COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Thirty-two athletes have advanced from the USA Taekwondo 2006 National Team Round Robin Fight Off held Saturday at the Olympic Training Center. A total of 68 athletes were involved in Saturday’s competition.

The top two seeds in each of the 16 weight classes (eight male and eight female) automatically qualified for the National Team Fight Off in Dallas on Feb. 16, which is held in conjunction with the 2006 U.S. Open. At that competition, the #2 seeds will have to defeat the #1 seeds twice in order to qualify for the 2006 National Team. One athlete from each of the 16 weight classes qualify for the Senior National Team.

The 16 National Team members will then go on to compete for 10 spots (five men, five women) on the 2006 World Cup Team. Those trials will be held on July 5 in conjunction with the Junior Olympic Championships at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta. The World Cup is scheduled for Sept. 14-19 in Bangkok, Thailand.

2006 Natoinal Team Fight Off Qualifiers

Female Finweight – under 103.4 lbs. (under 54 kg)

#1 seed: Mandy Meloon (Sugar Land, Texas)

#2 seed: Charlotte Craig (Temecula, Calif.)

Female Flyweight – 103.5–112.2 lbs. (47-51 kg)

#1 seed: Simone DeVito (Corlandt, N.Y.)

#2 seed: Whitney Daniel (Virginia Beach, Va.)

Female Bantamweight – 112.3–121.1 lbs. (55-59 kg)

#1 seed: Eleni Koutsilianos (Astoria, N.Y.)

#2 seed: Danielle Holmquist (Coral Springs, Fla.)

Female Featherweight – 121.3-129.8 lbs. (59-63 kg)

#1 seed: Diana Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas)

#2 seed: Adriel Gray (Liberty, Ind.)

Female Lightweight – 129.9-138.6 lbs. (59-63 kg)

#1 seed: Nia Abdallah (Houston, Texas)

#2 seed: Stephanie Beckel (Miami, Fla.)

Female Welterweight – 138.7-147.4 lbs. (63-67 kg)

#1 seed: Simona Hradil (Winnetka, Calif.)

#2 seed: Elizabeth Shakhnovich (Cambridge, Mass.)

Female Middleweight – 147.5-158.4 lbs. (67-71 kg)

#1 seed: Christina Park (New York, N.Y.)

#2 seed: Sanaz Shahbazi (Colorado Springs, Colo.)

Female Heavyweight – over 158.8 lbs. (over 71 kg)

#1 seed: Lauren Cahoon (Miami, Fla.)

#2 seed: Amanda Nissen (Carrollton, Texas)

Male Finweight – under 118.8 lbs. (under 54 kg)

#1 seed: Luis Reyes (Northridge, Calif.)

#2 seed: Jon Perieda (Oklahoma City, Okla.)

Male Flyweight – 118.9-127.6 lbs. (54-58 kg)

#1 seed: Timothy Thackrey (Tarzana, Calif.)

#2 seed: Charles Arnell Smith (Ft. Washington, Md.)

Male Bantamweight – 127.7-136.4 lbs. (58-62 kg)

#1 seed: Brian Gallagher (Laramie, Wyo.)

#2 seed: Jesus Armendariz (La Porte, Texas)

Male Featherweight – 136.5-147.4 lbs. (62-67 kg)

#1 seed: Mark Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas)

#2 seed: Terrence Jennings (Alexandria, Va.)

Male Lightweight – 147.5-158.4 lbs. (67-72 kg)

#1 seed: Chris Martinez (Houston, Texas)

#2 seed: Anthony Bell (Alexandria, Va.)

Male Welterweight – 158.5-171.6 lbs. (72-78 kg)

#1 seed: Steven Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas)

#2 seed: Rudford Hamon (Miami, Fla.)

Male Middleweight – 171.7-184.8 lbs. (78-84 kg)

#1 seed: Antony Graf (Miami, Fla.)

#2 seed: Josh Coleman (Winston-Salem, N.C.)

Male Heavyweight – over 184.8 lbs. (over 84 kg)

#1 seed: John Kimmich (Aurora, Colo.)

#2 seed: Stephen Lambdin (Hurst, Texas)

Complete Results

FEMALE FINWEIGHT (up to 103.4 LBS.)

ROUND 1: Mandy Meloon (Sugar Land, Texas) def. Nicole Suter (Edmond, Okla.), 8-3; Charlotte Craig (Temecula, Calif.) def. Markie Keelan (Camarillo, Calif.), 2-0.

ROUND 2: Tessa Smith (Oklahoma City, Okla.) def. Suter, 4-2; Meloon def. Craig, 5-3.

ROUND 3: Keelan def. Smith, 2-1; Suter def. Craig, 1-0.

ROUND 4: Meloon def. Smith, 3-1; Keelan def. Suter, 3-1.

ROUND 5: Craig def. Smith by withdrawal; Meloon def. Keelan, 5-0.

FEMALE FLYWEIGHT (103.5 - 112.2 LBS.)

ROUND 1: Simone DeVito (Corlandt, N.Y.) def. Whitney Daniel (Virginia Beach, Va.), 5-0.

ROUND 2: Daniel def, Jesika Torres (Stockton, Calif.), 4-3.

ROUND 3: DeVito def. Torres, 3-2.

FEMALE BANTAMWEIGHT (112.3 - 121.0 LBS.)

ROUND 1: Danielle Holmquist (Coral Springs, Fla.) def. Tanya Paterno (Pawling, N.Y.), 2-0; Eleni Koutsilianos (Astoria, N.Y.) def. Kasey Mallard (Dallas, Texas), 5-0.

ROUND 2: Holmquist def. Mallard, 3-1; Koutsilianos def. Paterno, 7-0.

ROUND 3: Koutsilianos def. Holmquist, 3-1; Mallard def. Paterno, 5-1.

FEMALE FEATHERWEIGHT (121.1 - 129.8 LBS.)

ROUND 1: Adriel Gray (Liberty, Ind.) def. Andrea Velazquez (Miami, Fla.), 3-2; Brassie Anderson (Aiea, Hawaii) def. Nicole Davis (Tulsa, Okla.) by decision.

ROUND 2: Diana Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) def. Velazquez, 1-0; Davis def. Gray, 1-0.

ROUND 3: Lopez def. Anderson, 8-1; Velazquez def. Davis, 1-0.

ROUND 4: Lopez def. Gray by withdrawal; Velazquez def. Anderson, 4-1.

ROUND 5: Lopez def. Davis by withdrawal; Gray def. Anderson by withdrawal.

FEMALE LIGHTWEIGHT (129.9 - 138.6 LBS.)

ROUND 1: Stephanie Beckel (Miami, Fla.) def. Darcy Kimmich (Aurora, Colo.), 2-0; Nia Abdallah (Houston, Texas) def. Jamie Seyler (Arlington, Texas), 3-1.

ROUND 2: Kimmich def. Abdallah, 2-1; Beckel def. Seyler, 8-1.

ROUND 3: Kimmich def. Seyler by withdrawal; Abdallah def. Beckel, 1-0.

TIEBREAKER 1: Beckel def. Kimmich, 6-1.

TIEBREAKER 2: Abdallah def. Beckel, 2-0.

FEMALE WELTERWEIGHT (138.7 - 147.4 LBS.)

ROUND 1: Gabriela Joslin (Spring, Texas) def. Melissa Blasco (Tuckerton, N.J.), 2-1; Simona Hradil (Winnetka, Calif.) def. Elizabeth Shakhnovich (Cambridge, Mass.), 3-0.

ROUND 2: Shakhnovich def. Blasco, 3-0; Hradil def. Joslin, 3-1.

ROUND 3: Hradil def. Blasco by withdrawal; Shakhnovich def. Joslin, 3-0.

FEMALE MIDDLEWEIGHT (147.5 - 158.4 LBS.)

ROUND 1: Christina Park (New York, N.Y.) def. Dalia Avivi (Davie, Fla.), 1-0; Sanaz Shahbazi (Colorado Springs, Colo.) def. Christine Beckel (Tigard, Ore.), 3-2.

ROUND 2: Avivi def. Beckel, 8-1; Park def. Shahbazi, 3-0.

ROUND 3: Beckel def. Park by withdrawal; Shahbazi def. Avivi by withdrawal.

FEMALE HEAVYWEIGHT (over 158.4 LBS.)

ROUND 1: Amanda Nissen (Carrollton, Texas) def. Candy Esparza (Blue Island, Ill.), 5-1; Lauren Cahoon (Jacksonville, Fla.) def. Amy Maillet (Orange, Mass.), 2-0.

ROUND 2: Cahoon def. Nissen, 4-0; Maillet def. Esparza, 6-0.

ROUND 3: Nissen def. Maillet, 1-0; Esparza def. Cahoon by withdrawal.

MALE FINWEIGHT (up to 118.8 LBS.)

ROUND 1: Jon Perieda (Oklahoma City, Okla.) def. Brice Yu (Jonesboro, Ga.), 8-1; Daniel Elkowitz (Richmond, Texas) def. Luis Reyes (Northridge, Calif.), 5-3.

ROUND 2: Reyes def. Yu, forfeit by injury; Perieda def. Elkowitz, 4-3.

ROUND 3: Reyes def. Perieda, 4-2; Yu def. Elkowitz, 5-3.

MALE FLYWEIGHT (118.9 - 127.6 LBS.)

ROUND 1: Tim Thackrey (Tarzana, Calif.) def. Yannick Smith (Snow Hill, N.C.), 6-2; Charles Arnell Smith (Ft. Washington, Md.) def. Jamie Toyota, 1-0.

ROUND 2: Thackrey def. Arnell Smith, 6-5; Toyota def. Yannick Smith, 4-2.

ROUND 3: Thackrey def. Toyota, 7-0; Arnell Smith def. Yannick Smith by withdrawal.

MALE BANTAMWEIGHT (127.7 - 136.4 LBS.)

ROUND 1: Trevor Neville (Edmond, Okla.) def. Luke Ford (Coconut Grove, Fla.), 5-0; Brian Gallagher (Laramie, Wyo.) def. Jesus Armendariz (La Porte, Texas), 3-2.

ROUND 2: Gallagher def, Neville, 9-2; Armendariz def. Ford, 3-1.

ROUND 3: Armendariz def. Neville, 5-2; Gallagher def. Ford, 7-0.

MALE FEATHERWEIGHT (136.5 - 147.4 LBS.)

ROUND 1: Mark Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) def. Tal Moriah (Houston, Texas), 2-0; Terrence Jennings def. Chris Ahlstrom (Granada Hills, Calif.), 1-0.

ROUND 2: Lopez def. Daren Tubbs (Plano, Texas), 6-(-1); Jennings def. Moriah, 6-4.

ROUND 3: Ahlstrom def. Tubbs, 2-1; Lopez def. Jennings, 5-3.

ROUND 4: Moriah def. Tubbs, 2-0; Lopez def. Ahlstrom, 6-(-2).

ROUND 5: Jennings def. Tubbs by withdrawal; Moriah def. Ahlstrom by withdrawal.

MALE LIGHTWEIGHT (147.5 - 158.4 LBS.)

ROUND 1: Chris Martinez (Houston, Texas) def. Anthony Bell (Alexandria, Va.), 2-1; Jayson Grant (Worcester, Mass.) def. Jason Neville (Edmond, Okla.), 3-2.

ROUND 2: Martinez def. Neville, 1-0; Bell def. Grant, 10-3.

ROUND 3: Martinez def. Grant, 6-4; Bell def. Neville, 6-3.

MALE WELTERWEIGHT (158.5 - 171.6 LBS.)

ROUND 1: Derek Romano (Vancouver, Wash.) def. Jared Wilder (Mt. Airy, Md.), RSC; Rudford Hamon (Miami, Fla.) def. Jay Utter (Watertown, N.Y.), 6-0.

ROUND 2: Steven Lopez (Sugar Land, Texas) def. Romano by withdrawal; Utter def. Wilder by withdrawal.

ROUND 3: Lopez def. Hamon, 5-1; Romano def. Utter, 2-0.

ROUND 4: Lopez def. Wilder by withdrawal; Hamon def. Romano, 8-2.

ROUND 5: Lopez def. Utter by withdrawal; Hamon def. Wilder by withdrawal.

MALE MIDDLEWEIGHT (171.7 - 184.8 LBS.)

ROUND 1: Josh Coleman (Winston-Salem, N.C.) def. Jason McEuin (Daly City, Calif.), 2-0; Antony Graf (Miami, Fla.) def. Louis Davis (APO, Calif.) forfeit by injury.

ROUND 2: Graf def. Coleman, 1-0; McEuin def. Davis by withdrawal.

ROUND 3: Coleman def. Davis by withdrawal; Graf def. McEuin, 2-1.

MALE HEAVYWEIGHT (over 184.8 LBS.)

ROUND 1: John Kimmich (Aurora, Colo.) def. Michael Tang (Haverhill, Mass.), 4-2; Stephen Lambdin (Hurst, Texas) def. Steven Ostrander (San Antonio, Texas), 5-2.

ROUND 2: Kimmich def. Ostrander, 5-3; Lambdin def. Tang, 4-1.

ROUND 3: Kimmich def. Lambdin, 5-4; Ostrander def. Tang by withdrawal.

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