MIT successfully hosted its annual tournament the weekend of October 19-20.  A record number of 50 MIT athletes participated!  MIT saw success at both the team and individual levels, and came in 3rd place overall.  Here are some details of the results

Overall Top 10 (points):

 1) Cornell – 528
2) West Point – 329
3) MIT – 261
4) Yale – 128
5) NYU – 114
6) Brown  – 100
7) Northeastern – 79
8) Rutgers – 78
9) U MIch – 68
10) UT Austin – 64

Forms Medals:

Karyn Real – Black – GOLD!  – 35 pts
Kevin Jiang – Black – SILVER – 28 pts
Elizabeth Zou – Black – BRONZE (3rd) – 21 pts

Andy Lambert – Red – BRONZE (3rd) – 12 pts
Iris Hwang – Red – BRONZE (3rd) – 12 pts
Peter Tran – Red – BRONZE (4th) – 8 pts 

Moctar Fall – Blue – BRONZE (3rd) – 9 pts

Laney Flanagan – Green – GOLD! – 12 pts
Osmany Corteguera – Green – SILVER – 10 pts
Jiaxing Liu – Green – BRONZE (3rd) – 8 pts

Erinn Fagan – White/Yellow – GOLD! – 10 pts
Alexandra Vernich – White/Yellow – SILVER – 8 pts
Tenzin Jampa – White/Yellow – TOP10 (5th)
Svetlana Makarova –White/Yellow – TOP10 (9th)

Sparring Medals/Points 

Women’s A1 (Elizabeth, Joy, Renee S) – BRONZE – 32 pts
Women’s B1 (Laney, Olivia, Lena) – BRONZE – 24pts
Men’s B1 (Andy, Peter, Moctar) – BRONZE – 24 pts
Women’s C1 (Priscilla, Wanlin, Michelle) – QUARTERS – 8 pts

 

Photos below
Picture 1: Captains and the cup (left to right): Olivia Brode-Roger, Magdalena Price, Peter Tran
Picture 2: Moctar’s first poomsae medal (left to right): Shubhanga Ballal, Moctar Fall
Picture 3: Women’s Black Belt Poomsae medalists (left to right): Katherine Chen (Rutgers University), Elizabeth Zou (MIT), Halee Kim (Cornell University), Karyn Real (MIT)

MIT sport taekwondo captains holding trophy at tournament