Washington State Judo championships

Sara took an amazing first in her division -13 to 14 year olds. She competed against higher ranked players, as well as them being slightly heavier in weight. I was able to watch her final match and it was purely electric! The opposing girl was huge, not much lighter than the sumo girl from last time, and yet Sara still managed to rout her.
My perfomance was abit of a repeat of Sara's last comp. I was unable to eat much before hand and that showed immediately. Though I fought well, it lacked stamina and endurance which landed me the bronze medal due only to a round robin division. The girls in my division were awesome. It turns out the gold medalist hung out with a friend of mine's little brother years ago- its quite disconcerting to be beaten by someone you've retained in your mind as a short litle kid of seven, but who is now big enough (5'9-10) and experienced enough to take you down. The silver medalist and I got along quite well and I had a great time chatting with her, we both are most likely going out for track this year. :) All in all it was a great competition. Losing is never better when you like the person beating as well as them having a great attitude about it.