NEW YORK CITY (March 27, 2000) - The following are the results of the of the 17th New York Open Judo Championships, held Sunday at the New York Athletic Club.

Special Awards

Outstanding Player:

Becurencu Toma Onidiu, Romania

Life Achievement Award:

Mel Appelbaum, Ph.D, USA

Team Competition:

1st- Poland

2nd- Romania

60KG

1st- Horatio Dena, Romania

2nd- Darius Boguszewski, Poland

3rd- Jao Guana, Columbia

66KG

1st- Alex Ottiano, USA

2nd- Mindaugas Simenas, Lithuania

3rd- Marian Maria. Romania

73KG

1st- Orlando Fuentes, USA

2nd- Sebastian Aulich, Poland

3rd- Daniel Adam, Romania

-81KG

1st- Becurencu Toma Onidiu, Romania

2nd- Reno Reser, USA

3rd- Rick Hawn, USA

-90KG

1st- Auam Andriamov, USA

2nd- Hanng Villwork, Germany

3rd- Thomasz Bicz, Poland

100KG

1st- Pawel Sitarski, Poland

2nd- Ato Hand, USA

3rd- Marius Paskevicius, Lithuania

+100KG

1st- Joel Brutus, USA

2nd- Marius Staniuk, Romania

3rd- Dulimar Grando, USA