Congratulations to everyone who competed at MA States! It was the largest Massachusetts States for well over a decade and we were fortunate to have a well-run tournament (thanks to our team) and electronic scoring for both poomsae and sparring. For sparring, everyone from our school got to compete against someone new, which was awesome.
Below are the results for CW Adult Program members and members of the team who train with our competition workouts. If students also train with other programs, they are noted in parentheses.
Poomsae Results
Grace Hillaker - GOLD, 18-30 Yellow Belt Poomsae
Nouf Almutairi (Northeastern) - SILVER, 18-30 Yellow Belt Poomsae
Joan Koh - GOLD, 18-30 Green Belt Poomsae
Janice Tjeng - SILVER, 18-30 Green Belt Poomsae
Kanishka Singh - GOLD, 31-40 Green Belt Poomsae
Justin Durand - SILVER, 31-40 Green Belt Poomsae
Blake Mitchell - GOLD, 31-40 Blue Belt Poomsae
Nina Bili-Rossi - GOLD, 15-17 Red Belt Poomsae
Manon Jean - GOLD, 18-30 Red Belt Poomsae
Jeremy Suh - SILVER, 15-17 Individual Black Poomsae
Carissa Fu - GOLD, 18-30 Individual Black Poomsae
Hilary Monaco (West Side) - SILVER, 18-30, Individual Black Poomsae
Memie Osuga (Harvard) - BRONZE, 18-30, Individual Black Poomsae
Kevin Lu - GOLD, 18-30 Individual Black Poomsae
Isaac Fenta (MIT) - SILVER, 18-30 Individual Black Poomsae
Andrew Mandelbaum - BRONZE, 18-30 Individual Black Poomsae
Kevin Lu and Catherine Tong - GOLD, 18-30 Pairs Black Poomsae
Carissa Fu, Memie Osuga (Harvard) and Renee Zhao (MIT) - GOLD, 18-30 Team Black Poomsae
Hilary Monaco (West Side), Tam Nguyen (MIT) and Catherine Tong - SILVER, 18-30 Team Black Poomsae
Viet Nguyen (Kwon's) - GOLD, 31-40 Individual Black Poomsae
Ned Murphy - SILVER, 31-40 Individual Black Poomsae
Sparring Results
Grace Hillaker - GOLD, -53 kg Yellow 18-32 Sparring
Nouf Almutairi (Northeastern) - GOLD, -67 kg Yellow 18-32 Sparring
Janice Tjeng - GOLD, -67 kg Green 18-32 Sparring
Kanishka Singh - GOLD, -58 kg Green 18-32 Sparring
Justin Durand - GOLD, +87 kg Green 18-32 Sparring
Blake Mitchell - GOLD, +80 kg Blue 33-40 Sparring
Yeongseo Yi - GOLD, -59kg Black Junior Sparring
Jeremy Suh - SILVER, -59kg Black Junior Sparring
Noriko Aizawa (Tufts) - SILVER, -46kg Black 18+ Sparring
Julia Richieri (Tufts) - GOLD, -49kg Black 18+ Sparring
Carissa Fu - GOLD, -53kg Black 18+ Sparring
Catherine Tong - SILVER, -53kg Black 18+ Sparring
Memie Osuga (Harvard) - GOLD, -57kg Black 18+ Sparring
Chris Lo - GOLD, -63kg Black 18+ Sparring
Brendan Hone (Tufts) - BRONZE, -63kg Black 18+ Sparring
Seth Villaneuva (Harvard) - BRONZE, -68kg Black 18+ Sparring
John Lim (Harvard) - BRONZE, -68kg Black 18+ Sparring
Viet Nguyen (Kwon's) - GOLD, -87kg Black 18+ Sparring
Ned Murphy - SILVER, -87kg Black 18+ Sparring
Kenneth Jang - BRONZE, -87kg Black 18+ Sparring
Wesley Chen (Tufts) - BRONZE, -87kg Black 18+ Sparring
Jared Gall (Tufts) - GOLD, +87kg Black 18+ Sparring
Ned Murphy - SILVER, -80kg Black 33+ Sparring
Thank you to our amazing all-day volunteers, many of whom competed after working all day long: Tara Sarathi, Carissa Fu, and Richard-Duane Chambers scheduled hundreds of matches and divisions at the head table, Andrew Mandelbaum managed the whole tournament for sparring tech even when things started to go down. Kevin Lu, Oana Niculaescu, Renee Zhao, Isaac Fenta, Hilary Monaco, Manon Jean and Kristien Creamer helped to organize rings on the front lines as judges and ring managers. You guys were heroes and dealt with difficult situations all day long.
Thanks also to everyone who helped me coach: Master Mike Harb, Chris Lo, Dave Chan, Tara Sarathi, Carissa Fu. We had so many people out on the floor towards the end of the day and needed everyone's support!