12th U.S. Open Taekwondo Championships
Cox Pavilion
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV
February 19-23, 2003
Gyo-roogi
Fin
Men Women
Omar Esposo USA 1st Angela Seropian SWE
Daniel Elkowitz USA 2nd Danielle Holmquist USA
Tadashi Fukui JPN 3rd Jada Lilley USA
Luis Reyes USA 3rd Beth Pershing USA
Fly
Men Women
Osualdo Avila MEX 1st Elisha Voren USA
Hugo Avila MEX 2nd Akiko Kotera JPN
Stanislav Khmelevski RUS 3rd Ying Wang CHN
Tim Thackrey USA 3rd Annie-Pier Turcotte CAN
   
Bantam
Men Women
Peng Ge CHN 1st Taylor Stone USA
Jose Gabriel Sagastume GUA 2nd Touria El-Fassi GER
Dennis Mollet NED 3rd Araceli Jimenez MEX
Christopher Salinas USA 3rd Charlene Mongelard GBR
Feather
Men Women
Cody Aguirre USA 1st Iridia Salazar MEX
Dennis Bekkers NED 2nd Stephanie Beckel USA
Christopher Martinez USA 3rd Shantara Johnson USA
Scott Steeves CAN 3rd Tanya Paterno USA
Light
Men Women
Tommy Mollet NED 1st Nia Abdallah USA
Jesper Roesen DEN 2nd Lin Liu CHN
Jason Neville USA 3rd Darcy Kimmich USA
Louis Torres Jr. USA 3rd Yelena Pisarenko USA
Welter
Men Women
Thys Oude Luttikhuis NED 1st Sanaz Shahbazi USA
Tom Lynn Jr. USA 2nd Nina Solheim NOR
Antony Graf USA 3rd Charity Maclay USA
Jay Utter USA 3rd Yoriko Okamoto JPN
Middle
Men Women
Anders Karlsen DEN 1st Luo Wei CHN
Yong Seong Chang USA 2nd Sanaz Shahbazi USA
Rosemberg Silva BRA 3rd Sylvia Aguilar Garcia MEX
Curtis Barnett USA 3rd Kimberly Westman CAN
 
Heavy
Men Women
Ferry Greevink NED 1st Rui Hong Ren CHN
Victor Estrada Garibay MEX 2nd Laurence Rase BEL
Ken Hulter NOR 3rd Heidi Gilbert USA
Nikolaj Laustsen DEN 3rd Maria de Jesus Mata MEX
   
Poomse
1st Dan
Men Light Women
Carlos D. Sanchez USA 1st Camille Deloach USA
Naveed Ashraf USA 2nd Beth Pershing USA
Matt Dicks USA 3rd
Middle
John Su USA 1st Sviatlana Sychesvskaya RUS
Richard King NZL 2nd Mishar Briones CAN
Charles Dahan USA 3rd Naomi Santa Maria USA
Light Heavy
Amit Raikar USA 1st Adriel Gray USA
Michael Dias USA 2nd Tamara Kempf USA
Seth Bateman USA 3rd Chelsea Sallerson USA
Heavy
Tony Kimbrough USA 1st Sanaz Shahbazi USA
Chance Cole USA 2nd Katie Maker USA
Damian Harley USA 3rd Dawn Hinke USA
2nd Dan
Light
Ryan Camilleri 1st Madeline Kirsten USA
Richard Vince Cruz 2nd Jada Lilley USA
Middle
Frank Tran USA 1st Neha Patel USA
Donovan Rider USA 2nd Ivy Lee B. Alindogan PHI
Luke Manquen USA 3rd Alicia Arnold USA
Light Heavy
Ramon Cota Lopez MEX 1st Elizabeth MacDonald USA
Fredson Gomes USA 2nd Cheryk Parks USA
Roberto Vargas USA 3rd Ruth Rowe CAN
Heavy
Robert Morrison USA 1st Petra Kaui USA
Will Pace USA 2nd Theresa Lee USA
Eric Tran USA 3rd Michelle Carpenter USA
3rd Dan
Light
Faustino Allongo USA 1st Tonia Timperley CAN
Angelito Ong PHI 2nd Taren Ogata USA
Sean Carlton USA 3rd Amelie Tremblay CAN
Middle
Kevin Yang CAN 1st Raiza Cordoba USA
Edward Kosek Jr. USA 2nd Tiffany David CAN
Matt Edgington USA 3rd Stephanie Contino CAN
Light Heavy
Rubben Lolly GHA 1st Nia Abdallah USA
Harry Sese CAN 2nd Shantara Johnson USA
Matthew Buchanan USA 3rd Adriana Gonzales USA
Heavy
Karloff Chris Fontanosa PHI 1st Crystal Langdon USA
Paul Rawate USA 2nd Erin Jeffries USA
Ricardo Dominguez USA 3rd Christina Park USA
4th Dan
Light
Gonzalo Chancay-Gomez CAN 1st no competitors
Michael Harb AUS 2nd
Middle
J.P. Ashley MacMillan CAN 1st no competitors
Gi Won Lee USA 2nd
Sang Yeop Lee USA 3rd
Light Heavy
Sang Chul Hwang USA 1st no competitors
Jason Hoyt USA 2nd
Heavy
Jin Won Jang USA 1st no competitors
Sean Ramey USA 2nd
5th
Light
no competitors 1st Christi Burke-Maves USA
Middle
Jung Hoon Kim USA 1st no competitors
Light Heavy
Gonzalo Gamez MEX 1st no competitors
Heavy
Thac Nguyen USA 1st no competitors
Bobby Link USA 2nd
Junior divisions
Jr. Fin
Men Women
Jorge Enriquez II USA 1st Roshell Lavalan PHI
Joseph Pizzolato USA 2nd Krishia David USA
Christopher Tapuro USA 3rd Karen Munoz MEX
Kevan Wedge CAN 3rd Nicole Houseal USA
 
Jr. Fly
Men Women
Christopher Kae USA 1st Jesika Torres USA
Jon Perieda USA 2nd Cynthia Lara USA
Justin Hannon CAN 3rd Simone DeVito USA
Benjamin Ness USA 3rd Markie Keelan USA
Jr. Bantam
Men Women
Erick Benitez MEX 1st Fiona Ko CAN
Anthony Mujica USA 2nd Daniela Felix Ramirez MEX
Xavier Lopez Vazquez MEX 3rd Catrina Calub USA
Paul Monje USA 3rd Adriana Straub GER
Jr. Feather
Men Women
Matthew Terry USA 1st Jessica Blancarte MEX
Nico Delgado USA 2nd Madeline Treschuk USA
Christian Valencia USA 3rd Takhinsha Campos MEX
Chad Dahm USA 3rd Yolanda Maria Castaneda GUA
 
Jr. Light
Men Women
Stefan Webb USA 1st Nikki Blankinship USA
Paul Leonor USA 2nd Elizabeth Thome USA
Jorge Mares Mariscal MEX 3rd Giganni Lopez USA
Michael Eggleston USA 3rd Petra Butala CRO
     
Jr. Welter
Men Women
Terrence Jennings USA 1st Brittany Nickolyn USA
Nicolas Pin CAN 2nd Kelly Soderstrom USA
Jorge Vazquez MEX 3rd Jessica Marquez USA
David Shields USA 3rd Romina Cruz USA
   
Jr. Light Middle
Men Women
Andrew Suh USA 1st Shantara Johnson USA
James Moontasri USA 2nd Anisha Gibbs USA
Frederic Pin CAN 3rd Shari Davis USA
Anthony Bell USA 3rd Kimberly Uy USA
 
Jr. Middle
Men Women
Israel Martinez MEX 1st Edna Gisel Diaz MEX
Rene Ruiz USA 2nd Yolanda Vera Fernandez MEX
Marco Torres USA 3rd La Shondra Rawls USA
Christopher Flynn CAN 3rd Crystal Hamilton USA
     
Jr. Light Heavy
Men Women
Christopher Camarena MEX 1st Jennifer Crouch USA
Jose Roberto Mendez MEX 2nd Courtney Leith USA
Shae Ary USA 3rd Sophia Garcia USA
Brett Seaberg USA 3rd Jennifer Middleton USA
Jr. Heavy
Men Women
Arturo Farias MEX 1st Dalia Avivi USA
Salvador Perez MEX 2nd Claudia Zamora USA
Joshua Crouch USA 3rd Asisulayyil Madrigal MEX
Alekandro Pantoja MEX 3rd Amanda Nissen USA
   
Jr. Poomse
1st Dan
Men Light Women
Stanislav Ligai RUS 1st Cynthia Lara USA
Paul Le USA 2nd Kayla Blank USA
Anthony Mujica USA 3rd Yolanda Maria Castaneda USA
Heavy
Ki Byeong Kim USA 1st Elise Cho USA
Soken Sai USA 2nd Jennifer Lyons USA
Jihan Lee USA 3rd Giganni Lopez USA
2nd Dan
Light
Douglas Chan USA 1st Nicole Marcial USA
Ryan Young USA 2nd   Joslin Woods USA
Joseph Ojeda PHI 3rd Hanny Nguyen USA
Heavy
TJ Leising USA 1st Ruth Rowe CAN
Jonathan Lee USA 2nd Sarah Luna USA
Anthony Cipolla CAN 3rd Sarah Kingery USA
3rd Dan
Light
Kenneth Carter Jr. USA 1st Fiona Ko CAN
Koda Sanborn USA 2nd Jeanette Bathory MEX
Robert Snydel USA 3rd  
Heavy
Michael Eggleston USA 1st Adriana Gonzales USA
Carlos Ramirez USA 2nd Raiza Cordoba USA
Ryan Bowen USA 3rd Rachel Marlow USA
11-13 Super Fin
Men Women
Asher Greene USA 1st Brittany Coyne USA
Takaya Nakagawa JPN 2nd Vanessa Menor USA
Fravel McHaney USA 3rd Kelsey Kitagawa USA
Shane Kitagawa USA 3rd Anees Hasnain USA
   
11-13 Fin
Men Women
Diego Navarro PHI 1st Shade Weygandt USA
Isaac Archuleta USA 2nd Hali Pham USA
Cory Gallagher USA 3rd Rotrice Lavalan PHI
Dominic Brookes GBR 3rd Skylar Larsen USA
   
11-13 Fly
Men Women
John Hansel USA 1st Vatti Howe USA
Jon Marc Cortez USA 2nd Dana Liebelson USA
Devon Hickman USA 3rd Ashley Aderman USA
Tae Berger USA 3rd Whitney Daniel USA
 
11-13 Bantam
Men Women
Paolo Miguel Angeles PHI 1st Ana Monica Dianelo PHI
Jaron Arrington USA 2nd Britney Corbett USA
Ross Cummins GBR 3rd Tessa Smith USA
Ricardo Osorio MEX 3rd Chantelle Field CAN
 
11-13 Feather
Men Women
Luke Ford USA 1st Nicole Davis USA
Rayshawn Smith USA 2nd Riana Cordoba USA
Maxim Mukhalov RUS 3rd Cassandra Nielsen USA
Nick Huynh USA 3rd Abby Yates USA
 
 
11-13 Light
Men Women
Tajay Byrd USA 1st Alexis Goldman USA
Sean Vrtacic USA 2nd Lena Hennis USA
Sean Rajjab GUY 3rd Brittany Taylor USA
Sean Kim USA 3rd Patricia Avila USA
 
11-13 Welter
Men Women
Christian Cruz USA 1st Viola Gjoka USA
Carlos Mijanyos Rivero MEX 2nd Nicole Anne Cantoria USA
Daren Tubbs USA 3rd Sasha Peregoudova CAN
Gary Manukyan USA 3rd Cloyce Nelson USA
   
11-13 Middle
Men Women
Nelson Bench III USA 1st Rachel Hohenegger USA
Jordan Carey USA 2nd Ashley Brewer USA
Brian Moy USA 3rd Marsha Mae Ecaranum PHI
Alex Bonner USA 3rd Zuly Diaz Carrillo MEX
   
11-13 Heavy
Men Women
Kervin Ong PHI 1st Kristin Yi USA
Jonathan Berry USA 2nd Niccole Villena USA
Adam Bennett USA 3rd    
Daniel Romero USA 3rd    
11-13 Super Heavy
Men Women
no competitors   1st Courtney Clark USA
1st Dan
Men Light Women
Tae Berger USA 1st Yvette Yong CAN
Stefan Dombrigues USA 1st
Roman Lebedev RUS 1st
Vladimir Pegai RUS 1st
Kenneth Ng USA 2nd Yulia Arkhipova RUS
Jordan Selph USA 2nd
Vladislav Vassiliev RUS 2nd
Patrick Wilson USA 2nd
Sean Aston USA 3rd Elina Hoshihara USA
Angeli mark Barro PHI 3rd
Ricky Cheung CAN 3rd
Austin James USA 3rd
 
Heavy
Sean Vrtacic CAN 1st Angelica Garvin USA
Bjorn Ashmall USA 2nd Alexis Goldman USA
Alex Bonner USA 3rd Ashley Brewer USA
2nd Dan
    Light    
Fravel McHaney USA 1st Dana Hall USA
Matthew McDermott USA 2nd Savannah Parker USA
Asher Greene USA 3rd Arissan Ugles USA
Heavy
Hayden Howard USA 1st Melissa Blasco USA
Tajay Byrd USA 2nd Mary Velechovsky USA
Jonathan Berry USA 3rd Laura Licata USA
3rd Dan
Light
Thomas Lee USA 1st no competitors  
Jose Rosete MEX 2nd    
Clayton Marion USA 3rd    
Heavy
Douglas Garcia USA 1st no competitors  
Ultra 33-37 Bantam
Men     Women
Pedro Pena USA 1st Christi Burke-Maves USA
Jesus Cardenas USA 2nd Michele Stefanick USA
Michael Santoro USA 3rd Mary Parker USA
Dennis White USA 3rd Pamela Wong USA
   
Ultra 33-37 Feather
Men   Women
Marcellin Akpa USA 1st Stephanie Newman USA
Eugene Machado CAN 2nd Debra Williams USA
Robert Brooks USA 3rd    
Kent Cleavelin USA 3rd    
   
Ultra 33-37 Light
Men   Women
Marcus Santos USA 1st Connie Clark CAN
Richard Balas USA 2nd Cynthia Wall USA
Gurwinder Basrran CAN 3rd    
Joseph Edmondson USA 3rd    
 
Ultra 33-37 Welter
Men Women
Marc Gitleman USA 1st no competitors  
Jeff Morgan USA 2nd    
Michael Knudsen USA 3rd    
 
Ultra 33-37 Heavy
Men   Women
Troy Grenstiner USA 1st no competitors  
Greg Monrad USA 2nd    
 
 
Ultra 38-42 Bantam
Men   Women
Nuno Damaso SUI 1st Leslie Edison USA
George Duong USA 2nd Han-Wen Chang TPE
Juan Perez USA 3rd Leslie Dell CAN
3rd Sylvie Unsworth USA
 
Ultra 38-42 Feather
Men   Women
Thomas Murphy USA 1st Terri Miller CAN
William Ferkile MEX 2nd    
Harry Taylor USA 3rd    
Gunter Kiffmann USA 3rd    
   
Ultra 38-42 Light 
Men   Women
Shayne Ziska USA 1st no competitors  
Scott Ockington USA 2nd    
Selander Lawson USA 3rd    
Glenn Warren USA 3rd    
   
Ultra 38-42 Welter
Men   Women
no competitors   1st Deborah Richmond USA
Ultra 38-42 Heavy
Men Women
Anastasios Alafogiannis USA 1st no competitors  
Dennis Porter USA 2nd
Ultra 43-47 Bantam
Men     Women
Mike Amerman USA 1st Camille Deloach USA
Steve Sasaki USA 2nd Marie O'Donnell USA
    3rd Martha Ahlstrom USA
   
Ultra 43-47 Feather
Men   Women
Allan Cunningham CAN 1st Holly Crandall USA
Fredy Wuthrich SWI 2nd Yoko Hoshihara USA
William Wolf Goodman USA 3rd Marion Amerman USA
Juan Terrazas MEX 3rd    
   
Ultra 43-47 Light
Men   Women
Karl Lotter USA 1st June Sadowsky CAN
Clarence Franklin USA 2nd Stacey Sambrook USA
Joe Freeman USA 3rd    
Raymond Gans USA 3rd    
 
Ultra 43-47 Welter
Men Women
Jeff Vaughan USA 1st no competitors  
Randal Stevens USA 2nd    
 
Ultra 43-47 Middle
Men   Women
Michael Bennett USA 1st no competitors  
Anthony Sheen USA 2nd    
Jay Ferguson USA 3rd
 
 
Ultra 48-52 Feather
Men   Women
Jim Rennie CAN 1st no competitors  
 
Ultra 48-52 Light
Men   Women
Marvin Flemming TTO 1st Mary Louise Zeller USA
Sergio Ocampo MEX 2nd Lynne Moser USA
   
Ultra 48-52 Welter
Men   Women
Timothy Crump USA 1st Vera Harrison USA
Trevor Willsmer USA 2nd Debra Prow USA
   
Ultra 53+ Fin
Men   Women
Keith Saunders CAN 1st no competitors  
Ultra 53+ Bantam
Men Women
Thomas Vo USA 1st no competitors  
     
Ultra 53+ Light
Men   Women
Alan Elcrat USA 1st no competitors  
Michael Heymann USA 2nd
Ultra 53+ Bantam
Men Women
David Roberts USA 1st no competitors  
Don Hyatt USA 2nd
Terrance Treschuk USA 3rd
Ultra Poomsae (33-37)
     
1st Dan
Men Light Women
no competitors   1st Debra Williams USA
    2nd Pamela Wong USA
    3rd Mary Parker USA
 
Heavy
Michael Knudsen USA 1st Cynthia Wall USA
    2nd Connie Clark CAN
2nd Dan
    Heavy    
Michael Noble USA 1st no competitors  
3rd Dan    
    Light    
Jesus Cardenas USA 1st Michele Stefanick USA
Jeffrey Anderson USA 2nd
Heavy
Robert Brooks USA 1st no competitors  
Gurwinder Basran CAN 2nd    
Greg Monrad USA 3rd
4th Dan
Heavy
Marcus Santos USA 1st no competitors  
Bradley Tatnell AUS 2nd    
Keith Saunders CAN 3rd    
5th Dan
Light
Eugene Machado CAN 1st Christi Burke-Maves USA
Pedro Pena USA 2nd
Heavy
Marc Gitelman USA 1st no competitors  
Ultra Poomsae (38-42)
     
1st Dan
Men Light Women
Juan Perez USA 1st Sylvie Unsworth USA
2nd Denise Agosti USA
 
Heavy
Jeff Bowers USA 1st no competitors  
Harry Taylor USA 2nd    
Chris Woolway USA 3rd
2nd Dan
    Light    
no competitors   1st Leslie Edison USA
2nd Cheryl Parks USA
3rd Dan    
  Light    
Jon Culbertson USA 1st Lou Ann Lathrop USA
Heavy
no competitors   1st Deborah Richmond USA
4th Dan
Light
George Duong USA 1st Han-Wen Chang TPE
Vieng Sihalathavong CAN 2nd    
Heavy
Miek Bergh USA 1st Terri Miller CAN
Dennis Porter USA 2nd
5th Dan
Heavy
Armando Perez MEX 1st no competitors  
Alex Chih-Jen Wang USA 2nd
Bobby Link USA 3rd
Ultra Poomsae (43-47)
     
1st Dan
Men Light Women
Steve Sasaki USA 1st Camille Deloach USA
2nd Martha Ahlstrom USA
3rd Marie O'Donnell USA
 
Heavy
Claude Ricord USA 1st Laurie Milbourn USA
Randal Stevens USA 2nd    
William Wolf Goodman USA 3rd
2nd Dan
    Light    
no competitors   1st Yoko Hoshihara USA
  Heavy    
James Brown USA 1st June Sadowsky CAN
Allan Cunningham CAN 2nd Stacey Sambrook USA
Rick Kemsley USA 3rd
3rd Dan
Heavy
Jeff Vaughan USA 1st no competitors  
Jay Ferguson USA 2nd
Orest Bliznicenko CAN 3rd
4th Dan
Heavy
Jay Armstrong USA 1st
5th Dan
Heavy
Juan Terrazas MEX 1st no competitors  
Raymond Gans USA 2nd
6th Dan
Heavy
Clarence Franklin USA 1st
Ultra Poomsae (48-52)
     
2nd
Men Light Women
no competitors   1st Hope Noyes USA
 
Heavy
no competitors   1st Debra Prow USA
4th Dan
    Heavy    
no competitors   1st Mary Louise Zeller USA
5th Dan
  Light    
Jim Rennie CAN 1st no competitors  
Heavy
Sergio Ocampo MEX 1st no competitors
Timothy Crump USA 2nd
Ultra Poomsae (53+)
     
2nd Dan
Men Heavy Women
Terrance Treschuk USA 1st no competitors  
 
3rd Dan
Heavy
Basil Raffa USA 1st no competitors  
4th Dan
    Heavy    
Michael Heymann   1st no competitors  
5th Dan
  Heavy    
David Roberts USA 1st no competitors  
6th Dan
Light
Thomas Vo USA 1st no competitors
Heavy
Alan Elcrat USA 1st no competitors