The Army West Point Tae Kwon Do team travelled to Burlington, VT, for the Eastern Collegiate Taekwondo Conference Final Tournament. The Army Martial Arts team ended a strong season, with stacked victories. In Individual Forms, CDT Sarah Juhn took second in the Beginner Women’s division and CDT Ellis Valdez took third in the Blue Belt Men’s Division. In the Men’s C (Beginner) Divisions, CDT’s Takhyun Cho, Jack Mueller, and Tommy Lor fought to first place as the C1 team, while CDT’s Tanner Dismukes, Bradley Harrison, and Brandon Breese took fifth place. In the Men’s B (Intermediate) Divisions, CDT’s Ellis Valdez, William Xu, and Eli Eichenberger took first in the B1 team, and CDT’s Taylor Wing and Halsey Smith won third place. In the Men’s A (Black Belt) Divisions, CDT’s Jordan Nettles, Matthew Galea, and Caleb Lim (in his first time fighting) took second place. The A2 team, consisting of CDT’s Ryan Castilla, Ziwei Peng, and Hevin Na were right behind in third place. In addition to the division victories, CDT Matthew Galea received the Eastern Collegiate Taekwondo Conference’s Most Valuable Player Award. The team dominated the Division II colleges, scoring 328 points in the tournament and 1265 point cumulatively for the season. In comparison, the Army Team has scored more than twice that of Rutgers University (in D2 second place with 586 season points) and more than Tufts University (currently third in the D1 Division with 812 season points). Because of this season’s outstanding performance, the Army West Point.
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Tae Kwon Do at the Eastern Collegiate Conference Tournament
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