On Saturday November 14th, a group of Team RONIN ATHLETICS competitors—first-timers and veterans—braved the wilds of Newark, NJ to compete in the 2009 NAGA North American Grappling Championships, and we’re proud to report some very successful results and an enormous congratulations to all who stepped up to test themselves!
The competition that day was fierce with a number of extremely tough matches and our Team was right there in the mix battling it out with some of the East Coast’s best grapplers.
After an extremely long day, we’re very proud to report that we brought home some hard-earned medals!
Medalists:
- Sean Carroll
- Bronze – no-gi, masters beginner, light heavyweight
- Roger Dardis
- GOLD – no-gi, intermediate, middleweight
- Elijah Elias
- GOLD – no-gi, beginner, heavyweight
- Matt Kaplan
- GOLD – white belt, adult, flyweight
- Liz Milizio
- GOLD – no-gi, women’s intermediate, flyweight
- Silver – blue belt, women’s, flyweight
- Lola Newsom
- GOLD – no-gi, women’s masters intermediate, middleweight
- GOLD – blue belt, women’s masters, middleweight
- Angelo Vicari
- GOLD – white belt, masters, flyweight
- Silver – no-gi, beginner, flyweight
Special shouts go out to: Josh B, Napoleon, Carlo (SLAM MAN), Eric G, Emalee, Vinh H, Pedro, Dennis R, Jorge, and Christian M for their very tough matches, individual wins, team support, coaching, and for getting out on those mats and putting themselves to the test!
More photos and videos to come!
Congrats, TEAM!
