Coral Springs , Fla. – The Fall Classic National Championships on Saturday served as a preview of things to come during the next year as new players staked their claim in divisions and others repeated their previous successes.

In the women’s 63kg division, 17-year-old Kayla Harrison (Wakefield, Mass. / USA Judo Team FORCE) was one of the day’s most winning women player, winning five straight matches to earn the 63kg title after placing second at the Nationals earlier this year and winning the 70kg title in 2006.

Daniel McCormick ( Wakefield , Mass. / USA Judo National Team FORCE) won gold in both the Men's +100Kg and the Men's Open.

The follow-up event to the Fall Classic, Sunday’s Ladder Tournament was a smaller competition as many athletes fought up a weight division, but featured some of the season’s best match-ups.

Aaron Kunihiro (Wakefield, Mass. / USA Judo National Team FORCE) had a standout performance on the men’s side.  The Senior National medalist in the 60kg division, Kunihiro fought up to 66kg on Sunday.

Among his five wins, three of his victories were against top-ranked 60kg players. Kunihiro defeated 2007 Pan Am Team member Nick Kossor (Glenville , N.Y. / USA Judo National Training Site at the Jason Morris Judo Center) by a penalty and a koka (smallest points) score when he threw Kossor at the buzzer.

In his first final match, Kunihiro threw Miguel Ballesteros (Miami , Fla. / USA Judo National Training Site at North Miami) , 2006 U.S. Open fifth-place finisher, and moved straight into a win, but Ballesteros tapped out after five seconds with an injury.

After Kunihiro defeated Ballesteros, he fought Kossor again. This time neither athlete scored until Kunihiro threw Kossor for koka and yuko scores in the last minute and launched Kossor for a beautiful ippon as the buzzer went off.