
1. Nick Delpopolo (Glenville, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston)
2. Bobby Lee (North Lauderdale, Fla./Talavera H.S.)
3. Danny Satinsky (Plainfield, Ill./Plainfield South H.S.)
4. Jeremy Mathis (Lithonia, Ga./Martin Luther King)
5. Christian Pavo (Pearl City, Hawaii/Pearl City H.S.)
5. Phillip Spano (Tampa, Fla./Gaither H.S.)

High School Men 81kg
1. Carlos Moran (Clifton, N.J./Clifton H.S.)
2. Aleksey Zilberbort (Aurora, Colo./Eaglecrest H.S.)
3. Marcus Hale (Woodland Park, Colo./Woodland Park H.S.)

4. Akira Nervik (Bellflower, Calif./Mayfair H.S.)
5. Anthony Phelps (Kettering, Ohio/Kettering Fairmont H.S.)
5. James Kennings (La Vernia, Texas/La Vernia H.S.)

High School Men 90kg
1. Steve Fayzakov (Fresh Meadows, N.Y./Forest Hills H.S.)
2. Jacob Larsen (Santa Rosa, Calif./Maria Carrillo)
3. Kyle Vashkulat (Scotia, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston)
4. Anthony Haskins (Tacoma, Wash./Henry Foss H.S.)
5. Ajax Tadehara (Pocatello, Idaho/Century H.S.)
5. Michael Alperin (San Francisco, Calif./French American)

High School Men 100kg
1. David Poghosyan (San Francisco, Calif./George Washington H.S.)
2. Alex Gonnov (Aurora, Colo./Overland High School)
3. Tony Sangimino (Burlingame, Calif./Burlingame H.S.)
4. Joshua Spring (Sanger, Texas/Denton Calvary Academy)

High School Men +100kg 
1. Aleks Zheleznov (Aurora, Colo./Grandview H.S.)
2. Daniel Yuabou (Flushing, N.Y./The Bronx H.S.)
3. Shawn Deming (Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township)
4. Kyle Shepard (Sheffield Lake, Ohio/Elyria Catholic H.S.)
5. Max Chaiyarat (Chicago, Ill.)

High School Men Open    
1. Anthony Phelps (Kettering, Ohio/Kettering Fairmont)
2. Sidhartha Raj Kumar (Stockton, Calif./Edison H.S.)

Middle School Female 40kg
1. Amelia Castillo (Simi Valley, Calif./Sinaloa Middle School)
2. Kayla Chappel (Oklahoma City, Okla./Moore West Jr. High)
3. Kimmy Hanauer (Pittsburgh, Pa./Rogers CAPA M.S.)
4. Rachel Aschenbrener (Cedarburg, Wis./John Long M.S.)
5. Carly Marcella (Spokane, Wash./Salk M.S.)

Middle School Female 44kg
1. Alexa Liddie (Colorado Springs, Colo./Sand Creek H.S.)
2. Kayla Hall (Granite City, Ill./Coolidge M.S.)
3. Samantha Martin (Burleson, Texas/Kerr M.S.)
4. Jessica Irons (Yorkville, Ill./Yorkville Intermediate)
5. Claire Aschenbrener (Cedarburg, Wis./John Long M.S.)
5. Kara Riggsbee (Simi Valley, Calif./Pinescrest School)

Middle School Female 48kg
1. Angela Creutzberger (New Providence, N.J./New Providence M.S.)
2. Anya Volyn (Flemington, N.J./JP Case M.S.)
3. Rachel Strangeway (Los Angeles, Calif./Paul Revere Charter)
4. Kia Artis (Marion, Ind./Mcculloch)
5. Kathleen Oshima (Somerville, Mass./Buckingham Browne)
5. Keyanna Dennis (Hazelcrest, Ill./Prarie Hills Jr High)

Middle School Female 53kg
1. Marlena Grovenstein (Colorado Springs, Colo./Palmer H.S.)
2. Sofia Mani (West Minster, Colo./Stargate Charter)
3. Lisa Bartkus (Brick, N.J./Brick Memorial H.S.)
4. Krista Tsutsui (Fresno, Calif./Hamilton K-8 School)
5. Kassandra Scoggin (Jewell, Iowa/South Hamilton)
5. Carla Genao-Butler (Houston, Texas/Vincent W. Miller)

Middle School Female 58kg
1. Christina Zamora (Tustin, Calif./Pioneer M.S.)
2. Anna Kielkucki (Staten Island, N.Y./Elias Bernstein)
3. Kadee Shadden (Mineral Wells, Texas/Longhorn Home School)
4. Lydia Au (Chicago, Ill./Robert Healy)
5. Jace Bowling (McCall, Idaho/MaCall H.S.)

Middle School Female 64kg
1. Kelly Au (Chicago, Ill./Walter Payton College)
2. Rachel Morgan (Milwaukee, Wis./Fritsche M.S.)
3. Caroline Walters (Fishers, Ind./Hamiltown Southeast)

Middle School Female 70kg
1. Kaela Coleman (Peosta, Iowa/Seton Catholic School)
2. Sarah Hentges (Peosta, Iowa/Western Drexler M.S.)
3. Vanessa Gonzalez (Baldwin Park, Calif./Holland M.S.)

Middle School Male 36kg 
1. Joshua Kennedy (Norman, Okla./Longfellow M.S.)
2. Jacob Hurt (Yorkville, Ill./St. Mary's Catholic)
3. Brandon Powell (N.L.R., Ark./Bryant M.S.)

Middle School Male 40kg
1. Max Benjamin (Fresh Meadows, N.Y./George J. Ryan MSZI6)
2. David Volyn (Flemington, N.J./JP Case M.S.)
3. Andrew Varga (Chicago, Ill./Francis W. Parker)
4. Joshua Prado (North Lauderdale, Fla.)
5. Colin Seebach (Gurnee, Ill./Woodland M.S.)
5. Shawn Stahuljak (Sedalia, Colo./Woodland Park H.S.)

Middle School Male 44kg 
1. Robby Schultheis (Gurnee, Ill./Viking M.S.)
2. Anthony Ragosta (Charlottesville, Va./Jack Jovett M.S.)
3. Santiago Martinez (North Lauderdale, Fla.)
4. Max Schneider (Chicago, Ill./Lincoln Elementary)
5. Derek Edwards (Montgomery, Ill./Thompson Jr. H.S.)
5. Eric Fajardo (Lincoln Park, N.J./Lincoln Park M.S.)

Middle School Male 48kg 
1. Casey Kenney (Portland, Ind./Jay County H.S.)
2. Jacob Gordon (Milwaukee, Wis./Atonement Lutheran School)
3. Gabriel Brown (Marion, Ind./Justice Junior H.S.)
4. Michael Assels (Garland, Texas/Buckingham North Charter)
5. Travis Leedon (McCall, Idaho/McCall H.S.)
5. Raymond Fern (Gurnee, Ill./Woodland M.S.)

Middle School Male 53kg
1. Kyle Taketa (Torrance, Calif./Jefferson M.S.)
2. Alex Shustorovich (Marlboro, N.J./Marlboro H.S.)
3. Yan Kafarskiy (Richmond Hill, N.Y./JHS 190Q)
4. Ruben Martin (Burleson, Texas/Kerr M.S.)
5. Lance Nichols (Norman, Okla./Longfelllow Middle School)
5. Codi Clark (McCall, Idaho/Payette Lakes M.S.)

Middle School Male 58kg
1. Dylan Madron (Highland, Ill./Highland M.S.)
2. Greg Sakata (Torrance, Calif./Soth H.S.)
3. John Farrar (Rochester, N.Y./Twelve Corners M.S.)
4. Chris Oba (Torrance, Calif./Magruder M.S.)
5. Kyle Whalen (McCall, Idaho/McCall H.S.)
5. Jacob Giszczynski (Gurnee, Ill./Warren Township H.S.)

Middle School Male 64kg
1. Jose Cos IV (Elbert, Colo./Falcon M.S.)
2. Zachery Godbold (Houston, Texas/Cypress Creek H.S.)
3. Michael Fujimoto (Los Angeles, Calif./Palisades Charter H.S.)
4. Todor Paounov (Chicago, Ill./Mather H.S.)
5. Matthew Zuniga (San Antonio, Texas/St. Paul Catholic School)
5. Quintin Riley (Colorado Springs, Colo./Russell M.S.)

Middle School Male 70kg
1. Ivan Kroupin (Minneapolis, Minn./Mounds Park Academy)
2. Matthew Fireno (Brick, N.J./Brick H.S.)
3. Lucas Wickham (Chicago Heights, Ill.)
4. Aleksey Boureiko (Little Rock, Ark./Little Rock Catholic)
5. Louis Fehr (Brookfield, Wis./Brookfield East H.S.)
5. Victor Sadauskas (Wheaton, Ill./Benet Academy)

Middle School Male +70kg
1. Daniel Palatnik (Rego Park, N.Y./Stephen A. Halsey)
2. Christopher Johnson (Fond du Lac, Wis./St. Mary's Springs)
3. Mike Hadley (Nampa, Idaho/Nampa H.S.)
4. Ryan Shepard (Sheffield, Ohio/St. Mary's Avon)
5. Joshua Gordon (Milwaukee, Wis./Atonement Lutheran School)

Results by State

      Point System:
Place won | Point Value
    1         5

   State name                    |Total|# 1 |
  1. Florida                       40    8
  2. California                    30    6
  2. New York                      30    6
  3. Colorado                      25    5
  4. Illinois                      15    3
  5. New Jersey                    10    2
  5. Ohio                          10    2
  6. Indiana                        5    1
  6. Iowa                           5    1
  6. Oklahoma                       5    1
  6. Minnesota                      5    1