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2025 NCTA Sparring Team Trials To Be Held In Forney, TX on March 16
1 year
The NCTA is pleased to announce that the Sparring Team Trials for the 2025 Summer World University Games will be held in Forney, TX, just outside Dallas, on Sunday, March 16 at the Opportunity Central (OC) campus. The Trials will be held in conjunction with the Texas State Taekwondo Championships on March 15-16. Taekwondo was recently awarded a G-4 status for these Games. The Summer World University Games will be held in Rhine-Ruhr, Germany on July 16-27.
The poomsae team trials for the Games will be held in conjunction with the National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships at a date and location to be confirmed shortly.
Dan Chuang, NCTA President, said “I am so excited to see the level of the Games rise with the increase in the World Taekwondo ranking designation. I am also looking forward to seeing a high level of competition at this year’s NCTA Team Trials. Thank you to Texas State Taekwondo Association President Dong Lee for his support in giving these team team trials a venue.”
USA Team Finishes 2nd Overall at 2024 FISU America Games
1 year
by NCTA Admin
in Team
The NCTA USA National Collegiate Taekwondo Team competed at the 2024 FISU America Games from November 8 to November 10th in Cali, Colombia. Nineteen NCTA athletes represented the Uni-USA Team with a 2nd place overall finish among all countries in competition. The team earned 20 medals, including 5 Gold, 6 Silver, and 9 Bronze medals.
Congratulations to all athletes, coaches, and staff for a stellar week of competition! Thank you, also, to the families and friends who traveled with the team and provided on-the-ground support.
Full list of athletes’ results are below:
Poomsae Athletes
Female Individual Kaitlyn Reclusado (Skyline College) – BRONZE
Male Individual Gavin Zhao (Cornell University) – BRONZE
Mixed Pair Kaitlyn Reclusado (Skyline College), Gavin Zhao (Cornell University) – GOLD
Male Team Ryan Real (University of Pennsylvania), Gavin Zhao (Cornell University), Brandon Cho (UCLA) – GOLD
More pictures here
Female Sparring Athletes
-46kg Auryon Duque (Los Angeles Pierce College) – SILVER
-49kg Amber Avroya (Broward College) – SILVER
-53kg Kayla Shanahan (Queens College) – SILVER
-57kg Bella Morrissey (Grand Canyon University) – BRONZE
-62kg Jessica Gniedziejko (Bard College) – GOLD
-67kg Anna McGrade (Cornell University)- BRONZE
+73kg Naqiya Caderbhoy (Moorpark College) – SILVER
Female Team Sparring
Anna McGrade (Cornell University), Jessica Gniedziejko (Bard College), Kayla Shanahan (Queens College), Amber Avroya (Broward College) – BRONZE
More pictures here
Male Sparring Athletes
-54kg Zardo Villanueva (Mount San Jacinto College) – BRONZE
-58kg Alejandro Rayas (University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley) – BRONZE
-63kg Ian Hong (Rutgers University) – BRONZE
-68kg Jason Lee (University of Michigan) – SILVER
-74kg Fergus Curran (Edmonds College) – BRONZE
-80kg Aidan Chan (University of Virginia) – GOLD
-87kg William Smith III (UCLA) – GOLD
+87kg Luis Espinosa (Broward College) – SILVER
Male Team Sparring
William Smith III (UCLA), Aidan Chan (University of Virginia), Zardo Villanueva (Mount San Jacinto College), Alejandro Rayas (University of Texas, Rio Grande Valley) – QUARTERFINALS
More pictures here
Management Team & Coaches
Daniel Chuang, NCTA President
Sung Kim, Team Director/Head of Team
Sherri Lashomb, Team Doctor
David Lee, Head Sparring Coach
Russell Beneby, Sparring Coach
Cheyenne Lewis, Sparring Coach
Fabricio Rodriguez, Sparring Coach
Catherine Tong, Poomsae Coach/Team Manager
2024 FISU America Games Coaching Application
2 years
The NCTA is now accepting applications for coaches for the 2024 FISU America Games (collegiate Pan American multi-sport games) from Nov. 4-11, 2024 in Cali, Colombia. Applications can be submitted below and are due by Monday, June 17.
https://forms.gle/zLAXbhJ4ftMTZA2W8
Details of the trip are in the application.
USA Collegiate Team Concludes Summer World University Games
2 years
The NCTA USA National Collegiate Taekwondo Team competed at the 2023 Summer World University Games from July 29 to August 4, 2023 and represented well! The team achieved one bronze medal in Mixed Pair Poomsae, and nine hard-fought 5th place finishes across the other divisions.
POOMSAE ATHLETES
Female Individual Adalis Munoz, Texas A&M University – 9TH/SEMIS
Male Individual Jason Dahlberg, University of Texas, Austin – 7th/PRELIMS
Mixed Pair Alex Lee, Stanford University & Adalis Munoz – BRONZE
Female Team Adalis Munoz, Zoie Munoz, Texas Christian University & Titania Thao, Gustavus Adolphus College – 9TH/SEMIS
Male Team Ryan Real, University of Pennsylvania, Joseph Yoo, Rutgers University & Brian Meagher, Northeastern University – 5TH/FINALS
FEMALE SPARRING ATHLETES
-46kg Karine Leclerq, UCLA – 9TH
-49kg Caliana Fonseca, San Joaquin Delta College – 5TH
-53kg Melina Daniel, Seattle University – 5TH
-57kg Logan Weber, Johnson County CC – 17TH
-62kg Danica Deaton, University of Texas, Austin – 9TH
-67kg Ara White, University of South Florida – 5TH
-73kg Brianne Usserman, George Mason University – 5TH
+73kg Alena Viana, University of North Carolina, Charlotte – 5TH
MALE SPARRING ATHLETES
-54kg Juancarlos Norzagaray, American Military University – 9TH
-58kg Christopher Allen, University of North Carolina, Charlotte – 17TH
-63kg Derrick Kwak, UCLA – 5TH
-68kg Adan Rivas, University of Texas, Austin – 17TH
-74kg William Smith III, UCLA – 5TH
-80kg Abou Sow, University of Maryland, Baltimore County – 9TH
-87kg Seyed Farhang Mousavizadeh, Santiago Canyon College – 9TH
+87kg Brian Choi, Rutgers University – 5TH
FEMALE TEAM SPARRING
Danica Deaton, Brianne Usserman, Logan Weber, Ara White – 9TH
MALE TEAM SPARRING
Farhang Mousavizadeh, Juancarlos Norzagaray, Adan Rivas, Abou Sow – 9TH
MANAGEMENT TEAM & COACHES
Daniel Chuang, Head of Team/Coach
Sung Kim, Team Director
Sherri Lashomb, Team Doctor
David Lee, Manager/Coach
Joseph Van, Head Sparring Coach
Stephen Lambdin, Coach
Lynda Laurin, Coach
Damian Villa, Coach
USA Team Earns 22 Medals at 2022 FISU America Games
3 years
by NCTA Admin
in Team
Congratulations to USA Team at the Second 2022 FISU America Games in Mérida, Mexico on Oct. 16-18, 2022. The team earned 22 medals, including 3 gold, 9 silver and 10 bronze medals for an overall third place standing among all countries in the competition.
The Head of Team for the event for USA Team Taekwondo was Dan Chuang and the Team Director was Sung Kim. Coaches were Dan Chuang, Anja Gardziola, Sean Jung, David Lee and Lynda Laurin. The team doctor was Sherri Lashomb.
A full list of all athletes’ results are below:
Poomsae Results
Brandon Cho (UCLA), Brian Meagher (Northeastern) & Ryan Real (U Penn), Male Team – GOLD!
Kyra Chan (Mass. College of Pharmacy), Female Individual- SILVER
Carter Norsen (University of Denver), Male Individual – SILVER
Ryan Real (U Penn) & Elizabeth Zou (MIT), Mixed Pair – SILVER
Kyra Chan (Mass. College of Pharmacy), Elizabeth Zou (MIT) & Leah Rosenzweig (Boston U), Female Team – SILVER
Sparring Results
Jenna Greene (Liberty), -62kg – GOLD!
Alena Viana (UC Colorado Springs), -73kg – GOLD!
Laney Flanagan (MIT), -53kg – SILVER
Kaliyah Saunders (UC Boulder), +73kg – SILVER
Cesar Meza (MIT), -63kg – SILVER
William Smith III (UCLA), -74kg – SILVER
Brian Choi (Rutgers), +87kg – SILVER
Karine Leclercq (UCLA), -46kg – BRONZE
Juliet Bost (UC Davis), -49kg – BRONZE
Lauren Harrington (U of Portland), -57kg – BRONZE
Isabelle Collyer (Kent State), -67kg – BRONZE
Nam Le (U Penn), -54kg – BRONZE
Edgard Castillo (UT Austin), -68kg – BRONZE
Farhang Mousavizadeh (Santiago Canyon College), -80kg – BRONZE
Leonardo Chang (Liberty), -87kg – BRONZE
Juliet Bost (UC Davis), Isabelle Collyer (Kent State), Lauren Harrington (U of Portland), Alena Viana (UC Colorado Springs), Female Team – BRONZE
Edgard Castillo (UT Austin), Brian Choi (Rutgers), Nam Le (U Penn) & William Smith III (UCLA), Male Team – BRONZE
