Team
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
2022 FISU America Games Coaching Applications
4 years
Below please find the coaching application form for coaches interested in participating in the 2022 FISU America Games in Merida, Mexico from Oct. 14-19. Applications are due Wednesday, July 13, 2022.
Click here for the coaching application.
Postponement of 2022 (2021) Summer World University Games
4 years
After extensive deliberation, the FISU Executive Committee has announced the postponement of the 2022 Summer World University Games in Chengdu, China until the summer of 2023. Dates are yet to be determined. This decision, while extremely disappointing for our entire delegation, contemplates the recurring complexities associated with large scale global travel and competition during the pandemic, and represents a commitment to ensuring the health and safety of all.
NCTA is truly saddened by this development. All of you have spent many, many hours planning, gathering information, and overcoming the hurdles that Chengdu kept adding. We appreciate all of you.
Congratulations to our 2022 SWUG Team members and staff, it was a great pleasure and hopefully we can work together again sometime in the future.
Mens Sparring
Fin – Juancarlos Norzagaray-Garcia, Pikes Peak CC
Fly – Jehoon Seo, University of Michigan
Bantam – Andrew Medina, University of Santo Tomas
Feather – Adan Rivas, University of Texas, Austin
Light – Joshua Liu, Pennsylvania State University
Welter – Seyed Farhang Mousavizadeh, Santiago Canyon College
Middle – Michael Rodriguez, Houston CC
Heavy – Noah Kim, Saddleback College
Womens Sparring
Fin – Caliana Fonseca, San Joaquin Delta College
Fly – Karla Perea, Scottsdale CC
Feather – Logan Weber, Johnson County CC
Light – Britney Morales, Florida International University
Welter – Skylar Farrell, Saddleback College
Middle – Alena Viana, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
Heavy – Hannah Keck, Collin College
Poomsae
Male Individual
Andrew Hurd, Northeastern University
Female Individual
Adalis Munoz, Texas A&M University
Pairs
Kyra Chan, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Andrew Hurd, Northeastern University
Male Team
Jake De Guzman, Morris County CC
David Lee, Emory University
William Shin, Georgia State University
Female Team
Adalis Munoz, Texas A&M University
Zoie Munoz, Texas Christian University
Titania Thao, Gustavus Adolphus College
Head of Team
Daniel Chuang
Team Director
Sung Kim
Team Doctor
Sherri Lashomb
Poomsae Coaches
Haksung Kim
Sungjin Kim
Sparring Coaches
Chase Graham
James Howe
Terrence Jennings
Lynda Laurin
Joseph Van
Coaching Applications for the Summer World University Games Open
4 years
Below please find the coaching application form for coaches interested in participating in the 2021 (2022) Summer World University Games. Applications are due Wednesday, March 9, 2022.
Click here for the coaching application.
