Monday, July 5, 2010
UMACA Competed in the USA Taekwondo Junior Olympics
UMACA's 2010 U.S. Junior Olympic Medal Count Stands at 3 Gold, 3 Silver, 2 Bronze The USAT Junior Olympics began on Tues., June 29, 2010. Caitlyn Baker made weight and will fight on Sunday, July 4, 2010.

Jorgen Angell won the gold in the 16-17 Male Third Degree Black Belt Light Weight Forms Division. He won silver in the 14-17 Male Black Belt Board Breaking Division. He took the stand with gold medalist Alexander Wang, New Jersey, and bronze medalist Craig Cohen, Massachusetts. He competed but did not place in the 14-17 Male Black Belt Feather Weight Sparring Division against Joshua Salinas, Texas.

Anoushka Bergmann won silver in the 16-17 Female Black Belt Heavy Weight Sparring Division. She also competed but did not place in the 16-17 Female Red Belt Heavy Weight Forms Division against Jeanette Baleshiski, Arizona. Baleshiski went on to win Gold.

McKenna Chapman won bronze in the 10-11 Female Black Belt Heavy Weight Sparring Division, winning her first match 10 to 1. She took the stand with gold-medalist Jamilyn Williams, Texas, and silver-medalist Camryn Henry, Hawaii. Chapman also won bronze in the 10-11 Female 2nd Degree Black Belt Heavy Weight Forms Division. She took the stand with gold-medalist Katie Longhohn, California, and silver-medalist Kayla Miles-Streett, South Carolina.

Dominic Lawrence competed but did not place in the 10-11 Male Black Belt Heavy Weight Sparring Division.

Jason West made his first appearance in the World Class division of the USAT Junior Olympics, qualifying for the competition in Colorado Springs in March. He fought in the 14-17 Male Black Belt Sparring Heavy Weight Division, competing against 1st through 9th degree black belts. He lost his match to Egert Kreis, Florida.

Jordan Wolf won gold in the 14-17 Female Yellow Belt Sparring Division. She also won gold in the 14-17 Female Yellow Belt Board Breaking Division, and brought home the silver in the 14-15 Female Yellow Belt Light Weight Forms Division, with Paiton Kelly, Alaska, taking the gold.