Champions in New Jersey. Photo: publicity.
The first of two North American tryouts for ADC 2011 took place this Saturday in New Jersey, USA. The next will be held in California in 2011.
Check out the athletes who qualified:
65 kg
1. Mark Ramos (Edson Carvalho-NJ)
2. Jimmy Cerra (Balance-PA)
3. Joesph Manuel (Nova Uniao-NJ)
76KG
1. Vagner Rocha (Team Popovitch/Avengers-FL)
2. Tony Tipton (Genesis/Avengers-TX)
3. Peter Runez (Nova Uniao-TX)
87KG
1. Rustam Chsiev (Kdojo-NJ)
2. Don Ortega (Gracie Barra-NM)
3. DJ Jackson (Team Lloyd Irvin-MD)
98KG
1. Joseph Lee Baize (Nice Guy Submission-KY)
2. Nolan Dutcher (Black and Blue BJJ-NY)
3. James Puopolo (Lovato BJJ-OR)
Over 99KG
1. Mario Rinaldi (American Top Team)
2. Willie Leonard (Team Lloyd Irvin)
3. Tom Muller (Renzo Gracie-NY)