The 23rd Pan American Championships in Panama City (PAN) was a good one for the U.S., with four winners and 10 total medals. The champions:
● Men’s Kata: Ariel Torres
● Men’s -75 kg: Tom Scott
● Women’s -68 kg: Cheryl Murphy
● Women’s +68 kg: Maya Wasowicz
The U.S. also won six other medals, and had a gold-silver finish with Murphy and Skylar Lingl in the women’s -68 class.
Colombia was the only other country with two individual winners: Guillermo Ramirez (men’s -67 kg) and Ruben Henao (men’s -84 kg). Summaries:
Pan American Championships
Panama City (PAN) ~ 18-23 March 2019
(Full results here)
Men
Kata: 1. Ariel Torres (USA); 2. Antonio Diaz (VEN); 3. Josef Arango (DOM) and Hector Cencion (PAN).
Team Kata: 1. Dominican Rep. (Arango, Aracena, Pumarol); 2. Peru; 3. Colombia and Argentina.
-60 kg: 1. Douglas Brose (BRA); 2. Maximiliano Larrosa (URU); 3. Rafael Nascimento (BRA) and Joaquin Gonzalez (CHI).
-67 kg: 1. Guillermo Ramirez (COL); 2. Camilo Velozo (CHI); 3. Breno Teixeira (BRA) and Vinicius Figueira (BRA).
-75 kg: 1. Tom Scott (USA); 2. Alton Brown (JAM); 3. Julio Ichiki (ARG) and Darian Antonio Diaz (CUB)
-84 kg: 1. Ruben Henao (COL); 2. Freddy Valera (VEN); 3. Jorge Merino (ESA) and Fabian Huaiquiman (CHI).
+84 kg: 1. Jordan Chapman (CUB); 2. Rodrigo Rojas (CHI); 3. Brian Irr (USA) and Adam Ramos (BRA).
Team Kumite: 1. Brazil; 2. Mexico; 3. United States and Canada.
Women
Kata: 1. Maria Dimitrova (DOM); 2. Sakura Kokumai (USA); 3. Jessica Kwong (USA) and Andrea Armada Ruiz (VEN).
Team Kata: 1. Peru (Almarza, Salcedo, Romani Sol); 2. Brazil; 3. Dominican Rep. and Mexico.
-50 kg: 1. Aurimer Campos (VEN); 2. Ana Villanueva (DOM); 3. Alicia Hernandez (MEX) and Carolina Gonzalez (GUA).
-55 kg: 1. Alessandra Vindrola (PER); 2. Kathryn Campbell (CAN); 3. Valeria Kumizaki (BRA) and Baurelys Torres (CUB).
-61 kg: 1. Merillela Arreola (MEX); 2. Jacqueline Factos (ECU); 3. Alexandra Grande (PER); and Karina Diaz (DOM).
-68 kg: 1. Cheryl Murphy (USA); 2. Skylar Lingl (USA); 3. Cirelys Martinez (CUB) and Melissa Bratic (CAN).
+68 kg: 1. Maya Wasowicz (USA); 2. Omaira Molina (VEN); 3. Shanee Torres (COL) and Yoandra Moreno (CUB).
Team Kumite: 1. Venezuela (Navarrette, Molina, Garces, Cuervo ); 2. Canada; 3. Panama and United States (Cheryl Murphy, Maya Wasowicz, Shannon Nishi, Cirrus Lingl).