The 2007 American Okinawan Karate Champsions took place on July 7th 2007 at the Licolnshire Marriott Resort in Chicago, Illinois, USA.  All competitors performed tremendous and everyone enjoyed themselves immensely making the event a great success.

Full Event Results

Kata – Under Black Belt

8 & Under Beginners          

1. Dallas Dellinger

2. Kyle Ringhofer

3. Margarita Gomez

8 & Under Intermediate      

1. Christopher Cech

8 & under Advanced                          

1.     Samantha Swift

9 - 12 Beginners   

1.     Vlad Serenko

2.     Brandon Ringhofer

3.     Nicholas Bondar

9 - 12 Intermediate

1.     Benjamin Graham

2.     Abigail Cruse

3.     Derek Morris

9 – 12 Advanced                 

1.     Ryan Marion

2.     Danielle Oliverio

3.     Jesse Clift

13 – 17 Beginners                

1.     Ashley Aman

2.     Kristin Skaggs

3.     Alyssa Brown

13 – 17 Intermediate            

1.     Ryan Morris

2.     Shannon Bottrell

3.     Steven Badgley

13 – 17 Advanced               

1.     Thomas Healy

2.     Eric Beaulieu

3.     Joe Hogan

18 – 34 Beginners

1. Antonio Rios

18 – 34 Intermediate                            

1. Alain Therrien

2. Michael Marrujo

3. Michael Lightbody

18 – 34 Advanced               

1.        Shane Hume

2.        Nicholas Hogan

3.        Ken Baer

35 & Up Beginners

1. Alexander Serenko              

2. Paul Digiorgio

3. Daniela Ringhofer                               

35 & Up Intermediate

1. David Morris           

2. Jean Francois Sauriol

3. Neil Smith

35 & Up Advanced             

1. Paterick Couperus

2. Ken Steele

3. Becky Clift

Kata – Black Belt

13 – 17   

1. Lori Kaye

2. Kaitlyn Brown

3. Bryanna Pocock

18 – 34 Men (1^st & 2^nd Dan)

1. Brett Thomason

2. Eric Cohen

3. Adrian Raducan

18 – 34 Women (1^st & 2^nd Dan)

1. Jessica Schroeder

2. Audrey Rae

35 & Up (1^st & 2^nd Dan)     

1. William Heron

2. Lori Healy

3. Karen Miller

18 – 34 Instructors (3^rd – 5^th Dan)     

1. David Kaye

2. Clifford Morse

3. Mike Fenton

35 & Up Instructors (3^rd – 5^th Dan)                   

1. Lars Anderson

2. Harold Gibbs

3. Tim Leonard

Masters (6^th – 8^th Dan)        

1. Terry Creamer

2. Aldo Panazzola

Grand Champion 17 & Under            

1. Lori Kaye

Grand Champion  18 & Up                

1. David Kaye

Weapons – Under Black Belt

12 & Under (all ranks under black)                   

1. Benjamin Graham

2. Ryan Marion

3. Jordan Marlein

13 – 17 (all ranks under black)

1. Matt Schmutz

2. Joe Hogan

18 – 34 (all ranks under black)

1. Nicholas Hogan

2. Rick Franco

3. Ken Baer

35 & Up (all ranks under black)                        

1. Patrick Couperus

2. Dennis Cedeno

3. Ken Steele

Weapons – Black Belt

13 – 17

1. Kaitlyn Brown

2. Bryanna Pocock

18 – 34 Men (1^st & 2^nd Dan)

1. Brett Thomason

2. Eric Cohen

3. Adrian Raducan

18 – 34 Women (1^st & 2^nd Dan)          

1. Jessica Schroeder

2. Audrey Rae          

35 & Up (1^st & 2^nd Dan)                       

1. William Heron

2. Timo Tikka

3. Richard Anderson

18 – 34 Instructors (3^rd – 5^th Dan)     

1. David Kaye

2. Clifford Morse

3. Mike Fenton        

35 & Up Instructors (3^rd – 5^th Dan)                   

1. Clarence Whitley

2. Tim Leonard

3. Dwayne Burrell

Masters (6^th – 8^th Dan)        

1. Aldo Panazzola

2. Terry Creamer

Grand Champion  17 & Under          

1. Kaitlyn Brown

Grand Champion 18 & Up                                  

1. David Kaye

Sparring – Under Black Belt

8 & Under Beginners          

1. Kyle Ringhofer

2. Dallas Dellinger

3. Daniel Smith

8 & Under Intermediate      

1. Christopher Cech

8 & Under Advanced         

1. Samantha Smith

9 – 12 Beginner Boys         

1. Vlad Serenko

2. Brandon Ringhofer

3. Nicholas Bondar

9 – 12 Beginner Girls           

1. Jessica Strunk

9 – 12 Intermediate Boys   

1. Derek Morris

2. Benjamin Graham

3. Zachery Cruse

9 – 12 Intermediate Girls     

1. Abigail Cruse

9 – 12 Advanced Boys       

1. Jordan Marlein

2. Ryan Marion

3. Jesse Clift

9 – 12 Advanced Girls        

1. Suze Eren

2. Danielle Oliverio

13 – 17 Beginner Boys       

1. Phile Brown

2. Alex Salsbury

3. Chris Brown

13 – 17 Beginner Girls                         

1. Ashley Aman

2. Alyssa Brown

3. Kristin Skaggs

13 – 17 Intermediate Boys 

1. Steven Badgley

2. Ryan Morris

13 – 17 Intermediate Girls                   

1. Samantha Bottrell

2. Shannon Bottrell

13 – 17 Advanced Boys     

1. Eric Beaulieu

2. Joe Hogan

3. Michael Julander

13 – 17 Advanced Girls      

1. Peyton McAfee

2. Ashley Clift

18 – 34 Beginner Men        

1. Ryan Weekes

2. Paul Coulter

3. Ali Mokdad

18 – 34 Intermediate Men                  

1. Alain Therrien

2. Michael Marrujo

3. Michael Lightbody             

18 – 34 Advanced Men      

1. Shane Home

2. Nicholas Hogan

3. Rick Franco

18 – 34 Advanced Women

1. Elyse Conway

2. Tanya Lemaire

35 & Up Beginner Men      

1. Alex Serenko

2. Chris Barnett

35 & Up Beginner Women

1. Terry Diederich

35 & Up Intermediate Men

1. Scott Porter

2. Jean Francois Sauriol

3. David Morris       

35 & Up Advanced Men

1. Mike Payne

2. Patrick Couperus

35 & Up Advanced Women

1. Becky Clift

2. Cyndy Marlein

Sparring – Black Belt

13 – 14 Girls                          

1. Bryanna Pocock                                  

15 – 17 Girls          

1. Kaitlyn Brown

2. Lori Kaye

18 – 34  Men (175lb & Under)           

1. Brett Thomason

2. Chuck Mady

3. Eric Cohen

18 – 34 Men (176lb & Over)              

1. Mathew Whitley 

2. Jesse Hill

3. Jeff Long

18 – 34 Women (128lb & Under)      

1. Audrey Rae                          

35 & Up Men (175lb & Under)          

1. William Heron

2. Timo Tikka

35 & Up Men (176lb & Over)            

1. Walter Sulewski

35 & Up Women                 

1. Tracy Burke-Carriere

2. Karen Miller

3. Lori Healy

18 – 34 Men Instructors     

1. David Kaye

2. Clifford Morse

3. Mike Fenton

35 & Up Men Instructors                  

1. Lars Anderson

2. Harold Gibbs

3. Tim Leonard

Masters                

1. Terry Creamer

Grand Champion 18 & Over Men

1. Brett Thomason

Grand Champion 18 & Over Women

1. Audrey Rae