Pineda's hosts 44th Annual Western Wyoming Karate Championships

Pineda's Kenpo Karate hosted the 44th Annual Western Wyoming Karate Championships on May 10 at the Green River Recreation Center. The event drew 155 competitors from Wyoming, Utah, Montana, Colorado and Idaho. Divisions offered included traditional and creative kata, traditional and creative weapons, self-defense, point sparring, padded sword sparring, flag sparring, and board breaking. Twenty-three Pineda's students participated in the championships. Twelve Grand Champion awards were earned by Black Belts and Under Belts. Strat Friel won the Adult Overall Grand Champion for the third consecutive year. Grand Champion is based on cumulative points earned in kata, self-defense, weapons, and sparring. The tournament also featured "first-timers" divisions for beginning competitors.

David Anderson

FLAG SPARRING 10 ALL M/F - 8th place, PADDED SWORD SPARRING 10 ALL M/F - split - 1st place, POWER BREAKING 10 ALL M/F - 1st place, UB FORMS-TRADITIONAL 10 NOV M/F - 5th place, UB SPARRING 9-10 NOV M - 2nd place, UB WEAPONS-TRADITIONAL 9-10 NOV M/F - 4th place

Drew Beardall

UB FORMS-TRADITIONAL 18+ INT/ADV M/F - 4th place, UB FORMS-TRADITIONAL 35+ INT/ADV M/F - 3rd place, UB SELF DEFENSE-CREATIVE 18+ ALL M/F - 3rd place, UB WEAPONS-TRADITIONAL 18+ INT/ADV M/F - 4th place

Aiden Brandt

FLAG SPARRING 9 ALL M/F - 4th place, PADDED SWORD SPARRING 9 ALL M/F - 7th place, POWER BREAKING 9 ALL M/F - 4th place, UB FORMS-TRADITIONAL 9 NOV M/F - 3rd place, UB WEAPONS-TRADITIONAL 9-10 NOV M/F - 5th place

Carter Corthell

FLAG SPARRING 10 ALL M/F - 5th place, PADDED SWORD SPARRING 10 ALL M/F - split - 5th place, POWER BREAKING 10 ALL M/F - 7th place, UB FORMS-TRADITIONAL 10 NOV M/F - 3rd place, UB SPARRING 9-10 NOV M - 3rd place, UB WEAPONS-TRADITIONAL 9-10 NOV M/F - 3rd place

Rozlyn Corthell

FLAG SPARRING 5&- ALL M/F - 2nd place, PADDED SWORD SPARRING 5&- ALL M/F - 2nd Place, POWER BREAKING 7 ALL M/F - 4th place

Gary Dean

BB SPARRING 35+ ALL WEIGHTS M - 1st place, BB SPARRING 45+ ALL WEIGHTS M - 2nd plACE

Joshua Finley

UB FORMS-TRADITIONAL 18+ INT/ADV M/F - 5TH PLACE, UB FORMS-TRADITIONAL 35+ INT/ADV M/F - 2ND PLACE, UB SELF DEFENSE-CREATIVE 18+ ALL M/F - 2ND PLACE, UB SPARRING 35+ ALL M - 2ND PLACE, UB SPARRING 45+ ALL M - 1ST PLACE, UB WEAPONS-TRADITIONAL 18+ INT/ADV M/F - 6TH PLACE

Emery Friel

UB FORMS-TRADITIONAL 12 INT M/F - 1ST PLACE, UB SELF DEFENSE-CREATIVE 10-12 INT/ADV M/F - 2nd place, UB SPARRING 11-12 INT/ADV F - 2nd place, UB WEAPONS-CREATIVE 11-12 INT/ADV M/F - 2nd place, UB WEAPONS-TRADITIONAL 11-12 INT/ADV M/F - 2nd place

Strat Friel

UB FORMS-TRADITIONAL 35+ INT/ADV M/F - 1st place, UB SELF DEFENSE-CREATIVE 18+ ALL M/F - 1st place, UB SPARRING 18+ INT/ADV M - 1st place, UB SPARRING 35+ ALL M - 1st place, UB SPARRING 45+ ALL M - 2nd place, UB WEAPONS-CREATIVE 18+ ALL M/F - 3rd place, UB WEAPONS-TRADITIONAL 18+ INT/ADV M/F - 1st place

Bennett Gomez

FT FORMS-TRADITIONAL 10-11 NOV M/F - 3rd place, FT SPARRING 10-11 NOV M/F - 1st place, PADDED SWORD SPARRING 10 ALL M/F - split - 3rd place, POWER BREAKING 10 ALL M/F - 6th place

Korben Grunder

FT FORMS-TRADITIONAL 10-11 NOV M/F - 2nd place, PADDED SWORD SPARRING 10 ALL M/F - split - 4th place, POWER BREAKING 10 ALL M/F - 3rd place

Elias Harder

FT FORMS-TRADITIONAL 6-7 NOV M/F - 3rd place, FT SPARRING 6-7 NOV M/F - 4th place, POWER BREAKING 7 ALL M/F - 1st place

Ace Hatcher

UB FORMS-TRADITIONAL 8 NOV M/F - 4th place, UB WEAPONS-TRADITIONAL 8&- NOV M/F - 2nd place

Amelia Hatcher

UB FORMS-TRADITIONAL 11 NOV M/F - 1st place, UB WEAPONS-TRADITIONAL 11-12 NOV M/F - 1st place

Jesse Kniep

UB SPARRING 15-17 INT/ADV M - 1st place

Adalind Nash

FLAG SPARRING 9 ALL M/F - 7th place, PADDED SWORD SPARRING 9 ALL M/F - 2nd place, POWER BREAKING 9 ALL M/F - 2nd place, UB FORMS-TRADITIONAL 9 NOV M/F - 1st place, UB SPARRING 9-10 NOV F - 1st place, UB WEAPONS-TRADITIONAL 9-10 NOV M/F - 2nd place

Triss Nash

FLAG SPARRING 10 ALL M/F - 3rd place, PADDED SWORD SPARRING 10 ALL M/F - 2nd place, UB FORMS-TRADITIONAL 10 INT M/F - 4th place, UB SELF DEFENSE-CREATIVE 10-12 INT/ADV M/F - 4th place, UB SPARRING 9-10 INT/ADV F - 1st place, UB WEAPONS-TRADITIONAL 9-10 INT/ADV M/F - 3rd place

Ayzleigh Ray

POWER BREAKING 13-14 ALL M/F - 4th place, UB FORMS-CREATIVE 13-17 ALL M/F - 7th place, UB FORMS-TRADITIONAL 13-14 NOV M/F - 2nd place, UB SELF DEFENSE-CREATIVE 13-17 ALL M/F - 3rd place, UB SPARRING 13-14 NOV F - 2nd place, UB WEAPONS-TRADITIONAL 13-17 NOV M/F - 1st place

Ron Rice

UB WEAPONS-CREATIVE 18+ ALL M/F - 4th place

Anthony St John

PADDED SWORD SPARRING 9 ALL M/F - 1st place, UB FORMS-TRADITIONAL 9 NOV M/F - 2nd place, UB SPARRING 9-10 NOV M - 1st place, UB WEAPONS-TRADITIONAL 9-10 NOV M/F - 1st place

Evan St john

PADDED SWORD SPARRING 11-12 ALL M/F - 5th place, POWER BREAKING 11-12 ALL M/F - 5th place, UB FORMS-TRADITIONAL 11 NOV M/F - 2nd place, UB SPARRING 11-12 NOV F - 2nd place, UB WEAPONS-TRADITIONAL 11-12 NOV M/F - 2nd place

Adalynn Warner

FLAG SPARRING 10 ALL M/F - 2nd place, PADDED SWORD SPARRING 10 ALL M/F - split - 2nd place, POWER BREAKING 10 ALL M/F - 5th place, UB FORMS-TRADITIONAL 10 NOV M/F - 4th place

Kaylin Warner

FLAG SPARRING 15-17 ALL M/F - 4th place, UB FORMS-CREATIVE 13-17 ALL M/F - 4th place, UB FORMS-TRADITIONAL 15-17 INT M/F - 1st place, UB SELF DEFENSE-CREATIVE 13-17 ALL M/F - 2nd place, UB WEAPONS-CREATIVE 13-17 INT/ADV M/F - 6th place