10 Competitors, 13 medals and 4th Place Team Trophy
The 2nd Fabio Santos Open took place in San Diego, California on May 15th, 2010. The event reached nearly 400 competitors, and Team GD Jiu-Jitsu was well represented by 10 competitors, who brought back to AZ 13 Medals, and the 4th place Team Trophy! The Team Trophies were both points from the Kids and Adults Division combined, and even with only Adult Competitors, Team GD Jiu-Jitsu was still able to claim its top in the top 4!
The standouts of the Team were Issa Able, who won the Blue Feather Weight, and submitted all his opponents in the Open Class, and Ryan “Scoop” Heilman, who won the purple belt feather, and took 2nd in the open class, in a very close match.
Here are the full results:
Black Belt
Steve Rosenberg – 1st place/Middle & 2nd place/Open Class
Purple Belt
Ryan Heilman – 1st place/Feather & 2nd place/Open Class
John Cordera – 1st place/Light Feather
Blue
Issa Able – 1st place/Feather & 1st place/Open
Kristina Barlaan – 1st place/Feather
Matt Waltz – 2nd place/Medium Heavy/Master
Eddie Welch – 2nd place/Light/Master
John Van Buren – 3rd place/Light Feather
White
Jerry Hendrick – 1st place/Middle/Master
Summer Begay – 2nd place/Heavy
[...] wife/Janelle’s mom) competed in the same race for her first tri! Finally, the team from GD JiuJitsu tore up the Fabio Santos Open in San Diego over the weekend. CFSW-ers Steve R., Kristina, [...]