In the women's heavyweight division, Asma Sharif (Wakefield, Mass. / Team FORCE) fought up from her usual 78kg division and upset the top two ranked women in the United States at +78kg.  Sharif beat U.S. Open Bronze medalist Lorey Edwards (Columbus, Ohio / Renshuden) in the preliminary rounds and then pinned top-ranked Brittni Bradford (San Antonio, Texas / Universal Judo) in two separate matches to claim the Gold medal.

In the Men's Heavyweight Division, Dan McCormick (Wakefield, Mass. / Team FORCE) came into the tournament ranked #2 in the 100+kg division.  McCormick lost a first round battle to Anthony Turner (Miami Lakes, Fla. / Into Combat) getting thrown for ippon with tegaruma at the 3 minute mark after leading the match yuko to koka on penalties.  McCormick then won his next two matches by Ippon setting up a match against #1 ranked Kirk Hoffman (Security, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center).

Hoffman took the early shido lead when McCormick received a non-combativity penalty and then countered McCormick for a yuko half way through the match.  McCormick came up big later on with a harai makikomi attack that sent Hoffman flying and scored Ippon.  This set up a rematch with Turner for the title which Turner ended quickly, pinning McCormick for Ippon.  Dan had to settle for the silver.

German newcomer, Gerhard Zeitler (Wakefield, Mass/Team FORCE) typically a 60kg player fought up here and contested the 66kg division where he went 3-2 to claim the Bronze medal.  All of Zetiler's wins came by way of Ippon and his only losses were to Josh O'Neil (Franklin, Wis. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center) who threw Zeitler for Ippon in both of their matches.

Women’s +78kg

1. Asma Sharif (Wakefield, Mass. / Team FORCE)

2. Brittni Bradford (Live Oak, Texas / Universal Judo)

3. Rhonda Morrell-Pruitt (Centerville, Ohio / Renshuden)

4. Andrea Bongert (Dubuque, Iowa / Dubuque Judo)

5. Lorey Edwards (Columbus, Ohio / Renshuden)

Men’s +100kg

1. Anthony Turner (Miami Lakes, Fla. / Into Combat)

2. J. Daniel McCormick (Wakefield, Mass. / Team FORCE)

3. Kirk Hoffmann (Security, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center)

4. Mick Van Kaminsky (Marquette, Wis. / Cohen’s Judo)

5. Brandon Cummings (Saginaw, Mich. / Tri Valley)

Men’s 66kg

1. Nate Torra (El Cerrito, Calif. / NYAC / East Bay Judo Institute)

2. Joshua O’Neil (Franklin, Wis. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center)

3. Zeitler Gerhard (GER / Wakefield, Mass. / Team FORCE)

4. Toshiya Nishimura (Centerville, Ohio / Renshuden)

5. Leonardo Lopes (Harrison, N.Y. / Westchester Judo)