Four athletes from Summerlin Judo in Bartow reached the podium at the Florida Open Judo Championships Saturday, Feb. 2 in Coral Springs.

“I like coming to south Florida to compete,” said Summerlin Judo’s head coach Brian Germain. “South Florida was always a hotbed of judo activity when I was growing up and that is still the case today. Some of the better players in the state, and a few of the best in the country come out of south Florida. It is a good place for developing judokas to test themselves at.”