{"id":4769,"date":"2026-03-15T09:32:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:32:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/?p=4769"},"modified":"2026-03-15T09:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T17:32:23","slug":"cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"Cornell University Hosts 2026 ECTC Collegiate Taekwondo Tournament"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015667-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015667-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015667-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015667-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015667-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015667-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015667-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ithaca, NY, March 1, 2026<\/strong> &#8211; The Eastern Collegiate Taekwondo Conference (ECTC) returned to competition on March 1st as Cornell University hosted one of the largest tournaments of the 2025\u20132026 collegiate season. A total of <strong>349 athletes representing 19 universities<\/strong> gathered in Ithaca for a full day of poomsae and sparring competition across beginner, intermediate, and advanced divisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament showcased the depth and growth of collegiate taekwondo in the eastern region, with athletes competing in both team poomsae and team sparring divisions. Schools from across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic traveled to compete, creating an energetic and competitive atmosphere throughout the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <strong>Division 1 standings<\/strong>, Northeastern University narrowly captured first place with <strong>440 points<\/strong>, followed closely by host <strong>Cornell University with 424 points<\/strong> and <strong>MIT with 376 points<\/strong>. Rutgers University rounded out the Division 1 rankings with 188 points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Division 2<\/strong> was led by <strong>West Point<\/strong>, who earned 168 points to secure first place. The University of Pennsylvania finished second with 124 points, followed by the University of Vermont with 100 points. SUNY Cortland, the University at Albany, and the University of Michigan rounded out the division standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>Division 3<\/strong>, <strong>Harvard University<\/strong> claimed the top position with 120 points. The University of Rochester, Yale University, and Penn State tied for second place with 32 points each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015666-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015666-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015666-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015666-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015666-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015666-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015666-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The day featured strong performances across all divisions. In advanced competition, <strong>Cornell\u2019s Men\u2019s A-Team Sparring squad<\/strong> captured first place, while <strong>Northeastern\u2019s Women\u2019s A-Team Sparring team<\/strong> took the top podium position. In poomsae, <strong>Northeastern\u2019s A1 team<\/strong> won the Advanced A-Team Poomsae division, with West Point finishing second and Rutgers and Cornell tying for third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015665-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015665-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015665-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015665-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015665-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015665-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015665-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Intermediate and beginner divisions also highlighted the depth of collegiate programs across the region. MIT earned first place in <strong>B-Team Poomsae<\/strong> and <strong>Men\u2019s B-Team Sparring<\/strong>, while Harvard captured the <strong>Women\u2019s B-Team Sparring<\/strong> title. In the beginner divisions, Rutgers won <strong>Men\u2019s C-Team Sparring<\/strong>, the University of Vermont took first in <strong>Women\u2019s C-Team Sparring<\/strong>, and the University of Pennsylvania captured the <strong>C-Team Poomsae<\/strong> title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With strong participation and competitive matchups throughout the day, the Cornell tournament marked another successful event in the ECTC\u2019s 2025\u20132026 season. Athletes will continue preparing for the season\u2019s culminating event, the <strong>2026 NCTA Cup at the National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships<\/strong>, scheduled for <strong>April 24\u201326 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>School Standings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Division 1<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd47 Northeastern \u2014 440<br>\ud83e\udd48 Cornell \u2014 424<br>\ud83e\udd49 MIT \u2014 376<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Division 2<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd47 West Point \u2014 168<br>\ud83e\udd48 University of Pennsylvania \u2014 124<br>\ud83e\udd49 University of Vermont \u2014 100<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Division 3<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83e\udd47 Harvard \u2014 120<br>\ud83e\udd48 University of Rochester \u2014 32<br>\ud83e\udd48 Yale \u2014 32<br>\ud83e\udd48 Penn State \u2014 32<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Tournament Results Summary<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>A-Team Poomsae (Advanced)<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong> \ud83e\udd47 Northeastern A1 \u2013 Brian Meagher, Sabrina Kim, Sarah Rescsanski<br>\ud83e\udd48 West Point A1 \u2013 Megan Cho, Enoch Choi, Yewon Jeong<br>\ud83e\udd49 Rutgers A1 \u2013 Hamin Kim, Yunjea Choi, Aden Nguyen<br>\ud83e\udd49 Cornell A1 \u2013 Anthony Deng, Paige Yun, Gavin Zhao<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>B-Team Poomsae (Intermediate)<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong> \ud83e\udd47 MIT B1 \u2013 Andrew Acevedo, Arthur Liang, Kennedy Gore<br>\ud83e\udd48 Northeastern B1 \u2013 Cameron Nguyen, Conrad Wu, Linh Tran<br>\ud83e\udd49 UPenn B1 \u2013 Ellis Charles, Caitlin Lowe, Jiyu Zhang<br>\ud83e\udd49 Cornell B1 \u2013 Saty Paynter-Tavares, Athavan Shanmuganathan, Varvara Babii<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>C-Team Poomsae (Beginner)<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong> \ud83e\udd47 UPenn C1 \u2013 Yuri Wang, Adele Xinrui Qian, Mathilda Tsai<br>\ud83e\udd48 Yale C1 \u2013 Elizabeth Kim, Cheizyn Montizor, Rose Chen<br>\ud83e\udd49 Northeastern C1 \u2013 Lena Alawi, Michael Tomasello, Shruthi Munusamy<br>\ud83e\udd49 Rochester C2 \u2013 Casey Kim, Casey Juance, Nayoon Kim<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s A-Team Sparring (Advanced)<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong> \ud83e\udd47 Cornell A1 \u2013 Aria Haghighat, Oladipo Omokanwaye, Louis Arnoult Costafreda<br>\ud83e\udd48 MIT A1 \u2013 John Magira, Ricardo Carrillo, Dale Irving<br>\ud83e\udd49 Rutgers A1 \u2013 Jason Lee, Aden Nguyen, Sai Kommuru, Yunjea Choi<br>\ud83e\udd49 West Point A1 \u2013 Daniel Lee, Jason Pan, Nathan Newell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s A-Team Sparring (Advanced)<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong> \ud83e\udd47 Northeastern A1 \u2013 Taylor McMordie, Victoria Mung<br>\ud83e\udd48 Cornell A1 \u2013 Lily Rose Mager, Olivia Wen, Cecilia Xu<br>\ud83e\udd49 West Point A1 \u2013 Yewon Jeong, Megan Cho<br>\ud83e\udd49 MIT A1 \u2013 Rona Wang, Belinda Vela, Karina Lara, Danube Shudic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s B-Team Sparring (Intermediate)<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong> \ud83e\udd47 MIT B1 \u2013 Andrew Acevedo, Jeryl Lewis, Arthur Liang<br>\ud83e\udd48 Cornell B2 \u2013 Andy Ying, Brian Lin, Eryk Nguyen<br>\ud83e\udd49 Northeastern B2 \u2013 Cameron Nguyen, Brady Aber, Luke Knee<br>\ud83e\udd49 MIT B2 \u2013 Lynn Leetrairong, Kai Hung, William Nolan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s B-Team Sparring (Intermediate)<\/strong><strong><br><\/strong> \ud83e\udd47 Harvard B1 \u2013 Ann Gao, Nadira Simon<br>\ud83e\udd48 Cortland B1 \u2013 Lindsay Daubman, Adriana Bifolco<br>\ud83e\udd49 Cornell B1 \u2013 Varvara Babii, Saty Paynter-Tavares, Maria Oprea<br>\ud83e\udd49 Northeastern B1 \u2013 Ariana Mechem, Danyelle Veillard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Men\u2019s C-Team Sparring (Beginner)<br><\/strong> \ud83e\udd47 Rutgers C1 \u2013 Franklin Tai, Nicholas Gatto, Jaxon Bentivegna, Aadhithya Saravanan<br>\ud83e\udd48 Cornell C3 \u2013 Jaiden Davis, David Miranda Soto, Zander Sargeant<br>\ud83e\udd49 Harvard C1 \u2013 Daniel Wang, Minh Nguyen, Pengfeiyu Chen<br>\ud83e\udd49 MIT C1 \u2013 Anthony Chen, Armaan Gomes, Eric Lin, Mario Gilvonio<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s C-Team Sparring (Beginner)<br><\/strong> \ud83e\udd47 UVM C1 \u2013 Olivia Doherty, Katherine Oliver, Eden Van Maren<br>\ud83e\udd48 Penn State C1 \u2013 Siri Chellapilla, Kelly Zhang<br>\ud83e\udd49 Michigan C1 \u2013 Elena Cordova, Saori Espinosa, Lauren Weaver<br>\ud83e\udd49 Rutgers C1 \u2013 Lyra Zaheer, Seungree Ha, Ah-in Kim<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ithaca, NY, March 1, 2026 &#8211; The Eastern Collegiate Taekwondo Conference (ECTC) returned to competition on March 1st as Cornell University hosted one of the largest tournaments of the 2025\u20132026 collegiate season. A total of 349 athletes representing 19 universities gathered in Ithaca for a full day of poomsae and sparring competition across beginner, intermediate, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[26,21],"class_list":["post-4769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regional-leagues","tag-ectc","tag-regional-leagues","count-0","even alt","author-cattong","last"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Cornell University Hosts 2026 ECTC Collegiate Taekwondo Tournament - NCTA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Cornell University Hosts 2026 ECTC Collegiate Taekwondo Tournament - NCTA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ithaca, NY, March 1, 2026 &#8211; The Eastern Collegiate Taekwondo Conference (ECTC) returned to competition on March 1st as Cornell University hosted one of the largest tournaments of the 2025\u20132026 collegiate season. A total of 349 athletes representing 19 universities gathered in Ithaca for a full day of poomsae and sparring competition across beginner, intermediate, [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"NCTA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-03-15T17:32:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015667-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1707\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Catherine Tong\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Catherine Tong\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Catherine Tong\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/d4b91ec13b1bb1be377badee4a16769f\"},\"headline\":\"Cornell University Hosts 2026 ECTC Collegiate Taekwondo Tournament\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-15T17:32:23+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/\"},\"wordCount\":742,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015667-1024x683.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"ECTC\",\"Regional Leagues\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Regional Leagues\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/\",\"name\":\"Cornell University Hosts 2026 ECTC Collegiate Taekwondo Tournament - NCTA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015667-1024x683.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-03-15T17:32:23+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/d4b91ec13b1bb1be377badee4a16769f\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015667-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015667-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1707},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Cornell University Hosts 2026 ECTC Collegiate Taekwondo Tournament\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/\",\"name\":\"NCTA\",\"description\":\"National Collegiate Taekwondo Association\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/d4b91ec13b1bb1be377badee4a16769f\",\"name\":\"Catherine Tong\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2c61f010d693a08dcf242033d3bbdffdf54d81ed4c94490eab20c303bc779af?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2c61f010d693a08dcf242033d3bbdffdf54d81ed4c94490eab20c303bc779af?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2c61f010d693a08dcf242033d3bbdffdf54d81ed4c94490eab20c303bc779af?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Catherine Tong\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/author\/cattong\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Cornell University Hosts 2026 ECTC Collegiate Taekwondo Tournament - NCTA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Cornell University Hosts 2026 ECTC Collegiate Taekwondo Tournament - NCTA","og_description":"Ithaca, NY, March 1, 2026 &#8211; The Eastern Collegiate Taekwondo Conference (ECTC) returned to competition on March 1st as Cornell University hosted one of the largest tournaments of the 2025\u20132026 collegiate season. A total of 349 athletes representing 19 universities gathered in Ithaca for a full day of poomsae and sparring competition across beginner, intermediate, [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/","og_site_name":"NCTA","article_published_time":"2026-03-15T17:32:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1707,"url":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015667-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Catherine Tong","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Catherine Tong","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/"},"author":{"name":"Catherine Tong","@id":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/d4b91ec13b1bb1be377badee4a16769f"},"headline":"Cornell University Hosts 2026 ECTC Collegiate Taekwondo Tournament","datePublished":"2026-03-15T17:32:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/"},"wordCount":742,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015667-1024x683.jpg","keywords":["ECTC","Regional Leagues"],"articleSection":["Regional Leagues"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/","url":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/","name":"Cornell University Hosts 2026 ECTC Collegiate Taekwondo Tournament - NCTA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015667-1024x683.jpg","datePublished":"2026-03-15T17:32:23+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/d4b91ec13b1bb1be377badee4a16769f"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015667-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1000015667-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1707},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/15\/cornell-university-hosts-2026-ectc-collegiate-taekwondo-tournament\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Cornell University Hosts 2026 ECTC Collegiate Taekwondo Tournament"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/","name":"NCTA","description":"National Collegiate Taekwondo Association","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/#\/schema\/person\/d4b91ec13b1bb1be377badee4a16769f","name":"Catherine Tong","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2c61f010d693a08dcf242033d3bbdffdf54d81ed4c94490eab20c303bc779af?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2c61f010d693a08dcf242033d3bbdffdf54d81ed4c94490eab20c303bc779af?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e2c61f010d693a08dcf242033d3bbdffdf54d81ed4c94490eab20c303bc779af?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Catherine Tong"},"url":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/author\/cattong\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4769"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4769\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4777,"href":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4769\/revisions\/4777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncta-usa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}