U-24 and Junior National Team Selected

The U-24 and Junior National Teams were selected as the competion closed yesterday. The u-24 Team is as follows:

Womens:
Kelsey Kitagawa (Fin)
Kelly Chu (Fly)
Aziza Chambers (Bantam)
Jacquelyn Lauricella (Feather)
Jennifer Daye (Light)
Paige McPherson (Welter)
Ally Creel (Middle)
Amanda Nissen (Heavy)

Mens:
Jarred McKee (Fin)
Jayme Cajimat (Fly)
Jermaine James (Bantam)
Terrence Jennings (Feather)
Trevor Neville (Light)
Luke Ford (Welter)
Salar Faiazi (Middle)
Stephen Lambdin (Heavy)

The Junior National Team is made up of:

Male:
Gregory English (Fin)
Emmanuel Fountain (Fly)
Olie Burton (Bantam)
Seth Wolfe (Feather)
Matthew Kim (Light)
Christian Medina (Welter)
Jaysen Ishida (Light)
Wardell Samotshozo (Middle)
Ernest Samotshozo (Lt. Heavy)
Tyler Phippen (Heavy)

Female:
Giuliana Gil (Fin)
Haley Kong (Fly)
Taylor Brennan (Bantam)
Shelby Olson (Feather)
Sana Jafarzadeh (Light)
Alexis Martinez (Welter)
Nicole Palma (Lt. Middle)
Alexandra Cinque (Middle)
Kayla Caracciolo-Clayton (Lt. Heavy)
Adrienne Ivey (Heavy)

For the complete results of the Junior National Team event, click here.










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U-24 and Junior National Team Trials Schedule Announced

USAT has released the schedule for matches in the U-24 Team Trials and the Junior National Team Trials. The U-24 event will be held August 21st, with Junior National Team Trials to follow on August 22nd, and 23rd. Both events are held in Colorado Springs Colorado. For full match details see below.

August 21st Match Schedule

August 22nd Match Schedule

August 23rd Match Schedule

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Electronic Scoring To Be Used At U-24 Team Trials

USA Taekwondo has announced that the U-24 Team Trails (August 21) and Junior National Team Trials (August 22-23) will both use Lajust Electronic Scoring. This decision was based off of the WTF decision to use the same scoring system at events that Team USA will be competing at.

As for the difference between electronic scoring and electronic hogu's, the key word from USA Athletes is "adapt."

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U 24 & Jr Team Trial Referee Registration Open

Referee's looking to register for the U-24 Team Trials and Jr Team Trials, can now register through logging into Hang-A-Star, and looking under events.


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