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Judo Athletes make Pan Am Championships Team
Cohen Brothers Judo athletes make Cadet and Jr Pan American Championships Team in Cali, Columbia
Salt Lake City, Utah - Cohen Brothers Judo Club based out of Vernon Hills, IL traveled to Utah with 10 athletes for the Youth Scholastic Nationals which was also the trials for the Cadet (Ages 14-17) and Jr. (Ages 18-20) and still prove to be one of the best clubs in the country.
Making the Cadet Pan American Team which will be held May 28-29 in Cali, Columbia, Aiden Cohen in the -81kg (178lbs) category. Aiden went 4-0 on day 1 to defeat all if his opponents by a full point to make his first Cadet Team. Aiden was a silver medalist in 2019 in age group below which is juvenile.
14 year old Harlee Hiller fought in both Cadet and Junior Trials. On Day 1 in the cadets she lost and took home a bronze medal. However, on day 2 in the older age group she avenged her losses and won the division to make the IJF Jr Pan Am Team in the older Age Group. Although, Harlee is only 14 years old, she will go and compete in the age group of 17-20.
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Alex Knauf continued to show how dominate he is, just moving up from -81kg where he was a Cadet Pan American Medalist, he will now look to win the IJF Junior Age group. Alex is on a mission and will continue to make us proud and represent our club and country.
Also competing in the Pan Am Trials:
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Rylee Roloff - Silver Medal in IJF Junior -57kg
Danielle Pekler - Bronze Medal in Cadets, Silver Medal in IJF Junior im -63kg
Jason Hidan - DNP -66kg
In the younger age groups we had great success showing the country how strong we are.
Andrew Syrota - Gold Medalist in first national event
Jayme Cohen - Bronze Medal
Alex Shvartsman - 4th Place in higher weight division
Adiran Cohen - Bronze Medal
Cohen Brothers Judo Club coaches RJ & Aaron Cohen are very proud of all our athletes. "This was a great start to get back to competition after a long break due to COVID" We are excited for what the future holds and our goals have not changed to make young kids Champions in Life and Champions in Judo"
Cohen Brothers Judo is also the home of producing 6 Olympians from their club, multiple World Team Members and many Jr. & Sr. National Champions