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Timmins athlete wrestling her way to Olympic dream

By Joyce Hunter

Monday, December 02, 2002

Local News - Timmins’ Nicole Garceau plans to wrestle her way into the Olympics and is confident she can do it.

As a white belt, Nicole Garceau shocked herself this weekend when she demolished all her rivals without breaking a sweat during her very first Judo competition.

“I wasn’t challenged during the tournament and ended up beating out five competitors who have yellow, blue and orange belts,” she said. “Not only did I win both the gold medal in my weight category, and the gold for beating out all those women, I was graded after the tournament then awarded an orange belt.”

The regional judo tournament was held at St. Charles School on Kent Street this weekend with about 80 to 90 spectators cheering on.

And now the 27-year-old is setting her sights for the apex of women’s wrestling.

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Dan Duquette, Joe Morgan, Bob Stanley will appear on December 9th

Youth Sports: How can we make it better?

To All Youth Sport Fans,

Date of sale: December 9, 2002
Time of sale: 7pm to 9pm
Youth Sports: How Can We Make It Better?

Presented by the Sports Academy Foundation

When: Monday, December 9th at 7pm to 9pm

Where: Best Western Hotel, The Commonwealth Room, Route 9, 130 Worcester Road, Framingham, MA 01702, (508) 872-8811 (on the East side of Rt. 9, next to Chili’s)

Who: All coaches, officials, athletic directors, selected athletes, town recreation department members, private sport league members, parents and any person with an interest in Youth Sports.

What: A discussion on how Foundations like the Sports Academy Foundation can help young athletes (girls and boys from 8 to 18) heighten their experience in youth sports. We are looking for feedback from town recreation department personal, school coaches, travel leagues and young athletes on how non-profit Foundations can assist in enhancing the experience of all (coaches, officials, parents, teachers, students and organizers) that participate in Youth Sports.

It will be an informal dialogue with free food and soft drinks served. All admission is free of charge and is being provided by the Sports Academy Foundation (duquettesportsacademy.com).

We will have an all star group of members of the New England sports world on hand to answer any questions. The following are scheduled to appear: Dan Duquette, CEO and Chairman of the Sports Academy Foundation and the Dan Duquette Sports Academy, Red Sox Hall of Fame member Dwight Evans, Former Red Sox Manager Joe Morgan, Former Red Sox Pitcher Bob Stanley and many others.

RSVP: Please RSVP to John Flynn, New Media Marketing and Events, Inc. at
617-232-0947 or john@newmme.com. Space is limited.

All inquires should be directed to:

New Media Marketing and Events, Inc.
John Flynn, CEO
50 Brook Street
Brookline, MA 02445
617-232-0947
john@newmme.com
newmme.com

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Pacific Senior Open Women’s Division Results Pacific University Forest Grove, Oregon

11/30/02

107lbs

1st Heather Ball (Simon Fraser University)
2nd Tabitha Coffey (Menlo College)
3rd Idgi Levine (Pacific University)

114lbs

1st Sarah White (Simon Fraser University)
2nd Tonya Miyasaki (Menlo College)
3rd Julie Gonzales (Menlo College)
4th Kristin Fujioka (Pacific University)

122lbs

1st Melina Hutchinson (Menlo College)
2nd Jill Remticado (Pacific University)
3rd Natasha Umemoto (Cobra USA)
4th Chrystal Santos (Simon Fraser University)
5th Shannon Briganshaw (Simon Fraser University)
6th Katie Kunimoto (NTC) (Injury Withdrawl)

128lbs

1st Desiree Lockhart (Pacfic University)
2nd Lindsay Owens (Menlo College)
3rd Melissa Dieman (Pacific University)

133lbs

1st Andela Mah
2nd Bior Guigni
3rd Rocky Magdaleno
4th Jennifer Miyahira

145lbs

1st Sally Roberts (NTC)
2nd Emily Richardson (Simon Fraser University)
3rd Tashia Kothlow (Douglas)
4th Becky Tavera (Menlos College)
5th Salome Gipson (Pacific University)

158lbs

1st Sammi Lang (Oregon Unattached)
2nd Casey Lyle (NTC)
3rd Asleya McManus (Simon Fraser University)
4th Asley Cross (Douglas)
5th Ozma Lane (Unattached)

For Full match results see link below:

http://www.angelfire.com/wrestling/Womeninoregon/pacific/open11_30_02results.html

I want to thank Scott Miller the Pacific University Head Wrestling Coach for allowing Samantha & NaTasha to enter. Both had a great tournament although both had injuries going into the tournament.

Na'Tasha Umemoto Look great technically... She was up 11-3 against Remticado and had her obviouslly pinned but the ref didn't get to the other side of her to actually see it and time ran out. She continued to wrestle aggressivly in the match instead of conserviative and made a slight mistake and threw Jill but landed on her own back. She went on to Tech the other people in her pool and the bronze match. Great job Tasha! Too bad we have to wait two more years to see you in USAW Women's tournaments. Expect her to be going to the Canadian tournaments though! She will only get tougher from here on out.

Samantha Looked strong as well. She dominated the entire bracket despite having not practiced for three weeks on a severally sprained ankle. She managed to pin all in her bracket except Lyle while protecting her ankle (that was a good thing).

I want to also thank Lyle, Kunimoto & Roberts from the Resident Training program for coming back to Pacific for the tournament. Also Menlo College and Simon Fraser brought quite a few girls as well! Next year it would be great to see all the colleges represented.