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Taekwondo Trials Begin Thursday
By Bill Kellick // USA Taekwondo // August 21, 2007
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The list of entries for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Taekwondo has been announced. The Trials will be held August 23-24, 2007, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, and will be a double-elimination format. The winner of each weight division will represent the U.S. at the World Olympic Qualifier in Manchester, England, Sept. 28-30. A top-three finish in Manchester qualifies the weight division for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing and earns the athlete nomination to the 2008 Olympic Team.
Below are the athletes entered in each division listed by their seeding.
* = A random draw for athletes with the same seed will take place to determine their seed order. This will take place at the Technical Meeting on the evening prior to competition.
Female Fin/Fly
1. Charlotte Craig (Murrieta, Calif.)
2. Simone DeVito (Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.)
3*. Natalie Aguilar (Los Angeles, Calif.)
3*. Alexis Martinez (Pembroke Pines, Fla.)
3*. Mara Perscheid (Alexandria, Va.)
6*. Anees Hasnain (McKinney, Texas)
6*. Cheryl Krause (Fairfax Station, Va.)
8. Danielle Pelham (Bothell, Wash.)
Female Bantam/Feather
1. Diana Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas)
2. Nia Abdallah (Houston, Texas)
3. Simona Hradil (Los Angeles, Calif.)
4. Lynda Laurin (Austin, Texas)
5. Danielle Holmquist (Coral Springs, Fla.)
6*. Christina Johnson (Rockville, Md.)
6*. Stephanie Beckel (Miami, Fla.)
8*. Tanya Paterno (Katonah, N.Y.)
8*. Samantha Cravens (Harrah, Okla.)
8*. Jessica Pryor (Sacramento, Calif.)
11. Jade Lopez (Union City, Calif.)
Male Bantam/Feather
1. Mark Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas)
2. James Moontasri (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
3. David Bartlett (Colorado Springs, Colo.)
4. Luis Reyes (Van Nuys, Calif.)
5. Brian Gallagher (Littleton, Colo.)
6. Terrence Jennings (Alexandria, Va.)
7. Chris Martinez (Sugar Land, Texas)
8*. Nicolas Delgado (Arvada, Colo.)
8*. James Howe (Miami, Fla.)
8*. Richard Lee (Granada Hills, Calif.)
8*. Nir Moriah (Houston, Texas)
8*. Gus Villa (Los Angeles, Calif.)
13*. Christopher Tapuro (Seattle, Wash.)
13*. Christian Valencia (Renton, Wash.)
13*. Stepfon Westbrook (Pacoima, Calif.)
16. Jesus Armendariz (La Porte, Texas)
Male Light/Welter
1. Steven Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas)
2. Antony Graf (Miami, Fla.)
3*. Rudford Hamon (Miami, Fla.)
3*. John McBlair (Westlake Village, Calif.)
5*. Gary Galloway (Dallas, Texas)
5*. Jayson Grant (Worcester, Mass.)
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