Ten Area Students Bring Home 16 Medals From 2012 USA Taekwondo National Championships (Junior Olympics)
Ten students from Avon, Canton, Unionville, Barkhamsted, Rocky Hill and Cheshire and Durham proved they were
among the top youth taekwondo athletes in the nation at the 2012 USAT National Championships, held June 29-July 4 in Dallas, Texas. The students won a total of 16 medals, in sparring, forms and breaking competitions for their age and belt. The ten medal winning athletes, all students at Olympic Taekwondo Academies in Unionville and Rocky Hill, competed with six others as part of Team Light of the World, coached by Masters: Kiye Cho, Taewoo Lee, Jonguk Jang, Kwangsoon Park, and Sunmi Jung.
Results:
Avon
Dylan Nickel, Age 8; Sparring - Silver Medal;
Board Breaking- Bronze Medal
Neahashirii Rajendran, Age 10; Board Breaking –
Silver Medal; Forms – Bronze Medal
Barkhamsted
Isa
Cardenas, Age 9; Forms – Bronze Medal; Board Breaking - Bronze Medal
Canton
Taylor Kim, Age 7; Forms – Silver Medal
Carter Pavlonnis, Age 9; Forms – Gold Medal,
Board Breaking – Silver Medal
Cheshire
Jonathan
Barbieri, Age 15; Board Breaking – Bronze Medal
Durham
Nicholas
Vestergaard, Age 10; Board Breaking – Bronze Medal
Rocky Hill
Nicole Felice, Age 15; Forms – Gold Medal; Board
Breaking – Gold Medal; Sparring – Silver Medal
Elena McKinney, Age 7; Sparring - Bronze Medal
Unionville
Hunter Mathis, Age 11; Sparring – Bronze Medal
