44th National Taekwondo Championships
Salt Palace Convention Center
Salt Lake City, UT
July 2-9, 2018
Gyoroogi (sparring)
18-32 years old
Black belt
Fin
Men Women
David J. Kim CO 1st Monique Rodriguez FL
Gianni Corsi MI 2nd Yasmin Brown NV
Juancarlos Norzagaray TX 3rd Tiara Antommarchi TX
Nathan Nguyen TX 3rd Aiko Bianca Coloso FL
Fly
Men Women
Philip El-Chemali CA 1st Kiana Chai Chong MD
Malik Dobson NJ 2nd Leah Mitelberg NJ
Joshua Vuong Salamanca TX 3rd Kayla Morales CA
Herschel Kovacs VA 3rd Melina Daniel OR
Bantam
Men Women
George El-Chemali CA 1st Anastasija Zolotic FL
Luis Orozco TX 2nd Faith Dillon CA
Tyler Ford FL 3rd Amber Avroya FL
William Jackson III TX 3rd Daniela Saravia CA
Feather
Men Women
Terrence Jennings CO 1st Desirae Rolaff TX
Arthur Jackson CA 2nd Devon Lewis CO
Daniel Alexander NY 3rd Anna Brajdic NY
Michael Vera FL 3rd Rachel Meyer AZ
Light
Men Women
Jared Reed UT 1st Ceana Rodriguez CT
Andrew Snow VA 2nd Nashayla Harper NY
Ernest Samotshozo IL 3rd Abrielle Pinto NJ
Omar Smaili CA 3rd Danica Deaton TX
Welter
Men Women
Connor Wilson TX 1st Melanie Diaz CA
Niklas Poland CO 2nd Ashley Maye OR
Seyed Farhang Mousavizadeh CO 3rd Cecilia Cozza MD
Darrell Woodard FL 3rd Sara Arlen MD
Middle
Men Women
Alasan Ann MN 1st Blanca Quezada AZ
Jensen Ishida HI 2nd Cassie Berger CA
Mohammed El Kharzazi VA 3rd Bethany Wach SD
Drew Thompson WA 3rd Wendy Louie NY
Heavy
Men Women
Jonathan Healy TX 1st Taylor Ramirez CA
Russell Gresham CO 2nd Brooklynn Guthery TX
Mark Sandy VA 3rd Adriana Garcia TX
Frank Franzese NY 3rd Hannah Keck TX
   
Poomsae
Black belt
Individual
Under 30 (18-30)
Men Women
Sebastian Choi FL 1st Adalis "AJ" Munoz TX
Alex Lee CA 2nd Rikki Jao CA
Kody Han CA 3rd Carissa Fu MA
Michael Couloucoundis MD 3rd Megan Yi CA
Under 40 (31-40)
Men Women
Kwangjin Ha CT 1st Rosalynn Le CA
Justin Wang CA 2nd Kathy Do FL
Jason Guk CT 3rd Jessica Ayres CA
Tuong-Huy Nguyen CA 3rd Young-A Claire Kim CA
Under 50 (41-50)
Men Women
Pok Sun Yang CA 1st Elva Adams TX
Christopher Hillyer KS 2nd Catherine Finkelstein TX
Rubben Lolley AZ 3rd Cindy Um TX
Krishna Sitaram VA 3rd Thoa Nguyen WA
Under 60 (51-60)
Men Women
Eun Ig Lee TX 1st Kristi George IN
Garth Cooley IN 2nd Thu Doolittle TX
David Turgeon CT 3rd Barbara Brand CA
Bruce Xu NY 3rd Angela Pullen IL
Under 65 (61-65)
Men Women
Frederick Lee FL 1st Julie Tregeagle UT
Donald Cottee IN 2nd Tweedy Nguyen TX
Bradley Hollenbaugh CO 3rd Paula Maccabee MN
William Gamble MN 3rd Grace Abuchaibe FL
Over 65 (66+)
Men Women
Chi Duong NV 1st Erica Linthorst NY
Jang Hee Pak TX 2nd    
James Harp IA 3rd
Under 30 (18-30) Pairs
Men Women
Harry Nguyen GA 1st Thanh-Van Nuynh GA
Sebastian Choi FL 2nd Iris Kang CA
Edward Jeong CA 3rd Kelsey Ha CA
Kody Han CA 3rd Aleena Duong CA
Over 30 (31+) Pairs
Men Women
Justin Wang CA 1st Elva Adams TX
Pok Sun Yang CA 2nd Thoa Nguyen WA
Kwangjin Ha CT 3rd Jennifer Howard CA
Garth Cooley IN 3rd Kristi George IN
   
   
   
Under 30 (18-30) Teams
Men Women
Kody Han CA 1st Euressa Cosmiano CA
Edward Jeong MA 1st Rikki Jao CA
Albert Jong CA 1st Iris Kang CA
Sebastian Choi FL 2nd Carissa Fu MA
Michael Couloucoundis MD 2nd Miyako Yerick DC
Princeton Rush FL 2nd Renee Zhao MA
Andrew Hurd NY 3rd Aleena Duong CA
Kevin Lu MA 3rd Kelsey Ha CA
Kyle Rand MA 3rd Chrixy Lam CA
Kenneth Doan CA 3rd
William Howitz CA 3rd
Eugene Kimura CA 3rd
Over 30 (31+) Teams
Men Women
Jason Guk CT 1st Elva Adams TX
Kwangjin Ha CT 1st Rosalynn Le CA
Jonathan Nguyen AZ 1st Jennifer Howard CA
Anh Nguyen CA 2nd Kathy Do FL
Tuong-Huy Nguyen CA 2nd Young-A Claire Kim CA
Justin Wang CA 2nd Thoa Nguyen WA
    3rd Catherine Finkelstein TX
    3rd Mariya Sokolova TX
    3rd Cindy Um TX
    3rd Jessica Ayres CA
    3rd Jessica Fabus NY
    3rd Ly-Houng Ngo AZ
 
Freestyle poomsae
Black belt
18+ Individual
Men Women
Edward Jeong MA 1st Adalis "AJ" Munoz TX
Sean Wallace CA 2nd Jenny Ogawa CA
Tarrin Goldberg NJ 3rd Stephanie May Fausto NC
Michael Joseph Pascua TX 3rd Kyra Chan MA
18+ Pairs
Men Women
Michael Joseph Pascua TX 1st Adalis "AJ" Munoz TX
Alexander Twu CA 2nd Kelsey Ha CA
Kody Han CA 3rd Aleena Duong CA
Andrew Hurd NY 3rd Miyako Yerick DC
18+ Teams
Men Women
Kody Han CA 1st Aleena Duong CA
Edward Jeong MA 1st Kelsey Ha CA
Alexander Twu CA 1st    
         
Justin Mossey DE 2nd Adalis "AJ" Munoz TX
Michael Joseph Pascua TX 2nd Titania Thao MN
Donovan Thao MN 2nd
Christopher Endo CO 3rd Lisa Carr CO
Rene Heredia CO 3rd Natatia Smith CO
Sean Jung CO 3rd
Darath Chey MA 3rd Kyra Chan MA
Daren K. Soy MA 3rd Samantha Garthe MA
David R. Soy MA 3rd
Para Gyoroogi (sparring)
K 41 division
-58 kg
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
+75 kg
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors
K 42 division
Light
Men (-75kg) Women (-58kg)
no competitors     no competitors  
K 44 division
-75 kg / -58 kg
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
+75 kg / +58 kg
Men Women
Johnny Birch PA 1st no competitors  
Anthony Smith AR 2nd
Para poomsae
Junior
P 20 division
Men Women
no competitors   1st Kyra Lee  
Under 30
P 10 division
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
P 20 division
Men Women
Eric Wright PA 1st Shania Hershey PA
Juan Sanchez TX 2nd Blaguna Graham MT
P 31 division
Men Women
Jonathan McNatt PA 1st no competitors  
P 33 division
Men Women
no competitors   1st Miranda Cox KY
Over 30
P 10/60 division
Men Women
no competitors   1st Jenni Thompson UT
P 20 division
Men Women
no competitors   1st Lisa Sou UT
P 31 division
Men Women
no competitors   1st no competitors
P 33 division
Men Women
Justin Rankin MI 1st Iris Fuentes NJ
P 34 division
Men Women
James Hunsaker UT 1st Alyssa Fencil WI
Breaking
Senior (18-32)
Yellow
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
 
Green
Men Women
Olban Alvarenga TX 1st no competitors  
Blue
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Red
Men Women
Jackson White MI 1st no competitors  
Lucas Steen UT 2nd
Black
Men Women
David Knoll ND 1st My Hoa Do PA
Anthony Rice NY 2nd Abby Kalina MN
Brandon Letteer OR 3rd Emily Gelino-Bequette AK
Christopher Jewitt WA 3rd 
Ultra (33+)
Yellow
Men Women
no competitors   1st Sophia Lezon TX
Green
Men Women
John Davis OH 1st no competitors  
Blue 
Men Women
no competitors   1st Patricia Gerschler UT
Red
Men Women
Michael Heinze TX 1st Shan Rayray WA
Black
Men Women
Richard Puhl IA 1st Paula Maccabee MN
Lucas Holzhueter MN 2nd Jennifer Jacobson PA
Carlos Villanueva NY 3rd Maria de Shaw NC
Roger Willard MI 3rd Elizabeth Azerad TX
Gyoroogi (sparring)
18-32 years old
Color belts
Yellow
Fin
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Fly
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Bantam
Men Women
Coty Jacobs UT 1st Elizabeth Tate-Myers TX
Connor Yarwood UT 2nd Grace Hillaker MA
Feather
Men Women
Curtis Begay AZ 1st Danielle Drews TX
2nd Shaelyn Christensen UT
Light
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Welter
Men Women
no competitors   1st Rebecca Hao MA
Middle
Men Women
Marco Rodriguez ID 1st no competitors  
Heavy
Men Women
no competitors   1st Wendy Pham TX
2nd Briana Bendon VA
Green
Fin
Men Women
no competitors   1st Taerim Eom NJ
Fly
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Bantam
Men Women
Matthew Ruiz OR 1st no competitors  
Kanishka Singh MA 2nd
Mehrdad Hosseinia TX 3rd
Feather
Men Women
no competitors   1st Omer Aharon IL
Light
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Welter
Men Women
Danger Thomas CA 1st no competitors  
Raymond Rozell OR 2nd
Middle
Men Women
no competitors   1st Rachel Agnite TX
2nd Michelle Chignola MA
Heavy
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Blue
Fin
Men Women
Julio Corleto CA 1st no competitors  
Fly
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Bantam
Men Women
Angelo Zuniga TX 1st no competitors
John Youngquist UT 2nd
Feather
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Light
Men Women
no competitors   1st Anna Huntington TX
2nd Janice Tjeng MA
Welter
Men Women
Mesar Aburumman MO 1st Elizabeth McLean WA
2nd Beth Seidel SD
3rd Lea Manglicmot CA
Middle
Men Women
no competitors   1st Katelyn Selzer White OR
Heavy
Men Women
Andre Moura MA 1st no competitors  
Justin Durand MA 2nd
Red
Fin
Men Women
Nhan Doan PA 1st no competitors  
Fly
Men Women
no competitors   1st Jenny Kim TX
Bantam
Men Women
Jose Reyes TX 1st Karla Dominguez TX
2nd Kyle Fitzpatrick-Schmidt MA
Feather
Men Women
Naseeb Riaz MD 1st Alicia Nguyen AZ
Tavan Pickerd MI 2nd Blaguna Graham MT
Light
Men Women
Andrew Dean UT 1st Amanda Peters PA
Lucas Steen MI 2nd Susanne Blas CO
Welter
Men Women
Benjamin Lucero AK 1st Stephanie Hernandez Luna CA
Christian Rehe AK 2nd Jennifer Siverly HI
Jaime Javier IL 3rd
Joachim Schuler MA 3rd
Middle
Men Women
Derik Romero OR 1st Maribel Gonzalez UT
Heavy
Men Women
KC Page UT 1st Zahra Ahmed MD
Timothy Johnson VA 2nd Hannah Spears UT
Sitiveni Lakai UT 3rd Jacqueline Loiacono NY
Gyoroogi (sparring)
33-40 years old
Yellow
Fly
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Light
Men Women
David Thao WI 1st no competitors  
Edwin Chapman NJ 2nd
Middle
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Heavy
Men Women
no competitors   1st Sophia Lezon TX
Green
Fly
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Light
Men Women
Brian Gregoire MT 1st no competitors  
Middle
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Heavy
Men Women
Joshua Gram WA 1st no competitors  
Matthew Skinner ID 2nd
Blue
Fly
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Light
Men Women
Joseph Matuszek MT 1st Tonia Tinker AZ
Harold Castillo OR 2nd
Middle
Men Women
Eddie Omnes WA 1st no competitors  
Heavy
Men Women
Haitham Alsahli OK 1st no competitors  
Red
Fly
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Light
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Middle
Men Women
Joachim Schuler MA 1st Rachel Fife MT
Jason Bukowski CO 2nd Jessie Wilson UT
Thomas Gee NY 3rd Polly Williamson UT
Tyler Auble OR 3rd
 
Heavy
Men Women
Jeffrey Moore KS 1st Denise Arnold OR
Andrew Kauffman TN 2nd
Andrey Rogachev IL 3rd
Attie Pollard MI 3rd
Black
Fly
Men Women
no competitors   1st Lesley Kal KS
Light
Men Women
Bret Mischlich CO 1st Marcela Castillo IL
Brent Eklund MI 2nd Hussai Dastgeer IL
David Kim IL 3rd Yeshica Robinson CA
Middle
Men Women
Anthony Nguyen AZ 1st Trinity Tongg Osborn WA
Anthony Heyl CT 2nd Sarah Pride VA
Eric Nkurunziza PA 3rd Hillary Israelsen UT
Michael Morris OR 3rd Malissa Terry OH
 
Heavy
Men Women
Shay Tippens NC 1st Jerilynn Sharrott NY
Lucas Holzhueter MN 2nd Angelic Arana UT
Michael Monroe ID 3rd    
Rustam Osmanov CA 3rd    
Gyoroogi (sparring)
41-50 years old
Yellow
Fly
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Light
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Middle
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Heavy
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Green
Fly
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Light
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Middle
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Heavy
Men Women
Joseph Guarneri CA 1st no competitors  
John Davis OH 2nd
Janilson DaSilva UT 3rd
Blue
Fly
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Light
Men   Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Middle
Men Women
Caralos Torres Gomes UT 1st no competitors  
Heavy
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Red
Fly
Men Women
no competitors   1st Jessica Schrobilgen CA
Light
Men Women
Jerome Furnari NY 1st no competitors  
Valentino Williams MI 2nd
Middle
Men Women
no competitors   1st Cynthia Vega MD
    2nd Ma Allyn Jacobs CA
 
Heavy
Men Women
Glenn Heinrichs IL 1st Betty Kim-Pearson CA
Black
Fly
Men Women
  VA 1st no competitors  
Light
Men Women
Peter Chiang CO 1st Jenn Hickoko OH
Eko Onggosanusi TX 2nd Jodi Santiago MD
Paul Sohn CA 3rd    
Middle
Men Women
Christopher Jacobson ID 1st Dana DeYoung KY
Seri Bryant CA 2nd Barbara Bylinski IL
John Rodriguez NY 3rd Jennifer Littlefield MT
Marty Maye OR 3rd Marisela Ramos IL
 
Heavy
Men Women
Woosang Jung NY 1st Eryn Redmonsteed WI
Ahmed Abbdou Mohamed NY 2nd Jennifer Jacobson PA
Jeffrey Allender IN 3rd Anne Graham MT
Grant Miller CA 3rd Jennifer Congleton NC
Gyoroogi (sparring)
51+ years old
Yellow
Fly
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Light
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Middle
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Heavy
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Green
Fly
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Light
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Middle
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Heavy
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Blue
Fly
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Light
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Middle
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Heavy
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Red
Fly
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Light
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Middle
Men Women
Larry Foster NY 1st no competitors  
 
Heavy
Men Women
Ricardo Solorio CA 1st Jody Valdez UT
Michael Otto MN 2nd
Black
Fly
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Light
Men Women
Leonard Lawrence MI 1st Kathryn Kiffmann HI
Ahmad Dastgeer CO 2nd Elizabeth Bosse MI
Bruce Xu NY 3rd
   
Middle
Men Women
Daniel Jackson NV 1st no competitors  
Jose Galvan UT 2nd    
Joseph Elgeiser NY 3rd
 
Heavy
Men Women
Cy Zamani CA 1st Wendy Louie NY
Anthony Smith AR 2nd Danielle Pedersen MO
David Hunsaker UT 3rd
Jose Fonseca MI 3rd
Poomsae
Color belt
Individual
18-30
Yellow
Men Women
Curtis Begay AZ 1st Rebecca Hao MA
2nd Grace Hillaker MA
3rd Briana Bendon NJ
Green
Men Women
Mehrdad Hosseinia TX 1st Omer Aharon IL
    2nd Taerim Eom NY
Blue
Men Women
Richard Smith UT 1st Caroline Davis VA
    2nd Aimee Johnson UT
    3rd Jennifer Lee NY
    3rd Lea Manglicmot NY
Red
Men   Women
Jaime Javier IL 1st Danielle Taban NC
Christien Rehe AK 2nd Abigail Poplawski IA
Lucas Steen MI 3rd Amanda Peters PA
    3rd Emily Smith WI
31-40
Yellow
Men Women
no competitors   1st Sophia Lezon TX
Green
Men Women
Kanishka Singh MA 1st Cristin Ruiz OR
    2nd Jenni Thompson UT
3rd Michelle Chignola CO
3rd Katherine Elgin CA
Blue
Men Women
Trent Pace CA 1st Lisa Peck UT
Joseph Matuszek MT 2nd Katelynn Selzer White OR
Harold Castillo OR 3rd Tonia Tinker AZ
3rd Elizabeth Carver UT
Red
Men Women
Patrick Sotelo TX 1st Jamie Justice NC
John Sweeney UT 2nd Hylary Sheleheda IL
Andrey Rogachev IL 3rd Huichun Wang CA
Michael Heinze TX 3rd Jessie Wilson UT
41-50
Yellow
Men Women
no competitors   1st no competitors  
Green
Men Women
Anthony Rosa NJ 1st no competitors  
Janilson DaSilva UT 2nd    
Joseph Guarneri CA 3rd
John J. Davis OH 3rd
Blue
Men Women
no competitors   1st Sarah Williams UT
  2nd Amy Ratto Parks MY
  3rd Jill Cecil NM
    3rd Geanette Brown UT
Red
Men Women
Lam Ngo GA 1st Leonora Mackay NY
Alvin Ibalio IL 2nd Adrienne Karpiel IL
Valentino Williams MI 3rd Shawn Shuler NC
Glenn Heinrichs IL 3rd Marisa Leitner NY
51-60
Yellow
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Green
Men Women
James Hunsaker UT 1st Lynn Rosa NJ
2nd Mary Ann Jorgensen UT
Blue
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
 
 
Red
Men Women
no competitors   1st Artavia Edwards CA
    2nd Jennifer Meagher CT
    3rd Jody Valdez UT
3rd Shan Rayray WA
Under 65 (61-65)
Yellow
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Green
Men   Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Blue
Men Women
no competitors   1st Martha House TX
 
 
Red
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Over 65 (66+)
Yellow
Men Women
no competitors     no competitors  
Green
Men   Women
no competitors   1st Cathy Bell NM
Blue
Men Women
Gordon Randolph UT 1st Shoshanna Smith NY
 
 
Red
Men Women
Larry Foster NY 1st no competitors  
Demonstration teams
Majest Martial Arts VA 1st    
US Martial Art Center WA 2nd    
US Taekwondo Center - Aurora CO 3rd    
World Taekwondo Academy One Team MN 3rd