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Mar 24th, 2008, 01:15 PM
10,000$ Obregon, Mexico
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Ciudad Obregón (locally known as Obregón) is the second largest city in the northern Mexican (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico)state (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Mexico) of Sonora (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonora) and is situated 525 km south of the state's border (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.-Mexico_border) with the U.S. state of Arizona (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona) at 27°29′38″N, 109°56′20″W (http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?pagename=Ciudad_Obreg%C3%B3n¶ms=27_29_38_N_109_56_20_W_). It is also the municipal seat of Cajeme (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajeme) municipality, located in the Yaqui Valley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Yaqui).
The city, previously named Cajeme, takes its name from Mexican Revolutionary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Revolution)Álvaro Obregón (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Obreg%C3%B3n), a native of nearby Huatabampo, Sonora (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huatabampo%2C_Sonora). Álvaro Obregón became president of Mexico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Mexico) after the Revolution and initiated an "agricultural revolution" in the Yaqui Valley, introducing modern agricultural techniques and making this valley one of the most prosperous agricultural regions in the country. Renowned U.S. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) agronomist Dr. Norman Borlaug (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug), the architect of the "Green Revolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution)" worked here after successful developments in increasing the resistance of wheat. For his efforts he was later awarded the Nobel Prize (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize).
Previous Winners:
2003: Kildine CHEVALIER FRA d. Jenifer WIDJAJA BRA 60 62
2004: Ayami TAKASE JAP d. Sarah RISKE USA 76 62
2005: Daniela MUNOZ GALLEGOS MEX d. Lauren BARNIKOW USA 76 26 60
2006: Ellah NZE USA d. Andrea KOCH BENVENUTO CHI 46 63 63
2007: Hillary BARTE USA d. Erika CLARKE MAGANA MEX 60 62
2008 ENTRY LIST
1 Lauren ALBANESE USA
2 Florence HARING FRA
3 Daniela MUNOZ GALLEGOS MEX
4 Maria-Fernanda ALVAREZ TERAN BOL
5 Ana-Clara DUARTE BRA
6 Anne YELSEY USA
7 Leanne BAKER NZL
8 Valeria PULIDO VELASCO MEX
9 Viky NUNEZ FUENTES COL
10 Andrea KOCH BENVENUTO CHI
11 Fernanda HERMENGILDO BRA
12 Erika CLARKE MAGANA MEX
13 Indire AKIKI CRO
14 Nataly YOO USA
15 Ingrid-Esperanza VARGAS CALVO PER
16 Karen-Emelia CASTIBLANCO DUARTE COL
17 Vanesa FURLANETTO RG
18 Tatiana BUA ARG
Quali
1 Allie WILL USA
2 Paula Catalina ROBLES GARCIA COL
3 Susanna LINGMAN USA
4 Rebeca NEVES BRA
5 Angelica CHAVEZ MEX
6 Lucia JARA LOZANO ARG
7 Carla BELTRAMI ARG
8 Paula ZABALA COL
9 Alexandra MORENO KASTE USA
10 Franziska KLOTZ AUT
11 Nazari URBINA MEX
12 Guillermina ZUKERMAN ARG
13 Nicole MONTEIRO NED
14 Cassandra CHAN AUS
15 Lorena-Ivette ARIAS RODRIGUEZ MEX
16 Marie-Perrine BAUDOUIN FRA
17 Yuliana LIZARAZO COL
18 Yasmin ENRICH ARG
19 Miki MIYAMURA JAP
20 Ornella CARON ARG
21 Guadalupe MORENO ARG
22 Dominika DIESKOVA SVK
23 Connie HSU USA
24 Monica PEZZOTTI COL
25 Josymar ESCALONA VEN
26 Alexis PROUSIS USA
Alternates
1 Anna LUBINSKY USA
2 Fabiana CHIAPARINI BRA
3 Shivika BURMAN IND
4 Aranza SALUT ARG
5 Katerina KRAMPEROVA CZE
6 Reka ROHONYI HUN
7 Demi BARAO RODRIGUES POR
8 Larikah RUSSELL BAH
9 Thuy-Dung NGUYEN VIE
10 Viet-Ha NGO VIE
Copa ITSON
Surface: Hard
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/G_centro.jpg
http://www.itson.mx/deportes/imagenes/logo_future.jpg
Ciudad Obregón (locally known as Obregón) is the second largest city in the northern Mexican (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico)state (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Mexico) of Sonora (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonora) and is situated 525 km south of the state's border (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.-Mexico_border) with the U.S. state of Arizona (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona) at 27°29′38″N, 109°56′20″W (http://tools.wikimedia.de/~magnus/geo/geohack.php?pagename=Ciudad_Obreg%C3%B3n¶ms=27_29_38_N_109_56_20_W_). It is also the municipal seat of Cajeme (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajeme) municipality, located in the Yaqui Valley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%ADo_Yaqui).
The city, previously named Cajeme, takes its name from Mexican Revolutionary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_Revolution)Álvaro Obregón (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81lvaro_Obreg%C3%B3n), a native of nearby Huatabampo, Sonora (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huatabampo%2C_Sonora). Álvaro Obregón became president of Mexico (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_Mexico) after the Revolution and initiated an "agricultural revolution" in the Yaqui Valley, introducing modern agricultural techniques and making this valley one of the most prosperous agricultural regions in the country. Renowned U.S. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) agronomist Dr. Norman Borlaug (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Borlaug), the architect of the "Green Revolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Revolution)" worked here after successful developments in increasing the resistance of wheat. For his efforts he was later awarded the Nobel Prize (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize).
Previous Winners:
2003: Kildine CHEVALIER FRA d. Jenifer WIDJAJA BRA 60 62
2004: Ayami TAKASE JAP d. Sarah RISKE USA 76 62
2005: Daniela MUNOZ GALLEGOS MEX d. Lauren BARNIKOW USA 76 26 60
2006: Ellah NZE USA d. Andrea KOCH BENVENUTO CHI 46 63 63
2007: Hillary BARTE USA d. Erika CLARKE MAGANA MEX 60 62
2008 ENTRY LIST
1 Lauren ALBANESE USA
2 Florence HARING FRA
3 Daniela MUNOZ GALLEGOS MEX
4 Maria-Fernanda ALVAREZ TERAN BOL
5 Ana-Clara DUARTE BRA
6 Anne YELSEY USA
7 Leanne BAKER NZL
8 Valeria PULIDO VELASCO MEX
9 Viky NUNEZ FUENTES COL
10 Andrea KOCH BENVENUTO CHI
11 Fernanda HERMENGILDO BRA
12 Erika CLARKE MAGANA MEX
13 Indire AKIKI CRO
14 Nataly YOO USA
15 Ingrid-Esperanza VARGAS CALVO PER
16 Karen-Emelia CASTIBLANCO DUARTE COL
17 Vanesa FURLANETTO RG
18 Tatiana BUA ARG
Quali
1 Allie WILL USA
2 Paula Catalina ROBLES GARCIA COL
3 Susanna LINGMAN USA
4 Rebeca NEVES BRA
5 Angelica CHAVEZ MEX
6 Lucia JARA LOZANO ARG
7 Carla BELTRAMI ARG
8 Paula ZABALA COL
9 Alexandra MORENO KASTE USA
10 Franziska KLOTZ AUT
11 Nazari URBINA MEX
12 Guillermina ZUKERMAN ARG
13 Nicole MONTEIRO NED
14 Cassandra CHAN AUS
15 Lorena-Ivette ARIAS RODRIGUEZ MEX
16 Marie-Perrine BAUDOUIN FRA
17 Yuliana LIZARAZO COL
18 Yasmin ENRICH ARG
19 Miki MIYAMURA JAP
20 Ornella CARON ARG
21 Guadalupe MORENO ARG
22 Dominika DIESKOVA SVK
23 Connie HSU USA
24 Monica PEZZOTTI COL
25 Josymar ESCALONA VEN
26 Alexis PROUSIS USA
Alternates
1 Anna LUBINSKY USA
2 Fabiana CHIAPARINI BRA
3 Shivika BURMAN IND
4 Aranza SALUT ARG
5 Katerina KRAMPEROVA CZE
6 Reka ROHONYI HUN
7 Demi BARAO RODRIGUES POR
8 Larikah RUSSELL BAH
9 Thuy-Dung NGUYEN VIE
10 Viet-Ha NGO VIE