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Bel Air Taekwondo Students Win National Medals
U.S. Taekwondo Academy sent 27 students to a competition in Chicago.
Students from a Bel Air school took home 22 medals from a national taekwondo competition this month, school officials announced.
The U.S. Taekwondo Academy sent 27 students and took home 22 medals from the 2013 USA Taekwondo National Championships in Chicago from July 3 to 8.
"It has been a long but exciting road for all of us as coaches, students and parents," Senior Master CJ Chang said in a release. "The practice sessions, the financial and emotional commitments, as well as the wins and losses along the way have all culminated to this point to bring out the very best in all of us."
The winning students and their results are as follows:
- Joseph Radvany - gold (sparring)
- Christopher Gamboa - gold (sparring)
- Abigail Finley - gold (sparring)
- Abigail Finley - gold (board breaking)
- Carrie Motes - gold (poomsae)
- Abigail Fisk - gold (board breaking)
- Jacob Chung - gold (sparring)
- Sarah Arvey - gold (sparring)
- Spencer Pasion - gold (poomsae)
- Spencer Pasion - gold (board breaking)
- Spencer Pasion - gold (sparring)
- Harry Agins - gold (poomsae)
- Harry Agins - gold (board breaking)
- Harry Agins - gold (sparring)
- Lesly Benitez - silver (sparring)
- Marina Miller - silver (sparring)
- Francisco Loayza - silver (sparring)
- Breanna Curran - bronze (sparring)
- Ruth Diaz - bronze (board breaking)
- Dillon Foy - bronze (sparring)
- Emanuel Diaz - bronze (sparring)
- Sarah Arvey - bronze (board breaking)
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