The US National Collegiate Taekwondo Team departs this weekend for the Summer World University Games in Belgrade, Serbia. The US Taekwondo contingent at the games will consist of 33 athletes, coaches and officials.

Representing the United States on the women's sparring team are finweight Anees Hasnain (UCLA), flyweight Cheryl Krause (George Mason), bantamweight Aziza Chambers (Dayton), featherweight Kasey Mallard (Dallas Baptist), lightweight Whitney Daniel (Rutgers), welterweight Bonny Su (Texas), middleweight Brandi Powers (Stevenson) and heavyweight Maia Eubanks (Rice). Joining the women's sparring team as an alternate will be Audrey Su (Texas).

The men's sparring team is comprised of finweight Johnny Nguyen (Arizona State), flyweight James Howe (Diablo Valley), bantamweight Jason Hwang (Cal State-San Bernardino), featherweight Terrence Jennings (Northern Virginia C.C.), lightweight Stefan Webb (Metro State), welterweight Kristopher Uy (Diablo Valley), middleweight Jayson Grant (Quinsigamond C.C.) and heavyweight TJ Leising (Santa Clara). Joining the men's sparring team as an alternate will be Dennis Rudasill (Okalahoma State).

The sparring team will be joined by the poomsae team members. The poomsae team consists of men's individual Johnny Nguyen, women's individual Carissa Fu (Princeton), mixed pair Alicia Zhou (Harvard) and Bobby Ren (Lake Washington), men's team Johnny Nguyen, Anthony Nguyen (Arizona State), and Jason Hwang, and women's team Alicia Zhou, Karolina Corin (MIT) and Rebecca Hung (MIT). Jason Hwang and Johnny Nguyen are members of both the sparring and poomsae team. This is the first year that Taekwondo Poomsae has been been included in the Summer World University Games (Universiade) as an official event.

Terrence Jennings is the only team member with prior World University Games experience, having been a member of the 2005 World University Games team that competed in Izmir, Turkey. 2009 National Collegiate champions on the team include Nguyen, Howe, Hwang, Jennings, Chambers, Su, Grant and Powers. National Collegiate champions from previous years include Grant ('08), Chambers ('07) and Jennings ('05 & '06).

A group of officials will be traveling with the team as well. Serving as the team leader is NCTA President Rex Hatfield. Also serving as co-leaders is former NCTA President Yong Chin Pak. The two head coaches are Yoon Kak Kim and Jae Ho Kim. Also serving as coaches are Linda Buell, NCTA Secretary General Dan Chuang and Kyong Hoon Kim. NCTA Referee Co-Chair Victoria Serbia will be joined by Daniel Rogers to serve as referees at the Games. Dr. Sherri Lashomb is returning this year as the team doctor.

Please keep up with the teams' travels with two athlete blogs. Anees Hasnain and Alicia Zhou will be blogging about their experiences as part of the US team at the Summer World University Games at the top of this page.

The official Summer World University Games Website is http://www.universiade-belgrade2009.org/.
date posted: May 28, 2009

Results from the Pan American University Taekwondo Championships

2009 US Collegiate Pan American Team with their medals

The US Pan Am Collegiate Team captured 16 out of a possible 21 gold medals on Friday, June 5 at the University of California, Berkeley at the Pan American University Taekwondo Championships. While the event was small, the competition was very spirited and the US team gave a strong performance.

In women's sparring, finweight Samantha Holland (Iowa State), flyweight Olivia Ngai (Berkeley), bantamweight Simone DeVito (Pace), featherweight Aziza Chambers (Dayton), and middleweight Brandi Powers (Stevenson), earned gold medals. Lightweight Emma Wu (Harvard), welterweight Bonny Su (U. Texas - Austin), and heavyweight Amanda Nissen (North Texas) earned silver medals.

In men's sparring, finweight Johnny Nguyen (Arizona State), flyweight James Howe II (Diablo Valley), featherweight Terrence Jennings (Northern Virginia C.C.), lightweight Steven Lin (Rutgers), welterweight Kristopher Uy (Diablo Valley), middleweight Jayson Grant (Quinsigamond C.C), and heavyweight Jeremy Evans (Drake) earned gold medals. Bantamweight Jason Hwang (Cal. State - San Bernardino) earned a silver medal.

In the poomsae divisions, Carissa Fu (Princeton) and Matt Dunlap (Blue Mountain C.C.) earned gold medals in the women's and men's individual, respectively. Alicia Zhou and Bobby Ren earned a gold medal in mixed pair competition. Jason Hwang, Anthony Nguyen (Arizona State), Johnny Nguyen earned a gold in men's team poomsae, and Alicia Zhou, Carissa Fu and Stephanie Kroll (UCLA) earned a silver in women's team poomsae.

Serving as team leader for the trip was NCTA President Rex Hatfield. Sang Hee Kim was the team manager. The head coaches were Jason Poos and Tae Eun Ha. Also serving as coaches were Scott Phelps, Troy Garr and Christina Park. The US referees for the event were Jun C. Yoon (tournament referee chair) and Vincent Lo, and John Ha served as the trainer.
date posted: May 28, 2009


US Pan Am Collegiate Team Prepares for Competition

Tomorrow, Friday, May 29, the US Pan Am Collegiate Team competes in the 1st Pan American University Taekwondo Championships at Berkeley, CA. The team qualified for the Championships by virtue of their performance at the National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships at Brown University on March 20-21. This inaugural national team event is an historic one, being first collegiate event of its kind in the Pan American region.

Competing in sparring for the women will be finweight Samantha Holland (Iowa State), flyweight Olivia Ngai (Berkeley), bantamweight Simone DeVito (Pace), featherweight Aziza Chambers (Dayton), lightweight Emma Wu (Harvard), welterweight Bonny Su (U. Texas - Austin), middleweight Brandi Powers (Stevenson), and heavyweight Amanda Nissen (North Texas).

Competing in sparring for the men will be finweight Johnny Nguyen (Arizona State), flyweight James Howe II (Diablo Valley), bantamweight Jason Hwang (Cal. State - San Bernardino), featherweight Terrence Jennings (Northern Virginia C.C.), lightweight Steven Lin (Rutgers), welterweight Kristopher Uy (Diablo Valley), middleweight Jayson Grant (Quinsigamond C.C), and heavyweight Jeremy Evans (Drake).

Competing on the poomsae team will be are women's individual Carissa Fu (Princeton), men's individual Matthew Dunlap (Blue Mountain C.C.), mixed pair Alicia Zhou (Harvard) and Bobby Ren (Lake Washington), women's team Alicia Zhou, Carissa Fu and Stephanie Kroll (UCLA), and men's team Jason Hwang, Anthony Nguyen (Arizona State) and Johnny Nguyen.

Serving as team leader for the trip is NCTA President Rex Hatfield. Sang Hee Kim will be the team manager. The head coaches are Jason Poos and Tae Eun Ha. Also serving as coaches will be Scott Phelps, Troy Garr and Christina Park. The US referees for the event will be Jun C. Yoon and Vincent Lo, and John Ha will serve as the trainer.
date posted: May 28, 2009

Summer World University Games Sparring Team Selected, SWUG Team Finalized

2009 SWUG Sparring Team. Pictured from left to right are: Maia Eubanks, TJ Leising, Brandi Powers, Jayson Grant, Bonny Su, Kristopher Uy, Whitney Daniel, Stefan Webb, Kasey Mallard, Terrence Jennings, Aziza Chambers, Jason Hwang, Cheryl Krause, James Howe, Anees Hasnain, and Johnny Nguyen

The 2009 World University Games Sparring Team was selected on Friday, May 15, during a double-elimination trials at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. The World University Games will be held July 1-12 in Belgrade, Serbia.

Qualifying for the women's team were finweight Anees Hasnain (UCLA), flyweight Cheryl Krause (George Mason), bantamweight Aziza Chambers (Dayton), featherweight Kasey Mallard (Dallas Baptist), lightweight Whitney Daniel (Rutgers), welterweight Bonny Su (Texas), middleweight Brandi Powers (Stevenson) and heavyweight Maia Eubanks (Rice).

The men's team is comprised of finweight Johnny Nguyen (Arizona State), flyweight James Howe (Diablo Valley), bantamweight Jason Hwang (Cal State-San Bernardino), featherweight Terrence Jennings (Northern Virginia C.C.), lightweight Stefan Webb (Metro State), welterweight Kristopher Uy (Diablo Valley), middleweight Jayson Grant (Quinsigamond C.C.) and heavyweight TJ Leising (Santa Clara).

Terrence Jennings is the only team member with prior World University Games experience, having been a member of the 2005 World University Games team that competed in Izmir, Turkey...2009 National Collegiate champions on the team include Nguyen, Howe, Hwang, Jennings, Chambers, Su, Grant and Powers...National Collegiate champions from previous years include Grant ('08), Chambers ('07) and Jennings ('05 & '06).

The sparring team will be joined by the 2009 US Collegiate Poomsae Team, which was selected at the US Poomsae Team Trials on March 21, 2009 in Providence, RI at Brown University. The poomsae team consists of men's individual Johnny Nguyen, women's individual Carissa Fu (Princeton), mixed pair Alicia Zhou (Harvard) and Bobby Ren (Lake Washington), men's team Johnny Nguyen, Anthony Nguyen (Arizona State), and Jason Hwang, and women's team Alicia Zhou, Karolina Corin (MIT) and Rebecca Hung (MIT). Jason Hwang and Johnny Nguyen are members of both the sparring and poomsae team. This is the first year that Taekwondo Poomsae has been been included in the Summer World University Games (Universiade) as an official event.
date posted: May 27, 2009

Additional information regarding 1st PAUTC

On Wednedsay, May 27, UCMAP will host Master Hyun Il Kim and the Yong-In University Competition Team for a sparring seminar. For more information, click here.

On Thursday, May 28, UCMAP will host the Pan Am University Championships Open Division. For more information, click here.

On Friday, May 29, UCMAP will host the Pan Am University Championships. For more information, click here.

On Saturday, May 30, UCMAP will host the UC Open. For more information, click here.
date posted: May 10, 2009

UC Berkeley to Host 1st Pan American University Taekwondo Championship and 1st Open Division Pan American University Taekwondo Championship

Dr. Russell Ahn and the UC Berkeley Martial Arts Program (UCMAP) will be hosting the 1st Pan American University Taekwondo Championship on Thursday and Friday, May 28-29, 2009. The US Pan American University Taekwondo Team, which was selected at the 2009 NCTA Championships, will represent the US at this national team event.

UCMAP will also be hosting an 1st Open Division Pan American University Taekwondo Championship at the same time as the above event that any black belt collegiate competitor may participate in. For questions about this event, please contact UCMAP at tkd2009@ucmap.org or refer to the their website.
date posted: April 16, 2009

2009 NCTA Championships Held On March 21-22, 2009

Congratulations to all competitors and coaches on a successful 2009 NCTA Championships, hosted by Master Sung Park and the Brown University Taekwondo Club! Over 370 competitors competed from over 90 schools. The results can be found on the NCTA history page. The team scores and annual awards were as follows:

Team results:

Championship (black belt) Division
1st University of California, Berkeley
2nd Stanford University
3rd University of California, Los Angeles

Novice (color belt) Division
1st Brown University
2nd Massachusetts Institute of Technology
3rd (tie) Iowa State University / Tufts University / University of Pennsylvania

Overall (all belts) division
1st Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2nd Brown University
3rd University of California, Berkeley

Outstanding freshman female athlete of the year
Olivia Ngai
University of California, Berkeley

Outstanding freshman male athlete of the year
Kristopher Uy
Diablo Valley College

Female athlete of the year
Emma Wu
Harvard University

Male athlete of the year
Johnny Nguyen
Arizona State University

Coach of the year
Tim Ghormley
Stanford University

Female referee of the year
Susan Lewis

Male referee of the year
Jamie Schulte
date posted: Mar.24, 2009

2009 US SWUG Team Trials Announced

The 2009 US Summer World University Games (SWUG) Team Trials will be held on Friday, May 15, 2009 in conjunction with the USAT Qualifier being held at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, CO.
date posted: Mar.16, 2009

All-Time List of NCTA Champions Posted to NCTA History Page

NCTA President Rex Hatfield has been researching the history of the NCTA Championships and has compiled this list of all-time NCTA Champions, which can also be found on the NCTA history page.
date posted: Mar.16, 2009

Pac-West Taekwondo Conference Concludes Season

The Pac-West Taekwondo Conference concluded its 2009 season last week. The final standings were:

1) UC Davis -35
2) Stanford - 30
3) UC San Diego - 25

A KCRA video spot on the Pac-West Champions UC Davis can be found here.
date posted: Mar.16, 2009

USAT/NCTA Dual Membership Announcement

The National Collegiate Taekwondo Association and USA Taekwondo are pleased to announce joint membership for 2009. The total cost for the joint membership will be $40. The benefits to members of both organizations include a modest savings on membership fees along with the standard perks of belonging to each organization. The 2009 black belt sparring champions from the 34th National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships will also qualify for the 2009 Senior National Championships to be held June 30-July 5, 2009 in Austin, Texas. The 34th National Collegiate Taekwondo Championships will be a USAT-sanctioned event.

Registration for the dual membership as well as the 2009 Collegiate Championships can be found at: https://colnat2009.wufoo.com/forms/athlete-registration/.

For further information about USA Taekwondo, please go to their website at: http://usa-taekwondo.us.
date posted: Mar. 5, 2009

Clarification Regarding High School Division at 2009 NCTA Championships

There have been several questions regarding the eligibility of high school students for the 2009 NCTA Championships. There will be a special black belt sparring division for students who meet the following criteria:

1) Must be a black belt,

2) Must provide proof of US Citizenship,

3) Must be born between January 1, 1981 and December 31, 1991, and

4) Must provide proof that they have been admitted as a degree seeking student at an accredited 2 or 4-year college or univeristy for the Fall 2009 period.

Students who win their weight class in the high school sparring division will qualify for the 2009 US Summer World University Games Taekwondo Team Trials.
date posted: Feb. 24, 2009

Selection Procedures for the 2009 Summer World University Games

The selection procedures for the 2009 Summer World University Games Team can be found by clicking here.
date posted: Feb. 10, 2009

Proposed Updates to the NCTA Bylaws

A proposed update to the NCTA bylaws is posted here, in advance of the NCTA General Assembly on March 21, 2009. The previous bylaws are posted here.
date posted: Feb. 5, 2009

2009 NCTA Championships Registration Opens

Registration is now open on the 2009 NCTA Championships website:

http://www.colnat2009.com/

date posted: Feb. 4, 2009

2009 NCTA Championships Official Website Goes Live

The official website of the 2009 NCTA Championships, hosted by the Brown University Taekwondo Club, is:

http://www.colnat2009.com/

All information found there will supersede information found on this site.
date posted: Jan. 26, 2009

2009 NCTA Championships Information updated

Additional information regarding the 2009 NCTA Championships has been posted to the NCTA Championships page. The official host website should be going live within the next few days and will be linked from that page.
date posted: Jan. 22, 2009

Selection Procedures for the 1st Pan American Collegiate Taekwondo Championships

The 1st Pan American Collegiate Taekwondo Championships will be held on May 28 and 29, 2009 at the University of California, Berkeley, in Berkeley, CA. This historical national team event will feature collegiate national teams from PATU member nations. The selection procedures for the 2009 US National Pan American Collegiate Taekwondo Championships Team can be found by clicking here.
date posted: Jan. 22, 2009

2009 NCTA Championships Information updated

Additional information regarding eligibility for the 2009 NCTA Championships has been posted to the NCTA Championships page.
date posted: Jan. 19, 2009

2009 NCTA Championships Referee Application Posted

The 2009 Referee Application for the 2009 NCTA Championships has been posted to the NCTA Championships page.
date posted: Dec. 28, 2008

2009 Collegiate Nationals Date Change

There has been a slight change to the 2009 Collegiate Nationals dates. The new dates are Saturday, March 21, 2009 and Sunday, March 22, 2009, and are one day later than previously announced. Please check the NCTA Championships page for more information as it becomes available.
date posted: Dec. 7, 2008

WTF Appoints NCTA Officials to WTF Committees

The NCTA would like to congratulate NCTA Vice-President Russell Ahn on his appointment as the chair of the WTF Collegiate Committee and NCTA Referee Chair Victoria Serbin on her appointment to the WTF Poomsae Committee. Their hard work and efforts on behalf of Taekwondo have again been recognized internationally. Congratulations to Dr. Ahn and Ms. Serbin!
date posted: Dec. 7, 2008

2009 Collegiate Nationals Date Announced

The 2009 Collegiate Nationals will be held at Brown University on Friday, March 20, 2009 and Saturday, March 21, 2009. Please check the NCTA Championships page for more information as it becomes available.
date posted: Oct. 16, 2008

2009 Collegiate Nationals Location Announced

The 2009 Collegiate Nationals will be hosted at Brown University. The current plan is for it to be hosted in late February or March 2009. The date will be announced as soon as plans are finalized.
date posted: Sept. 24, 2008

US Collegiate National Team Earns 1 Silver, 2 Bronze at the 2008 WUTC

The US Collegiate National Team recently returned from Belgrade, Serbia where they finished competing at the World University Taekwondo Championships in Belgrade, Serbia. The championships took place from July 16 to July 20, 2008. 285 competitors from 42 countries participated, according to the official event website, http://www.tas.org.yu/wutc2008/. Women's team captain Darcy Kimmich (Art Institute of Pittsburgh; Aurora, Colo.) earned a silver medal in women's welter. Men's team captain Stephen Lambdin (Texas Christian University; Colleyville, Tex.) earned a bronze in men's heavy, and John Duhart II (Menlo College; Houston, Tex.) earned a bronze medal in men's fin.

The 2008 US Collegiate National Team in front of the athlete village in Belgrade, Serbia

For a day-by-day summary of the team's performance and additional photos, please see the tournament summary.
date posted: August 7, 2008

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