Congratulations to the cadet and junior members of the team who competed at the 2017 Pan American Cadet and Junior Poomsae Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica on August 29-31. Team USA poomsae finished with 5 gold, 4 silver and 10 bronze!
Male Poomsae Team Standing: 1st Place!
Female Poomsae Team Standing: 2nd Place
Male Poomsae Athlete of the Year: Ryan Real
Male Poomsae Coach of the Year: Daniel Chuang
Cadet Male
Ryan Real – GOLD
Colton Sidell – BRONZE
Cadet Female
Piper Kindle – SILVER
Mixed Pair Cadet
Sharlene Duong and Jacob Gonzaga – GOLD
Aditya Bhattacharryya and Annika Walch – BRONZE
Male Team Cadet
Brandon Cho, Ryan Real and Ethan Sen – SILVER
Gabriel Mora, Michael Mora and Sergio Paez – BRONZE
Female Team Cadet
Trystan Haley Contreras, Chiara Flotildes and Victoria Hsu – SILVER
Sarah Kwak, McKenzie Sou and Annika Walch – BRONZE
Junior Male
Kyle Tanimura – BRONZE
Junior Female
Karyn Real – BRONZE
Junior Mixed Pair
Karyn Real and Ethan Sun – GOLD
Rachel Bae and Kyle Tanimura – BRONZE
Junior Male Team
Kevin Jiang, Eugene Kimura and Casey Liu – GOLD
Junior Female Team
Rachel Bae, Viviana Cao and Esther Jo – SILVER
Junior Male Freestyle
Arman Diego Polenco – BRONZE
Junior Female Freestyle
Sharlene Duong – BRONZE
Junior Pairs Freestyle
Aleena Duong and Ryan Kim – GOLD
Junior Mixed Team Freestyle
Sharlene Duong, Ethan Huang, Jaden Kim, Piper Kindle and Arianna Le – BRONZE