The men’s 60kg, 66kg and +100kg and women’s 48kg, 63kg, 78kg and +78kg will be contested on Friday while the men’s 60kg, 66kg and +100kg and women’s 52kg, 57kg and 70kg and men’s 73kg, 81kg, 90kg and 100kg will be fought on Saturday.

U.S. athletes competing include:

Men
60kg: Taraje Williams-Murray (Bronx, N.Y. / NYAC / Spartak Sports Club), four-time National Champion
66kg: Kenny Hashimoto (Thornton, Colo. / Northglenn), 2006 U.S. Open bronze medalist
73kg: Ryan Reser (Colorado Springs, Colo. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Olympic Training Center), 2005 and 2007 Pan American Champion
73kg: Chuck Jefferson (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University), 2002 and 2003 Pan American Champion
81kg: Dustin Moran (Kalamazoo, Mich. / Southside Dojo)
100kg: Aaron Handy (Wakefield, Mass. / USA Judo National Team FORCE), 2007 British Open fifth-place finisher
+100kg: Daniel McCormick (Wakefield, Mass. / USA Judo National Team FORCE), 2007 Senior Nationals bronze medalist

Women
63kg: Marti Malloy (San Jose, Calif. / USA Judo National Training Site at San Jose State University), 2007 Senior National Champion
78kg: Nina Cutro-Kelly (San Antonio, Texas / Universal Judo), 2007 Senior Nationals silver medalist

For more information, contact Nicole Jomantas, USA Judo Director of Communications and Media Relations, at Nicole.Jomantas@usajudo.us or 719.271.9937 (cell).