Championships
2024 NCTA Championships to Be Held at University of California Berkeley
2 years
The NCTA is pleased to announce that the 2024 NCTA National Collegiate and High School Championships will be held in Berkeley, CA at the University of California, Berkeley on the weekend of April 12-14.
Preliminary schedule information has been posted on the 2024 NCTA Championships page. Please check back regularly for more information as it becomes available.
Successful 2023 NCTA Championships Concludes in Boulder, CO
3 years
by NCTA Admin
in Championships
Boulder, CO (April 16, 2023) The 2023 NCTA Championships concluded successfully with a full day of black belt sparring at the University of Colorado, Boulder. This year’s championships had the second highest attendance in USA collegiate history, with 597 in the final participation account. This year saw the inclusion of a separate Summer World University Games team trials event, the return of the High School sparring and poomsae divisions, and the introduction for the first time of the collegiate breaking division and demonstration division.
First place in the Overall (black belt and color belts) as well as the Color Belt Division was the University of Texas, Austin. The Championship (black belt) Division was won by the University of California, Los Angeles.
The Male athlete of the year was Ian Lopez of the University of Colorado, Boulder, and the Female Athlete of the Year was Trinity Noble of Tarrant County College. The Male Poomsae Athlete of the Year was Brandon Cho of the University of California, Los Angeles, and the Female Poomsae Athlete of the Year was Sharlene Duong, also of the University of California, Los Angeles. Freshman Athlete of the Year was Xena Sawyer of Liberty University.
The Coach of the Year was David Lee of the University of Colorado, Boulder. Referees of the year were Megan Chan and Joseph Aguon III.
Complete NCTA Championships results can be found here.
2023 NCTA Championships Date and Location Announced
3 years
The NCTA is pleased to announce that the 2023 NCTA Championships will be held at the University of Colorado Boulder from April 14-16, 2023. Additional information will be updated on the 2023 NCTA Championships page as it becomes available.
2022 NCTA Championships Set to Begin on 4/1
4 years
by NCTA Admin
in Championships
The NCTA Championships are set to being on April 1, 2022 in Marlborough, Massachusetts this weekend on Friday, April 1! 400 athletes from all over the country will be competing for the title of USA National Collegiate Champion. You can follow the action on livestream, youtube links will be posted to the 2022 NCTA Championships tournament page the day of competition.
Good luck to all competitors!
2022 NCTA Championships to be Held in Marlborough, MA
4 years
The NCTA is so pleased to announce that the 2022 National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships will be held April 1-3, 2022 in Marlborough, MA, just outside Boston. More information can be found on the Championships page.
This year, we will be focusing on our core constituency, collegiate athletes, and will not hold the NCTA High School Championships. We look forward to serving high school athletes again next year when we have fewer space and time constraints.
The NCTA Championships will serve as the qualifier for the 2022 FISU America Games on Oct. 16-18 in Merida, Mexico, the Pan American continental collegiate multi-sport Games. This event will be the time that the FISU America Games have been contested. Winners in the Black Belt sparring and Team Trials Poomsae divisions at the NCTA Championships will earn a spot on the team.
