MONTREAL, Quebec — Athletes from the Jason Morris Judo Center (JMJC) in Glenville enjoyed a stellar weekend at the Quebec Open in Montreal, which is held right next to the 1976 Olympic stadium in the Pierre Charbonneau Center.
The JMJC added seven medals to their total now of 82 at the Quebec Open.
Burnt Hills graduate Hannah Martin, 25, continued to pile up the hardware this year by winning her third Quebec Open gold. It was her first gold at 63kg and sixth overall medal. Martin’s last event of the year will be the Abu Dhabi grand prix on November 22-23, as she tries to move up in the world rankings. She is currently at a career high No. 11 ranking.
Maria Dhami, 18, led the way for the JMJC IC taking home two gold medals, her first at the Quebec Open. Dhami captured the under-21 52kg title in dominating fashion going 4-0 winning all of her matches by a full point on the first day of competition. On day two, Dhami won the 52kg seniors women’s elite division, which included winning a semifinal thriller against 2013 Cadet World Champion, Jessica Klimkait (Canada). Klimkait had defeated Dhami on her home soil just two weeks ago at the JMJC-hosted Morris Cup in Burnt Hills.
Tony Sangimino, 23, claimed his first Quebec Open title, going 5-0 in 81kg on the day. Sangimino avenged a loss earlier in the year to 2013 Cadet World Champion, Louis Krieber Gagnon (Canada) by knocking off the Canadian in a second round overtime battle, which Tony ended with a slick new move for a full point.
Brad Bolen cruised to 66kg victory, claiming his second Quebec Open title by posting a 5-0 record. Bolen won all of his matches by a full point with four of them coming via his signature choke, the “Bolen Arrow.” This served as a nice tune up for Bolen as he gets ready to compete in the Samoa World Cup, November 15-16. Bolen’s JMJC teammates, Nick Kossor (Burnt Hills graduate), 27, and Alex Turner, 20, will be going as well.
Alex Turner, 20, turned his best performance to date by taking a silver medal in the very deep 73kg weight class, losing in the final in an overtime thriller to David Ancor (Canada). Burnt Hills High Junior Nick Irabli,17, continues to improve as he took a silver medal in the under-21 plus-100kg on the first day then went on to place fifth in the men’s plus-100kg category on day two to close out the JMJC medal count.
Pete Stanley (Shenendehowa graduate), 29, took fifth place at plus-100kg and Burnt Hills High graduate, Jack Hatton, 18, placed fifth in the under-21 81kg category. Burnt Hills High, senior, Eric Skyler placed seventh going 3-2 in the under-21 81kg division.
